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Local Election Results 2021

Durham

Whole council up for election.

DInd = Derwentside Independents
NEast = 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)

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Consolidated results — Durham 2021

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

Annfield Plain (2) [1 DInd gain from Lab]

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%

Aycliffe East (2) [1 LD gain from Lab]

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%

Aycliffe North and Middridge (3) [1 LD gain from Lab]

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

Aycliffe West (2) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

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%

Barnard Castle East (2)

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%

Barnard Castle West (2)

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%

Belmont (3)

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%

Benfieldside (2) [1 Lab gain from DInd]

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%

Bishop Auckland Town (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

Andrew Jackson C 1323 41.9%
Samuel Zair Ind 1149 36.4%
Harley Balmer-Howieson Lab 685 21.7%
Katherine Eliot Lab 601

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth [C gain from Lab]

Elaine Peeke C 451 43.2%
Pauline Crathorne Lab 345 33.1%
Tony Brimm Ind 247 23.7%

Blackhalls (2)

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

Brandon (2) [1 Grn gain from Lab]

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%

Burnopfield and Dipton (2)

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%

Chester-le-Street East

Beatrice Bainbridge C 552 41.5%
Julie Scurfield Lab 411 30.9%
Derek Morse Grn 300 22.6%
Neil Bradbury LD 67 5.0%

Chester-le-Street North

Tracie Smith Lab 695 50.1%
Ian Heaviside Ind 445 32.1%
Anne Murphy C 194 14.0%
Philip Nathan LD 52 3.8%

Chester-le-Street South (2) [1 Ind gain from C]

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%

Chester-le-Street West Central (2) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

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%

Chilton [Ind gain from Lab]

Julie Cairns Ind 491 44.3%
Oliver Peeke C 313 28.2%
Stuart Sutherland Lab 304 27.4%

Consett North (2)

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

Consett South [LD gain from DI]

Dominic Haney LD 501 37.8%
Amandeep Dhillon C 380 28.7%
Mark Appleby Lab 322 24.3%
Derek Hicks DInd 121 9.1%

Coundon

Charlie Kay Lab 512 53.2%
Sue Elliott C 338 35.1%
Michael Ramage Ind 69 7.2%
Benjamin Oliver LD 43 4.5%

Coxhoe (3) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

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

Craghead and South Moor (2)

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

Crook (3) [1 C gain from Ind, 1 C gain from Lab]

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

Dawdon (2)

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%

Deerness (3)

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%

Delves Lane (2) [2 C gains from Lab]

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%

Deneside (2)

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%

Durham South

David Stoker LD 392 40.0%
Rebecca Ashby Lab 317 32.3%
Sean Healy C 172 17.6%
Stephen Ashfield Grn 99 10.1%

Easington (2)

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%

Elvet and Gilesgate (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

Esh and Witton Gilbert (2)

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

Evenwood (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

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%

Ferryhill (3) [1 C gain from Ind]

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

Framwellgate and Newton Hall (3)

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%

Horden (2)

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%

Lanchester (2) [2 C gains from Lab]

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%

Leadgate and Medomsley (2) [1 Ind gain from DInd]

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

Lumley (2)

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

Murton (2)

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%

Neville's Cross (2)

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

North Lodge

Craig Martin LD 1070 63.4%
Michael Martin Lab 266 15.8%
Andrew Husband C 185 11.0%
Michael Goulding Ind 167 9.9%

Passfield

Karen Hawley NEast 446 41.6%
Archibald Meikle Lab 343 32.0%
Danielle Hocking C 283 26.4%

Pelton (3)

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%

Peterlee East (2) [2 NEast gains from Lab]

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

Peterlee West (2) [1 Lab gain from NEast]

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

Sacriston (2)

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

Seaham (2)

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%

Sedgefield (2) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

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

Sherburn (2)

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

Shildon and Dene Valley (3)

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%

Shotton and South Hetton (2) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

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%

Spennymoor (3) [2 Ind gains from Spennymr, 1 C gain from Spennymr]

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%

Stanley (2)

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%

Tanfield (2)

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

Tow Law

Richard Manchester Lab 583 55.7%
Terry Batson Ind 464 44.3%

Trimdon and Thornley (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%

Tudhoe (2) [1 C gain from Spennymr, 1 Ind gain from Spennymr]

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%

Weardale (2)

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%

West Auckland (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

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

Willington and Hunwick (2)

Olwyn Gunn Lab 1239 50.6%
Fraser Tinsley Lab 1218
Ian Hirst C 1209 49.4%
Alistair Layfield C 1137

Wingate

John Higgins Lab 630 69.8%
Daniel Bannon C 227 25.2%
Edwin Simpson LD 45 5.0%

Woodhouse Close (2) [2 C gains from Lab]

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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