Sedgefield local elections

Elections to Sedgefield Borough 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.

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

Political control

Control		Dates
	Labour	1973 – 2009

Council elections

Election	Labour	Liberal Democrat^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Conservative	Independent	Total
Election					Total
1973^[1]	40	4	1	8	53
1976^[2]	36	1	1	15	53
1979^[3]	40	3	1	9	53
1983^[4]	40	4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2	3	49
1987^[5]	37	7^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2	3^{[lower-alpha 4]}	49
1991^[6]	33	8	1	7	49
1995^[7]	44	0	0	2	49^{[lower-alpha 5]}
1999^[8]	43	2	0	4	49
2003^[9]	35	7	1	7	50
2007^[10]	28	6	1	15	50

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Sedgefield Borough Council.

Tudhoe By-Election 21 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		425	55.8
	Independent		216	28.4
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin May Ord	88	11.6
	Conservative		32	4.2
Majority			209	27.4
Turnout			761	28
	Labour hold		Swing

Tudhoe By-Election 25 November 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Agnes Armstrong	373	60.2
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Jones	247	39.8
Majority			126	20.4
Turnout			620	23
	Labour hold		Swing

Tudhoe By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,129	52.2	+5.2
	Independent		1,033	47.8	-5.2
Majority			96	4.4
Turnout			2,162
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Middlestone By-Election 21 March 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Thompson	528	51.7	+21.4
	Labour		493	48.3	-21.4
Majority			35	3.4
Turnout			1,021
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Notes

References

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Sedgefield local elections