Local Election Results 2015
Darlington
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Note:— The declared result for Hurworth ward omitted postal votes in error. The candidates elected were not affected.
Other results for Darlington:
2003
2007
2011
2019
By-elections for Darlington (may be incomplete): 19th August 2004 (North Road)
— 8th September 2005 (Hurworth)
— 2nd March 2006 (College)
— 13th November 2008 (North Road)
— 8th July 2010 (Cockerton W.)
— 12th April 2012 (Harrowgate Hill; Hurworth)
— 11th April 2013 (Lascelles)
— 22nd May 2014 (Mowden)
— 16th November 2017 (Mowden; Red Hall & Lingfield)
— 12th July 2018 (Cockerton)
— 6th May 2021 (Hummersknott; Red Hall & Lingfield)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
18714 |
34.5% |
17 |
| Labour |
18467 |
34.0% |
29 |
| Green Party |
6805 |
12.5% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
4768 |
8.8% |
3 |
| UK Independence Party |
3426 |
6.3% |
0 |
| Independent |
1957 |
3.6% |
1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
107 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Veronica Copeland |
Lab |
1314 |
38.0% |
| Wendy Newall |
Lab |
1015 |
|
| Chris Taylor |
Lab |
896 |
|
| Mike McDonough |
UKIP |
704 |
20.4% |
| Alexandra Nicholson |
C |
647 |
18.7% |
| Louise Maddison |
Grn |
423 |
12.2% |
| Brian Fiske |
LD |
370 |
10.7% |
| Richard Grundy |
C |
1258 |
41.0% |
| Sue Richmond |
Lab |
1115 |
36.3% |
| Rachel Mills |
C |
1068 |
|
| Bryan Thistlethwaite |
Lab |
1047 |
|
| Steve Rose |
Lab |
976 |
|
| Christopher Welsh |
C |
961 |
|
| Anita Harris |
Grn |
444 |
14.5% |
| Terri Hankinson |
Grn |
359 |
|
| Matthew Snedker |
Grn |
308 |
|
| Karisha Francis |
LD |
251 |
8.2% |
| Jan Cossins |
Lab |
1463 |
43.1% |
| Paul Baldwin |
Lab |
1405 |
|
| David Regan |
Lab |
1239 |
|
| Margaret Kendrew |
C |
839 |
24.7% |
| Dylan Gradwell |
Grn |
581 |
17.1% |
| Gordon Bean |
LD |
511 |
15.1% |
| Ian Galletley |
C |
1245 |
50.1% |
| Tony Richmond |
C |
1230 |
|
| Elaine Hope |
Lab |
716 |
28.8% |
| Jim Garner |
Lab |
678 |
|
| Francesca Wood |
Grn |
315 |
12.7% |
| David Davies |
UKIP |
209 |
8.4% |
| Kevin Nicholson |
Ind |
1142 |
33.7% |
| Roddy Francis |
Lab |
1121 |
33.1% |
| Bill Dixon |
Lab |
981 |
|
| Lee Vasey |
Lab |
793 |
|
| Andrew Keir |
C |
639 |
18.9% |
| Dylan Wilson |
Grn |
267 |
7.9% |
| Dorota Lulek |
Ind |
262 |
|
| Charles Oliver |
LD |
219 |
6.5% |
| Gill Cartwright |
C |
1345 |
35.7% |
| David Lyonette |
Lab |
1254 |
33.3% |
| Marjory Knowles |
Lab |
1207 |
|
| John Vasey |
Lab |
1143 |
|
| Ian Ferguson |
C |
1034 |
|
| Hilary Allen |
LD |
692 |
18.4% |
| Mike Cherrington |
Grn |
480 |
12.7% |
| Chris Foote-Wood |
LD |
366 |
|
| Alan Leach |
LD |
335 |
|
| Chris McEwan |
Lab |
1540 |
47.3% |
| Andy Scott |
Lab |
1309 |
|
| Nick Wallis |
Lab |
1137 |
|
| Craig Smith |
C |
1050 |
32.2% |
| Michael McTimoney |
Grn |
668 |
20.5% |
| Gerald Lee |
C |
1546 |
64.3% |
| Paul Crudass |
C |
1236 |
|
| Darryl Gregory |
Lab |
576 |
24.0% |
| Peter Plant |
Lab |
349 |
|
| Melissa Wilson |
Grn |
282 |
11.7% |
| Alan Coultas |
C |
1435 |
56.0% |
| Charles Johnson |
C |
1431 |
|
| Amanda McEwan |
Lab |
536 |
20.9% |
| Esther Taylor |
Lab |
524 |
|
| Ian Barnes |
LD |
325 |
12.7% |
| Joanna Adams |
Grn |
266 |
10.4% |
| Lorraine Tostevin |
C |
653 |
38.2% |
| Joe Kelley |
LD |
582 |
34.1% |
| Claire Kelley |
LD |
531 |
|
| Peter Commane |
Grn |
245 |
14.3% |
| Rosie Dixon |
Lab |
228 |
13.3% |
| Philip Crumbie |
Lab |
214 |
|
| Richard Lawley |
Grn |
199 |
|
| Pauline Culley |
C |
1172 |
46.3% |
| Bill Stenson |
C |
1090 |
|
| Jackie Saint |
Lab |
798 |
31.6% |
| Jon Hughes |
Lab |
586 |
|
| Charlotte Bull |
UKIP |
373 |
14.7% |
| Marilyn Moore |
Grn |
186 |
7.4% |
| Anne-Marie Curry |
LD |
876 |
33.1% |
| Fred Lawton |
LD |
785 |
|
| Dawn Storr |
Lab |
761 |
28.8% |
| Martin Landers |
Lab |
743 |
|
| Alan Macnab |
LD |
719 |
|
| Jonnie Vasey |
Lab |
652 |
|
| Graham Smurthwaite |
UKIP |
435 |
16.4% |
| John Halliday |
C |
388 |
14.7% |
| Bryony Holroyd |
Grn |
186 |
7.0% |
| Neil Kang-Scarth |
Grn |
144 |
|
| Martin Wood |
Grn |
134 |
|
| Sonia Kane |
Lab |
666 |
46.3% |
| Eleanor Lister |
Lab |
629 |
|
| Patricia Chapman |
C |
266 |
18.5% |
| Yvonne Richardson |
Ind |
262 |
18.2% |
| Lucy Chapman |
Grn |
243 |
16.9% |
| Nigel Kendrew |
C |
232 |
|
| Peter Everett |
Ind |
203 |
|
| Cyndi Hughes |
Lab |
1000 |
31.1% |
| Michael Nicholson |
Lab |
859 |
|
| Malcolm Wright |
Lab |
686 |
|
| Beryl Hankin |
Ind |
553 |
17.2% |
| Daniel Fairclough |
UKIP |
534 |
16.6% |
| Carol Johnson |
C |
530 |
16.5% |
| Joanne Land |
Grn |
268 |
8.3% |
| Mike Convery |
Ind |
255 |
|
| Linda Daynes |
LD |
223 |
6.9% |
| Malcolm Dunstone |
LD |
198 |
|
| Richard Stevens |
Grn |
196 |
|
| Sheila Dunstone |
LD |
173 |
|
| Michael Adams |
TUSC |
107 |
3.3% |
| Heather Scott |
C |
1498 |
55.3% |
| Bob Donoghue |
C |
1460 |
|
| Kim Baldwin |
Lab |
770 |
28.4% |
| Allan Day |
Lab |
546 |
|
| Richard Les |
Grn |
439 |
16.2% |
| Bob Carson |
Lab |
1262 |
43.6% |
| Steve Harker |
Lab |
1234 |
|
| Linda Hughes |
Lab |
1193 |
|
| Patricia Kenneally |
C |
855 |
29.5% |
| Emma Shroeder |
C |
836 |
|
| Andrew Wattsford |
C |
743 |
|
| Michael Chapman |
Grn |
496 |
17.1% |
| Albert Oates |
LD |
284 |
9.8% |
| Ian Haszeldine |
Lab |
831 |
46.7% |
| Lynne Haszeldine |
Lab |
770 |
|
| John Elliott |
C |
515 |
28.9% |
| Paul Howell |
C |
464 |
|
| Luke Weir |
Grn |
222 |
12.5% |
| Meme Foster |
LD |
212 |
11.9% |
| Doris Jones |
C |
1737 |
46.4% |
| Steve York |
C |
1722 |
|
| Brian Jones |
C |
1673 |
|
| Stuart Crowther |
Lab |
835 |
22.3% |
| Alex Sinski |
UKIP |
637 |
17.0% |
| Elizabeth Muggleton |
Lab |
514 |
|
| Sandy Thorne-Wallis |
Lab |
482 |
|
| Nicola Castell |
Grn |
308 |
8.2% |
| Myrtle Oates |
LD |
223 |
6.0% |
| Katie Kelly |
Lab |
690 |
49.8% |
| Jan Taylor |
Lab |
639 |
|
| Patricia Tobin |
C |
425 |
30.7% |
| Jake Forth |
Grn |
271 |
19.6% |
| Helen Crumbie |
Lab |
991 |
41.1% |
| Tom Nutt |
Lab |
890 |
|
| Christine Barker |
C |
671 |
27.8% |
| Janet Galletley |
C |
570 |
|
| Dave Williams |
UKIP |
534 |
22.1% |
| Yvonne Cherrington |
Grn |
215 |
8.9% |
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