Darlington Borough Council elections

The whole of Darlington Borough 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.

Political control

Labour 1996 - present

Council elections

Darlington Borough Council election, 1973
Darlington Borough Council election, 1976
Darlington Borough Council election, 1979
Darlington Borough Council election, 1983
Darlington Borough Council election, 1987
Darlington Borough Council election, 1991
Darlington Borough Council election, 1995
Darlington Borough Council election, 1999
Darlington Borough Council election, 2003
Darlington Borough Council election, 2007
Darlington Borough Council election, 2011
Darlington Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

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

Harrowgate Hill Ward by-election, 12 April 2012^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Cartwright	694	43.8
	Labour	Helen Crumbie	607	38.3
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Allen	142	8.9
	UKIP	Daniel Philip Fairclough	95	5.9
	England First	Paul Thompson	47	2.9	N/A
Majority			87
Turnout			1,585	33.8

External links

Darlington Council

References

↑ http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Democracy/Democracy/elections/local/byeelections/Harrowgate+Hill+Ward+-+By-Election+-+12th+April+2012.htm

Council elections in County Durham

Durham County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2008 2013

Darlington Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hartlepool Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2005 2007 2011

Cleveland County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Chester-le-Street District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Durham City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Derwentside District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Easington District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Sedgefield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Teesdale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Wear Valley District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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