Teesdale District Council elections

Elections to Teesdale 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
Independent 1973 – 2009

Council elections

ElectionLabourLiberal Democrat[lower-alpha 1]ConservativeIndependent Total
1973[1]0002929
1976[2]4002529
1979[3]3002629
1983[4]3002831
1987[5]51[lower-alpha 2]321[lower-alpha 3]31[lower-alpha 4]
1991[6]5122331
1995[7]11021831
1999[8]10012031
2003[9]9032032
2007[10]6042232

By-election results

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
  2. ↑ 1 Liberal, 0 SDP
  3. ↑ Including one Independent Labour
  4. ↑ Including one vacancy after election

References

  1. ↑ "Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 local government seats". The Times. 9 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. ↑ "Teesdale". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Teesdale". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Teesdale". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.