1989 Northumberland County Council election
1989 UK local government election
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Local elections to Northumberland County Council, a county council in the north east of England, were held on 4 May 1989, resulting in a council with Labour members forming a majority.
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4 May 1989
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All 66 seats to Northumberland County Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 37.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 1989 local election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 38 |  8 |
57.6 | 40.4 | 35,288 | 2.9 | |||
| Conservative | 17 | 5 |
25.8 | 23.3 | 20,346 | 2.8 | |||
| SLD | 8 |  12 |
12.1 | 28.3 | 24,782 | 7.2 | |||
| Independent | 3 |  0 |
4.5 | 4.1 | 3,546 | 1.3 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.8 | 701 | 0.7 | |||
| SDP | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 2.3 | 2,017 | New | |||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.6 | 774 | New | |||