| Election Name: | 2017 Durham County Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Durham County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Durham County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | All 126 council division seats |
| Majority Seats: | 64 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2017 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 94 seats, 52% |
| Seats1: | 74 |
| Seat Change1: | 20 |
| Popular Vote1: | 96,037 |
| Percentage1: | 42.4% |
| Swing1: | 9.8% |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 9 seats, 10% |
| Seats2: | 14 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 30,140 |
| Percentage2: | 13.3% |
| Swing2: | 3.2% |
| Party3: | Independent (politician) |
| Last Election3: | 9 seats, 12% |
| Seats3: | 13 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 37,136 |
| Percentage3: | 16.4% |
| Swing3: | 4.6% |
| Party4: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 4 seats, 8% |
| Seats4: | 10 |
| Seat Change4: | 6 |
| Popular Vote4: | 34,072 |
| Percentage4: | 15.0% |
| Swing4: | 7.3% |
| Party5: | Derwentside Independents |
| Colour5: | 990099 |
| Last Election5: | 8 seats, 6% |
| Seats5: | 7 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 13,025 |
| Percentage5: | 5.8% |
| Swing5: | 0.4% |
| Party6: | Spennymoor Independents |
| Colour6: | 7D2A79 |
| Last Election6: | 1 seat, 1% |
| Seats6: | 5 |
| Seat Change6: | 4 |
| Popular Vote6: | 3,523 |
| Percentage6: | 1.6% |
| Swing6: | 0.4% |
| Party7: | North East Party |
| Colour7: | 800000 |
| Last Election7: | New party |
| Seats7: | 3 |
| Seat Change7: | 3 |
| Popular Vote7: | 4,879 |
| Percentage7: | 2.2% |
| Swing7: | New party |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
The 2017 Durham County Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 126 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which returned either one, two or three county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 5 April 2017.[2]
|-|| Spennymoor Independents | align="right" |5||| align="right" |+4|| align="right" |1.6| align="right" |3,523| align="right" |+0.4|-|-|| Seaham Community Party| align="right" |0||| align="right" |-|| align="right" |1.3| align="right" |3,033| align="right" |New|}
| colspan="5" | Spennymoor Independents hold|-
| colspan="5" | Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour|-
| colspan="5" | Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour|-
| colspan="5" | Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour|- | colspan="5" | Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour|-
| colspan="5" | Independent gain from Spennymoor Independents|-