Council's political make-up
Information on the political make-up of the council.
The current political make-up of the council is:
- 70 Labour councillors
- 15 Liberal Democrat councillors
- 12 Independent councillors
- 10 Conservative councillors
- 7 Derwentside Independent councillors
- 4 Spennymoor Independent People Before Politics councillors
- 3 The North East Party councillors
- 4 other councillors
- 1 Labour and Co-operative councillor
Organised into political groups on the council as follows:
- Labour Group - 71 councillors
- Liberal Democrat Group - 15 councillors
- Durham County Council Independent Group - 12 councillors
- Conservative Group - 10 councillors
- Durham Independent Group - 8 councillors
- Not aligned to any political group - 4 councillors
- Spennymoor Independent Group - 3 councillors
- The North East Party Group - 3 councillors
Group Leaders
- Labour - Councillor Simon Henig
- Liberal Democrats - Councillor Amanda Hopgood
- Durham Independent Group - Councillor Alan Shield
- Conservatives - Councillor Richard Bell
- Durham County Council Independent Group - Councillor John Shuttleworth
- Spennymoor Independent Group - Councillor Liz Maddison
- The North East Party Group - Councillor Karen Hawley
Contact us
- Committee Services
- Committee Services
- 03000 269 714
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Our address is:
- Durham County Council
- County Hall
- Durham
- County Durham
- United Kingdom
- DH1 5UL
- 0191 383 4206
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