Chester-le-Street District Council elections

Chester-le-Street was a non-metropolitian 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]	23	6	0	4	33
1976[3]	22	6	0	5	33
1979[4]	21	7	0	5	33	New ward boundaries[5]
1983[6]	23	4[lower-alpha 2]	1	5	33
1987[7]	24	4[lower-alpha 3]	1	4	33	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[8]
1991[9]	27	1	1	4	33
1995[10]	30	1	1	1	33	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[11][12][13]
1999[14]	30	1	1	1	33
2003[15]	29	0	1	4	34	New ward boundaries[16]
2007[17]	26	1	2	5	34

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Chester-le-Street District Council.

Chester Central By-Election 1 August 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		188	54.0
	Liberal Democrat		95	27.3
	Conservative		65	18.6
Majority			93	26.7
Turnout			348	27.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelton By-Election 20 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		667	88.1
	Liberal Democrat		90	11.9
Majority			577	76.2
Turnout			757	19.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Ouston By-Election 30 September 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		422	83.9
	Conservative		81	16.1
Majority			341	67.8
Turnout			503	20.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Chester-le-Street West By-Election 5 April 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour			60.3	-13.6
	Conservative		454	33.9	+33.9
	Independent		44	5.8	+5.8
Majority			199	26.4
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Chester North By-Election 2 October 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,114	48.2	-10.0
	Conservative		604	26.1	-15.7
	Liberal Democrat		423	18.3	+18.3
	BNP		170	7.4	+7.4
Majority			510	22.1
Turnout			2,311	60.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Edmondsley and Waldridge By-Election 16 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		628	42.2
	Liberal Democrat		537	36.1
	Conservative		324	21.8
Majority			91	6.1
Turnout			1,489	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelton Fell By-Election 10 February 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		310	87.0
	Liberal Democrat		46	12.9
Majority			264	74.1
Turnout			356	33.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelton By-Election 15 June 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Rand	530	64.0	+23.8
	Conservative	Amanda Hall	139	16.8	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Nathan	113	13.6	+13.6
	Independent	George Gardner	46	5.6	-35.6
Majority			391	47.2
Turnout			828	19.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Chester Central By-Election 27 September 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawson Armstrong	324	59.4	-11.1
	Conservative	Nick Varley	89	16.3	-13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Sean Kilkenny	81	14.9	+14.9
	BNP	Andrew Gowland	51	9.4	+9.4
Majority			235	43.1
Turnout			545	25.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

1. Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
2. 4 Liberal, 0 SDP
3. 4 Liberal, 0 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. The District of Chester-le-Street (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
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. The Durham (District Boundaries) Order 1986
9. "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.
10. "Complete list of results from Thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995. p. 10.
11. legislation.gov.uk - The Durham and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
12. legislation.gov.uk - The Durham and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
13. legislation.gov.uk - The Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
14. "Chester-le-Street". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
15. "Chester-le-Street". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
16. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Chester-le-Street (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
17. "Chester-le-Street". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.