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 results —Export spreadsheet
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
| Arthur Walker |
LD |
891 |
70.8% |
| Eric Mavin |
LD |
866 |
|
| Rick Johnston |
Lab |
367 |
29.2% |
| Mark Nixon |
Lab |
354 |
|
| Maureen Smith |
LD |
705 |
61.4% |
| Denis Jackson |
LD |
675 |
|
| Lesley Catterson |
Lab |
443 |
38.6% |
| Thomas Akins |
Lab |
438 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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% |
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| John Wilkinson |
LD |
784 |
60.3% |
| Paul Guy |
LD |
621 |
|
| Philip Venn |
Lab |
516 |
39.7% |
| Barry Sims |
Lab |
509 |
|
| 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% |
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Amanda Hopgood |
LD |
789 |
75.1% |
| Mamie Simmons |
LD |
750 |
|
| Tim Grace |
Lab |
261 |
24.9% |
| Aurelia Smith |
Lab |
243 |
|
| Brian Kinghorn |
LD |
878 |
73.7% |
| Philip Wolstenholme |
LD |
868 |
|
| Roland Emmas-Williams |
Lab |
313 |
26.3% |
| Sheila Emmas-Williams |
Lab |
296 |
|
| 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% |
| Bill Kellett |
Lab |
657 |
51.7% |
| Kathleen Carr |
Lab |
645 |
|
| Alistair Donaldson |
LD |
614 |
48.3% |
| Ian Fawcett |
LD |
578 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| John Lightley |
LD |
428 |
62.0% |
| Rhys Burriss |
C |
157 |
22.8% |
| Linda Rutherford |
Lab |
105 |
15.2% |
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