Darlington Borough Council elections

Darlington is a unitary authority in County Durham, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitian district.

Political control

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

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973-1976
	Conservative	1976-1979
	Labour	1979-1987
	No overall control	1987-1991
	Labour	1991-1997

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1996-present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Darlington Borough Council election, 1973
Darlington Borough Council election, 1976 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[2]
Darlington Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Darlington Borough Council election, 1983
Darlington Borough Council election, 1987
Darlington Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]

Unitary authority elections

Darlington Borough Council election, 1996
Darlington Borough Council election, 1999
Darlington Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[5]
Darlington Borough Council election, 2007
Darlington Borough Council election, 2011
Darlington Borough Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[6]

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^[7]
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

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The Darlington and Sedgefield (Areas) Order 1976
↑ The Borough of Darlington (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Durham and North Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Darlington (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Darlington (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Democracy/Democracy/elections/local/byeelections/Harrowgate+Hill+Ward+-+By-Election+-+12th+April+2012.htm

External links

Darlington Council

Council elections in County Durham

Durham County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 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 2016

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

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