Local Election Results 2021
Durham
Whole council up for election.
DInd = Derwentside IndependentsNEast = North East Party
PolUProg = Political Unity for Progress
Seaham = Seaham Community Party
Other results for Durham:
2008
2013
2017
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 |
51769 |
33.5% |
53 |
Conservative |
41465 |
26.8% |
24 |
Independent |
25653 |
16.6% |
22 |
Liberal Democrat |
19126 |
12.4% |
17 |
Green Party |
5842 |
3.8% |
1 |
Derwentside Independents |
5042 |
3.3% |
5 |
North East Party |
2445 |
1.6% |
4 |
Seaham Community Party |
1645 |
1.1% |
0 |
Political Unity for Progress |
792 |
0.5% |
0 |
For Britain Movement |
501 |
0.3% |
0 |
Reform UK |
114 |
0.1% |
0 |
Freedom Alliance |
40 |
0.0% |
0 |
Joan Nicholson |
DInd |
719 |
38.8% |
Christine Bell |
DInd |
521 |
|
Samuel Simkin |
C |
518 |
28.0% |
Timothy Waters |
C |
514 |
|
Jeanette Stephenson |
Lab |
474 |
25.6% |
Eileen McKnight-Smith |
Lab |
409 |
|
Kenneth Rollings |
Ind |
142 |
7.7% |
Neville Jones |
LD |
966 |
38.2% |
James Atkinson |
Lab |
556 |
22.0% |
Martin Peeke |
C |
518 |
20.5% |
Tony Armstrong |
LD |
449 |
|
Wendy Hillary |
Lab |
417 |
|
Robert Fleming |
Ind |
376 |
14.9% |
Brian Haigh |
Ind |
197 |
|
John Grant |
RUK |
114 |
4.5% |
David Sutton-Lloyd |
C |
1269 |
34.4% |
Michael Stead |
LD |
1130 |
30.7% |
Anthony Stubbs |
C |
905 |
|
John Clare |
Lab |
823 |
22.3% |
Maureen Shelton |
LD |
633 |
|
Andrea Miller |
LD |
621 |
|
Kathryn Beetham |
Lab |
494 |
|
Jed Hillary |
Lab |
474 |
|
John Moore |
Ind |
462 |
12.5% |
Dorothy Bowman |
Ind |
447 |
|
Sandra Haigh |
Ind |
197 |
|
Edward Adam |
Lab |
539 |
33.1% |
Kenneth Robson |
Ind |
439 |
27.0% |
Catherine Hopper |
Lab |
434 |
|
George Gray |
Ind |
354 |
|
Elizabeth Maw |
C |
350 |
21.5% |
Paul Whiting |
LD |
259 |
15.9% |
James Walsh |
LD |
196 |
|
Michaela Banthorpe |
FdmAll |
40 |
2.5% |
George Richardson |
C |
1689 |
53.3% |
James Rowlandson |
C |
1619 |
|
Emma Rowell |
Lab |
780 |
24.6% |
Chloe Walls |
Lab |
528 |
|
Genevieve Metcalfe |
Grn |
362 |
11.4% |
Christine van Mourik |
LD |
338 |
10.7% |
Richard Bell |
C |
2123 |
67.8% |
Edward Henderson |
C |
1764 |
|
David Hynes |
Lab |
739 |
23.6% |
David Hardaker |
Lab |
703 |
|
Stephen White |
LD |
271 |
8.6% |
Lesley Mavin |
LD |
1526 |
31.1% |
Stuart Mavin |
LD |
1465 |
|
Christine Fletcher |
Lab |
1464 |
29.9% |
Pauline Hardman |
Lab |
1357 |
|
Michael Watson |
LD |
1282 |
|
Christopher Ranson |
Lab |
1127 |
|
Taylor Downs |
C |
999 |
20.4% |
Joshua Wooller |
C |
858 |
|
Michael Smith |
C |
816 |
|
Roger McAdam |
Grn |
505 |
10.3% |
Arthur Walker |
Ind |
410 |
8.4% |
Kevin Earley |
Lab |
1051 |
34.4% |
Stephen Robinson |
DInd |
904 |
29.6% |
Peter Oliver |
DInd |
843 |
|
Eileen Ridley |
C |
832 |
27.3% |
Toby Thatcher |
C |
718 |
|
Steven Wood |
Lab |
696 |
|
Christine English |
LD |
264 |
8.7% |
Andrew Jackson |
C |
1323 |
41.9% |
Samuel Zair |
Ind |
1149 |
36.4% |
Harley Balmer-Howieson |
Lab |
685 |
21.7% |
Katherine Eliot |
Lab |
601 |
|
Elaine Peeke |
C |
451 |
43.2% |
Pauline Crathorne |
Lab |
345 |
33.1% |
Tony Brimm |
Ind |
247 |
23.7% |
Robert Crute |
Lab |
1179 |
56.8% |
Stacey Deinali |
Lab |
898 |
|
Simon Elund |
C |
644 |
31.0% |
Steven Franklin |
NEast |
253 |
12.2% |
Ebony Watson |
NEast |
236 |
|
Jonathan Elmer |
Grn |
1128 |
39.7% |
Paul Taylor |
Lab |
1113 |
39.2% |
Priscilla Elmer |
Grn |
999 |
|
Anne Bonner |
Lab |
955 |
|
David Crabtree |
C |
426 |
15.0% |
Ethan Dodds |
C |
361 |
|
Geoffrey Moore |
LD |
88 |
3.1% |
Carolyn Smith |
Ind |
83 |
2.9% |
Mary Andrews |
Lab |
983 |
38.4% |
Declan Mulholland |
Lab |
860 |
|
David Cumming |
C |
638 |
24.9% |
Trevor Ord |
Ind |
623 |
24.3% |
Paul Robinson |
C |
585 |
|
Roland Hemsley |
Ind |
497 |
|
Richard Simpson |
Grn |
219 |
8.5% |
Keith English |
LD |
99 |
3.9% |
Beatrice Bainbridge |
C |
552 |
41.5% |
Julie Scurfield |
Lab |
411 |
30.9% |
Derek Morse |
Grn |
300 |
22.6% |
Neil Bradbury |
LD |
67 |
5.0% |
Tracie Smith |
Lab |
695 |
50.1% |
Ian Heaviside |
Ind |
445 |
32.1% |
Anne Murphy |
C |
194 |
14.0% |
Philip Nathan |
LD |
52 |
3.8% |
Paul Sexton |
Ind |
1619 |
48.9% |
David Moist |
Ind |
907 |
|
Allan Bainbridge |
C |
861 |
26.0% |
Flora Conway |
Lab |
733 |
22.1% |
Howell Davies |
Lab |
645 |
|
Jack Charlton |
C |
380 |
|
Timothy Murphy |
LD |
97 |
2.9% |
Karen Fantarrow |
Ind |
832 |
39.9% |
Simon Henig |
Lab |
797 |
38.3% |
Linda Marshall |
Lab |
674 |
|
Ewan Marshall |
Ind |
661 |
|
Mark Watson |
C |
369 |
17.7% |
Adam Pollard |
C |
366 |
|
Rowena Barnard |
LD |
85 |
4.1% |
Julie Cairns |
Ind |
491 |
44.3% |
Oliver Peeke |
C |
313 |
28.2% |
Stuart Sutherland |
Lab |
304 |
27.4% |
Alexander Watson |
Ind |
957 |
31.6% |
Kathryn Rooney |
LD |
778 |
25.7% |
Phillip Marshall |
Lab |
700 |
23.1% |
Nicholas McCarthy |
C |
592 |
19.6% |
David Bowerbank |
LD |
578 |
|
Clive Hedges |
Lab |
407 |
|
Laura Rides |
Ind |
180 |
|
Dominic Haney |
LD |
501 |
37.8% |
Amandeep Dhillon |
C |
380 |
28.7% |
Mark Appleby |
Lab |
322 |
24.3% |
Derek Hicks |
DInd |
121 |
9.1% |
Charlie Kay |
Lab |
512 |
53.2% |
Sue Elliott |
C |
338 |
35.1% |
Michael Ramage |
Ind |
69 |
7.2% |
Benjamin Oliver |
LD |
43 |
4.5% |
Janet Blakey |
Ind |
1702 |
44.4% |
Gary Hutchinson |
Ind |
1404 |
|
Maura McKeon |
Lab |
1289 |
33.6% |
John Dunn |
Lab |
1241 |
|
Maria Plews |
Lab |
1126 |
|
Jason Carr |
C |
702 |
18.3% |
Marc Owens |
C |
695 |
|
Harvey Stevens |
C |
591 |
|
Oliver Latimer |
LD |
140 |
3.7% |
Adam Walker |
LD |
140 |
|
Carole Hampson |
Lab |
873 |
50.7% |
Sam McMahon |
Lab |
798 |
|
Katy Coulson |
DInd |
518 |
30.1% |
Anthony Bentley |
C |
330 |
19.2% |
Ian Goodwin |
C |
326 |
|
James Currah |
C |
1323 |
35.6% |
Patricia Jopling |
C |
1317 |
|
Anne Reed |
Ind |
1259 |
33.9% |
Robbie Rodiss |
C |
1185 |
|
Andrea Patterson |
Lab |
1137 |
30.6% |
Mary Hall |
Lab |
887 |
|
Maureen Stanton |
Lab |
778 |
|
Kevin Shaw |
Lab |
1043 |
50.5% |
Leanne Kennedy |
Lab |
1035 |
|
Robert Arthur |
Seaham |
689 |
33.4% |
Linda Willis |
Seaham |
542 |
|
David Young |
C |
333 |
16.1% |
Jean Chaplow |
Lab |
1436 |
42.6% |
Marion Wilson |
Lab |
1412 |
|
Daniel Nicholls |
Lab |
1217 |
|
Fleur Meston |
C |
1003 |
29.7% |
Richard Lawrie |
C |
894 |
|
Matthew Vickers |
C |
853 |
|
John Kelley |
LD |
617 |
18.3% |
Florence Simpson |
LD |
610 |
|
Katherine Tucker |
LD |
417 |
|
Alan Ostle |
Grn |
317 |
9.4% |
Angela Sterling |
C |
1026 |
47.5% |
Michelle Walton |
C |
988 |
|
Jane Brown |
Lab |
824 |
38.1% |
Malcolm Clarke |
Lab |
817 |
|
George McKay |
DInd |
222 |
10.3% |
Nathan Haney |
LD |
89 |
4.1% |
Rochelle Charlton-Lainé |
Lab |
664 |
46.2% |
John Purvis |
Lab |
654 |
|
Susan Faulkner |
Seaham |
475 |
33.0% |
Barry Taylor |
Seaham |
464 |
|
Clive Parker |
C |
299 |
20.8% |
David Stoker |
LD |
392 |
40.0% |
Rebecca Ashby |
Lab |
317 |
32.3% |
Sean Healy |
C |
172 |
17.6% |
Stephen Ashfield |
Grn |
99 |
10.1% |
Angela Surtees |
Lab |
952 |
51.3% |
David Boyes |
Lab |
911 |
|
Graeme Hynds |
C |
468 |
25.2% |
Rachel Southall |
C |
327 |
|
Terrence Murray |
Ind |
264 |
14.2% |
Alan Wilkinson |
NEast |
170 |
9.2% |
David Freeman |
LD |
870 |
42.0% |
Richard Ormerod |
LD |
864 |
|
Victoria Ashfield |
Lab |
672 |
32.4% |
Omide Deinali |
Lab |
565 |
|
Anna Marshall |
Grn |
361 |
17.4% |
Catriona Hawkes |
C |
168 |
8.1% |
Michael Mollon |
C |
158 |
|
Beverley Coult |
LD |
1406 |
54.3% |
Arnold Simpson |
LD |
1247 |
|
Alison Hiles |
Lab |
537 |
20.8% |
Andrew Walker |
Lab |
462 |
|
Alison Hirst |
C |
383 |
14.8% |
David Milner |
C |
374 |
|
Ruth Blanchflower |
Grn |
176 |
6.8% |
Ryan Drion |
Ind |
85 |
3.3% |
Ian Stone |
Grn |
83 |
|
James Cosslett |
C |
1316 |
53.7% |
Robert Potts |
C |
1019 |
|
Samuel Rushworth |
Lab |
768 |
31.3% |
Julie Ward |
Lab |
739 |
|
Alan Breeze |
Ind |
367 |
15.0% |
Brian Avery |
Ind |
1189 |
36.8% |
Peter Atkinson |
Lab |
1130 |
34.9% |
Joe Quinn |
C |
916 |
28.3% |
Carole Atkinson |
Lab |
902 |
|
Joseph Makepeace |
Ind |
893 |
|
Curtis Bihari |
Lab |
849 |
|
David Farry |
Ind |
608 |
|
Amanda Hopgood |
LD |
2591 |
48.5% |
Mark Wilkes |
LD |
2249 |
|
Frances Simmons |
LD |
2096 |
|
Ben Graham |
Lab |
1065 |
19.9% |
Margaret Kellett |
Lab |
1011 |
|
John Hardman |
Lab |
970 |
|
Joshua Grew |
C |
750 |
14.0% |
William Halford |
C |
732 |
|
Mark Smedley |
C |
705 |
|
Karon Willis |
Ind |
521 |
9.7% |
Irene Ostle |
Grn |
417 |
7.8% |
Isabella Roberts |
Lab |
862 |
57.9% |
Ian McLean |
Lab |
855 |
|
Mary Cartwright |
NEast |
394 |
26.5% |
Kirsty Wilkinson |
NEast |
252 |
|
Carroll Herd |
C |
233 |
15.6% |
Douglas Oliver |
C |
1317 |
36.4% |
Michael McGaun |
C |
1242 |
|
Alison Gray |
Lab |
1128 |
31.2% |
David Toner |
Lab |
777 |
|
David Smith |
Ind |
430 |
11.9% |
Margaret Bullivant |
DInd |
298 |
8.2% |
Hannah Parker-Fuller |
Grn |
236 |
6.5% |
Jeanette Williams |
LD |
208 |
5.8% |
Watts Stelling |
Ind |
1227 |
33.3% |
Alan Shield |
DInd |
1064 |
28.9% |
Deborah Armstrong |
C |
735 |
20.0% |
Christopher Robinson |
Lab |
654 |
17.8% |
Thomas Bedson |
Lab |
612 |
|
Emma Young |
C |
609 |
|
Alan Bell |
Ind |
1509 |
52.2% |
Philip Heaviside |
Ind |
788 |
|
David Haswell |
LD |
610 |
21.1% |
Michael Peacock |
LD |
539 |
|
David Robinson |
Lab |
510 |
17.6% |
Nathan Brown |
C |
263 |
9.1% |
Michelle Melvin |
Ind |
245 |
|
Audrey Willis |
Ind |
218 |
|
Jak Hocking |
C |
180 |
|
Julie Griffiths |
Lab |
1200 |
63.6% |
Robert Adcock-Forster |
Lab |
1006 |
|
Brian Brown |
Ind |
413 |
21.9% |
Stephen Robson |
Ind |
399 |
|
Andrew Dixon |
C |
274 |
14.5% |
Elizabeth Brown |
LD |
1686 |
45.8% |
Elizabeth Scott |
LD |
1420 |
|
Brian Freeman |
Lab |
867 |
23.5% |
John Turnbull |
Lab |
694 |
|
Natalie Broughton |
Grn |
690 |
18.7% |
Frederick Fawcett |
C |
440 |
11.9% |
Tristan Pahl |
C |
424 |
|
Craig Martin |
LD |
1070 |
63.4% |
Michael Martin |
Lab |
266 |
15.8% |
Andrew Husband |
C |
185 |
11.0% |
Michael Goulding |
Ind |
167 |
9.9% |
Karen Hawley |
NEast |
446 |
41.6% |
Archibald Meikle |
Lab |
343 |
32.0% |
Danielle Hocking |
C |
283 |
26.4% |
Alison Batey |
Lab |
1993 |
49.3% |
Daniel Wood |
Lab |
1725 |
|
Paul Pringle |
Lab |
1566 |
|
Michael Botterill |
C |
1062 |
26.3% |
Julie Watson |
C |
735 |
|
Adele Taggart |
C |
719 |
|
Clare Todd |
Ind |
711 |
17.6% |
Russell Haswell |
LD |
273 |
6.8% |
Terence Duffy |
NEast |
612 |
47.3% |
Diane Howarth |
NEast |
573 |
|
Audrey Laing |
Lab |
523 |
40.4% |
Colin Watkins |
Lab |
411 |
|
Judith Webb |
C |
159 |
12.3% |
Anthony Gavaghan |
C |
154 |
|
Susan McDonnell |
NEast |
570 |
36.6% |
Louise Fenwick |
Lab |
560 |
36.0% |
Michelle McCue |
Lab |
493 |
|
Karon Liddell |
NEast |
441 |
|
Margaret Hotham |
Ind |
220 |
14.1% |
Samuel Meston |
C |
206 |
13.2% |
John Kincaid |
C |
198 |
|
Jimmy Alvey |
Ind |
157 |
|
Emma Waldock |
Lab |
922 |
44.2% |
Simon Wilson |
Lab |
884 |
|
Nicholas Kasch |
Grn |
525 |
25.2% |
Graham Drummond-Hill |
C |
502 |
24.1% |
Nicola Brown |
LD |
136 |
6.5% |
John Stephenson |
C |
103 |
|
Karan Batey |
Lab |
722 |
39.8% |
David McKenna |
Lab |
719 |
|
Margaret Reid |
C |
509 |
28.1% |
Kathryn Brace |
Seaham |
481 |
26.5% |
Graeme Hepworth |
Seaham |
440 |
|
Emily Rought |
C |
372 |
|
Roger Vila |
LD |
100 |
5.5% |
David Brown |
C |
1084 |
35.5% |
Christopher Lines |
Ind |
1042 |
34.1% |
John Robinson |
Lab |
928 |
30.4% |
Catherine Hart |
C |
787 |
|
Heidi Smith |
Lab |
512 |
|
David McNee |
Ind |
255 |
|
David Hall |
Lab |
1312 |
56.5% |
William Kellett |
Lab |
1218 |
|
Peter Byrne |
C |
745 |
32.1% |
Gillian Warby |
C |
710 |
|
Michael Anderson |
LD |
265 |
11.4% |
Andrew Tibbs |
LD |
194 |
|
Shirley Quinn |
Lab |
1159 |
35.2% |
Samantha Townsend |
Lab |
1103 |
|
Matthew Johnson |
Lab |
1001 |
|
Michael Cox |
C |
955 |
29.0% |
Stephen Martin |
C |
811 |
|
Khwanchai Martin |
C |
765 |
|
Robert Ingledew |
Ind |
701 |
21.3% |
Luan Deakin |
Ind |
594 |
|
William Langley |
Ind |
498 |
|
Nicholas Halliday |
LD |
473 |
14.4% |
Ivan Cochrane |
Ind |
1084 |
52.0% |
Christopher Hood |
Ind |
840 |
|
Kylie Austin Young |
Lab |
593 |
28.4% |
Alan Liversidge |
Lab |
471 |
|
Ian Davenport |
C |
315 |
15.1% |
Clive Yarwood |
C |
257 |
|
Andrew Carey |
LD |
93 |
4.5% |
Elizabeth Maddison |
Ind |
1029 |
28.4% |
Peter Molloy |
Ind |
930 |
|
Luke Holmes |
C |
749 |
20.7% |
Colin Nelson |
Lab |
636 |
17.6% |
Helen Hannar |
C |
612 |
|
Lyndsey Johnson |
C |
611 |
|
Dean Ranyard |
LD |
582 |
16.1% |
Martin Jones |
LD |
461 |
|
Kester Noble |
Lab |
429 |
|
Julie Stirk |
Lab |
421 |
|
Neville Dart |
PolUProg |
388 |
10.7% |
Steven Jones |
PolUProg |
386 |
|
Kaye Roberts |
PolUProg |
334 |
|
Mark Quinn |
Grn |
239 |
6.6% |
Angela Hanson |
Lab |
883 |
48.0% |
Carl Marshall |
Lab |
849 |
|
Gary McCallum |
C |
432 |
23.5% |
Stewart Robshaw |
DInd |
305 |
16.6% |
Janet Atkinson |
DInd |
286 |
|
Maura Radford |
Grn |
130 |
7.1% |
Jennifer Robertson |
LD |
89 |
4.8% |
Gordon Binney |
Lab |
893 |
41.9% |
Joyce Charlton |
DInd |
891 |
41.9% |
Dawn Knight |
Lab |
818 |
|
David Tully |
DInd |
609 |
|
Anita Meston |
C |
345 |
16.2% |
Patricia Wynne |
C |
321 |
|
Richard Manchester |
Lab |
583 |
55.7% |
Terry Batson |
Ind |
464 |
44.3% |
Lucy Hovvels |
Lab |
1399 |
45.6% |
Jake Miller |
Lab |
1178 |
|
Christine Varty |
Lab |
1009 |
|
Gemma Abley |
C |
823 |
26.8% |
William Walker |
C |
731 |
|
David Smith |
ForBritn |
501 |
16.3% |
Kenneth Grainger |
LD |
347 |
11.3% |
Mark Abley |
C |
896 |
29.6% |
William McAloon |
Ind |
766 |
25.3% |
Andrew Anderson |
Lab |
635 |
21.0% |
Neil Foster |
Lab |
539 |
|
Clive Maddison |
Ind |
482 |
|
Ian Geldard |
PolUProg |
404 |
13.3% |
Rebecca Calder |
LD |
191 |
6.3% |
Jonathan Miles-Watson |
Grn |
138 |
4.6% |
John Shuttleworth |
Ind |
1627 |
43.7% |
Mary Savory |
Ind |
1394 |
|
William Wearmouth |
C |
1311 |
35.2% |
Charles Cowie |
C |
953 |
|
Owain Gardner |
Lab |
785 |
21.1% |
Robert Yorke |
Lab |
1023 |
44.1% |
Mark Roberts |
C |
993 |
42.8% |
Declan Gilroy |
C |
921 |
|
Helen Goodman |
Lab |
731 |
|
Nicholas Brown |
Ind |
302 |
13.0% |
Lesley Zair |
Ind |
248 |
|
Alexander Tighe |
Ind |
163 |
|
Olwyn Gunn |
Lab |
1239 |
50.6% |
Fraser Tinsley |
Lab |
1218 |
|
Ian Hirst |
C |
1209 |
49.4% |
Alistair Layfield |
C |
1137 |
|
John Higgins |
Lab |
630 |
69.8% |
Daniel Bannon |
C |
227 |
25.2% |
Edwin Simpson |
LD |
45 |
5.0% |
Joanne Howey |
C |
645 |
36.4% |
Cathy Hunt |
C |
621 |
|
John Lethbridge |
Lab |
609 |
34.3% |
Jamie Blackburn |
Lab |
578 |
|
Tanya Tucker |
LD |
289 |
16.3% |
Leanda Chappell |
Ind |
230 |
13.0% |
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