Local Election Results 2008
Durham
Whole county council up for election. Initially this council replaced the Durham County Council elected in 2005. It then took over functions from the six County Durham district councils on 1 April 2009 and became a unitary authority. The wards used are the same as the Durham County Council divisions, with each ward electing two councillors.
DInd = Derwentside Independent
Durham = Durham Taxpayers Alliance
Teesdale = Teesdale Independent Association
Other results for Durham:
2013
2017
2021
By-elections for Durham (may be incomplete): 4th June 2009 (Barnard Castle E.)
— 11th February 2010 (Easington)
— 30th September 2010 (Brandon)
— 14th October 2010 (Deneside)
— 21st June 2012 (Peterlee W.)
— 7th November 2013 (Crook)
— 18th September 2014 (Crook)
— 23rd October 2014 (Burnopfield & Dipton; Evenwood)
— 7th May 2015 (Barnard Castle W.; Ferryhill; Sherburn; Willington & Hunwick)
— 20th August 2015 (Shotton & South Hetton)
— 29th June 2017 (Dawdon)
— 28th September 2017 (Trimdon & Thornley)
— 14th March 2019 (Wingate)
— 21st March 2019 (Esh & Witton Gilbert)
— 2nd May 2019 (Shildon & Dene Valley; Spennymoor)
— 24th February 2022 (Ferryhill)
— 14th April 2022 (West Auckland)
— 4th May 2023 (Chester-le-Street E.)
— 30th November 2023 (Dawdon)
— 2nd May 2024 (Horden)
— 4th July 2024 (Coxhoe)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
Labour |
56422 |
36.4% |
67 |
Liberal Democrat |
33811 |
21.8% |
27 |
Independent |
23188 |
15.0% |
12 |
Conservative |
23076 |
14.9% |
10 |
Derwentside Independents |
10088 |
6.5% |
10 |
British National Party |
5714 |
3.7% |
0 |
Teesdale Independents Association |
2009 |
1.3% |
0 |
Green Party |
228 |
0.1% |
0 |
UK Independence Party |
184 |
0.1% |
0 |
Durham Taxpayers Alliance |
111 |
0.1% |
0 |
Joan Nicholson |
DInd |
899 |
39.4% |
Michele Hodgson |
Lab |
838 |
36.7% |
David Walker |
DInd |
659 |
|
Carl Christer |
Lab |
653 |
|
David Rolfe |
LD |
382 |
16.7% |
Judith Webb |
C |
165 |
7.2% |
Sarah Iveson |
Lab |
756 |
40.6% |
John Moran |
Lab |
708 |
|
Bill Blenkinsopp |
Ind |
594 |
31.9% |
Brian Haigh |
Ind |
309 |
|
Honest John Hilton |
BNP |
294 |
15.8% |
Ken Stubbs |
Ind |
232 |
|
Paul Thomas |
LD |
218 |
11.7% |
John Palliser |
BNP |
190 |
|
Alan Warburton |
Ind |
180 |
|
Derek Jago |
LD |
154 |
|
Paul Gittins |
Ind |
616 |
33.7% |
Joan Gray |
Lab |
565 |
30.9% |
Keith Henderson |
Lab |
504 |
|
Robert Bagshaw |
C |
353 |
19.3% |
Terry Hogan |
Ind |
300 |
|
Andrea Bergg |
LD |
295 |
16.1% |
David Sutton-Lloyd |
Ind |
277 |
|
Alasdair Carter |
Ind |
218 |
|
Chris Foote-Wood |
LD |
189 |
|
Sandra Haigh |
Ind |
161 |
|
Lileen Cuthbertson |
Ind |
149 |
|
Enid Paylor |
Ind |
678 |
38.6% |
Mike Dixon |
Lab |
665 |
37.9% |
Vincent Crosby |
Lab |
651 |
|
Helen Hutchinson |
Ind |
628 |
|
Michael Anderson |
LD |
412 |
23.5% |
Janine Mawson |
LD |
356 |
|
Jo Fergus |
C |
1137 |
42.7% |
George Richardson |
C |
786 |
|
James Rowlandson |
Ind |
761 |
28.6% |
Tony Cooke |
Ind |
563 |
|
Ken Hodgson |
Teesdale |
397 |
14.9% |
William Salvin |
Teesdale |
379 |
|
Sylvia Bailes |
Lab |
367 |
13.8% |
Patrick Heaney |
Lab |
342 |
|
Richard Bell |
C |
1542 |
46.8% |
Barbara Harrison |
C |
972 |
|
Richard Betton |
Teesdale |
964 |
29.3% |
Philip Hughes |
Teesdale |
522 |
|
David Armstrong |
Lab |
402 |
12.2% |
James Usher |
Ind |
386 |
11.7% |
Philip Hunt |
Lab |
322 |
|
David Wearmouth |
Ind |
237 |
|
Kenneth Holroyd |
LD |
1393 |
55.2% |
Eric Mavin |
LD |
1255 |
|
Trish Johnston |
Lab |
475 |
18.8% |
Arthur Walker |
Ind |
451 |
17.9% |
David Hall |
Lab |
396 |
|
Tom McCall |
C |
203 |
8.0% |
Jenifer Wakefield |
C |
180 |
|
Duncan Barnett |
DInd |
638 |
25.6% |
Stephen Robinson |
DInd |
587 |
|
John Davies |
Lab |
536 |
21.5% |
Keith Devanney |
Ind |
533 |
21.4% |
David Llewellyn |
Lab |
491 |
|
Keith English |
LD |
475 |
19.1% |
Richard Ellis |
C |
308 |
12.4% |
Judith Fletcher |
LD |
272 |
|
Samuel Zair |
LD |
984 |
40.8% |
Neil Harrison |
LD |
840 |
|
Barbara Laurie |
Lab |
677 |
28.1% |
Colin Raine |
C |
625 |
25.9% |
John Gasston |
C |
565 |
|
Kenneth Manton |
Lab |
491 |
|
Clive Cooper |
BNP |
127 |
5.3% |
Sharon Cooper |
BNP |
117 |
|
Alan Cox |
Lab |
1294 |
68.4% |
Robert Crute |
Lab |
1251 |
|
Ray Gibbon |
LD |
599 |
31.6% |
Chris Hindson |
LD |
538 |
|
Paul Taylor |
Lab |
1257 |
50.8% |
Ronnie Rodgers |
Lab |
1168 |
|
Maureen Smith |
LD |
797 |
32.2% |
Colin Clark |
LD |
594 |
|
Henry Hudson-Evans |
C |
217 |
8.8% |
Heather Clarke |
BNP |
203 |
8.2% |
Selina Ross |
BNP |
178 |
|
Bob Alderson |
DInd |
1117 |
46.3% |
Reg Ord |
DInd |
1033 |
|
Eunice Turnbull |
Lab |
582 |
24.1% |
Joanne Carr |
Lab |
568 |
|
Bob Cook |
LD |
443 |
18.4% |
Ian Milburn |
LD |
409 |
|
Russell Ross |
C |
268 |
11.1% |
Beaty Bainbridge |
C |
1144 |
38.8% |
John Shiell |
Lab |
999 |
33.9% |
Tracie Smith |
Lab |
983 |
|
Maureen May |
C |
865 |
|
Lancelot Brown |
Ind |
807 |
27.4% |
Keith Davidson |
Lab |
898 |
28.6% |
Allan Bainbridge |
C |
872 |
27.7% |
Philip Nathan |
LD |
813 |
25.9% |
Heather Liddle |
Lab |
737 |
|
Nick Varley |
C |
611 |
|
Brian Kinghorn |
LD |
590 |
|
John Adey |
Ind |
560 |
17.8% |
Simon Henig |
Lab |
1176 |
66.1% |
Linda Marshall |
Lab |
1037 |
|
Jacquelyn Butler |
C |
603 |
33.9% |
Christine Potts |
Lab |
1541 |
52.9% |
Brian Avery |
Lab |
1508 |
|
Andrea Whelpdale |
BNP |
853 |
29.3% |
Carl Whelpdale |
BNP |
839 |
|
Margaret Waller |
C |
517 |
17.8% |
Owen Temple |
LD |
1026 |
36.4% |
Clive Robson |
Lab |
916 |
32.5% |
Natalie English |
LD |
839 |
|
Mary Westgarth |
DInd |
693 |
24.6% |
Cath Clarke |
Lab |
537 |
|
Fred Todd |
DInd |
455 |
|
Andrew McDonald |
UKIP |
184 |
6.5% |
Tommy Taylor |
LD |
669 |
46.2% |
Dorothy Burn |
LD |
634 |
|
Phil Graham |
Lab |
548 |
37.9% |
Neil Stonehouse |
Lab |
538 |
|
Joan Firby |
C |
230 |
15.9% |
Joan Milner |
C |
200 |
|
Dennis Morgan |
Lab |
1020 |
42.7% |
Maria Plews |
Lab |
953 |
|
Dennis Smith |
Ind |
744 |
31.1% |
Sarah Millerchip |
LD |
360 |
15.1% |
Christine Holt |
C |
266 |
11.1% |
Carole Wigham |
LD |
261 |
|
Janice Docherty |
Lab |
1042 |
46.4% |
David Marshall |
Lab |
903 |
|
Les Vaux |
Ind |
651 |
29.0% |
Christine English |
LD |
317 |
14.1% |
Ross Dent |
C |
237 |
10.5% |
John Bailey |
LD |
735 |
39.6% |
Patricia Jopling |
LD |
698 |
|
Jeff Gale |
Lab |
563 |
30.3% |
Ron Grogan |
Ind |
558 |
30.1% |
Louise Brown |
Lab |
476 |
|
Eddie Murphy |
Ind |
749 |
30.9% |
Eddie Tomlinson |
Lab |
729 |
30.1% |
Jimmy Gooch |
LD |
685 |
28.3% |
Gavin Jopling |
LD |
603 |
|
Rose Seabury |
Lab |
372 |
|
Kelvin Wilson |
BNP |
260 |
10.7% |
Bob Arthur |
Ind |
962 |
49.4% |
Charlie Walker |
Lab |
763 |
39.2% |
Edwin Mason |
Lab |
717 |
|
Tom Baxter |
LD |
223 |
11.4% |
Annette Crooks |
LD |
167 |
|
John Wilkinson |
LD |
1266 |
41.2% |
Jean Chaplow |
Lab |
1254 |
40.8% |
David Bell |
Lab |
1210 |
|
Paul Guy |
LD |
1189 |
|
Kathleen Currie |
C |
310 |
10.1% |
Kirsty Morton |
BNP |
244 |
7.9% |
Peter Gray |
BNP |
196 |
|
Bob Young |
Lab |
1085 |
34.3% |
Jane Brown |
Lab |
958 |
|
Anthony Westgarth |
DInd |
925 |
29.3% |
Derek Hicks |
DInd |
714 |
|
Iain McElhone |
Ind |
616 |
19.5% |
Richy McArdle |
Ind |
374 |
|
Julie Ross |
C |
293 |
9.3% |
Liz Temple |
LD |
242 |
7.7% |
Albert Nugent |
Lab |
924 |
56.3% |
Edward Bell |
Lab |
897 |
|
Carole Harrison |
LD |
403 |
24.6% |
Neil Shaw |
LD |
350 |
|
Steven Colborn |
Ind |
313 |
19.1% |
Mac Williams |
Lab |
963 |
43.3% |
Jan Blakey |
Lab |
867 |
|
Robert Wynn |
LD |
536 |
24.1% |
Adam Walker |
LD |
507 |
|
Patrick Hague |
C |
316 |
14.2% |
Rhys Burriss |
C |
311 |
|
Maggie Robinson |
Ind |
267 |
12.0% |
Martin Ridley |
Ind |
177 |
|
Katherine Lloyd |
BNP |
142 |
6.4% |
David Boyes |
Lab |
1108 |
64.1% |
Richard Burnip |
Lab |
1035 |
|
Bill Graham |
LD |
621 |
35.9% |
John Lightley |
LD |
533 |
|
David Freeman |
LD |
873 |
36.7% |
David Stoker |
LD |
684 |
|
Anji Rae |
Ind |
590 |
24.8% |
Jonathan Lovell |
Lab |
484 |
20.3% |
Tim Hughes |
C |
433 |
18.2% |
Chris Arthur |
C |
424 |
|
Katie Ford |
Lab |
388 |
|
Joseph Armstrong |
Lab |
793 |
32.6% |
Malcolm Campbell |
DInd |
781 |
32.1% |
Barbara Armstrong |
Lab |
703 |
|
Fraser Reynolds |
LD |
494 |
20.3% |
Arnold Simpson |
LD |
459 |
|
Patricia Adams |
C |
364 |
15.0% |
Stephen Hugill |
C |
811 |
36.2% |
Pauline Charlton |
Lab |
784 |
35.0% |
John Priestley |
Lab |
769 |
|
Len Milner |
C |
708 |
|
Martin Clark |
Teesdale |
648 |
28.9% |
Paul Ryman |
Teesdale |
583 |
|
David Farry |
Ind |
1174 |
37.2% |
Charles Magee |
Lab |
994 |
31.5% |
Pauline Crathorne |
Lab |
898 |
|
Kevin Storey |
Ind |
887 |
|
Paul Mountford |
LD |
634 |
20.1% |
Andrew Fowler |
BNP |
352 |
11.2% |
Robert Gray |
BNP |
245 |
|
Mark Wilkes |
LD |
1433 |
36.4% |
Rev Crooks |
LD |
1400 |
|
George Burlison |
Lab |
1267 |
32.2% |
Marion Wilson |
Lab |
1062 |
|
Terry Moderate |
Ind |
626 |
15.9% |
Michael Bates |
C |
329 |
8.4% |
Ralph Musgrave |
BNP |
285 |
7.2% |
Simon Carey |
Ind |
257 |
|
Pat Wynne |
C |
244 |
|
Dennis Southwell |
LD |
1324 |
48.5% |
Les Thomson |
LD |
1248 |
|
Pat Conway |
Lab |
1022 |
37.5% |
Peter Mitchell |
Lab |
978 |
|
Henry Cartwright |
C |
181 |
6.6% |
Ed Hastie |
C |
163 |
|
Robert West |
Durham |
111 |
4.1% |
Kevin Lloyd |
BNP |
90 |
3.3% |
Paul Stradling |
Lab |
1442 |
67.4% |
Dennis Maddison |
Lab |
1271 |
|
Pat Hudson |
LD |
364 |
17.0% |
Mona Riley |
C |
335 |
15.6% |
Richard Young |
DInd |
1188 |
32.0% |
Ossie Johnson |
Lab |
1172 |
31.6% |
Margaret Gray |
Lab |
975 |
|
Michael Carr |
C |
890 |
24.0% |
Brenda Gilmore |
LD |
460 |
12.4% |
Watts Stelling |
DInd |
1937 |
53.9% |
Alan Shield |
DInd |
1358 |
|
Peter Hughes |
Lab |
952 |
26.5% |
Eric Turner |
Lab |
862 |
|
John Aken |
C |
443 |
12.3% |
Dominic Haney |
LD |
259 |
7.2% |
Alan Bell |
Ind |
963 |
40.7% |
Audrey Willis |
Ind |
959 |
|
Brian Walker |
Lab |
866 |
36.6% |
Rita Carr |
Lab |
709 |
|
Lucille Nicholson |
C |
387 |
16.4% |
Julie Watson |
C |
340 |
|
Florinda Rowe |
LD |
148 |
6.3% |
Geoffrey Cutting |
LD |
137 |
|
Alan Napier |
Lab |
1401 |
74.7% |
Alice Naylor |
Lab |
1285 |
|
John Hudson |
LD |
474 |
25.3% |
Mary Nolan |
LD |
433 |
|
Nigel Martin |
LD |
1514 |
56.4% |
Grenville Holland |
LD |
1364 |
|
Michael Smith |
C |
411 |
15.3% |
Nicola Heaton |
Lab |
381 |
14.2% |
Stephen Ashfield |
Ind |
379 |
14.1% |
Jonathan Roberts |
Lab |
376 |
|
Carolyn Smith |
C |
361 |
|
Christopher Allen |
Ind |
281 |
|
Amanda Hopgood |
LD |
1419 |
47.9% |
Mamie Simmons |
LD |
1376 |
|
Philip Wolstenholme |
Ind |
676 |
22.8% |
Sheila Emmas-Williams |
Lab |
515 |
17.4% |
Helen Ferreira |
Lab |
409 |
|
Helen Osborn |
C |
354 |
11.9% |
Pierre Kirk |
C |
303 |
|
Maureen Potts |
Lab |
868 |
39.6% |
Colin Carr |
Lab |
795 |
|
George Gardner |
LD |
779 |
35.5% |
Jeffrey Gray |
C |
546 |
24.9% |
Denis Jackson |
LD |
525 |
|
Oliver May |
C |
520 |
|
Jim Cordon |
Lab |
1241 |
50.0% |
Peter May |
C |
1240 |
50.0% |
Mike Sekowski |
Lab |
1084 |
|
Audrey Laing |
Lab |
672 |
42.9% |
Gordon Tennant |
Lab |
670 |
|
Brian Quinn |
Ind |
653 |
41.7% |
Sidney Huntington |
Ind |
605 |
|
Margaret Wells |
LD |
242 |
15.4% |
Barbara Sloan |
LD |
857 |
55.6% |
Ralph Liddle |
LD |
833 |
|
Geoff Pinkney |
Lab |
685 |
44.4% |
David Taylor-Gooby |
Lab |
664 |
|
Allen Turner |
Lab |
996 |
58.4% |
Anne Wright |
Lab |
945 |
|
Lynne Cowan |
LD |
396 |
23.2% |
Ellen Waugh |
LD |
363 |
|
Mark Watson |
C |
313 |
18.4% |
Dan Myers |
Lab |
1072 |
53.0% |
Geraldine Bleasdale |
Lab |
1035 |
|
Derrick Dixon |
C |
949 |
47.0% |
Margaret Reid |
C |
878 |
|
David Brown |
C |
1101 |
38.7% |
John Robinson |
Lab |
977 |
34.3% |
Tony Brimm |
Ind |
650 |
22.8% |
Florence Brown |
Lab |
604 |
|
Gloria Wills |
Ind |
523 |
|
Mark Colledge |
BNP |
118 |
4.1% |
James Collinson |
BNP |
104 |
|
Carol Woods |
LD |
1398 |
45.9% |
Maureen Wood |
LD |
1308 |
|
Raymond Pye |
Lab |
1165 |
38.3% |
Lesley Broughton |
Lab |
1106 |
|
Nick Hallett |
C |
253 |
8.3% |
Jo Smith |
Grn |
228 |
7.5% |
Michael Fishwick |
C |
226 |
|
Brian Stephens |
Lab |
872 |
36.8% |
Dorothy Bowman |
Lab |
827 |
|
Irene Hewitson |
Ind |
528 |
22.3% |
Lenny Cockfield |
LD |
403 |
17.0% |
Colin Pollard |
Ind |
349 |
|
Nick Crass |
C |
309 |
13.0% |
Matthew Miller |
C |
269 |
|
Paul Clarke |
BNP |
257 |
10.8% |
Sarah Brown |
BNP |
254 |
|
James Huntington |
LD |
917 |
36.2% |
David Hancock |
Ind |
685 |
27.1% |
Vernon Chapman |
Lab |
636 |
25.1% |
Allan Walker |
Lab |
537 |
|
Ina Jackson |
Ind |
479 |
|
Gareth Howe |
LD |
473 |
|
Paul Ross |
BNP |
292 |
11.5% |
Lee Scott |
BNP |
264 |
|
Robin Todd |
Lab |
1226 |
52.2% |
Eunice Huntington |
Lab |
1169 |
|
Edward Hall |
Ind |
734 |
31.3% |
Stuart Walton |
LD |
388 |
16.5% |
Christopher Saville |
LD |
263 |
|
Ben Ord |
LD |
1123 |
35.0% |
Kevin Thompson |
LD |
1059 |
|
Agnes Armstrong |
Lab |
941 |
29.3% |
William Waters |
Lab |
927 |
|
Jackie Walker |
BNP |
890 |
27.7% |
James MacPherson |
BNP |
720 |
|
Paul Carmedy |
C |
256 |
8.0% |
Christine Platts |
C |
192 |
|
Claire Vasey |
Lab |
1017 |
46.1% |
Carl Marshall |
Lab |
891 |
|
Jacky Pye |
DInd |
824 |
37.4% |
David Walton |
DInd |
625 |
|
Neil Jukes |
LD |
196 |
8.9% |
Philip Clemo |
C |
169 |
7.7% |
John Hunter |
DInd |
1086 |
42.3% |
Joe Wilson |
Lab |
950 |
37.0% |
Edna Hunter |
Lab |
912 |
|
Tom Pattinson |
DInd |
866 |
|
David Bowerbank |
LD |
318 |
12.4% |
Mark Nicholson |
C |
214 |
8.3% |
Morris Nicholls |
Lab |
1230 |
49.4% |
Brian Wilson |
Ind |
940 |
37.8% |
Terry Unsworth |
Lab |
776 |
|
Margaret Norman |
LD |
320 |
12.9% |
Lucy Hovvels |
Lab |
1138 |
47.3% |
Peter Brookes |
Lab |
968 |
|
Alan Bell |
Ind |
659 |
27.4% |
Christine Moyle |
C |
388 |
16.1% |
Peter Sewell |
BNP |
223 |
9.3% |
Malcolm Claughan |
BNP |
222 |
|
Barbara Graham |
Lab |
1105 |
34.2% |
Neil Foster |
Lab |
1062 |
|
Adam Walker |
BNP |
933 |
28.8% |
Amanda-Marie Foster |
BNP |
842 |
|
Clive Maddison |
LD |
771 |
23.8% |
Liz Maddison |
LD |
752 |
|
Anthony Cross |
C |
425 |
13.1% |
Peter Gilbertson |
C |
255 |
|
John Shuttleworth |
Ind |
2035 |
74.6% |
Anita Savory |
Ind |
1029 |
|
Thomas Mews |
Ind |
564 |
|
Lesley Shuttleworth |
Ind |
558 |
|
Angela Bolam |
Ind |
533 |
|
Christopher Houghton |
C |
339 |
12.4% |
Olwyn Gunn |
Lab |
195 |
7.1% |
Anthony Simpson |
LD |
159 |
5.8% |
Alison Hiles |
Lab |
122 |
|
Richard Groves |
LD |
119 |
|
Robert Yorke |
Lab |
753 |
39.6% |
Andrew Turner |
Lab |
655 |
|
Jim Tague |
C |
598 |
31.4% |
Peter Laws |
C |
575 |
|
John Ferguson |
LD |
551 |
29.0% |
Vince Perkins |
LD |
462 |
|
Becky Brunskill |
C |
1210 |
40.9% |
Brian Myers |
Lab |
927 |
31.3% |
Margaret Pinkney |
Lab |
887 |
|
Laura Dixon |
C |
712 |
|
Kenneth Bowser |
LD |
368 |
12.4% |
John Cunningham |
Ind |
301 |
10.2% |
David English |
LD |
218 |
|
Anne Hodgson |
BNP |
151 |
5.1% |
Julie Snaith |
BNP |
129 |
|
Joan Maslin |
Ind |
1349 |
42.5% |
Len O'Donnell |
Lab |
1075 |
33.9% |
Kevin McGonnell |
Lab |
1055 |
|
Barry Solaimon |
LD |
750 |
23.6% |
John Lethbridge |
Lab |
665 |
45.2% |
June Lee |
Lab |
643 |
|
Alan Anderson |
LD |
585 |
39.7% |
Richard Huntington |
LD |
518 |
|
Colin Firby |
C |
222 |
15.1% |
Anne Welford |
C |
188 |
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