2013 Durham County Council election

Durham County Council election, 2013

2 May 2013
All 126 council division seats 64 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Independent Liberal Democrats Last election 67 seats, 40.4% 12 seats, 12.9% 27 seats, 22.3% Seats won 94 9 9 Seat change 27 3 18 Popular vote 115,474 26,010 22,304 Percentage 52.2% 11.8% 10.1% Swing 11.8% 1.1% 12.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Derwentside Independents Conservative UKIP Last election 10 seats, 6.2% 10 seats, 12.9% 0 seats, 0.1% Seats won 8 4 0 Seat change 2 6 Popular vote 11,482 17,014 11,635 Percentage 6.2% 7.7% 5.3% Swing 5.2% 5.2%
Map showing the results of the 2013 Durham County Council election. Results by electoral division. Key:   Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrat   Independent   Local independent groups (Derwentside Independents, Wear Valley Independents and Spennymoor Independents) Striped divisions have mixed representation.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

An election to Durham County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. Following a boundary review, 126 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which returned either one, two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The previous election took place in 2008 in advance of the council becoming a unitary authority after the 2009 changes to local government. The election saw the Labour Party increase their majority on the council.

All locally registered electors (British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.

Summary

The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 8 April 2013. In total 362 candidates stood in the election. The Labour Party had the most candidates, with 125 standing out of a possible 126 and only one candidate standing in the two member Weardale electoral division. The Conservative Party stood 59 candidates, the Liberal Democrats 40, the United Kingdom Independence Party 31 and the Green Party 15 candidates. A number of local independent groups stood, including 16 Derwentside Independents and 11 Wear Valley Independents. Nine candidates stood for the Free Association for Independent Representation (FAIR) around Peterlee and Ferryhill, and four for the Spennymoor Independents in Spennymoor and Tudhoe. There were 50 other independent candidates, including two candidates with no description. The British National Party stood two candidates, having fielded 30 in the previous election.

The Labour Party gained 27 seats, increasing their majority on the council to 62. The Liberal Democrats lost 18 seats compared to the 2008 results, with their representation on the new council limited to the city of Durham and the division of Consett North. The Conservative Party lost six seats, winning only in the two Barnard Castle divisions.

Turnout across the county was 27.8%, having fallen from 36.4% in the 2008 elections.

Results summary

Durham County Council election, 2013

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	94	N/A	N/A	+27	74.6	52.2	115,474	+11.8%
	Independent	9	N/A	N/A	−3	7.1	11.8	26,010	−1.1%
	Liberal Democrats	9	N/A	N/A	−18	7.1	10.1	22,304	−12.2%
	Derwentside Independents	8	N/A	N/A	−2	6.3	6.2	11,482	−1.0%
	Conservative	4	N/A	N/A	−6	3.2	7.7	17,014	−5.2%
	Wear Valley Independent Group	1	N/A	N/A	+1	0.8	2.2	4,954	N/A
	Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics	1	N/A	N/A	+1	0.8	1.2	2,621	N/A
	UKIP	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	5.3	11,635	+5.2%
	Free Association for Independent Representation (FAIR)	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	2.4	5,389	N/A
	Green	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	1.7	3,694	+1.6%
	BNP	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.3	681	−3.5

Results by electoral division

A − B

Annfield Plain (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michele Hodgson	959	28.6	N/A
	Labour	Thomas J Nearney	799	23.9	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	Joan Nicholson	757	22.6	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	David Walker	433	12.9	N/A
	UKIP	Ken Rollings	402	12.0	N/A
Turnout				29.8
	Labour win
	Labour win

Aycliffe East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Jane Iveson	885	29.3	N/A
	Labour	Jed Hillary	732	24.2	N/A
	Independent	Bill Blenkinsopp	598	19.8	N/A
	Independent	Paul Steven Gittins	456	15.1	N/A
	Independent	Lileen Cuthbertson	233	7.7	N/A
	Conservative	Raymond Goodson	119	3.9	N/A
Turnout				25.8
	Labour win
	Labour win

Aycliffe North and Middridge (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Gray	988	24.8	N/A
	Labour	John D Clare	985	24.8	N/A
	Labour	Mike Dixon	884	22.2	N/A
	Independent	Sandra Haigh	660	16.6	N/A
	Conservative	Marney Jane Swan	461	11.6	N/A
Turnout				21.3
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Aycliffe West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hopper	761	28.6	N/A
	Labour	Eddy Adam	697	26.2	N/A
	Independent	Dorothy Bowman	274	10.3	N/A
	Independent	George Gray	445	16.7	N/A
	Independent	Brian Haigh	185	6.9	N/A
	Independent	June Croft	104	3.9	N/A
	Independent	Sally Annmarie Symons	103	3.9	N/A
	Conservative	Fane Robert Conant Murray	94	3.5	N/A
Turnout				23.1
	Labour win
	Labour win

Barnard Castle East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Michael Rowlandson	991	29.4	N/A
	Conservative	George Richardson	771	22.9	N/A
	Labour	Thomas Robert Caygill	566	16.8	N/A
	Labour	Graham David Young	562	16.7	N/A
	UKIP	David Albert Cyril Royle	481	14.3	N/A
Turnout				27.6
	Conservative win
	Conservative win

Barnard Castle West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Andrew Bell	1,395	36.1	N/A
	Conservative	Barbara Harrison	1,191	30.9	N/A
	Green	Thom Robinson	481	12.5	N/A
	Labour	Phil Hunt	472	12.2	N/A
	Labour	Matthew Burdess	321	8.3	N/A
Turnout				31.4
	Conservative win
	Conservative win

Belmont (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Katie Corrigan	1,490	15.3	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Patrick Conway	1,488	15.3	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Bill Moir	1,300	13.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Stuart Mavin	1,146	11.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Southwell	1,004	10.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Pattinson	966	9.9	N/A
	Independent	Arthur Walker	707	7.3	N/A
	Independent	Chris Gill	645	6.6	N/A
	Green	Thomas Victor Kaye	272	2.8	N/A
	Conservative	Marc Alexander Krajewski	267	2.7	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Jackson	237	2.4	N/A
	Green	William Jennings Pinkney-Baird	222	2.3	N/A
Turnout				34.3
	Labour Co-op win
	Labour Co-op win
	Labour Co-op win

Benfieldside (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Stephen Robinson	1,090	28.4	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	Peter Oliver	915	23.9	N/A
	Labour	John Davies	761	19.9	N/A
	Labour	Brynnen Elizabeth Ririe	625	16.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Keith English	274	7.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Settrey	167	4.4	N/A
Turnout				32.0
	Derwentside Independents win
	Derwentside Independents win

Bishop Auckland Town (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wear Valley Independent Group	Sam Zair	861	29.9	N/A
	Labour	Joy Allen	615	21.4	N/A
	Labour	Dave Hunter	552	19.2	N/A
	Conservative	John Gasston	442	15.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Anderson	406	14.1	N/A
Turnout				26.5
	Wear Valley Independent Group win
	Labour win

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Simpson	592	82.3	N/A
	Conservative	Judith May Webb	127	17.7	N/A
Turnout				23.4
	Labour win

Blackhalls (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Crute	1,151	37.5	N/A
	Labour	Lynn Pounder	1,046	34.1	N/A
	Independent	Alan Cox	869	28.3	N/A
Turnout				28.3
	Labour win
	Labour win

Brandon (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Turnbull	1,396	40.9	N/A
	Labour	Paul Taylor	1,384	40.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Smith	403	11.8	N/A
	Conservative	Jak Hocking	229	6.7	N/A
Turnout				25.2
	Labour win
	Labour win

Burnopfield and Dipton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Bob Alderson	760	20.9	N/A
	Labour	Ivan Jewell	701	19.3	N/A
	Labour	Joanne Carr	688	18.9	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	David Marrs	510	14.1	N/A
	Independent	Reg Ord	381	10.5	N/A
	Independent	Roland Hemsley	328	9.0	N/A
	Independent	Trevor Ord	257	7.1	N/A
Turnout				30.4
	Derwentside Independents win
	Labour win

C − D

Chester-le-Street East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawson Armstrong	310	32.2	N/A
	Conservative	Beaty Bainbridge	285	29.6	N/A
	UKIP	Graham Roy Thorp	229	23.8	N/A
	Independent	Maureen Diana May	140	14.5	N/A
Turnout				30.8
	Labour win

Chester-le-Street North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracie Jane Smith	853	75.9	N/A
	Conservative	Philip Hall	148	13.0	N/A
	UKIP	Lesley Cook	137	12.0	N/A
Turnout				35.4
	Labour win

Chester-le-Street South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Keith Davidson	1,047	26.4	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Katherine Helen Henig	926	23.4	N/A
	Conservative	Allan Bainbridge	528	13.3	N/A
	UKIP	Fiona Fordham	410	10.3	N/A
	Conservative	Daniel Mayne	379	9.6	N/A
	UKIP	Miles Fordham	377	9.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bernard Nathan	181	4.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Keith Peacock	114	2.9	N/A
Turnout				33.1
	Labour Co-op win
	Labour Co-op win

Chester-le-Street West Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Antony Henig	1,171	37.2	N/A
	Labour	Linda Marshall	1,126	35.7	N/A
	UKIP	Kenneth W Taylor	335	10.6	N/A
	UKIP	Samantha Robinson	265	8.4	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Thomas Nicholson	137	4.3	N/A
	Conservative	Julie Ann Watson	116	3.7	N/A
Turnout				27.2
	Labour win
	Labour win

Chilton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Potts	646	65.5	N/A
	Independent	Peter Davies	280	28.4	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Child	61	6.2	N/A
Turnout				31.7
	Labour win

Consett North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Temple	924	23.6	N/A
	Independent	Alex Watson	765	19.5	N/A
	Labour	Clive Robson	574	14.7	N/A
	Labour	Sara-Jane Heslop	499	12.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Nealis	491	12.5	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	Mary Westgarth	408	10.4	N/A
	UKIP	Shaun Bailey	253	6.5	N/A
Turnout				33.7
	Liberal Democrats win
	Independent win

Consett South (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Derek Hicks	306	53.6	N/A
	Labour	Malcolm Andrew Clarke	265	46.4	N/A
Turnout				19.8
	Derwentside Independents win

Coundon (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Kay	396	60.6	N/A
	Wear Valley Independent Group	Lesley Zair	217	33.2	N/A
	Conservative	Michael John Gossage	41	6.3	N/A
Turnout				20.2
	Labour win

Coxhoe (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mac Williams	1,826	28.1	N/A
	Labour	Maria Leina Plews	1,737	26.8	N/A
	Labour	Jan Blakey	1536	23.7	N/A
	Conservative	Miranda Jupp	264	4.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Lightley	264	4.1	N/A
	Conservative	Edward Parson	244	3.8	N/A
	Conservative	Benjamin Tomos Lewis	241	3.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Walton	209	3.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Walker	169	2.6	N/A
Turnout				26.6
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Craghead and South Moor (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Davinson	995	36.3	N/A
	Labour	Carole Hampson	939	34.3	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	Jim Lockie	488	17.8	N/A
	UKIP	Andrew McDonald	319	11.6	N/A
Turnout				26.3
	Labour win
	Labour win

Crook (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eddie Murphy	771	12.3	N/A
	Labour	Eddie Tomlinson	719	11.5	N/A
	Labour	Geoff Mowbray	691	11.0	N/A
	Labour	Lindsay Wright	642	10.3	N/A
	Independent	Ian Hirst	630	10.1	N/A
	Independent	John Winter	594	9.5	N/A
	Wear Valley Independent Group	John Bailey	559	8.9	N/A
	Wear Valley Independent Group	Patricia Jopling	476	7.6	N/A
	Wear Valley Independent Group	Aaron Cowen	450	7.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David English	161	2.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Gordon Halliday	144	2.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Godard	124	1.9	N/A
	Green	Jo Yelland	123	1.9	N/A
	Green	Katherine Ruth Margrave Machen	89	1.4	N/A
	Green	Gerald Alken	88	1.4	N/A
Turnout				23.8
	Independent win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Dawdon (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Joseph Shaw	1,115	37.9	N/A
	Labour	Sonia Forster	993	33.8	N/A
	Independent	Robert Arthur	829	28.2	N/A
Turnout				26.6
	Labour win
	Labour win

Deerness (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Kathleen Chaplow	1,753	21.9	N/A
	Labour	David Bell	1,616	20.2	N/A
	Labour	Anne Bonner	1,475	18.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Wilkinson	632	7.9	N/A
	Independent	Rev Crooks	539	6.7	N/A
	Independent	Annette Crooks	424	5.3	N/A
	Independent	Shaun Easter	404	5.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Joseph Kelley	359	4.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Watts	357	4.5	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Lloyd	155	1.9	N/A
	Conservative	Benjamin Frost	151	1.9	N/A
	Conservative	Theo Lloyd	125	1.6	N/A
Turnout
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Delves Lane (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Brown	1,066	43.9	N/A
	Labour	Bob Glass	776	32.0	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	Lesley Anne Richardson	581	23.9	N/A
Turnout				23.9
	Labour win
	Labour win

Deneside (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Bell	972	45.1	N/A
	Labour	Jennifer Ann Bell	920	42.7	N/A
		Steven Paul Colborn	263	12.2	N/A
Turnout				20.6
	Labour win
	Labour win

Durham South (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Stoker	349	43.3	N/A
	Labour	Andrzej Olechnowicz	250	31.0	N/A
	Conservative	Jonathan Alan Duell	117	14.5	N/A
	Green	Robert Edward Shaw	90	11.2	N/A
Turnout				27.9
	Liberal Democrats win

E − N

Easington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Boyes	1,026	37.6	N/A
	Labour	Angela Surtees	936	34.3	N/A
	Independent	Terry Murray	521	19.1	N/A
	Green	Martie Warin	244	8.9	N/A
Turnout				25.4
	Labour win
	Labour win

Elvet and Gilesgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Robert Freeman	572	20.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Daniel Ormerod	532	18.8	N/A
	Labour	Alan Hayton	450	15.9	N/A
	Labour	Peter James Thompson	413	14.8	N/A
	Conservative	Rebecca Mary Louise Coulson	193	6.8	N/A
	Green	Sean Patrick Healy	191	6.7	N/A
	Green	Jake Adam Pentland	171	6.0	N/A
	Conservative	Patricia Wynne	160	5.6	N/A
	UKIP	Christopher John Arthur	151	5.3	N/A
Turnout				21.3
	Liberal Democrats win
	Liberal Democrats win

Esh and Witton Gilbert (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Armstrong	897	21.9	N/A
	Labour	Barbara Armstrong	865	21.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Arnie Simpson	693	16.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Guy	636	15.6	N/A
	UKIP	Rita Moralee	410	10.0	N/A
	UKIP	Susan Bell	390	9.6	N/A
	Conservative	Megan Alis Roberts	105	2.6	N/A
	Conservative	Pok Lai Leung	86	2.1	N/A
Turnout				32.1
	Labour win
	Labour win

Evenwood (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Mary Charlton	870	29.9	N/A
	Labour	Andy Turner	655	22.5	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Hugill	529	18.2	N/A
	UKIP	Graham Casey	491	16.9	N/A
	Conservative	Linda Raper	362	12.5	N/A
Turnout				24.9
	Labour win
	Labour win

Ferryhill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick McCourt	968	15.9	N/A
	Independent	Brian Francis Avery	933	15.3	N/A
	Labour	Pauline Crathorne	867	14.2	N/A
	F.A.I.R.	Charlie Rand	866	14.2	N/A
	F.A.I.R.	David Farry	850	13.9	N/A
	F.A.I.R.	Mel Brown	833	13.7	N/A
	Labour	Craig Patterson	784	12.9	N/A
Turnout				26.8
	Labour win
	Independent win
	Labour win

Framwellgate and Newton Hall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Jayne Hopgood	1,628	14.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ashley Wilkes	1,590	14.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mamie Simmons	1,452	13.3	N/A
	Labour	Laurence Bell	1,179	10.8	N/A
	Labour	Joe Lennox	1,140	10.4	N/A
	Labour	Aurelia Constance Smith	1,082	9.9	N/A
	Independent	Terry Moderate	714	6.5	N/A
	UKIP	Colin Thomas Mortimer	589	5.4	N/A
	Independent	Philip Wolstenholme	421	3.9	N/A
	Independent	Shaun Kennedy	265	2.4	N/A
	Conservative	Alex Humphries	237	2.2	N/A
	Green	James Benedict Elliott	174	1.6	N/A
	Conservative	Anne Murphy	169	1.5	N/A
	Green	Amanda Jayne Taylor Aiken	147	1.3	N/A
	Green	Daniel Alexis Wolfe Stern	141	1.3	N/A
Turnout				36.7
	Liberal Democrats win
	Liberal Democrats win
	Liberal Democrats win

Horden (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Stradling	1,218	40.2	N/A
	Labour	June Clark	939	30.9	N/A
	Independent	Doug Langan	442	14.6	N/A
	Independent	Dennis Maddison	432	14.3	N/A
Turnout				26.3
	Labour win
	Labour win

Lanchester (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ossie Johnson	1,189	30.9	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	Richie Young	876	22.7	N/A
	Labour	Janet Box	758	19.7	N/A
	UKIP	John Harpin	413	10.7	N/A
	UKIP	Clive Taylor-Sholl	340	8.8	N/A
	Conservative	Christopher James MacAllister	275	7.1	N/A
Turnout
	Labour win
	Derwentside Independents win

Leadgate and Medomsley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Watts Stelling	1,413	31.7	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	Alan Shield	1,147	25.8	N/A
	Labour	Liam Carr	976	21.9	N/A
	Labour	Estelle Spring	709	15.9	N/A
	Conservative	Leanne Moses	206	4.6	N/A
Turnout				33.9
	Derwentside Independents win
	Derwentside Independents win

Lumley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Bell	1,083	32.2	N/A
	Independent	Audrey Willis	889	26.4	N/A
	Labour	Rita Carr	656	19.5	N/A
	Labour	David Thompson	737	21.9	N/A
Turnout				3.5
	Independent win
	Independent win

Murton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Napier	1,305	39.6	N/A
	Labour	Joyce Maitland	1,214	36.8	N/A
	UKIP	Arthur Ord	403	12.2	N/A
	UKIP	Michael Walton	376	11.4	N/A
Turnout				27.8
	Labour win
	Labour win

Neville's Cross (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Martin	1,117	23.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Grenville Holland	1,087	22.4	N/A
	Green	Jonathan Elmer	642	13.2	N/A
	Green	Stephen Ashfield	619	12.8	N/A
	Labour	Jonathan Priestman Lovell	471	9.7	N/A
	Labour	Jonathan George Alfred Roberts	442	9.1	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Drummond Moverley Smith	247	5.1	N/A
	Conservative	Wendy Frances Smith	228	4.7	N/A
Turnout				32.1
	Liberal Democrats win
	Liberal Democrats win

North Lodge (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Howard May	540	47.5	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Sarah Gill	288	25.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Martin	259	22.8	N/A
	Conservative	Lucille Diana Nicholson	50	4.4	N/A
Turnout				39.0
	Independent win

P − S

Passfield (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joan Maslin	348	36.6	N/A
	Labour	Mandy Jean Thompson	334	35.1	N/A
	FAIR & Independent	David Hawley	270	28.4	N/A
Turnout				26.1
	Independent win

Pelton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Batey	1,788	27.3	N/A
	Labour	Jim Cordon	1,660	25.3	N/A
	Labour	Colin Carr	1,422	21.7	N/A
	UKIP	Stephen Neil Black	865	13.2	N/A
	Conservative	Joel Andrew Shepherd	429	6.5	N/A
	Conservative	Henry Spencer	394	6.0	N/A
Turnout				25.7
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Peterlee East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Bennett	797	31.1	N/A
	Labour	Audrey Ellen Laing	728	28.4	N/A
	FAIR & Independent	John Hardy	518	20.2	N/A
	FAIR & Independent	Susan Lewins	516	20.2	N/A
Turnout				23.4
	Labour win
	Labour win

Peterlee West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Alvey	669	25.6	N/A
	Labour	Janice Isabella Measor	542	20.7	N/A
	FAIR & Independent	Susan McDonnell	534	20.4	N/A
	FAIR & Independent	Karen Hawley	509	19.5	N/A
	Independent	Ralph Liddle	325	12.4	N/A
	Conservative	Mandeep Thandi	36	1.4	N/A
Turnout				21.5
	Labour win
	Labour win

Sacriston (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather Sara Liddle	919	31.9	N/A
	Labour	Simon Joseph Wilson	911	31.7	N/A
	UKIP	Bruce Robertson Reid	348	12.1	N/A
	UKIP	Michael Trevor Toms	330	11.5	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Anthony Watson	108	3.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Michelle Cowan	98	3.4	N/A
	Conservative	Laurence James Ashwin	97	3.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Nichol Woodmass	64	2.2	N/A
Turnout				26.0
	Labour win
	Labour win

Seaham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geraldine Bleasdale	748	26.9	N/A
	Labour	Sue Morrison	700	25.2	N/A
	UKIP	Lynn Errington	445	16.0	N/A
	UKIP	Jeanette Andria Strong	400	14.4	N/A
	Conservative	Derick Dixon	278	10.0	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Reid	209	7.5	N/A
Turnout				25.9
	Labour win
	Labour win

Sedgefield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Robinson	1,166	28.3	N/A
	Labour	Rachel Lumsdon	939	22.8	N/A
	Conservative	David Ralph Brown	864	20.9	N/A
	Conservative	Rebecca Rhiannon Hagan	665	16.1	N/A
	Independent	Jimmy Seymour	493	11.9	N/A
Turnout				35.7
	Labour win
	Labour win

Sherburn (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Guy	1,084	26.8	N/A
	Labour	David Marshall Hall	1,012	25.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Ann Woods	710	17.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Wood	645	15.9	N/A
	Independent	Andrew Neil Sowerby	231	5.7	N/A
	Conservative	Will Halford	213	5.3	N/A
	Conservative	Michael James Fishwick	143	3.5	N/A
Turnout				30.7
	Labour win
	Labour win

Shildon and Dene Valley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Stephens	1,443	19.2	N/A
	Labour	Henry Nicholson	1,294	17.2	N/A
	Labour	Trish Pemberton	1,104	14.7	N/A
	Independent	David Michael Hancock	1,022	13.6	N/A
	Wear Valley Independent Group	Kenny Beal	793	10.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Garry Huntington	737	9.8	N/A
	Independent	Robert Ingledew	692	9.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Michael Robinson Howe	422	5.6	N/A
Turnout				27.5
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Shotton and South Hetton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eunice Huntington	893	30.3	N/A
	Labour	Robin John Todd MBE	871	29.6	N/A
	Independent	Ivan Cochrane	686	23.3	N/A
	FAIR & Independent	Karon Liddell	493	16.8	N/A
Turnout				24.0
	Labour win
	Labour win

Spennymoor (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics	Kevin Thompson	1,034	17.3	N/A
	Labour	Ian Geldard	950	15.9	N/A
	Labour	Pat Lawton	911	15.3	N/A
	Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics	Elizabeth Maddison	877	14.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ord	872	14.6	N/A
	Labour	Colin Nelson	868	14.5	N/A
	BNP	Amanda Molloy	271	4.5	N/A
	Conservative	George Smedley	188	3.1	N/A
Turnout				27.6
	Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Stanley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Marshall	1,161	37.2	N/A
	Labour	Katherine Dearden	1,064	34.1	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	Jack Pye	455	14.6	N/A
	UKIP	Alan Robinson	258	8.3	N/A
	UKIP	Valentine Taylor-Sholl	180	5.8	N/A
Turnout				25.1
	Labour win
	Labour win

T − W

Tanfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olga Milburn	914	27.6	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	Joyce Charlton	777	23.5	N/A
	Labour	Peter McLaughlin	753	22.8	N/A
	Derwentside Independents	Tom Pattinson	566	17.1	N/A
	UKIP	Alan Errington	296	8.9	N/A
Turnout				26.7
	Derwentside Independents win
	Labour win

Tow Law (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hart	399	44.9	N/A
		Anita Atkinson	220	24.8	N/A
	Wear Valley Independent Group	Ron Grogan	148	16.7	N/A
	Independent	Terry Batson	93	10.5	N/A
	Independent	Don Nevin Cameron	27	3.0	N/A
Turnout				25.2
	Labour win

Trimdon and Thornley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Morris Nicholls	1,801	28.9	N/A
	Labour	Lucy Hovvels	1,692	27.1	N/A
	Labour	Peter Brookes	1,654	26.5	N/A
	UKIP	Jean Rosalind Seath	581	9.3	N/A
	UKIP	Ted Seath	510	8.2	N/A
Turnout				24.9
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Tudhoe (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Graham	1,024	28.3	N/A
	Labour	Neil Crowther Foster	942	25.9	N/A
	Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics	Richard Parker	449	12.4	N/A
	BNP	Pete Molloy	410	11.3	N/A
	UKIP	Cherry Rozanne Hudson	302	8.3	N/A
	Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics	Christine Sproat	261	7.2	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Louis Coad	121	3.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Rhodes	115	3.2	N/A
Turnout				32.0
	Labour win
	Labour win

Weardale (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Shuttleworth	1,642	36.5	N/A
	Independent	Anita Savory	1,536	34.1	N/A
	Labour	Joe Kirwin	983	21.8	N/A
	Conservative	Christine Susan Holt	197	4.4	N/A
	Conservative	Ivy Wilson	142	3.2	N/A
Turnout				41.7
	Independent win
	Independent win

West Auckland (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Yorke	772	31.9	N/A
	Labour	Christine Wilson	682	28.2	N/A
	Wear Valley Independent Group	George Smith	408	16.9	N/A
	UKIP	Betty Hopson	349	14.5	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Booth	204	8.4	N/A
Turnout				21.1
	Labour win
	Labour win

Willington and Hunwick (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Buckham	908	30.3	N/A
	Labour	Olwyn Elizabeth Gunn	870	29.0	N/A
	Wear Valley Independent Group	Matthew Todd	731	24.4	N/A
	Conservative	Kath Currie	334	11.2	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Ann Mukherjee	152	5.1	N/A
Turnout				24.9
	Labour win
	Labour win

Wingate (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leo Taylor	538	67.8	N/A
	Independent	Janet Higgins	256	32.2	N/A
Turnout				24.4
	Labour win

Woodhouse Close (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lethbridge	694	31.1	N/A
	Labour	June Elizabeth Lee	602	26.9	N/A
	Independent	Billy Neilson	315	14.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Todd	231	10.4	N/A
	Wear Valley Independent Group	Michael O'Neil	159	7.1	N/A
	Wear Valley Independent Group	Vince Perkins	152	6.8	N/A
	Conservative	Jack Victor Seear	77	3.5	N/A
Turnout				19.3
	Labour win
	Labour win