2001 Northumberland County Council election
2001 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 7 June 2001. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries that increased the number of seats from 66 to 67.[2] The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.
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7 June 2001
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All 67 seats to Northumberland County Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 61.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 2001 local election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 38 | 40.7 |  4.1 | ||||||
| Conservative | 17 | 24.5 |  0.2 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 29.7 | 3.7 | ||||||
| Independent | 3 | 4.6 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |||||