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Chester-le-Street District Council elections

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Chestler-le-Street District Council elections were generally held every four years between the council's creation in 1974 and its abolition in 2009. Chester-le-Street was a non-metropolitan district in County Durham, England. On 1 April 2009 the council's functions passed to Durham County Council, which became a unitary authority.

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Chester-le-Street District Council.

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Councillor		From	To
George Staines	Labour	1976	10 May 1991
Malcolm Pratt^[3]	Labour	10 May 1991	4 May 2003
Linda Ebbatson^[4]	Labour	13 May 2003	31 Mar 2009

Election	Labour	Liberal Democrat^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Conservative	Independent	Total	Notes
Election					Total	Notes
1973^[5]	23	6	0	4	33
1976^[6]	22	6	0	5	33
1979^[7]	21	7	0	5	33	New ward boundaries^[8]
1983^[9]	23	4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	5	33
1987^[10]	24	4^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1	4	33	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[11]
1991^[12]	27	1	1	4	33
1995^[13]	30	1	1	1	33	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[14]^[15]^[16]
1999^[17]	30	1	1	1	33
2003^[18]	29	0	1	4	34	New ward boundaries^[19]
2007^[20]	26	1	2	5	34

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,114	48.2	-10.0
	Conservative	604	26.1	-15.7
	Liberal Democrats	423	18.3	+18.3
	BNP	170	7.4	+7.4
Majority		510	22.1
Turnout		2,311	60.4
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Rand	530	64.0	+23.8
	Conservative	Amanda Hall	139	16.8	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Nathan	113	13.6	+13.6
	Independent	George Gardner	46	5.6	-35.6
Majority			391	47.2
Turnout			828	19.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawson Armstrong	324	59.4	-11.1
	Conservative	Nick Varley	89	16.3	-13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Kilkenny	81	14.9	+14.9
	BNP	Andrew Gowland	51	9.4	+9.4
Majority			235	43.1
Turnout			545	25.7
	Labour hold		Swing