Durham
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2025 51 races · 98 seats 12.2% below quota
- 2021 63 races · 126 seats 7.1% below quota
- 2019 2 races · 2 seats 100.0% below quota
- 2017 63 races · 126 seats 6.3% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
98 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2025)
In 2025, 98 seats were up across 51 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 98 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 110,002 | 40.8% | 65 | 66.3% | 41 | 41.8% | +24 |
| Labour Party | 61,379 | 22.8% | 4 | 4.1% | 23 | 23.5% | -19 |
| Liberal Democrats | 32,252 | 12.0% | 14 | 14.3% | 12 | 12.2% | +2 |
| Independent | 31,046 | 11.5% | 12 | 12.2% | 11 | 11.2% | +1 |
| Conservative Party | 16,911 | 6.3% | 1 | 1.0% | 6 | 6.1% | -5 |
| Green Party | 9,919 | 3.7% | 2 | 2.0% | 3 | 3.1% | -1 |
| Derwentside Independents | 4,040 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.0% | -1 |
| Seaham Community Party | 2,968 | 1.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.0% | -1 |
| The North East Party | 1,058 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Social Democratic Party | 83 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 33 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 269,691 | 100.0% | 98 | 100.0% | 98 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2025 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annfield Plain | 52% | 44% | ||
| Annfield Plain and Tanfield | 47% | |||
| Aycliffe East | 52% | 54% | ||
| Aycliffe North and Middridge | 48% | 51% | 34% | |
| Aycliffe South | 44% | |||
| Aycliffe West | 47% | 41% | ||
| Barnard Castle | 31% | |||
| Barnard Castle East | 61% | 64% | ||
| Barnard Castle West | 81% | 76% | ||
| Belmont | 46% | 39% | 39% | |
| Benfieldside | 56% | 40% | 34% | |
| Bishop Auckland | 47% | |||
| Bishop Auckland Town | 39% | 70% | ||
| Bishop Middleham and Cornforth | 45% | 43% | ||
| Blackhalls | 73% | 73% | ||
| Blackhalls and Hesledens | 45% | |||
| Bowburn and Coxhoe | 42% | |||
| Brandon | 68% | 44% | 34% | |
| Burnopfield and Dipton | 48% | 44% | ||
| Castle Eden and Passfield | 53% | |||
| Chester-le-Street East | 33% | 42% | ||
| Chester-le-Street North | 54% | 50% | 37% | |
| Chester-le-Street South | 33% | 62% | 50% | |
| Chester-le-Street West Central | 51% | 44% | ||
| Chilton | 68% | 44% | 47% | |
| Consett North | 56% | 46% | 48% | |
| Consett South | 51% | 38% | 55% | |
| Coundon | 60% | 53% | ||
| Coxhoe | 62% | 57% | ||
| Craghead and South Moor | 62% | 61% | 59% | |
| Crook | 62% | 50% | 52% | |
| Dalton and Dawdon | 39% | |||
| Dawdon | 54% | 57% | ||
| Deerness | 64% | 49% | 40% | |
| Delves Lane | 59% | 52% | 50% | |
| Deneside | 57% | 52% | ||
| Derwent and Pont Valley | 40% | |||
| Durham South | 47% | 40% | ||
| Easington | 67% | 62% | ||
| Easington and Shotton | 52% | |||
| Elvet and Gilesgate | 64% | 48% | ||
| Elvet, Gilesgate and Shincliffe | 39% | |||
| Esh and Witton Gilbert | 62% | 59% | ||
| Evenwood | 52% | 63% | 49% | |
| Ferryhill | 56% | 55% | 40% | |
| Framwellgate and Newton Hall | 64% | 59% | 53% | |
| Horden | 52% | 66% | ||
| Horden and Dene House | 55% | |||
| Lanchester | 48% | 47% | ||
| Lanchester and Burnhope | 36% | |||
| Langley and Esh | 48% | |||
| Leadgate and Medomsley | 65% | 50% | ||
| Lower Teesdale | 37% | |||
| Lumley | 59% | 62% | ||
| Lumley and West Rainton | 54% | |||
| Murton | 59% | 73% | 45% | |
| Neville's Cross | 45% | 53% | ||
| Nevilles Cross | 54% | |||
| North Lodge | 52% | 63% | 58% | |
| Passfield | 34% | 42% | ||
| Pelton | 81% | 68% | 47% | |
| Peterlee | 52% | |||
| Peterlee East | 50% | 50% | ||
| Peterlee West | 53% | 40% | ||
| Pittington and Sherburn | 36% | |||
| Sacriston | 73% | 60% | ||
| Sacriston and Witton Gilbert | 42% | |||
| Seaham | 41% | 43% | 41% | |
| Sedgefield | 40% | 47% | 44% | |
| Sherburn | 64% | 59% | ||
| Shildon and Dene Valley | 53% | 43% | 43% | 57% |
| Shotton and South Hetton | 50% | 59% | ||
| Spennymoor | 40% | 19% | 40% | 38% |
| Stanley | 61% | 59% | 55% | |
| Tanfield | 50% | 46% | ||
| Thornley and Wheatley Hill | 65% | |||
| Tow Law | 47% | 56% | ||
| Trimdon and Thornley | 73% | 70% | ||
| Trimdon and Wingate | 50% | |||
| Tudhoe | 42% | 44% | 41% | |
| Upper Teesdale | 46% | |||
| Weardale | 76% | 54% | 37% | |
| West Auckland | 54% | 47% | 52% | |
| Willington and Hunwick | 70% | 52% | 49% | |
| Wingate | 74% | 70% | ||
| Woodhouse Close | 74% | 43% |