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]
Council elections
By-election results
The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Wear Valley District Council.
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 |
|
|
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.