# 2021 Durham County Council election

The 2021 Durham County Council election was held on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom.
All 126 councillors were to be elected. The county is divided into 63 electoral divisions (called "wards") with each electing between 1 and 3 councillors by the first-past-the-post voting method for a fixed four-year term.
The result saw the Labour Party retain its position as the largest party but lose control of the council. It marked the first time since 1919 that the council (and its predecessors) had not been controlled by Labour.
Another notable result was the Green Party of England and Wales gaining their first seat on the Council in the Brandon division, gaining one seat from Labour.
The council convened in its Annual Meeting on 26 May, where a coalition of the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, North East Party, and independents formed the Cabinet and elected Amanda Hopgood of the Liberal Democrats as Leader of the Council; the first woman to hold the position.

## Results summary

Durham County Council election, 2021 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 53 | 2 | 23 | -21 | 42.1 | 33.5 | 51,769 | -2.8 |
| Conservative | 24 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 19.0 | 26.8 | 41,465 | +6.5 |
| Independent | 22 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 25,653 | +1.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 17 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 19,126 | +0.7 |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 5,842 | +1.0 |
| Derwentside Independents | 5 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 5,042 | -2.4 |
| North East | 4 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2,445 | -0.7 |
| Seaham Community Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,645 | -0.1 |
| Political Unity for Progress | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0.5 | 792 | +0.5 |
| For Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0.3 | 501 | +0.3 |
| Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | 114 | +0.1 |
| Freedom Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40 | -- |
| Spennymoor Independents | 0 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | -1.4 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | -3.2 |

## Results by electoral division
### A − B

Annfield Plain :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Derwentside Independents | Joan Nicholson* | 719 | 39.4 | −8.1 |
| | Derwentside Independents | Christine Bell | 521 | 28.5 | −7.8 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Charles Oliver Simkin | 518 | 28.4 | +16.0 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Peter Waters | 514 | 28.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Jeanette Theresa Stephenson* | 474 | 25.9 | −18.4 |
| | Labour | Eileen McKnightsmith | 409 | 22.4 | −21.0 |
| | Independent | Ken Rollings | 142 | 7.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1842 | 30.98 | |
| | Derwentside Independents gain from Labour | Derwentside Independents gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Derwentside Independents hold | Derwentside Independents hold | Swing | N/A | |
Aycliffe East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neville Jones | 966 | 44.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Jim Atkinson | 556 | 25.5 | −17.7 |
| | Conservative | Martin Peeke | 518 | 23.8 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Armstrong | 449 | 20.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Wendy Patricia Hillary | 417 | 19.1 | −21.9 |
| | Independent | Bob Fleming | 376 | 17.3 | N/A |
| | Independent | Brian Haigh | 197 | 9.0 | −1.9 |
| | Reform UK | John William Grant | 114 | 5.2 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2199 | 34.48 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Aycliffe North and Middridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Sutton-Lloyd | 1,269 | 43.4 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Stead | 1,130 | 38.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Tony Stubbs | 905 | 31.0 | −7.6 |
| | Labour | John Duncan Clare | 823 | 28.2 | −11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Shelton | 633 | 21.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrea Miller | 621 | 21.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Kathryn Sarah Beetham | 494 | 16.9 | −17.5 |
| | Labour | Jed Hillary | 474 | 16.2 | −14.6 |
| | Independent | John Douglas Moore | 462 | 15.8 | N/A |
| | Independent | Dorothy Bowman | 447 | 15.3 | −10.8 |
| | Independent | Sandra Haigh | 197 | 6.7 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2937 | 34.89 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
Aycliffe West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eddy Adam* | 539 | 35.2 | −5.3 |
| | Independent | Ken Robson | 439 | 28.7 | −2.4 |
| | Labour | Kate Hopper* | 434 | 28.3 | −8.5 |
| | Independent | George Coulson Gray | 354 | 23.1 | −6.5 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Rosemary Maw | 350 | 22.8 | +6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Andrew Whiting | 259 | 16.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Robert Walsh | 196 | 12.8 | N/A |
| | Freedom Alliance | Michaela Helen Banthorpe | 40 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1555 | 28.83 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Barnard Castle East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Morland Richardson* | 1,689 | 57.3 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | James Michael Rowlandson* | 1,619 | 54.9 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Emma Louise Rowell | 780 | 26.4 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Chloe Sheila Walls | 528 | 17.9 | −8.2 |
| | Green | Genevieve Susan Metcalfe | 362 | 12.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Margaret Van Mourik | 338 | 11.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2965 | 42.88 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
Barnard Castle West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Andrew Bell* | 2,123 | 68.8 | −7.0 |
| | Conservative | Ted Galehurst Henderson* | 1,764 | 57.2 | −7.8 |
| | Labour | Dave Hynes | 739 | 24.0 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | David Wilson Hardaker | 703 | 22.8 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen White | 271 | 8.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3096 | 46.87 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
Belmont :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Mavin* | 1,526 | 36.5 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Eric Mavin* | 1,465 | 35.0 | −6.6 |
| | Labour | Christine Anne Fletcher | 1,464 | 35.0 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | Pauline Hardman | 1,357 | 32.5 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Watson | 1,282 | 30.7 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Christopher Jon Ranson | 1,127 | 27.0 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Taylor James Downs | 999 | 23.9 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Joshua Wooller | 858 | 20.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Michael Drummond Moverley Smith | 816 | 19.5 | N/A |
| | Green | Roger Michael McAdam | 505 | 12.1 | +3.2 |
| | Independent | Arthur Clifford Walker | 410 | 9.8 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4206 | 41.78 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Benfieldside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Earley | 1,051 | 37.0 | +11.9 |
| | Derwentside Independents | Stephen Robinson* | 904 | 31.8 | −19.5 |
| | Derwentside Independents | Peter Oliver* | 843 | 29.7 | −15.5 |
| | Conservative | Eileen Ridley | 832 | 29.3 | +14.2 |
| | Conservative | Toby Thatcher | 718 | 25.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Steven John Wood | 696 | 24.5 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine English | 264 | 9.3 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2850 | 43.93 | |
| | Labour gain from Derwentside Independents | Labour gain from Derwentside Independents | Swing | N/A | |
| | Derwentside Independents hold | Derwentside Independents hold | Swing | N/A | |
Bishop Auckland Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Jackson | 1,323 | 53.6 | +27.4 |
| | Independent | Sam Zair* | 1,149 | 46.6 | +10.2 |
| | Labour | Harley James Balmerhowieson | 685 | 27.8 | −5.9 |
| | Labour | Katie Eliot | 601 | 24.4 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2476 | 41.15 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
Bishop Middleham and Cornforth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Elaine Peeke | 451 | 43.2 | +15.8 |
| | Labour | Pauline Fernlea Crathorne | 345 | 33.1 | −12.4 |
| | Independent | Tony Douglas Brimm | 247 | 23.7 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1050 | 36.24 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Blackhalls :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rob Crute* | 1,179 | 58.8 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | Stacey Deinal | 898 | 44.8 | −15.2 |
| | Conservative | Simon James Elund | 644 | 32.1 | +8.4 |
| | North East Party | Steven Franklin | 253 | 12.6 | −2.3 |
| | North East Party | Ebony Watson | 236 | 11.8 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2011 | 32.38 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Brandon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Jonathan Elmer | 1,128 | 40.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Paul Taylor* | 1,113 | 39.9 | −21.8 |
| | Green | Priscilla Anne Bowen Elmer | 999 | 35.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Anne Bonner | 955 | 34.3 | −27.0 |
| | Conservative | David Farnell Crabtree | 426 | 15.3 | −6.1 |
| | Conservative | Ethan Lewis Dodds | 361 | 12.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoff Moore | 88 | 3.2 | −16.0 |
| | Independent | Carolyn Smith | 83 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2795 | 36.29 | |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Burnopfield and Dipton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Veronica Andrews | 983 | 39.0 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | Declan Gerard John Mulholland | 860 | 34.1 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | David Cumming | 638 | 25.3 | +7.5 |
| | Independent | Trevor Ord | 623 | 24.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Paul Douglas Robinson | 585 | 23.2 | N/A |
| | Independent | Roland Hemsley | 497 | 19.7 | −5.4 |
| | Green | Richard Edwin Simpson | 219 | 8.7 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith English | 99 | 3.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2527 | 40.59 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |

### C − D

Chester-le-Street East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beaty Bainbridge* | 552 | 41.5 | +9.0 |
| | Labour | Julie Anne Scurfield | 411 | 30.9 | +7.1 |
| | Green | Derek Morse | 300 | 22.6 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil John Bradbury | 67 | 5.0 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1338 | 45.56 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
Chester-le-Street North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tracie Jane Smith* | 695 | 50.1 | −4.0 |
| | Independent | Ian Heaviside | 445 | 32.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Anne Murphy | 194 | 14.0 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Bernard Nathan | 52 | 3.8 | −2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1394 | 45.93 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Chester-le-Street South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Paul Stephen Sexton* | 1,619 | 59.4 | +28.4 |
| | Independent | Bill Moist | 907 | 33.3 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Allan Bainbridge* | 861 | 31.6 | +1.5 |
| | Labour | Flora Conway | 733 | 26.9 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | Howell Wynne Davies | 645 | 23.7 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Jack Lewis Charlton | 380 | 13.9 | −11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Murphy | 97 | 3.6 | −5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2830 | 47.93 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |
Chester-le-Street West Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Karen Anne Fantarrow Darby | 832 | 40.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Simon Antony Henig* | 797 | 38.7 | −7.0 |
| | Labour | Linda Marshall* | 674 | 32.7 | −7.4 |
| | Independent | Ewan Charles Marshall | 661 | 32.1 | +7.8 |
| | Conservative | Mark Anthony Watson | 369 | 17.9 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Adam Martin Pollard | 366 | 17.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rowena Clair Barnard | 85 | 4.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2068 | 35.50 | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Chilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | No Description | Julie Cairns | 491 | 44.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Oliver Garbutt Peeke | 313 | 28.2 | −3.6 |
| | Labour Co-op | Stuart Alexander Sutherland | 304 | 27.4 | −40.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1123 | 31.89 | |
| | No Description gain from Labour | No Description gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Consett North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Alexander Watson* | 957 | 39.8 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Lesley Rooney | 778 | 32.4 | −18.0 |
| | Labour | Phillip Marshall | 700 | 29.1 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Paul McCarthy | 592 | 24.6 | +16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Bowerbank | 578 | 24.1 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Clive Dermot Sinclair Hedges | 407 | 16.9 | +0.9 |
| | Independent | Laura Rides | 180 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2411 | 40.62 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
Consett South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dominic John Haney | 501 | 37.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Amy Dhillon | 380 | 28.7 | +13.9 |
| | Labour | Mark Ernest Appleby | 322 | 24.3 | −10.1 |
| | Derwentside Independents | Derek Hicks* | 121 | 9.1 | −41.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1327 | 34.86 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Derwentside Independents | Liberal Democrats gain from Derwentside Independents | Swing | N/A | |
Coundon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charlie Kay* | 512 | 53.2 | −7.2 |
| | Conservative | Sue Elliott | 338 | 35.1 | +17.1 |
| | Independent | Michael David Ramage | 69 | 7.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Oliver | 43 | 4.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 966 | 30.33 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Coxhoe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Jan Blakey* | 1,702 | 49.8 | +3.3 |
| | Independent | Gary Hutchinson | 1,404 | 41.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Maura Christina McKeon* | 1,289 | 37.7 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | John Stuart Dunn* | 1,241 | 36.3 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | Maria Leina Plews | 1,126 | 32.9 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Jason Stephen Carr | 702 | 20.5 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Marc Owens | 695 | 20.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Harvey Jeffrey Stevens | 591 | 17.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver Edward Latimer | 140 | 4.1 | −15.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Joseph Walker | 140 | 4.1 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3436 | 34.60 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Craghead and South Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carole Ann Hampson* | 873 | 51.0 | −2.4 |
| | Labour | Sam McMahon | 798 | 46.6 | −9.6 |
| | Derwentside Independents | Katy Coulsdon | 518 | 30.3 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Vivian Bently | 330 | 19.3 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | Ian James Goodwin | 326 | 19.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1720 | 29.41 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Crook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Michael Currah | 1,323 | 41.1 | +10.7 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Ann Jopling* | 1,317 | 40.9 | +0.9 |
| | Independent | Anne Reed* | 1,259 | 39.1 | −9.4 |
| | Conservative | Robbie Rodiss | 1,185 | 36.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Andrea Jean Patterson* | 1,137 | 35.3 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | Mary Elizabeth Hall | 887 | 27.5 | −7.5 |
| | Labour | Maureen Blanche Stanton | 778 | 24.2 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3232 | 34.90 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
Dawdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Joseph Shaw* | 1,043 | 51.8 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Leanne Kennedy* | 1,035 | 51.4 | +4.9 |
| | Seaham Community Party | Robert Arthur | 689 | 34.2 | −6.4 |
| | Seaham Community Party | Linda Willis | 542 | 26.9 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | David Robert Young | 333 | 16.5 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2028 | 32.58 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Deerness :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jean Kathleen Chaplow* | 1,436 | 44.3 | −9.3 |
| | Labour | Marion Wilson* | 1,412 | 43.6 | −3.3 |
| | Labour | Dan Nicholls | 1,217 | 37.6 | −14.9 |
| | Conservative | Fleur Elizabeth Meston | 1,003 | 31.0 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative | Richard Lawrie | 894 | 27.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Matthew Alexander Vickers | 853 | 26.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Joseph Kelley | 617 | 19.0 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Florence Diana Simpsons | 610 | 18.8 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katie Tucker | 417 | 12.9 | −2.0 |
| | Green | Alan Ostle | 317 | 9.8 | −5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3257 | 34.24 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Delves Lane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Angela Sterling | 1,026 | 47.0 | +19.1 |
| | Conservative | Michelle Walton | 988 | 45.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Jane Brown* | 824 | 37.8 | −8.9 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Clarke* | 817 | 37.5 | −10.5 |
| | Derwentside Independents | George James Robert McKay | 222 | 10.2 | −30.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nathan Stephen Haney | 89 | 4.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2187 | 34.95 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Deneside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rochelle Charlton-Lainé | 664 | 46.9 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | John James Purvis | 654 | 46.2 | −3.0 |
| | Seaham Community Party | Susan Mary Faulkner | 475 | 33.5 | +3.8 |
| | Seaham Community Party | Barry Taylor | 464 | 32.8 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Clive Michael Parker | 299 | 21.1 | +9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1419 | 26.40 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Durham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Stoker* | 392 | 40.0 | −6.6 |
| | Labour | Rebecca Ahsby | 317 | 32.3 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Sean Patrick Healy | 172 | 17.6 | −6.0 |
| | Green | Stephen James Ashfield | 99 | 10.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 987 | 45.91 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |

### E − N

Easington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Angela Surtees* | 952 | 55.7 | −4.5 |
| | Labour | David John Boyes* | 911 | 53.3 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | Graeme Hynds | 468 | 27.4 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Rachel Teresa Southall | 327 | 19.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Terry Murray | 264 | 15.4 | −11.3 |
| | North East Party | Alan Thomas Wilkinson | 170 | 9.9 | −5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Elvet and Gilesgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Robert Freeman* | 870 | 46.4 | −15.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Daniel Ormerod* | 864 | 46.1 | −16.9 |
| | Labour | Victoria Rose Ashfield | 672 | 35.8 | +12.9 |
| | Labour | Omide Deinali | 565 | 30.1 | +10.7 |
| | Green | Anna Mary Marshal | 361 | 19.3 | +9.1 |
| | Conservative | Catriona Hawkes | 168 | 9.0 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | Michael Matthew Mollon | 158 | 8.4 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
Esh and Witton Gilbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bev Coult* | 1,406 | 55.6 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arnie Simpson* | 1,247 | 49.3 | −7.8 |
| | Labour | Alison Mary Hiles | 537 | 21.2 | −7.3 |
| | Labour | Andy Walker | 462 | 18.3 | −9.6 |
| | Conservative | Alison Hirst | 383 | 15.2 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | David Robert Milner | 374 | 14.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Ruth Clementine Blanchflower | 176 | 7.0 | N/A |
| | Independent | Ryan Lee Pescod Drion | 85 | 3.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Ian Edward Stone | 83 | 3.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
Evenwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Cosslet | 1,316 | 55.2 | +13.1 |
| | Conservative | Robert Potts | 1,019 | 42.7 | +7.0 |
| | Labour | Samuel Jonathan Rushworth | 768 | 32.2 | −13.8 |
| | Labour | Julie Carolyn Ward | 739 | 31.0 | −5.3 |
| | Independent | Alan John Breeze | 367 | 15.4 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Ferryhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Brian Francis Avery* | 1,189 | 43.2 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | Peter Bernard Atkinson* | 1,130 | 41.1 | +7.3 |
| | Conservative | Joe Michael Quinn | 916 | 33.3 | +17.9 |
| | Labour | Carole Atkinson | 902 | 32.8 | +2.1 |
| | Independent | Joe Makepeace* | 893 | 32.5 | −2.5 |
| | Labour | Curtis Ferenc Bihari | 849 | 30.9 | +0.6 |
| | Independent | David Farry | 608 | 22.1 | −9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |
Framwellgate and Newton Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Jayne Hopgood* | 2,591 | 55.9 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Ashley Wilkes* | 2,249 | 48.5 | −10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances Mamie Simmons* | 2,096 | 45.2 | −9.4 |
| | Labour | Ben Graham | 1,065 | 23.0 | +1.7 |
| | Labour | Jeanie Kellett | 1,011 | 21.8 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | John Hardman | 970 | 20.9 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Joshua James Grew | 750 | 16.2 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | William Halford | 732 | 15.8 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Smedley | 705 | 15.2 | N/A |
| | Independent | Karon Willis | 521 | 11.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Irene Ostle | 417 | 9.0 | +2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
Horden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Isabella Roberts | 862 | 57.1 | +13.5 |
| | Labour | Ian McLean* | 855 | 56.7 | +8.3 |
| | North East Party | Mary Alison Cartwright | 394 | 26.1 | −3.8 |
| | North East Party | Kirsty Louise Wilkinson | 252 | 16.7 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Carroll Mae Herd | 233 | 15.5 | +9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Lanchester :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Douglas Oliver | 1,317 | 43.8 | +20.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael McGaun | 1,242 | 41.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Alison Louise Gray | 1,128 | 37.5 | −5.3 |
| | Labour | David Toner | 777 | 25.8 | −4.0 |
| | Independent | David Smith | 430 | 14.3 | N/A |
| | Derwentside Independents | Margaret Denise Bullivant | 298 | 9.9 | −19.4 |
| | Green | Hannah Elizabeth Parker-Fuller | 236 | 7.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Williams | 208 | 6.9 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Leadgate and Medomsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Watts Stelling* | 1,227 | 44.8 | −13.9 |
| | Derwentside Independents | Alan Shield* | 1,064 | 38.9 | −13.6 |
| | Conservative | Deborah Anne Armstrong | 735 | 26.8 | +13.2 |
| | Labour | Chris Robinson | 654 | 23.9 | −6.2 |
| | Labour | Thomas Robert Bedson | 612 | 22.4 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative | Emma Young | 609 | 22.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent gain from Derwentside Independents | Independent gain from Derwentside Independents | Swing | N/A | |
| | Derwentside Independents hold | Derwentside Independents hold | Swing | N/A | |
Lumley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Alan Bell* | 1,509 | 56.4 | +3.6 |
| | Independent | Philip Heaviside | 788 | 29.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Alan Haswell | 610 | 22.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Keith Peacock | 539 | 20.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | David Robinson | 510 | 19.1 | −6.5 |
| | Conservative | Nathan Brown | 263 | 9.8 | −6.8 |
| | Independent | Michelle Clare Melvin | 245 | 9.2 | N/A |
| | Independent | Audrey Willis* | 218 | 8.2 | −32.1 |
| | Conservative | Jak Hocking | 180 | 6.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |
Murton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julie Ann Griffiths | 1,200 | 63.0 | +9.6 |
| | Labour | Robert Adcock-Forster | 1,006 | 52.8 | +7.4 |
| | Independent | Brian Brown | 413 | 21.7 | +1.6 |
| | Independent | Stephen George Robson | 399 | 21.0 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Andrew John Dixon | 274 | 14.4 | +3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Neville's Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liz Brown* | 1,686 | 52.4 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Elton Scott * | 1,420 | 44.2 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Brian Andrew Freeman | 867 | 27.0 | +16.9 |
| | Labour | John Alexander Turnbull | 694 | 21.6 | +11.6 |
| | Green | Natalie Selene Broughton | 690 | 21.5 | −14.5 |
| | Conservative | Frederick Robin Arthur Fawcett | 440 | 13.7 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Tristan Clemens Johannes Pahl | 424 | 13.2 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |
North Lodge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Craig Martin* | 1,070 | 63.4 | +11.1 |
| | Labour | Michael Martin | 266 | 15.8 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | Andrew John Husband | 185 | 11.0 | +3.7 |
| | Independent | Michael Goulding | 167 | 9.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A | |

### P − S

Passfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | North East Party | Karen Hawley* | 446 | 41.6 | +7.6 |
| | Labour | Archibald Scott Henderson Meikle | 343 | 32.0 | +11.7 |
| | Conservative | Danielle Hocking | 283 | 26.4 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1080 | 31.72 | |
| | North East Party hold | North East Party hold | Swing | N/A | |
Pelton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alison Joan Batey* | 1,993 | 58.3 | −4.4 |
| | Labour | Danny Wood* | 1,725 | 50.5 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Paul Pringle | 1,566 | 45.8 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Michael James Botterill | 1,062 | 31.1 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Julie Ann Watson | 735 | 21.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Adele Taggart | 719 | 21.0 | N/A |
| | Independent | Clare Helen Todd | 711 | 20.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Amor Haswell | 273 | 8.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3422 | 33.67 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Peterlee East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | North East Party | Terry Duffy | 612 | 45.7 | +2.6 |
| | North East Party | Diane Howarth | 573 | 42.8 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Audrey Ellen Laing* | 523 | 39.1 | −7.0 |
| | Labour | Colin Watkins | 411 | 30.7 | −14.0 |
| | Conservative | Judith May Webb | 159 | 11.9 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Gavaghan | 154 | 11.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1350 | 24.82 | |
| | North East Party gain from Labour | North East Party gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | North East Party gain from Labour | North East Party gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Peterlee West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | North East Party | Susan McDonnell* | 570 | 36.5 | −13.1 |
| | Labour | Louise Fenwick | 560 | 35.8 | −6.2 |
| | Labour | Michelle Louise McCue | 493 | 31.5 | −5.5 |
| | North East Party | Karon Liddell* | 441 | 28.2 | −14.6 |
| | No Description | Margaret Smith Hotham | 220 | 14.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Samuel James Stephen Meston | 206 | 13.2 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | John Angus Inglis Jones Kincaid | 198 | 12.7 | N/A |
| | No Description | Jimmy Alvey | 157 | 10.0 | −32.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1575 | 25.99 | |
| | North East Party hold | North East Party hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour gain from North East Party | Labour gain from North East Party | Swing | N/A | |
Sacriston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Emma Waldock | 922 | 53.4 | −8.2 |
| | Labour | Simon Joseph Wilson | 884 | 51.2 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Graham Drummond-Hill | 502 | 29.1 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | John Matthew Stephenson | 477 | 27.6 | N/A |
| | Green | Nicholas Kasch | 151 | 8.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Brown | 136 | 7.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1735 | 30.57 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Seaham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karan Elizabeth Batey | 722 | 39.6 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | David McKenna | 719 | 39.4 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Reid | 509 | 27.9 | +3.0 |
| | Seaham Community Party | Kathryn Brace | 481 | 26.4 | −0.7 |
| | Seaham Community Party | Graeme Neville Hepworth | 440 | 24.1 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | Emily Rought | 372 | 20.4 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger François Vila | 100 | 5.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1836 | 34.45 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Sedgefield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Ralph Brown* | 1,084 | 42.8 | +5.2 |
| | Independent | Chris Lines | 1,042 | 41.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | John Robinson* | 928 | 36.7 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative | Catherine Anne Hart | 787 | 31.1 | +17.6 |
| | Labour | Heidi Louise Smith | 512 | 20.2 | −13.5 |
| | Independent | David Peter McNee | 255 | 10.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2538 | 39.36 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Sherburn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Marshall Hall* | 1,312 | 54.7 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Bill Kellett* | 1,218 | 50.8 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Stephen Bryne | 745 | 31.1 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Gillian Dawn Warby | 710 | 29.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Anderson | 265 | 11.1 | −11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Neil Tibbs | 194 | 8.1 | −9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2410 | 35.91 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Shildon and Dene Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shirley Quinn* | 1,159 | 37.2 | −0.4 |
| | Labour | Samantha Townsend | 1,103 | 35.4 | −7.7 |
| | Labour | Matt Johnson | 1,001 | 32.1 | −9.4 |
| | Conservative | Michael Cox | 955 | 30.6 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | Stephen David Martin | 811 | 26.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Khwan Martin | 765 | 24.5 | N/A |
| | Independent | Robert Ingledew | 701 | 22.5 | −7.4 |
| | Independent | Luan Deakin | 594 | 19.0 | N/A |
| | Independent | Fred Langley | 498 | 16.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Halliday | 473 | 15.2 | −14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3136 | 31.19 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Shotton and South Hetton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ivan Cochrane* | 1,084 | 54.4 | +8.7 |
| | Independent | Christopher Ross Hood | 840 | 42.1 | +7.2 |
| | Labour | Kylie Austin Young | 593 | 29.8 | −11.9 |
| | Labour | Alan Liversidge | 471 | 23.6 | −15.7 |
| | Conservative | Ian Richard Davenport | 315 | 15.8 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Clive Yarwood | 257 | 12.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Thomas Carey | 93 | 4.7 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2005 | 29.49 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Spennymoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Liz Maddison* | 1,029 | 34.0 | +5.1 |
| | Independent | Pete Molloy | 930 | 30.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Luke Allan Holmes | 749 | 24.8 | +13.1 |
| | Labour | Colin Nelson | 636 | 21.0 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | Helen Louise Hannar | 612 | 20.2 | +9.5 |
| | Conservative | Lyndsey Johnson | 611 | 20.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dean Ranyard | 582 | 19.2 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Thomas Brian Jones | 461 | 15.2 | −11.4 |
| | Labour | Kester Noble | 429 | 14.2 | −6.6 |
| | Labour | Julie Michelle Stirk | 421 | 13.9 | −2.8 |
| | Political Unity for Progress | Neville Dart | 388 | 12.8 | N/A |
| | Political Unity for Progress | Steven Alan Jones | 386 | 12.8 | −8.0 |
| | Political Unity for Progress | Kaye Roberts | 334 | 11.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Mark James Quinn | 239 | 7.9 | +3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3053 | 34.71 | |
| | Independent gain from Spennymoor Independents | Independent gain from Spennymoor Independents | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent gain from Spennymoor Independents | Independent gain from Spennymoor Independents | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative gain from Spennymoor Independents | Conservative gain from Spennymoor Independents | Swing | N/A | |
Stanley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Angela Hanson | 883 | 51.1 | −4.2 |
| | Labour | Carl Marshall* | 849 | 49.1 | −6.5 |
| | Conservative | Gary McCallum | 432 | 25.0 | +10.0 |
| | Derwentside Independents | Stewart Trevor Robshaw | 305 | 17.6 | −12.2 |
| | Derwentside Independents | Janet Elizabeth Atkinson | 286 | 16.5 | −9.8 |
| | Green | Maura Theresa Radford | 130 | 7.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Ann Robertson | 89 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1749 | 28.27 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |

### T − W

Tanfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon Binney | 893 | 41.2 | +1.0 |
| | Derwentside Independents | Joyce Charlton* | 891 | 41.2 | −5.5 |
| | Labour | Dawn Knight | 818 | 37.8 | −2.4 |
| | Derwentside Independents | David Tully | 609 | 28.1 | −10.4 |
| | Conservative | Anita Dawn Meston | 345 | 15.9 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Wynne | 321 | 14.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2179 | 33.78 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Derwentside Independents hold | Derwentside Independents hold | Swing | N/A | |
Tow Law :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard James Manchester* | 583 | 55.7 | +9.0 |
| | No Description | Terry Batson | 464 | 44.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1063 | 30.93 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Trimdon and Thornley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Lucy Hovvels* | 1,399 | 53.9 | −5.0 |
| | Labour Co-op | Jake Miller | 1,178 | 45.4 | −12.7 |
| | Labour Co-op | Chris Varty | 1,009 | 38.9 | −18.3 |
| | Conservative | Gemma Louise Abley | 823 | 31.7 | +9.3 |
| | Conservative | William Walker | 731 | 28.2 | N/A |
| | For Britain | Dave Smith | 501 | 19.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth George Grainger | 347 | 13.4 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2601 | 26.74 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Tudhoe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Antony Abley | 896 | 37.6 | +20.5 |
| | Independent | Billy McAloon | 766 | 32.1 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Andrew Clark Anderson | 635 | 26.6 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | Neil Crowther Foster | 539 | 22.6 | −6.5 |
| | Independent | Clive Maddison | 482 | 20.2 | N/A |
| | Political Unity for Progress | Ian Geldard | 404 | 17.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beckie Calder | 191 | 8.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Jonathan Miles-Watson | 138 | 5.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2415 | 34.16 | |
| | Conservative gain from Spennymoor Independents | Conservative gain from Spennymoor Independents | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent gain from Spennymoor Independents | Independent gain from Spennymoor Independents | Swing | N/A | |
Weardale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Shuttleworth* | 1,627 | 45.2 | −18.6 |
| | Independent | Mary Anita Savory* | 1,394 | 38.7 | −19.0 |
| | Conservative | William Wearmouth | 1,311 | 36.4 | +19.8 |
| | Conservative | Charles Stephen Cowie | 953 | 26.5 | N/A |
| | Labour Co-op | Owain Guy Richard Gardner | 785 | 21.8 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3609 | 55.10 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
West Auckland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rob Yorke* | 1,023 | 42.0 | −7.5 |
| | Conservative | Mark Robert Idwal Roberts | 993 | 40.8 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | Declan John Gilroy | 921 | 37.8 | +15.8 |
| | Labour | Helen Catherine Goodman | 731 | 30.0 | −16.5 |
| | Independent | Nick Brown | 302 | 12.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | Lesley Gywneth Zair | 248 | 10.2 | N/A |
| | Independent | Alex Tighe | 163 | 6.7 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2443 | 36.99 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
Willington and Hunwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Olwyn Elizabeth Gunn* | 1,239 | 46.6 | −11.3 |
| | Labour | Fraser Paul Tinsley* | 1,218 | 45.8 | −13.0 |
| | Conservative | Ian Hirst | 1,209 | 45.5 | +11.4 |
| | Conservative | Alistair Layfield | 1,137 | 42.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2673 | 38.86 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Wingate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Robert Higgins* | 630 | 69.8 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | Danny Bannon | 227 | 25.2 | +11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edwin Herbert Simpson | 45 | 5.0 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 906 | 28.85 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Woodhouse Close :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joanne Marie Howey | 645 | 38.1 | +7.3 |
| | Conservative | Cathy Hunt | 621 | 36.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | John Lethbridge* | 609 | 36.0 | −23.4 |
| | Labour | Jamie Blackburn | 578 | 34.2 | −12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tanya Tucker* | 289 | 17.1 | −29.1 |
| | Independent | Leanda Chappell | 230 | 13.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1712 | 28.44 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |

## By-elections
### Ferryhill

The by-election was triggered by the death of Independent Cllr Brian Avery in October 2021, who represented the ward since the 2013 elections, having been previously elected to represent Chilton as a Labour candidate in 2008.
Ferryhill: 24 February 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Curtis Bihari | 876 | 41.3 | +3.2 |
| | Independent | Glenys Newby | 528 | 24.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | David Farry | 348 | 16.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | Joseph Makepeace | 166 | 7.8 | −81.4 |
| | Green | Rebecca Dixon-McWaters | 165 | 7.8 | N/A |
| | Freedom Alliance | Kaela Banthorpe | 28 | 1.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Thorkildsen | 8 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 348 | 39.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2120 | 26.2 | 7.6 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 10.4 | |
Conservative candidate David Farry last contested the ward as an Independent candidate in 2017, having previously been elected a councillor for the ward in 2008 but defeated in 2013 as a F.A.I.R. candidate. Independent Joe Makepeace represented the ward from 2017 until 2021, when he failed to be re-elected to his seat.

### West Auckland

West Auckland: 14 April 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Smith | 956 | 56.3 | +16.5 |
| | Conservative | Lyndsey Fox | 554 | 32.6 | −6.1 |
| | Independent | Nicholas Brown | 187 | 11.0 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 402 | 23.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,701 | 25.7 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 11.3 | |

### Chester-le-Street East

Chester-le-Street East: 4 May 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Julie Scurfield | 716 | 59.5 |
| | Conservative | Alan Bainbridge | 439 | 36.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Haswell | 43 | 3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 23.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,204 | 41.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Dawdon

Dawdon: 30 November 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | June Watson | 514 | 55.9 | +5.4 |
| | Independent | Bob Arthur | 339 | 36.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Josh Rayner | 56 | 6.1 | –10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Vila | 10 | 1.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 175 | 19.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 920 | 15.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,062 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Horden

Horden by-election, 2 May 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | June Clark | 852 | 76.2 | |
| | North East | Robert Fishwick | 180 | 16.1 | |
| | Conservative | George Carter | 66 | 5.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Thompson | 20 | 1.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 672 | 60.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,132 | 21.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
The Horden by-election was triggered by the death of Labour councillor Isabella Roberts.