The whole of Darlington Unitary Council in North East England is elected every four years. Since it became a unitary authority in 1997 the Labour party has won all the elections to the council retaining overall control.
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Labour 1996 - present
Darlington Council election, 1999
Darlington Council election, 2003
Darlington Council election, 2007
| Park East By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,844 | 74.0 | -7.4 | ||
| Conservative | 648 | 26.0 | +7.4 | ||
| Majority | 1,196 | 48.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,492 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Haughton East By-Election 22 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 836 | 72.6 | |||
| Conservative | 315 | 27.4 | |||
| Majority | 521 | 45.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,151 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| North Road By-Election 13 November 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 471 | 53.6 | -4.4 | ||
| Labour | 326 | 37.1 | -4.9 | ||
| Conservative | 81 | 9.2 | +9.2 | ||
| Majority | 145 | 16.5 | |||
| Turnout | 878 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Cockerton East By-Election 21 September 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 365 | 38.3 | -24.8 | ||
| Conservative | 331 | 34.7 | +11.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 245 | 19.5 | +19.5 | ||
| BNP | 44 | 4.6 | +4.6 | ||
| Independent | 28 | 2.9 | -10.5 | ||
| Majority | 34 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,013 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| North Road By-Election 19 August 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Frederick Lawton | 789 | 48.5 | +3.6 | |
| Labour | Jennifer Chapman | 571 | 35.1 | -3.0 | |
| Conservative | Ian Galletley | 119 | 7.3 | -2.5 | |
| BNP | Nigel Nevison | 87 | 5.3 | -1.9 | |
| UKIP | Edward Davies | 61 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
| Majority | 218 | 13.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,627 | 38.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Hurworth By-Election 8 September 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Martin Swainston | 527 | 42.2 | +42.2 | |
| Conservative | George Lawman | 379 | 30.4 | -48.0 | |
| Independent | Julie Jones | 297 | 23.8 | +23.8 | |
| Labour | Amanda McEwan | 45 | 3.6 | -7.2 | |
| Majority | 148 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,248 | 44.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| College By-Election 2 March 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Galletley | 624 | 47.6 | -9.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Garry Hinton | 511 | 39.0 | +17.8 | |
| Labour | Elaine Hope | 175 | 13.4 | -8.1 | |
| Majority | 113 | 8.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,310 | 42.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| North Road By-Election 13 November 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Anne-marie Curry | 561 | 50.6 | ||
| Labour | John Vasey | 262 | 23.6 | ||
| Conservative | George Jenkinson | 115 | 10.4 | ||
| BNP | John Hoodless | 106 | 9.6 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Jones | 60 | 5.4 | ||
| Majority | 299 | ||||
| Turnout | 1108 | 24.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||