Northumberland local elections
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Northumberland Council is elected every four years.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
No overall control 1973 - 1981
Labour 1981 - 1985
No overall control 1985 - 1989
Labour 1989 -
[edit] Council elections
Northumberland Council election 1997
Northumberland Council election 2001
Northumberland Council election 2005
[edit] By-election results
| Corbridge By-Election 17 September 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 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 | ||||
| Wansbeck Newbiggin East By-Election 25 February 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 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 | ||||
| Wansbeck Hirst By-Election 11 November 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 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 | ||||
| Morpeth North By-Election 10 November 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
