Chester-le-Street

Labour hold / Giles Radice

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percent	Change
	Labour	Radice, Giles	33,511	65.7%	+6.5%
	Liberal	McCourt, D	9,233	18.1%	-8%
	Conservative	Ditchburn, R	8,268	16.2%	+1.6%
Majority			24,278	47.6%	+14.5%
Turnout			51,012	74.6%	-8.9%
Swing				+7.25%