🗳️ County Durham local election

Framwellgate & Newton Hall ward

This election was held on Thursday 1 May 2025.

13 candidates stood in the Framwellgate & Newton Hall ward.

Electorate	10,963
Ballot Papers Issued	4,656
Spoilt Ballots	6
Turnout	42%

• Amanda Jayne Hopgood

  🌟 Elected

  Liberal Democrats
  2,465 votes

  

• Mark Wilkes

  🌟 Elected

  Liberal Democrats
  2,425 votes

  

• Elizabeth Pears

  🌟 Elected

  Liberal Democrats
  2,048 votes

  

• Neville Forbes

  Reform UK
  1,173 votes

  

• Kaye Burns

  Labour Party
  830 votes

  

• Rachael Perry

  Labour Party
  768 votes

  

• Valerie Speed

  Labour Party
  689 votes

  

• Colin Trevor Toghill

  Reform UK
  689 votes

  

• Irene Ostle

  Green Party
  432 votes

  

• Karon Willis

  Independent
  306 votes

  

• Carolyn Anne Baker

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  243 votes

  

• Elizabeth Anne Marshall

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  195 votes

  

• Matthew James Smith

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  191 votes