EXCLUSIVE By Martin Walker
Local Independent councillors Paul Gittins and Dorothy Bowman both lost their seats on Great Aycliffe Town Council in the local elections.
The shock result saw the Labour Party increase its majority on the Town Council with a total of 26 seats, to 12 Independents.
In the results for the town’s West Ward election, young politicians Tom Twissell and Dan Summers, both aged just 18, were elected with 409 and 435 votes respectively.
Eddie Adam, Tom Bowman and Arun Chandran were also victorious as Dorothy Bowman lost out.
Gittins lost his Central Ward seat to new Labour candidate James Atkinson, while Bill Iveson and Val Raw held their seats.
The full results for the Aycliffe wards were as follows:
| Aycliffe Central Ward of Great Aycliffe Parish | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Elected |
| ATKINSON, James | Labour Party Candidate | 219 | Elected |
| GITTINS, Paul Steven | Independent | 174 | |
| IVESON, William | Labour Party Candidate | 249 | Elected |
| RAW, Valerie Margaret | Labour Party Candidate | 219 | Elected |
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Electorate: 1628 |
Turnout: 27.21% |
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| Aycliffe Village Ward of Great Aycliffe Parish | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Elected |
| BLENKINSOPP, William Maurice | Independent | n/a | Unopposed |
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Electorate: 782 |
Turnout: n/a |
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| Byerley Park, Horndale & Cobblers Hall Ward of Great Aycliffe Parish | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Elected |
| CLARE, John Duncan | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| GRAY, Ian | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| HALL, Brian | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| HEWITSON, Irene | Independent | n/a | Unopposed |
| KJENSTAD, Paul Einar | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| PALMER, Alison | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
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Electorate: 3438 |
Turnout: n/a |
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| Neville Ward of Great Aycliffe Parish | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Elected |
| CUTHBERTSON, Lileen Margaret Griffin | Independent | 128 | |
| GRAY, George Robert | Independent | 122 | |
| HILLARY, Jeremy Paul | Labour Party Candidate | 181 | Elected |
| IVESON, Sarah Jane | Labour Party Candidate | 229 | Elected |
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Electorate: 1563 |
Turnout: 24.12% |
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| Shafto St Marys Ward of Great Aycliffe Parish | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Elected |
| FLEMING, Robert Stuart | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| HILLARY, Wendy Patricia | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| IVESON, Malcolm | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| WHEELER, Christopher Albert | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
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Electorate: 2626 |
Turnout: n/a |
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| Simpasture Ward of Great Aycliffe Parish | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Elected |
| ATKINSON, Derek George | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| CLARK, John Joseph | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
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Electorate: 1388 |
Turnout: n/a |
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| West Ward of Great Aycliffe Parish | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Elected |
| ADAM, Edward | Labour Party Candidate | 490 | Elected |
| BOWMAN, Dorothy | Independent | 330 | |
| BOWMAN, Thomas Raymond | Labour Party Candidate | 403 | Elected |
| CHANDRAN, Arun Mohan | Labour Party Candidate | 443 | Elected |
| CROFT, June | Independent | 242 | |
| GRAY, George Coulson | Independent | 460 | Elected |
| HAIGH, Brian | Independent | 274 | |
| SUMMERS, Daniel Luke | Labour Party Candidate | 435 | Elected |
| SYMONS, Sally Annmarie | Independent | 277 | |
| TOMLIN, Alfred George | Independent | 253 | |
| TWISSELL, Thomas | Labour Party Candidate | 409 | Elected |
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Electorate: 4737 |
Turnout: 21.43% |
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| Woodham Ward of Great Aycliffe Parish | |||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Elected |
| CLARE, Barbara Anne | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| COLLINSON, Neil | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| DALTON, Maria Wilhelmina Henrica | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| DALTON, Michael Augustinus | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
| HAIGH, Sandra | Independent | n/a | Unopposed |
| HENDERSON, Keith | Labour Party Candidate | n/a | Unopposed |
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Electorate: 4656 |
Turnout: n/a |
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1 Comment
John D Clare
May 9, 2013 at 9:38 amThe independents have now only four seats on the Town Council, not 12 as you state.
I am sure that all the Labour Councillors would wish me to thank the electors for once again placing their trust in the Labour Party to take forward the Town Council into what promise to be very difficult times.