Darlington: 1996 local elections

25 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 1995) (52 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 35 · Conservative 14 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 1

After (end of 1996) (52 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 36 · Conservative 13 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 1

Ward results

Bank Top2 seats · turnout 30.9%

J. Williams	Labour	728
S. Robinson	Labour	693
D Robinson	Conservative	148
W. Chick	Conservative	130

Central2 seats

R. Flowers	Labour	578 ✓
I. Hartley	Labour	553 ✓
J. Jones	Conservative	129
M. Mooney	Conservative	117

Cockerton East3 seats · turnout 33.3%

Peter Baldwin	Labour	1,160
B. Thistlethwaite	Labour	1,137
E. Greaves	Labour	1,129
Marjorie Clayton	Conservative	333
T Soanes	Conservative	321
C. Smith	Conservative	319

Cockerton West2 seats

C. Hutchison	Labour	690 ✓
Wilson E.	Labour	627 ✓
F. Matthews	Conservative	146
J. Walden	Conservative	121

College2 seats · turnout 46.8%

P. Stamford-Bewlay	Conservative	591
E. Richmond	Conservative	585
J. Lyonette	Labour	504
S. Hill	Labour	450
A. Robinson	Liberal Democrats	163
P. Freitag	Liberal Democrats	136

Eastbourne North2 seats

Wayne Dixon	Labour	578 ✓
A. Smith	Labour	529 ✓
B Robson	Conservative	145
J. Robson	Conservative	134

Eastbourne South2 seats

Roderick Francis	Labour	654 ✓
Lee Vasey	Labour	576 ✓
C. Haithwaite	Conservative	102
M. Lewis	Conservative	90

Harrowgate Hill3 seats

G. Durham	Labour	1,026 ✓
G Fawcett	Labour	1,002 ✓
E. Hart	Labour	999 ✓
R. Fishwick	Conservative	653
I. Campbell	Conservative	472
R Power	Conservative	395
E. Goodliffe	Liberal Democrats	132
S Evans	Liberal Democrats	115
A. McPherson	Liberal Democrats	97

Haughton East3 seats

R. Davidson	Labour	1,356 ✓
R Goldthorpe	Labour	1,292 ✓
S. Willans	Labour	1,276 ✓
W House	Conservative	614
D Davies	Conservative	523
David Johnson	Conservative	486

Haughton West2 seats · turnout 29.0%

D. Lyonette	Labour	932
N. Wallis	Labour	820
A Richmond	Conservative	210
M Chapple	Conservative	184

Heighington1 seat · turnout 59.3%

R. Boynton	Conservative	472
M McTague	Labour	365

Hummersknott2 seats · turnout 41.5%

S. Brown	Conservative	990
A Marshall	Conservative	958
David Aaron Watson	Labour	405
M. Nicholson	Labour	391

Hurworth2 seats · turnout 37.8%

A. Gibson	Conservative	588
H Bullock	Labour	563
Paul Patrick James Foster	Conservative	535
R. Cowley	Labour	470

Lascelles2 seats

V. Bloxsome	Labour	690 ✓
G. Plummer	Labour	638 ✓
S. Calvert	Conservative	129
W. Calvert	Conservative	126

Lingfield2 seats · turnout 39.6%

F. Robson	Labour	1,126
I. Haszeldine	Labour	1,092
D. Mason	Conservative	169
P. Jankowski	Conservative	140

Middleton St George2 seats · turnout 25.4%

W Maybrey	Conservative	492
E. Garry	Labour	424
M. Latter	Labour	392

Mowden2 seats

J. Stenson	Conservative	843 ✓
R Lewis	Conservative	813 ✓
Simon Dixon	Labour	411
J. Swift	Labour	384
Ian Barnes	Liberal Democrats	180
L Bristow	Liberal Democrats	144

North Road2 seats · turnout 45.4%

J Cresswell	Liberal Democrats	887
K. Walker	Liberal Democrats	854
J. Kane	Labour	643
J. Vasey	Labour	636

Northgate North2 seats

M. Thomas	Labour	646 ✓
N. Town	Labour	632 ✓
K Coates	Liberal Democrats	175
T Nicholson	Liberal Democrats	147
M Elliot	Conservative	85
E Pescod	Conservative	71

Northgate South2 seats · turnout 31.2%

Dorothy Claire Long	Labour	686
E. Young	Labour	638
Patricia Chapman	Conservative	124
H. Allinson	Conservative	121

Park East3 seats

A. Buttle	Labour	974 ✓
H. Straiton	Labour	969 ✓
O. O'Brien	Labour	949 ✓
O Dixon	Conservative	223
E Pearse	Conservative	210
J Ellis	Conservative	206

Park West2 seats · turnout 50.2%

J Ruck	Conservative	928
H. Scott	Conservative	926
A. Wright	Labour	331
D Klein	Labour	316
B Fiske	Liberal Democrats	203
M. Allinson	Liberal Democrats	188

Pierremont3 seats · turnout 51.9%

S. Harker	Labour	1,264
M. Swift	Labour	1,240
D Buckle	Labour	1,230
P. Jones	Conservative	810
I. Paterson	Conservative	734
J. Tarelli	Conservative	717
Sidney Walker	Liberal Democrats	238
L. Boxell	Liberal Democrats	238
C. Oliver	Liberal Democrats	175

Sadberge1 seat · turnout 39.8%

B. Cuthbertson	Independent	422
C. Plant	Labour	47

Whessoe1 seat · turnout 35.8%

Roberts E.	Conservative	397
Anna Day	Labour	246