Wansbeck District Council elections

Wansbeck 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	1973–2009

Council elections

Wansbeck District Council election, 1973
Wansbeck District Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Wansbeck District Council election, 1979
Wansbeck District Council election, 1983
Wansbeck District Council election, 1987
Wansbeck District Council election, 1991
Wansbeck District Council election, 1995
Wansbeck District Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Wansbeck District Council election, 2003
Wansbeck District Council election, 2007 (New ward boundaries)^[4]

By-election results

Park By-Election 2 April 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		296	55.8
	Liberal Democrat		217	40.9
	Conservative		17	3.2
Majority			79	14.9
Turnout			530	23.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Haydon By-Election 9 May 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		573	54.5	-2.6
	Labour		433	41.2	-1.7
	Conservative		45	4.3	+4.3
Majority			140	13.3
Turnout			1,051	28.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Guide Post By-Election 11 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Butler	457	61.4	-0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Carr	202	27.2	-1.8
	Conservative	Anne Elphinstone	85	11.4	+11.4
Majority			255	34.2
Turnout			744	26.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashington Central By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		427	50.9	+12.9
	Liberal Democrat	Baber Sikander	412	49.1	+21.5
Majority			15	1.8
Turnout			839
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Wansbeck (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 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

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

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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