Wear Valley District Council elections

Wear Valley 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	1973-1976
	No overall control	1976-1979
	Labour	1979-1991
	Liberal Democrats	1991-1995
	Labour	1995-2007
	No overall control	2007-2009

Council elections

Election	Labour	Liberal Democrat^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Conservative	Independent	Total	Notes
Election					Total	Notes
1973^[2]	21	9	0	11^{[lower-alpha 2]}	41
1976^[3]	17	11	2	11^{[lower-alpha 3]}	41
1979^[4]	25	5	3	8	41
1983^[5]	28	2^{[lower-alpha 4]}	3	7^{[lower-alpha 5]}	40	New ward boundaries^[6]
1987^[7]	26	3^{[lower-alpha 6]}	3	8	40
1991^[8]	8	28	0	4	40
1995^[9]	35	2	0	3	40
1999^[10]	30	5	0	5	40
2003^[11]	25	9	0	6	40	New ward boundaries^[12]
2007^[13]	19	16	0	5	40

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Wear Valley District Council.

Bishop Auckland Town By-Election 30 March 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	359	49.0	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	249	34.0	-14.0
	Conservative	125	17.1	+10.0
Majority		110	15.0
Turnout		733	22.9
	Labour hold	Swing

Howden Le Wear By-Election 30 March 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	208	52.1	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	191	47.9	+1.8
Majority		17	4.2
Turnout		399	23.1
	Labour hold	Swing

Woodhouse Close By-Election 26 February 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		713	56.0	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Bowser	287	22.5	-11.7
	Independent		273	21.4	+21.4
Majority			426	33.5
Turnout			1,273	36.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Wheatbottom & Helmington Row By-Election 20 January 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rose Seabury	328	59.6	-10.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Bailey	180	32.7	+2.3
	BNP	Stuart Neil	42	0.7	+0.7
Majority			148	26.9
Turnout			550	21.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Bishop Auckland Town By-Election 3 March 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Samuel Zair	181	36.7	+11.6
	Labour	Robert Yorke	161	32.7	-4.9
	Conservative	James Tague	135	27.3	+27.3
	UKIP	Margaret Hopson	16	3.2	+3.2
Majority			20	4.0
Turnout			493	21.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Howden By-Election 27 October 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	John Bailey	157	50.5	+6.0
	Labour	Jay Smith	154	49.5	-6.0
Majority			3	1.0
Turnout			311	24.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Coundon By-Election 9 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Norman Strongman	360	52.1	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Hardaker	331	47.9	+2.1
Majority			29	4.2
Turnout			691	21.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

↑ Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
↑ Includes one People's Rep.
↑ Includes five of other parties.
↑ 2 Liberal, 0 SDP
↑ Includes 1 People's Rep. and 1 People before pol.
↑ 3 Liberal, 0 SDP

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 local 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
↑ "How votes were cast in local government elections". The Times. 7 May 1983. p. 4.
↑ The District of Wear Valley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
↑ "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. 9 May 1987.
↑ "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.
↑ "Wear Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
↑ "Wear Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Wear Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Wear Valley". 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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