Darlington Borough Council elections

The whole of Darlington Borough Council in North East England is elected every four years. Since it became a unitary authority in 1997 the Labour party has won all the elections to the council retaining overall control.

Political control

Labour 1996 - present

Council elections

• Darlington Borough Council election, 1973
• Darlington Borough Council election, 1976
• Darlington Borough Council election, 1979
• Darlington Borough Council election, 1983
• Darlington Borough Council election, 1987
• Darlington Borough Council election, 1991
• Darlington Borough Council election, 1995
• Darlington Borough Council election, 1999
• Darlington Borough Council election, 2003
• Darlington Borough Council election, 2007
• Darlington Borough Council election, 2011
• Darlington Borough Council election, 2015

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

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

External links

• Darlington Council