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A devastating blow was struck against Labour in the local council elections with the historic victory of the Conservative party in Northumberland.

And astonishingly the party missed out on an overall majority of 34 seats after the last ward result was tied and had to be decided on a ‘straw draw’ which the Lib Dem candidate won.

The final result saw the Tories win 33 seats, Labour 24, Independents, seven and the Lib Dems three.

At the last election there in 2013, Labour was the biggest party there holding 32 of the 67 seats, while the Conservatives won 21.

However, after 12 gains this morning, the Conservatives became the largest party for the first time ever.

The results in full

Alnwick (two seats): (1 GAIN, 1 HOLD for CON)

Heather Cairns - Liberal Democrats - 959

Gordon Castle – Conservative – 1,929

Andrew Duff - Liberal Democrats - 457

Bill Grisdale – Labour - 594

James Matthewson – Labour - 688

Robbie Moore – Conservative – 1,295

Margaret Weatheritt – UKIP - 187

Michael Weatheritt – UKIP - 241

Amble: (LAB HOLD)

Roger Cashmore - Liberal Democrats - 137

Terry Clark – Labour - 622

June Watson – Conservative - 452

Amble West with Warkworth: (CON HOLD)

Ann Burke – Independent - 376

Andrew Findlay - Liberal Democrats - 264

Nicola Morrison – Labour - 187

Jeff Watson – Conservative - 743

Ashington Central: (LAB HOLD)

Niran Pulle-Daley – Conservative - 119

Thomas Wilson – Labour - 740

Bamburgh: (CON HOLD)

Celyn Ashworth - Liberal Democrats - 130

David Paul – Labour - 387

Guy Renner-Thompson – Conservative – 1,294

Bedlington Central: (IND GAIN)

David Graham – Independent - 113

Ruben Pulle-Daley – Conservative - 132

Alyson Wallace – Labour - 356

Russ Wallace – Independent - 927

Bedlington East: (IND GAIN)

Bill Crosby – Independent - 544

Val Tyler – Labour - 404

Johnny Wearmouth – Conservative - 112

Bedlington West: (IND GAIN)

Tracy Aynsley – Conservative - 260

Adam Hogg – Independent - 189

Terry Johnstone – Labour - 503

Malcolm Robinson – Independent - 568

Bellingham: (C ON HOLD)

Phil Bowyer – Labour - 140

Michael Macgregor – Green - 349

John Riddle – Conservative - 998

Berwick East: (IND GAIN)

Georgina Hill – Independent - 363

Paul Hodgson – Independent - 144

Margaret McKinnon - Liberal Democrats - 182

Hayley Nichols – Conservative - 309

Thomas Stewart – Green - 97

Berwick North: (CON GAIN)

Brian Douglas – Independent - 154

Anne Forbes – Independent - 161

Jim Herbert – Independent - 420

Gavin Jones - Liberal Democrats - 264

Mick McCarthy - Labour Party - 56

Catherine Seymour - Conservative - 424

Berwick West with Ord: (CON GAIN)

Elizabeth Hunter - Liberal Democrats - 491

Gregah Roughead - Conservative - 528

Patricia Williams - Labour Party - 82

Bothal: (LAB HOLD)

Lynne Grimshaw – Labour - 704

Andy McGregor - Liberal Democrat - 398

Joao Parreira – Conservative - 148

Bywell: (CON HOLD)

Tom Appleby - Liberal Democrats - 387

James Bryan – Labour - 615

Martin Davenport – Green - 88

Karen Quinn – Conservative - 843

Choppington: (LAB HOLD)

Stephen Armstrong – Independent - 366

Jack Gebhard – Conservative - 218

Dave Ledger – Labour - 455

Sarah Legge – Independent - 187

College: (LAB HOLD)

Nicola Bawn – Conservative - 210

Mark Purvis – Labour - 784

Corbridge: (CON HOLD)

Maurice Hodgson – Independent - 765

John Oldham – Green - 55

Nick Oliver – Conservative - 893

Keith Trobe – Labour - 106

Cowpen: (LAB HOLD)

Susan Davey – Labour - 448

Brian Erskine – UKIP - 180

Alisdair Gibbs-Barton - Liberal Democrats - 42

Samantha Liddle – Conservative - 134

Cramlington East: (LAB HOLD)

Valerie Ellis – UKIP - 100

Paul Reynolds – Conservative - 305

Ian Swithenbank – Labour - 424

Cramlington Eastfield: (CON GAIN)

Christine Dunbar – Conservative - 831

Melanie Hurst – UKIP - 40

Susan Johnston – Independent - 88

Lynda McKenna - Liberal Democrats - 43

Laura Pidcock – Labour - 506

Cramlington North: (CON HOLD)

Wayne Daley – Conservative – 1,644

David Murray – Labour - 132

Cramlington South East: (LAB HOLD)

Tom Brechany - Liberal Democrats - 276

Paul Ezhilchelvan – Conservative - 567

Christopher Halliday – UKIP - 87

Allan Hepple – Labour - 718

Cramlington Village: (CON GAIN)

Barrie Crowther - Liberal Democrats - 119

Tracey Elliott – UKIP - 68

Kathy Graham – Independent - 44

Moyra Smith – Labour - 383

Mark Swinburn – Conservative - 974

Cramlington West: (CON HOLD)

Barry Flux – Conservative – 1,058

Jean Whisson – Labour - 408

Croft: (LAB HOLD)

Robert Erskine – UKIP - 122

Scott Lee – Conservative - 164

Kath Nisbet – Labour - 514

Peter Stanger - Liberal Democrats - 63

Druridge Bay: (LAB HOLD)

Mary Bambrough - Liberal Democrats - 92

Scott Dickinson – Labour - 796

James Grant – Independent - 307

Aidan Ruff – Conservative - 254

Haltwhistle: (CON HOLD)

Laura Blenkinsop – Green – 33

Ian Hutchinson – Conservative – 1,057

James Little – Independent - 44

Annette McGlade – Labour - 521

Stuart Rowlands - Liberal Democrats - 49

Hartley: (LAB HOLD)

John Barrell – Independent - 261

Susan Dungworth – Labour - 706

Maureen Levy – Conservative - 433

Keren Patterson – UKIP - 94

Anita Romer - Liberal Democrats - 205

Haydon: (LAB HOLD)

Kai Bye – UKIP - 112

Brian Gallacher – Labour - 744

Les Morgan - Liberal Democrat - 95

Lance Robson – Conservative - 123

Haydon and Hadrian: (LIB DEM HOLD)

Stephen Grinter – Labour - 123

Barbara Grundey – Green - 44

Jan Harding – Conservative - 538

Chris Heslop – Independent - 251

Alan Sharp - Liberal Democrats - 797

Hexham Central with Acomb: (CON HOLD)

Trevor Cessford – Conservative - 747

Penny Grennan – Labour - 46

Anne Pickering – Independent - 137

Nigel Warner – Green - 68

Christopher Yeomans - Liberal Democrats - 100

Hexham East: (CON HOLD)

Peter Arnold - Liberal Democrats - 280

Cath Homer – Conservative - 941

Vanessa Maughan – Labour - 206

Mark Shipperlee – Green - 68

Hexham West: (IND HOLD)

Tom Dodds – Conservative - 580

David Grundey – Green - 91

Derek Kennedy – Independent – 1,095

Chris Wharton – Labour - 161

Hirst: (LAB HOLD)

Ken Parry – Labour - 613

Elizabeth Rixon – Conservative - 19

Juneille Smith – UKIP - 72

Holywell: (LAB HOLD)

Norman Baston – UKIP - 161

Bernard Pidcock – Labour - 774

Adam Shanley – Conservative - 606

Humshaugh: (CON HOLD)

Quentin Campbell – Labour - 158

Wesley Foot – Green - 477

Rupert Gibson – Conservative - 909

Tony Selden - Liberal Democrats - 103

Isabella: (LAB HOLD)

Stephen Mallam – Conservative - 120

John Moore – UKIP - 130

Sandra Stanger - Liberal Democrats - 41

Gordon Webb – Labour - 515

Kitty Brewster: (LAB HOLD)

Grant Davey – Labour - 511

Ian Levy – Conservative - 339

Walter Rickerby - Liberal Democrats - 83

Peter Watson – UKIP - 281

Longhorsley: (CON HOLD)

Charles Jevon - Liberal Democrats - 121

Anthony Reay – Labour - 139

Glen Sanderson – Conservative – 1,402

Longhoughton: (CON HOLD)

Kate Cairns - Liberal Democrats - 679

Thelma Morse – Labour - 108

Wendy Pattison – Conservative - 882

Lynemouth: (LAB HOLD)

Dawn Bailey - Liberal Democrats - 59

Liz Dunn – Labour - 593

Thomas Forrester – Conservative - 202

Paul Scott – Independent - 425

Morpeth Kirkhill: (CON GAIN)

Adrian Slassor – Labour - 233

Andrew Tebbutt - Liberal Democrats - 765

Richard Wearmouth – Conservative – 1,228

Morpeth North: (CON GAIN)

David Bawn – Conservative – 1,061

Nic Best – Green - 318

Mark Owen – Labour - 221

Joan Tebbutt - Liberal Democrats - 515

Morpeth Stobhill: (CON GAIN)

John Beynon – Conservative - 975

Alison Byard - Liberal Democrat - 456

Ian Lindley – Independent - 285

Brenda Stanton – Labour - 244

Newbiggin Central and East: (LAB HOLD)

Liz Simpson – Labour - 776

Dorothy Wonnacott – Conservative - 318

Newsham: (LAB HOLD)

Deidre Campbell – Labour - 537

Barry Elliott – UKIP - 304

Anne Waggitt – Conservative - 219

Norham and Islandshires: (CON GAIN)

Roderick Lawrie – Conservative - 867

Brian Parkin – Labour - 132

Dougie Watkin - Liberal Democrats - 729

Pegswood: (CON GAIN)

Sam Sambrook – Labour - 522

David Towns – Conservative - 579

David Woodard - Liberal Democrat - 431

Plessey: (LIB DEM HOLD)

Rev Cornell – UKIP - 162

John Durnan – Conservative - 171

Linda Neslund – Labour - 379

Jeff Reid - Liberal Democrats - 603

Ponteland East & Stannington: (CON HOLD)

Eileen Armstrong – Conservative – 1,200

Paul Lawrence – Green - 92

Chris Matthew - Liberal Democrats - 116

Tony Reid – Labour - 134

Ponteland North: (CON HOLD)

Richard Dodd – Conservative – 1,380

Philip Pennington - Liberal Democrats - 56

Simon Railton – Labour - 137

Ponteland South with Heddon: (CON HOLD)

Andy Avery – Labour - 199

Tom Hancock - Liberal Democrats - 138

Peter Jackson – Conservative – 1,195

Ponteland West: (CON HOLD)

John Hampton – Labour - 197

Veronica Jones – Conservative – 1,175

Prudhoe North: (CON GAIN)

Rosie Anderson - Liberal Democrats - 93

Eileen Burt – Labour - 579

Stuart Miles – UKIP - 88

Kenneth Stow – Conservative - 653

Pamela Woolner – Green - 62

Prudhoe South: (CON GAIN)

Sarah Eden – Independent - 536

Glenn Simpson – Labour - 254

Gordon Stewart – Conservative - 564

Robert Theobald - Liberal Democrats - 34

Graham Young – UKIP - 54

Rothbury: (IND HOLD)

Steven Bridgett – Independent – 1,471

Sandra Dickinson – Labour - 81

Gavin Egdell – Conservative - 534

David McKechnie – Green - 160

Seaton with Newbiggin West: (LAB HOLD)

Betty Bawn – Conservative - 284

James Lang – Labour - 756

Seghill with Seaton Delaval: (LAB HOLD)

Robert Forsyth – UKIP - 188

Simon Hartland – Conservative - 608

Margaret Richards – Labour - 710

Shilbottle: (CON HOLD)

John Curry – UKIP - 73

Stewart Selkirk – Labour - 256

Trevor Thorne – Conservative – 1,161

Liz Whitelam - Liberal Democrats - 291

Sleekburn: (LAB HOLD)

Steve Aynsley – UKIP - 171

Kath Burn – Independent - 223

Jeff Gobin – Labour - 380

Thomas Peacock – Conservative - 261

South Blyth: (LIB DEM HOLD)

Daniel Carr – Conservative - 356

Olga Potts – Labour - 305

Peter Potts – UKIP - 216

Lesley Rickerby - Liberal Democrats – 356

*Lid Dems won by a straw draw

South Tynedale: (CON HOLD)

Avril Grundy - Liberal Democrats - 183

John Hill – Labour - 171

Colin Horncastle – Conservative- 1,249

Richard Sutton – Green - 141

Stakeford: (LAB HOLD)

Charlotte Blundred – Conservative - 450

Julie Foster – Labour - 814

Stocksfield & Broomhaugh: (IND HOLD)

Patricia Dale – Independent - 1,312

Bill Haylock – Labour - 132

Charles Heslop – Conservative - 528

Philip Latham - Liberal Democrats - 109

Wensleydale: (LAB HOLD)

Eileen Cartie – Labour - 641

Gary Hopewell – Conservative - 197

Anna Moore – UKIP - 143

Penny Reid - Liberal Democrats - 203

Wooler: (CON HOLD)

David Bull – Labour - 126

Rosemary Cott - Liberal Democrats - 181

James Jobson – Green - 165

Anthony Murray – Conservative – 1,272