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Local Election Results 2007

Durham

Whole council up for election.

This was the last election to Durham City Council before it was abolished in 2009.

Other results for Durham: 2003
By-elections for Durham (may be incomplete): 11th December 2003 (Brandon) — 16th December 2004 (Belmont) — 3rd February 2005 (Newton Hall N.) — 5th May 2005 (Carrville & Gilesgate Moor; Coxhoe) — 6th April 2006 (Shadforth & Sherburn)
Results for Durham county council: 2005

Map of the resultsExport spreadsheet


Consolidated results — Durham 2007

Party Votes Percent Seats
Liberal Democrat 13566 49.2% 30
Labour 10943 39.7% 17
Independent 1727 6.3% 3
Conservative 1166 4.2% 0
Durham Taxpayers Alliance 192 0.7% 0

Bearpark and Witton Gilbert (3)

Rev Crooks LD 892 53.7%
Arnie Simpson LD 853
Fraser Reynolds LD 840
David Bainbridge Lab 769 46.3%
Kevin McKechnie Lab 750
David Gray Lab 720

Belmont (2)

Arthur Walker LD 891 70.8%
Eric Mavin LD 866
Rick Johnston Lab 367 29.2%
Mark Nixon Lab 354

Brancepeth, Langley Moor and Meadowfield (2)

Maureen Smith LD 705 61.4%
Denis Jackson LD 675
Lesley Catterson Lab 443 38.6%
Thomas Akins Lab 438

Brandon (3)

Paul Taylor Lab 1133 79.8%
John Turnbull Lab 1124
James Bartle Lab 1049
Mary Nolan LD 287 20.2%
Dwayne Heslington LD 274
Brenda Gilmore LD 255

Carrville and Gilesgate Moor (3)

Barbara Howarth LD 1213 56.1%
Dennis Southwell LD 1143
Les Thomson LD 1123
Bill Blakelock Lab 616 28.5%
Stephen Guy Lab 599
Trish Johnston Lab 592
Robert West Durham 192 8.9%
Chris Bolland C 142 6.6%

Cassop-cum-Quarrington (3)

Maggie Robinson Lab 971 62.9%
George Marsden Lab 953
John Kelly Lab 906
Sarah Millerchip LD 572 37.1%
Linda Harrison LD 507
Simon Routledge LD 478

Coxhoe (3)

Dennis Smith Lab 1172 74.1%
Stephen McDonnell Lab 1123
Maria Plews Lab 1057
Carole Wigham LD 409 25.9%
Peter Smith LD 358
Maureen Wood LD 356

Crossgate and Framwelgate (3)

Grenville Holland LD 861 63.1%
Bob Wynn LD 840
Jeffrey Young LD 796
Nicola Heaton Lab 293 21.5%
Jonathan Roberts Lab 288
John Thoburn Lab 261
Michael Bates C 210 15.4%
Greg Carter C 205
William Tudor C 181

Deerness (2) [2 LD gains from Lab]

John Wilkinson LD 784 60.3%
Paul Guy LD 621
Philip Venn Lab 516 39.7%
Barry Sims Lab 509

Elvet (3)

Sue Pitts LD 520 41.6%
Meg Norman LD 473
Nigel van Zwanenberg LD 440
Jonathan Lovell Lab 288 23.0%
Ben Robertson Lab 276
Christopher Arthur C 274 21.9%
Joseph Cookson C 265
Kieren Walters Lab 245
Patricia Wynne C 211
Morag Cummings Ind 169 13.5%

Framwellgate Moor (3) [1 LD gain from Lab]

Mark Wilkes LD 760 40.9%
Jeff Lodge Ind 754 40.5%
Terry Moderate Ind 705
Mark Hollander LD 690
Hilary Westwell LD 606
Veronica Winter Ind 528
Esther Ashby Lab 346 18.6%
Pauline Gates Lab 328
Jeff Morland Lab 320

Neville's Cross (2)

Ronald Dickie Ind 678 49.6%
Nigel Martin LD 419 30.7%
Christopher Allen Ind 408
Adam Walker LD 197
Michael Smith C 142 10.4%
Nikki Quayle Lab 127 9.3%
Carolyn Smith C 126
Morgan Rees Lab 111

New Brancepeth and Ushaw Moor (3)

Philip Stoddart Lab 973 65.6%
George Cowper Lab 900
David Bell Lab 891
Annette Crooks LD 511 34.4%
Ethel Cummings LD 510
Tracy Hardy LD 475

Newton Hall North (2)

Amanda Hopgood LD 789 75.1%
Mamie Simmons LD 750
Tim Grace Lab 261 24.9%
Aurelia Smith Lab 243

Newton Hall South (2)

Brian Kinghorn LD 878 73.7%
Philip Wolstenholme LD 868
Roland Emmas-Williams Lab 313 26.3%
Sheila Emmas-Williams Lab 296

Pelaw and Gilesgate (3) [3 Lab gains from LD]

Peter Thompson Lab 757 50.1%
Peter Mitchell Lab 750
Stephen Laverick Lab 748
Maureen Clough LD 647 42.8%
Bill Graham LD 620
Maurice Leggott LD 592
Frederick Kuchlin C 108 7.1%

Pittington and West Rainton (2)

Bill Kellett Lab 657 51.7%
Kathleen Carr Lab 645
Alistair Donaldson LD 614 48.3%
Ian Fawcett LD 578

St Nicholas (2)

Anji Rae LD 432 51.4%
David Freeman LD 415
John Ashby Lab 150 17.8%
Pamela Doyle C 133 15.8%
Lucinda Roberts C 133
Ian Rutland Ind 126 15.0%
Oliver Hyams Lab 124

Shadforth and Sherburn (3)

Carol Woods LD 954 58.2%
Stuart Walton LD 940
Brian Colledge LD 899
Angela Leary Lab 686 41.8%
Delia Coulthard Lab 668
Kathleen Storey Lab 637

Shincliffe

John Lightley LD 428 62.0%
Rhys Burriss C 157 22.8%
Linda Rutherford Lab 105 15.2%

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