Election Name: | 2013 Northumberland County Council election[1] |
Country: | Northumberland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2008 Northumberland County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2008 |
Next Election: | 2017 Northumberland County Council election |
Next Year: | 2017 |
Seats For Election: | All 67 seats to Northumberland County Council |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
Turnout: | 33.7% |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 17 |
Seats1: | 32 |
Seat Change1: | 15 |
Popular Vote1: | 29,631 |
Percentage1: | 35.8% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 17 |
Seats2: | 21 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Popular Vote2: | 25,354 |
Percentage2: | 30.7% |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election4: | 26 |
Seats4: | 11 |
Seat Change4: | 15 |
Popular Vote4: | 17,035 |
Percentage4: | 20.6% |
Party5: | Independent (politician) |
Last Election5: | 7 |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 4 |
Popular Vote5: | 4,881 |
Percentage5: | 5.9% |
Control of Council | |
Before Party: | No overall control |
Posttitle: | Control of Council after election |
After Party: | No overall control |
Elections to Northumberland County Council were held on 2 May 2013. The full council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2017.
The council remained in no overall control with the Labour Party becoming the largest party, holding 32 out of 67 seats on the council. Of the remaining 35 seats on the council, the Conservative Party won the 21 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 11 seats and Independents won 3 seats.[2]
The overall turnout was 34.03% with a total of 84,949 valid votes cast. A total of 726 ballots were rejected.
Following the election, the composition of the council was:
32 | 21 | 11 | 3 | |
Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | IND |
.