Sedgefield Borough Council elections
Elections to Sedgefield Borough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973[1] | 40 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 53 |
| 1976[2] | 36 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 53 |
| 1979[3] | 40 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 53 |
| 1983[4] | 40 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 3 | 49 |
| 1987[5] | 37 | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 49 |
| 1991[6] | 33 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 49 |
| 1995[7] | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49[lower-alpha 5] |
| 1999[8] | 43 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 49 |
| 2003[9] | 35 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 50 |
| 2007[10] | 28 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 50 |
By-election results
The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Sedgefield Borough Council.
| Tudhoe By-Election 21 November 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 425 | 55.8 | |||
| Independent | 216 | 28.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Benjamin May Ord | 88 | 11.6 | ||
| Conservative | 32 | 4.2 | |||
| Majority | 209 | 27.4 | |||
| Turnout | 761 | 28 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Tudhoe By-Election 25 November 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Agnes Armstrong | 373 | 60.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Martin Jones | 247 | 39.8 | ||
| Majority | 126 | 20.4 | |||
| Turnout | 620 | 23 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Tudhoe By-Election 7 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,129 | 52.2 | +5.2 | ||
| Independent | 1,033 | 47.8 | -5.2 | ||
| Majority | 96 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,162 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Middlestone By-Election 21 March 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Kevin Thompson | 528 | 51.7 | +21.4 | |
| Labour | 493 | 48.3 | -21.4 | ||
| Majority | 35 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,021 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Notes
- ↑ Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
- ↑ 0 Liberal, 4 SDP
- ↑ 1 Liberal, 6 SDP
- ↑ Including three Independent Labour
- ↑ 3 vacant after election
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.
- ↑ "Sedgefield". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sedgefield". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sedgefield". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
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