2017 Durham County Council election

2017 Durham County Council election
All 126 council division seats; 64 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2017 Durham County Council election. Results by electoral division. Key: Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Independent North East Party Derwentside Independents Spennymoor Independents Striped divisions have mixed representation.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 2017 Durham County Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 126 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which returned either one, two or three county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 5 April 2017.^[2]

Results summary

Durham County Council election, 2017
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	74	-20	42.4	96,037	-9.8
Liberal Democrats	14	+5	13.3	30,140	+3.2
Independent	13	+4	16.4	37,136	+4.6
Conservative	10	+6	15.0	34,072	+7.3
Derwentside Independents	7	-1	5.8	13,025	-0.4
Spennymoor Independents	5	+4	1.6	3,523	+0.4
North East	3	+3	2.2	4,879	New
Green	0	-	2.3	5,141	+0.6
UKIP	0	-	2.0	4,589	-3.3
Seaham Community Party	0	-	1.3	3,033	New

Results by electoral division

A − B

Annfield Plain (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Joan Nicholson	871	47.5	+5.6
	Labour	Jeanette Stephenson	812	44.3	−8.7
	Labour	Doug Carmichael	795	43.4	−0.8
	Derwentside Independents	Christine Bell	666	36.3	+12.4
	Conservative	Nicky Fernandez	227	12.4	N/A
Turnout			1,833	31.4	+1.6
	Derwentside Independents gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Aycliffe East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Atkinson	707	43.2	−0.3
	Labour	Sarah Iveson	670	41.0	−11.6
	Independent	Bill Blenkinsopp	498	30.4	−5.1
	Conservative	Christine Duffy	347	21.2	+14.1
	UKIP	John Grant	254	15.5	N/A
	Independent	Brian Haigh	179	10.9	N/A
	Green	Helen Hanks	84	5.1	N/A
Turnout			1,636	26.0	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Aycliffe North and Middridge (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Durham	868	39.6	+13.7
	Labour	John Clare	863	39.3	−16.1
	Conservative	Paul Howell	846	38.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Joan Gray	754	34.4	−21.1
	Labour	Mike Dixon	675	30.8	−18.9
	Independent	Dorothy Bowman	573	26.1	N/A
	Independent	Irene Hewitson	279	12.7	N/A
	Independent	Paul Symons	213	9.7	N/A
	Independent	Sandra Haigh	187	8.5	−28.6
	Independent	Sally Symons	151	6.9	N/A
Turnout			2,194	27.5	+6.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Aycliffe West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Adam	570	40.5	−9.5
	Labour	Kate Hopper	517	36.8	−17.8
	Independent	Ken Robson	437	31.1	N/A
	Independent	George Gray	416	29.6	−2.3
	Independent	Arun Chandran	276	19.6	N/A
	Conservative	Marney Swan	229	16.3	N/A
Turnout			1,406	25.6	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Barnard Castle East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Rowlandson	1,389	56.2	+3.5
	Conservative	George Richardson	1,292	52.3	+11.3
	Labour	Emma Rowell	752	30.4	+0.3
	Labour	Christopher Kelsey	644	26.1	−3.8
	Independent	Thom Robinson	478	19.4	N/A
Turnout			2,470	37.3	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Barnard Castle West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bell	1,837	75.8	+9.2
	Conservative	Ted Henderson	1,576	65.0	+8.2
	Labour	Francis Roche	616	25.4	+2.9
	Labour	George Smith	483	19.9	+4.6
Turnout			2,423	37.8	+6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Belmont (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Mavin	1,604	41.6	+10.3
	Labour Co-op	Katie Corrigan	1,497	38.8	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Mavin	1,472	38.1	+10.7
	Labour Co-op	Paul Finley	1,292	33.5	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen White	1,149	29.8	+3.4
	Labour Co-op	Chris Turner	1,111	28.8	−6.7
	Conservative	Liam Bewick	841	21.8	+14.5
	Independent	Arthur Walker	720	18.7	−0.6
	Independent	Ian Kelsey	385	10.0	N/A
	Green	Roger McAdam	342	8.9	+1.5
Turnout			3,859	37.6	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	N/A
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	N/A

Benfieldside (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Stephen Robinson	1,161	51.3	−2.3
	Derwentside Independents	Peter Oliver	1,023	45.2	+0.2
	Labour	Steven Wood	632	27.9	−9.5
	Labour	Sylvia Peak	567	25.1	−5.6
	Conservative	David Kinch	341	15.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Claire English	245	10.8	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie English	191	8.4	+0.2
Turnout			2,263	35.3	+3.3
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A

Bishop Auckland Town (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sam Zair	692	36.4	−15.7
	Labour	Joy Allen	640	33.7	−3.5
	Conservative	Aaron Bainbridge	498	26.2	−0.5
	Labour	Nigel Bryson	483	25.4	−8.0
	Independent	Lesley Zair	419	22.1	N/A
	Conservative	Patricia Child	387	20.4	N/A
	Independent	Billy Neilson	283	14.9	N/A
	Green	Daniel Davison	164	8.6	N/A
Turnout			1,900	31.9	+5.4
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Crathorne	351	45.5	−36.8
	Conservative	David Evans	212	27.4	+9.7
	Independent	Deane Brett	209	27.1	N/A
Turnout			772	27.1	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Blackhalls (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Crute	1,115	64.2	+3.3
	Labour	Lynn Pounder	1,041	60.0	+4.6
	Conservative	Tom Eaton	412	23.7	N/A
	North East	Steve Franklin	259	14.9	N/A
	North East	Jamie Robinson	240	13.8	N/A
Turnout			1,736	28.2	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brandon (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Taylor	1,339	61.7	−12.4
	Labour	John Turnbull	1,331	61.3	−13.4
	Conservative	Valerie Booth	464	21.4	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Wilson	417	19.2	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Jackson	368	17.0	N/A
Turnout			2,171	29.3	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Burnopfield and Dipton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivan Jewell	844	41.8	+5.3
	Labour	Joanne Carr	698	34.5	−1.1
	Independent	Roland Hemsley	508	25.1	+8.0
	Derwentside Independents	David Marrs	478	23.7	−2.8
	Derwentside Independents	Betty Minto	416	20.6	−18.9
	Conservative	Ivy Wilson	359	17.8	N/A
	Green	Melody Sandells	225	11.1	N/A
Turnout			2,021	32.6	+2.2
	Labour gain from Derwentside Independents		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

C − D

Chester-le-Street East (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beatrice Bainbridge	394	32.5	+2.9
	Labour	Simon Mulligan	289	23.8	−8.4
	Green	Derek Morse	181	14.9	N/A
	Independent	Paul Evans	175	14.4	N/A
	Independent	Maureen May	71	5.9	−8.6
	UKIP	Stephen Rendle	59	4.9	−18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Haswell	43	3.6	N/A
Turnout			1,212	40.3	+9.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Chester-le-Street North (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracie Smith	678	54.1	−21.8
	Independent	Clare Todd	270	21.5	N/A
	Conservative	William Middlemass	222	17.7	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Nathan	84	6.7	N/A
Turnout			1,254	41.2	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Chester-le-Street South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Sexton	789	31.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	Allan Bainbridge	766	30.1	+4.3
	Labour	George Davidson	762	29.9	−21.2
	Independent	Bill Moist	751	29.5	N/A
	Labour	Katherine Henig	718	28.2	−17.0
	Conservative	Daniel Mayne	637	25.0	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Scanlon-Brown	233	9.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Peacock	185	7.3	+1.7
Turnout			2,549	42.8	+9.7
	Independent gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	N/A

Chester-le-Street West Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Henig	854	45.7	−24.8
	Labour	Linda Marshall	749	40.1	−27.7
	Independent	Mark Atkinson	611	32.7	N/A
	Independent	Ewan Marshall	454	24.3	N/A
	North East	Graham Thorp	369	19.7	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Gossage	289	15.5	+7.3
Turnout			1,870	31.7	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Chilton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Potts	622	68.1	+2.6
	Conservative	John Sandles	291	31.9	+25.7
Turnout			913	29.1	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Consett North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Temple	1,089	50.4	+6.6
	Independent	Alexander Watson	913	42.2	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Nealis	570	26.4	+3.2
	Labour	Kevin Earley	557	25.8	−1.4
	Labour	Benjamin Eckford	345	16.0	−7.6
	Derwentside Independents	Wendy Brown	226	10.5	−8.8
	Conservative	Alan Beaty	175	8.1	N/A
Turnout			2,161	36.6	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Consett South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Derek Hicks	395	50.8	−2.8
	Labour	Jack Simons	267	34.4	−12.0
	Conservative	Raymond Goodson	115	14.8	N/A
Turnout			777	24.6	+4.8
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A

Coundon (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Kay	489	60.4	−0.2
	Independent	Adam Zair	175	21.6	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Watson	146	18.0	+11.7
Turnout			810	25.8	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Coxhoe (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jan Blakey	1,325	46.5	−14.5
	Labour	John Dunn	1,220	42.8	−29.7
	Labour	Maura McKeon	1,160	40.7	−20.3
	Labour	Maria Plews	1,122	39.3	−29.6
	Conservative	Anne Murphy	757	26.5	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Shuttleworth	545	19.1	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Walker	322	11.3	+4.6
Turnout			2,852	29.9	+3.3
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Craghead and South Moor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Davinson	874	56.2	−7.1
	Labour	Carole Hampson	831	53.4	−6.3
	Derwentside Independents	Katy Smith	374	24.1	−6.9
	UKIP	Kenneth Rollings	221	14.2	−6.1
	Derwentside Independents	Graeme Whitworth	205	13.2	N/A
	Conservative	Patrick Seargeant	190	12.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Coltman	60	3.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Williams	60	3.9	N/A
Turnout			1,555	28.8	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Crook (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anne Reed	1,239	48.5	*N/A*
	Independent	Patricia Jopling	1,022	40.0	+18.9
	Labour	Andrea Patterson	913	35.8	+5.2
	Labour	Eddie Tomlinson	893	35.0	+3.2
	Conservative	Daniel Cohen	776	30.4	N/A
	Labour	Maureen Stanton	667	26.1	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	David English	512	20.1	+13.0
Turnout			2,553	28.0	+4.2
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dawdon (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Shaw	886	50.7	−10.3
	Labour	Leanne Kennedy	812	46.5	−7.9
	Seaham Community Party	Robert Arthur	710	40.6	−4.8
	Seaham Community Party	Kathryn Brace	520	29.7	N/A
	Conservative	Ben Cooper	209	12.0	N/A
	Green	Robert Reay	117	6.7	N/A
Turnout			1,748	28.7	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Deerness (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Chaplow	1,533	53.6	−6.2
	Labour	David Bell	1,502	52.5	−2.7
	Labour	Marion Wilson	1,340	46.9	−3.4
	Conservative	Jack Gilmore	644	22.5	+17.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Kelley	529	18.5	+6.2
	Green	Janice Wilson	461	15.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Florence Simpson	429	15.0	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Simpson	426	14.9	+2.7
	Green	Nicholas Kasch	295	10.3	N/A
Turnout			2,860	31.3	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Delves Lane (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Clarke	798	48.0	−3.3
	Labour	Jane Brown	776	46.7	−23.6
	Derwentside Independents	George McKay	672	40.5	+2.1
	Conservative	Wendy Smith	464	27.9	N/A
Turnout			1,661	26.3	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Deneside (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Bell	777	53.4	−27.7
	Labour	Jennifer Bell	716	49.2	−27.6
	Seaham Community Party	Barry Taylor	462	31.7	N/A
	Seaham Community Party	Katie Murden	432	29.7	N/A
	Conservative	George Jackson	172	11.8	N/A
	North East	Arron Gilbraith	128	8.8	N/A
	North East	Terry Duffy	62	4.3	N/A
Turnout			1,456	26.7	+6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Durham South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Stoker	351	46.6	+3.3
	Labour	Andrzej Olechnowicz	225	29.8	−1.2
	Conservative	Richard Lawrie	178	23.6	+9.1
Turnout			754	43.3	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

E − N

Easington (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Surtees	885	60.2	−1.6
	Labour	David Boyes	835	56.8	−11.0
	Independent	Terry Murray	392	26.7	−7.7
	Conservative	Christine Holt	303	20.6	N/A
	North East	Andrew Watson	231	15.7	N/A
Turnout			1,470	26.5	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elvet and Gilesgate (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ormerod	923	63.0	+26.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Freeman	905	61.8	+22.7
	Labour	Maureen Boettcher	335	22.9	−7.9
	Labour	Frank Salisbury	284	19.4	−8.8
	Green	Jamie Penston Raja	149	10.2	−2.9
	Conservative	Ben Glaister	141	9.6	−3.6
	Conservative	Pat Wynne	133	9.1	−1.8
Turnout			1,464	30.4	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

Esh and Witton Gilbert (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Arnold Simpson	1,320	57.1	+23.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael McGaun	1,231	53.2	+22.3
	Labour	Barbara Armstrong	659	28.5	−13.5
	Labour	Joseph Armstrong	644	27.9	−15.7
	Conservative	Kathryn Whittaker	402	17.5	+12.4
Turnout			2,312	36.9	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Evenwood (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather Broadbent	847	46.0	−6.2
	Conservative	Anthony Hugill	775	42.1	+10.4
	Labour	Andy Turner	668	36.3	−3.
	Conservative	James Cosslett	657	35.7	+14.
	UKIP	Alan Breeze	293	15.9	−13.6
Turnout			1,840	29.4	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Ferryhill (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Avery	1,127	47.3	+8.4
	Independent	Joe Makepeace	834	35.0	*N/A*
	Labour	Peter Atkinson	806	33.8	−6.6
	Independent	David Farry	740	31.1	−4.3
	Labour	John Lindsay	731	30.7	−5.4
	Independent	Laura Wayman	731	30.7	N/A
	Labour	Carole Atkinson	722	30.3	−2.4
	Conservative	Douglas Hutley	367	15.4	N/A
Turnout			2,383	29.6	+2.8
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Framwellgate and Newton Hall (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Hopgood	2,491	59.6	+17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wilkes	2,459	58.8	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Simmons	2,286	54.6	+17.2
	Labour	Dave Gill	892	21.3	−9.1
	Labour	Anne Bonner	768	18.4	−11.0
	Conservative	Joshua Morgan	695	16.6	+10.5
	Labour	Susan Nelson	687	16.4	−11.5
	Conservative	Philip Heath	658	15.7	+11.3
	Green	Elizabeth Bromley	271	6.5	+2.0
	Green	Clare Galland	214	5.1	+1.3
	Green	Rim Hassen	212	5.1	+1.5
Turnout			4,183	40.4	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

Horden (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian McLean	748	48.4	−24.1
	Labour	June Clark	673	43.6	−12.3
	North East	Mary Cartwright	461	29.9	N/A
	Independent	John Maddison	381	24.7	N/A
	North East	David Hawley	265	17.2	N/A
	Independent	Doug Langan	242	15.7	−10.6
	Conservative	Kathleen Currie	87	5.6	N/A
Turnout			1,544	27.3	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Lanchester (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ossie Johnson	937	42.8	−15.4
	Labour	Jude Considine	652	29.8	−7.3
	Derwentside Independents	Richie Young	642	29.3	−13.6
	Derwentside Independents	John Ingham	567	25.9	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Coad	522	23.8	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Keith English	242	11.1	N/A
	Independent	David Lindsay	203	9.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Rolfe	161	7.4	N/A
Turnout			2,190	36.9	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour gain from Derwentside Independents		Swing	N/A

Leadgate and Medomsley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Watts Stelling	1,426	58.7	−0.4
	Derwentside Independents	Alan Shield	1,275	52.5	+4.5
	Labour	Liam Carr	732	30.1	−10.7
	Labour	Donna Summerson	597	24.6	−5.0
	Conservative	Gaynor-Anne Taffurelli	331	13.6	+5.0
Turnout			6,690	36.3	+2.4
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A

Lumley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Bell	1,079	52.8	−5.9
	Independent	Audrey Willis	824	40.3	−7.9
	Labour	Anna Lavery	523	25.6	−14.3
	Independent	David Thompson	510	24.9	−15.0
	Labour	Lauren Anders	396	19.4	−16.2
	Conservative	Graham Fielder	339	16.6	N/A
Turnout			2,045	36.3	+4.8
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Murton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Napier	983	53.4	−21.6
	Labour	Joyce Maitland	836	45.4	−24.4
	Independent	Thomas Young	604	32.8	N/A
	UKIP	Brian Brown	370	20.1	−3.1
	UKIP	Stephen Robson	320	17.4	−4.2
	Conservative	Oliver Lewis	196	10.6	N/A
Turnout			1,841	31.3	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Neville's Cross (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Brown	1,192	44.0	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Scott	1,056	39.0	−5.2
	Green	Jonathan Elmer	948	35.0	+8.9
	Green	Sarah Thin	724	26.7	+1.5
	Conservative	William Halford	347	12.8	+3.5
	Conservative	Michael Smith	309	11.4	+1.4
	Labour	Owen Edwards	274	10.1	−9.0
	Labour	Maciej Matuszewski	272	10.0	−8.0
	Independent	Stephen Ashfield	158	5.8	−19.4
Turnout			2,708	40.9	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

North Lodge (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Martin	743	52.3	+29.5
	Independent	Peter May	464	32.7	−14.8
	Labour	Saul Cahill	110	7.7	−17.6
	Conservative	John Middleton	104	7.3	+2.9
Turnout			1,421	51.2	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

P − S

Passfield (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	North East	Karen Hawley	337	34.0	*N/A*
	Independent	Joan Maslin	296	29.9	−6.7
	Labour	Barry Wilson	201	20.3	−14.8
	Conservative	Isaac Duffy	157	15.8	N/A
Turnout			991	28.4	+2.3
	North East gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Pelton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Batey	1,846	62.7	−4.8
	Labour	Colin Carr	1,431	48.6	−5.1
	Labour	Danny Wood	1,371	46.6	−16.1
	Conservative	Michael Botterill	1,000	34.0	+17.8
	UKIP	Callum Redfern	681	23.1	−9.6
	Green	David Revett	530	18.0	N/A
Turnout			2,944	29.4	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Peterlee East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Laing	586	46.1	−6.8
	Labour	Harry Bennett	568	44.7	−13.2
	North East	Lee Cook	547	43.1	N/A
	North East	Vik Watson	531	41.8	N/A
	Conservative	Jonty Bayliss	129	10.2	N/A
Turnout			1,270	23.3	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Peterlee West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	North East	Susan McDonnell	736	49.6	+11.4
	North East	Karon Liddell	635	42.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Jimmy Alvey	623	42.0	−5.9
	Labour	Lisa Alvey	549	37.0	−1.8
	Conservative	Aaron Lee	211	14.2	+11.6
Turnout			1,483	24.0	+0.6
	North East gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	North East gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Sacriston (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather Liddle	1,013	61.6	+0.5
	Labour	Simon Wilson	952	57.9	−2.6
	Conservative	Graeme Hynds	403	24.5	+17.3
	UKIP	Michael Toms	394	24.0	+2.1
Turnout			1,644	30.0	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Seaham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geraldine Bleasdale	634	39.2	−11.9
	Labour	Sue Morrison	604	37.4	−10.4
	Seaham Community Party	Graeme Hepworth	471	29.1	N/A
	Conservative	Derick Dixon	468	28.9	+9.9
	Seaham Community Party	Adam Remmer	438	27.1	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Reid	402	24.9	+10.6
	Green	Helen Reay	94	5.8	N/A
Turnout			1,617	30.1	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Sedgefield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Brown	817	37.6	−0.1
	Labour	John Robinson	800	36.8	−14.1
	Labour	Rachel Lumsdon	733	33.7	−7.3
	Independent	Mel Carr	479	22.0	N/A
	Independent	Gloria Wills	301	13.9	N/A
	Conservative	John Gasston	293	13.5	−15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bell	193	8.9	N/A
	Independent	Jimmy Seymour	168	7.7	−13.8
	UKIP	Tim Illingworth	144	6.6	N/A
	Independent	Christine Moore	119	5.5	N/A
Turnout			2,173	28.6	−7.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Sherburn (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hall	1,131	57.0	+8.7
	Labour	Bill Kellett	1,056	53.2	+1.5
	Conservative	Raymond Taffurelli	523	26.4	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ellie Hopgood	452	22.8	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Tibbs	366	18.4	−12.4
Turnout			1,984	29.9	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Shildon and Dene Valley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Nicholson	1,172	43.1	−2.8
	Labour	Brian Stephens	1,129	41.5	−9.7
	Labour	Shirley Quinn	1,023	37.6	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Huntington	817	30.0	+3.8
	Independent	Robert Ingledew	814	29.9	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lenny Cockfield	625	23.0	+8.0
	Conservative	Mary Gilbertson	587	21.6	N/A
	UKIP	John Brigstock	468	17.2	N/A
Turnout			2,722	28.8	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Shotton and South Hetton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivan Cochrane	808	45.7	+4.5
	Labour	Eunice Huntington	738	41.7	−11.9
	Labour	Alan Liversidge	695	39.3	−13.0
	Independent	Christopher Hood	617	34.9	N/A
	Conservative	Vicki Lincoln	268	15.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Round	103	5.8	N/A
Turnout			1,768	26.7	+2.7
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Spennymoor (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Spennymoor Independents	Kevin Thompson	1,140	36.9	-6.3
	Spennymoor Independents	Geoff Darkes	938	30.3	*N/A*
	Spennymoor Independents	Liz Maddison	894	28.9	-7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ord	824	26.6	−9.9
	Labour	Ian Geldard	745	24.1	−15.6
	Labour	Steven Jones	642	20.8	−17.3
	Independent	Pete Molloy	601	19.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Beckie Calder	579	18.7	N/A
	Labour	Kathleen Griffiths	517	16.7	−19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Ranyard	517	16.7	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Booth	362	11.7	+3.8
	Conservative	Richard Child	332	10.7	N/A
	UKIP	James Hargrave	258	8.3	N/A
	Green	Mark Quinn	130	4.2	N/A
Turnout			3,092	36.2	+8.6
Spennymoor Independents hold
Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour
Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour

Stanley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Marshall	924	55.6	−13.0
	Labour	Lyn Boyd	919	55.3	−7.6
	Derwentside Independents	David Walker	496	29.8	+2.9
	Derwentside Independents	Mary Wilkinson	437	26.3	N/A
	Conservative	Gary McCallum	250	15.0	N/A
Turnout			1,662	26.5	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

T − W

Tanfield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Joyce Charlton	929	46.7	+4.2
	Labour	Olga Milburn	839	42.1	−7.9
	Labour	Gordon Binney	800	40.2	−1.0
	Derwentside Independents	Colin Thompson	766	38.5	+7.6
	Conservative	Kevin Foster	274	13.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Wright	94	4.7	N/A
Turnout			1,991	30.4	+3.7
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Tow Law (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Manchester	433	46.7	+1.8
	Independent	John Bailey	300	32.3	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Dixon	195	21.0	N/A
Turnout			928	27.8	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Trimdon and Thornley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Hovvels	1,433	58.9	−6.6
	Labour	Peter Brookes	1,413	58.1	−5.9
	Labour	Morris Nicholls	1,392	57.2	−12.5
	UKIP	Clive Taylor-Sholl	582	23.9	+1.4
	Conservative	Ilsa Graham	546	22.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jones	295	12.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Temple	231	9.5	N/A
Turnout			2,433	25.0	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Tudhoe (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Spennymoor Independents	Neil Grayson	802	37.3	+15.0
	Spennymoor Independents	Alan Gardner	775	36.1	+23.1
	Labour	Barbara Graham	654	30.4	−20.5
	Independent	Billy McAloon	635	29.6	N/A
	Labour	Neil Foster	624	29.1	−17.7
	Conservative	Linda Raper	367	17.1	+11.1
Turnout			2,148	33.7	+1.7
Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour
Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour

Weardale (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Shuttleworth	1,899	63.8	+4.0
	Independent	Mary Savory	1,717	57.7	+1.7
	Labour	Robert George	509	17.1	−18.7
	Conservative	Peter Gilbertson	495	16.6	+9.4
	Labour	Alan Myers	358	12.0	N/A
Turnout			2,976	45.6	+3.9
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

West Auckland (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Yorke	808	49.5	−5.8
	Labour	Christine Wilson	759	46.5	−2.4
	Conservative	Mark Roberts	585	35.8	+21.2
	Conservative	Victor Thompson	359	22.0	N/A
	Independent	Alex Tighe	254	15.6	N/A
	UKIP	Lee Harris	239	14.6	−10.4
Turnout			1,633	25.2	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Willington and Hunwick (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Tinsley	1,086	58.8	+6.0
	Labour	Olwyn Gunn	1,069	57.9	+7.3
	Conservative	Helen Hannar	629	34.1	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Richardson	318	17.2	N/A
Turnout			1,846	27.1	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wingate (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Taylor	577	73.7	+5.9
	Conservative	Greta Pike	107	13.6	N/A
	North East	Stephen Miles	78	10.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cameron Lord	21	2.7	N/A
Turnout			783	26.0	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Woodhouse Close (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lethbridge	765	59.4	+3.0
	Labour	Tanya Tucker	594	46.2	−2.7
	Conservative	Nichola Thompson	396	30.8	+24.5
	UKIP	Colin Race	306	23.8	N/A
Turnout			1,287	20.9	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

By-elections

Trimdon and Thornley, 28 September 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Grant	1,150	65.4	+8.2
	Independent	Maurice Brown	351	20.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bell	117	6.7	−5.4
	Conservative	Michael Smith	112	6.4	−16.0
	Green	Jonathan Elmer	29	1.6	N/A
Turnout			1,759	18.2	−6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wingate, 14 March 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Higgins	458	64.1	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Simpson	163	22.8	+20.1
	North East	Stephen Miles	74	10.3	+0.3
	For Britain	Gareth Fry	20	2.8	N/A
Turnout			715	24.2	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Esh and Witton Gilbert, 21 March 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Coult	1,115	63.2	+10.0
	Labour	Anne Bonner	366	20.7	−7.8
	Independent	Ryan Drion	155	8.8	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Lawrie	128	7.3	−10.2
Turnout			1,764	28.2	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

Shildon and Dene Valley, 2 May 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Huntington	1,257	42.5	+12.5
	Labour	Samantha Townsend	682	23.0	−20.1
	UKIP	Alan Breeze	456	15.4	−1.8
	Independent	Robert Ingledew	415	14.0	−15.9
	Conservative	Marie Carter-Robb	151	5.1	−16.5
Turnout			2,961	31.2	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Spennymoor, 2 May 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Geldard	489	18.7	−5.4
	Labour	Colin Nelson	420	16.1	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jones	373	14.3	−12.3
	Independent	William McAloon	358	13.7	N/A
	Independent	Peter Molloy	332	12.7	−6.7
	UKIP	Robert Purvis	281	10.8	+2.5
	Spennymoor Independents	Ronald Highley	221	8.5	−21.8
	Conservative	James Cosslett	137	5.2	−6.5
Turnout			2,611	29.9	−6.3
Independent gain from Spennymoor Independents

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Durham County Council. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

[1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[2] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Durham County Council. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

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