Local Election Results 2008
Northumberland
Whole council up for election. Initially this council replaced the Northumberland County Council elected in 2005. It then took over functions from the six Northumberland district councils on 1 April 2009 and became a unitary authority. The wards used are the same as the Northumberland County Council divisions.
Other results for Northumberland:
2013
2017
2021
By-elections for Northumberland (may be incomplete): 4th November 2010 (Ponteland E.)
— 24th July 2014 (Longhoughton)
— 30th July 2015 (College)
— 4th February 2016 (Hexham W.)
— 2nd May 2019 (Holywell)
— 16th December 2021 (Hexham E.)
— 24th March 2022 (Seghill with Seaton Delaval)
— 22nd August 2024 (Cramlington Eastfield)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Liberal Democrat |
36586 |
36.5% |
26 |
| Conservative |
29777 |
29.7% |
17 |
| Labour |
22257 |
22.2% |
17 |
| Independent |
11077 |
11.0% |
7 |
| Green Party |
425 |
0.4% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
159 |
0.2% |
0 |
| British National Party |
88 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Gordon Castle |
Ind |
634 |
53.2% |
| Lydia Cairns |
LD |
513 |
43.1% |
| Olga Potts |
Lab |
44 |
3.7% |
| George Arckless |
Lab |
470 |
50.2% |
| Leslie Bilboe |
C |
175 |
18.7% |
| Roger Cashmore |
LD |
135 |
14.4% |
| John Hedley |
Ind |
110 |
11.8% |
| George Smailes |
Ind |
46 |
4.9% |
| Jeffrey Watson |
Ind |
769 |
47.6% |
| Ian Hinson |
LD |
663 |
41.0% |
| Jorge Bronze |
C |
137 |
8.5% |
| Elaine Campbell |
Lab |
47 |
2.9% |
| Thomas Wilson |
Lab |
601 |
49.1% |
| Andy McGregor |
LD |
530 |
43.3% |
| Nicola Bawn |
C |
92 |
7.5% |
| Patricia Scott |
LD |
949 |
45.8% |
| John Woodman |
C |
790 |
38.1% |
| Richard Patterson |
Ind |
258 |
12.5% |
| Carol Griffiths |
Lab |
74 |
3.6% |
| Arthur Pegg |
LD |
831 |
59.6% |
| Alyson Wallace |
Lab |
320 |
23.0% |
| Richard Wearmouth |
C |
155 |
11.1% |
| Jan Purvis |
BNP |
88 |
6.3% |
| Valerie Tyler |
Lab |
513 |
42.6% |
| William Ashbridge |
Ind |
304 |
25.3% |
| John Goodwill |
LD |
274 |
22.8% |
| Mick Scott |
C |
112 |
9.3% |
| George Todd |
LD |
935 |
57.5% |
| Allan Stewart |
Lab |
431 |
26.5% |
| Tracey Aynsley |
C |
260 |
16.0% |
| John Riddle |
C |
1000 |
55.9% |
| Michael Walton |
Ind |
433 |
24.2% |
| Philip Cooper |
LD |
226 |
12.6% |
| Alex Richards |
Lab |
129 |
7.2% |
| James Smith |
LD |
510 |
58.8% |
| Howard Ligg |
C |
224 |
25.8% |
| Diana Herbert |
Lab |
134 |
15.4% |
| Brian Douglas |
Ind |
519 |
36.8% |
| David Wilson |
LD |
463 |
32.8% |
| Alan Bowlas |
C |
372 |
26.3% |
| Brian Roxby |
Lab |
58 |
4.1% |
| Elizabeth Hunter |
LD |
579 |
56.6% |
| Trevor Tyler |
C |
363 |
35.5% |
| David Buckle |
Lab |
81 |
7.9% |
| Simon Reed |
LD |
949 |
60.9% |
| Elizabeth Carey |
Lab |
516 |
33.1% |
| Anna McGowan |
C |
93 |
6.0% |
| Paul Kelly |
Ind |
599 |
36.0% |
| Nick Appleby |
LD |
506 |
30.4% |
| Nick Athey |
C |
463 |
27.9% |
| Mary Pidcock |
Lab |
94 |
5.7% |
| Hugh Sanderson |
C |
965 |
64.1% |
| Scott Dickinson |
Lab |
359 |
23.8% |
| Charles Jevon |
LD |
182 |
12.1% |
| David Ledger |
Lab |
738 |
63.0% |
| Joyce Durmaz |
LD |
242 |
20.7% |
| Charlie Renwick |
C |
191 |
16.3% |
| Jimmy Sawyer |
Lab |
671 |
52.3% |
| Michael Rutter |
LD |
538 |
42.0% |
| Sheila Luck |
C |
73 |
5.7% |
| Jean Fearon |
C |
683 |
42.5% |
| Andrew Duffield |
LD |
546 |
34.0% |
| Bill Grigg |
Ind |
247 |
15.4% |
| Gill Richardson |
Lab |
131 |
8.2% |
| Susan Davey |
Lab |
576 |
56.9% |
| Sandra Stanger |
LD |
296 |
29.2% |
| Jean Pickering |
C |
141 |
13.9% |
| Ian Swithenbank |
Lab |
747 |
57.7% |
| Peter Stanger |
LD |
296 |
22.9% |
| Margaret Ion |
C |
252 |
19.5% |
| Barrie Crowther |
LD |
763 |
54.6% |
| David Vaughan |
Lab |
328 |
23.5% |
| Susan Johnston |
C |
306 |
21.9% |
| Wayne Daley |
C |
1223 |
64.9% |
| Panos Papaioannou |
Ind |
395 |
21.0% |
| Fiona Wilson |
LD |
161 |
8.5% |
| Mary Hall |
Lab |
105 |
5.6% |
| Thomas Brechany |
LD |
1011 |
65.2% |
| Kathy Graham |
Lab |
323 |
20.8% |
| Lynn Rixon |
C |
217 |
14.0% |
| Alan Armstrong |
LD |
1055 |
63.4% |
| Kath Nisbet |
Lab |
381 |
22.9% |
| John Collins |
C |
228 |
13.7% |
| Maureen Brown |
Lab |
425 |
34.5% |
| Ivan Hayes |
Ind |
347 |
28.2% |
| Peter Lovatt |
LD |
256 |
20.8% |
| Anne Waggitt |
C |
204 |
16.6% |
| Vince Coils |
Lab |
441 |
39.6% |
| Jim Condon |
Ind |
344 |
30.9% |
| Jane Bewlay |
LD |
274 |
24.6% |
| Reuben Carr |
C |
56 |
5.0% |
| Ian Hutchinson |
C |
778 |
51.2% |
| David Watson |
Lab |
465 |
30.6% |
| Niall Deas |
LD |
276 |
18.2% |
| Anita Romer |
LD |
827 |
40.4% |
| Susan Dungworth |
Lab |
600 |
29.3% |
| David Montgomery |
Ind |
430 |
21.0% |
| Brian Pickering |
C |
189 |
9.2% |
| Marcia Bircham |
LD |
842 |
59.1% |
| Maggie Lang |
Lab |
465 |
32.6% |
| Charles Heslop |
C |
118 |
8.3% |
| Alan Sharp |
LD |
868 |
51.2% |
| Ed Brown |
C |
647 |
38.2% |
| Michael Thorpe |
Lab |
179 |
10.6% |
| Terry Robson |
C |
982 |
60.8% |
| Jane Wrigley |
Lab |
400 |
24.8% |
| Paul Harrison |
LD |
234 |
14.5% |
| Ingrid Whale |
C |
903 |
67.9% |
| Caroline Watson |
Lab |
223 |
16.8% |
| Victor Ball |
LD |
203 |
15.3% |
| Derek Kennedy |
LD |
1005 |
52.2% |
| Nick Holder |
C |
746 |
38.8% |
| Mike Parker |
Lab |
173 |
9.0% |
| Ken Parry |
Lab |
524 |
54.0% |
| Malcolm Peden |
LD |
369 |
38.0% |
| John Trevelyan |
C |
78 |
8.0% |
| Bobby Nixon |
LD |
875 |
48.2% |
| Bernard Pidcock |
Lab |
763 |
42.0% |
| Sheila O'Sullivan |
C |
177 |
9.8% |
| Edward Heslop |
C |
1313 |
67.9% |
| Andrew Davidson |
LD |
251 |
13.0% |
| Alexander Kerr |
Ind |
213 |
11.0% |
| Veronica Killen |
Lab |
157 |
8.1% |
| Gordon Webb |
Lab |
625 |
61.5% |
| Walter Rickerby |
LD |
391 |
38.5% |
| Grant Davey |
Lab |
591 |
52.5% |
| Sylvia Calvert |
LD |
371 |
32.9% |
| Allison Carr |
C |
164 |
14.6% |
| Roger Styring |
LD |
722 |
38.4% |
| Hugh Philipson |
Ind |
531 |
28.3% |
| John Hope |
C |
396 |
21.1% |
| Michael Weatheritt |
UKIP |
125 |
6.7% |
| Robert Watson |
Lab |
54 |
2.9% |
| Geoffrey Potts |
Grn |
50 |
2.7% |
| John Taylor |
Ind |
734 |
49.1% |
| David Rixon |
C |
404 |
27.0% |
| Carol Grey |
LD |
318 |
21.3% |
| Elizabeth Mitcheson |
Lab |
40 |
2.7% |
| Milburn Douglas |
Ind |
732 |
51.5% |
| Hilton Dawson |
Lab |
386 |
27.2% |
| Alastair Marrion |
C |
155 |
10.9% |
| Gordon Calvert |
LD |
148 |
10.4% |
| Andrew Tebbutt |
LD |
1396 |
73.9% |
| Charlotte Peacock |
C |
266 |
14.1% |
| Neil Foster |
Lab |
228 |
12.1% |
| David Moore |
LD |
542 |
31.8% |
| David Bawn |
C |
382 |
22.4% |
| John Beynon |
Ind |
362 |
21.2% |
| Nic Best |
Grn |
303 |
17.8% |
| Ian Ayres |
Lab |
117 |
6.9% |
| Ian Lindley |
LD |
914 |
60.0% |
| Kay Morris |
Lab |
257 |
16.9% |
| Alan Taylor |
Ind |
207 |
13.6% |
| David Moffatt |
C |
146 |
9.6% |
| Alan Thompson |
LD |
731 |
50.3% |
| Thomas Roll |
Lab |
384 |
26.4% |
| Bill Harris |
Ind |
279 |
19.2% |
| John Wearmouth |
C |
60 |
4.1% |
| Deirdre Campbell |
Lab |
410 |
35.6% |
| Geoffrey Wilkin |
LD |
383 |
33.2% |
| John Ferry |
Ind |
284 |
24.6% |
| John Ion |
C |
76 |
6.6% |
| Richard Watkin |
LD |
1092 |
55.7% |
| Nick Dickinson |
C |
773 |
39.4% |
| Alison Edwards |
Lab |
97 |
4.9% |
| David Woodward |
LD |
522 |
45.6% |
| Alan Sambrook |
Lab |
481 |
42.0% |
| Betty Bawn |
C |
141 |
12.3% |
| Jeff Reid |
LD |
638 |
45.6% |
| Colin Brown |
Ind |
458 |
32.7% |
| Sam Walker |
Lab |
304 |
21.7% |
| Mel Armstrong |
C |
1063 |
60.6% |
| David Cogan |
LD |
497 |
28.3% |
| Donald Williams |
Ind |
116 |
6.6% |
| John Potts |
Lab |
79 |
4.5% |
| Richard Dodd |
C |
1079 |
63.0% |
| Edward Charleton |
LD |
532 |
31.1% |
| Mike Dungworth |
Lab |
68 |
4.0% |
| Jan Ostrowski |
UKIP |
34 |
2.0% |
| Peter Jackson |
C |
1102 |
67.8% |
| Chris Matthew |
LD |
328 |
20.2% |
| Andy Avery |
Lab |
195 |
12.0% |
| Veronica Jones |
C |
1119 |
76.2% |
| Paul Naughton |
LD |
274 |
18.7% |
| Michael Roe |
Lab |
55 |
3.7% |
| Peter Snowdon |
Grn |
21 |
1.4% |
| William Garrett |
Ind |
629 |
41.1% |
| Anthony Reid |
Lab |
462 |
30.2% |
| William Halford |
C |
314 |
20.5% |
| Tom Appleby |
LD |
126 |
8.2% |
| Neil Bradbury |
LD |
702 |
56.5% |
| Glenn Simpson |
Lab |
308 |
24.8% |
| Tracy Gilmore |
C |
181 |
14.6% |
| Pamela Woolner |
Grn |
51 |
4.1% |
| Steven Bridgett |
LD |
1121 |
51.7% |
| Susan Bolam |
C |
949 |
43.8% |
| Alistair Costley |
Lab |
98 |
4.5% |
| James Lang |
Lab |
635 |
51.5% |
| Michael Boon |
LD |
467 |
37.9% |
| Jeremy Wilcock |
C |
130 |
10.6% |
| Margaret Richards |
Lab |
788 |
54.2% |
| Phillip Storer |
C |
384 |
26.4% |
| Penny Reid |
LD |
282 |
19.4% |
| Trevor Thorne |
C |
1176 |
65.4% |
| John Hobrough |
LD |
514 |
28.6% |
| Susan Coils |
Lab |
108 |
6.0% |
| John Gobin |
Lab |
487 |
50.2% |
| Ron Major |
LD |
341 |
35.2% |
| Katy Wilcock |
C |
142 |
14.6% |
| Lesley Rickerby |
LD |
867 |
65.2% |
| Gordon Knox |
Lab |
289 |
21.7% |
| Greg Munro |
C |
173 |
13.0% |
| Colin Horncastle |
C |
1114 |
57.5% |
| Arthur Purdue |
Ind |
406 |
20.9% |
| Kate Clarkson |
LD |
237 |
12.2% |
| John Temple |
Lab |
182 |
9.4% |
| Julie Rowe |
Lab |
661 |
43.5% |
| Pauline Thompson |
LD |
623 |
41.0% |
| Anne Elphinstone |
C |
235 |
15.5% |
| Anne Dale |
C |
1113 |
49.0% |
| Philip Latham |
LD |
605 |
26.6% |
| Raymond Thompson |
Ind |
416 |
18.3% |
| Eileen Burt |
Lab |
137 |
6.0% |
| David Towns |
C |
621 |
38.5% |
| James Grant |
LD |
573 |
35.6% |
| Joseph Sennett |
Ind |
275 |
17.1% |
| Sandra Dickinson |
Lab |
142 |
8.8% |
| Ian Tompkins |
LD |
604 |
46.5% |
| David Stephens |
Lab |
576 |
44.3% |
| Gordon Johnston |
C |
119 |
9.2% |
| Anthony Murray |
C |
1094 |
63.9% |
| John Davidson |
Lab |
327 |
19.1% |
| Forbes Grant |
LD |
292 |
17.0% |
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