The results are now in, and the Conservative party has picked up just one seat of the 17 contested wards, the Labour Party has taken eight and the Liberal Democrats has taken eight.

The Liberal Democrats gained six seats from Labour, and Council leader Dave Stephens lost out in the Wensleydale ward to Ian Tompkins.

Early results saw Labour's Susan Davey take the Cowpen ward with a turnout under 30 per cent.

Elsewhere Marueen Brown (Cramlington West), Alan Armstrong (Cramlington Village) and Ian Swithenbank (Cramlington East) were also elected as the Labour Party took the early seats.

The first councillor elected in Blyth Valley from outside the Labour Party was Cramlington South East ward member Thomas Brechany, as he won for the Liberal Democrats.

And Wayne Daley (Cramlington North) was the only councillor from the Conservative party to secure a seat.

The elected councillors are in bold.

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COWPEN
Susan Davey (L) - 576
Jean Pickering (C) - 141
Sandra Stanger (LD) - 296
Turnout: 29.8 per cent

CRAMLINGTON EAST
Margaret Mary Ion (C) - 252
Peter Thompson Stanger (LD) - 296
Ian Carr Fry Swithenbank (L) - 747
Turnout: 30.6 per cent

EASTFIELD
Barrie Crowther (LD) - 763
Susan Johnston (C) - 306
David Frederick Vaughan (L) - 328
Turnout: 36.2 per cent

CRAMLINGTON NORTH
Wayne Daley (C) - 1223
Mary Hall (L) - 105
Panos Papaioannou (I) - 395
Fiona Wilson (LD) - 161
Turnout: 45.6 per cent

CRAMLINGTON SOUTH EAST
Thomas Brechany (LD) - 1011
Kathy Olivia Graham (L) - 323
Lynn Nigel Rixon (C) - 217
Turnout: 46.5 per cent

CRAMLINGTON VILLAGE
Alan Rockcliffe Armstrong (LD) - 1055
John Collins (C) - 228
Kath Nisbet (L) - 381
Turnout: 44.8 per cent

CRAMLINGTON WEST
Maureen Brown (L) - 425
Ivan Hayes (I) - 347
Peter John Lovatt (LD) - 256
Anne Charlotte Waggitt (C) - 204
Turnout: 32.2 per cent

CROFT
Jane Mary Bewlay (LD) - 274
Reuben Carr (C) - 56
Vince Coils (L) - 441
Jim Condon (I) - 344
Turnout: 31.5 per cent

HARTLEY
Susan Elizabeth Dungworth (L)- 600
David Montgomery (I) - 430
Brian Pickering (C)- 189
Anita Cynthia Romer (LD)- 827
Turnout: 50.8 per cent

HOLYWELL
Bobby Nixon (LD)- 875
Sheila O'Sullivan (C) - 177
Bernard Pidcock (L) 763
Turnout: 44 per cent

ISABELLA
Walter Rickerby (LD) - 391
Gordon Webb (L) - 625
Turnout: 29.5 per cent

KITTY BREWSTER
Sylvia Calvert (LD)- 371
Allison Dawn Carr (C) - 164
Grant Davey (L) - 591
Turnout: 29 per cent

NEWSHAM
Deirdre Campbell (L) - 410
John Robert Ferry (I) - 284
John Ion (C) - 76
Geoffrey Alan Wilkin (LD) - 383
Turnout: 33.7 per cent

PLESSEY
Colin Brown (I)- 458
Jeff Reid (LD)- 638
Sam Walker (L)- 304
Turnout: 39.8 per cent

SEGHILL WITH SEATON DELAVAL
Penny Reid (LD) - 282
Margaret Evelyn Richards (L) - 788
Phillip Storer (C) - 384
Turnout: 35.2 per cent

SOUTH BLYTH
Gordon Thomas Knox (L)- 289
Greg Alexander Munro (C) - 173
Lesley Jennifer Rickerby (LD) - 867
Turnout: 40 per cent

WENSLEYDALE
Gordon Johnston (C) - 119
David Charles Stephens (L) - 576
Ian Michael Ray Tompkins (LD)- 604
Turnout: 39.1 per cent

C: Conservative; L: Labour; LD: Liberal Democrat; I: Independent

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