Sedgefield Borough Council elections

Sedgefield 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
1973[2]	40	4	1	8	53
1976[3]	36	1	1	15	53	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[4]
1979[5]	40	3	1	9	53
1983[6]	40	4[lower-alpha 2]	2	3	49	New ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place[7][8]
1987[9]	37	7[lower-alpha 3]	2	3[lower-alpha 4]	49	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[10]
1991[11]	33	8	1	7	49	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[12]
1995[13]	44	0	0	2	49[lower-alpha 5]
1999[14]	43	2	0	4	49
2003[15]	35	7	1	7	50	New ward boundaries[16]
2007[17]	28	6	1	15	50

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Sedgefield Borough Council.

Tudhoe By-Election 21 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		425	55.8
	Independent		216	28.4
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin May Ord	88	11.6
	Conservative		32	4.2
Majority			209	27.4
Turnout			761	28
	Labour hold		Swing

Tudhoe By-Election 25 November 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Agnes Armstrong	373	60.2
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Jones	247	39.8
Majority			126	20.4
Turnout			620	23
	Labour hold		Swing

Tudhoe By-Election 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		1,129	52.2	+5.2
	Independent		1,033	47.8	-5.2
Majority			96	4.4
Turnout			2,162
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Middlestone By-Election 21 March 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Thompson	528	51.7	+21.4
	Labour		493	48.3	-21.4
Majority			35	3.4
Turnout			1,021
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Notes

1. Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
2. 0 Liberal, 4 SDP
3. 1 Liberal, 6 SDP
4. Including three Independent Labour
5. 3 vacant after election

References

1. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
2. "Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 loval government seats". The Times. 9 June 1973.
3. "Heavy Labour losses in district polls". The Times. 8 May 1976.
4. The Darlington and Sedgefield (Areas) Order 1976
5. Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
6. "How votes were cast in local government elections". The Times. 7 May 1983. p. 4.
7. The District of Sedgefield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
8. The Cleveland and Durham (Areas) Order 1982
9. "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. 9 May 1987.
10. The Durham (District Boundaries) Order 1986
11. "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.
12. legislation.gov.uk - The Cleveland and Durham (County Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
13. "Complete list of results from Thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995. p. 10.
14. "Sedgefield". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
15. "Sedgefield". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
16. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Sedgefield (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
17. "Sedgefield". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.