County Durham: 2008 local elections

28 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 2007) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 53 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 3 · Conservative 2

After (end of 2008) (126 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 67 · Liberal Democrats 27 · Other 22 · Conservative 10

Ward results

Paul Gittins	Independent	616 ✓
Joan Gray	Labour	565 ✓
Keith Henderson	Labour	504
Robert Bagshaw	Conservative	353
Terry Hogan	Independent	300
Andrea Bergg	Liberal Democrats	295
David Sutton-Lloyd	Independent	277
Alasdair Carter	Independent	218
Chris Foote-Wood	Liberal Democrats	189
Sandra Haigh	Independent	161
Lileen Cuthbertson	Independent	149

Aycliffe West2 seats

Enid Paylor	Independent	678 ✓
Michael Dixon	Labour	665 ✓
Vincent Crosby	Labour	651
Helen Hutchinson	Independent	628
Michael Anderson	Liberal Democrats	412
Janine Mawson	Liberal Democrats	356

Belmont2 seats

Kenneth Holroyd	Liberal Democrats	1,393 ✓
Eric Mavin	Liberal Democrats	1,255 ✓
Trish Johnston	Labour	475
Arthur Clifford Walker	Independent	451
David Hall	Labour	396
Tom McCall	Conservative	203
Jenifer Wakefield	Conservative	180

Burnopfield And Dipton2 seats

Bob Alderson	—	1,117 ✓
Reg Ord	—	1,033 ✓
Emma Turnbull	Labour	582
Joanne Carr	Labour	568
Bill Cook	Liberal Democrats	443
Ian Milburn	Liberal Democrats	409
Ramsay Ross	Conservative	268

Chester-le-Street North and East2 seats

Beaty Bainbridge	Conservative	1,144 ✓
John Shiell	Labour	999 ✓
Tracie Smith	Labour	983
Maureen May	Conservative	865
Lancelot Brown	Independent	807

Chester-le-Street South2 seats

Keith Davidson	Labour	898 ✓
Allan Bainbridge	Conservative	872 ✓
Philip Bernard Nathan	Liberal Democrats	813
Heather Sara Liddle	Labour	737
Nick Varley	Conservative	611
Brian Kinghorn	Liberal Democrats	590
John Adey	Independent	560

Crook North and Tow Law2 seats

John Bailey	Liberal Democrats	735 ✓
Patricia Jopling	Liberal Democrats	698 ✓
Jeffrey Gale	Labour	563
Ronald Grogan	Independent	558
Louise Brown	Labour	476

Crook South2 seats

Ed Murphy	Independent	749 ✓
E Tomlinson	Labour	729 ✓
J Gooch	Liberal Democrats	685
G Jopling	Liberal Democrats	603
R. Seabury	Labour	372
K Wilson	BNP	260

Deerness Valley2 seats

John Wilkinson	Liberal Democrats	1,266 ✓
Jean Chaplow	Labour	1,254 ✓
Deanne Bell	Labour	1,210
Paul Guy	Liberal Democrats	1,189
Kathleen Joan Margaret Currie	Conservative	310
Kirsty Morton	BNP	244
Peter Gray	BNP	196

Delves Lane and Consett South2 seats

Bob Young	Labour	1,085 ✓
Jane Brown	Labour	958 ✓
Anthony Westgarth	—	925
David Hicks	—	714
Iain McElhone	Independent	616
Richy McArdle	Independent	374
John Ross	Conservative	293
Liz Temple	Liberal Democrats	242

Elvet2 seats

David Robert Freeman	Liberal Democrats	873 ✓
David Stoker	Liberal Democrats	684 ✓
Anji Rae	Independent	590
Jonathan Lovell	Labour	484
Tim Hughes	Conservative	433
Christopher Arthur	Conservative	424
Katie Ford	Labour	388

Esh2 seats

J. Armstrong	Labour	793 ✓
M. Campbell	D Ind	781 ✓
B. Armstrong	Labour	703
F. Reynolds	Liberal Democrats	494
A. Simpson	Liberal Democrats	459
P. Adams	Conservative	364

Framwellgate Moor2 seats

Mark Wilkes	Liberal Democrats	1,433 ✓
Rev Crooks	Liberal Democrats	1,400 ✓
George Burlison	Labour	1,267
Marion Wilson	Labour	1,062
Terence Moderate	Independent	626
Michael Bates	Conservative	329
Ralph Musgrave	BNP	285
Simon Carey	Independent	257
Patricia Wynne	Conservative	244

Gilesgate2 seats

Dennis Southwell	Liberal Democrats	1,324 ✓
Les Thomson	Liberal Democrats	1,248 ✓
Patricia Conway	Labour	1,022
Pete Mitchell	Labour	978
Henry Cartwright	Conservative	181
Ed Hastie	Conservative	163
Robert West	—	111
Kevin Lloyd	BNP	90

Newton Hall2 seats

Amanda Hopgood	Liberal Democrats	1,419 ✓
Mamie Simmons	Liberal Democrats	1,376 ✓
Philip Wolstenholme	Independent	676
Sheila Emmas-Williams	Labour	515
Helen Ferreira	Labour	409
Helen Osborn	Conservative	354
Pierre Kirk	Conservative	303

Ouston and Urpeth2 seats

Maureen Potts	Labour	868 ✓
Christine Nora Carrigan	Labour	795 ✓
George Gardner	Liberal Democrats	779
Jonathan Alexander Gray	Conservative	546
Denis Jackson	Liberal Democrats	525
Oliver May	Conservative	520

Pelton2 seats

James Cordon	Labour	1,241 ✓
Peter May	Conservative	1,240 ✓
Mike Sekowski	Labour	1,084

Peterlee West2 seats

Barbara Sloan	Liberal Democrats	857 ✓
Ralph Liddle	Liberal Democrats	833 ✓
Geoffrey Pinkney	Labour	685
David Taylor-Gooby	Labour	664

Sherburn2 seats

Carol Woods	Liberal Democrats	1,398 ✓
Maureen Wood	Liberal Democrats	1,308 ✓
Raymond Pye	Labour	1,165
Lesley Broughton	Labour	1,106
Nick Hallett	Conservative	253
Joanna Smith	Green	228
Michael Fishwick	Conservative	226

Shildon East2 seats

Brian Stephens	Labour	872 ✓
Dorothy Bowman	Labour	827 ✓
Irene Hewitson	Independent	528
Lenny Cockfield	Liberal Democrats	403
Carrie Pollard	Independent	349
Nick Crass	Conservative	309
Matthew Miller	Conservative	269
Paul Clarke	BNP	257
Sarah Brown	BNP	254

Shildon West2 seats

James Huntington	Liberal Democrats	917 ✓
David Hancock	Independent	685 ✓
Vernon Chapman	Labour	636
Allan Walker	Labour	537
Ina Jackson	Independent	479
Gareth Howe	Liberal Democrats	473
Paul Ross	BNP	292
Lee Scott	BNP	264

Shotton2 seats

Robin Todd	Labour	1,226 ✓
Eunice Huntington	Labour	1,169 ✓
Edward Hall	Independent	734
Stuart Walton	Liberal Democrats	388
Christopher Saville	Liberal Democrats	263

Spennymoor and Middlestone2 seats

Benjamin Ord	Liberal Democrats	1,123 ✓
Kenneth William Thompson	Liberal Democrats	1,059 ✓
Alexander Armstrong	Labour	941
William Waters	Labour	927
Jackie Walker	BNP	890
James MacPherson	BNP	720
Paul Carmedy	Conservative	256
Christine Platts	Conservative	192

Thornley2 seats

Michael Nicholls	Labour	1,230 ✓
Brian Wilson	Independent	940 ✓
Terence Unsworth	Labour	776
Margaret Norman	Liberal Democrats	320

Trimdon2 seats

L. Hovvels	Labour	1,138 ✓
P Brookes	Labour	968 ✓
Bell A.	Independent	659
C. Moyle	Conservative	388
P Sewell	BNP	223
M Claughan	BNP	222

Tudhoe Durham2 seats · turnout 43.3%

B. Graham	Labour	1,105 ✓
N. Foster	Labour	1,062 ✓
A Walker	BNP	933
Foster A-M.	BNP	842
C. Maddison	Liberal Democrats	771
L. Maddison	Liberal Democrats	752
A Cross	Conservative	425
P Gilbertson	Conservative	255

Willington2 seats

Becky Brunskill	Conservative	1,210 ✓
Brian Myers	Labour	927 ✓
Margaret Pinkney	Labour	887
Laura Dixon	Conservative	712
Kenneth Bowser	Liberal Democrats	368
Julie Cunningham	Independent	301
David English	Liberal Democrats	218
Anne Hodgson	BNP	151
Julie Snaith	BNP	129

Wingate2 seats

Lawrence O'Donnell

Labour

1,075 ✓