An election for the Northumberland County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. 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.
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. The Conservatives made significant gains in medium-sized towns, gaining seats in Prudhoe, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick, Morpeth and Cramlington.
Result
There was a total of 100,765 valid votes cast, and a total of 354 ballots were rejected.
Council Composition Following the previous election in 2013, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 32 21 11 3 Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Independent
After the election, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 33 24 3 4 3 Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Non Aligned Bedlington Independent
Ward results 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:
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 & Broomhaugh
Wensleydale
Wooler
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