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Local Election Results 2007

Derwentside

Whole council up for election. Seven Labour councillors were elected unopposed.

This was the last election to Derwentside District Council before it was abolished in 2009.

Thanks to David Jeffery for a correction to this page.

Other results for Derwentside: 2003
By-elections for Derwentside (may be incomplete): 29th September 2005 (Stanley Hall) — 16th February 2006 (Cornsay) — 17th July 2008 (Castleside)
Results for Durham county council: 2005

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Consolidated results — Derwentside 2007

Party Votes Percent Seats
Derwentside Independents 10503 39.3% 23
Labour 9906 37.1% 29
Liberal Democrat 3308 12.4% 2
Conservative 1767 6.6% 0
Independent 1025 3.8% 1
British National Party 190 0.7% 0

Annfield Plain (3)

Carl Christer Lab 537 40.0%
Alan Atkinson Lab 527
Dennis Lavin Lab 448
Michael Watson LD 444 33.1%
Ken Osborne-Grant DInd 362 27.0%

Benfieldside (3)

Derek Hume DInd 819 35.3%
Duncan Barnett DInd 722
Keith English LD 630 27.2%
Joseph Toner Lab 538 23.2%
Brynnen Ririe Lab 398
Bryan Aken C 333 14.4%

Blackhill (3)

Michael Malone Lab 656 43.1%
David Llewellyn Lab 600
Tom Clark Lab 569
Stephen Robinson DInd 537 35.3%
John Healey DInd 489
David Brumwell DInd 475
Christine English LD 329 21.6%

Burnhope

Denise Bennett Lab unop.

Burnopfield (3) [1 DI gain from Lab]

Bob Alderson DInd 811 43.9%
Bob Cook DInd 552
Roland Hemsley DInd 466
Eunice Turnbull Lab 439 23.8%
Martin Williams LD 422 22.8%
Judith Fletcher LD 397
Ian Jewell Lab 396
John Aken C 176 9.5%

Castleside

Gordon Glass Ind 428 74.0%
Russell Ross C 81 14.0%
Andy Plant Lab 69 11.9%

Catchgate (2) [1 DI gain from Lab]

Joan Nicholson DInd 467 55.2%
Hilary Christer Lab 379 44.8%
Bill Proud Lab 255

Consett East

Fred Todd DInd 333 57.4%
Jane Brown Lab 247 42.6%

Consett North (3) [1 LD gain from Lab, 1 DI gain from Lab]

Alex Watson Lab 667 31.8%
Owen Temple LD 641 30.6%
Mary Westgarth DInd 581 27.7%
Tony Donaghy Lab 538
Neil Jukes LD 537
Cath Clarke Lab 527
Neil McKie DInd 430
Ian Riddell C 206 9.8%

Consett South (2)

Derek Hicks DInd 414 55.7%
Ian Agnew Lab 329 44.3%
Joe Harrop DInd 284
Barbara Ratcliffe Lab 217

Cornsay

Malcolm Campbell DInd 340 61.0%
Barbara Armstrong Lab 217 39.0%

Craghead and South Stanley (3)

Janice Docherty Lab 713 66.2%
Linda Marshall Lab 578
Tina-Marie Parry Lab 515
Jack Fothergill Ind 364 33.8%

Delves Lane (3) [2 DI gains from Lab]

Eric Edwards Lab 692 38.1%
Tony Westgarth DInd 635 34.9%
Iain McElhone DInd 567
Atherley Hodgson Lab 555
Barry Breeze Lab 545
Elizabeth Temple LD 290 16.0%
Julia Ross C 201 11.1%

Dipton (2)

Reg Ord DInd 590 56.1%
Gina Reid DInd 340
Steve Mason Lab 306 29.1%
Gordon Poad Lab 261
Ian Milburn LD 155 14.7%

Ebchester and Medomsley (3) [1 DI gain from Lab]

Ray Ellis DInd 824 51.8%
Alan Shield DInd 803
Eric Turner Lab 766 48.2%
Colin Bell Lab 674
Estelle Spring Lab 423

Esh (3)

Gordon Coulson Lab 609 39.7%
Wallace Tyrie DInd 581 37.9%
Susan Rothwell Lab 557
Harry Guildford Lab 556
Patricia Adams C 343 22.4%

Havannah (3) [2 DI gains from Lab]

Tom Pattinson DInd 672 40.1%
Anne Taylor Lab 607 36.2%
David Walton DInd 603
Kevin Howe Lab 595
Mary Pallas Lab 536
David Rolfe LD 397 23.7%

Lanchester (3) [1 Lab gain from DI]

Ossie Johnson Lab 822 43.0%
Bill Gray Lab 665
Richard Young DInd 561 29.3%
Paul Jackson DInd 526
Bob Glass Lab 519
John Ingham DInd 485
Ivy Wilson C 297 15.5%
Ken Wilson C 297
David Lindsay Ind 233 12.2%

Leadgate (3)

Watts Stelling DInd 1109 54.2%
John Williams DInd 627
Peter Hughes Lab 616 30.1%
Margaret Jopling DInd 602
John Pears Lab 475
Renee Bell-Howe Lab 285
Andrew Spence BNP 190 9.3%
Gordon Adams C 130 6.4%

South Moor (3)

Gary Beckwith Lab unop.
Darren McMahon Lab unop.
Paula Murray Lab unop.

Stanley Hall (3)

David Broadley Lab unop.
Carl Marshall Lab unop.
Susan Mellor Lab unop.

Tanfield (3) [1 DI gain from Lab]

John Hunter DInd 867 55.4%
Joe Wilson Lab 697 44.6%
Olga Milburn Lab 618
Janice Rutherford Lab 540

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