Durham_City_Council_elections

Durham City Council elections

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Durham City Council elections were generally held every four years between the reforms of 1974 and the council's abolition in 2009. Durham 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 Durham City Council.

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Councillor	Party		From	To
Sue Pitts^[7]		Liberal Democrats	2003	2004
Fraser Reynolds		Liberal Democrats	2004	31 Mar 2009

Election	Labour	Liberal Democrat^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Conservative	Independent	Total	Notes
Election					Total	Notes
1973^[8]	40	7	0	14	61
1976^[9]	34	10	0	17^{[lower-alpha 2]}	61
1979^[10]	24	7	4	14	49	New ward boundaries^[11]
1983^[12]	27	9^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2	11^{[lower-alpha 4]}	49
1987^[13]	26	14^{[lower-alpha 5]}	0	9^{[lower-alpha 6]}	49	City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[14]^[15]
1991^[16]	28	15	0	6	49
1995^[17]	38	7	0	4	49	City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[18]^[19]
1999^[20]	33	13	0	3	49
2003^[21]	17	30	0	3	50	New ward boundaries^[22]
2007^[23]	17	30	0	3	50

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	239	51.7	-20.9
	Liberal Democrats	223	48.3	+20.9
Majority		16	3.4
Turnout		462	29.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	645	59.5	-8.6
	Liberal Democrats	396	36.5	+4.6
	Conservative	43	4.0	+4.0
Majority		249	23.0
Turnout		1,084	23.4
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Hepplewhite	1,947	69.3
	Liberal Democrats		640	22.8
	Conservative		221	7.9
Majority			1,307	46.5
Turnout			2,808	64.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing