An election for the Northumberland County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[2] All 67 councillors were elected from 66 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

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2017 Northumberland County Council election^[1]

← 2013 4 May 2017 (2017-05-04) 2021 →
All 67 seats to Northumberland County Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	40.5%
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 21 32 Seats won 33 24 Seat change 12 12 Popular vote 43,101 26,483 Percentage 43.9% 27.0%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Liberal Democrats Last election 3 11 Seats won 7 3 Seat change 4 8 Popular vote 11,729 11,693 Percentage 11.9% 11.9%
Map of the results of the 2017 local election.
Control of Council before election No overall control Control of Council after election No overall control

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The results saw the Conservative Party win 33 seats, one short of a majority. In South Blyth there was a tie between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats who decided the results by drawing straws, which the Liberal Democrats won; had the tie gone the other way the Conservatives would have won a majority.^[3][4] The Conservatives made significant gains in medium-sized towns, gaining seats in Prudhoe, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick, Morpeth and Cramlington.

There was a total of 100,765 valid votes cast, and a total of 354 ballots were rejected.

Following the previous election in 2013, the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2013, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. All results are listed below:^[5]