Northumberland County Council elections

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Northumberland County Council elections are held every four years. Northumberland County Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Northumberland in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2013, 67 councillors have been elected from 66 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Council composition

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Liberal Green Independent Control
1973 1028-3-21 No overall control
1977 2021-0-21 [a] No overall control
1981 1434-15-3Labour
1985 1230-20-4 [b] No overall control
1989 17388--3Labour
1993 133911-05Labour
1997 13438-02Labour
2001 17389-03Labour
2005 143514-04Labour
2008 171726-07 No overall control
2013 213211-03 No overall control
2017 33243-07 [c] No overall control
2021 34213-27Conservative

County result maps

By-election results

1997-2001

Corbridge By-Election 17 September 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 54635.8+0.5
Liberal Democrats 42027.5−9.6
Labour 30720.1−7.5
Independent 25316.8+16.8
Majority1268.3
Turnout 1,526
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Wansbeck Newbiggin East By-Election 25 February 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 72058.7+58.7
Labour 48339.4−39.8
Conservative 231.9−18.9
Majority23719.3
Turnout 1,226
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Wansbeck Hirst By-Election 11 November 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 57458.0−21.3
Liberal Democrats 39139.5+18.8
Conservative 242.4+2.4
Majority18318.5
Turnout 98930.0
Labour hold Swing

2005-2008

Morpeth North By-Election 10 November 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Leslie Cassie47340.7+0.3
Conservative David Bawn30426.2+3.8
Green Nicholas Best15413.3−3.0
Labour Ian Fleming14412.4−8.5
Independent John Beynon877.5+7.5
Majority16914.5−3.5
Turnout 1,16233.9−34.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Choppington By-Election 3r May 2007 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 84167.2+3.0
Liberal Democrats 41132.8+6.3
Majority43034.4
Turnout 1,252
Labour hold Swing

2008-2013

Ponteland East By-Election 4 November 2010 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eileen Armstrong84362.6+2.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Duffield40329.9+1.6
Labour Andrew Avery1007.4+2.9
Majority44032.7
Turnout 1,346
Conservative hold Swing

2013-2017

Longhoughton By-Election 24 July 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kate Cairns74249.6+49.6
Conservative John Hope35223.5+0.7
Independent Wendy Pattison20813.9+13.9
UKIP Michael Weatheritt1469.8−3.1
Labour Nicola Morrison483.2+3.2
Majority39026.1
Turnout 1,496
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
College By-Election 30 July 2015 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Purvis50869.5−21.2
UKIP Peter Curtis10214.0+14.0
Liberal Democrats Andy McGregor8211.2+11.2
Conservative Chris Galley395.3−4.0
Majority40655.5
Turnout 731
Labour hold Swing
Hexham West By-Election 4 February 2016 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Derek Kennedy50136.6+36.6
Conservative Tom Gillanders45433.2−15.1
Labour Nuala Rose20014.6−0.3
Independent Anne Pickering1259.1+9.1
Green Lee Williscroft-Ferris896.5+6.5
Majority473.4
Turnout 1,369
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

2017-2021

Holywell By-Election 2 May 2019 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Bowman91657.6+7.4
Conservative Maureen Levy51032.1−7.2
Liberal Democrats Anita Romer16410.3+10.3
Majority40625.5
Turnout 1,590
Labour hold Swing

2021-2025

Hexham East By-Election 16 December 2021 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Fairless-Aitken58447.3+11.8
Conservative Stephen Ball37030.0−13.8
Labour Jonathan Wheeler15412.5−8.1
Independent Lee Williscroft-Ferris12710.3+10.3
Majority21417.3
Turnout 1,235
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Seghill with Seaton Delaval By-Election 24 March 2022 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eve Chicken70255.6+1.1
Labour Christine Savage51140.5−5.0
Green Clive Robson292.3+2.3
Liberal Democrats Alisdair Gibbs-Barton211.7+1.7
Majority19115.1
Turnout 1,263
Conservative hold Swing
Cramlington Eastfield By-Election 22 August 2024 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Smith51343.5−15.6
Labour James Gillooly37131.5+1.4
Reform UK Mark Owen17715.0+15.0
Independent Libby Cripps675.7+5.7
Liberal Democrats Andy McGregor232.0+2.0
Green Paul Evans221.9+1.9
Independent Dawn Furness60.5+0.5
Majority14212.0
Turnout 1,179
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Includes 4 Independent Labour and 2 Independent Conservatives.
  2. ↑ Includes 1 Independent Conservative.
  3. ↑ Includes 2 candidates without a ballot description.
  1. ↑ "The Northumberland (Electoral Changes) Order 2011", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2011/2, retrieved 15 August 2022
  2. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Choppington Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ponteland East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Longhoughton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — College Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hexham West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Holywell Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hexham East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Seghill with Seaton Delaval Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cramlington Eastfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
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