Blyth Valley Borough Council elections

Blyth Valley was a non-metropolitan district in Northumberland, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Northumberland County Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973-1976
	No overall control	1976-1979
	Labour	1979-1987
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	1987-1988
	Social and Liberal Democrats	1988-1989
	Liberal Democrats	1989-1991
	Labour	1991-2009

Council elections

Blyth Valley Borough Council election, 1973
Blyth Valley Borough Council election, 1976
Blyth Valley Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Blyth Valley Borough Council election, 1983
Blyth Valley Borough Council election, 1987
Blyth Valley Borough Council election, 1991 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Blyth Valley Borough Council election, 1995 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Blyth Valley Borough Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[5]
Blyth Valley Borough Council election, 2003
Blyth Valley Borough Council election, 2007

By-election results

Plessey By-Election 16 May 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Independent	503	46.3
	Labour	450	41.3
	Liberal Democrat	98	9.0
	Conservative	36	3.3
Majority		53	5.0
Turnout		1,087
	Independent gain from Labour	Swing

Newsham & New Delaval By-Election 19 June 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	396	52.5	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat	333	44.2	+8.7
	Conservative	25	3.3	-1.1
Majority		63	8.3
Turnout		754	20.7
	Labour hold	Swing

Cramlington East By-Election 23 April 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	438	70.2	-15.0
	Liberal Democrat	96	15.4	+0.6
	Independent	55	8.8	+8.8
	Conservative	35	5.6	+5.6
Majority		342	54.8
Turnout		624	18.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Parkside By-Election 16 July 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	350	35.2	-13.7
	Conservative	339	34.2	+23.2
	Labour	303	30.5	-10.4
Majority		11	1.0
Turnout		992	16.6
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Cowpen By-Election 13 April 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	285	55.4	-18.3
	Liberal Democrat	190	37.0	+10.7
	Conservative	39	7.6	+7.6
Majority		95	18.4
Turnout		514	14.7
	Labour hold	Swing

Croft By-Election 27 September 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	317	54.3	+32.5
	Labour	242	41.4	-26.2
	Conservative	25	4.3	-6.3
Majority		75	12.9
Turnout		584	16.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour	Swing

Plessey By-Election 27 September 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	319	45.8	+8.5
	Independent	301	43.2	-19.5
	Liberal Democrat	60	8.6	+8.6
	Conservative	16	2.3	+2.3
Majority		18	2.6
Turnout		696	17.3
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Cramlington East By-Election 25 October 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	431	75.0	+1.6
	Independent	70	12.2	+12.2
	Liberal Democrat	42	7.3	-19.3
	Conservative	32	5.6	+5.6
Majority		361	62.8
Turnout		575	13.5
	Labour hold	Swing

Cowpen By-Election 23 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Grant Davey	764	69.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Hampton	226	20.4	-11.7
	Conservative	Patricia Holt	118	10.6	+10.6
Majority			538	48.6
Turnout			1,108	32.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Cramlington Village By-Election 23 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Crowther	702	44.2	+13.7
	Labour	Ian Ayres	622	39.2	-3.2
	Conservative	Brian Pickering	263	16.6	-10.6
Majority			80	5.0
Turnout			1,587	41.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Cramlington North By-Election 4 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Pickering	929	63.7	+30.3
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Wilkin	342	23.4	+10.6
	Labour	Trevor Ambrose	188	12.9	-1.2
Majority			587	40.3
Turnout			1,459	34.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartley By-Election 26 October 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		413	39.0	-9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Anita Romer	361	34.1	+16.5
	Conservative		285	26.9	-7.3
Majority			52	4.9
Turnout			1,059	27.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The Borough of Blyth Valley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Blyth Valley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Northumberland and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Blyth Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

Council elections in Northumberland

Northumberland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2008 2013 2017

Alnwick District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Blyth Valley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Castle Morpeth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Tynedale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Wansbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

North East Mayor	2017

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Former non-metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

Local elections	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

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