Blyth Valley Borough Council elections

Blyth Valley was a non-metropolitian 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		Candidate	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		Candidate	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		Candidate	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		Candidate	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		Candidate	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		Candidate	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		Candidate	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		Candidate	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

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