List of candidates standing in Durham County Council election 2025
The poll will take place on May 1 and will decide the authority’s political future for the next four years.
Residents across the county will be voting to decide who will be elected as their County Councillors for the 51 electoral divisions within County Durham.
A total of 98 councillors will be elected, down from 126.
At the last local election in 2021, the Labour Party lost overall control of the county council for the first time in 100 years. The current Joint Administration in charge of the authority is made up of Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Independents.
Annfield Plain and Tanfield
Karen Allison – Reform UK
Kevin Briggs – Conservative Party
Joyce Charlton – Derwentside Independents
Darren Grimes – Reform UK
Olga Milburn – Labour Party
Joan Nicholson – Derwentside Independents
Sopha Phal – Liberal Democrats
Garry Richardson – Conservative Party
Jeanette Stephenson – Labour Party
Sarah Twigg – Green Party
Aycliffe North and Middridge
Lindsey Aston – Liberal Democrats
Tony Beddard – Independent
Dorothy Bowman – Independent
Luke Ellis – Labour Party
Tim McGuinness – Reform UK
Michael Murphy – Labour Party
Jonathan Park – Green Party
Michael Stead – Liberal Democrats
Tony Stubbs – Conservative Party
David Sutton-Lloyd – Conservative Party
Clive Taylor-Sholl – Reform UK
Aycliffe South
Tunde Akinsanya – Liberal Democrats
Tony Armstrong – Independent
Martin Ashcroft – Independent
Jim Atkinson – Labour Party
Nicole Brown – Reform UK
John Clark – Labour Party
Neale Cooley – Green Party
Andrew Eales – Reform UK
John Grant – Reform UK
George Gray – Independent
Paul Howell – Conservative Party
Toyin Ogunyemi – Labour Party
Kyle Robinson – Liberal Democrats
Ken Robson – Independent
John Woodward – Liberal Democrats
Barnard Castle
Christopher Bewley – Reform UK
Chris Foote-Wood – Labour Party
Ted Henderson – Conservative Party
John Hogg – Green party
Richard Huzzey – Liberal Democrats
Belmont
Christopher Elliot – Reform UK
Paul Finley – Labour Party
Steve Gilley – Reform UK
Val Hawes – Labour Party
Eric Mavin – Liberal Democrats
Lesley Mavin – Liberal Democrats
Gary Parking – Conservative Party
Joel Graham Thornton – Green Party
Benfieldside
Kevin Earley – Labour Party
Sandra Grindle – Reform UK
Andrew Kilburn – Reform UK
Dan Lowes – Conservative Party
David Lowes – Conservative Party
Joanne Nattrass – Liberal Democrats
Peter Oliver – Independent
Stephen Robinson – Independent
Terry Rooney – Liberal Democrats
Michael Wass – Labour Party
Bishop Auckland
John Brigstock – Independent
Lyndsey Fox – Reform UK
Kelly Guest – Labour Party
S J Hannahs – Green Party
Mike Harker – Independent
Luke Allan Holmes – Conservative Party
Tessa Hope – Labour Party
Joanne Howey – Independent
John Kinvig – Reform UK
James Middleton – Conservative Party
Tom Redmond – Reform UK
Michael Siddle – Labour Party
Arnold Simpson – Liberal Democrats
Adeline Tchana – Conservative Party
Christine Thelwell – Liberal Democrats
Sam Zair – Independent
Blackhalls and Hesledens
Victoria Bartch – Conservative Party
Rob Crute – Labour Party
Gary Johnson – Reform UK
Neil Thompson – Liberal Democrats
Bowburn and Coxhoe
Viv Anderson – Labour Party
Catherine Birchmore – Green Party
Jan Blakey – Independent
George Chissell – Liberal Democrats
Kyle Genner – Reform UK
Shaun Gibson – Labour Party
Alexander Greenaway – Liberal Democrats
Gary Hutchinson – Independent
Lenno Lauchlan – Labour Party
Dorothy Luckhurst – Conservative Party
Jane McAndrew – Conservative Party
Kimberley Noble – Liberal Democrats
Clive Rowland – Conservative Party
Benjamin Straughair – Reform UK
Michael Watson – Reform UK
Brandon
Anne Bonner – Labour Party
Jonathan Elmer – Green Party
Priscilla Elmer – Green Party
Andrew Fullard – Reform UK
Abrial Jerram – Liberal Democrats
Mark Leigh – Reform UK
Prem Raghvani – Liberal Democrats
Nick RIppin – Labour Party
Carolyne Smith – Independent
Paul Taylor – Independent
Billy Walker – Conservative Party
Castle Eden and Passfield
Mary Bell – Labour Party
James Coulson – Conservative Party
Karen Hawley – Independent
David Hodgson – Liberal Democrats
Susan McDonnell – North East party
Scott Woodhouse – Reform UK
Chester-le-Street North
David Brown – Conservative Party
Tom Chittenden – Social Democratic Party
Karren Fantarrow-Darby – Independent
Andrew Husband – Reform UK
Derek Morse – Green Party
Philip Nathan – Liberal Democrats
Julie Scurfield – Labour Party
Tracie Smith – Labour Party
Antony Teasdale – Reform UK
Chester-le-Street South
Harry Clark – Labour Party
Geoff Dovaston – Reform UK
Sebastian Gradzki – Conservative Party
Andrew Haney – Liberal Democrats
Eileen McKnight-Smith – Labour Party
Bill Moist – Independent
Alan Ostle – Green Party
Ellie Sargeant – Conservative Party
Paul Sexton – Independent
Adele Taggart – Reform UK
Chilton
Stephen Bowron – Reform UK
Julie Cairns – Independent
Angus Ferguson – Labour Party
Catherine Hart – Conservative Party
Carole Lattin – Liberal Democrats
Sue Reece – Independent
Consett North
Rob Moran – Labour Party
Trevor Newsom – Reform UK
Will Robinson – Conservative Party
Kathryn Rooney – Liberal Democrats
Consett South
Dominic Haney – Liberal Democrats
Phillip Marshall – Labour Party
Rachel McEnaeny – Conservative Party
Michael McGaun – Reform UK
Craghead and South Moor
Neil Bradbury – Liberal Democrats
John Cook – Reform UK
Ian Davison – Conservative Party
Carole Hampson – Labour Party
Aaron Hillam – Reform UK
Les Timbley – Labour Party
Crook
Steven Bamlett – Green Party
Paul Bean – Reform UK
Michael Beeforth – Labour Party
Mike Currah – Conservative Party
Mary Hall – Labour Party
Patricia Jopling – Conservative Party
Nick Lion – Liberal Democrats
Geoffrey Martin – Green Party
Anne Reed – Independent
Robbie Rodiss – Reform UK
Adrian Schulman – Reform UK
John Wilson – Labour Party
Dalton and Dawdon
George Anderson – Reform UK
Robert Arthur – Seaham Community Party
Giuseppe Bignardi – Liberal Democrats
Susan Faulkner – Seaham Community Party
Jack McGlenen – Reform UK
Mark Shanks – Conservative Party
Kevin Shaw – Labour Party
June Watson – Labour Party
Deerness
Sarah Banks – Green Party
Matthew Burnard – Reform UK
John Burt – Liberal Democrats
Sean Healy – Reform UK
Jimmy Jamieson – Labour Party
Edwin Simpson – Liberal Democrats
Michael Drummond Moverley Smith – Conservative Party
Wendy Smith – Conservative Party
Marion Wilson – Labour Party
Liz Wright – Green Party
Delves Lane
David Bowerbank – Liberal Democrats
Jane Brown – Labour Party
Nazcat Stephen Haney – Liberal Democrats
Kenny Hope – Reform UK
Angela Sterling – Conservative Party
Simon Stewart-Piercy – Labour Party
Jacqueline Teasdale – Reform UK
Michelle Walton – Conservative Party
Derwent and Pont Valley
Veronica Andrews – Labour Party
Tonia Atkinson – Liberal Democrats
Jacob Boneham – Conservative Party
Gavin Brydon – Reform UK
Eileen Elliott – Derwentside Independents
Tom Hubbuck – Labour Party
Craig Marshall – Reform UK
Declan Mulholland – Labour Party
Stephen Murray – Liberal Democrats
Alan Shield – Derwentside Independents
Richard Simpson – Green Party
Saffron Sims-Brydon – Reform UK
Watts Stelling – Derwentside Independents
Easington and Shotton
John Bailey – Reform UK
Tom Baker – Conservative Party
Howard Brown – Reform UK
Sophie Brown – Independent
Leeann Clarkson – Labour Party
Ivan Cochrane – Independent
Omide Deinali – Labour Party
Christopher Hood – Independent
Rob Moore – Independent
Chukwuka Okuchukwu – Liberal Democrats
Kye Slawson-Powell – Conservative Party
Angela Surtees – Labour Party
Louise Taylor – Reform UK
Elvet Gilesgate and Shincliffe
Stephen Ashfield – Green Party
George Carter – Conservative Party
Stacey Deinali – Labour Party
David Freeman – Liberal Democrats
Xavier Hale – Reform UK
Rory Handy – Labour Party
Ellie Hopgood – Liberal Demcorats
Graham Lee – Conservative Party
Isaac Lucan – Reform UK
Jamie Pearson – Green Party
Evenwood
James Cosslett – Conservative Party
Becky Land – Labour Party
Robert Potts – Reform UK
Michael Stonehouse – Green Party
Anne Woodward – Liberal Democrats
Ferryhill
Carole Atkinson – Labour Party
Curtis Bihari – Labour Party
Matthew Choi – Green Party
Lisa Coxon – Conservative Party
David Farry – Conservative Party
Sandra Kirby – Liberal Democrats
John Lathan – UKIP
Paul Mountford – Reform UK
Glenys Newby – Independent
Bob Peach – Liberal Democrats
Joe Quinn – Reform UK
Framwellgate and Newton Hall
Carolyn Baker – Conservative Party
Kaye Burns – Labour Party
Neville Forbes – Reform UK
Amanda Hopgood – Liberal Democrats
Elizabeth Marshall – Conservative Party
Irene Ostle – Green Party
Elizabeth Pears – Liberal Democrats
Rachael Perry – Labour Party
Matthew Smith – Conservative Party
Valerie Speed – Labour Party
Colin Toghill – Reform UK
Mark Wilkes – Liberal Democrats
Karon Willis – Independent
Horden and Dene House
Dawn Bellingham – Reform UK
Chris Cain – Labour Party
Nigel Cassidy – Conservative Party
Arlene Childs – Independent
June Clark – Labour Party
John Cottier – Reform UK
Paul Maddison – Independent
Owen Temple – Liberal Democrats
Matthew Tough – Independent
Lanchester and Burnhope
Alison Gray – Labour Party
Stephen Harrison – Reform UK
Doug Oliver – Conservative Party
Jeanette Williams – Liberal Democrats
Langley and Esh
Andrea Brown – Reform UK
Joshua Lightfoot – Green Party
Alex Neil – Liberal Democrats
Mark Shaw – Conservative Party
Michael Toner – Labour Party
Lower Teesdale
Jillian Campbell – Reform UK
Marc Cole – Green Party
Jasmine Fox – Reform UK
Sarah Hannan – Green Party
Simon Land – Labour Party
Noah McCourt – Labour Party
George Richardson – Conservative Party
James Rowlandson – Conservative Party
Wico Van Mourik – Liberal Democrats
Lumley and West Rainton
Alan Bell – Independent
Adam Carter-Jones – Reform UK
Bisserka Gaydarska – Green Party
Paul Greenwood – Labour Party
David Haswell – Liberal Democrats
Philip Heaviside – Independent
Lyn Leach – Labour Party
Ewan Marshall – Reform UK
Thomas Shanks – Conservative Party
Murton
Robert Adcock-Forster – Labour Party
Brian Brown – Independent
David Cuming – Reform UK
Julie Griffiths – Labour Party
Antoni Milian – Liberal Democrats
Stephen Robson – Independent
Mark Rowney – Reform UK
Brian Wareham – Conservative Party
Nevilles Cross
Gary Black – Reform UK
Liz Brown – Liberal Democrats
Jack Hughes – Green Party
Gabriel Ridley – Labour Party
Katrina Rockett – Reform UK
Jack Saville-Sneath – Reform UK
Elizabeth Scott – Liberal Democrats
Deborah Whitfield – Conservative Party
Les Wilson – Labour Party
North Lodge
Glenn Batey – Labour Party
Chris Dale – Green Party
Darren Hawkes – Reform UK
Krishnarajasri Krishnapillai – Conservative Party
Craig Martin – Liberal Democrats
Pelton
Alison Batey – Labour Party
Steve Biggs – Reform UK
Ian Cross – Reform UK
Andrew Gray – Green Party
Alan Neil – Liberal Democrats
Paul Pringle – Labour Party
Brian Quirey – Reform UK
Nigel Van Zwanenberg – Liberal Democrats
Adam Walker – Liberal Democrats
Darren Whitfield – Conservative Party
Danny Wood – Labour Party
Peterlee
Ray Burnip – Independent
Mary Cartwright – North East Party
Michael Cassidy – Conservative Party
Louise Fenwick – Labour Party
Steven Franklin – Reform UK
David Hawley – Independent
Diane Howarth – Independent
Audrey Laing – Labour Party
Heather Leake – Liberal Democrats
Dawn Saunders – Reform UK
Al Wilkinson – North East Party
Pittington and Sherburn
Rhys Burriss – Reform UK
Malcolm Colledge – Conservative Party
Bill Kellett – Labour Party
Maggie Tallerman – Green Party
Stephen White – Liberal Democrats
Sacriston and Witton Gilbert
Nicholas Kasch – Green Party
Hugh Massey – Liberal Democrats
Andrew Page – Labour Party
James Pickard – Reform UK
Andy Przybysz – Liberal Democrats
Timothy Robson – Reform UK
Emma Waldock – Labour Party
Seaham
Cristopher Fairs – Reform UK
Andrew Harrison – Reform UK
Stephen Joseph – Green Party
Tolu Kolawole – Conservative Party
Rochelle Laine – Labour Party
Ian McAndrew – Conservative Party
John Purvis – Labour Party
Rafe Richards – Liberal Democrats
Barry Taylor – Seaham Community Party
Stephen Wayman – Seaham Community Party
Sedgefield
Ian Catchpole – Reform UK
Rebecca Dixon – Green Party
Lucy Gibson – Labour Party
Philip Layton – Liberal Democrats
Chris Lines – Independent
Christine Moore – Reform UK
Kester Noble – Labour Party
Elaine Peeke – Conservative Party
Charlotte Shaw – Liberal Democrats
Richard Wilkes – Green Party
Shildon and Dene Valley
Leanne Barrett – Liberal Democrats
Jack Charlton – Conservative Party
Charlie Kay – Labour Party
Fred Langley – Independent
Lynn O’Neill – Independent
Clive Parker – Conservative Party
Shirley Quinn – Labour Party
Michael Ramage – Reform UK
Kate Rowland – Reform UK
Michael Shaw – Liberal Democrats
James Stephenson – Reform UK
Samantha Townsend – Labour Party
Spennymoor
Christopher Coxon – Conservative Party
David Evans – Conservative Party
Stephen Gilling – Labour Party
Liz Maddison – Independent
Pete Molloy – Independent
Liss Owen – Liberal Democrats
Dean Ranyard – Liberal Democrats
Jabez Sherrington – Labour Party
Ernest Spowart – Reform UK
William Thorkildsen – Reform UK
Stanley
Charles Aldous – Conservative Party
Christine Blatchford – Reform UK
James Kane – Labour Party
Carl Marshall – Labour Party
Paddy McGough – Independent
David Rolfe – Liberal Democrats
David Walton – Reform UK
Frankie Ward – Independent
Thornley and Wheatley Hill
Pamela Askell – Liberal Democrats
Neil Craggs – Reform UK
Jake Miller – Labour Party
Graham Southall – Conservative Party
Trimdon and Wingate
Mary-Lynn Franklin – Reform UK
Lucy Hovvels – Labour Party
Susan Husband – Reform UK
Sean Ivey – North East Party
Rathika Krishnarajasri – Conservative Party
Liz Temple – Liberal Democrats
Paul Trippett – Labour Party
Tudhoe
Andy Anderson – Independent
Neil Foster – Labour Party
Ian Geldard – Labour Party
Martin Jones – Liberal Democrats
Peter Laws – Reform UK
Nicola Lyons – Reform UK
Billy McAloon – Independent
Oliver Peeke – Conservative Party
Beckie Ranyard – Liberal Democrats
Michael Renton – Conservative Party
Dave Whalley – Reform UK
Upper Teesdale
Richard Bell – Conservative Party
Ian Hirst – Reform UK
Chris Kelsey – Labour Party
Kathleen McGough – Green Party
Florence Simpson – Liberal Democrats
Weardale
Paul Beattie – Reform UK
David Brown – Reform UK
Olivia Dunn – Liberal Democrats
Matthew Ferguson – Green Party
Gemma Holmes-Wood – Labour Party
Richard Lawrie – Conservative Party
Sally-Beth Marshall – Labour Party
Anita Savory – Independent
John Shuttleworth – Independent
Will Wearmouth – Conservative Party
West Auckland
Alan Breeze – Independent
Nick Brown – Reform UK
Alison Fidgin – Liberal Democrats
Stephen Gray – Reform UK
Georgia Holmes – Conservative Party
Alyson Hudson – Liberal Democrats
George Smith – Labour Party
Liz Tyrrell – Green Party
Robert Yorke – Labour Party
Lesley Zair – Independent
Willington and Hunwick
Aaron Calder – Liberal Democrats
Olym Gunn – Labour Party
Cathy Hunt – Reform UK
Emma Hunt – Reform UK
Sam Mitchell-Worthington – Conservative Party
Geoff Moore – Liberal Democrats
David Saygi – Green Party
Aida Smith – Conservative Party
Angela Smith – Independent
Trevor Tinsley – Labour Party