Darlington_Borough_Council_elections

Darlington Borough Council elections

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Darlington Borough Council elections are held every four years. Darlington Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Darlington in County Durham, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.

By-election results

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Party in control		Years
	Labour	1997–2019
	No overall control	2019–present

Councillor		From	To
John Williams^[22]	Labour	1991	8 May 2011
Bill Dixon	Labour	19 May 2011	19 Jul 2018
Steve Harker	Labour	19 Jul 2018	23 May 2019
Heather Scott	Conservative	23 May 2019	19 May 2022
Jonathan Dulston	Conservative	19 May 2022	4 May 2023
Steve Harker	Labour	4 May 2023

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,844	74.0	-7.4
	Conservative	648	26.0	+7.4
Majority		1,196	48.0
Turnout		2,492
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	471	53.6	-4.4
	Labour	326	37.1	-4.9
	Conservative	81	9.2	+9.2
Majority		145	16.5
Turnout		878
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	365	38.3	-24.8
	Conservative	331	34.7	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	245	19.5	+19.5
	BNP	44	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	28	2.9	-10.5
Majority		34	3.6
Turnout		1,013
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Lawton	789	48.5	+3.6
	Labour	Jenny Chapman	571	35.1	-3.0
	Conservative	Ian Galletley	119	7.3	-2.5
	BNP	Nigel Nevison	87	5.3	-1.9
	UKIP	Edward Davies	61	3.7	+3.7
Majority			218	13.4
Turnout			1,627	38.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Swainston	527	42.2	+42.2
	Conservative	George Lawman	379	30.4	-48.0
	Independent	Julie Jones	297	23.8	+23.8
	Labour	Amanda McEwan	45	3.6	-7.2
Majority			148	2.2
Turnout			1,248	44.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Galletley	624	47.6	-9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Hinton	511	39.0	+17.8
	Labour	Elaine Hope	175	13.4	-8.1
Majority			113	8.6
Turnout			1,310	42.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne-Marie Curry	561	50.8	-4.1
	Labour	John Vasey	262	23.7	+0.0
	Conservative	George Jenkinson	115	10.4	-1.0
	BNP	John Hoodless	106	9.6	-0.3
	Independent	Stephen Jones	60	5.4	+5.4
Majority			299	27.1
Turnout			1,104	24.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jan Cossins	388	45.1	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Jefferson	347	40.3	+19.4
	Conservative	David Davies	84	9.8	-14.8
	BNP	Paul Thompson	41	4.8	-8.6
Majority			41	4.8
Turnout			860	29.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Cartwright	694	43.8	+3.2
	Labour	Helen Crumbie	607	38.3	-21.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Allen	142	9.0	+9.0
	UKIP	Daniel Phillip Fairclough	95	6.0	+6.0
	England First	Paul Thompson	47	3.0	+3.0
Majority			87	5.5
Turnout			1,585	33.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Swainson	474	43.7	-12.9
	Conservative	Christopher Brownbridge	436	40.2	+7.9
	Labour	Stephen Rose	144	13.3	+2.1
	UKIP	David Davies	31	2.9	+2.9
Majority			38	3.5
Turnout			1,085	36.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mowden By-Election 22 May 2014^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Culley	647	40.7	-28.1
	Labour	Jackie Saint	614	38.6	+7.5
	UKIP	Charlotte Bull	235	14.8	+14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Allen	93	5.9	+5.9
Majority			33	2.1
Turnout			1,589	51.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mowden By-Election 16 November 2017^[29]^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Marshall	652	60.7	+14.4
	Labour	Edwin Heslop	285	26.5	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Jordan	111	10.3	n/a
	Green	Kathryn Barley	26	2.4	-4.9
Majority			367	34.2
Turnout			1,074	33.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Red Hall and Lingfield By-Election 16 November 2017^[29]^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharifah Rahman	249	44.8	-1.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Dulston	230	41.4	+12.4
	Independent	Kevin Brack	46	8.3	n/a
	Green	Michael McTimoney	20	3.6	-8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Longmoor	11	2.0	-9.9
Majority			19	3.4
Turnout			556	19.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Cockerton By-Election 12 July 2018^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Heslop	555	51.0	+7.9
	Conservative	Scott Durham	239	22.0	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Curry	104	9.6	-5.5
	Independent	Joel Wilks	93	8.5	n/a
	For Britain	Kevin Brack	63	5.8	n/a
	Green	Terri Hankinson	34	3.1	-14.0
Majority			316	29.0
Turnout			1,088	23.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Crumbie	426	63.4	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Jones	129	19.2	+19.2
	Conservative	Lewis Cairns	117	17.4	-14.2
Majority			297	44.2
Turnout			672	22.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Sowerby	971	49.9	+4.7
	Green	Thomas Robinson	809	41.6	+24.4
	Labour	John Sloss	120	6.2	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Atkinson	32	1.6	+1.6
	For Britain	Monty Brack	14	0.7	+0.7
Majority			162	8.3
Turnout			1,946
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Willis	466	42.2	+10.4
	Labour	Mandy Porter	360	32.6	-13.6
	Independent	Cheryl Pattison	201	18.2	+18.2
	Green	Mike McTimoney	38	3.4	-18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Wood	27	2.4	+2.4
	For Britain	Janys Gandy	11	1.0	+1.0
Majority			106	9.6
Turnout			1,103
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing