Well,  counting in the election today starts at 1pm in Spennymoor and Stanley. For Framwellgate and Newton Hall division it is in Spennymoor. Will update result here, but www.durham.gov.uk is the best place to find results as they are counted.

Thank you to everyone who voted for Mamie, Amanda and I yesterday, and for the other Lib Dems around the County. Hopefully we will still be your councillors this afternoon.

One thing is certain, on the doorstep, the actions of the Labour Party in County Durham have disgusted people. In Langley Park, the Labour councillor has claimed five times more subsistence expenses (food, drink, hotels etc) than all twenty Lib Dem councillors combined. And that is a lot of food and drink.

Popped into county hall yesterday and saw some residents / visitors struggling to find anywhere to park. This was strange given that the barrier was down on the councillors carpark, but apart from my car there wasn’t a single other vehicle in there. It does beggar belief that on the one day when hardly any councillors will turn up at county hall, there were 80 empty parking spaces whilst visitors struggled to find somewhere to park. Perhaps all that will change this afternoon, or perhaps 100 years of Labour control will continue. Either way, thanks again for supporting us.