Alnwick District Council elections

Alnwick 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]^[2]

Party in control		Years
	Independent	1973-1979
	No overall control	1979-1991
	Liberal Democrats	1991-1995
	No overall control	1995-2009

Council elections

Alnwick District Council election, 1973
Alnwick District Council election, 1976
Alnwick District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Alnwick District Council election, 1983
Alnwick District Council election, 1987
Alnwick District Council election, 1991
Alnwick District Council election, 1995
Alnwick District Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by one)^[4]^[5]
Alnwick District Council election, 2003
Alnwick District Council election, 2007

District result maps

2007 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Shilbottle By-Election 6 February 1997
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	365	37.1
	Conservative	324	32.9
	Labour	296	30.0
Majority		41	4.2
Turnout		985	40.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour	Swing

Rothbury By-Election 31 July 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	775	81.9	+35.3
	Conservative	171	18.1	+18.1
Majority		604	63.8
Turnout		946
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

1999-2003

Embleton By-Election 25 April 2002
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	220	58.5	-11.4
	Independent	154	41.2	+41.2
Majority		66	17.3
Turnout		374	47.5
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

2003-2007

Shilbottle By-Election 14 July 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Ethel Mills	193	35.3	+3.1
	Independent	John Taylor	167	30.5	-14.0
	Labour	Mary Dixon	158	28.9	+5.6
	Independent	Eric Thomason	29	5.3	+5.3
Majority			26	4.8
Turnout			547	19.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lesbury By-Election 6 April 2006^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Styring	300	39.0	+16.1
	Independent	Judith Hill	225	29.3	-20.3
	Conservative	Peter McIlroy	168	21.8	-5.7
	Independent	Leslie Orange	76	9.9	+9.9
Majority			75	9.7
Turnout			566	51.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Amble West By-Election 26 October 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Hinson	237	56.3	+21.6
	Independent	Stanley Ireland	94	22.3	-19.7
	Conservative	David Rixon	90	21.4	+21.4
Majority			143	34.0
Turnout			421	26.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

References

↑ "Alnwick". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The District of Alnwick (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ "Alnwick". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Alnwick (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Shilbottle Ward By Election 14th July 2005". Alnwick District Council. Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Lib Dems and Labour make byelection gains". guardian.co.uk. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2011.

By-election results

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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