2021_Northumberland_County_Council_election

2021 Northumberland County Council election^[1]
All 67 seats; to Northumberland County Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2021 local election.
Control of Council before election; ; No overall control	Control of Council after election ; ; Conservative

2021 Northumberland County Council election

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An election for the Northumberland County Council took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 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.

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

The results saw the Conservative Party win 34 seats, a bare majority.^[3]

Ward Results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	34	6	5	+1	50.75	46.56	47,645	+2.51
Labour	21	3	6	-3	31.34	30.37	31,083	+3.50
Independent	7	1	1	N/C	10.45	8.86	9,063	-1.04
Liberal Democrats	3	1	1	N/C	4.47	8.35	8,549	-3.71
Green	2	2	0	+2	2.99	5.16	5,285	+2.96
Reform UK	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.40	408	New
SDP	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.20	206	New
No description	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.08	78	-1.66
CPA	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.02	17	+0.17

33	24	7	3
Conservative	Labour	Ind	LD

34	21	7	3	2
Conservative	Labour	Ind	LD	G

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Castle	1,834	53.5
	Green	Martin Swinbank	1,671	48.7	*New*
	Conservative	Reuben Carr	1112	32.4
	Labour	Peter Burns	701	20.4
	Labour	Julia Lyford	485	14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Eckersley	457	13.3
Majority			163
Turnout			3,439	42.13
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Clark	635	51.3	0.1
	Conservative	June Watson	540	43.7	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Woodard	62	5.0	6.3
Majority			95	6.3	6.3
Turnout			1,245	31.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Watson	766	51.5	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Wilson	438	29.4	12.6
	Labour	Mike Joyce	187	19.1	7.2
Majority			328	22.0	1.4
Turnout			1,499	42.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Ball	551	55.8	23.8
	Green	Michelle Brannigan	264	26.7	New
	Conservative	Cheryl Watson	156	15.8	4.6
	CPA	Michael Flynn	17	1.7	New
Majority			287	29.0	30.1
Turnout			995	30.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Renner-Thompson	1,085	71.2	0.3
	Labour	Mick McCarthy	239	15.7	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Cairns	200	13.1	5.9
Majority			846	55.5	5.4
Turnout			1,538	42.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christine Taylor	623	48.2	12.5
	Labour	Brian Johnstone	419	32.4	9.1
	Conservative	Charlotte Blundred	113	8.7	0.1
Majority			204	15.8	21.6
Turnout			1,304	34.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Wilczek	436	45.8	1.1
	Independent	Victoria Thompson	235	24.7	26.4
	Independent	Mark Wilkinson	171	18.0	New
	Conservative	Nadia Zemouri	109	11.5
Majority			201	21.1	8.4
Turnout			957	29.6
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Robinson	651	50.7	13.3
	Labour	Terry Johnstone	368	28.6	4.5
	Conservative	Elizabeth Rixon	368	28.6	11.5
Majority			283	22.0	17.7
Turnout			1,290	33.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Riddle	852	59.6	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Smith	332	23.2	New
	Labour	Anne Palmer	246	17.2	7.8
Majority			520	36.0	7.7
Turnout			1,436	45.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Georgina Hill	934	75.2	42.0
	Conservative	Amanda Raybould	167	13.4	14.8
	Green	Thomas Stewart	100	8.1	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Whitelam	41	3.3	13.3
Majority			767	61.8	56.9
Turnout			1,251	35.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Seymour	499	34.6	5.9
	Labour Co-op	Rachel Driver	377	26.1	22.3
	Independent	Shirley Forbes	349	24.2	13.3
	Independent	Brian Alexander Douglas	127	8.8	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Cooper	91	6.4	11.5
Majority			150	10.4	10.1
Turnout			1,455	41.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Isabel Hunter	410	40.0	4.6
	Conservative	Gregah Roughead	409	39.9	8.1
	Independent	Robert Bruce	138	13.5	New
	Green	Patricia Williams	67	6.5	New
Majority			1	0.1	3.3
Turnout			1,034	32.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bothal (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lynne Grimshaw	773	58.7	2.4
	Conservative	Richard Hunter	323	24.5	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andy McGregor	221	16.8	15.0
Majority			450	34.2	9.7
Turnout			1,324	34.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Bywell (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Holly Waddell	981	46.5	14.5
	Conservative	Stephen Westgarth	924	43.8	0.5
	Green	Martin Davenport	135	6.4	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Grieves	69	3.3	16.8
Majority			57	2.2	9.1
Turnout			2,115	58.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Choppington (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Murphy	429	38.4	0.4
	Independent	Stephen James Armstrong	411	36.8	8.7
	Conservative	Aaron Hart	277	24.8	6.6
Majority			18	1.6	8.4
Turnout			1,123	32.3
	Labour hold		Swing

College (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Purvis	773	74.3	4.6
	Conservative	Catherine Grieveson	267	25.7	4.6
Majority			506	48.7	9.0
Turnout			1,052	23.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Oliver	1,016	61.8	12.7
	Labour	Mary McGlade	240	14.6	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Latham	121	7.4	New
	SDP	Tom Maskell	116	7.1	New
	Green	John Dark	110	6.7	3.7
	Reform UK	Mark Griffin	42	2.6	New
Majority			776	47.2	40.2
Turnout			1,650	49.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Richardson	398	47.0	6.8
	Conservative	Adam Parsons	378	44.7	27.3
	Independent	Barry Elliott	70	8.3	New
Majority			20	2.4	28.0
Turnout			852	26.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Scott Lee	420	42.3	*New*
	Labour	Ian Swithenbank	386	38.8	12.4
	Conservative	Maureen Levy	188	18.8	18.0
Majority			34	3.4	11.0
Turnout			1,000	31.4
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Dunbar	873	59.1	4.0
	Labour	Karen Deagle	444	30.1	3.5
	Independent	Susan Johnston	158	10.8	5.0
Majority			429	29.1	7.5
Turnout			1,481	38.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Daley	1,305	76.8	13.2
	Labour	Martin Wright	395	23.2	13.2
Majority			910	53.5	26.6
Turnout			1,709	42.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Ezhilchelvan	1,030	61.8	27.4
	Labour	Allan Hepple	636	38.2	5.4
Majority			394	23.6	14.4
Turnout			1,687	45.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Swinburn	981	68.4	7.1
	Labour	Scott White	374	26.1	2.0
	Green	Ceryn Rowntree	80	5.6	New
Majority			607	42.3	5.1
Turnout			1,447	41.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Flux	941	65.4	6.8
	Labour	Dave Murray	497	34.6	6.8
Majority			444	30.9	13.4
Turnout			1,450	29.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kath Nisbet	556	60.0	0.4
	Conservative	Martin Tulip	293	31.6	12.6
	Reform UK	Mark Peart	49	5.3	New
	Independent	Paul Taylor	28	3.0	New
Majority			263	28.4	12.2
Turnout			938	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scott Dickinson	870	59.2	4.3
	Conservative	Sybil Whiteley	470	32.0	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Bambrough	129	8.8	2.4
Majority			400	27.2	6.5
Turnout			1,474	34.5
	Labour hold		Swing

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Results

Council Composition

Ward Results

Alnwick

Amble

Amble West with Warkworth

Ashington Central

Bamburgh

Bedlington Central

Bedlington East

Bedlington West

Bellingham

Berwick East

Berwick North

Berwick West with Ord

Bothal

Bywell

Choppington

College

Corbridge

Cowpen

Cramlington East

Cramlington Eastfield

Cramlington North

Cramlington South East

Cramlington Village

Cramlington West

Croft

Druridge Bay

Haltwhistle

Hartley

Haydon & Hadrian

Haydon

Hexham Central with Acomb

Hexham East

Hexham West

Hirst

Holywell

Humshaugh

Isabella

Kitty Brewster

Longhorsley

Longhoughton

Lynemouth

Morpeth Kirkhill

Morpeth North

Morpeth Stobhill

Newbiggin Central & East

Newsham

Norham & Islandshires

Pegswood

Plessey

Ponteland East & Stannington

Ponteland North

Ponteland South with Heddon

Ponteland West

Prudhoe North

Prudhoe South

Rothbury

Seaton with Newbiggin West

Seghill with Seaton Delaval

Shilbottle

Sleekburn

South Blyth

South Tynedale

Stakeford

Stocksfield & Boomhaugh

Wensleydale

Wooler

By-elections

Hexham East

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Hutchinson	830	58.5	0.4
	Labour	John Temple	487	34.3	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Alan Rowlands	101	7.1	4.3
Majority			343	24.2	0.8
Turnout			1,427	38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ferguson	869	47.2	21.7
	Labour	Susan Dungworth	868	47.1	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Romer	105	5.7	6.4
Majority			1	0.1	16.0
Turnout			1,858	48.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sharp	835	51.1	5.6
	Conservative	Jan Harding	486	29.8	0.9
	Labour	David Clegg	225	13.8	6.8
	Green	Bill Day	87	5.3	2.8
Majority			349	21.4	6.6
Turnout			1,643	45.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Gallacher	813	68.4	3.4
	Conservative	Anne Waggitt	375	31.2	14.3
Majority			438	36.9	11.3
Turnout			1,201	35.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Cessford	742	44.7	5.2
	Labour	Penny Grennan	558	33.6	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ginnie O'Farrell	240	14.5	7.8
	Green	Keith Mallinson	119	7.2	2.7
Majority			184	11.1	9.0
Turnout			1,677	48.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cath Homer	687	43.8	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Fairless-Aitken	557	35.5	20.3
	Labour	Vanessa Caroline Mary Maughan	323	20.6	6.2
Majority			130	8.3	42.1
Turnout			1,583	44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Kennedy	1,297	69.3	12.5
	Conservative	Liam Panesh	323	17.3	12.8
	Labour	Victor Ball	169	9.0	0.6
	Green	Cameron Whiteley	83	4.4	0.3
Majority			974	52.0	25.3
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Parry	559	71.9	7.8
	Conservative	Kevin Wilson	131	16.8	5.2
	Reform UK	John Allen	88	11.3	New
Majority			428	55.0	12.5
Turnout			787	24.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Bowman	984	57.0	7.0
	Conservative	John Watson	636	36.9	2.4
	Green	Steve Leyland	105	6.1	New
Majority			348	20.2	9.3
Turnout			1,734	43.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Nick Morphet	1,046	52.2	23.2
	Conservative	Rupert Gibson	849	42.3	12.9
	Labour	Milo Barnett	80	4.0	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Rowlands	30	1.5	4.8
Majority			197	9.8	16.4
Turnout			2,012	59.4
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing