Derwentside District Council elections

Derwentside was a non-metropolitan district in County Durham, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Durham County Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973-2009

Council elections

Election	Labour	Liberal Democrat[lower-alpha 1]	Conservative	Independent	Total	Notes
1973[2]	45	3	1	6[lower-alpha 2]	55
1976[3]	39	5	2	9	55
1979[4]	30	3	6	16	55	New ward boundaries[5]
1983[6]	36	3[lower-alpha 3]	4	12	55
1987[7]	43	0	3	9	55
1991[8]	38	0	2	15	55
1995[9]	50	0	0	5	55	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[10]
1999[11]	47	0	0	8	55
2003[12]	38	1	0	16	55	New ward boundaries[13]
2007[14]	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 Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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[15]

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

1. Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
2. Including three of other parties.
3. 2 Liberal, 1 SDP

References

1. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
2. "Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 loval government seats". The Times. 9 June 1973.
3. "Heavy Labour losses in district polls". The Times. 8 May 1976.
4. Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
5. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Derwentside (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
6. "How votes were cast in local government elections". The Times. 7 May 1983. p. 4.
7. "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. 9 May 1987.
8. "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.
9. "Complete list of results from Thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995. p. 10.
10. legislation.gov.uk - The Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
11. "Derwentside". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
12. "Derwentside". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
13. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Derwentside (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
14. "Derwentside". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
15. "Castleside Ward By-election results". Derwentside district council. Archived from the original on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2008-07-23.

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