Easington District Council elections

Elections to Easington District Council were held every four years. The district was created as part of the 1972 local government reforms. The first elections to the new authority were held in 1973 in advance of the council taking office in 1974. The last district elections took place in 2007 before the district was abolished as part of changes to local government in 2009. The area today forms part of the unitary Durham County Council.

Political control

ControlDates
Labour 1973 – 2009

Council elections

ElectionLabourLiberal Democrat[lower-alpha 1]ConservativeIndependent Total
1973[1]56004[lower-alpha 2]60
1976[2]454110[lower-alpha 3]60
1979[3]33801051
1983[4]349[lower-alpha 4]08[lower-alpha 5]51
1987[5]433[lower-alpha 6]0551
1991[6]38409[lower-alpha 7]51
1995[7]4430451
1999[8]4510551
2003[9]4420551
2007[10]4720251

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Easington District Council.

Passfield By-Election 19 October 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Milsom 480 69.3 +26.8
Independent Edward Hall 213 30.7 -26.8
Majority 267 38.6
Turnout 693 15.2
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
  2. ↑ Including one Independent Labour
  3. ↑ Including five Independent Labour
  4. ↑ 7 Liberal, 2 SDP
  5. ↑ Including two Independent Labour
  6. ↑ 3 Liberal, 0 SDP
  7. ↑ Including four Independent Labour

References

  1. ↑ "Final poll result may lie with Independents". The Times. 8 June 1973.
  2. ↑ "Heavy Labour losses in district polls". The Times. 8 May 1976.
  3. ↑ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
  4. ↑ "How votes were cast in local government elections". The Times. 7 May 1983. p. 4.
  5. ↑ "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. 9 May 1987.
  6. ↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.
  7. ↑ "Complete list of results from Thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995. p. 10.
  8. ↑ "Easington". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Easington". Andrew Teale. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Easington". BBC News. 5 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.