Durham County Council has held a full council election to appoint councillors for its town and parish councils. Durham residents have been casting their votes to elect councillors across the 51 electoral divisions within the county.
A total of 98 councillors have been elected, marking a decrease from the previous 126. The prospective councillor candidates for each ward are listed here.
County Durham's voters have now had their say and the votes have been counted across the county's large and complex geography. The results for every seat in County Durham have updated below as they are announced on Friday, May 2.
Results will appear in the widget below from 11am on Friday, May 2 and we are also reporting live updates and reaction here:
The candidates for each County Durham ward and the votes they received in the 2025 local election are also listed by ward:
Annfield Plain and Tanfield
Karen Allison – Reform UK 1,404
Kevin Briggs – Conservative Party 114
Joyce Charlton – Derwentside Independents 574
Darren Grimes – Reform UK 1,364
Olga Milburn – Labour Party 579
Joan Nicholson – Derwentside Independents 659
Sopha Phal – Liberal Democrats 80
Garry Richardson – Conservative Party 77
Jeanette Stephenson – Labour Party 512
Sarah Twigg – Green Party 122
Aycliffe North and Middridge
Lindsey Aston – Liberal Democrats 807
Tony Beddard – Independent 106
Dorothy Bowman – Independent 94
Luke Ellis – Labour Party 419
Tim McGuinness – Reform UK 999
Michael Murphy – Labour Party 438
Jonathan Park – Green Party 82
Michael Stead – Liberal Democrats 1,001
Tony Stubbs – Conservative Party 339
David Sutton-Lloyd – Conservative Party 471
Clive Taylor-Sholl – Reform UK 887
Aycliffe South
Tunde Akinsanya – Liberal Democrats 286
Tony Armstrong – Independent 227
Martin Ashcroft – Independent 363
Jim Atkinson – Labour Party 667
Nicole Brown – Reform UK 1,335
John Clark – Labour Party 556
Neale Cooley – Green Party 156
Andrew Eales – Reform UK 1,287
John Grant – Reform UK 1,459
George Gray – Independent 305
Paul Howell – Conservative Party 589
Toyin Ogunyemi – Labour Party 396
Kyle Robinson – Liberal Democrats 331
Ken Robson – Independent 550
John Woodward – Liberal Democrats 286
Barnard Castle
Christopher Bewley – Reform UK 436
Chris Foote-Wood – Labour Party 456
Ted Henderson – Conservative Party 421
John Hogg – Green Party 97
Richard Huzzey – Liberal Democrats 63
Belmont
Christopher Elliot – Reform UK 1,026
Paul Finley – Labour Party 733
Steve Gilley – Reform UK 853
Val Hawes – Labour Party 722
Eric Mavin – Liberal Democrats 1,256
Lesley Mavin – Liberal Democrats 1,296
Gary Parking – Conservative Party 158
Joel Graham Thornton – Green Party 306
Benfieldside
Kevin Earley – Labour Party 879
Sandra Grindle – Reform UK 1,064
Andrew Kilburn – Reform UK 1,007
Dan Lowes – Conservative Party 215
David Lowes – Conservative Party 216
Joanne Nattrass – Liberal Democrats 278
Peter Oliver – Independent 676
Stephen Robinson – Independent 783
Terry Rooney – Liberal Democrats 362
Michael Wass – Labour Party 613
Bishop Auckland
John Brigstock – Independent 32
Lyndsey Fox – Reform UK 1,870
Kelly Guest – Labour Party 949
S J Hannahs – Green Party 245
Mike Harker – Independent 422
Luke Allan Holmes – Conservative Party 413
Tessa Hope – Labour Party 945
Joanne Howey – Independent 233
John Kinvig – Reform UK 1,713
James Middleton – Conservative Party 392
Tom Redmond – Reform UK 1,708
Michael Siddle – Labour Party 934
Arnold Simpson – Liberal Democrats 152
Adeline Tchana – Conservative Party 246
Christine Thelwell – Liberal Democrats 164
Sam Zair – Independent 783
Blackhalls and Hesledens
Victoria Bartch – Conservative Party 49
Rob Crute – Labour Party 629
Gary Johnson – Reform UK 621
Neil Thompson – Liberal Democrats 114
Bowburn and Coxhoe
Viv Anderson – Labour Party 962
Catherine Birchmore – Green Party 384
Jan Blakey – Independent 1,409
George Chissell – Liberal Democrats 188
Kyle Genner – Reform UK 1,613
Shaun Gibson – Labour Party 667
Alexander Greenaway – Liberal Democrats 180
Gary Hutchinson – Independent 1,419
Lennox Lauchlan – Labour Party 607
Dorothy Luckhurst – Conservative Party 162
Jane McAndrew – Conservative Party 142
Kimberley Noble – Liberal Democrats 200
Clive Rowland – Conservative Party 120
Benjamin Straughair – Reform UK 1,269
Michael Watson – Reform UK 1,242
Brandon
Anne Bonner – Labour Party 503
Jonathan Elmer – Green Party 1,017
Priscilla Elmer – Green Party 900
Andrew Fullard – Reform UK 786
Abrial Jerram – Liberal Democrats 62
Mark Leigh – Reform UK 700
Prem Raghvani – Liberal Democrats 51
Nick Rippin – Labour Party 457
Carolyne Smith – Independent 93
Paul Taylor – Independent 845
Billy Walker – Conservative Party 71
Castle Eden and Passfield
Mary Bell – Labour Party 337
James Coulson – Conservative Party 87
Karen Hawley – Independent 124
David Hodgson – Liberal Democrats 46
Susan McDonnell – North East Party 132
Scott Woodhouse – Reform UK 804
Chester-le-Street North
David Brown – Conservative Party 199
Tom Chittenden – Social Democratic Party 83
Karren Fantarrow-Darby – Independent 860
Andrew Husband – Reform UK 1,139
Derek Morse – Green Party 230
Philip Nathan – Liberal Democrats 160
Julie Scurfield – Labour Party 944
Tracie Smith – Labour Party 1,082
Antony Teasdale – Reform UK 765
Chester-le-Street South
Harry Clark – Labour Party 519
Geoff Dovaston – Reform UK 908
Sebastian Gradzki – Conservative Party 160
Andrew Haney – Liberal Democrats 143
Eileen McKnight-Smith – Labour Party 383
Bill Moist – Independent 1,453
Alan Ostle – Green Party 151
Ellie Sargeant – Conservative Party 217
Paul Sexton – Independent 1,641
Adele Taggart – Reform UK 709
Chilton
Stephen Bowron – Reform UK 523
Julie Cairns – Independent 128
Angus Ferguson – Labour Party 135
Catherine Hart – Conservative Party 65
Carole Lattin – Liberal Democrats 28
Sue Reece – Independent 235
Consett North
Rob Moran – Labour Party 238
Trevor Newsom – Reform UK 537
Will Robinson – Conservative Party 46
Kathryn Rooney – Liberal Democrats 772
Consett South
Dominic Haney – Liberal Democrats 740
Phillip Marshall – Labour Party 139
Rachel McEnaeny – Conservative Party 44
Michael McGaun – Reform UK 421
Craghead and South Moor
Neil Bradbury – Liberal Democrats 229
John Cook – Reform UK 1,317
Ian Davison – Conservative Party 122
Carole Hampson – Labour Party 599
Aaron Hillam – Reform UK 1,148
Les Timbley – Labour Party 601
Crook
Steven Bamlett – Green Party 335
Paul Bean – Reform UK 1,849
Michael Beeforth – Labour Party 679
Mike Currah – Conservative Party 610
Mary Hall – Labour Party 711
Patricia Jopling – Conservative Party 484
Nick Lion – Liberal Democrats 255
Geoffrey Martin – Green Party 280
Anne Reed – Independent 1,327
Robbie Rodiss – Reform UK 2,102
Adrian Schulman – Reform UK 1,645
John Wilson – Labour Party 569
Dalton and Dawdon
George Anderson – Reform UK 945
Robert Arthur – Seaham Community Party 845
Giuseppe Bignardi – Liberal Democrats 61
Susan Faulkner – Seaham Community Party 690
Jack McGlenen – Reform UK 876
Mark Shanks – Conservative Party 64
Kevin Shaw – Labour Party 619
June Watson – Labour Party 554
Deerness
Sarah Banks – Green Party 239
Matthew Burnard – Reform UK 1,259
John Burt – Liberal Democrats 741
Sean Healy – Reform UK 1,105
Jimmy Jamieson – Labour Party 710
Edwin Simpson – Liberal Democrats 806
Michael Drummond Moverley Smith – Conservative Party 90
Wendy Smith – Conservative Party 94
Marion Wilson – Labour Party 860
Liz Wright – Green Party 176
Delves Lane
David Bowerbank – Liberal Democrats 219
Jane Brown – Labour Party 620
Nazcat Stephen Haney – Liberal Democrats 276
Kenny Hope – Reform UK 1,272
Angela Sterling – Conservative Party 386
Simon Stewart-Piercy – Labour Party 461
Jacqueline Teasdale – Reform UK 1,045
Michelle Walton – Conservative Party 379
Derwent and Pont Valley
Veronica Andrews – Labour Party 1,272
Tonia Atkinson – Liberal Democrats 289
Jacob Boneham – Conservative Party 276
Gavin Brydon – Reform UK 1,858
Eileen Elliott – Derwentside Independents 766
Tom Hubbuck – Labour Party 1,059
Craig Marshall – Reform UK 1,761
Declan Mulholland – Labour Party 1,267
Stephen Murray – Liberal Democrats 208
Alan Shield – Derwentside Independents 1,014
Richard Simpson – Green Party 384
Saffron Sims-Brydon – Reform UK 1,913
Watts Stelling – Derwentside Independents 1,027
Easington and Shotton
John Bailey – Reform UK 1,849
Tom Baker – Conservative Party 163
Howard Brown – Reform UK 1,752
Sophie Brown – Independent 798
Leeann Clarkson – Labour Party 601
Ivan Cochrane – Independent 479
Omide Deinali – Labour Party 527
Christopher Hood – Independent 743
Rob Moore – Independent 158
Chukwuka Okuchukwu – Liberal Democrats 156
Kye Slawson-Powell – Conservative Party 104
Angela Surtees – Labour Party 713
Louise Taylor – Reform UK 1,729
Elvet, Gilesgate and Shincliffe
Stephen Ashfield – Green Party 356
George Carter – Conservative Party 114
Stacey Deinali – Labour Party 613
David Freeman – Liberal Democrats 936
Xavier Hale – Reform UK 403
Rory Handy – Labour Party 660
Ellie Hopgood – Liberal Democrats 839
Graham Lee – Conservative Party 81
Isaac Lucan – Reform UK 381
Jamie Pearson – Green Party 215
Evenwood
James Cosslett – Conservative Party 275
Becky Land – Labour Party 352
Robert Potts – Reform UK 732
Michael Stonehouse – Green Party 76
Anne Woodward – Liberal Democrats 69
Ferryhill
Carole Atkinson – Labour Party 629
Curtis Bihari – Labour Party 857
Matthew Choi – Green Party 107
Lisa Coxon – Conservative Party 102
David Farry – Conservative Party 174
Sandra Kirby – Liberal Democrats 84
John Lathan – UKIP 33
Paul Mountford – Reform UK 1,114
Glenys Newby – Independent 934
Bob Peach – Liberal Democrats 57
Joe Quinn – Reform UK 986
Framwellgate and Newton Hall
Carolyn Baker – Conservative Party 243
Kaye Burns – Labour Party 830
Neville Forbes – Reform UK 1,173
Amanda Hopgood – Liberal Democrats 2,465
Elizabeth Marshall – Conservative Party 195
Irene Ostle – Green Party 432
Elizabeth Pears – Liberal Democrats 2,048
Rachael Perry – Labour Party 788
Matthew Smith – Conservative Party 191
Valerie Speed – Labour Party 669
Colin Toghill – Reform UK 983
Mark Wilkes – Liberal Democrats 2,425
Karon Willis – Independent 306
Horden and Dene House
Dawn Bellingham – Reform UK 1,312
Chris Cain – Labour Party 725
Nigel Cassidy – Conservative Party 57
Arlene Childs – Independent 100
June Clark – Labour Party 703
John Cottier – Reform UK 1,147
Paul Maddison – Independent 165
Owen Temple – Liberal Democrats 85
Matthew Tough – Independent 67
Lanchester and Burnhope
Alison Gray – Labour Party 755
Stephen Harrison – Reform UK 563
Doug Oliver – Conservative Party 710
Jeanette Williams – Liberal Democrats 79
Langley and Esh
Andrea Brown – Reform UK 534
Joshua Lightfoot – Green Party 68
Alex Neil – Liberal Democrats 777
Mark Shaw – Conservative Party 54
Michael Toner – Labour Party 187
Lower Teesdale
Jillian Campbell – Reform UK 1,075
Marc Cole – Green Party 555
Jasmine Fox – Reform UK 1,008
Sarah Hannan – Green Party 726
Simon Land – Labour Party 434
Noah McCourt – Labour Party 302
George Richardson – Conservative Party 666
James Rowlandson – Conservative Party 636
Wico Van Mourik – Liberal Democrats 116
Lumley and West Rainton
Alan Bell – Independent 1,581
Adam Carter-Jones – Reform UK 844
Bisserka Gaydarska – Green Party 115
Paul Greenwood – Labour Party 325
David Haswell – Liberal Democrats 152
Philip Heaviside – Independent 1,353
Lyn Leach – Labour Party 301
Ewan Marshall – Reform UK 719
Thomas Shanks – Conservative Party 140
Murton
Robert Adcock-Forster – Labour Party 682
Brian Brown – Independent 322
David Cumming – Reform UK 1,045
Julie Griffiths – Labour Party 781
Antoni Milian – Liberal Democrats 99
Stephen Robson – Independent 312
Mark Rowney – Reform UK 938
Brian Wareham – Conservative Party 121
Nevilles Cross
Gary Black – Reform UK 382
Liz Brown – Liberal Democrats 1,401
Jack Hughes – Green Party 476
Gabriel Ridley – Labour Party 529
Katrina Rockett – Reform UK 314
Elizabeth Scott – Liberal Democrats 1,226
Deborah Whitfield – Conservative Party 172
Les Wilson – Labour Party 545
North Lodge
Glenn Batey – Labour Party 212
Chris Dale – Green Party 36
Darren Hawkes – Reform UK 432
Krishnarajasri Krishnapillai – Conservative Party 37
Craig Martin – Liberal Democrats 999
Pelton
Alison Batey – Labour Party 1,428
Steve Biggs – Reform UK 1,767
Ian Cross – Reform UK 1,748
Andrew Gray – Green Party 236
Alan Neil – Liberal Democrats 245
Paul Pringle – Labour Party 1,221
Brian Quirey – Reform UK 1,630
Nigel Van Zwanenberg – Liberal Democrats 180
Adam Walker – Liberal Democrats 215
Darren Whitfield – Conservative Party 255
Danny Wood – Labour Party 1,300
Peterlee
Ray Burnip – Independent 173
Mary Cartwright – North East Party 326
Michael Cassidy – Conservative Party 82
Louise Fenwick – Labour Party 425
Steven Franklin – Reform UK 1,063
David Hawley – Independent 77
Diane Howarth – Independent 172
Audrey Laing – Labour Party 384
Heather Leake – Liberal Democrats 57
Dawn Saunders – Reform UK 900
Al Wilkinson – North East Party 86
Pittington and Sherburn
Rhys Burriss – Reform UK 508
Malcolm Colledge – Conservative Party 63
Bill Kellett – Labour Party 356
Maggie Tallerman – Green Party 54
Stephen White – Liberal Democrats 443
Sacriston and Witton Gilbert
Nicholas Kasch – Green Party 177
Hugh Massey – Liberal Democrats 807
Andrew Page – Labour Party 500
James Pickard – Reform UK 1,088
Andy Przybysz – Liberal Democrats 709
Timothy Robson – Reform UK 1,023
Emma Waldock – Labour Party 553
Seaham
Cristopher Fairs – Reform UK 1,145
Andrew Harrison – Reform UK 1,219
Stephen Joseph – Green Party 151
Tolu Kolawole – Conservative Party 116
Rochelle Laine – Labour Party 747
Ian McAndrew – Conservative Party 150
John Purvis – Labour Party 691
Rafe Richards – Liberal Democrats 87
Barry Taylor – Seaham Community Party 777
Stephen Wayman – Seaham Community Party 656
Sedgefield
Ian Catchpole – Reform UK 1,115
Rebecca Dixon – Green Party 229
Lucy Gibson – Labour Party 529
Philip Layton – Liberal Democrats 102
Chris Lines – Independent 1,372
Christine Moore – Reform UK 926
Kester Noble – Labour Party 501
Elaine Peeke – Conservative Party 624
Charlotte Shaw – Liberal Democrats 120
Richard Wilkes – Green Party 111
Shildon and Dene Valley
Leanne Barrett – Liberal Democrats 389
Jack Charlton – Conservative Party 282
Charlie Kay – Labour Party 768
Fred Langley – Independent 625
Clive Parker – Conservative Party 221
Shirley Quinn – Labour Party 849
Michael Ramage – Reform UK 2,220
Kate Rowland – Reform UK 2,181
Michael Shaw – Liberal Democrats 336
James Stephenson – Reform UK 2,034
Samantha Townsend – Labour Party 805
Spennymoor
Christopher Coxon – Conservative Party 70
David Evans – Conservative Party 97
Stephen Gilling – Labour Party 444
Liz Maddison – Independent 1,162
Pete Molloy – Independent 1,006
Liss Owen – Liberal Democrats 466
Dean Ranyard – Liberal Democrats 544
Jabez Sherrington – Labour Party 324
Ernest Spowart – Reform UK 977
William Thorkildsen – Reform UK 824
Stanley
Charles Aldous – Conservative Party 117
Christine Blatchford – Reform UK 1,366
James Kane – Labour Party 640
Carl Marshall – Labour Party 601
Paddy McGough – Independent 270
David Rolfe – Liberal Democrats 154
David Walton – Reform UK 1,336
Frankie Ward – Independent 78
Thornley and Wheatley Hill
Pamela Askell – Liberal Democrats 65
Neil Craggs – Reform UK 921
Jake Miller – Labour Party 375
Graham Southall – Conservative Party 53
Trimdon and Wingate
Mary-Lynn Franklin – Reform UK 1,361
Lucy Hovvels – Labour Party 797
Susan Husband – Reform UK 1,171
Sean Ivey – North East Party 514
Rathika Krishnarajasri – Conservative Party 120
Liz Temple – Liberal Democrats 186
Paul Trippett – Labour Party 660
Tudhoe
Andy Anderson – Independent 697
Neil Foster – Labour Party 412
Ian Geldard – Labour Party 479
Martin Jones – Liberal Democrats 101
Nicola Lyons – Reform UK 826
Billy McAloon – Independent 996
Oliver Peeke – Conservative Party 98
Beckie Ranyard – Liberal Democrats 168
Michael Renton – Conservative Party 73
Dave Whalley – Reform UK 747
Upper Teesdale
Richard Bell – Conservative Party 808
Ian Hirst – Reform UK 522
Chris Kelsey – Labour Party 253
Kathleen McGough – Green Party 103
Florence Simpson – Liberal Democrats 84
Weardale
Paul Beattie – Reform UK 1,037
David Brown – Reform UK 1,031
Olivia Dunn – Liberal Democrats 135
Matthew Ferguson – Green Party 267
Gemma Holmes-Wood – Labour Party 250
Richard Lawrie – Conservative Party 490
Sally-Beth Marshall – Labour Party 233
Anita Savory – Independent 1,331
John Shuttleworth – Independent 1,215
Will Wearmouth – Conservative Party 762
West Auckland
Alan Breeze – Independent 104
Nick Brown – Reform UK 1,453
Alison Fidgin – Liberal Democrats 78
Stephen Gray – Reform UK 1,287
Georgia Holmes – Conservative Party 230
Alyson Hudson – Liberal Democrats 89
George Smith – Labour Party 874
Liz Tyrrell – Green Party 118
Robert Yorke – Labour Party 906
Lesley Zair – Independent 131
Willington and Hunwick
Aaron Calder – Liberal Democrats 134
Olym Gunn – Labour Party 763
Cathy Hunt – Reform UK 1,336
Emma Hunt – Reform UK 1,281
Sam Mitchell-Worthington – Conservative Party 249
Geoff Moore – Liberal Democrats 174
David Saygi – Green Party 180
Aidan Smith – Conservative Party 225
Angela Smith – Independent 241
Trevor Tinsley – Labour Party 610
