2025 Northumberland County Council election

2025 Northumberland County Council election

1 May 2025 (2025-05-01)
All 69 seats to Northumberland County Council 36 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Glen Sanderson none Scott Dickinson Party Conservative Reform UK Labour Leader's seat Longhorsley none Druridge Bay Last election 34 seats, 46.6% 0 seats, 0.4% 21 seats, 30.4% Seats before 33 0 18 Seats won 26 23 8 Seat change 8 23 13 Popular vote 29,122 29,540 22,517 Percentage 28.9% 29.3% 22.3% Swing 17.7% 28.9% 8.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Derek Kennedy[a] Jeff Reid (retiring) Nick Morphet (retiring) Party Independent Liberal Democrats Green Leader's seat Hexham West Plessey Humshaugh Last election 7 seats, 8.9% 3 seats, 8.4% 2 seats, 5.2% Seats before 10[b] 4 2 Seats won 7 3 2 Seat change Popular vote 8,117 6,643 4,714 Percentage 8.0% 6.6% 4.7% Swing 0.9% 1.8% 0.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2025 Northumberland County Council election
Leader before election Glen Sanderson Conservative No overall control Leader after election Glen Sanderson Conservative No overall control

The 2025 Northumberland County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Northumberland County Council in Northumberland, England.^[2] 69 members were elected on the same day as other local elections across England. In the election the council remained under no overall control.^[3] Alongside Buckinghamshire, this was one of the only two councils where the Conservatives were elected as the largest party.

At the 2021 election, the Conservatives won control of the council.^[4] They subsequently lost their majority later in 2021 following a by-election, but continued to run the council as a minority administration between 2021 and 2025. New division boundaries were drawn up to come into effect for the 2025 election, increasing the number of councillors from 67 to 69.^[5]

After 2021 election			Before 2025 election[6]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	34		Conservative	33
	Labour	21		Labour	18
	Liberal Democrats	3		Liberal Democrats	4
	Green	2		Green	2
	Independent	7		Independent	10

• November 2021: Cath Homer (Conservative) resigns – by-election held December 2021^[7]
• December 2021: Suzanne Fairless-Aitken (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives^[8]
• January 2022: Paul Scott (Conservative) dies – by-election held March 2022^[9]
• February 2022: Holly Waddell (Labour) suspended from party^[10]
• March 2022: Eve Chicken (Conservative) wins by-election^[11]
• June 2023: Mary Murphy (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent^[12]
• June 2024: Christine Dunbar (Conservative) resigns – by-election held August 2024^[13]
• August 2024: Alan Smith (Conservative) wins by-election^[14]
• October 2024: Liz Simpson (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent^[15]

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a Conservative minority administration led by Glen Sanderson. The election saw the Conservatives lose seats, but they remained the largest party, having 26 seats after the election. Reform UK had no seats on the council prior to the election; it won 23 seats, overtaking Labour to become the second largest party on the council. Reform UK chose Mark Peart to be its group leader after the election. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2025, both Sanderson and Peart were proposed to be the new leader of the council. Sanderson was chosen by 34 votes to 22, with the Independent Group, Liberal Democrats and Green Party all voting in favour of Sanderson, whilst Labour abstained. The council therefore continued to be run by a Conservative minority administration, with all positions on the council's cabinet being given to Conservatives.^[16][17]

2025 Northumberland County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	69	26	0	7	8	37.7	28.9	29,122	–17.7
	Reform UK	69	23	16	0	23	33.3	29.3	29,540	+28.9
	Labour	69	8	2	11	13	11.6	22.3	22,517	–8.1
	Independent	21	7	0	0		10.1	8.0	8,117	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	29	3	1	1		4.3	6.6	6,643	–1.8
	Green	29	2	0	0		2.9	4.7	4,714	–0.5
	Majority	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	127	N/A
	SDP	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	46	–0.2
	Animal Welfare	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	25	N/A
	Heritage	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	16	N/A

Alnwick Castle^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gordon Castle*	709	46.8
	Reform UK	Martin Harrington	418	27.6
	Labour	John Shepherd	148	9.8
	Green	Laura Hawken	129	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sibylle Stenzel	111	7.3
Majority			291	19.2
Turnout			1,518	40.2
Registered electors			3,779
	Conservative win (new seat)

Alnwick Hotspur^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Martin Swinbank*	760	56.4
	Reform UK	Ian Caldwell	273	20.3
	Conservative	Geoff Watson	153	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Hedley	110	8.2
	Labour	Helen Seymour	51	3.8
Majority			487	36.1
Turnout			1,348	38.0
Registered electors			3,547
	Green win (new seat)

Amble^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Arty Hume	514	44.4	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Terry Clark*	445	38.4	–12.9
	Conservative	Jenny Richards	199	17.2	–26.5
Majority			69	6.0	N/A
Turnout			1,161	31.8	+0.5
Registered electors			3,654
	Reform UK gain from Labour Co-op

Amble West & Warkworth^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Pauline Davidson	397	23.8	N/A
	Green	Ivor Rackham	351	21.0	N/A
	Conservative	Jeff Watson*	325	19.4	–32.1
	Independent	Ann Burke	292	17.5	N/A
	Labour	Amy Spriggs	196	11.7	–7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Brewis	110	6.6	–22.8
Majority			46	2.1	N/A
Turnout			1,674	46.0	+3.5
Registered electors			3,643
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Ashington Central^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Ball*	463	47.9	–7.9
	Reform UK	Kerry Davison	457	47.3	N/A
	Conservative	Kyle Morrison	46	4.8	–11.0
Majority			6	0.6	–28.4
Turnout			954	27.1	–3.0
Registered electors			3,521
	Labour hold

Bamburgh^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Renner-Thompson*	1,068	56.1	–15.1
	Reform UK	Pip Robson	488	25.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Lydia Cairns	154	8.1	–5.0
	Labour	Bill Grisdale	121	6.4	–9.3
	Green	Benjamin Brooks	73	3.8	N/A
Majority			580	30.5	–20.0
Turnout			1,910	49.9	+7.1
Registered electors			3,829
	Conservative hold

Bebside & Kitty Brewer^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Denise Nicholson	528	47.0
	Labour	Grant Davey	319	28.4
	Conservative	Wojciech Ploszaj*	276	24.6
Majority			209	18.6
Turnout			1,126	31.1
Registered electors			3,623
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Bedlington Central^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christine Taylor*	600	40.9	–7.3
	Reform UK	Brian Denny	485	33.1	N/A
	Labour	Kylie Berry-Walker	207	14.1	–18.3
	Conservative	Charlotte Blundred	99	6.7	–2.0
	Green	Geoff Hill	76	5.2	N/A
Majority			115	7.8	–8.0
Turnout			1,469	37.2	+2.5
Registered electors			3,946
	Independent hold

Bedlington East^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Trevor Austin	528	45.8	N/A
	Labour	Rebecca Wilczek*	291	25.2	–20.6
	Independent	Victoria Thompson	275	23.9	–0.8
	Conservative	Gavin Duffy	59	5.1	–6.4
Majority			237	20.6	N/A
Turnout			1,153
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Bedlington West^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Robinson*	755	47.7	–3.0
	Reform UK	Lawrence Chapple	444	28.0	N/A
	Labour	Adam Hogg	298	18.8	–9.8
	Conservative	Alastair Marrion	86	5.4	–23.2
Majority			311	19.7	–2.3
Turnout			1,590	37.1	+3.4
Registered electors			4,286
	Independent hold

Bellingham^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Riddle*	615	39.0	–20.6
	Reform UK	Warren Ladyman	515	32.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Smith	268	17.0	–6.2
	Labour	Paul Wright	178	11.3	–5.9
Majority			100	6.3	–29.7
Turnout			1,580	47.2	+1.3
Registered electors			3,346
	Conservative hold

Berwick East^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Georgina Hall*	894	77.3	+2.1
	Reform UK	Jay Johnston	191	16.5	N/A
	Labour	Paul Claridge	52	4.5	N/A
	Conservative	Kacper Malec	19	1.6	–11.8
Majority			703	60.8	–1.0
Turnout			1,163	34.2	–1.5
Registered electors			3,403
	Independent hold

Berwick North^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Nicole Brooke	360	27.7	N/A
	Conservative	Catherine Seymour*	356	27.4	–7.2
	Labour	Simon Dixon	256	19.7	–6.4
	Green	Thomas Stewart	164	12.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Cooper	163	12.5	+6.1
Majority			4	0.3	N/A
Turnout			1,303	37.8	–3.7
Registered electors			3,443
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Berwick West with Ord^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Hunter*	521	47.1	+7.1
	Reform UK	Roddy Hamilton	367	33.2	N/A
	Conservative	Barry Flux	77	7.0	–32.9
	Green	Nigel Foster	76	6.9	+0.4
	Labour	James Haswell	64	5.8	N/A
Majority			154	13.9	+13.8
Turnout			1,111	33.7	+1.6
Registered electors			3,297
	Liberal Democrats hold

Bothal^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Scott Amery	533	43.6	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Lynne Grimshaw*	449	36.7	–22.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andy McGregor	160	13.1	–3.7
	Conservative	Batty Bawn	60	4.9	–19.6
	Independent	Ken Cochrane	21	1.7	N/A
Majority			84	6.9	N/A
Turnout			1,234	35.3	+0.9
Registered electors			3,500
	Reform UK gain from Labour Co-op

Choppington & Hepscott^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	David Fitzgerald	421	32.1
	Conservative	Rachael Hogg	346	26.4
	Independent	Mary Murphy*	276	21.0
	Labour	Tom Young	269	20.5
Majority			75	5.7
Turnout			1,317	36.9
Registered electors			3,566
	Reform UK win (new seat)

College with North Seaton^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Steven Roberts	537	47.6
	Labour	Mark Purvis*	479	42.4
	Conservative	Nicola Bawn	113	10.0
Majority			58	15.2
Turnout			1,131	29.5
Registered electors			3,837
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Corbridge^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Oliver*	1,070	53.2	–8.6
	Labour	Roy Sheehan	515	25.6	+11.0
	Reform UK	Kerry Knight	278	13.8	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Earnshaw	147	7.3	–0.1
Majority			555	27.6	–19.6
Turnout			2,011	49.7	+0.2
Registered electors			4,049
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.8

Cowpen^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Rick Baker	534	44.7	N/A
	Conservative	Brian Erskine	339	28.4	–16.3
	Labour	Candice Randall	321	26.9	–20.1
Majority			195	16.3	N/A
Turnout			1,205	32.5	+6.1
Registered electors			3,709
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Cramlington East & Double Rown^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Scott Lee*	347	30.7
	Reform UK	Scott Freebairn	341	30.2
	Labour	Feona Bowey	329	29.1
	Conservative	Alex McMullen	113	10.0
Majority			6	0.5
Turnout			1,130
	Independent win (new seat)

Cramlington Eastfield^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Smith	565	42.4	–16.7
	Reform UK	Allyn Roberts	313	23.5	N/A
	Labour	James Gillooly	230	17.2	–12.9
	Independent	Susan Johnston	142	10.6	–0.2
	Green	Paul Evans	61	4.6	N/A
	Independent	Dawn Furness	23	1.7	N/A
Majority			252	18.9	–10.2
Turnout			1,334
	Conservative hold

Cramlington North^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Daley*	1,234	69.1	–7.7
	Reform UK	Kevin Allen	276	15.5	N/A
	Labour	Megan Foley	275	15.4	–7.8
Majority			958	53.6	+2.8
Turnout			1,795	44.6	+2.2
Registered electors			4,025
	Conservative hold

Cramlington North West^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Morris	400	38.0
	Reform UK	Bridget Byrne	336	31.9
	Labour	Michael Pearce	316	30.0
Majority			64	6.1
Turnout			1,052
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cramlington South East^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Ezhilchelvan*	859	53.8	–8.0
	Labour Co-op	Allan Hepple	373	23.3	–14.9
	Reform UK	Anthony Pattinson	301	18.8	N/A
	Green	Kath Leyland	65	4.1	N/A
Majority			486	30.5	+6.9
Turnout			1,611	44.7	–0.5
Registered electors			3,604
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

Cramlington South West^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Shaun Knowles	274	39.4
	Labour	Scott White	200	28.8
	Conservative	Neil Graham	175	25.2
	SDP	Mathew Wilkinson	46	6.6
Majority			74	10.6
Turnout			695
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Cramlington Village^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Swinburn*	791	53.4	–15.0
	Reform UK	Mark Byrne	324	21.9	N/A
	Labour	Lynna Robinson	275	18.6	–7.5
	Green	Steve Leyland	91	6.1	+0.5
Majority			467	31.5	–10.8
Turnout			1,481
	Conservative hold

Croft^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Mark Peart	652	59.2	+53.9
	Labour	Kath Nisbet*	343	31.2	–28.8
	Conservative	Michael Green	106	9.5	–22.0
Majority			309	28.0	N/A
Turnout			1,102	29.6	–0.4
Registered electors			3,722
	Reform UK gain from Labour		Swing	41.4

Druridge Bay^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scott Dickinson*	651	50.0	–9.2
	Reform UK	Michael Joyce	488	37.5	N/A
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	163	12.5	–19.5
Majority			163	12.5	–14.7
Turnout			1,316	37.6	+3.1
Registered electors			3,503
	Labour hold

Haltwhistle^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Mathieson	612	38.5	+4.2
	Conservative	Ian Hutchinson	505	31.8	–26.7
	Reform UK	Adam Howells	471	29.7	N/A
Majority			107	6.7	N/A
Turnout			1,594	44.1	+5.8
Registered electors			3,613
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	15.5

Hartley^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Stephen Flower	626	35.5	N/A
	Conservative	Jill Henderson	551	31.3	–15.9
	Labour	Sean Cassidy	469	26.6	–20.5
	Green	Nigel Szczepaniak	116	6.6	N/A
Majority			75	4.2	N/A
Turnout			1,762
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Haydon^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Sonia Simm	631	46.0	N/A
	Labour	Brian Gallacher*	600	43.7	–24.7
	Conservative	John McConnell	141	10.3	–20.9
Majority			31	2.3	N/A
Turnout			1,372
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Haydon & Hadrian^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sharp*	882	56.9	+5.8
	Reform UK	Andrew Hickman	293	18.9	N/A
	Labour	Malcolm Ellis	126	8.1	–5.7
	Conservative	Tarun Seghal	122	7.9	–21.9
	Green	Jon Price	76	4.9	–0.4
	Independent	Jevon Scudamore	52	3.4	N/A
Majority			589	38.0	+16.6
Turnout			1,552	42.6	–2.6
Registered electors			3,642
	Liberal Democrats hold

Hexham East^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Fairless-Aitken	474	31.7	–3.8
	Conservative	Simon Kitchen	340	22.7	–21.1
	Reform UK	Katherine Hales	336	22.5	N/A
	Labour	Susan Davey	224	15.0	–5.6
	Green	Guy Norfolk	122	8.2	N/A
Majority			134	9.0	N/A
Turnout			1,503	39.8	–5.0
Registered electors			3,781
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	8.7

Hexham North^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Trevor Cessford*	422	29.2
	Labour	Wendy Wood	410	28.4
	Reform UK	Avril Elliott	254	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cott	237	16.4
	Green	Paul Homer	120	8.3
Majority			12	0.8
Turnout			1,447	42.7
Registered electors			3,391
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hexham West^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Kennedy*	800	45.6	–23.7
	Labour	Nigel Porter	272	15.5	+6.5
	Reform UK	Richard Arthur	255	14.5	N/A
	Conservative	Christine Hanley	186	10.6	–6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ginnie O'Farrell	128	7.3	N/A
	Green	John McKee	112	6.4	+2.0
Majority			528	30.1	–21.9
Turnout			1,765	51.4
Registered electors			3,433
	Independent hold		Swing	15.1

Hirst^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	John Allen	434	50.0	+38.7
	Labour Co-op	Ken Parry*	374	43.1	–28.8
	Conservative	Gail Weddel	60	6.9	–9.9
Majority			60	6.9	N/A
Turnout			875	25.4	+1.1
Registered electors			3,448
	Reform UK gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	33.8

Holywell^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Bowman*	630	41.1	–15.9
	Reform UK	Ian MacGregor	547	35.7	N/A
	Conservative	Rob Forsyth	357	23.3	–13.6
Majority			83	5.4	–14.8
Turnout			1,534
	Labour hold

Humshaugh^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Antonia Azocar-Nevin	800	48.0	–4.2
	Conservative	Greg Munro	463	27.8	–14.5
	Reform UK	Hans Berges	311	18.7	N/A
	Labour	Michael Smith	68	4.1	+0.1
	Animal Welfare	Lee Williscroft-Ferris	25	1.5	N/A
Majority			337	20.2	+10.2
Turnout			1,673	49.1	–10.3
Registered electors			3,406
	Green hold		Swing	5.2

Isabella^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	David Johnson	579	55.0	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Anna Watson*	396	37.6	–21.0
	Conservative	Andrew Liddle	78	7.4	–34.0
Majority			183	17.4	N/A
Turnout			1,059	31.4	+4.4
Registered electors			3,369
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Longhirst^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ed Dungait	562	38.7
	Reform UK	Matthew Gray	482	33.2
	Labour	Mark Gerrard	305	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Moore	102	7.0
Majority			80	5.5
Turnout			1,454	39.7
Registered electors			3,667
	Conservative win (new seat)

Longhorsley^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glen Sanderson	879	51.1	–22.9
	Reform UK	Susan Spencer	347	20.2	N/A
	Labour	Keith Trobe	300	17.4	–1.2
	Green	Philip Hood	108	6.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Salvesen	87	5.1	–2.3
Majority			532	30.9	–24.6
Turnout			1,724	48.4	+3.4
Registered electors			3,565
	Conservative hold

Longhoughton^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Pattison*	752	42.9	–17.0
	Reform UK	Brian Tait	369	21.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Brewis	254	14.5	–16.8
	Labour	Charles Thompson	223	12.7	+3.9
	Green	Rosemary Mackenzie	153	8.7	N/A
Majority			383	21.8	–6.8
Turnout			1,755	44.7	–2.8
Registered electors			3,929
	Conservative hold

Lynemouth^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Liz Dunn*	655	47.4	–9.9
	Reform UK	Dan Taylor	574	41.5	N/A
	Conservative	Liz Rixon	154	11.1	–26.7
Majority			81	5.9	–13.6
Turnout			1,383
	Labour Co-op hold

Morpeth Kirkhill^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Wearmouth*	807	45.5	–11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Moore	337	19.0	+6.2
	Reform UK	Gillian Caldwell	285	16.1	N/A
	Labour	Brooke Burgess	270	15.2	–4.4
	Green	Pete Burns	76	4.3	–6.5
Majority			470	26.5	–10.6
Turnout			1,783	45.0	–0.3
Registered electors			3,959
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.7

Morpeth North^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bawn*	819	40.4	–13.5
	Labour Co-op	Jo Crumplin	368	18.2	–11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Younges	290	14.3	N/A
	Green	Jan Rosen	282	13.9	–2.4
	Reform UK	Garry Featherstone	266	13.1	N/A
Majority			451	22.2	–1.8
Turnout			2,032	51.0	–3.0
Registered electors			3,985
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

Morpeth Stobhill^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Benyon*	605	34.1	–13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Byard	487	27.5	+0.3
	Reform UK	Neil Cox	318	17.9	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Ian Lindley	261	14.7	–4.5
	Green	Patricia Fuller	64	3.6	–2.5
	Independent	Derek Thompson	39	2.2	N/A
Majority			118	6.6	–13.7
Turnout			1,774[c]	47.3	–2.0
Registered electors			3,753
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Ben Audsley	521	37.2
	Independent	Ami Wootton	338	24.1
	Labour	Michelle Embleton	269	19.2
	Independent	Liz Simpson*	147	10.5
	Independent	Sonia Anderson	86	6.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Richardson	39	2.8
Majority			183	13.1
Turnout			1,405	36.7
Registered electors			3,826
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Newsham^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Barry Elliott	489	38.1	N/A
	Labour	Deirdre Campbell	434	33.8	–11.1
	Conservative	Ian Levy	360	28.1	–17.8
Majority			55	4.3	N/A
Turnout			1,289	30.4	–0.9
Registered electors			4,247
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Norham & Islandshires^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Patrick Lambert	516	31.6	N/A
	Conservative	Colin Hardy*	478	29.3	–8.6
	Independent	Ged Thomas	415	25.4	+6.2
	Labour	Linda Lindley	224	13.7	+3.3
Majority			38	2.3	N/A
Turnout			1,635	45.9	+0.5
Registered electors			3,562
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Pegswood^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vicky Oakley	467	41.5	–0.1
	Reform UK	Christopher Croft	367	32.6	N/A
	Conservative	Sarah Legge	291	25.9	–28.3
Majority			100	8.9	N/A
Turnout			1,125
	Labour gain from Conservative

Plessey^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	David Swinhoe	639	40.3	+36.0
	Conservative	Caitlin Jones	552	34.8	+2.6
	Labour	Daniel Fraser	396	25.0	–1.0
Majority			87	5.5	N/A
Turnout			1,587
	Reform UK gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	16.7

Ponteland East & Stannington^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lyle Darwin*	641	39.2	–30.7
	Reform UK	Karen Carins	544	33.3	N/A
	Labour	Anne Batchelor	195	11.9	–2.9
	Green	Lizzie Boyes	138	8.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Reid	118	7.2	–8.1
Majority			97	5.9	–48.6
Turnout			1,636
	Conservative hold

Ponteland North^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Dodd*	642	45.0	–28.9
	Reform UK	David Nicholson	451	31.6	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Robert Turner	144	10.1	–4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Lewins	113	7.9	–3.3
	Green	Glyn Evans	76	5.3	N/A
Majority			191	13.4	–45.7
Turnout			1,426	36.1	–3.4
Registered electors			3,952
	Conservative hold

Ponteland South with Heddon^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michaela Horncastle	866	49.2	–18.6
	Reform UK	Gary Knight	429	24.4	N/A
	Labour	Margaret Jackson	246	14.0	–8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Mitchell	118	6.7	–3.4
	Green	Eileen Sutherland	101	5.7	N/A
Majority			437	24.8	–21.0
Turnout			1,763	44.0	+0.5
Registered electors			4,003
	Conservative hold

Ponteland West^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Veronica Jones*	649	47.0	–26.9
	Reform UK	Neil Miller	384	27.8	N/A
	Labour	Michael Clarke	216	15.6	–2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Greer	133	9.6	+2.0
Majority			265	19.2	–36.2
Turnout			1,386	37.0	–1.2
Registered electors			3,750
	Conservative hold

Prudhoe North & Wylam^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lawrence O'Donnell	679	37.5
	Independent	Holly Waddell	475	26.2
	Reform UK	Andrew Lapping	327	18.1
	Conservative	Shaun Parsons	271	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Rowlands	58	3.2
Majority			204	11.3
Turnout			1,814	45.9
Registered electors			3,950
	Labour win (new seat)

Prudhoe South^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Stewart*	513	40.0	–19.7
	Labour	Dorothy Dickinson	476	37.2	+0.8
	Reform UK	Francis Miles	292	22.8	N/A
Majority			37	2.8	–20.5
Turnout			1,287	33.7
Registered electors			3,824
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.3

Prudhoe West & Mickley^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Angie Scott*	719	45.8
	Reform UK	Lynne Paley	428	27.2
	Conservative	Tracy Gilmore	424	27.0
Majority			291	18.6
Turnout			1,587	41.0
Registered electors			3,871
	Labour win (new seat)

Rothbury^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steven Bridgett*	1,120	44.6	–35.1
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Davis	471	18.7	N/A
	Reform UK	Mark Hope	370	14.7	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Howey	201	8.0	–0.1
	Majority	Karen Weech	127	5.1	N/A
	Independent	Peter Dawson	98	3.9	N/A
	Labour	Mary Finn	65	2.6	–5.3
	Green	Jennifer Wallace	62	2.5	–2.1
Majority			649	25.9	–45.7
Turnout			2,524	61.0	+0.9
Registered electors			4,140
	Independent hold

Seaton with Spital^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Karl Green	575	53.7
	Labour	Graeme Wright	375	35.0
	Conservative	David Ferguson	121	11.3
Majority			200	18.7
Turnout			1,076	27.4
Registered electors			3,932
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Seghill with Seaton Delaval^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eve Chicken	617	44.1	–10.4
	Reform UK	Darrell Frost	403	28.8	N/A
	Labour	Sue Bowman	293	20.9	–24.6
	Green	Martin Williams	86	6.1	N/A
Majority			214	15.3	+6.4
Turnout			1,403	34.7	–0.5
Registered electors			4,041
	Conservative hold

Shilbottle^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Thorne*	540	35.0	–19.3
	Reform UK	Howard Denby	438	28.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Whitelam	306	19.8	+4.6
	Labour	Adelina Goddard	259	16.8	–3.8
Majority			102	6.6	–27.1
Turnout			1,546	43.8	–0.2
Registered electors			3,533
	Conservative hold

Sleekburn^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Roger Spriddell	674	57.7	N/A
	Labour	Alex Wallace*	392	33.5	–11.6
	Conservative	Maureen Rolf	103	8.8	–18.6
Majority			282	24.2	N/A
Turnout			1,172	32.4	+3.8
Registered electors			3,619
	Reform UK gain from Labour

South Blyth^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Carr*	924	58.5	–14.5
	Reform UK	Tracey Elliott	331	21.0	N/A
	Labour	Robert Spence	220	13.9	–3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alisdair Gibbs-Barton	59	3.7	–3.8
	Green	Elaine Kilroy	45	2.8	N/A
Majority			593	37.5	N/A
Turnout			1,579
	Conservative hold

South Tynedale^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Horncastle*	871	45.8	–11.5
	Reform UK	Andrew Saunders	464	24.4	N/A
	Labour	Bradley Lloyd	334	17.6	–5.9
	Green	Theodora Thompson	231	12.2	–0.8
Majority			407	21.4	–12.4
Turnout			1,917	48.9	+4.7
Registered electors			3,918
	Conservative hold

Stakeford^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Martin Jackson	705	49.1	N/A
	Labour	Julie Foster*	545	37.9	–16.2
	Conservative	Jade Crawford	187	13.0	–32.9
Majority			160	11.2	N/A
Turnout			1,443	39.8	±0.0
Registered electors			3,624
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Stocksfield & Bywell^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Anne Dale	1,030	58.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Graham	245	14.0
	Reform UK	Keller Fong	188	10.7
	Conservative	Ros Munro	159	9.1
	Labour	Trevor Robertson	134	7.6
Majority			785	44.7
Turnout			1,757	50.9
Registered electors			3,451
	Independent win (new seat)

Wensleydale^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Natalie Rolls	627	46.2	N/A
	Labour	Eileen Cartie*	583	42.9	–11.8
	Conservative	Sam Liddle	148	10.9	–30.9
Majority			44	3.3	N/A
Turnout			1,359	38.4	+4.8
Registered electors			3,536
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Wooler^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Mather*	1,301	64.1	–12.7
	Reform UK	Anthony Robb	427	21.0	N/A
	Labour	Sandra Dickinson	175	8.6	+0.5
	Green	Maurice Ward	110	5.4	–0.1
	Heritage	Mark de Fusco	16	0.8	N/A
Majority			874	43.1	–25.6
Turnout			2,039	49.0	+3.4
Registered electors			4,162
	Conservative hold

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