Derwentside local elections

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Derwentside Council is elected every four years.

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 4 External links

[edit] Political control

Labour 1973 -

[edit] Council elections

Derwentside Council election 1999

Derwentside Council election 2003

[edit] By-election results

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 Democrats		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 Democrats		55	7.5	+7.5
Majority			418	66.9
Turnout			735
	Labour hold		Swing

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 Democrats		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 Democrats		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 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

Stanley Hall By-Election 29 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Marshall	599	65.4	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Rolfe	199	21.7	+1.1
	British National	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

[edit] External links

• Derwentside Council