| Election Name: | 2017 Northumberland County Council election[1] |
| Country: | Northumberland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Northumberland County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Northumberland County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | All 67 seats to Northumberland County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 34 |
| Turnout: | 40.5% |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 21 |
| Seats1: | 33 |
| Seat Change1: | 12 |
| Popular Vote1: | 43,101 |
| Percentage1: | 43.9% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 32 |
| Seats2: | 24 |
| Seat Change2: | 12 |
| Popular Vote2: | 26,483 |
| Percentage2: | 27.0% |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Last Election4: | 3 |
| Seats4: | 7 |
| Seat Change4: | 4 |
| Popular Vote4: | 11,729 |
| Percentage4: | 11.9% |
| Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election5: | 11 |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 8 |
| Popular Vote5: | 11,693 |
| Percentage5: | 11.9% |
| Control of Council | |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| Posttitle: | Control of Council after election |
| After Party: | No overall control |
An election for the Northumberland County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 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.
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.[3] [4] The Conservatives made significant gains in medium-sized towns, gaining seats in Prudhoe, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick, Morpeth and Cramlington.
There was a total of 100,765 valid votes cast, and a total of 354 ballots were rejected.
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 |
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:[5]