Chester-le-Street District Council elections

Chester-le-Street was a non-metropolitan district in County Durham, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Durham County Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973-2009

Council elections

Election	Labour	Liberal Democrat^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Conservative	Independent	Total	Notes
Election					Total	Notes
1973^[2]	23	6	0	4	33
1976^[3]	22	6	0	5	33
1979^[4]	21	7	0	5	33	New ward boundaries^[5]
1983^[6]	23	4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	5	33
1987^[7]	24	4^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1	4	33	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[8]
1991^[9]	27	1	1	4	33
1995^[10]	30	1	1	1	33	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[11]^[12]^[13]
1999^[14]	30	1	1	1	33
2003^[15]	29	0	1	4	34	New ward boundaries^[16]
2007^[17]	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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 loval government seats". The Times. 9 June 1973.
↑ "Heavy Labour losses in district polls". The Times. 8 May 1976.
↑ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
↑ The District of Chester-le-Street (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ "How votes were cast in local government elections". The Times. 7 May 1983. p. 4.
↑ "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. 9 May 1987.
↑ The Durham (District Boundaries) Order 1986
↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.
↑ "Complete list of results from Thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995. p. 10.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Durham and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Durham and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "Chester-le-Street". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
↑ "Chester-le-Street". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Chester-le-Street (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Chester-le-Street". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

Council elections in County Durham

Durham County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2008 2013 2017

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 2016

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

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Former non-metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

Local elections	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

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