Before (end of 1988) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Liberal Democrats 20 · Conservative 12 · Other 4
After (end of 1989) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 38 · Conservative 17 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Other 3
Ward results
Allendale1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| A. Purdue | Conservative | 702 ✓ |
| W. Howard | Labour | 533 |
| S. Frost | Liberal Democrats | 269 |
Alnwick1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| E. Davidson | Liberal Democrats | 460 ✓ |
| I. McAloon | Labour | 385 |
| J. Roberts | Conservative | 265 |
Amble By The Sea1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| G. Arckless | Labour | 1,001 ✓ |
| I. Hinson | Liberal Democrats | 966 |
Bamburgh1 seat
| J. Heppell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Bedlington West1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| S. Newton | Labour | 897 ✓ |
| P. Harratt | Liberal Democrats | 434 |
Bellingham1 seat · turnout 40.2%
| J. Riddle | Conservative | 806 ✓ |
| B. Stevens | Liberal Democrats | 216 |
Berwick North1 seat · turnout 49.1%
| W. Coltman | Conservative | 752 ✓ |
| B. Douglas | Independent | 623 |
| I. Harris | Liberal Democrats | 367 |
Berwick South1 seat
| R. Gilchrist | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Blyth Valley Central1 seat · turnout 43.6%
| A. Brown | Labour | 693 ✓ |
| W. Snowdon | Conservative | 456 |
| R. Swinburne | Social Democratic Party | 264 |
Blyth Valley Cowpen1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| L. Camsell | Labour | 835 ✓ |
| L. Cobb | Social Democratic Party | 263 |
Blyth Valley Cramlington East1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| I. Swithenbank | Labour | 914 ✓ |
| P. Mathers | Liberal Democrats | 170 |
| M. Greveson | Green | 78 |
Blyth Valley Cramlington South East1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| W. Day | Liberal Democrats | 871 ✓ |
| W. Landles | Labour | 651 |
| P. Evans | Green | 84 |
Blyth Valley Cramlington West1 seat · turnout 39.7%
| K. Flaherty | Labour | 896 ✓ |
| H. Marshall | Social Democratic Party | 218 |
| G. Greveson | Green | 82 |
Blyth Valley Croft1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| L. Smith | Labour | 697 ✓ |
| D. Mordue | Social Democratic Party | 195 |
Blyth Valley Hartley1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| T. Weekes | Labour | 1,105 ✓ |
| T. Stone | Liberal Democrats | 453 |
| S. O'Sullivan | Conservative | 348 |
Blyth Valley Holywell1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| P. Hillman | Labour | 756 ✓ |
| D. Robertson | Liberal Democrats | 311 |
| D. Stanger | Conservative | 143 |
Blyth Valley Isabella1 seat · turnout 37.6%
| R. Parker | Labour | 1,075 ✓ |
| S. Stanger | Liberal Democrats | 207 |
Blyth Valley Kitty Brewster1 seat · turnout 30.0%
| J. Whiteman | Labour | 560 ✓ |
| I. Hopkins | Social Democratic Party | 158 |
Blyth Valley Parkside1 seat · turnout 34.6%
| I. Todd | Liberal Democrats | 975 ✓ |
| M. Wright | Labour | 757 |
| P. Evans | Green | 240 |
| I. Woodhouse | Conservative | 207 |
Blyth Valley Plessey1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| J. Balmer | Labour | 722 ✓ |
| T. Hopkins | Social Democratic Party | 233 |
| P. Howarth | Conservative | 189 |
| C. Doxford | Green | 28 |
Blyth Valley Seaton Delaval1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| J. Collier | Labour | 683 ✓ |
| R. Nixon | Liberal Democrats | 630 |
Blyth Valley Seghill1 seat · turnout 41.6%
| E. Atkinson | Labour | 661 ✓ |
| C. McCarthy | Liberal Democrats | 131 |
Blyth Valley Wensleydale1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| D. Knott | Labour | 881 ✓ |
| P. Gilroy | Social Democratic Party | 686 |
| G. Davison | Conservative | 513 |
| C. Spence | Green | 88 |
Bywell1 seat · turnout 58.3%
| P. Pescod | Conservative | 755 ✓ |
| P. Kelly | Labour | 681 |
| A. Rubery | Liberal Democrats | 674 |
Corbridge1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| A. Mearns | Liberal Democrats | 1,291 ✓ |
| T. McPherson | Conservative | 714 |
Cramlington Village1 seat · turnout 44.7%
| S. Armstrong | Labour | 769 ✓ |
| K. Graham | Liberal Democrats | 695 |
| A. Howarth | Conservative | 189 |
| S. Leyland | Green | 101 |
Crookham1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| D. Smibert | Liberal Democrats | 453 ✓ |
| J. Hills | Conservative | 388 |
Haltwhistle1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| I. McMinn | Labour | 962 ✓ |
| E. Garrow | Liberal Democrats | 480 |
Heddon On The Wall1 seat · turnout 49.8%
| R. Barkes | Conservative | 632 ✓ |
| J. Gibson | Labour | 304 |
| P. Wilkins | Liberal Democrats | 236 |
Hexham East1 seat · turnout 50.4%
| J. Pescott | Independent | 778 ✓ |
| J. Harrison | Conservative | 528 |
| P. Clark | Labour | 506 |
| A. Jones | Liberal Democrats | 133 |
Hexham West1 seat · turnout 50.7%
| D. Jowett | Conservative | 1,151 ✓ |
| B. Moulding | Labour | 1,046 |
| J. Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 237 |
Humshaugh1 seat · turnout 56.0%
| W. Carmichael | Conservative | 1,017 ✓ |
| R. Coulson | Liberal Democrats | 1,010 |
Lesbury1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| J. Hammill | Conservative | 776 ✓ |
| J. Morrison | Liberal Democrats | 712 |
| N. Brown | Labour | 237 |
Longhirst1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| J. Turnbull | Labour | 921 ✓ |
| T. Foley | Liberal Democrats | 256 |
Morpeth North1 seat · turnout 39.4%
| I. Smail | Independent | 1,338 ✓ |
| J. Rudd | Labour | 459 |
Morpeth South1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| R. Devereux | Independent | 807 ✓ |
| M. Pickard | Labour | 657 |
Morpeth Stobhill1 seat · turnout 64.8%
| S. McKellar | Labour | 859 ✓ |
| G. Weatherly | Liberal Democrats | 757 |
Netherwitton1 seat · turnout 52.9%
| H. Sanderson | Conservative | 817 ✓ |
| G. France | Liberal Democrats | 363 |
| J. Murdie | Labour | 77 |
Norham & Islandshires1 seat · turnout 52.3%
| R. Watkin | Liberal Democrats | 1,022 ✓ |
| O. Coltman | Conservative | 739 |
Plenmeller1 seat · turnout 49.4%
| I. Smith | Conservative | 812 ✓ |
| A. Morris | Labour | 226 |
| J. Morton | Liberal Democrats | 138 |
Ponteland East1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| J. Lambert | Conservative | 1,353 ✓ |
| P. Kelway | Liberal Democrats | 1,046 |
| R. Cooper | Labour | 130 |
Ponteland West1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| S. Oliver | Conservative | 1,234 ✓ |
| D. Cogan | Liberal Democrats | 463 |
| A. Cooper | Labour | 238 |
Prudhoe East1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| T. Reid | Labour | 1,171 ✓ |
| F. Waterworth | Liberal Democrats | 192 |
Prudhoe West1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| S. Knight | Labour | 700 ✓ |
| R. Bland | Liberal Democrats | 629 |
Rothbury1 seat · turnout 48.3%
| S. Bolam | Conservative | 923 ✓ |
| G. Winter | Liberal Democrats | 661 |
| L. Webb | Labour | 182 |
Shilbottle1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| I. McArthur | Liberal Democrats | 962 ✓ |
| M. Hamp | Labour | 554 |
| E. Rixon | Conservative | 381 |
Slaley1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| G. Hutchinson | Conservative | 1,260 ✓ |
| P. Latham | Liberal Democrats | 594 |
Stannington1 seat · turnout 37.6%
| D. Nicholson | Conservative | 601 ✓ |
| D. Davies | Labour | 176 |
| W. Goldsworthy | Liberal Democrats | 115 |
| B. Stanton | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Wansbeck Bedlington Central1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| G. Fisher | Labour | 945 ✓ |
| R. Newson | Liberal Democrats | 374 |
Wansbeck Bedlington East1 seat
| W. Ashbridge | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Wansbeck Bothal1 seat · turnout 48.9%
| J. Wilson | Labour | 1,228 ✓ |
| V. Imrie | Liberal Democrats | 606 |
Wansbeck Choppington1 seat
| J. Teasdale | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Wansbeck Haydon1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| W. Brown | Labour | 1,151 ✓ |
| T. Scott-Field | Conservative | 230 |
Wansbeck Hirst1 seat
| P. Jackson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Wansbeck Newbiggin East1 seat · turnout 58.4%
| T. Wallace | Labour | 1,126 ✓ |
| L. Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 616 |
Wansbeck Newbiggin West1 seat · turnout 62.7%
| T. Saunders | Labour | 920 ✓ |
| A. Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 663 |
Wansbeck Park & College1 seat
| M. Davey | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Wansbeck Seaton1 seat
| J. Lang | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Wansbeck Sleekburn1 seat
| R. Tait | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Wansbeck Stakeford1 seat · turnout 51.5%
| D. Nicholson | Labour | 1,179 ✓ |
| S. Slaughter | Liberal Democrats | 560 |
| G. Gray | Conservative | 146 |
Widdrington1 seat · turnout 45.1%
| J. Morris | Labour | 1,189 ✓ |
| T. Welsh | The Liberal Party | 774 |
Wooler1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| S. Harris | Liberal Democrats | 728 ✓ |
| S. Davidson | Conservative | 699 |
