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The2025 Durham County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members toDurham County Council inCounty Durham,England.[3] 98 seats were elected, a reduction from 126.[4] This was on the same day as otherlocal elections. The council was underno overall control prior to the election, being run by aLiberal Democrat-led coalition. The election sawReform UK win a majority of the seats on the council.
At the2021 election, theLabour Party lostoverall control of the council for the first time in a century.[5] Although Labour were the largest party after the 2021 election, a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Derwentside Independents, Green Party and some of the independent councillors formed to run the council between 2021 and 2025, led by Liberal Democrat councillorAmanda Hopgood.[6]
New division boundaries were drawn up to take effect for the 2025 election, reducing the number of seats on the council from 126 to 98.[7]
In March 2025, a poll from Electoral Calculus forThe Daily Telegraph - of all English local authorities with elections in May 2025 - projected thatReform UK would win outright control of, and hold a majority of seats on, the council following the election.[8]
| After2021 election | Before 2025 election[9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 53 | Labour | 52 | ||
| Conservative | 24 | Conservative | 17 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 17 | Liberal Democrats | 15 | ||
| Derwentside Independents | 5 | Derwentside Independents | 4 | ||
| Reform | 0 | Reform | 4 | ||
| North East | 4 | North East | 2 | ||
| Green | 1 | Green | 1 | ||
| Independent | 22 | Independent | 29 | ||
| Vacant | N/A | Vacant | 2 | ||
| Date(s) conducted | Pollster | Client | Sample size | Area | Lab | Con | LD | Grn | Ref | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 – 10 Mar 2025 | Electoral Calculus[33] | Daily Telegraph | 5,421 | GB | 15 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 70 | 0 |
| 6 May 2021 | 2021 local elections | – | – | 53 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 31 | |
| 2025 Durham County Council election[34] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Reform | 97 | 65 | 65 | 0 |  65 | 66.3 | 34.4 | 54,655 | 34.3 | |
| Labour | 98 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 38 | 4.1 | 19.5 | 31,098 | 14.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 77 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 18,644 | 0.5 | |
| Independent | 53 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 17,679 | 5.5 | |
| Conservative | 73 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 11,790 | 19.4 | |
| Green | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 7,682 | 1.0 | |
| Derwentside Independents | 5 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 1.1 | 1,686 | 2.2 | |
| Seaham Community Party | 4 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 1.0 | 1,622 | 0.1 | |
| North East | 4 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 0.6 | 972 | 1.0 | |
| SDP | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 0.1 | 83 | New | |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 0.0 | 33 | New | |
List of candidates[35]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Karen Allison | 1,404 | 47.3 | ||
| Reform | Darren Grimes | 1,364 | 46.0 | ||
| Derwentside Independents | Joan Nicholson | 659 | 22.2 | ||
| Labour | Olga Milburn | 579 | 19.5 | ||
| Derwentside Independents | Joyce Charlton | 574 | 19.3 | ||
| Labour | Jeanette Theresa Stephenson | 512 | 17.3 | ||
| Green | Sarah Twigg | 122 | 4.1 | ||
| Conservative | Kevin John Briggs | 114 | 3.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sopha Phal | 80 | 2.7 | ||
| Conservative | Garry Richardson | 77 | 2.6 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,968 | 36.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Stead* | 1,001 | 34.1 | ||
| Reform | Tim McGuinness | 999 | 34.0 | ||
| Reform | Clive Taylor-Sholl | 887 | 30.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lindsey Aston | 807 | 27.5 | ||
| Conservative | David Sutton-Lloyd | 471 | 16.0 | ||
| Labour | Michael Edward Murphy | 438 | 14.9 | ||
| Labour | Luke Ellis | 419 | 14.3 | ||
| Conservative | Tony Stubbs | 339 | 11.5 | ||
| Independent | Tony Beddard | 106 | 3.6 | ||
| Independent | Dorothy Bowman | 94 | 3.2 | ||
| Green | Jonathan Stephen Park | 82 | 2.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,936 | 34.2 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Reformgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | John William Grant | 1,459 | 44.3 | ||
| Reform | Nicole Louise Brown | 1,335 | 40.5 | ||
| Reform | Andrew Eales | 1,287 | 39.0 | ||
| Labour | Jim Atkinson | 667 | 20.2 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Howell | 589 | 17.9 | ||
| Labour | John Joseph Clark | 556 | 16.9 | ||
| Independent | Ken Robson | 550 | 16.7 | ||
| Labour | Toyin Ogunyemi | 396 | 12.0 | ||
| Independent | Martin Ashcroft | 363 | 11.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kyle Robinson | 331 | 10.0 | ||
| Independent | George Coulson Gray | 305 | 9.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tunde Akinsanya | 286 | 8.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Woodward | 286 | 8.7 | ||
| Independent | Tony Armstrong | 227 | 6.9 | ||
| Green | Neale Floyd Darryl Cooley | 156 | 4.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,296 | 29.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Chris Foote-Wood | 456 | 30.8 | ||
| Reform | Christopher Paul Bewley | 436 | 29.4 | ||
| Conservative | Ted Henderson | 421 | 28.5 | ||
| Green | John Edward Hogg | 97 | 6.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Huzzey | 63 | 4.3 | ||
| Majority | 20 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,473 | 35.6 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Mavin* | 1,296 | 39.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Mavin* | 1,256 | 38.2 | ||
| Reform | Christopher Elliott | 1,026 | 31.2 | ||
| Reform | Steve Gilley | 853 | 25.9 | ||
| Labour | Paul Thomas Finley | 733 | 22.3 | ||
| Labour | Val Hawes | 722 | 21.9 | ||
| Green | Joel Graham Thornton | 306 | 9.3 | ||
| Conservative | Gary Parkin | 158 | 4.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,292 | 39.5 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Sandra Ruth Grindle | 1,064 | 33.9 | ||
| Reform | Andrew James Kilburn | 1,007 | 32.0 | ||
| Labour | Kevin Earley | 879 | 28.0 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Robinson | 783 | 24.9 | ||
| Independent | Peter Oliver | 646 | 20.6 | ||
| Labour | Michael Wass | 613 | 19.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Terry Rooney | 362 | 11.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Nattrass | 278 | 8.8 | ||
| Conservative | David Lowes | 216 | 6.9 | ||
| Conservative | Dan Lowes | 215 | 6.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,143 | 39.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Lyndsey Fox | 1,870 | 46.9 | ||
| Reform | John Paul Kinvig | 1,713 | 42.9 | ||
| Reform | Tom Redmond | 1,708 | 42.8 | ||
| Labour | Kelly Joanne Guest | 949 | 23.8 | ||
| Labour | Tessa Fay Hope | 945 | 23.7 | ||
| Labour | Michael Thomas Siddle | 934 | 23.4 | ||
| Independent | Sam Zair | 783 | 19.6 | ||
| Independent | Mike Harker | 422 | 10.6 | ||
| Conservative | Luke Allan Holmes | 413 | 10.4 | ||
| Conservative | James Peter Middleton | 392 | 9.8 | ||
| Conservative | Adeline Tchana | 246 | 6.2 | ||
| Green | S J Hannahs | 245 | 6.1 | ||
| Independent | Joanne Marie Howey | 233 | 5.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Thelwell | 164 | 4.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Arnold Simpson | 152 | 3.8 | ||
| Independent | John Dennis Brigstock | 32 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,989 | 32.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rob Crute | 629 | 44.5 | ||
| Reform | Gary Johnson | 621 | 43.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Thompson | 114 | 8.1 | ||
| Conservative | Victoria Bartch | 49 | 3.5 | ||
| Majority | 8 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,413 | 32.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Kyle Martin Genner | 1,613 | 41.7 | ||
| Independent | Gary Hutchinson | 1,419 | 36.7 | ||
| Independent | Jan Blakey | 1,409 | 36.4 | ||
| Reform | Benjamin Straughair | 1,269 | 32.8 | ||
| Reform | Michael Walter Watson | 1,242 | 32.1 | ||
| Labour | Viv Anderson | 962 | 24.9 | ||
| Labour | Shaun David Gibson | 667 | 17.2 | ||
| Labour | Lennox Walter Lauchlan | 607 | 15.7 | ||
| Green | Catherine Marie Birchmore | 384 | 9.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kimberley Noble | 200 | 5.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | George Alexander Chissell | 188 | 4.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Greenaway | 180 | 4.7 | ||
| Conservative | Dorothy Luckhurst | 162 | 4.2 | ||
| Conservative | Jane McAndrew | 145 | 3.7 | ||
| Conservative | Clive Oliver Rowland | 120 | 3.1 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,869 | 31.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jonathan Elmer | 1,017 | 33.7 | ||
| Green | Priscilla Anne Bowen Elmer | 900 | 29.8 | ||
| Independent | Paul Taylor | 845 | 28.0 | ||
| Reform | Andrew Fullard | 786 | 26.0 | ||
| Reform | Mark Leigh | 700 | 23.2 | ||
| Labour | Anne Bonner | 503 | 16.6 | ||
| Labour | Nick Rippin | 457 | 15.1 | ||
| Independent | Carolyn Jayne Smith | 93 | 3.1 | ||
| Conservative | Billy Walker | 71 | 2.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Abrial Jerram | 62 | 2.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Prem Raghvani | 51 | 1.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,022 | 36.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Scott Woodhouse | 804 | 52.5 | ||
| Labour | Mary Agnes Bell | 337 | 22.0 | ||
| North East Party | Susan McDonnell | 132 | 8.6 | ||
| Independent | Karen Hawley | 124 | 8.1 | ||
| Conservative | James Coulson | 87 | 5.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Hodgson | 46 | 3.0 | ||
| Majority | 467 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,530 | 34.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Andrew John Husband | 1,139 | 37.3 | ||
| Labour | Tracie Jane Smith | 1,082 | 35.5 | ||
| Labour | Julie Anne Scurfield | 944 | 30.9 | ||
| Independent | Karen Fantarrow-Darby | 860 | 28.2 | ||
| Reform | Antony Teasdale | 765 | 25.1 | ||
| Green | Derek Morse | 230 | 7.5 | ||
| Conservative | David Brown | 199 | 6.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Bernard Nathan | 160 | 5.2 | ||
| SDP | Tom Chittenden | 83 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,052 | 40.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Stephen Sexton | 1,641 | 50.0 | ||
| Independent | Bill Moist | 1,453 | 44.3 | ||
| Reform | Geoff Dovaston | 908 | 27.7 | ||
| Reform | Adele Taggart | 709 | 21.6 | ||
| Labour | Harry Clark | 519 | 15.8 | ||
| Labour | Eileen McKnight-Smith | 383 | 11.7 | ||
| Conservative | Ellie Sargeant | 217 | 6.6 | ||
| Conservative | Sebastian Gradzki | 160 | 4.9 | ||
| Green | Alan Ostle | 151 | 4.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Peter Haney | 143 | 4.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,281 | 41.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Stephen Robert Bowron | 523 | 46.9 | ||
| Independent | Sue Reece | 235 | 21.1 | ||
| Labour | Angus John Ferguson | 135 | 12.1 | ||
| Independent | Julie Cairns | 128 | 11.5 | ||
| Conservative | Catherine Anne Hart | 65 | 5.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Carole Lattin | 28 | 2.5 | ||
| Majority | 288 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,114 | 30.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Rooney* | 772 | 48.5 | ||
| Reform | Trevor Douglas Newsom | 537 | 33.7 | ||
| Labour | Rob Moran | 238 | 14.9 | ||
| Conservative | Will Robinson | 46 | 2.9 | ||
| Majority | 235 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,593 | 38.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dominic John Haney* | 740 | 54.8 | ||
| Reform | Michael McGaun | 421 | 31.2 | ||
| Labour | Phillip Marshall | 139 | 10.3 | ||
| Conservative | Rachel McEnaeny | 44 | 3.3 | ||
| Majority | 319 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,344 | 35.4 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | John Michael Cook | 1,317 | 59.4 | ||
| Reform | Aaron Hillam | 1,148 | 51.8 | ||
| Labour | Les Timbey | 601 | 27.1 | ||
| Labour | Carole Ann Hampson | 599 | 27.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Neil John Bradbury | 229 | 10.3 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Davison | 122 | 5.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,218 | 27.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Robbie Rodiss | 2,102 | 51.9 | ||
| Reform | Paul David Bean | 1,849 | 45.7 | ||
| Reform | Adrian Schulman | 1,645 | 40.6 | ||
| Independent | Anne Reed | 1,327 | 32.8 | ||
| Labour | Mary Elizabeth Hall | 711 | 17.6 | ||
| Labour | Michael Edward Beeforth | 679 | 16.8 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Currah | 610 | 15.1 | ||
| Labour | John Leslie Wilson | 569 | 14.1 | ||
| Conservative | Patricia Jopling | 484 | 12.0 | ||
| Green | Steven Douglas Bamlett | 335 | 8.3 | ||
| Green | Geoffrey William Martin | 280 | 6.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Lion | 255 | 6.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 4,048 | 36.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | George Anderson | 945 | 38.6 | ||
| Reform | Jack McGlenen | 876 | 35.8 | ||
| Seaham Community Party | Robert Arthur | 845 | 34.5 | ||
| Seaham Community Party | Susan Mary Faulkner | 690 | 28.2 | ||
| Labour | Kevin Joseph Shaw | 619 | 25.3 | ||
| Labour | June Watson | 554 | 22.6 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Shanks | 64 | 2.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Giuseppe Enrico Bignardi | 61 | 2.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,447 | 30.4 | |||
| Reformgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Reformgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Matthew John Burnard | 1,259 | 39.8 | ||
| Reform | Sean Patrick Healy | 1,105 | 34.9 | ||
| Labour | Marion Wilson | 860 | 27.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Edwin Simpson | 806 | 25.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Simon Burt | 741 | 23.4 | ||
| Labour | Jimmy Jamieson | 710 | 22.4 | ||
| Green | Sarah Jane Banks | 239 | 7.6 | ||
| Green | Liz Wright | 176 | 5.6 | ||
| Conservative | Wendy Frances Smith | 94 | 3.0 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Drummond Moverley Smith | 90 | 2.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,164 | 37.1 | |||
| Reformgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Reformgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Kenny Hope | 1,272 | 50.3 | ||
| Reform | Jacqueline Teasdale | 1,045 | 41.3 | ||
| Labour | Jane Brown | 620 | 24.5 | ||
| Labour | Simon Andrew Stewart-Piercy | 461 | 18.2 | ||
| Conservative | Angela Sterling | 386 | 15.3 | ||
| Conservative | Michelle Walton | 379 | 15.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nazcat Stephen Haney | 276 | 10.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Bowerbank | 219 | 8.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,529 | 32.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Saffron Sims-Brydon | 1,913 | 39.7 | ||
| Reform | Gavin Brydon | 1,858 | 38.5 | ||
| Reform | Craig Thomas Marshall | 1,761 | 36.5 | ||
| Labour | Veronica Andrews | 1,272 | 26.4 | ||
| Labour | Declan Gerard John Mulholland | 1,267 | 26.3 | ||
| Labour | Tom Hubbuck | 1,059 | 22.0 | ||
| Derwentside Independents | Watts Stelling | 1,027 | 21.3 | ||
| Derwentside Independents | Alan Shield | 1,014 | 21.0 | ||
| Derwentside Independents | Eileen Elliott | 766 | 15.9 | ||
| Green | Richard Edwin Simpson | 384 | 8.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tonia Jean Atkinson | 289 | 6.0 | ||
| Conservative | Jacob Boneham | 276 | 5.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Murray | 208 | 4.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 4,821 | 37.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | John Bailey | 1,849 | 52.0 | ||
| Reform | Howard William Brown | 1,752 | 49.3 | ||
| Reform | Louise Taylor | 1,729 | 48.6 | ||
| Independent | Sophie Louise Brown | 798 | 22.5 | ||
| Independent | Christopher Ross Hood | 743 | 20.9 | ||
| Labour | Angela Surtees | 713 | 20.1 | ||
| Labour | Leeann Clarkson | 601 | 16.9 | ||
| Labour | Omide Deinali | 527 | 14.8 | ||
| Independent | Ivan Cochrane | 479 | 13.5 | ||
| Conservative | Tom Baker | 163 | 4.6 | ||
| Independent | Rob Moore | 158 | 4.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chukwuka Okuchukwu | 156 | 4.4 | ||
| Conservative | Kye Slawson-Powell | 104 | 2.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,554 | 29.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Robert Freeman* | 936 | 39.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ellie Jayne Hopgood | 839 | 35.4 | ||
| Labour | Rory Handy | 660 | 27.8 | ||
| Labour | Stacey Deinali | 613 | 25.8 | ||
| Reform | Xavier Hale | 403 | 17.0 | ||
| Reform | Isaac Lucan | 381 | 16.1 | ||
| Green | Stephen James Ashfield | 356 | 15.0 | ||
| Green | Jamie Michael Pearson | 215 | 9.1 | ||
| Conservative | George Carter | 114 | 4.8 | ||
| Conservative | Graham William Lee | 81 | 3.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,373 | 29.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Robert Potts | 732 | 48.7 | ||
| Labour | Becky Land | 352 | 23.4 | ||
| Conservative | James Cosslett | 275 | 18.3 | ||
| Green | Michael Stonehouse | 76 | 5.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Woodward | 69 | 4.6 | ||
| Majority | 380 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,504 | 39.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Paul Mountford | 1,114 | 40.4 | ||
| Reform | Joe Michael Quinn | 986 | 35.8 | ||
| Independent | Glenys Joan Newby | 934 | 33.9 | ||
| Labour | Curtis Ferenc Bihari | 857 | 31.1 | ||
| Labour | Carole Atkinson | 629 | 22.8 | ||
| Conservative | David Farry | 174 | 6.3 | ||
| Green | Matthew Henry Choi | 107 | 3.9 | ||
| Conservative | Lisa Coxon | 102 | 3.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Elizabeth Kirby | 84 | 3.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Peach | 57 | 2.1 | ||
| UKIP | John Barry Lathan | 33 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,758 | 35.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Amanda Hopgood | 2,465 | 53.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Wilkes | 2,425 | 52.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Pears | 2,048 | 44.0 | ||
| Reform | Neville Forbes | 1,173 | 25.2 | ||
| Reform | Colin Trevor Toghill | 983 | 21.1 | ||
| Labour | Kaye Burns | 830 | 17.8 | ||
| Labour | Rachael Perry | 768 | 16.5 | ||
| Labour | Valerie Speed | 689 | 14.8 | ||
| Green | Irene Ostle | 432 | 9.3 | ||
| Independent | Karon Willis | 306 | 6.6 | ||
| Conservative | Carolyn Anne Baker | 243 | 5.2 | ||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Anne Marshall | 195 | 4.2 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew James Smith | 191 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 4,650 | 42.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Dawn Bellingham | 1,312 | 54.8 | ||
| Reform | John Cottier | 1,147 | 47.9 | ||
| Labour | Chris Cain | 725 | 30.3 | ||
| Labour | June Clark | 703 | 29.4 | ||
| Independent | Paul Maddison | 165 | 6.9 | ||
| Independent | Arlene Helen Childs | 100 | 4.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Owen Temple | 85 | 3.6 | ||
| Independent | Matthew Thomas Tough | 67 | 2.8 | ||
| Conservative | Nigel Jeremy Cassidy | 57 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,393 | 30.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alison Louise Gray | 755 | 35.8 | ||
| Conservative | Doug Oliver | 710 | 33.7 | ||
| Reform | Stephen Harrison | 563 | 26.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Williams | 79 | 3.7 | ||
| Majority | 45 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,107 | 47.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Neil | 777 | 48.0 | ||
| Reform | Andrea Mary Brown | 534 | 33.0 | ||
| Labour | Michael Toner | 187 | 11.5 | ||
| Green | Joshua James Lightfoot | 68 | 4.2 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Paul Shaw | 54 | 3.3 | ||
| Majority | 243 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,620 | 37.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Jillian Anne Campbell | 1,075 | 37.4 | ||
| Reform | Jasmine Fox | 1,008 | 35.1 | ||
| Green | Sarah Louise Hannan | 726 | 25.3 | ||
| Conservative | George Morland Richardson | 666 | 23.2 | ||
| Conservative | James Rowlandson | 636 | 22.1 | ||
| Green | Marc Cole | 555 | 19.3 | ||
| Labour | Simon Lind | 434 | 15.1 | ||
| Labour | Noah Padraig McCourt | 302 | 10.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Wico van Mourik | 116 | 4.0 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,873 | 42.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alan Bell | 1,581 | 54.2 | ||
| Independent | Philip Heaviside | 1,353 | 46.4 | ||
| Reform | Adam Carter-Jones | 844 | 29.0 | ||
| Reform | Ewan Charles Marshall | 719 | 24.7 | ||
| Labour | Paul Greenwood | 325 | 11.1 | ||
| Labour | Lyn Leach | 301 | 10.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Alan Haswell | 152 | 5.2 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Shanks | 140 | 4.8 | ||
| Green | Bisserka Ivanova Gaydarska | 115 | 3.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,915 | 38.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | David Cumming | 1,045 | 45.1 | ||
| Reform | Mark Stephen Rowney | 938 | 40.5 | ||
| Labour | Julie Ann Griffiths | 781 | 33.7 | ||
| Labour | Robert Adcock-Forster | 682 | 29.5 | ||
| Independent | Brian Brown | 322 | 13.9 | ||
| Independent | Stephen George Robson | 312 | 13.5 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Wareham | 121 | 5.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Antonio Milian | 99 | 4.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,315 | 29.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Brown | 1,402 | 52.9 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Scott | 1,266 | 47.8 | +3.6 | |
| Labour | Les Wilson | 545 | 20.6 | −6.4 | |
| Labour | Gabriel Ridley | 529 | 20.0 | −1.6 | |
| Green | Jack Hughes | 476 | 18.0 | −3.5 | |
| Reform | Gary Black | 382 | 14.4 | N/A | |
| Reform | Katrina Rockett | 314 | 11.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Deborah Jane Whitfield | 172 | 6.5 | −7.2 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,648 | 31.3 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Craig Martin | 999 | 58.0 | ||
| Reform | Darren Hawkes | 432 | 25.1 | ||
| Labour | Glenn James Batey | 212 | 12.3 | ||
| Conservative | Krishnarajasri Krishnapillai | 37 | 2.1 | ||
| Green | Chris Dale | 36 | 2.1 | ||
| Majority | 567 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,716 | 44.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Steve Biggs | 1,767 | 47.5 | ||
| Reform | Ian Mark Cross | 1,748 | 47.0 | ||
| Reform | Brian Quirey | 1,630 | 43.8 | ||
| Labour | Alison Joan Batey | 1,428 | 38.4 | ||
| Labour | Danny Wood | 1,300 | 34.9 | ||
| Labour | Paul Pringle | 1,221 | 32.8 | ||
| Green | Andrew Gray | 263 | 7.1 | ||
| Conservative | Darren Whitfield | 255 | 6.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Neil | 245 | 6.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Joseph Walker | 215 | 5.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel van Zwanenberg | 180 | 4.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,722 | 31.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Steven Franklin | 1,063 | 52.1 | ||
| Reform | Dawn Saunders | 900 | 44.1 | ||
| Labour | Louise Fenwick | 425 | 20.8 | ||
| Labour | Audrey Ellen Laing | 384 | 18.8 | ||
| North East Party | Mary Alison Cartwright | 326 | 16.0 | ||
| Independent | Ray Burnip | 173 | 8.5 | ||
| Independent | Diane Howarth | 172 | 8.4 | ||
| North East Party | Al Wilkinson | 86 | 4.2 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Cassidy | 82 | 4.0 | ||
| Independent | David Hawley | 77 | 3.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Leake | 57 | 2.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,039 | 24.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Rhys Burriss | 508 | 35.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Charles White | 443 | 31.0 | ||
| Labour | Bill Kellett | 356 | 24.9 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Colledge | 63 | 4.4 | ||
| Green | Maggie Tallerman | 54 | 3.8 | ||
| Majority | 65 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,424 | 38.5 | |||
| Reformgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | James Pickard | 1,088 | 42.4 | ||
| Reform | Timothy John Robson | 1,023 | 39.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Massey | 807 | 31.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Przybysz | 709 | 27.7 | ||
| Labour | Emma Waldock | 553 | 21.6 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Eric Page | 500 | 19.5 | ||
| Green | Nicholas Leight Kasch | 177 | 6.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,564 | 32.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Andrew Harrison | 1,219 | 40.9 | ||
| Reform | Christopher Fairs | 1,145 | 38.4 | ||
| Seaham Community Party | Barry Taylor | 777 | 26.0 | ||
| Labour | Rochelle Laine | 747 | 25.0 | ||
| Labour | John James Purvis | 691 | 23.2 | ||
| Seaham Community Party | Stephen Wayman | 656 | 22.0 | ||
| Green | Stephen Jonathan Joseph | 151 | 5.1 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Leslie McAndrew | 150 | 5.0 | ||
| Conservative | Tolu Kolawole | 116 | 3.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rafe J Richards | 87 | 2.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,983 | 34.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Chris Lines | 1,372 | 44.1 | ||
| Reform | Ian Catchpole | 1,115 | 35.9 | ||
| Reform | Christine Moore | 926 | 29.8 | ||
| Conservative | Elaine Peeke | 624 | 20.1 | ||
| Labour | Lucy Ann Gibson | 529 | 17.0 | ||
| Labour | Kester Noble | 501 | 16.1 | ||
| Green | Rebecca Margaret Dixon | 229 | 7.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Ann Shaw | 120 | 3.9 | ||
| Green | Richard Wilkes | 111 | 3.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Hugh Layton | 102 | 3.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,110 | 39.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Michael David Ramage | 2,220 | 56.8 | ||
| Reform | Kate Rowland | 2,181 | 55.8 | ||
| Reform | James Michael Stephenson | 2,034 | 52.0 | ||
| Labour | Shirley Quinn | 849 | 21.7 | ||
| Labour | Samantha Townsend | 805 | 20.6 | ||
| Labour | Charlie Kay | 768 | 19.6 | ||
| Independent | Fred Langley | 625 | 16.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Leanne Barrett | 389 | 9.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Shaw | 336 | 8.6 | ||
| Conservative | Jack Charlton | 282 | 7.2 | ||
| Conservative | Clive Michael Parker | 221 | 5.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,911 | 32.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Liz Maddison | 1,162 | 37.5 | ||
| Independent | Pete Molloy | 1,006 | 32.5 | ||
| Reform | Ernest Spowart | 977 | 31.5 | ||
| Reform | William Sydney Thorkildsen | 824 | 26.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dean Ranyard | 544 | 17.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Liss Owen | 466 | 15.0 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Francis Gilling | 444 | 14.3 | ||
| Labour | Jabez Jordon Sherrington | 324 | 10.5 | ||
| Conservative | David Barry Evans | 97 | 3.1 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Anthony Coxon | 70 | 2.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,098 | 34.5 | |||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Christine Blatchford | 1,366 | 54.5 | ||
| Reform | David Stanley Walton | 1,336 | 53.3 | ||
| Labour | James Kane | 640 | 25.5 | ||
| Labour | Carl Marshall | 601 | 24.0 | ||
| Independent | Paddy McGough | 270 | 10.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Agutter Rolfe | 154 | 6.1 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Aldous | 117 | 4.7 | ||
| Independent | Frankie Elise Ward | 78 | 3.1 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,505 | 30.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Neil Craggs | 921 | 65.1 | ||
| Labour | Jake Miller | 375 | 26.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Ann Askell | 65 | 4.6 | ||
| Conservative | Graham Southall | 53 | 3.7 | ||
| Majority | 546 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,414 | 32.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Mary-Lynn Franklin | 1,361 | 49.7 | ||
| Reform | Susan Husband | 1,171 | 42.7 | ||
| Labour | Lucy Hovvels | 797 | 29.1 | ||
| Labour | Paul Trippett | 660 | 24.1 | ||
| North East Party | Sean Ward Ivey | 514 | 18.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Temple | 186 | 6.8 | ||
| Conservative | Rathika Krishnarajasri | 120 | 4.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,741 | 31.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Billy McAloon | 996 | 40.6 | ||
| Reform | Nicola Lyons | 826 | 33.7 | ||
| Reform | Dave Whalley | 747 | 30.5 | ||
| Independent | Andy Anderson | 697 | 28.4 | ||
| Labour | Ian Geldard | 479 | 19.5 | ||
| Labour | Neil Crowther Foster | 412 | 16.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Beckie Ranyard | 168 | 6.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Thomas Brian Jones | 101 | 4.1 | ||
| Conservative | Oliver Garbutt Peeke | 98 | 4.0 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Francis Renton | 73 | 3.0 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,451 | 31.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Andrew Bell | 808 | 45.5 | ||
| Reform | Ian Hirst | 522 | 29.4 | ||
| Labour | Chris Kelsey | 253 | 14.3 | ||
| Green | Kathleen McGough | 103 | 5.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Florence Diana Simpson | 84 | 4.7 | ||
| Majority | 286 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,770 | 48.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Anita Savory | 1,331 | 36.8 | ||
| Independent | John Shuttleworth | 1,215 | 33.6 | ||
| Reform | Paul Beattie | 1,037 | 28.6 | ||
| Reform | David Brown | 1,031 | 28.5 | ||
| Conservative | Will Wearmouth | 762 | 21.0 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Lawrie | 490 | 13.5 | ||
| Green | Matthew James Ferguson | 267 | 7.4 | ||
| Labour | Gemma Louise Holmes-Wood | 250 | 6.9 | ||
| Labour | Sally-Beth Marshall | 233 | 6.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Olivia Evelyn Dunn | 135 | 3.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,620 | 47.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Nick Brown | 1,453 | 52.0 | ||
| Reform | Stephen Gray | 1,287 | 46.1 | ||
| Labour | Robert John Yorke | 906 | 32.4 | ||
| Labour | George Smith | 874 | 31.3 | ||
| Conservative | Georgia Lynne Holmes | 230 | 8.2 | ||
| Independent | Lesley Gwyneth Zair | 131 | 4.7 | ||
| Green | Liz Tyrrell | 118 | 4.2 | ||
| Independent | Alan John Breeze | 104 | 3.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alyson Hudson | 89 | 3.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Clare Fidgin | 78 | 2.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,792 | 34.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Cathy Hunt | 1,336 | 49.0 | ||
| Reform | Emma Hunt | 1,281 | 47.0 | ||
| Labour | Olwyn Elizabeth Gunn | 763 | 28.0 | ||
| Labour | Trevor Tinsley | 610 | 22.4 | ||
| Conservative | Sam Mitchell-Worthington | 249 | 9.1 | ||
| Independent | Angela Smith | 241 | 8.8 | ||
| Conservative | Aiden Smith | 225 | 8.2 | ||
| Green | David Ata Saygi | 180 | 6.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Moore | 174 | 6.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Aaron George Calder | 134 | 4.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,728 | 38.0 | |||
Just nine days the election, Reform UK councillor Andrew Kilburn, who was elected in Benfieldside, resigned after it emerged he did not inform the party that he had previously worked for the council, the resulting by-election was won by the Liberal Democrats.[36]
On the 14th of May 2025, independent councillor for Chester-le-Street, Paul Sexton, defected to Reform UK.[37]
The leader of the Reform UK group on the council prior to the election had been Robert Potts.[1] Following the election, Reform UK chose Andrew Husband to be their new group leader.[38] He was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2025.[39]
On the 9th of June 2025, Reform UK Councillor for Easington and Shotton, John Bailey, announced his resignation due to ill health, the resulting by-election resulted in a Reform UK hold[40]
On the 19th of August 2025, Reform UK Councillor for Crook, Paul Bean was suspended by the party over reported comments he had made about asylum seekers, breaching Civil Service impartiality rules, due to his job assessing asylum seeker's claims.[41]
On the 26th of September 2025, Jack Mcglenen, a councillor for Dalton and Dawdon, was expelled by Reform UK for drunken behaviour at an Armed Forces Day event.[42]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Terry Rooney | 824 | 28.3 | +17.3 | |
| Labour | Kevin Earley | 800 | 27.4 | +0.8 | |
| Reform | Stephen Harrison | 747 | 25.6 | −6.6 | |
| Independent | Stephen Robinson | 459 | 15.7 | −8.0 | |
| Conservative | David Lowes | 76 | 1.6 | −5.0 | |
| Green | Richard Simpson | 40 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 24 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,953 | 37.4 | −2.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,981 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromReform | Swing | 8.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Louise Penders | 1,208 | 46.7 | +1.6 | |
| Labour | Angela Surtees | 523 | 20.2 | +2.8 | |
| Independent | Christopher Hood | 520 | 20.1 | +2.0 | |
| Independent | Ivan Cochrane | 179 | 6.9 | –4.8 | |
| Green | Stephen Ashfield | 60 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Anthony Stubbs | 47 | 1.8 | –2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chukwuka Okuchukwu | 27 | 1.0 | –2.8 | |
| Independent | Arlene Childs | 23 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 685 | 26.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,589 | 21.7 | –8.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,942 | ||||
| Reformhold | Swing | 0.6 | |||
