County Durham

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County Durham

[Tony Otim]

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www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/county-durham

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Who is retiring?

DURHAM

Elected in 2021 (126): Lab 53, Con 24, Independent 22, Lib Dem 17, Derwentside Independents 5, The North East Party 4, Green Party 1

Retiring Councillors (as at 09.11.2024) (126): Lab 54, Con 21, Lib Dem 17,
The Durham Group 13 (Independent 5, Derwentside Independents 4, The North East Party 2, Green Party 1, No Description 1),
Durham County Council Independent Group 9 (Independent 8, Derwentside Independents 1),
The County Durham Independents 6,
Spennymoor and Tudhoe Independent Group 3 (Independent) 3,
The Unaligned Group 3 (The North East Party 2, Independent 1),



*Christine Bell (The Durham Group (Derwentside Independents)) (Annfield Plain)
*Joan Nicholson (The Durham Group (Derwentside Independents)) (Annfield Plain)
Jim Atkinson (Lab) (Aycliffe East)
Neville Jones (Lib Dem) (Aycliffe East)
Michael Stead (Lib Dem) (Aycliffe North and Middridge)
Tony Stubbs (Con) (Aycliffe North and Middridge)
David Sutton-Lloyd (Con) (Aycliffe North and Middridge)
Eddy Adam (Lab) (Aycliffe West)
Ken Robson (The Durham Group (Independent)) (Aycliffe West)
George Richardson (Con) (Barnard Castle East)
James Rowlandson (Con) (Barnard Castle East)
Richard Bell (Con) (Barnard Castle West)
Ted Henderson (Con) (Barnard Castle West)
*Christine Fletcher (Lab) (Belmont)
Eric Mavin (Lib Dem) (Belmont)
*Lesley Mavin (Lib Dem) (Belmont)
Kevin Earley (Lab) (Benfieldside)
Stephen Robinson (Durham County Council Independent Group (Derwentside Independents) (Benfieldside)
Andrew Jackson (Con) (Bishop Auckland Town)
Sam Zair (The Durham Group (Independent)) (Bishop Auckland Town)
*Elaine Peeke (Con) (Bishop Middleham and Cornforth)
Rob Crute (Lab) (Blackhalls)
*Stacey Deinali (Lab) (Blackhalls)
Jonathan Elmer (The Durham Group (Green Party)) (Brandon)
Paul Taylor (Lab) (Brandon)
*Veronica Andrews (Lab) (Burnopfield and Dipton)
Declan Mulholland (Lab) (Burnopfield and Dipton)
*Julie Scurfield (Lab) (Chester-le-Street East) – elected in by-election (04.05.2023)
*Tracie Smith (Lab) (Chester-le-Street North)
Bill Moist (The County Durham Independents (Independent)) (Chester-le-Street South)
Paul Sexton (The County Durham Independents (Independent)) (Chester-le-Street South)
*Karen Fantarrow (The County Durham Independents (Independent)) (Chester-le-Street West Central)
Simon Henig (Lab) (Chester-le-Street West Central)
*Julie Cairns (The Durham Group (No Description)) (Chilton)
*Kathryn Rooney (Lib Dem) (Consett North)
Alex Watson (The Durham Group (Independent)) (Consett North)
Dominic Haney (Lib Dem) (Consett South)
Charlie Kay (Lab) (Coundon)
*Viv Anderson (Lab) (Coxhoe) – elected in by-election (04.07.2024)
*Jan Blakey (Durham County Council Independent Group (Independent)) (Coxhoe)
Gary Hutchinson (Durham County Council Independent Group (Independent)) (Coxhoe)
*Carole Hampson (Lab) (Craghead and South Moor)
Sam McMahon (The County Durham Independents, elected as Lab) (Craghead and South Moor)
Mike Currah (Con) (Crook)
*Patricia Jopling (Con) (Crook)
*Anne Reed (Durham County Council Independent Group (Independent)) (Crook)
Kevin Shaw (Lab) (Dawdon)
*June Watson (Lab) (Dawdon) – elected in by-election (30.11.2023)
*Jean Chaplow (Lab) (Deerness)
Dan Nicholls (Lab) (Deerness)
*Marion Wilson (Lab) (Deerness)
*Angela Sterling (Con) (Delves Lane)
*Michelle Walton (Con) (Delves Lane)
*Rochelle Charlton-Lainê (Lab) (Deneside)
John Purvis (Lab) (Deneside)
David Stoker (Lib Dem) (Durham South)
David Boyers (Lab) (Easington)
*Angela Surtees (Lab) (Easington)
David Freeman (Lib Dem) (Elvet and Gilesgate)
Richard Ormerod (Lib Dem) (Elvet and Gilesgate)
*Bev Coult (Lib Dem) (Esh and Witton Gilbert)
Arnie Simpson (Lib Dem) (Esh and Witton Gilbert)
James Cosslett (Con) (Evenwood)
Robert Potts (Con) (Evenwood)
Peter Atkinson (Lab) (Ferryhill)
Curtis Bihari (Lab) (Ferryhill) – elected in by-election (24.02.2022)
Joe Quinn (Con) (Ferryhill)
*Amanda Hopgood (Lib Dem) (Framwellgate and Newton Hall)
*Marnie Simmons (Lib Dem) (Framwellgate and Newton Hall)
*Mark Wilkes (Lib Dem) (Framwellgate and Newton Hall)
*June Clark (Lab) (Horden) – elected in by-election (02.05.2024)
Ian McLean (Lab) (Horden)
Mike McGaun (The County Durham Independents, elected as Con) (Lanchester)
Douglas Oliver (Con) (Lanchester)
Alan Shield (The Durham Group (Derwentside Independents)) (Leadgate and Meadomsley)
Watts Stelling (The Durham Group (Independent)) (Leadgate and Meadomsley)
Alan Bell (Durham County Council Independent Group (Independent)) (Lumley)
Phil Heaviside (Durham County Council Independent Group (Independent)) (Lumley)
Robert Adcock-Forster (Lab) (Murton)
*Julie Griffiths (Lab) (Murton)
*Liz Brown (Lib Dem) (Neville’s Cross)
*Elizabeth Scott (Lib Dem) (Neville’s Cross)
Craig Martin (Lib Dem) (North Lodge)
*Karen Hawley (The Unaligned Group, elected as The North East Party) (Passfield)
*Alison Batey (Lab) (Pelton)
Paul Pringle (Lab) (Pelton)
Danny Wood (Lab) (Pelton)
Terry Duffy (The Durham Group (The North East Party)) (Peterlee East)
*Diane Howarth (The Unaligned Group, elected as The North East Party) (Peterlee East)
*Louise Fenwick (Lab) (Peterlee West)
*Susan McDonnell (The Durham Group (The North East Party)) (Peterlee West)
*Emma Waldock (Lab) (Sacriston)
Simon Wilson (Lab) (Sacriston)
*Karan Batey (Lab) (Seaham)
David McKenna (Lab) (Seaham)
David Brown (Con) (Sedgefield)
Chris Lines (The Durham Group (Independent)) (Sedgefield)
David Hall (Lab) (Sherburn)
Bill Kellett (Lab) (Sherburn)
Matt Johnson (Lab) (Shildon and Dene Valley)
*Shirley Quinn (Lab) (Shildon and Dene Valley)
*Samantha Townsend (Lab) (Shildon and Dene Valley)
Ivan Cochrane (The Unaligned Group, elected as Independent) (Shotton and South Hetton)
Chris Hood (Independent) (Shotton and South Hetton)
Luke Holmes (Con) (Spennymoor)
*Liz Maddison (Spennymoor and Tudhoe Independent Group (Independent)) (Spennymoor)
Pete Molloy (Spennymoor and Tudhoe Independent Group (Independent)) (Spennymoor)
*Angela Hanson (The County Durham Independents, elected as Lab) (Stanley)
Carl Marshall (Lab) (Stanley)
Gordon Binney (Lab) (Tanfield)
*Joyce Charlton (The Durham Group (Derwentside Independents)) (Tanfield)
Richard Manchester (Lab) (Tow Law)
*Lucy Hovvels (Lab) (Trimdon and Thornley)
Jake Miller (Lab) (Trimdon and Thornley)
*Chris Varty (Lab) (Trimdon and Thornley)
Mark Abley (Con) (Tudhoe)
Billy McAloon (Spennymoor and Tudhoe Independent Group (Independent)) (Tudhoe)
*Anita Savory (Durham County Council Independent Group (Independent)) (Weardale)
John Shuttleworth (Durham County Council Independent Group (Independent)) (Weardale)
George Smith (Lab) (West Auckland) – elected in by-election (14.04.2022)
Rob Yorke (Lab) (West Auckland)
*Olwyn Gunn (Lab) (Willington and Hunwick)
Fraser Tinsley (Lab) (Willington and Hunwick)
John Higgins (Lab) (Wingate)
*Joanne Howey (Con) (Woodhouse Close)
*Cathy Hunt (Con) (Woodhouse Close)