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.

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2017 Durham County Council election

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All 126 council division seats 64 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Independent Last election 94 seats, 52% 9 seats, 10% 9 seats, 12% Seats won 74 14 13 Seat change 20 5 4 Popular vote 96,037 30,140 37,136 Percentage 42.4% 13.3% 16.4% Swing 9.8% 3.2% 4.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Conservative Derwentside Independents Spennymoor Independents Last election 4 seats, 8% 8 seats, 6% 1 seat, 1% Seats won 10 7 5 Seat change 6 1 4 Popular vote 34,072 13,025 3,523 Percentage 15.0% 5.8% 1.6% Swing 7.3% 0.4% 0.4%   Seventh party   Party North East Last election New party Seats won 3 Seat change 3 Popular vote 4,879 Percentage 2.2% Swing New party
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

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