Derwentside District Council elections

Elections to Derwentside 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

Control		Dates
	Labour	1973 – 2009

Council elections

Election	Labour	Liberal Democrat^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Conservative	Independent	Total
Election					Total
1973^[1]	45	3	1	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}	55
1976^[2]	39	5	2	9	55
1979^[3]	30	3	6	16	55
1983^[4]	36	3^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4	12	55
1987^[5]	43	0	3	9	55
1991^[6]	38	0	2	15	55
1995^[7]	50	0	0	5	55
1999^[8]	47	0	0	8	55
2003^[9]	38	1	0	16	55
2007^[10]	29	2	0	24	55

By-election results

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

1995-1999

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

1999-2003

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 Democrat		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 Democrat		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 Democrat	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

2003-2007

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

2007-2009

Castleside By-Election 17 July 2008^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marion Wotherspoon	297	82.3	+8.3
	Conservative	Michael Carr	64	17.7	+3.7
Majority			233	64.6
Turnout			361	27.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Notes

↑ Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
↑ Including three of other parties.
↑ 2 Liberal, 1 SDP

References

↑ "Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 loval government seats". The Times. 9 June 1973.
↑ "Heavy Labour losses in district polls". The Times. 8 May 1976.
↑ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
↑ "How votes were cast in local government elections". The Times. 7 May 1983. p. 4.
↑ "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. 9 May 1987.
↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.
↑ "Complete list of results from Thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995. p. 10.
↑ "Derwentside". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
↑ "Derwentside". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
↑ "Derwentside". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
↑ "Castleside Ward By-election results". Derwentside district council. Retrieved 2008-07-23.

By-election results

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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