Elections to Northumberland County Council were held on 2 May 2013. The full council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2017.

Quick Facts All 67 seatsto Northumberland County Council 34 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

2013 Northumberland County Council election^[1]

← 2008 2 May 2013 (2013-05-02) 2017 →
All 67 seats to Northumberland County Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33.7%
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 17 17 Seats won 32 21 Seat change 15 4 Popular vote 29,631 25,354 Percentage 35.8% 30.7%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Independent Last election 26 7 Seats won 11 3 Seat change 15 4 Popular vote 17,035 4,881 Percentage 20.6% 5.9%
Map of the results of the 2013 local election.
Control of Council before election No overall control Control of Council after election No overall control

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The council remained in no overall control with the Labour Party becoming the largest party, holding 32 out of 67 seats on the council. Of the remaining 35 seats on the council, the Conservative Party won the 21 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 11 seats and Independents won 3 seats. ^[2]

The overall turnout was 34.03% with a total of 84,949 valid votes cast. A total of 726 ballots were rejected.

Following the election, the composition of the council was:

IND - Independent

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