Chester-le-Street District Council elections

Elections to Chester-le-Street District Council were held every four years. The district was created as part of the 1972 local government reforms. The first elections to the new authority were held in 1973 in advance of the council taking office in 1974. The last district elections took place in 2007 before the district was abolished as part of changes to local government in 2009. The area today forms part of the unitary Durham County Council.

Political control 1
Council elections 2
By-election results 3
Notes 4
References 5

Political control

Control		Dates
	Labour	1973 – 2009

Council elections

Election	Labour	Liberal Democrat^[1]	Conservative	Independent	Total
Election					Total
1973^[1]	23	6	0	4	33
1976^[2]	22	6	0	5	33
1979^[3]	21	7	0	5	33
1983^[4]	23	4^[2]	1	5	33
1987^[5]	24	4^[3]	1	4	33
1991^[6]	27	1	1	4	33
1995^[7]	30	1	1	1	33
1999^[8]	30	1	1	1	33
2003^[9]	29	0	1	4	34
2007^[10]	26	1	2	5	34

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Chester-le-Street District Council.

Chester Central By-Election 1 August 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		188	54.0
	Liberal Democrat		95	27.3
	Conservative		65	18.6
Majority			93	26.7
Turnout			348	27.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelton By-Election 20 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		667	88.1
	Liberal Democrat		90	11.9
Majority			577	76.2
Turnout			757	19.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Ouston By-Election 30 September 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		422	83.9
	Conservative		81	16.1
Majority			341	67.8
Turnout			503	20.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Chester-le-Street West By-Election 5 April 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour			60.3	-13.6
	Conservative		454	33.9	+33.9
	Independent		44	5.8	+5.8
Majority			199	26.4
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Chester North By-Election 2 October 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,114	48.2	-10.0
	Conservative		604	26.1	-15.7
	Liberal Democrat		423	18.3	+18.3
	BNP		170	7.4	+7.4
Majority			510	22.1
Turnout			2,311	60.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Edmondsley and Waldridge By-Election 16 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		628	42.2
	Liberal Democrat		537	36.1
	Conservative		324	21.8
Majority			91	6.1
Turnout			1,489	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelton Fell By-Election 10 February 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		310	87.0
	Liberal Democrat		46	12.9
Majority			264	74.1
Turnout			356	33.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelton By-Election 15 June 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Rand	530	64.0	+23.8
	Conservative	Amanda Hall	139	16.8	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Nathan	113	13.6	+13.6
	Independent	George Gardner	46	5.6	-35.6
Majority			391	47.2
Turnout			828	19.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Chester Central By-Election 27 September 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawson Armstrong	324	59.4	-11.1
	Conservative	Nick Varley	89	16.3	-13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Sean Kilkenny	81	14.9	+14.9
	BNP	Andrew Gowland	51	9.4	+9.4
Majority			235	43.1
Turnout			545	25.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

^ Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
^ 4 Liberal, 0 SDP
^ 4 Liberal, 0 SDP

References

^ "Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 loval government seats".
^ "Heavy Labour losses in district polls".
^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
^ "How votes were cast in local government elections".
^ "Results in Thursday's local elections".
^ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections".
^ "Complete list of results from Thursday's council elections".
^ "Chester-le-Street". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
^ "Chester-le-Street". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
^ "Chester-le-Street". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

Council elections in County Durham

Durham County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2008 2013

Darlington Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hartlepool Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2005 2007 2011

Cleveland County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Chester-le-Street District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Durham City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Derwentside District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Easington District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Sedgefield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Teesdale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Wear Valley District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

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