2021 Durham County Council election

The 202 Durham County Council election was held on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom. Some areas have declared, wheras others had not finished or started counting as of 8 May 2021^[1]. When 126 councillors will be elected from 63 electoral divisions which will each return either one, two or three county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Results summary

Durham County Council election, 2017
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Independent
	Conservative
	Derwentside Independents
	Spennymoor Independents
	North East
	Green
	UKIP
	Other parties

Results by electoral division

A − B

Annfield Plain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Derwentside Independents	Christine Bell	521
	Labour	Eileen McKnightsmith	409
	Derwentside Independents	Joan Nicholson	719
	Independent	Ken Rollings	142
	Conservative	Samuel Charles Oliver Simkin	518
	Labour	Jeanette Theresa Stephenson	474
	Conservative	Timothy Peter Waters	514
Turnout			1842	30.98

Annfield East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Armstrong	449
	Labour	Jim Atkinson	556
	Independent	Bob Fleming	376
	Reform UK	John William Grant	114
	Independent	Brian Haigh	197
	Labour	Wendy Patricia Hillary	417
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Jones	966
	Conservative	Martin Peeke	518
Turnout			2199	34.48

Aycliffe North and Middridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kathryn Sarah Beetham	494
	Independent	Dorothy Bowman	447
	Labour	John Duncan Clare	823
	Independent	Sandra Haigh	197
	Labour	Jed Hillary	474
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Miller	621
	Independent	John Douglas Moore	462
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Shelton	633
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Stead	1,130
	Conservative	Tony Stubbs	905
	Conservative	David Sutton-Lloyd	1,269
Turnout			2937	34.89

Aycliffe West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddy Adam
	Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews.	Michaela Helen Banthorpe
	Independent	George Coulson Gray
	Labour	Kate Hopper
	Conservative	Elizabeth Rosemary Maw
	Conservative	Elizabeth Rosemary Maw
	Independent	Ken Robson
	Liberal Democrats	James Robert Walsh
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Andrew Whiting

Barnard Castle east
Party		Candidate
	Green	Genevieve Susan Metcalfe
	Conservative	George Morland Richardson
	Labour	Emma Louise Rowell
	Conservative	James Michael Rowlandson
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Margaret Van Mourik
	Labour	Chloe Sheila Walls
Turnout

Barnard Castle West
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Richard Andrew BELL
	Labour	David Wilson HARDAKER
	Conservative	Ted Galehurst HENDERSON
	Labour	Dave HYNES
	Liberal Democrats	Dave HYNES
Turnout

Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Taylor James DOWNS	999
	Labour	Christine Anne FLETCHER	1,464
	Labour	Pauline HARDMAN	1357
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley MAVIN	1,526
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Eric MAVIN	1,465
	Green	Roger Michael MCADAM	505
	Labour	Christopher Jon RANSON	1127
	Conservative	Michael Drummond Moverley SMITH	816
	Independent	Arthur Clifford WALKER	410
	Liberal Democrats	Michael WATSON	1282
	Conservative	Joshua WOOLLER	858
Turnout			4206	41.78

Benfieldside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin EARLEY	1,051
	Liberal Democrats	Christine ENGLISH	264
	Derwentside Independents	Peter OLIVER	843
	Conservative	Eileen RIDLEY	832
	Derwentside Independents	Stephen ROBINSON	904
	Conservative	Toby THATCHER	718
	Labour	Steven John WOOD	696
Turnout			2850	43.93

Bishop Auckland Town
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Harley James BALMERHOWIESON	685
Labour	Katie ELIOT	601
Conservative	Andrew JACKSON	133
Independent	Sam ZAIR	1,149

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Tony Douglas BRIMM	247
Labour	Pauline Fernlea CRATHORNE	345
Conservative	Elaine PEEKE	451

Blackhalls
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Rob CRUTE	1,179
Labour	Stacey DEINAL	898
Conservative	Simon James ELUND	644
North East Party	Steven FRANKLIN	253
North East Party	Ebony WATSON	236

Brandon
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Anne BONNER	955
Conservative	David Farnell CRABTREE	426
Conservative	Ethan Lewis DODDS	361
Green	Jonathan ELMER	1128
Green	Priscilla Anne Bowen ELMER	999
Liberal Democrats	Geoff MOORE	88
Independent	Carolyn SMITH	83
Labour	Paul TAYLOR	1,113

Burnopfield and Dipton
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Mary Veronica ANDREWS	983
Conservative	David CUMMING	638
Liberal Democrats	Keith ENGLISH	99
Independent	Roland HEMSLEY	497
Labour	Declan Gerard John MULHOLLAND	860
Independent	Trevor ORD	623
Conservative	Paul Douglas ROBINSON	585
Green	Richard Edwin SIMPSON	219

C − D

Chester-le-Street East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beaty BAINBRIDGE
	Liberal Democrats	Neil John BRADBURY
	Green	Derek MORSE
	Labour	Julie Anne SCURFIELD

Chester-le-Street North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian HEAVISIDE
	Conservative	Anne MURPHY
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bernard NATHAN
	Labour	Tracie Jane SMITH

Chester-le-Street South
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Allan BAINBRIDGE	861
Conservative	Jack Lewis CHARLTON	380
Labour	Flora CONWAY	733
Labour	Howell Wynne DAVIES	645
Independent	Bill MOIST	907
Liberal Democrats	Tim MURPHY	97
Independent	Paul Stephen SEXTON	1,619

Chester-le-Street West Central
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Rowena Clair BARNARD	85
Independent	Karen Anne FANTARROW DARBY	832
Labour	Simon Antony HENIG	797
Independent	Ewan Charles MARSHALL	661
Labour	Linda MARSHALL	674
Conservative	Adam Martin POLLARD	366
Conservative	Mark Anthony WATSON	369

Chilton
	Candidate	Votes
No party listed	Julie CAIRNS	491
Conservative	Oliver Garbutt PEEKE	313
Labour Co-op	Stuart Alexander SUTHERLAND	304

Consett North
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	David BOWERBANK	578
Labour	Clive Dermot Sinclair HEDGES	407
Labour	Phillip MARSHALL	700
Conservative	Nicholas Paul MCCARTHY	592
Independent	Laura RIDES	180
Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Lesley ROONEY	778
Independent	Alexander WATSON	957

Consett South
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Mark Ernest APPLEBY	322
Conservative	Amy DHILLON	380
Liberal Democrats	Dominic John HANEY	501
Derwentside Independents	Derek HICKS	121

Coundon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue ELLIOTT
	Labour	Charlie KAY
	Liberal Democrats	Ben OLIVER
	Independent	Michael David RAMAGE

Coxhoe
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Jan Blakey	1,702
Conservative	Jason Stephen Carr	702
Labour	John Stuart Dunn	1241
Independent	Gary Hutchinson	1,404
Liberal Democrats	Oliver Edward latimer	140
Labour	Maura Christina McKeon	1,289
Conservative	Marc Owens	695
Labour	Maria Leina Plews	1126
Conservative	Harvey Jeffrey Stevens	591
Liberal Democrats	Adam Joseph Walker	140

Craghead and South Moor
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Anthony Vivian Bently	330
Derwentside Independents	Katy Coulsdon	518
Conservative	Ian James Goodwin	326
Labour	Carole Ann Hampson	873
Labour	Sam McMahon	798

Crook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Michael Currah
	Labour	Mary Elizabeth Hall
	Conservative	Patricia Ann Jopling
	Labour	Andrea Jean Patterson
	Independent	Anne Reed
	Conservative	Robbie Rodiss
	Labour	Maureen Blanche Stanton

Dawdon
	Candidate	Votes
Seaham Community Party	Rober Arthur	689
Labour	Leanne Kennedy	1,035
Labour	Kevin Joseph Shaw	1,043
Seaham Community Party	LindaWillis	542
Conservative	David Robert Young	333

Deerness
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Jean Kathleen Chaplo	1,436
Liberal Democrats	John Joseph Kelley	617
Conservative	Richard Lawrie	894
Conservative	Fleur Elizabeth Meston	1003
Labour	Dan Nicholls	1,217
Green	Alan Ostle	317
Liberal Democrats	Florence Diana Simpsons	610
Liberal Democrats	Katie Tucker	417
Conservative	Matthew Alexander Vickers	853
Labour	Marion Wilson	1,412

Delves Lane
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Jane Brown	824
Labour	Malcolm Clarke	817
Liberal Democrats	Nathan Stephen Haney	89
Derwentside Independents	George James Robert McKay	222
Conservative	Angela Sterling	1,026
Conservative	Michelle Walton	988

Deneside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rochelle Charlton-Lainé
	Seaham Community Party	Susan Mary Faulkner
	Conservative	Clive Michael Parker
	Labour	John James Purvis
	Seaham Community Party	Barry Taylor

Durham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Ahsby
	Green	Stephen James Ashfield
	Conservative	Sean Patrick Healy
	Liberal Democrats	David Stoker

E − N

Easington
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David John Boyes	911
Conservative	Graeme Hynds	468
Independent	Terry Murray	264
Conservative	Rachel Teresa Southall	327
Labour	Angela Surtees	952
North East Party	Alan Thomas Wilkinson	170

Elvet and Gilesgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Rose Ashfield
	Labour	Omide Deinali
	Liberal Democrats	David Robert Freeman
	Conservative	Catriona Hawkes
	Green	Anna Mary Marshal
	Conservative	Michael Matthew Mollon
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Daniel Ormerod

Esh and Witton Gilbert
	Candidate	Votes
Green	Ruth Clementine Blanchflower	176
Independent	Bev Coult	1,406
Liberal Democrats	Ryan Lee Pescod Drion	85
Labour	Alison Mary Hiles	537
Conservative	Alison Hirst	383
Conservative	David Robert Milner	374
Liberal Democrats	Arnie Simpson	1,247
Green	Ian Edward Stone	83
Labour	Andy Walker	462

Evenwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan John Breeze
	Conservative	James Cosslet
	Conservative	Robert Potts
	Labour	Samuel Jonathan Rushworth
	Labour	Julie Carolyn Ward

Ferryhill
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Carole Atkinson	902
Labour	Peter Bernard Atkinson	1,130
Independent	Brian Francis Avery	1,189
Labour	Curtis Ferenc Bihari	849
Independent	David Farry	608
Independent	Joe Makepeace	893
Conservative	Joe Michael Quinn	916

Framwellgate and Newton Hall
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ben Graham	1065
Conservative	Joshua James Grew	750
Conservative	William Halford	732
Labour	John Hardman	970
Liberal Democrats	Amanda Jayne Hopgood	2,591
Labour	Jeanie Kellett	1011
Green	Irene Ostle	417
Liberal Democrats	Frances Mamie Simmons	2,096
Conservative	Mark Smedley	705
Liberal Democrats	Mark Ashley Wilkes	2,249
Independent	Karon Willis	521

Horden
	Candidate	Votes
North East Party	Mary Alison Cartwright	394
Conservative	Carroll Mae Herd	233
Labour	Ian McLean	855
Labour	Isabella Roberts	862
North East Party	Kirsty Louise Wilkinson	252

Lanchester
	Candidate	Votes
Derwentside Independents	Margaret Denise Bullivant	298
Labour	Alison Louise Gray	1128
Conservative	Michael McGaun	1,242
Conservative	Douglas Oliver	1,317
Green	Hannah Elizabeth Parker-Fuller	236
Independent	David Smith	430
Labour	David Toner	777
Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Williams	208

Leadgate and Medomsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Lumley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Murton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Nevilles Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

North Lodge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

P − S

Passfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Pelton
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Alison Joan Batey	1,993
Conservative	Michael James Botterill	1062
Liberal Democrats	Russell Amor Haswell	273
Labour	Paul pringle	1,566
Conservative	Adele Taggart	719
Independent	Clare Helen Todd	711
Conservative	Julie Ann Watson	735
Labour	Danny Wood	1,725

Peterlee East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Peterlee West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Sacriston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Seaham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Sedgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Sherburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Shildon and Dene Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Shotton and South Hetton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Spennymoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Stanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

T − W

Tanfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Tow Law
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Trimdon and Thornley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Tudhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Weardale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

West Auckland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Willington and Hunwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Wingate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Woodhouse Close
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

^ "Election count progress - Durham County Council". www.durham.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-08.

[1] "Election count progress - Durham County Council". www.durham.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-08.

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v t e Council elections in County Durham
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Cleveland County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Chester-le-Street District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Durham City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
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Easington District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Sedgefield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
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