I was delighted to be elected at 01.58 this morning as one of your Parish Councillors in the Neville’s Cross Division.

With 24 candidates this count for Neville’s Cross will go down as one of the longest and most complex counts ever held in Durham.  All the candidates and those who voted owe a significant vote of thanks to the Council’s election staff for their work to make the process as smooth, as friendly and as open as possible from the opening of the postal votes on Wednesday morning at 09.30 until 01.58 this Friday morning when Terry Collins could finally announce the result.

It is pleasing to see my fellow LibDems Liz Brown, Elizabeth Scott and Alan Doig being elected alongside me, giving you a powerful and experienced LibDem voice on your new Paris Council.  Also elected in Neville’s Cross were local independent candidate Roger Cornwell, Jonathan Elmer and Labour candidates Esther Ashby and Carole Reeves.

In the Elvet and Gilesgate Division, your hard-working LibDem County Councillors Richard Ormerod and David Freeman were elected alongside Mandy Ross and Judith Atkinson, providing you with a strong Liberal Democratic majority voice on the Parish Council.

The first meeting of this new Parish Council is on Thursday 10th May 2018 and I encourage any resident with any points they wish me to raise to contact me.

Full votes are published below.

Durham County Council
Election of a Parish Councillors for City of Durham (Neville’s Cross) on Thursday 3 May 2018
I, Terry Collins, being the Returning Officer at the above election, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each Candidate at the said election is as follows:

ASHBY, Esther Emma Labour Party 782 Elected
ASHFIELD, Stephen James Independent 566
BROWN, Elizabeth Anne commonly known as BROWN, Liz Liberal Democrat 1287 Elected
CALLAGHAN, Richard John Green Party Candidate 755
CLEAVER, Antony Edward commonly known as CLEAVER, Tony Liberal Democrat 764
CORNWELL, Roger John Independent Local Resident 823 Elected
DOIG, Robert Alan Liberal Democrat 943 Elected
ELMER, Jonathan Green Party Candidate 915 Elected
ELMER, Priscilla Anne Bowen Green Party Candidate 733
GLAISTER, Benjamin James The Conservative Party Candidate 394
HOLLAND, James Grenville Liberal Democrat 1014 Elected
LILBURN, Margarethe Freda Sigrid Anne
commonly known as LILBURN, Maggie Independent Local Resident 353
MORGAN, William Harvey The Conservative Party Candidate 395
OSWALD, Gary Liberal Democrat 521
PRIESTLEY, Michael Joseph Labour Party 612
REEVES, Carole Anne Labour Party 829 Elected
RIZVI, Syed Ali Akbar Labour Party 643
SCOTT, Elizabeth Elton Liberal Democrat 1113 Elected
SLOMSKI, Connor Labour Party 524
SMITH, Mandeep Kaur Liberal Democrat 778
SMITH, Michael Drummond Moverley The Conservative Party Candidate 452
THOMAS, Jamie Green Party Candidate 609

TIBBS, Andrew Neil Liberal Democrat 678

WRIGHT, David Keith Labour Party 641

* If elected the word ‘Elected’ appears against the number of votes.
The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: Number of
ballot papers
A want of an official mark 0
B voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to 6
C writing or mark by which voter could be identified 0
D being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 3
E rejected in part 0
Total 9
Vacant Seats: 8 Electorate: 8090 Ballot Papers Issued: 2527 Turnout: 31.2%

Durham County Council
Election of a Parish Councillors for City of Durham (Elvet and Gilesgate) on Thursday 3 May 2018
I, Terry Collins, being the Returning Officer at the above election, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each Candidate at the said election is as follows:

ASHBY, John Labour Party 633 Elected
ASHFIELD, Victoria Rose Labour Party 570 Elected
ATKINSON, Judith Mary Liberal Democrat 628 Elected
FREEMAN, David Robert Liberal Democrat 736 Elected
GILBANK, Mark Independent 145
LAWRIE, Richard Marshall Alexander
Robert Conservative Party Candidate 329
LOWE, John Joseph Labour Party 554
MACLEOD, Samuel Alexander commonly known as MACLEOD, Sam Liberal Democrat 529
MCADAM, Roger Michael Green Party Candidate 449
MCLEAN, Catherine Ann Green Party Candidate 495
MOIR, William Welford Munroe commonly known as MOIR, Bill Labour Party 511
ORMEROD, Richard Daniel Liberal Democrat 717 Elected
ROSS, Mandy Katrina Liberal Democrat 588 Elected
STRACHAN, Joanne Elizabeth commonly known as STRACHAN, Jo Liberal Democrat 560
WYNNE, Patricia Conservative Party Candidate 261
* If elected the word ‘Elected’ appears against the number of votes.

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: Number of
ballot papers
A want of an official mark 0
B voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to 2
C writing or mark by which voter could be identified 0
D being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 3
E rejected in part 0
Total 5
Vacant Seats: 6 Electorate: 7355 Ballot Papers Issued: 1475 Turnout: 20.05%

Durham County Council
Election of a Parish Councillors for City of Durham (Durham South) on Thursday 3 May 2018
I, Terry Collins, being the Returning Officer at the above election, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each Candidate at the said election is as follows:

CAHILL, Saul Josef Labour Party 109 Elected
HETHERINGTON, Charles Allan commonly known as HETHERINGTON, Charlie Liberal Democrat 26
ISMAIL, Tohid Sajid Daud Conservative Party Candidate 26

* If elected the word ‘Elected’ appears against the number of votes.
The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: Number of
ballot papers
A want of an official mark 0
B voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to 0
C writing or mark by which voter could be identified 0
D being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 0
E rejected in part 0
Total 0
Vacant Seats: 1 Electorate: 1866 Ballot Papers Issued: 161 Turnout: 8.63%