2005 Durham County Council election

2005 UK local government election April 2025 November 2013 right|thumb|Results by electoral division. Key: #0087dc Conservative #dc241f Labour #fdbb30 Liberal Democrat #bbbbbb Independent #000000 Derwentside Independents Elections to Durham County Council took place on 5 May 2005, as part of the 2005 local elections in the United Kingdom. The election also took place on the same day as the 2005 general election. This was the council's final election before it became a unitary authority as part of changes to local government in 2009, with the first elections to the new unitary council taking place in 2008. New electoral division boundaries were introduced for this election, with 63 divisions returning one councillor each using the first past the post voting system.si 2005 176 The County of Durham (Electoral Changes) Order 2005 Labour kept control of the council with 53 seats. The Liberal Democrats were second with five seats and the Conservatives won two seats.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/locals/html/3857.stm Local election results: Durham BBC News 6 May 2005 3 April 2013 There were also three independents elected, including two from the Derwentside Independents group. Results Durham County Council election, 2005http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2005/05/07/durham-county-council-results-50081-15496594/ Durham County Council results The Journal 7 May 2005 3 April 2013http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2005/2005012.html Durham Andrew Teale 3 April 2013 Labour Party (UK) 53 N/A N/A N/A 84.1 56.7 124,683 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 N/A N/A N/A 7.9 20.4 44,878 N/A Conservative Party (UK) 2 N/A N/A N/A 3.2 14.7 32,358 N/A |- ! style="background-color:#ffffff; width: 3px;" |   | style="width: 130px" |Derwentside Independents | align="right" | 2 | align="right" | N/A | align="right" | N/A | align="right" | N/A | align="right" | 3.2 | align="right" | 3.6 | align="right" | 7,835 | align="right" | N/A |- Independent (politician) 1 N/A N/A N/A 1.6 4.5 9,833 N/A Socialist Party of Great Britain 0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0 0.1 288 N/A British National Party 0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0 0.1 119 N/A |} Results by electoral division Chester-le-Street (7 seats) Chester-le-Street North & East Labour Party (UK) Joseph Knox 1,816 47.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandra Hutchinson 799 20.8 Conservative Party (UK) Beatrice Bainbridge 630 16.4 Independent (politician) Lancelot Edward William Brown 592 15.4 Chester-le-Street South Labour Party (UK) Rita Greener Carr 1,946 49.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Russell Amor Haswell 1,254 31.8 Conservative Party (UK) Amanda Jane Hall 745 18.9 Chester-le-Street West Central Labour Party (UK) Brian David Ebbatson 1,853 63.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sean Kilkenny 682 23.4 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Clive Stevens 378 12.9 Lumley Labour Party (UK) John Brian Walker 1,860 53.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Angela Mary Rae 593 16.9 Conservative Party (UK) Justin Matthew Garrod 576 16.4 Independent (politician) Audrey Willis 475 13.6 Ouston and Urpeth Labour Party (UK) Christine Teresa Smith 2,170 60.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Leak 827 23.1 Conservative Party (UK) James Norman 588 16.4 Pelton Labour Party (UK) James Sands Cordon 1,848 49.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) George Herbert Gardner 698 18.6 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Lumsden 655 17.5 Independent (politician) William Laverick 545 14.5 Sacriston Labour Party (UK) Linda Anne Wright 1,693 66.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon James Key 499 19.6 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Anthony Watson 349 13.7 Derwentside (11 seats) Annfield Plain Labour Party (UK) Michele Hodgson 2,119 70.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gillian Raine 623 20.6 Conservative Party (UK) Julie Ann Watson 280 9.3 Benfieldside Labour Party (UK) John Davies 1,250 40.4 Derwentside Independents John Joseph Healey 866 27.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bruce Neilson McCaig 647 20.9 Conservative Party (UK) Julia Carole Ross 330 10.7 Burnopfield and Dipton Derwentside Independents Reginald Ord 1,578 45.9 Labour Party (UK) Eunice Wilkinson Turnbull 1,474 42.9 Conservative Party (UK) Russell Alan Ross 385 11.2 Consett North Labour Party (UK) Clive Robson 2,120 61.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Owen Leighton Temple 947 27.4 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Hall Wilson 395 11.4 Craghead and Southmoor Labour Party (UK) David Haddon Marshall 1,825 67.8 Derwentside Independents James William Harper 450 16.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Denis Edwin Jackson 279 10.4 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Turner 136 5.1 Delves Lane and Consett South Labour Party (UK) Robert Young 2,178 56.1 Derwentside Independents Anthony Westgarth 1,389 35.8 Conservative Party (UK) Ivy Wilson 316 8.1 Esh Labour Party (UK) Joseph Armstrong 1,463 50.9 Derwentside Independents Wallace Joseph Tyrie 556 19.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Robert Michael Shaw 484 16.8 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Ann Adams 374 12.9 Lanchester Labour Party (UK) Thomas Forster 1,508 40.4 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Michael Carr 797 21.3 Derwentside Independents Richard Young 717 19.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine English 713 19.1 Leadgate and Medomsley Derwentside Independents Watts Stelling 2,279 51.4 Labour Party (UK) Eric Turner 1,663 37.5 Conservative Party (UK) George Andrew Adams 495 11.2 Stanley Labour Party (UK) Claire Louise Vasey 2,169 69.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Agutter Rolfe 628 20.0 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Turner 220 7.0 British National Party Dean Kevin Frederick McAdam 119 3.8 Tanfield Labour Party (UK) Edna Hunter 2,036 60.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew David Curtis 945 27.9 Conservative Party (UK) Judith May Webb 395 11.7 Durham (11 seats) Belmont Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Holroyd 1,768 52.5 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Margaret Johnston 1,256 37.3 Conservative Party (UK) Darren Bean 345 10.2 Brandon Labour Party (UK) Ronald Clive Rodgers 2,593 61.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Maureen Jean Ann Smith 1,629 38.6 Coxhoe Labour Party (UK) Dennis Morgan 2,260 65.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Maurice Martin 866 25.3 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Farley 300 8.8 Deerness Valley Labour Party (UK) Jean Kathleen Chaplow 2,705 60.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Arnold Simpson 1,357 30.5 Conservative Party (UK) Alistair Tebbit 381 8.6 Durham South Labour Party (UK) Donna Michelle Whitfield 1,526 46.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Isabell Lunan 1,429 43.8 Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Duncan Wakefield 306 9.4 Elvet Liberal Democrats (UK) David Robert Freeman 2,184 56.8 Labour Party (UK) John Ashby 925 24.0 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher John Arthur 739 19.2 Framwellgate Moor Labour Party (UK) Norman Donald Parker Ross 2,339 48.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Redvers Frederick Crooks 1,952 40.8 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Wynne 496 10.4 Gilesgate Liberal Democrats (UK) Dennis James Southwell 1,848 48.2 Labour Party (UK) Peter James Thompson 1,763 45.9 Conservative Party (UK) Jeremy Richard Stocker 226 5.9 Neville's Cross Liberal Democrats (UK) Nigel Martin 2,681 63.8 Labour Party (UK) Jonathan George Alfred Roberts 923 21.9 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Drummond Moverley Smith 601 14.3 Newton Hall Liberal Democrats (UK) Frances Marnie Simmons 2,328 53.9 Labour Party (UK) Aurelia Constance Smith 1,569 36.4 Conservative Party (UK) Helen Dorothy Osborn 415 9.6 Sherburn Labour Party (UK) Raymond Pye 2,412 53.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lesley Jane King 1,690 37.7 Conservative Party (UK) Michael James Fishwick 385 8.6 Easington (12 seats) Blackhalls Labour Party (UK) Alan Cox 2,639 80.1 Conservative Party (UK) Julia Anne Welford 655 19.9 Dawdon Labour Party (UK) Alan Fenwick 1,717 79.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jacquelyn Butler 438 20.3 Deneside Labour Party (UK) Albert Nugent 1,921 74.7 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Thomas Nicholson 361 14.0 Socialist Party of Great Britain Stephen Paul Colborn 288 11.2 Easington Labour Party (UK) Alan Barker 2,519 79.4 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Reid 652 20.6 Horden Labour Party (UK) Peter Paul Stradling 2,723 88.2 Conservative Party (UK) Mona Riley 366 11.8 Murton Labour Party (UK) John William Downie Maddison 2,510 85.2 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Edward James Butler 436 14.8 Peterlee East Labour Party (UK) Gordon Tennant 1,856 75.2 Independent (politician) Leslie Reynolds 404 16.4 Conservative Party (UK) Roger John Nimmo Booth 209 8.5 Peterlee West Labour Party (UK) Dennis Coates 2,276 85.8 Conservative Party (UK) Hazel Lodge 376 14.2 Seaham Labour Party (UK) Ronald Meir 2,246 69.8 Conservative Party (UK) Derick Dixon 971 30.2 Shotton Labour Party (UK) Norman Wade 2,735 83.6 Conservative Party (UK) Lucille Diana Nicholson 538 16.4 Thornley Labour Party (UK) Morris Nicholls 2,642 89.9 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Victor Seear 297 10.1 Wingate Labour Party (UK) Leonard O'Donnell 3,205 78.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Lindsay Marigold Seear 870 21.3 Sedgefield (11 seats) Aycliffe East Labour Party (UK) Sarah Jane Iveson 1,836 59.6 Independent (politician) William Maurice Blenkinsopp 890 28.9 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Nicholas Crass 356 11.6 Aycliffe North Labour Party (UK) Keith Henderson 1,859 53.3 Independent (politician) Terence Hogan 991 28.4 Conservative Party (UK) Joyce Mary Raine 636 18.2 Aycliffe West Labour Party (UK) George Coulson Gray 1,815 57.0 Independent (politician) Enid Marion Paylor 956 30.0 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Margaret Waller 412 12.9 Chilton Labour Party (UK) George Porter 2,516 65.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Sproat 890 23.1 Conservative Party (UK) William Leslie Turner 453 11.7 Ferryhill Labour Party (UK) Charles Magee 2,728 66.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Mountford 1,156 28.0 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Anne Whan 243 5.9 Sedgefield Labour Party (UK) John Robinson 2,196 57.6 Conservative Party (UK) David Ralph Brown 1,616 42.4 Shildon East Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Bowman 1,968 53.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gareth Michael Robinson Howe 791 21.3 Independent (politician) Simon Joseph Brown 595 16.0 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Booth 356 9.6 Shildon West Labour Party (UK) Vernon Chapman 1,312 42.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Garry Huntington 1,310 42.5 Independent (politician) John Mayfors Smith 337 10.9 Conservative Party (UK) Marney Jane Swan 126 4.1 Spennymoor and Middlestone Labour Party (UK) Ernest Foster 2,413 57.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Thompson 1,358 32.3 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Andrew Carmedy 431 10.3 Trimdon Labour Party (UK) Paul Trippett 2,744 76.2 Conservative Party (UK) Christine Moyle 857 23.8 Tudhoe Labour Party (UK) Neil Crowther Foster 2,526 61.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Thomas Brian Jones 1,041 25.5 Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Miller 523 12.8 Teesdale (3 seats) Barnard Castle East Conservative Party (UK) Josephine Hazel Fergus 2,423 57.5 Labour Party (UK) Fred Blackwell 1,788 42.5 Barnard Castle West Conservative Party (UK) Richard Andrew Bell 2,155 52.1 Labour Party (UK) Keith Stokeld 1,143 27.6 Independent (politician) David Andrew Wearmouth 842 30.3 Evenwood Labour Party (UK) John Priestley 2,246 58.5 Conservative Party (UK) George Morland Richardson 1,592 41.5 Wear Valley (8 seats) Bishop Auckland Town Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Manton 1,459 41.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Chris Foote-Wood 1,042 29.6 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Raine 666 18.9 Independent (politician) Stephen Anthony Hare 208 5.9 Independent (politician) Thomas Waggott 145 4.1 Coundon Labour Party (UK) Philip Robert Graham 1,616 59.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Taylor 787 29.1 Conservative Party (UK) Douglas David Milne 300 11.1 Crook North and Tow Law Labour Party (UK) Trevor Carroll 1,553 54.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Bailey 1,314 45.8 Crook South Labour Party (UK) Robert Pendlebury 2,194 68.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) David English 987 31.0 Weardale Independent (politician) John Shuttleworth 2,853 67.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Allan 774 18.4 Labour Party (UK) Alison Mary Hiles 583 13.8 West Auckland Labour Party (UK) Harold Douthwaite 1,619 52.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Ferguson 1,057 34.3 Conservative Party (UK) Howard Bowen-Jones 407 13.2 Willington Labour Party (UK) Brian Leslie Myers 2,199 62.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Maria Glynn 1,309 37.3 Woodhouse Close Labour Party (UK) John Lethbridge 2,119 67.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Winston Edward Frank Perkins 712 22.7 Conservative Party (UK) Sandra J Moorhouse 299 9.6 References Category:2005 English local elections 2005 Category:2000s in County Durham