Darlington Council - Wards and Councillors

Unitary authority · North East · 50 seats in 20 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Darlington Council is run by a Labour / Liberal Democrats coalition. The council has 50 councillors in 20 wards. Seats by party: Labour 23, Conservative 12, Green 6, Other 5, Reform 2, Lib Dem 2. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

Control

Seats by party

Labour / Liberal Democrats Coalition

50 seats - 26 for a majority

Reform 2Labour 23Conservative 12Lib Dem 2Green 6Other 5

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Other +4 Reform +2 Labour −1 Lib Dem −1 Green −1 Conservative −3

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (50 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Conservative35.6%15

Labour30.1%24

Green18.5%7

Other10.0%1

Lib Dem5.7%3

Next election

6 May 2027

all 50 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Labour 23

3 short of the 26 needed for a majority

Closest result

Brinkburn & Faverdale

Conservative won the last seat by 11 votes over Labour, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Red Hall & Lingfield

Reform gain from Labour, 11 December 2025 (1 since 2021)

Constituencies

2 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

56%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib DemGreenIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 20 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Bank Top & Lascelles David Ray, Andrew Anderson, Helen Crumbie	4 May 2023 Labour 49.5% lead 20.0 pts
Brinkburn & Faverdale Rebecca Baker, David Beckett, Scott Durham	4 May 2023 Labour 46.3% lead 4.5 pts
Cockerton Jan Cossins, Neil Johnson, Jim Garner	4 May 2023 Labour 49.9% lead 17.0 pts
College Matthew Snedker, Bryony Holroyd	4 May 2023 Green 65.4% lead 40.4 pts
Eastbourne Joe Dillon, Jonathan Dulston, Kevin Nicholson	4 May 2023 Independent 25.0% lead 0.3 pts
Harrowgate Hill Anna-Maria Toms, Roz Henderson, Richard Lawley	4 May 2023 Green 42.5% lead 13.1 pts
Haughton & Springfield Chris McEwan, Dawn Storr, Nick Wallis	4 May 2023 Labour 53.7% lead 16.4 pts
Heighington & Coniscliffe Paul Crudass, Gerald Lee	4 May 2023 Conservative 47.9% lead 24.5 pts
Hummersknott Thomas Robinson, Kate Mammolotti	4 May 2023 Green 53.1% lead 11.1 pts
Hurworth Paul Walters, Lorraine Tostevin	4 May 2023 Conservative 51.1% lead 27.9 pts
Mowden Alan Marshall, Pauline Culley	4 May 2023 Conservative 55.9% lead 27.6 pts
North Road Anne-Marie Curry, Hilary Allen, James Coe	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 40.3% lead 9.7 pts
Northgate Sonia Kane, Sajna Ali	4 May 2023 Labour 51.4% lead 23.4 pts
Park East Libby McCollom, Michael Nicholson, Matthew Roche	4 May 2023 Labour 48.5% lead 20.0 pts
Park West Bob Donoghue, Heather Scott	4 May 2023 Conservative 41.3% lead 20.4 pts
Pierremont Stephen Harker, James McGill, Mary Layton	4 May 2023 Labour 52.8% lead 23.2 pts
Red Hall & Lingfield Mandy Porter, Michael Walker	4 May 2023 Labour 53.9% lead 14.0 pts
Sadberge & Middleton St George Colin Pease, Deborah Laing, Yvonne Renton	4 May 2023 Conservative 32.0% lead 9.3 pts
Stephenson Mohammad Mahmud, Ian Haszeldine	4 May 2023 Labour 47.8% lead 7.9 pts
Whinfield Andy Keir, Jamie Bartch	4 May 2023 Conservative 45.4% lead 10.4 pts

Bank Top & Lascelles

Andrew Anderson LabourDavid Ray LabourHelen Crumbie Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour49.5%

Conservative29.5%

Independent13.1%

Green7.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Helen Crumbie Elected	Labour	593
David Jeffrey Ray Elected	Labour	579
Andrew Graham Anderson Elected	Labour	577
Jo Barker	Conservative	354
Emily Dorothy Chamberlain	Conservative	322
Pat Tobin	Conservative	312
Darrien Wright	Independent	157
Helen Whittington	Green	95
Geoff Hill	Green	84
Ian MacMurray	Green	74

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Brinkburn & Faverdale

David Beckett LabourRebecca Baker LabourScott Durham Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour46.3%

Conservative41.8%

Green7.8%

Lib Dem4.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rebecca Elizabeth Baker Elected	Labour	987
David Joseph Beckett Elected	Labour	949
Scott Durham Elected	Conservative	891
Sarah Catherine Holt	Labour	880
Sally Maria Clarke	Conservative	877
Andrew Raw	Conservative	843
Sarah Margaret Siddle	Green	166
Ty Hankinson	Green	139
Nick Wilson	Green	129
Paul Bennett	Lib Dem	86

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Cockerton

Jan Cossins LabourJim Garner LabourNeil Johnson Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour49.9%

Conservative32.9%

Green12.4%

Lib Dem4.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jan Cossins Elected	Labour	738
Jim Garner Elected	Labour	652
Neil Johnson Elected	Labour	634
Victoria Bartch	Conservative	486
Sam Bell	Conservative	485
Jonathan Robert Hodgson	Conservative	473
Vicky Atkinson	Green	184
Susie Alice Broughton	Green	143
Tamara Anne Ullyart	Green	128
Malcolm Dunstone	Lib Dem	71

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

College

Bryony Holroyd GreenMatthew Snedker Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Green65.4%

Conservative25.0%

Labour7.9%

Lib Dem1.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Matthew Snedker Elected	Green	1,255
Bryony Hannah Holroyd Elected	Green	1,245
Mark James Hardy	Conservative	479
Andy Maughan	Conservative	442
Elizabeth Jane Watson	Labour	152
Lian Richard Hutchings	Labour	143
Charlie Curry	Lib Dem	32

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Eastbourne

Joe Dillon LabourJonathan Dulston ConservativeKevin Nicholson Reform

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Independent25.0%

Conservative24.7%

Labour21.0%

Independent14.6%

Independent10.7%

Green4.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kevin Nicholson Elected	Independent	629
Jonathan Dulston Elected	Conservative	622
Joe Dillon Elected	Labour	529
Chris Taylor	Labour	476
Jan Taylor	Labour	466
Maureen Martin	Independent	368
Alison Reynolds	Conservative	276
Steven James Tait	Independent	268
Sue Morley	Green	100
Stuart Donald Bramley	Green	90
Richard Wise	Green	69

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Harrowgate Hill

Anna-Maria Toms GreenRichard Lawley GreenRoz Henderson Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Green42.5%

Labour29.4%

Conservative24.6%

Independent3.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Roz Henderson Elected	Green	846
Anna-Maria Toms Elected	Green	765
Richard Lawley Elected	Green	720
Martin William Landers	Labour	586
Joe Passman	Labour	563
Sophie Grace Landers	Labour	561
Jon Clarke	Conservative	489
Samantha Claire Bedingfield-Weller	Conservative	475
Mikey Vasey	Conservative	421
Ian Vincent Ferguson	Independent	70

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Haughton & Springfield

Chris McEwan LabourDawn Storr LabourNick Wallis Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour53.7%

Conservative37.3%

Green9.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chris McEwan Elected	Labour	904
Nick Wallis Elected	Labour	846
Dawn Storr Elected	Labour	811
Paul Culley	Conservative	627
Bob Mills	Conservative	587
Joe Dunn	Conservative	548
Andrew Michael Bramfitt	Green	151
Bill Stuart	Green	130
Alex Swainston	Green	124

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Heighington & Coniscliffe

Gerald Lee IndependentPaul Crudass Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative47.9%

Independent23.4%

Labour15.2%

Green9.8%

Lib Dem3.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gerald Garfield Lee Elected	Conservative	869
Paul Crudass Elected	Conservative	665
Holly Ann White	Independent	425
Paul Alexander Oxley Harman	Labour	275
Tony Roberts	Labour	273
Michael Cooke	Green	178
Michael Fearneyhough	Green	122
Bill Oliver	Lib Dem	67

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hummersknott

Kate Mammolotti GreenThomas Robinson Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Green53.1%

Conservative42.0%

Labour4.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Thomas Julian Robinson Elected	Green	1,009
Kate Mammolotti Elected	Green	985
Bill Galbraith	Conservative	798
Jack Sowerby	Conservative	732
Clare Patricia McAdam	Labour	93
Rebecca Mary Taylor	Labour	85

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hurworth

Lorraine Tostevin ConservativePaul Walters Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative51.1%

Lib Dem23.2%

Labour13.6%

Green12.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Lorraine Kristin Tostevin Elected	Conservative	716
Paul Anthony Walters Elected	Conservative	644
Joe Kelley	Lib Dem	325
Nigel Frederick Boddy	Lib Dem	278
Hannah Louise Guy	Labour	190
Peter Daniel Commane	Green	169
Elizabeth Helen Muggleton	Labour	157
Chris Fishwick	Green	75

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Mowden

Alan Marshall ConservativePauline Culley Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative55.9%

Labour28.3%

Green12.0%

Lib Dem3.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pauline Culley Elected	Conservative	871
Alan James Marshall Elected	Conservative	842
Bob Carson	Labour	441
Tim Paver	Labour	426
Vanessa Gail Hilton	Green	187
Paul Wayne Hilton	Green	159
Laura Helen Wilson	Lib Dem	60

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

North Road

Anne-Marie Curry Lib DemHilary Allen Lib DemJames Coe Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem40.3%

Labour30.6%

Conservative19.6%

Green9.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Anne-Marie Curry Elected	Lib Dem	465
Hilary Allen Elected	Lib Dem	438
James Coe Elected	Lib Dem	394
Jan Bowles	Labour	353
Jonnie Vasey	Labour	323
Syed Marjanul Haque	Labour	293
Nigel William Kendrew	Conservative	226
Rachael Louise Booth	Conservative	197
Pratish Thakkar	Conservative	179
Jon Barley	Green	111
Kathy Barley	Green	104
Faith Patricia Lawley	Green	100

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Northgate

Sajna Ali LabourSonia Kane Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour51.4%

Conservative28.0%

Lib Dem10.8%

Green9.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sonia Elizabeth Kane Elected	Labour	380
Syeda Sajna Begum Ali Elected	Labour	373
Yvonne Dilys Richardson	Conservative	207
Eldhose Ayniyedath Saju	Conservative	188
David James Lewis Collinge	Lib Dem	80
Louise A Maddison	Green	72
Neil Philip Kang-Scarth	Green	50

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Park East

Libby McCollom LabourMatthew Roche LabourMichael Nicholson Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour48.5%

Conservative28.5%

Green11.9%

Lib Dem6.3%

Independent4.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Libby McCollom Elected	Labour	704
Michael Robert Nicholson Elected	Labour	680
Matthew Roche Elected	Labour	663
Martin John Bell	Conservative	413
Chris Lowery	Conservative	385
Sarah Anne Rose	Conservative	342
Ann Hunter	Green	172
Jane Marie Mitchell	Green	137
Kulvanth Kaur	Green	133
Scott Wood	Lib Dem	92
Janne Gandy	Independent	70

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Park West

Bob Donoghue ConservativeHeather Scott Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative41.3%

Labour20.9%

Lib Dem20.9%

Green17.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Heather Scott Elected	Conservative	789
Bob Donoghue Elected	Conservative	757
Mel McEvoy	Labour	399
Sarah Jane Sams	Lib Dem	399
Simon Thorley	Lib Dem	364
Martin John Wood	Green	324
John Murray Sloss	Labour	319
William Rowell	Green	226

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Pierremont

James McGill LabourMary Layton LabourStephen Harker Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour52.8%

Conservative29.6%

Green11.8%

Lib Dem5.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Steve Harker Elected	Labour	872
Mary Layton Elected	Labour	809
James Stephen McGill Elected	Labour	756
Roger Duncan Clark	Conservative	488
Margaret Donoghue	Conservative	461
Catherine Anne Hart	Conservative	374
Cat McConnachie	Green	194
Megan Jessie Violet Hemsley	Green	162
Amy Elizabeth Mycock	Green	150
Gary Potter	Lib Dem	97

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Red Hall & Lingfield

Mandy Porter LabourMichael Walker Reform

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour53.9%

Conservative39.9%

Green6.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mandy Porter Elected	Labour	551
Amanda Louise Riley Elected	Labour	534
KJ Hawkins	Conservative	408
David Willis	Conservative	400
Joanne Ashwood	Green	64
Mary Elizabeth Gravenor	Green	61

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 11 December 2025

Reform37.7%

Conservative17.3%

Lib Dem17.3%

Labour16.8%

Green9.8%

Independent1.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Michael Alan Walker Elected	Reform	341	37.7%
Kyle Thomas Bartch	Conservative	157	17.3%
Simon Thorley	Lib Dem	157	17.3%
Jonnie Vasey	Labour	152	16.8%
Louise A Maddison	Green	89	9.8%
Monty Brack	Independent	9	1.0%

Sadberge & Middleton St George

Colin Pease IndependentDeborah Laing ConservativeYvonne Renton Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative32.0%

Independent22.7%

Independent21.0%

Labour12.8%

Green8.0%

Lib Dem3.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Deborah Laing Elected	Conservative	909
Yvonne Renton Elected	Conservative	750
Colin Terence Pease Elected	Conservative	744
Maria Darling	Independent	645
David John Darling	Independent	596
Sandy Thorne-Wallis	Labour	363
Lee Vasey	Labour	283
Paul Leonard Webster	Labour	259
Suzy Lucas	Green	227
Paul Richard Foster	Green	224
Fred Greenhow	Green	182
Christopher John Marlowe	Lib Dem	99

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stephenson

Ian Haszeldine LabourMohammad Mahmud Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour47.8%

Conservative39.9%

Green7.8%

Independent2.3%

Independent2.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ian G Haszeldine Elected	Labour	483
Mohammad Romalus Mahmud Elected	Labour	432
Mike Renton	Conservative	403
Michael Alan Walker	Conservative	331
Lucy Rosemary Chapman	Green	79
Pete Greenwood	Green	48
Monty Brack	Independent	23
Frazer Spence	Independent	22

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Whinfield

Andy Keir ConservativeJamie Bartch Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative45.4%

Green35.0%

Labour19.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jamie Bartch Elected	Conservative	615
Andy Keir Elected	Conservative	612
Mike McTimoney	Green	474
Terri Hankinson	Green	456
Amanda McEwan	Labour	266
Josh Spears	Labour	234

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

6 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Eastbourne	Kevin Nicholson	Independent 2023	Reform
Heighington & Coniscliffe	Gerald Lee	Conservative 2023	Independent
Hummersknott	Thomas Robinson	Green 2023	Independent
North Road	James Coe	Lib Dem 2023	Independent
Sadberge & Middleton St George	Colin Pease	Conservative 2023	Independent
Sadberge & Middleton St George	Yvonne Renton	Conservative 2023	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

1 by-election since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
11 December 2025	Red Hall & Lingfield	Reform gain from Labour	38.0%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Darlington	91%	Labour	Labour 32%
Stockton West	9%	Conservative	Conservative 40%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Darlington

107,797 residents in 48,927 households

Voted Leave in 2016

56% 4 above GB

Degree or higher

29% 5 below GB

No qualifications

19% 1 above GB

Own their home

63% 2 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

16% 1 below GB

Rent privately

21% 1 above GB

Aged 15 to 34

28% 3 below GB

Aged 65 and over

25% 3 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.