Northumberland County Council elections

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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Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Reform	Green	Independent	Council control after election
Year							Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (62 seats)
1973	10	28	3^[b]	–	–	21		No overall control
1977	20	21	0	–	0	21^[c]		No overall control
New boundaries (66 seats)
1981	14	34	15	–	0	3		Labour
1985	12	30	20	–	0	4^[d]		No overall control
1989	17	38	8	–	0	3		Labour
1993	13	39	11	–	0	5		Labour
1997	13	43	8	–	0	2		Labour
New boundaries (67 seats)
2001	17	38	9	–	0	3		Labour
2005	14	35	14	–	0	4		Labour
Unitary authority formed (67 seats)
2008	17	17	26	–	0	7		No overall control
2013	21	32	11	–	0	3		No overall control
2017	33	24	3	–	0	7		No overall control
2021	34	21	3	0	2	7		Conservative
New boundaries (69 seats)
2025	26	8	3	23	2	7		No overall control

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	546	35.8	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	420	27.5	−9.6
	Labour	307	20.1	−7.5
	Independent	253	16.8	+16.8
Majority		126	8.3
Turnout		1,526
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	720	58.7	+58.7
	Labour	483	39.4	−39.8
	Conservative	23	1.9	−18.9
Majority		237	19.3
Turnout		1,226
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	574	58.0	−21.3
	Liberal Democrats	391	39.5	+18.8
	Conservative	24	2.4	+2.4
Majority		183	18.5
Turnout		989	30.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Cassie	473	40.7	+0.3
	Conservative	David Bawn	304	26.2	+3.8
	Green	Nicholas Best	154	13.3	−3.0
	Labour	Ian Fleming	144	12.4	−8.5
	Independent	John Beynon	87	7.5	+7.5
Majority			169	14.5	−3.5
Turnout			1,162	33.9	−34.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Northumberland County Council elections

Council composition

County result maps

By-election results

1997-2001

2005-2008

2008-2013

2013-2017

2017-2021

2021-2025

2025-2029

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	841	67.2	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	411	32.8	+6.3
Majority		430	34.4
Turnout		1,252
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Armstrong	843	62.6	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duffield	403	29.9	+1.6
	Labour	Andrew Avery	100	7.4	+2.9
Majority			440	32.7
Turnout			1,346
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Cairns	742	49.6	+49.6
	Conservative	John Hope	352	23.5	+0.7
	Independent	Wendy Pattison	208	13.9	+13.9
	UKIP	Michael Weatheritt	146	9.8	−3.1
	Labour	Nicola Morrison	48	3.2	+3.2
Majority			390	26.1
Turnout			1,496
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Purvis	508	69.5	−21.2
	UKIP	Peter Curtis	102	14.0	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andy McGregor	82	11.2	+11.2
	Conservative	Chris Galley	39	5.3	−4.0
Majority			406	55.5
Turnout			731
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Kennedy	501	36.6	+36.6
	Conservative	Tom Gillanders	454	33.2	−15.1
	Labour	Nuala Rose	200	14.6	−0.3
	Independent	Anne Pickering	125	9.1	+9.1
	Green	Lee Williscroft-Ferris	89	6.5	+6.5
Majority			47	3.4
Turnout			1,369
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Bowman	916	57.6	+7.4
	Conservative	Maureen Levy	510	32.1	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Romer	164	10.3	+10.3
Majority			406	25.5
Turnout			1,590
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Fairless-Aitken	584	47.3	+11.8
	Conservative	Stephen Ball	370	30.0	−13.8
	Labour	Jonathan Wheeler	154	12.5	−8.1
	Independent	Lee Williscroft-Ferris	127	10.3	+10.3
Majority			214	17.3
Turnout			1,235
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eve Chicken	702	55.6	+1.1
	Labour	Christine Savage	511	40.5	−5.0
	Green	Clive Robson	29	2.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alisdair Gibbs-Barton	21	1.7	+1.7
Majority			191	15.1
Turnout			1,263
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Smith	513	43.5	−15.6
	Labour	James Gillooly	371	31.5	+1.4
	Reform	Mark Owen	177	15.0	+15.0
	Independent	Libby Cripps	67	5.7	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andy McGregor	23	2.0	+2.0
	Green	Paul Evans	22	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Dawn Furness	6	0.5	+0.5
Majority			142	12.0
Turnout			1,179
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Graham	278	34.2
	Reform	Bridget Byrne	212	26.1
	Labour	Lynne Robinson	187	23.0
	Green	Alex Phimister	116	14.3
	Independent	Dawn Furness	13	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cott	7	0.9
Majority			66	8.1
Turnout			813
	Conservative gain from Reform		Swing