Durham City Council elections
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Elections to Durham City Council were held every four years. The district was created as part of the 1972 local government reforms. The first elections to the new authority were held in 1973 in advance of the council taking office in 1974. The last district elections took place in 2007 before the district was abolished as part of changes to local government in 2009. The area today forms part of the unitary Durham County Council.
Political control
Control | Dates | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1973 – 1979 | |
No overall control | 1979 – 1983 | |
Labour | 1983 – 2003 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2003 – 2009 |
Council elections
Election | Labour | Liberal Democrat[lower-alpha 1] | Conservative | Independent | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973[1] | 40 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 61 |
1976[2] | 34 | 10 | 0 | 17[lower-alpha 2] | 61 |
1979[3] | 24 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 49 |
1983[4] | 27 | 9[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 11[lower-alpha 4] | 49 |
1987[5] | 26 | 14[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 6] | 49 |
1991[6] | 28 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 49 |
1995[7] | 38 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 49 |
1999[8] | 33 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 49 |
2003[9] | 17 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 50 |
2007[10] | 17 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 50 |
By-election results
The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Durham City Council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 561 | 64.2 | |||
Independent | 259 | 29.6 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 54 | 6.2 | |||
Majority | 302 | 34.6 | |||
Turnout | 874 | 31.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 239 | 51.7 | -20.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 223 | 48.3 | +20.9 | ||
Majority | 16 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 462 | 29.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 645 | 59.5 | -8.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 396 | 36.5 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative | 43 | 4.0 | +4.0 | ||
Majority | 249 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,084 | 23.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 364 | 46.1 | -4.5 | ||
Independent | 244 | 30.9 | +1.6 | ||
Labour | 119 | 15.1 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative | 63 | 8.0 | +2.9 | ||
Majority | 120 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 790 | 26.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Amanda Hopgood | 740 | 70.7 | -9.4 | |
Labour | 180 | 17.2 | -2.7 | ||
Conservative | 65 | 6.2 | +6.2 | ||
Independent | 62 | 5.9 | +5.9 | ||
Majority | 560 | 53.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,047 | 39.0 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Les Thomson | 1,618 | 54.1 | ||
Labour | 1,141 | 38.2 | |||
Conservative | 229 | 7.7 | |||
Majority | 477 | 53.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,988 | 69.5 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hepplewhite | 1,947 | 69.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 640 | 22.8 | |||
Conservative | 221 | 7.9 | |||
Majority | 1,307 | 46.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,808 | 64.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Brian Colledge | 658 | 48.7 | -5.1 | |
Labour | Angela Leary | 625 | 46.3 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Carolyn Smith | 67 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 33 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,350 | 35.1 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Notes
- ↑ Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
- ↑ Including one Independent Labour
- ↑ 5 Liberal, 4 SDP
- ↑ Including one Independent Labour
- ↑ 5 Liberal, 9 SDP
- ↑ Including three Independent Labour
References
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