2021 Northumberland County Council election explained

Election Name:2021 Northumberland County Council election[1]
Country:Northumberland
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Northumberland County Council election
Previous Year:2017
Next Election:2025 Northumberland County Council election
Next Year:2025
Seats For Election:All 67 seats
to Northumberland County Council
Majority Seats:34
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:33
Seats1:34
Seat Change1:1
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:24
Seats2:21
Seat Change2:3
Party4:Independent (politician)
Last Election4:7
Seats4:7
Party5:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election5:3
Seats5:3
Party6:Green Party of England and Wales
Last Election6:0
Seats6:2
Seat Change6:2
Control of Council
Before Party:No overall control
Posttitle:Control of Council after election
After Party:Conservative

An election for the Northumberland County Council took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 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 34 seats, a bare majority.[3]

Council Composition

Following the previous election in 2017, the composition of the council was:

332473
ConservativeLabourIndLD

After the election, the composition of the council was:

3421732
ConservativeLabourIndLDG
Ind - Independent
LD - Liberal Democrats
G - Green Party

Ward Results

Wooler

By-elections

Hexham East

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northumberland County Council . BBC . 7 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Upcoming elections & referendums. Electoral Commission. 15 September 2016. 5 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505140550/https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums. dead.
  3. Web site: Elections 2021: Tories win Northumberland after dead-heat ballots . BBC News . 8 May 2021 . 7 May 2021.