Sedgefield Council election, 2007

Elections to Sedgefield Council were held on 3 May, 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

A notable result was in New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange ward where the Conservative party candidate Shirley Bowes obtained no votes. [ [http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/elections/news/display.var.1377743.0.tory_polls_zero_votes.php Tory polls zero votes] ]

Election Result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 28
gain = 3
loss = 10
net = -7
seats % = 56.0
votes % = 47.8
votes = 28,687
plus/minus = -8.9%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 15
gain = 10
loss = 2
net = +8
seats % = 30.0
votes % = 26.8
votes = 16,071
plus/minus = +5.6%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 6
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 12.0
votes % = 12.9
votes = 7,761
plus/minus = -2.5%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 2.0
votes % = 5.5
votes = 3,276
plus/minus = +0.7%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 6.6
votes = 3,958
plus/minus = +6.0%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 247
plus/minus = +0.4%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Hodgson
votes = 600
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tony Brimm
votes = 499
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mick Simpson
votes = 485
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Bagshaw
votes = 272
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Christopher Gibson
votes = 127
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,983
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pauline Crathorne
votes = 603
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Lamb
votes = 602
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Newell
votes = 579
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Brian Gibson
votes = 471
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tommy Garrett
votes = 428
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = George Morgan
votes = 277
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Brian Meek
votes = 276
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Eric Gillingham
votes = 157
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Waller
votes = 123
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Peter Sewell
votes = 117
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,633
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Huntington
votes = 596
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gareth Howe
votes = 383
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Younghusband
votes = 258
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ricky Matthews
votes = 244
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ann Hammond
votes = 211
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gloria Wills
votes = 206
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Paul Clarke
votes = 101
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,999
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Potts
votes = 978
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Avery
votes = 967
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Forrest
votes = 826
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Carl Whelpdale
votes = 649
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,420
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Farry
votes = 577
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jim Higgin
votes = 549
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kath Conroy
votes = 546
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Mountford
votes = 501
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kevin Storey
votes = 482
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ron Patchett
votes = 463
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Robert Gray
votes = 151
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,269
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Burton
votes = 921
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Ward
votes = 845
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Chaytor
votes = 816
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Mountford
votes = 360
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Moyle
votes = 346
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Michael Harnett
votes = 261
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,549
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Irene Hewitson
votes = 522
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Bowman
votes = 499
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Vincent Crosby
votes = 490
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = June Croft
votes = 484
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alison Palmer
votes = 478
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Hall
votes = 445
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Crass
votes = 261
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Clive Cooper
votes = 164
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,343
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Gray
votes = 846
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Smith
votes = 837
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Khan
votes = 791
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clive Maddison
votes = 567
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Adam Walker
votes = 557
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bill Scott
votes = 542
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martin Jones
votes = 512
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Carmedy
votes = 191
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,843
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Waters
votes = 720
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kevin Thompson
votes = 644
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Nelson
votes = 595
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Sproat
votes = 557
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marie Predki
votes = 535
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Ian Moore
votes = 435
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Calvin Kipling
votes = 386
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Abley
votes = 294
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Russell Stewart
votes = 164
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,330
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bill Blenkinsopp
votes = 768
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Warburton
votes = 575
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sarah Iveson
votes = 560
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Moran
votes = 535
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Paul Ducker
votes = 482
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Wheeler
votes = 411
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Barry Davies
votes = 194
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,530
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lucy Hovvels
votes = 441
percentage = 85.5
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party = British National Party
candidate = Amanda Foster
votes = 75
percentage = 14.5
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Shirley Bowes
votes = 0
percentage = 0
change = Election box majority
votes = 366
percentage = 71.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 516
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jim Wayman
votes = 1,089
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Brown
votes = 1,017
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Robinson
votes = 855
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Sutherland
votes = 554
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Lynne Goddard
votes = 536
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Draper
votes = 463
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Allison Morag
votes = 247
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Mark Colledge
votes = 147
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,908
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Paul Gittins
votes = 820
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Terry Hogan
votes = 634
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Brian Haigh
votes = 613
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bob Fleming
votes = 611
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Iveson
votes = 549
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Fleming
votes = 535
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,762
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ben Ord
votes = 884
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Liz Maddison
votes = 747
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Wood
votes = 624
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Mark Walker
votes = 513
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eddie Plews
votes = 502
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Ryder
votes = 483
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kester Noble
votes = 426
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,179
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Vernon Chapman
votes = 406
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ina Jackson Smith
votes = 404
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Allan Walker
votes = 382
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Lorraine Smith
votes = 342
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian Burn
votes = 178
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Len Cockfield
votes = 167
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = James MacPherson
votes = 92
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Michael Stott
votes = 75
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,046
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Hancock
votes = 464
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Stephens
votes = 446
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Quinn
votes = 382
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Smith
votes = 285
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jean Bird
votes = 201
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Horner
votes = 79
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Andrea Whelpdale
votes = 50
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janine Mawson
votes = 34
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,919
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Agnes Armstrong
votes = 588
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Graham
votes = 577
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Miller
votes = 352
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Jacqueline Walker
votes = 325
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,842
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Enid Paylor
votes = 720
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Helen Hutchinson
votes = 662
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Gray
votes = 631
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bill Curtis
votes = 627
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maud Gray
votes = 566
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alfred Tomlin
votes = 502
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,708
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sandra Haigh
votes = 596
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Gray
votes = 477
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Lileen Cuthberson
votes = 459
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Michael Hutchinson
votes = 449
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Melanie Varley
votes = 420
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Henderson
votes = 402
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Clare
votes = 401
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,204
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/20ug.stm 2007 Sedgefield election result]

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