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Derwentside District Council elections

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Derwentside District Council elections were generally held every four years between the council's creation in 1974 and its abolition in 2009. Derwentside 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 Derwentside District Council.

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Election	Labour	Liberal Democrat^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Conservative	Independent	Total	Notes
Election					Total	Notes
1973^[3]	45	3	1	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}	55
1976^[4]	39	5	2	9	55
1979^[5]	30	3	6	16	55	New ward boundaries^[6]
1983^[7]	36	3^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4	12	55
1987^[8]	43	0	3	9	55
1991^[9]	38	0	2	15	55
1995^[10]	50	0	0	5	55	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[11]
1999^[12]	47	0	0	8	55
2003^[13]	38	1	0	16	55	New ward boundaries^[14]
2007^[15]	29	2	0	24	55

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	414	83.6	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	81	16.4	+16.4
Majority		333	67.2
Turnout		495
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	549	74.7	+5.0
	Independent Labour	131	17.8	+17.8
	Liberal Democrats	55	7.5	+7.5
Majority		418	66.9
Turnout		735
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Independent	468	53.7	+7.4
	Labour	404	46.3	-7.4
Majority		64	7.4
Turnout		872	26.5
	Independent gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	419	58.4	+0.8
	Independent	157	21.9	-20.5
	Independent	110	15.3	+15.3
	Conservative	32	4.5	+4.5
Majority		262	36.5
Turnout		718	22.3
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	416	70.3	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	111	18.8	+18.8
	Green	65	11.0	+11.0
Majority		305	51.5
Turnout		592	19.2
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	240	54.4	-13.8
	Independent	201	45.6	+13.8
Majority		39	8.8
Turnout		441	21.2
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	319	63.0	+5.4
	Independent	93	18.4	-24.0
	Liberal Democrats	72	14.2	+14.2
	Conservative	22	4.3	+4.3
Majority		226	44.6
Turnout		506	15.6
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Clark	469	32.5	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Keith English	467	32.3	+11.4
	Independent	Donald Love	404	28.0	+0.0
	Conservative	Peter Carr	104	7.2	-5.3
Majority			2	0.2
Turnout			1,444	31.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Marshall	599	65.4	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Rolfe	199	21.7	+1.1
	BNP	Dean McAdam	118	12.9	+12.9
Majority			400	43.7
Turnout			916	24.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Armstrong	239	75.4	+44.7
	Conservative	Peter Carr	78	24.6	+24.6
Majority			161	50.8
Turnout			317	25.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marion Wotherspoon	297	82.3	+8.3
	Conservative	Michael Carr	64	17.7	+3.7
Majority			233	64.6
Turnout			361	27.5
	Independent hold		Swing