Castle Morpeth Borough Council elections
Castle Morpeth Borough Council was elected every four years.
Political control
No overall control 1973–2009
Council elections
- Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 1999
- Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 2003
- Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 2007
By-election results
| Ulgham By-Election 6 March 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | unopposed | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Ulgham By-Election 3 July 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | 504 | 48.5 | -8.7 | ||
| Labour | 410 | 39.5 | -3.3 | ||
| Conservative | 70 | 6.7 | +6.7 | ||
| Independent | 55 | 5.2 | +5.2 | ||
| Majority | 94 | 9.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,039 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Ellington By-Election 10 December 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 397 | 51.2 | +2.1 | ||
| Labour | 379 | 48.8 | -2.1 | ||
| Majority | 18 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 776 | 35.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Morpeth Kirkhill By-Election 11 November 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 306 | 40.7 | +8.0 | ||
| Independent | 274 | 36.5 | -12.0 | ||
| Conservative | 141 | 18.8 | +0.1 | ||
| Green | 30 | 4.0 | +4.0 | ||
| Majority | 32 | 4.2 | |||
| Turnout | 751 | 32.0 | |||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Morpeth Kirkhill By-Election 21 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 510 | 71.5 | +71.5 | ||
| Labour | 184 | 25.8 | -14.9 | ||
| Green | 19 | 2.7 | -1.3 | ||
| Majority | 326 | 45.7 | |||
| Turnout | 713 | 33.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Ulgham By-Election 12 September 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 462 | 75.0 | +75.0 | ||
| Independent | 154 | 25.0 | -47.6 | ||
| Majority | 308 | 50.0 | |||
| Turnout | 616 | 26.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Lynemouth By-Election 12 June 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | 413 | 69.8 | +69.8 | ||
| Labour | 179 | 30.2 | -0.7 | ||
| Majority | 234 | 39.6 | |||
| Turnout | 592 | 44.0 | |||
| Independent gain from Independent Labour | Swing | ||||
| Morpeth Stobhill By-Election 18 March 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | 225 | 28.4 | -10.0 | ||
| Labour | 218 | 27.5 | -23.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 217 | 27.4 | +27.4 | ||
| Conservative | 132 | 16.7 | +5.7 | ||
| Majority | 8 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 792 | 33.0 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Pegswood By-Election 21 July 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Juliet Oakley | 417 | 62.0 | +62.0 | |
| Labour | Edward Campbell | 242 | 36.0 | -44.6 | |
| Green | Geoffrey Parkin | 14 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 175 | 26.0 | |||
| Turnout | 673 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Ponteland East By-Election 21 July 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Armstrong | 468 | 58.6 | +11.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Cogan | 312 | 39.1 | -13.8 | |
| Green | Paul Lawrence | 18 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 156 | 19.5 | |||
| Turnout | 798 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
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