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North West Durham — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

North West Durham was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 1,144 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in North West Durham from 1885 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1885–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones (Liberal) 5,081 62.2% Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham (Conservative) 1,996 (24.4 pts) 85.6%
1886 Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones (Liberal) 5,121 63.9% John Dunville (Liberal Unionist) 2,230 (27.8 pts) 77.6%
1895 Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones (Liberal) 5,428 58.4% James Joicey (Conservative) 1,559 (16.8 pts) 81.9%
1900 Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones (Liberal) 5,158 50.1% James Joicey (Conservative) 21 (0.2 pts) 75.0%
1906 Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones (Liberal) 9,146 69.6% Robert Marcus Filmer (Conservative) 5,147 (39.2 pts) 80.2%
Dec 1910 Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones (Liberal) 8,998 65.1% James Ogden Hardicker (Conservative) 4,171 (30.2 pts) 75.3%
Jan 1910 Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones (Liberal) 10,497 66.8% James Leadbitter Knott (Conservative) 5,270 (33.5 pts) 85.6%
1950 James Dixon Murray (Labour) 31,084 69.7% James Quigley (Conservative) 17,554 (39.4 pts) 86.5%
1951 James Dixon Murray (Labour) 30,417 68.7% James Quigley (Conservative) 16,532 (37.3 pts) 85.1%
1955 John William Ainsley (Labour) 27,116 67.4% Thomas T Hubble (Conservative) 14,006 (34.8 pts) 79.1%
1959 John William Ainsley (Labour) 28,064 68.1% Olive Sinclair (Conservative) 14,892 (36.1 pts) 81.4%
1964 Ernest Armstrong (Labour) 26,006 69.7% Kenneth L Ellis (Conservative) 14,726 (39.5 pts) 78.0%
1966 Ernest Armstrong (Labour) 25,260 73.6% Colin Nevil Glen MacAndrew (Conservative) 16,190 (47.2 pts) 73.4%
1970 Ernest Armstrong (Labour) 24,245 69.6% Alan Edgar Page (Conservative) 13,655 (39.2 pts) 72.9%
Feb 1974 Ernest Armstrong (Labour) 28,326 59.0% John Charles Buchanan Riddell (Conservative) 17,461 (36.4 pts) 79.1%
Oct 1974 Ernest Armstrong (Labour) 27,953 64.2% Michael John Blencowe Cookson (Conservative) 18,756 (43.0 pts) 71.1%
1979 Ernest Armstrong (Labour) 29,525 61.3% Thomas Richard Featherstone Fenwick (Conservative) 15,280 (31.7 pts) 76.0%
1983 Ernest Armstrong (Labour) 19,135 44.6% John Terence Middleton (Conservative) 6,356 (14.8 pts) 70.7%
1987 Hilary Armstrong (Labour) 22,947 50.9% Derek Iceton (Conservative) 10,162 (22.5 pts) 73.5%
1992 Hilary Armstrong (Labour) 26,734 57.9% Theresa May (Conservative) 13,987 (30.3 pts) 75.6%
1997 Hilary Armstrong (Labour) 31,855 68.8% Louise St John-Howe (Conservative) 24,754 (53.4 pts) 69.0%
2001 Hilary Armstrong (Labour) 24,526 62.5% William Clouston (Conservative) 16,333 (41.6 pts) 58.5%
2005 Hilary Armstrong (Labour) 21,312 53.9% Alan Ord (Liberal Democrat) 13,443 (34.0 pts) 58.0%
2010 Pat Glass (Labour) 18,539 42.3% Owen Temple (Liberal Democrat) 7,612 (17.4 pts) 62.4%
2015 Pat Glass (Labour) 20,074 46.9% Charlotte Haitham Taylor (Conservative) 10,056 (23.5 pts) 61.5%
2017 Laura Pidcock (Labour) 25,308 52.8% Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative) 8,792 (18.4 pts) 66.7%
2019 Richard Holden (Conservative) 19,990 41.9% Laura Pidcock (Labour) 1,144 (2.4 pts) 66.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones Liberal 5,08162.2% Yes
Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham Conservative 3,08537.8% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones Liberal Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones Liberal 5,12163.9% Yes
John Dunville Liberal Unionist 2,89136.1% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones Liberal 5,42858.4% Yes
James Joicey Conservative 3,86941.6% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones Liberal 5,15850.1% Yes
James Joicey Conservative 5,13749.9% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones Liberal 9,14669.6% Yes
Robert Marcus Filmer Conservative 3,99930.4% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones Liberal 8,99865.1% Yes
James Ogden Hardicker Conservative 4,82734.9% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones Liberal 10,49766.8% Yes
James Leadbitter Knott Conservative 5,22733.2% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Dixon Murray Labour 31,08469.7% Yes
James Quigley Conservative 13,53030.3% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Dixon Murray Labour 30,41768.7% Yes
James Quigley Conservative 13,88531.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John William Ainsley Labour 27,11667.4% Yes
Thomas T Hubble Conservative 13,11032.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John William Ainsley Labour 28,06468.1% Yes
Olive Sinclair Conservative 13,17231.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest Armstrong Labour 26,00669.7% Yes
Kenneth L Ellis Conservative 11,28030.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest Armstrong Labour 25,26073.6% Yes
Colin Nevil Glen MacAndrew Conservative 9,07026.4% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest Armstrong Labour 24,24569.6% Yes
Alan Edgar Page Conservative 10,59030.4% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest Armstrong Labour 28,32659.0% Yes
John Charles Buchanan Riddell Conservative 10,86522.6% No
James Kenneth Forster Liberal 8,80918.4% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest Armstrong Labour 27,95364.2% Yes
Michael John Blencowe Cookson Conservative 9,19721.1% No
James Kenneth Forster Liberal 6,41814.7% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest Armstrong Labour 29,52561.3% Yes
Thomas Richard Featherstone Fenwick Conservative 14,24529.6% No
Julienne Hannibell Liberal 4,3949.1% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest Armstrong Labour 19,13544.6% Yes
John Terence Middleton Conservative 12,77929.8% No
Chris Wood Liberal 11,00825.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hilary Armstrong Labour 22,94750.9% Yes
Derek Iceton Conservative 12,78528.4% No
Chris Wood Liberal 9,34920.7% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hilary Armstrong Labour 26,73457.9% Yes
Theresa May Conservative 12,74727.6% No
Tim Farron Liberal Democrat 6,72814.6% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hilary Armstrong Labour 31,85568.8% Yes
Louise St John-Howe Conservative 7,10115.3% No
Anthony Gillings Liberal Democrat 4,99110.8% No
Rodney Atkinson Referendum Party 2,3725.1% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hilary Armstrong Labour 24,52662.5% Yes
William Clouston Conservative 8,19320.9% No
Alan Ord Liberal Democrat 5,84614.9% No
Joan Hartnell Socialist Labour 6611.7% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hilary Armstrong Labour 21,31253.9% Yes
Alan Ord Liberal Democrat 7,86919.9% No
Jamie Devlin Conservative 6,46316.4% No
Watts Stelling Independent 3,8659.8% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Pat Glass Labour 18,53942.3% Yes
Owen Temple Liberal Democrat 10,92724.9% No
Michelle Tempest Conservative 8,76620.0% No
Watts Stelling Independent 2,4725.6% No
Michael Stewart BNP 1,8524.2% No
Andrew McDonald UKIP 1,2592.9% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Pat Glass Labour 20,07446.9% Yes
Charlotte Haitham Taylor Conservative 10,01823.4% No
Bruce Reid UKIP 7,26517.0% No
Owen Temple Liberal Democrat 3,8949.1% No
Mark Shilcock Green 1,5673.7% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Laura Pidcock Labour 25,30852.8% Yes
Sally-Ann Hart Conservative 16,51634.5% No
Owen Temple Liberal Democrat 3,3987.1% No
Alan Breeze UKIP 2,1504.5% No
Dominic Horsman Green 5301.1% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Holden Conservative 19,99041.9% Yes
Laura Pidcock Labour 18,84639.5% No
John Wolstenholme Brexit Party 3,1936.7% No
Michael Peacock Liberal Democrat 2,8315.9% No
Watts Stelling Independent 1,2162.6% No
David Sewell Green 1,1732.5% No
David Lindsay Independent 4140.9% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 24.4 pts 1892: Liberal margin 27.8 pts 1895: Liberal margin 16.8 pts 1900: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1906: Liberal margin 39.2 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 30.2 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 33.5 pts 1950: Labour margin 39.4 pts 1951: Labour margin 37.3 pts 1955: Labour margin 34.8 pts 1959: Labour margin 36.1 pts 1964: Labour margin 39.5 pts 1966: Labour margin 47.2 pts 1970: Labour margin 39.2 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 36.4 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 43.0 pts 1979: Labour margin 31.7 pts 1983: Labour margin 14.8 pts 1987: Labour margin 22.5 pts 1992: Labour margin 30.3 pts 1997: Labour margin 53.4 pts 2001: Labour margin 41.6 pts 2005: Labour margin 34.0 pts 2010: Labour margin 17.4 pts 2015: Labour margin 23.5 pts 2017: Labour margin 18.4 pts 2019: Conservative margin 2.4 pts 1885 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

North West Durham has been contested at 28 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won North West Durham in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won North West Durham in 2019 with 19,990 votes (41.9%), a majority of 1,144 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won North West Durham since 1885?

Since 1885, North West Durham has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal.

What was the closest result in North West Durham?

The closest result on record for North West Durham was 1900, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 21 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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