Northumberland council election, 2017

04/05/2017 · 64 wards · 65 seats contested

Most seats
33
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
65
across 64 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 33 — 44,051 44.6% —
Labour Party 22 — 26,015 26.4% —
Independent 7 — 11,304 11.5% —
Liberal Democrats 3 — 12,049 12.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 — 2,934 3.0% —
Green Party 0 — 2,308 2.3% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 65
Conservative and Unionist Party 65
Labour Party 64
Liberal Democrats 43
Independent 27
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 22
Green Party 16

A party standing a full slate could field 65 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Alnwick 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gordon Castle Elected 1,929 60.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robbie Moore Elected 1,295 40.8% —
Liberal Democrats Lydia Heather Cairns 959 30.2% —
Labour Party James Matthewson 688 21.7% —
Labour Party Bill Grisdale 594 18.7% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Eoin Duff 457 14.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Michael John Weatheritt 241 7.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Margaret Weatheritt 187 5.9% —
Majority336
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,175

Amble

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Terry Clark Elected 622 51.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party June Elaine Watson 452 37.3% —
Liberal Democrats Roger Cashmore 137 11.3% —
Majority170
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,211

Amble West with Warkworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeff Watson Elected 743 47.3% —
Independent Ann Burke 376 23.9% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Alexander James Findlay 264 16.8% —
Labour Party Nicola Morrison 187 11.9% —
Majority367
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,570

Ashington Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Thomas Sinclair Wilson Elected 740 79.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Niran Pulle-Daley 190 20.4% —
Majority550
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast930

Bamburgh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Guy Renner-Thompson Elected 1,294 71.5% —
Labour Party David Graham Paul 387 21.4% —
Liberal Democrats Celyn Jean Emlyn Ashworth 130 7.2% —
Majority907
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,811

Bedlington Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Russ Wallace Elected 927 60.7% —
Labour Party Alyson Wallace 356 23.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ruben Ainesh Pulle-Daley 132 8.6% —
Independent David Graham 113 7.4% —
Majority571
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,528

Bedlington East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Bill Crosby Elected 544 51.3% —
Labour Party Val Tyler 404 38.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Johnny Wearmouth 112 10.6% —
Majority140
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,060

Bedlington West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Malcolm Robinson Elected 568 37.4% —
Labour Party Terry Johnstone 503 33.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tracy Aynsley 260 17.1% —
Independent Adam Hogg 189 12.4% —
Majority65
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,520

Bellingham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Riddle Elected 998 67.1% —
Green Party Michael James Macgregor 349 23.5% —
Labour Party Phil Bowyer 140 9.4% —
Majority649
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,487

Berwick East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Georgina Emma Rowley Hill Elected 363 33.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hayley Jayne Nichols 309 28.2% —
Liberal Democrats Margaret Anne McKinnon 182 16.6% —
Independent Paul Joseph Hodgson 144 13.2% —
Green Party Thomas Stewart 97 8.9% —
Majority54
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,095

Berwick North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Catherine Seymour Elected 424 28.7% —
Independent Jim Herbert 420 28.4% —
Liberal Democrats Gavin William Jones 264 17.8% —
Independent Shirley Anne Forbes 161 10.9% —
Independent Brian Douglas 154 10.4% —
Labour Party Mick McCarthy 56 3.8% —
Majority4
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,479

Berwick West with Ord

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gregah Alan Roughead Elected 528 48.0% —
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Isabel Hunter 491 44.6% —
Labour Party Patricia Williams 82 7.4% —
Majority37
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,101

Bothal

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lynne Grimshaw Elected 704 56.3% —
Liberal Democrats Andy McGregor 398 31.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joao Bruno Parreira 148 11.8% —
Majority306
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,250

Bywell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Karen Rachel Quinn Elected 833 43.3% —
Labour Party James Bryan 615 32.0% —
Liberal Democrats Tom Appleby 387 20.1% —
Green Party Martin Davenport 88 4.6% —
Majority218
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,923

Choppington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dave Ledger Elected 455 38.0% —
Independent Stephen James Armstrong 336 28.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Alexander Gebhard 218 18.2% —
Independent Sarah Victoria Legge 187 15.6% —
Majority119
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,196

College

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mark Purvis Elected 784 78.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicola Ann Bawn 210 21.1% —
Majority574
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast994

Corbridge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Oliver Elected 893 49.1% —
Independent Maurice Hodgson 765 42.1% —
Labour Party Keith Gordon Trobe 106 5.8% —
Green Party John Charles Stuart Oldham 55 3.0% —
Majority128
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,819

Cramlington East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ian Carr Fry Swithenbank Elected 424 51.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Forster Reynolds 305 36.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Valerie Ellis 100 12.1% —
Majority119
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast829

Cramlington Eastfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Lesley Dunbar Elected 831 55.1% —
Labour Party Laura Pidcock 506 33.6% —
Independent Susan Mary Bryce Johnston 88 5.8% —
Liberal Democrats Lynda Ann McKenna 43 2.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Melanie Hurst 40 2.7% —
Majority325
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,508

Cramlington North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Wayne Daley Elected 1,644 92.6% —
Labour Party Dave Murray 132 7.4% —
Majority1,512
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,776

Cramlington South East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Allan Hepple Elected 718 43.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Ezhilchelvan 567 34.4% —
Liberal Democrats Tom Brechany 276 16.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Christopher Halliday 87 5.3% —
Majority151
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,648

Cramlington Village

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark David Swinburn Elected 974 61.3% —
Labour Party Moyra Elizabeth Smith 383 24.1% —
Liberal Democrats Barrie Crowther 119 7.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Tracey Eileen Elliott 68 4.3% —
Independent Kathy Graham 44 2.8% —
Majority591
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,588

Cramlington West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Barry Malcolm Flux Elected 1,058 72.2% —
Labour Party Jean Whisson 408 27.8% —
Majority650
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,466

Croft

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kath Nisbet Elected 514 59.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Scott Lee 164 19.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Robert David Erskine 122 14.1% —
Liberal Democrats Peter Thompson Stanger 63 7.3% —
Majority350
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast863

Druridge Bay

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Scott Dickinson Elected 796 54.9% —
Independent James Grant 307 21.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aidan Paul Ruff 254 17.5% —
Liberal Democrats Mary Clare Bambrough 92 6.3% —
Majority489
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,449

Haltwhistle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party James Ian Hutchinson Elected 1,027 58.9% —
Labour Party Annette McGlade 591 33.9% —
Liberal Democrats Stuart Alan Rowlands 49 2.8% —
Independent James Kevin Little 44 2.5% —
Green Party Laura Anne Blenkinsop 33 1.9% —
Majority436
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,744

Hartley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Susan Dungworth Elected 706 41.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Maureen Levy 433 25.5% —
Independent John Michael Barrell 261 15.4% —
Liberal Democrats Anita Cynthia Romer 205 12.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Keren Patterson 94 5.5% —
Majority273
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,699

Haydon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Brian Gallacher Elected 744 65.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lance Robson 193 16.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Kai Bye 112 9.8% —
Liberal Democrats Les Morgan 95 8.3% —
Majority551
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,144

Haydon and Hadrian

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Alan Sharp Elected 797 45.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jan Harding 538 30.7% —
Independent Chris Heslop 251 14.3% —
Labour Party Stephen Charles Grinter 123 7.0% —
Green Party Barbara Jane Grundey 44 2.5% —
Majority259
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,753

Hexham Central with Acomb

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Trevor Cessford Elected 747 49.9% —
Labour Party Penny Grennan 446 29.8% —
Independent Anne Pickering 137 9.1% —
Liberal Democrats Christopher James Yeomans 100 6.7% —
Green Party Nigel Bruce Warner 68 4.5% —
Majority301
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,498

Hexham East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Cath Homer Elected 941 65.7% —
Liberal Democrats Peter John Arnold 218 15.2% —
Labour Party Vanessa Caroline Mary Maughan 206 14.4% —
Green Party Mark Jonathan Shipperlee 68 4.7% —
Majority723
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,433

Hexham West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Derek Kennedy Elected 1,095 56.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Dodds 580 30.1% —
Labour Party Chris Wharton 161 8.4% —
Green Party David Grundey 91 4.7% —
Majority515
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,927

Hirst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ken Parry Elected 613 79.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Liz Rixon 90 11.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Juneille Smith 72 9.3% —
Majority523
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast775

Holywell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Bernard Pidcock Elected 774 50.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Francis Shanley 606 39.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Norman Baston 161 10.4% —
Majority168
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,541

Humshaugh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Rupert McLure Gibson Elected 909 55.2% —
Green Party Wesley Foot 477 29.0% —
Labour Party Quentin Gordon Campbell 158 9.6% —
Liberal Democrats Tony Selden 103 6.3% —
Majority432
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,647

Isabella

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gordon Webb Elected 515 63.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John Henry Moore 130 16.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Mallam 120 14.9% —
Liberal Democrats Sandra Stanger 41 5.1% —
Majority385
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast806

Kitty Brewster

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Grant Davey Elected 511 45.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Levy 339 29.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Peter Watson 201 17.7% —
Liberal Democrats Walter Rickerby 83 7.3% —
Majority172
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,134

Longhorsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Glen Sanderson Elected 1,402 84.4% —
Labour Party Anthony Reay 139 8.4% —
Liberal Democrats Charles Jevon 121 7.3% —
Majority1,263
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,662

Longhoughton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Wendy Pattison Elected 882 52.8% —
Liberal Democrats Kate Lydia Cairns 679 40.7% —
Labour Party Thelma Morse 108 6.5% —
Majority203
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,669

Morpeth Kirkhill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Watson Wearmouth Elected 1,228 55.2% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tebbutt 765 34.4% —
Labour Party Adrian Martin James Slassor 233 10.5% —
Majority463
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,226

Morpeth North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Lee Bawn Elected 1,061 49.3% —
Liberal Democrats Joan Tebbutt 550 25.6% —
Green Party Nic Best 318 14.8% —
Labour Party Mark David Owen 221 10.3% —
Majority511
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,150

Morpeth Stobhill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Beynon Elected 969 49.6% —
Liberal Democrats Alison Byard 456 23.3% —
Independent Ian Lindley 285 14.6% —
Labour Party Brenda May Stanton 244 12.5% —
Majority513
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,954

Newbiggin Central and East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Liz Simpson Elected 776 70.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dorothy Anne Wonnacott 318 29.1% —
Majority458
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,094

Newsham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Deidre Campbell Elected 537 50.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Barry William Elliott 304 28.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Charlotte Waggitt 219 20.7% —
Majority233
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,060

Norham and Islandshires

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Roderick Malcolm Gordon Lawrie Elected 867 50.2% —
Liberal Democrats Dougie Watkin 729 42.2% —
Labour Party Brian Parkin 132 7.6% —
Majority138
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,728

Pegswood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David James Towns Elected 579 37.8% —
Labour Party Sam Sambrook 522 34.1% —
Liberal Democrats David George Woodard 431 28.1% —
Majority57
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,532

Plessey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jeff Reid Elected 603 45.9% —
Labour Party Linda Neslund 379 28.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Durnan 171 13.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Rev Cornell 162 12.3% —
Majority224
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,315

Ponteland East and Stannington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Eileen Armstrong Elected 1,200 77.8% —
Labour Party Tony Reid 134 8.7% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Matthew 116 7.5% —
Green Party Paul Anthony Lawrence 92 6.0% —
Majority1,066
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,542

Ponteland North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Dodd Elected 1,380 87.7% —
Labour Party Simon Neale Railton 137 8.7% —
Liberal Democrats Philip Neil Pennington 56 3.6% —
Majority1,243
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,573

Ponteland South with Heddon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Alan Jackson Elected 1,195 78.0% —
Labour Party Andy Avery 199 13.0% —
Liberal Democrats Tom Hancock 138 9.0% —
Majority996
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,532

Ponteland West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Veronica Jones Elected 1,175 85.6% —
Labour Party John Hampton 197 14.4% —
Majority978
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,372

Prudhoe North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kenneth George Stow Elected 653 44.3% —
Labour Party Eileen Burt 579 39.3% —
Liberal Democrats Rosie Anderson 93 6.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Francis Stuart Miles 88 6.0% —
Green Party Pamela Jane Woolner 62 4.2% —
Majority74
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,475

Prudhoe South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gordon Stewart Elected 564 39.0% —
Independent Sarah Jane Eden 539 37.3% —
Labour Party Glenn William Simpson 254 17.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Graham Edward Young 54 3.7% —
Liberal Democrats Robert Charles Theobald 35 2.4% —
Majority25
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,446

Rothbury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Steven Bridgett Elected 1,471 65.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gavin William Thomas Egdell 534 23.8% —
Green Party David McKechnie 160 7.1% —
Labour Party Sandra Dawn Dickinson 81 3.6% —
Majority937
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,246

Seaton with Newbiggin West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jim Lang Elected 756 72.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Betty Margaret Bawn 284 27.3% —
Majority472
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,040

Seghill with Seaton Delaval

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Margaret Evelyn Richards Elected 710 49.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Troy Hartland 608 42.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Rob Forsyth 118 8.2% —
Majority102
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,436

Shilbottle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Trevor Norman Thorne Elected 1,161 65.2% —
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Anne Whitelam 291 16.3% —
Labour Party Stewart Selkirk 256 14.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John Anderson Curry 73 4.1% —
Majority870
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,781

Sleekburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jeff Gobin Elected 380 36.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas James Peacock 261 25.2% —
Independent Kath Burn 223 21.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Steve Aynsley 171 16.5% —
Majority119
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,035

South Blyth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Lesley Jennifer Rickerby Elected 357 28.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel James Carr 356 28.8% —
Labour Party Olga Potts 305 24.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Peter Potts 216 17.5% —
Majority1
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,234

South Tynedale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin William Horncastle Elected 1,249 71.6% —
Liberal Democrats Avril Lynda Grundy 183 10.5% —
Labour Party John Alexander Lindsay Hill 171 9.8% —
Green Party Richard Sutton 141 8.1% —
Majority1,066
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,744

Stakeford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Julie Foster Elected 814 64.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlotte Elizabeth Peacock Blundred 450 35.6% —
Majority364
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,264

Stocksfield and Broomhaugh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Anne Dale Elected 1,312 63.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles William Roland Heslop 528 25.4% —
Labour Party Bill Haylock 132 6.3% —
Liberal Democrats Philip Latham 109 5.2% —
Majority784
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,081

Wensleydale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Eileen Cartie Elected 641 54.6% —
Liberal Democrats Penny Reid 203 17.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Hopewell 197 16.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Anna Moore 133 11.3% —
Majority438
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,174

Wooler

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Harkness Murray Elected 1,272 72.9% —
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Cott 181 10.4% —
Green Party James Jobson 165 9.5% —
Labour Party David John Charles Bull 126 7.2% —
Majority1,091
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,744

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