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    1997 handbook

    Derwentside: 1997 local elections

    11 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1996) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 50 · Other 5 · Conservative 0 · Liberal Democrats 0

    After (end of 1997) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 50 · Other 5 · Conservative 0 · Liberal Democrats 0

    Ward results

    Annfield Plain1 seat · turnout 65.2%
    Joe ThompsonLabour2,625 ✓
    K Osborne-GrantInd Lab592
    T. SchofieldConservative328
    Benfieldside1 seat · turnout 67.1%
    J. DaviesLabour3,027 ✓
    D HumeIndependent2,264
    Burnopfield & Dipton1 seat · turnout 67.3%
    J. WalkerLabour2,748 ✓
    T FoggettIndependent1,428
    Consett1 seat
    C RobsonLabour0 ✓
    Craghead & South Moor1 seat · turnout 63.5%
    C. JamesLabour2,964 ✓
    E BurnsConservative425
    Delves Lane1 seat
    D. HodgsonLabour0 ✓
    Esh1 seat · turnout 69.7%
    L ClaytonLabour2,795 ✓
    J LawsonConservative777
    Lanchester1 seat · turnout 69.5%
    D WoodLabour2,156 ✓
    J LawsonConservative975
    Philip SmithIndependent525
    L SharkeyLiberal Democrats488
    Leadgate & Medomsley1 seat
    J. RobsonLabour0 ✓
    Stanley1 seat
    K. Murray-HetheringtonLabour3,450
    Robert Michael St John O'CarrollLiberal Democrats489
    P. MayConservative289
    Tanfield1 seat
    E. HunterLabour3,843
    H WestwellLiberal Democrats984
    E. ForresterConservative667