2005 Durham County Council election

2005 UK local government election

Results by electoral division. Key:

Conservative

Labour

Liberal Democrat

Independent

Derwentside Independents

Elections to Durham County Council took place on 5 May 2005, as part of the 2005 local elections in the United Kingdom. The election also took place on the same day as the 2005 general election. This was the council's final election before it became a unitary authority as part of changes to local government in 2009, with the first elections to the new unitary council taking place in 2008. New electoral division boundaries were introduced for this election, with 63 divisions returning one councillor each using the first past the post voting system.[1]

Labour kept control of the council with 53 seats. The Liberal Democrats were second with five seats and the Conservatives won two seats.[2] There were also three independents elected, including two from the Derwentside Independents group.

## Results

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Durham County Council election, 2005[3][4] Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| Labour | 53 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 84.1 | 56.7 | 124,683 | N/A
| Liberal Democrats | 5  | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7.9  | 20.4  | 44,878  | N/A
| Conservative | 2  | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.2  | 14.7  | 32,358  | N/A
| Derwentside Independents | 2  | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.2  | 3.6  | 7,835  | N/A
| Independent | 1  | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.6  | 4.5  | 9,833  | N/A
| Socialist (GB) | 0  | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0  | 0.1  | 288  | N/A
| BNP | 0  | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0  | 0.1  | 119  | N/A

## Results by electoral division

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### Chester-le-Street (7 seats)

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Chester-le-Street North & East  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Joseph Knox  | 1,816  | 47.3
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Hutchinson  | 799  | 20.8
| Conservative | Beatrice Bainbridge  | 630  | 16.4
| Independent | Lancelot Edward William Brown  | 592  | 15.4
Chester-le-Street South  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Rita Greener Carr  | 1,946  | 49.3
| Liberal Democrats | Russell Amor Haswell  | 1,254  | 31.8
| Conservative | Amanda Jane Hall  | 745  | 18.9
Chester-le-Street West Central  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Brian David Ebbatson  | 1,853  | 63.6
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Kilkenny  | 682  | 23.4
| Conservative | Philip Clive Stevens  | 378  | 12.9
Lumley  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | John Brian Walker  | 1,860  | 53.1
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Mary Rae  | 593  | 16.9
| Conservative | Justin Matthew Garrod  | 576  | 16.4
| Independent | Audrey Willis  | 475  | 13.6
Ouston and Urpeth  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Christine Teresa Smith  | 2,170  | 60.5
| Liberal Democrats | John Leak  | 827  | 23.1
| Conservative | James Norman  | 588  | 16.4
Pelton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | James Sands Cordon  | 1,848  | 49.3
| Liberal Democrats | George Herbert Gardner  | 698  | 18.6
| Conservative | Frank Lumsden  | 655  | 17.5
| Independent | William Laverick  | 545  | 14.5
Sacriston  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Linda Anne Wright  | 1,693  | 66.6
| Liberal Democrats | Simon James Key  | 499  | 19.6
| Conservative | Mark Anthony Watson  | 349  | 13.7

### Derwentside (11 seats)

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Annfield Plain  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Michele Hodgson  | 2,119  | 70.1
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Raine  | 623  | 20.6
| Conservative | Julie Ann Watson  | 280  | 9.3
Benfieldside  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | John Davies  | 1,250  | 40.4
| Derwentside Independents | John Joseph Healey  | 866  | 27.9
| Liberal Democrats | Bruce Neilson McCaig  | 647  | 20.9
| Conservative | Julia Carole Ross  | 330  | 10.7
Burnopfield and Dipton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Derwentside Independents | Reginald Ord  | 1,578  | 45.9
| Labour | Eunice Wilkinson Turnbull  | 1,474  | 42.9
| Conservative | Russell Alan Ross  | 385  | 11.2
Consett North  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Clive Robson  | 2,120  | 61.2
| Liberal Democrats | Owen Leighton Temple  | 947  | 27.4
| Conservative | Kenneth Hall Wilson  | 395  | 11.4
Craghead and Southmoor  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | David Haddon Marshall  | 1,825  | 67.8
| Derwentside Independents | James William Harper  | 450  | 16.7
| Liberal Democrats | Denis Edwin Jackson  | 279  | 10.4
| Conservative | Judith Turner  | 136  | 5.1
Delves Lane and Consett South  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Robert Young  | 2,178  | 56.1
| Derwentside Independents | Anthony Westgarth  | 1,389  | 35.8
| Conservative | Ivy Wilson  | 316  | 8.1
Esh  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Joseph Armstrong  | 1,463  | 50.9
| Derwentside Independents | Wallace Joseph Tyrie  | 556  | 19.3
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Robert Michael Shaw  | 484  | 16.8
| Conservative | Patricia Ann Adams  | 374  | 12.9
Lanchester  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Thomas Forster  | 1,508  | 40.4
| Conservative | Peter Michael Carr  | 797  | 21.3
| Derwentside Independents | Richard Young  | 717  | 19.2
| Liberal Democrats | Christine English  | 713  | 19.1
Leadgate and Medomsley  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Derwentside Independents | Watts Stelling  | 2,279  | 51.4
| Labour | Eric Turner  | 1,663  | 37.5
| Conservative | George Andrew Adams  | 495  | 11.2
Stanley  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Claire Louise Vasey  | 2,169  | 69.2
| Liberal Democrats | David Agutter Rolfe  | 628  | 20.0
| Conservative | Jonathan Turner  | 220  | 7.0
| BNP | Dean Kevin Frederick McAdam  | 119  | 3.8
Tanfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Edna Hunter  | 2,036  | 60.3
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew David Curtis  | 945  | 27.9
| Conservative | Judith May Webb  | 395  | 11.7

### Durham (11 seats)

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Belmont  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Holroyd  | 1,768  | 52.5
| Labour | Patricia Margaret Johnston  | 1,256  | 37.3
| Conservative | Darren Bean  | 345  | 10.2
Brandon  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Ronald Clive Rodgers  | 2,593  | 61.4
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Jean Ann Smith  | 1,629  | 38.6
Coxhoe  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Dennis Morgan  | 2,260  | 65.9
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Maurice Martin  | 866  | 25.3
| Conservative | Frederick Farley  | 300  | 8.8
Deerness Valley  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Jean Kathleen Chaplow  | 2,705  | 60.9
| Liberal Democrats | Arnold Simpson  | 1,357  | 30.5
| Conservative | Alistair Tebbit  | 381  | 8.6
Durham South  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Donna Michelle Whitfield  | 1,526  | 46.8
| Liberal Democrats | Isabell Lunan  | 1,429  | 43.8
| Conservative | Jennifer Duncan Wakefield  | 306  | 9.4
Elvet  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Liberal Democrats | David Robert Freeman  | 2,184  | 56.8
| Labour | John Ashby  | 925  | 24.0
| Conservative | Christopher John Arthur  | 739  | 19.2
Framwellgate Moor  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Norman Donald Parker Ross  | 2,339  | 48.9
| Liberal Democrats | Redvers Frederick Crooks  | 1,952  | 40.8
| Conservative | Patricia Wynne  | 496  | 10.4
Gilesgate  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Liberal Democrats | Dennis James Southwell  | 1,848  | 48.2
| Labour | Peter James Thompson  | 1,763  | 45.9
| Conservative | Jeremy Richard Stocker  | 226  | 5.9
Neville's Cross  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Martin  | 2,681  | 63.8
| Labour | Jonathan George Alfred Roberts  | 923  | 21.9
| Conservative | Michael Drummond Moverley Smith  | 601  | 14.3
Newton Hall  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Liberal Democrats | Frances Marnie Simmons  | 2,328  | 53.9
| Labour | Aurelia Constance Smith  | 1,569  | 36.4
| Conservative | Helen Dorothy Osborn  | 415  | 9.6
Sherburn  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Raymond Pye  | 2,412  | 53.8
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Jane King  | 1,690  | 37.7
| Conservative | Michael James Fishwick  | 385  | 8.6

### Easington (12 seats)

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Blackhalls  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Alan Cox  | 2,639  | 80.1
| Conservative | Julia Anne Welford  | 655  | 19.9
Dawdon  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Alan Fenwick  | 1,717  | 79.7
| Conservative | Jacquelyn Butler  | 438  | 20.3
Deneside  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Albert Nugent  | 1,921  | 74.7
| Conservative | Mark Thomas Nicholson  | 361  | 14.0
| Socialist (GB) | Stephen Paul Colborn  | 288  | 11.2
Easington  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Alan Barker  | 2,519  | 79.4
| Conservative | Margaret Reid  | 652  | 20.6
Horden  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Peter Paul Stradling  | 2,723  | 88.2
| Conservative | Mona Riley  | 366  | 11.8
Murton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | John William Downie Maddison  | 2,510  | 85.2
| Conservative | Christopher Edward James Butler  | 436  | 14.8
Peterlee East  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Gordon Tennant  | 1,856  | 75.2
| Independent | Leslie Reynolds  | 404  | 16.4
| Conservative | Roger John Nimmo Booth  | 209  | 8.5
Peterlee West  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Dennis Coates  | 2,276  | 85.8
| Conservative | Hazel Lodge  | 376  | 14.2
Seaham  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Ronald Meir  | 2,246  | 69.8
| Conservative | Derick Dixon  | 971  | 30.2
Shotton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Norman Wade  | 2,735  | 83.6
| Conservative | Lucille Diana Nicholson  | 538  | 16.4
Thornley  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Morris Nicholls  | 2,642  | 89.9
| Conservative | Jack Victor Seear  | 297  | 10.1
Wingate  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Leonard O'Donnell  | 3,205  | 78.7
| Conservative | Lindsay Marigold Seear  | 870  | 21.3

### Sedgefield (11 seats)

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Aycliffe East  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Sarah Jane Iveson  | 1,836  | 59.6
| Independent | William Maurice Blenkinsopp  | 890  | 28.9
| Conservative | Geoffrey Nicholas Crass  | 356  | 11.6
Aycliffe North  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Keith Henderson  | 1,859  | 53.3
| Independent | Terence Hogan  | 991  | 28.4
| Conservative | Joyce Mary Raine  | 636  | 18.2
Aycliffe West  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | George Coulson Gray  | 1,815  | 57.0
| Independent | Enid Marion Paylor  | 956  | 30.0
| Conservative | Patricia Margaret Waller  | 412  | 12.9
Chilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | George Porter  | 2,516  | 65.2
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Sproat  | 890  | 23.1
| Conservative | William Leslie Turner  | 453  | 11.7
Ferryhill  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Charles Magee  | 2,728  | 66.1
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Mountford  | 1,156  | 28.0
| Conservative | Patricia Anne Whan  | 243  | 5.9
Sedgefield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | John Robinson  | 2,196  | 57.6
| Conservative | David Ralph Brown  | 1,616  | 42.4
Shildon East  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Dorothy Bowman  | 1,968  | 53.0
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth Michael Robinson Howe  | 791  | 21.3
| Independent | Simon Joseph Brown  | 595  | 16.0
| Conservative | Alan Booth  | 356  | 9.6
Shildon West  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Vernon Chapman  | 1,312  | 42.5
| Liberal Democrats | James Garry Huntington  | 1,310  | 42.5
| Independent | John Mayfors Smith  | 337  | 10.9
| Conservative | Marney Jane Swan  | 126  | 4.1
Spennymoor and Middlestone  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Ernest Foster  | 2,413  | 57.4
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Thompson  | 1,358  | 32.3
| Conservative | Paul Andrew Carmedy  | 431  | 10.3
Trimdon  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Paul Trippett  | 2,744  | 76.2
| Conservative | Christine Moyle  | 857  | 23.8
Tudhoe  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Neil Crowther Foster  | 2,526  | 61.8
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Thomas Brian Jones  | 1,041  | 25.5
| Conservative | Matthew Miller  | 523  | 12.8

### Teesdale (3 seats)

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Barnard Castle East  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Conservative | Josephine Hazel Fergus  | 2,423  | 57.5
| Labour | Fred Blackwell  | 1,788  | 42.5
Barnard Castle West  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Conservative | Richard Andrew Bell  | 2,155  | 52.1
| Labour | Keith Stokeld  | 1,143  | 27.6
| Independent | David Andrew Wearmouth  | 842  | 30.3
Evenwood  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | John Priestley  | 2,246  | 58.5
| Conservative | George Morland Richardson  | 1,592  | 41.5

### Wear Valley (8 seats)

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Bishop Auckland Town  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Kenneth Manton  | 1,459  | 41.4
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote-Wood  | 1,042  | 29.6
| Conservative | Colin Raine  | 666  | 18.9
| Independent | Stephen Anthony Hare  | 208  | 5.9
| Independent | Thomas Waggott  | 145  | 4.1
Coundon  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Philip Robert Graham  | 1,616  | 59.8
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Taylor  | 787  | 29.1
| Conservative | Douglas David Milne  | 300  | 11.1
Crook North and Tow Law  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Trevor Carroll  | 1,553  | 54.2
| Liberal Democrats | John Bailey  | 1,314  | 45.8
Crook South  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Robert Pendlebury  | 2,194  | 68.9
| Liberal Democrats | David English  | 987  | 31.0
Weardale  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Independent | John Shuttleworth  | 2,853  | 67.8
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Allan  | 774  | 18.4
| Labour | Alison Mary Hiles  | 583  | 13.8
West Auckland  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Harold Douthwaite  | 1,619  | 52.5
| Liberal Democrats | John Ferguson  | 1,057  | 34.3
| Conservative | Howard Bowen-Jones  | 407  | 13.2
Willington  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | Brian Leslie Myers  | 2,199  | 62.7
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Maria Glynn  | 1,309  | 37.3
Woodhouse Close  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Labour | John Lethbridge  | 2,119  | 67.7
| Liberal Democrats | Winston Edward Frank Perkins  | 712  | 22.7
| Conservative | Sandra J Moorhouse  | 299  | 9.6

## References

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1. ^ "The County of Durham (Electoral Changes) Order 2005", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2005/176
2. ^ "Local election results: Durham". BBC News. 6 May 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
3. ^ "Durham County Council results". The Journal. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
4. ^ "Durham". Andrew Teale. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

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