Derwentside local elections

Derwentside Council in County Durham, England is elected every four years. The district council will be abolished in 2009 to become part of a new unitary council.^[1]

Political control

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - present

Council elections

Derwentside Council election, 1999

Derwentside Council election, 2003 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[2]

Derwentside Council election, 2007

By-election results

1995-1999

Annfield Plain By-Election 20 February 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		525	79.3
	Independent Labour		137	20.7
Majority			388	58.6
Turnout			662	20.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanley Hall By-Election 25 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		414	83.6	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat		81	16.4	+16.4
Majority			333	67.2
Turnout			495
	Labour hold		Swing

Arnfield Plain By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		549	74.7	+5.0
	Independent Labour		131	17.8	+17.8
	Liberal Democrat		55	7.5	+7.5
Majority			418	66.9
Turnout			735
	Labour hold		Swing

1999-2003

Tanfield By-Election 22 June 2000
Party		Candidate	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

Consett South By-Election 15 March 2001
Party		Candidate	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

Arnfield Plain By-Election 23 August 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		416	70.3	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat		111	18.8	+18.8
	Green		65	11.0	+11.0
Majority			305	51.5
Turnout			592	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Craghead By-Election 15 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		240	54.4	-13.8
	Independent		201	45.6	+13.8
Majority			39	8.8
Turnout			441	21.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Consett South By-Election 17 January 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		319	63.0	+5.4
	Independent		93	18.4	-24.0
	Liberal Democrat		72	14.2	+14.2
	Conservative		22	4.3	+4.3
Majority			226	44.6
Turnout			506	15.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Benfieldside By-Election 2 May 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Clark	469	32.5	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat	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

2003-2007

Stanley Hall By-Election 29 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Marshall	599	65.4	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat	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

Cornsay By-Election 16 February 2006
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

2007-2009

Castleside By-Election 17 July 2008[3]
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

References

1. ^ "Chief executive chosen for Durham's new unitary authority". 24dash.com. 2008-07-04. http://www.24dash.com/news/Local_Government/2008-07-04-Chief-executive-chosen-for-Durhams-new-unitary-authority. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
2. ^ "Derwentside". BBC Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/79.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
3. ^ "Castleside Ward By-election results". Derwentside district council. http://www.derwentside.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=13192. Retrieved 2008-07-23. ^{[dead link]}

• Derwentside election results
• By-election results

External links

• Derwentside Council