2011 Darlington Borough Council election

The 2011 Darlington Borough Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect all 53 members of the Darlington Borough Council to a four-year term. Labour held control of the council after the election^[1]. The total turnout across the council was 41%^[2].

Results summary

2011 Darlington Borough Council election^[3]^[4]^[5]
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	34	5	64.2
	Conservative	14	4	26.4
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	9.4
	Independent	0		0.0
	England First	0	New	0.0

Ward results

Bank Top

Bank Top (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Veronica Copeland*	603
	Labour	Chris Taylor	464
	Conservative	Simon Nicholson	216
	Conservative	Stanley Johnson	207
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Oates	73
	Liberal Democrats	Myrtle Oates	67
Turnout			902	33.3
Registered electors			2,712
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Central

Central (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jan Taylor	488
	Labour	Malcolm Wright	444
	Conservative	David Davies	257
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Allen	178
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bennett	149
Turnout			932	33.1
Registered electors			2,819
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Cockerton East

Cockerton East (3 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bryan Thistlethwhaite*	879
	Labour	Sue Richmond	810
	Labour	Paul Baldwin*	808
	Conservative	Alice Park	620
	Conservative	Steven Shaw	599
	Conservative	Alexandra Nicholson*	596
	Independent	Gary Aislabie	125
Turnout			1,702	41.5
Registered electors			4,102
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Cockerton West

Cockerton West (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	*Jan Cossins^[a]**	686
	Labour	David Regan*	632
	Conservative	Lauren Costin	245
	Conservative	Andrew Wattsford	238
Turnout			995	33.9
Registered electors			2,935
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

College

College (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Galletley*	1,064
	Conservative	Tony Richmond*	1,024
	Labour	Elaine Hope	613
	Labour	Martin Wood	573
Turnout			1,781	54.9
Registered electors			3,246
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Eastbourne

Eastbourne (3 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roddy Francis*	839
	Labour	Bill Dixon*	714
	Labour	Lee Vasey*	652
	Independent	Kevin Nicholson	423
	Conservative	Charles Beckham	383
	Conservative	Doreen Tucker	338
	Conservative	Marjorie Roberts	276
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Bean	107
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Oliver	71
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Hackett	64
Turnout			1,559	33.5
Registered electors			4,659
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Faverdale

Faverdale (1 seat)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Grundy	387	53.5	21.8
	Labour	Rosie Dixon	337	46.5	21.8
Majority			50	6.9	43.6
Total valid votes			724	99.3
Rejected ballots			5	0.7
Turnout			729	34.5
Registered electors			2,110
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.8

Harrowgate Hill

Harrowgate Hill (3 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Burton*	1,261
	Labour	John Vasey	959
	Labour	Marjory Knowles	910
	Conservative	Gill Cartwright*	863
	Conservative	Ian Ferguson	590
	Conservative	Paul Howell	554
Turnout			2,005	43.3
Registered electors			4,635
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Haughton East

Haughton East (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Landers*	742
	Labour	Chris McEwan	742
	Conservative	Vicky Lloyd	352
	Conservative	Jennifer Hardy	352
Turnout			1,169	37.9
Registered electors			3,086
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Haughton North

Haughton North (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bev Hutchinson	747
	Labour	Tom Nutt*	736
	Conservative	Ian Storey	521
	Conservative	Kimberley Summers	440
Turnout			1,303	47.5
Registered electors			2,746
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Haughton West

Haughton West (3 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Lyonette*	996
	Labour	Andrew Scott*	963
	Labour	Nick Wallis*	857
	Conservative	George Jenkinson	462
	Conservative	Louise Armstrong	401
	Independent	Nick Haithwaite	347
Turnout			1,683	40.8
Registered electors			4,121
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Heighington and Coniscliffe

Heighington and Coniscliffe (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Lee*	1,118
	Conservative	Paul Crudass	861
	Labour	Martin McTague	360
	Labour	Christopher Kelsey	287
Turnout			1,522	51.7
Registered electors			2,944
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hummersknott

Hummersknott (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Coultas*	1,006
	Conservative	Charles Johnson*	981
	Labour	Amanda McEwan	384
	Labour	Rebecca Taylor	360
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Hill	190
Turnout			1,591	54.7
Registered electors			2,907
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hurworth

Hurworth (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Swainston*	886
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Kelley	568
	Conservative	Christopher Brownbridge	505
	Conservative	John Howard	386
	Labour	James Garner	175
	Labour	Esther Taylor	175
Turnout			1,429	49.8
Registered electors			2,870
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lascelles

Lascelles (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jackie Maddison*	599
	Labour	Wendy Newall*	544
	Conservative	Pat Chapman	277
Turnout			937	32.1
Registered electors			2,919
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Lingfield

Lingfield (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Haszeldine*	576
	Labour	Lynne Haszeldine*	527
	Conservative	Janet Galletley	267
	Conservative	Olivia McPhee	243
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Longmoor	117
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Curry	101
Turnout			998	34.6
Registered electors			2,888
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Middleton St. George

Middleton St. George (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Doris Jones*	923
	Conservative	Stephen York*	796
	Labour	Philip Crumbie	289
	Labour	Elizabeth Muggleton	251
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Swainston	208
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Leech	195
Turnout			1,452	41.6
Registered electors			3,487
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Mowden

Mowden (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ron Lewis*	1,090
	Conservative	Bill Stenson	992
	Labour	Jackie Saint	629
	Labour	Robert Watson	494
Turnout			1,680	54.3
Registered electors			3,094
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

North Road

North Road (3 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Lawton*	717
	Liberal Democrats	Anne-Marie Curry	665
	Liberal Democrats	Alan MacNab	618
	Labour	Michael Nicholson	499
	Labour	Jonnie Vasey	487
	Labour	Mark Wilkes	466
	Conservative	Catherine Parkinson	163
	Conservative	James Moore	159
	Conservative	Craig Smith	152
Turnout			1,494	34.0
Registered electors			4,391
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Northgate

Northgate (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dorothy Long*	579
	Labour	Eleanor Lister*	561
	Conservative	Carol Johnson	208
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Everett	179
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Hodgson	119
	England First	Paul Thompson	74
Turnout			1,030	35.4
Registered electors			2,911
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Park East

Park East (3 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Cyndi Hughes*	699
	Labour	Joe Lyonette*	681
	Labour	Paul Harman	669
	Conservative	Nathalie Carter	378
	Conservative	Francis Elliott	360
	Conservative	Nicholas Bilney	342
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Freitag*	214
	Independent	John Monkhouse	176
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Barnes	147
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Baldwin	121
Turnout			1,435	33.4
Registered electors			4,296
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Park West

Park West (2 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Heather Scott*	1,082
	Conservative	Bob Donoghue	1,028
	Labour	Jack Madden	452
	Labour	James Doran	450
Turnout			1,710	57.7
Registered electors			2,966
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Pierremont

Pierremont (3 seats)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Harker*	908
	Labour	Linda Hughes	882
	Labour	Bob Carson	864
	Conservative	Tony Brockley	616
	Conservative	Kate Davies*	556
	Conservative	Pauline Culley	509
	Independent	Paul Ripley	208
Turnout			1,733	42.9
Registered electors			4,041
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Sadberge and Whessoe

Sadberge and Whessoe (1 seat)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Jones*	602	77.0	4.3
	Labour	Sandy Thorne-Wallis	180	23.0	4.3
Majority			422	54.0	8.7
Total valid votes			782	98.6
Rejected ballots			11	1.4
Turnout			793	48.4
Registered electors			1,637
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.3

Notes

^ Cossins was elected in the 8 July 2010 by-election^[6] following the resignation of Jenny Chapman.

References

^ Tetteh, Edmund (24 May 2011). "Local elections 2011" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "Local elections 2011" (PDF). Darlington Borough Council. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - Darlington". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Darlington Borough Council Election Results 1996-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
^ Teale, Andrew. "Cockerton West Ward - Darlington". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

[7] Cossins was elected in the 8 July 2010 by-election^[6] following the resignation of Jenny Chapman.

[HoC-1] Tetteh, Edmund (24 May 2011). "Local elections 2011" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

[council-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "Local elections 2011" (PDF). Darlington Borough Council. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

[LEAP-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - Darlington". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

[TEC1-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

[TEC2-5] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Darlington Borough Council Election Results 1996-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

[LEAP2-6] Teale, Andrew. "Cockerton West Ward - Darlington". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

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