2021 Durham County Council election

2021 Durham County Council election

6 May 2021
All 126 council division seats 64 seats needed for a majority

The 202 Durham County Council election was held on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom. Some areas have declared, wheras others had not finished or started counting as of 8 May 2021. When 126 councillors will be elected from 63 electoral divisions which will each return either one, two or three county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Results summary

Durham County Council election, 2021

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	53			-16
	Liberal Democrats	17			+2
	Independent	27			-2
	Conservative	24			+14
	Derwentside Independents
	Spennymoor Independents
	North East	4			+1
	Green	1			+1
	UKIP	0			0
	Other parties

Results by electoral division

A − B

Annfield Plain

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Christine Bell	521
	Labour	Eileen McKnightsmith	409
	Derwentside Independents	Joan Nicholson	719
	Independent	Ken Rollings	142
	Conservative	Samuel Charles Oliver Simkin	518
	Labour	Jeanette Theresa Stephenson	474
	Conservative	Timothy Peter Waters	514
Turnout			1842	30.98
	Derwentside Independents gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A

Annfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Armstrong	449
	Labour	Jim Atkinson	556
	Independent	Bob Fleming	376
	Reform UK	John William Grant	114
	Independent	Brian Haigh	197
	Labour	Wendy Patricia Hillary	417
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Jones	966
	Conservative	Martin Peeke	518
Turnout			2199	34.48
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Aycliffe North and Middridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathryn Sarah Beetham	494
	Independent	Dorothy Bowman	447
	Labour	John Duncan Clare	823
	Independent	Sandra Haigh	197
	Labour	Jed Hillary	474
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Miller	621
	Independent	John Douglas Moore	462
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Shelton	633
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Stead	1,130
	Conservative	Tony Stubbs	905
	Conservative	David Sutton-Lloyd	1,269
Turnout			2937	34.89
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Aycliffe West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddy Adam	539
	Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews.	Michaela Helen Banthorpe	40
	Independent	George Coulson Gray	354
	Labour	Kate Hopper	434
	Conservative	Elizabeth Rosemary Maw	350
	Independent	Ken Robson	439
	Liberal Democrats	James Robert Walsh	196
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Andrew Whiting	259
Turnout			1555	28.83
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Barnard Castle east

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Genevieve Susan Metcalfe	362
	Conservative	George Morland Richardson	1,689
	Labour	Emma Louise Rowell	780
	Conservative	James Michael Rowlandson	1,619
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Margaret Van Mourik	338
	Labour	Chloe Sheila Walls	528
Turnout			2965	42.88
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Barnard Castle West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Andrew BELL	2,123
	Labour	David Wilson HARDAKER	703
	Conservative	Ted Galehurst HENDERSON	1,764
	Labour	Dave HYNES	739
	Liberal Democrats	Dave HYNES	271
Turnout			3096	46.87
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Belmont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Taylor James DOWNS	999
	Labour	Christine Anne FLETCHER	1,464
	Labour	Pauline HARDMAN	1357
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley MAVIN	1,526
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Eric MAVIN	1,465
	Green	Roger Michael MCADAM	505
	Labour	Christopher Jon RANSON	1127
	Conservative	Michael Drummond Moverley SMITH	816
	Independent	Arthur Clifford WALKER	410
	Liberal Democrats	Michael WATSON	1282
	Conservative	Joshua WOOLLER	858
Turnout			4206	41.78
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Benfieldside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin EARLEY	1,051
	Liberal Democrats	Christine ENGLISH	264
	Derwentside Independents	Peter OLIVER	843
	Conservative	Eileen RIDLEY	832
	Derwentside Independents	Stephen ROBINSON	904
	Conservative	Toby THATCHER	718
	Labour	Steven John WOOD	696
Turnout			2850	43.93
	Labour gain from Derwentside Independents		Swing	N/A
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A

Bishop Auckland Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harley James BALMERHOWIESON	685
	Labour	Katie ELIOT	601
	Conservative	Andrew JACKSON	1,323
	Independent	Sam ZAIR	1,149
Turnout			2476	41.15
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Douglas BRIMM	247	23.7%	−3.4%
	Labour	Pauline Fernlea CRATHORNE	345	33.1%	−12.4%
	Conservative	Elaine PEEKE	451	43.2%	+15.8%
Turnout			1050	36.24
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Blackhalls

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob CRUTE	1,179
	Labour	Stacey DEINAL	898
	Conservative	Simon James ELUND	644
	North East Party	Steven FRANKLIN	253
	North East Party	Ebony WATSON	236
Turnout			2011	32.38
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brandon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne BONNER	955
	Conservative	David Farnell CRABTREE	426
	Conservative	Ethan Lewis DODDS	361
	Green	Jonathan ELMER	1,128
	Green	Priscilla Anne Bowen ELMER	999
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff MOORE	88
	Independent	Carolyn SMITH	83
	Labour	Paul TAYLOR	1,113
Turnout			2795	36.29
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Burnopfield and Dipton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Veronica ANDREWS	983
	Conservative	David CUMMING	638
	Liberal Democrats	Keith ENGLISH	99
	Independent	Roland HEMSLEY	497
	Labour	Declan Gerard John MULHOLLAND	860
	Independent	Trevor ORD	623
	Conservative	Paul Douglas ROBINSON	585
	Green	Richard Edwin SIMPSON	219
Turnout			2527	40.59
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

C − D

Chester-le-Street East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beaty BAINBRIDGE	552
	Liberal Democrats	Neil John BRADBURY	67
	Green	Derek MORSE	300
	Labour	Julie Anne SCURFIELD	411
Turnout			1338	45.56
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Chester-le-Street North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian HEAVISIDE	445
	Conservative	Anne MURPHY	194
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bernard NATHAN	52
	Labour	Tracie Jane SMITH	695
Turnout			1394	45.93
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Chester-le-Street South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan BAINBRIDGE	861
	Conservative	Jack Lewis CHARLTON	380
	Labour	Flora CONWAY	733
	Labour	Howell Wynne DAVIES	645
	Independent	Bill MOIST	907
	Liberal Democrats	Tim MURPHY	97
	Independent	Paul Stephen SEXTON	1,619
Turnout			2830	47.93
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Chester-le-Street West Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rowena Clair BARNARD	85
	Independent	Karen Anne FANTARROW DARBY	832
	Labour	Simon Antony HENIG	797
	Independent	Ewan Charles MARSHALL	661
	Labour	Linda MARSHALL	674
	Conservative	Adam Martin POLLARD	366
	Conservative	Mark Anthony WATSON	369
Turnout			2068	35.50
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Chilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	No party listed	Julie CAIRNS	491	44.3%	N/A
	Conservative	Oliver Garbutt PEEKE	313	28.2%	−3.6%
	Labour Co-op	Stuart Alexander SUTHERLAND	304	27.4%	−40.7%
Turnout			1123	31.89
	No Party Listed gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Consett North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David BOWERBANK	578
	Labour	Clive Dermot Sinclair HEDGES	407
	Labour	Phillip MARSHALL	700
	Conservative	Nicholas Paul MCCARTHY	592
	Independent	Laura RIDES	180
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Lesley ROONEY	778
	Independent	Alexander WATSON	957
Turnout			2411	40.62
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Consett South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Ernest APPLEBY	322
	Conservative	Amy DHILLON	380
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic John HANEY	501
	Derwentside Independents	Derek HICKS	121
Turnout			1327	34.86
	Liberal Democrats gain from Derwentside Independents		Swing	N/A

Coundon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue ELLIOTT	338
	Labour	Charlie KAY	512
	Liberal Democrats	Ben OLIVER	43
	Independent	Michael David RAMAGE	69
Turnout			966	30.33
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Coxhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jan Blakey	1,702
	Conservative	Jason Stephen Carr	702
	Labour	John Stuart Dunn	1241
	Independent	Gary Hutchinson	1,404
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Edward latimer	140
	Labour	Maura Christina McKeon	1,289
	Conservative	Marc Owens	695
	Labour	Maria Leina Plews	1126
	Conservative	Harvey Jeffrey Stevens	591
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Joseph Walker	140
Turnout			3436	34.60
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Craghead and South Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Vivian Bently	330
	Derwentside Independents	Katy Coulsdon	518
	Conservative	Ian James Goodwin	326
	Labour	Carole Ann Hampson	873
	Labour	Sam McMahon	798
Turnout			1720	29.41
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Crook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Michael Currah	1,323
	Labour	Mary Elizabeth Hall	887
	Conservative	Patricia Ann Jopling	1,317
	Labour	Andrea Jean Patterson	1137
	Independent	Anne Reed	1,259
	Conservative	Robbie Rodiss	1185
	Labour	Maureen Blanche Stanton	778
Turnout			3232	34.90
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Dawdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Seaham Community Party	Robert Arthur	689
	Labour	Leanne Kennedy	1,035
	Labour	Kevin Joseph Shaw	1,043
	Seaham Community Party	Linda Willis	542
	Conservative	David Robert Young	333
Turnout			2028	32.58
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Deerness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Kathleen Chaplo	1,436
	Liberal Democrats	John Joseph Kelley	617
	Conservative	Richard Lawrie	894
	Conservative	Fleur Elizabeth Meston	1003
	Labour	Dan Nicholls	1,217
	Green	Alan Ostle	317
	Liberal Democrats	Florence Diana Simpsons	610
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Tucker	417
	Conservative	Matthew Alexander Vickers	853
	Labour	Marion Wilson	1,412
Turnout			3257	34.24
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Delves Lane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Brown	824
	Labour	Malcolm Clarke	817
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Stephen Haney	89
	Derwentside Independents	George James Robert McKay	222
	Conservative	Angela Sterling	1,026
	Conservative	Michelle Walton	988
Turnout			2187	34.95
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Deneside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rochelle Charlton-Lainé	664
	Seaham Community Party	Susan Mary Faulkner	475
	Conservative	Clive Michael Parker	299
	Labour	John James Purvis	654
	Seaham Community Party	Barry Taylor	464
Turnout			1419	26.40
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Durham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Ahsby	317
	Green	Stephen James Ashfield	99
	Conservative	Sean Patrick Healy	172
	Liberal Democrats	David Stoker	392
Turnout			987	45.91
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

E − N

Easington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Boyes	911
	Conservative	Graeme Hynds	468
	Independent	Terry Murray	264
	Conservative	Rachel Teresa Southall	327
	Labour	Angela Surtees	952
	North East Party	Alan Thomas Wilkinson	170
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elvet and Gilesgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Rose Ashfield	672
	Labour	Omide Deinali	565
	Liberal Democrats	David Robert Freeman	870
	Conservative	Catriona Hawkes	168
	Green	Anna Mary Marshal	361
	Conservative	Michael Matthew Mollon	158
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Daniel Ormerod	864
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

Esh and Witton Gilbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ruth Clementine Blanchflower	176
	Independent	Bev Coult	1,406
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Lee Pescod Drion	85
	Labour	Alison Mary Hiles	537
	Conservative	Alison Hirst	383
	Conservative	David Robert Milner	374
	Liberal Democrats	Arnie Simpson	1,247
	Green	Ian Edward Stone	83
	Labour	Andy Walker	462
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	N/A

Evenwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan John Breeze	367
	Conservative	James Cosslet	1,316
	Conservative	Robert Potts	1,019
	Labour	Samuel Jonathan Rushworth	768
	Labour	Julie Carolyn Ward	739

Ferryhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Atkinson	902
	Labour	Peter Bernard Atkinson	1,130
	Independent	Brian Francis Avery	1,189
	Labour	Curtis Ferenc Bihari	849
	Independent	David Farry	608
	Independent	Joe Makepeace	893
	Conservative	Joe Michael Quinn	916
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Framwellgate and Newton Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Graham	1065
	Conservative	Joshua James Grew	750
	Conservative	William Halford	732
	Labour	John Hardman	970
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Jayne Hopgood	2,591
	Labour	Jeanie Kellett	1011
	Green	Irene Ostle	417
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Mamie Simmons	2,096
	Conservative	Mark Smedley	705
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ashley Wilkes	2,249
	Independent	Karon Willis	521
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

Horden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	North East Party	Mary Alison Cartwright	394
	Conservative	Carroll Mae Herd	233
	Labour	Ian McLean	855
	Labour	Isabella Roberts	862
	North East Party	Kirsty Louise Wilkinson	252
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Lanchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Margaret Denise Bullivant	298
	Labour	Alison Louise Gray	1128
	Conservative	Michael McGaun	1,242
	Conservative	Douglas Oliver	1,317
	Green	Hannah Elizabeth Parker-Fuller	236
	Independent	David Smith	430
	Labour	David Toner	777
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Williams	208
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Leadgate and Medomsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Anne Armstrong	735
	Labour	Thomas Robert Bedson	612
	Labour	Chris Robinson	654
	Derwentside Independents	Alan Shield	1,064
	Independent	Watts Stelling	1,227
	Conservative	Emma Young	609
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent gain from Derwentside Independents		Swing	N/A

Lumley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Bell	1,509
	Conservative	Nathan Brown	263
	Liberal Democrats	David Alan Haswell	610
	Independent	Philip Heaviside	788
	Conservative	Jak Hocking	180
	Independent	Michelle Clare Melvin	245
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Keith Peacock	539
	Labour	David Robinson	510
	Independent	Audrey Willis	218
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Murton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Adcock-Forster	1,006
	Independent	Brian Brown	413
	Conservative	Andrew John Dixon	274
	Labour	Julie Ann Griffiths	1,200
	Independent	Stephen George Robson	399
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Nevilles Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Natalie Selene Broughton	690
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Brown	1,686
	Conservative	Frederick Robin Arthur Fawcett	440
	Labour	Brian Andrew Freeman	867
	Conservative	Tristan Clemens Johannes Pahl	424
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Elton Scott	1,420
	Labour	John Alexander Turnbull	694
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

North Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Goulding	167
	Conservative	Andrew John Husband	185
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Martin	1,070
	Labour	Michael Martin	266
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

P − S

Passfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Pelton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Joan Batey	1,993
	Conservative	Michael James Botterill	1062
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Amor Haswell	273
	Labour	Paul Pringle	1,566
	Conservative	Adele Taggart	719
	Independent	Clare Helen Todd	711
	Conservative	Julie Ann Watson	735
	Labour	Danny Wood	1,725
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Peterlee East

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Peterlee West

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Sacriston

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Seaham

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Sedgefield

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Sherburn

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Shildon and Dene Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Cox	955
	Independent	Luan Deakin	594
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Halliday	473
	Independent	Robert Ingledew	701
	Labour	Matt Johnson	1,001
	Independent	Fred Langley	498
	Conservative	Khwan Martin	765
	Conservative	Stephen David Martin	811
	Labour	Shirley Quinn	1,159
	Labour	Samantha Townsend	1,103
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Shotton and South Hetton

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Spennymoor

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Stanley

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T − W

Tanfield

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Tow Law

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Trimdon and Thornley

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Tudhoe

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Weardale

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West Auckland

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Willington and Hunwick

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Wingate

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Woodhouse Close

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