Conservative candidate Gill Cartwright is consoled after losing her seat in the Harrowgate Hill ward.
THE Labour party has held Darlington Borough Council after increasing its majority.
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Labour gained 34 seats - five more than in 2007 - taking four from the Conservatives and one from the Liberal Democrat.
The Conservatives now have 14 councillors and the Liberal Democrats five.
Councillor Bill Dixon was also re-elected and will take over as council leader after John Williams announced his retirement in the run-up to the elections after 22 years at the helm.
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