Before (end of 2000) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · Labour 13 · Liberal Democrats 10 · Other 6
After (end of 2001) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · Labour 12 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Other 6
Ward results
Bellingham1 seat
| J Riddle | Conservative | 1,512 |
| E Dobbs | Labour | 659 |
Bywell1 seat · turnout 71.9%
| P Kelly | Labour | 1,165 |
| J Woodman | Conservative | 895 |
| J. Williams | Liberal Democrats | 531 |
Corbridge1 seat · turnout 69.9%
| Jean Fearon | Conservative | 1,003 |
| W. Grigg | Liberal Democrats | 884 |
| P. Hansen | Labour | 483 |
Haltwhistle1 seat · turnout 67.2%
| Lu Thompson | Labour | 1,560 |
| S. Sim | Independent | 1,025 |
Haydon & Hadrian1 seat
| C. Horncastle | Conservative | 1,130 |
| M. Thorpe | Labour | 867 |
| G. Wilde | Liberal Democrats | 433 |
Hexham Central With Acomb1 seat · turnout 74.8%
| B. Pickering | Conservative | 1,015 |
| T Flaws | Labour | 1,010 |
| R MacFarlane | Liberal Democrats | 435 |
Hexham East1 seat · turnout 69.2%
| Ingrid Whale | Conservative | 1,173 |
| P. Clark | Labour | 1,093 |
Hexham West1 seat
| M. Mine | Conservative | 1,100 |
| D Fruin | Labour | 849 |
| R Tipping | Liberal Democrats | 658 |
Humshaugh1 seat · turnout 72.5%
| A Kerr | Conservative | 1,436 |
| W. Barnett | Labour | 639 |
| J. Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 550 |
Prudhoe East1 seat · turnout 62.3%
| A. Reid | Labour | 1,817 |
| R Heather | Conservative | 420 |
| J Buzzard | Liberal Democrats | 405 |
Prudhoe West1 seat · turnout 61.1%
| A. Williamson | Labour | 1,276 |
| Jacey Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 499 |
| P. Dale | Conservative | 399 |
South Tynedale1 seat · turnout 73.7%
| A. Purdue | Conservative | 1,670 |
| J. Anderson | Labour | 625 |
| D. Craven | Liberal Democrats | 534 |
Stocksfield & Broomhaugh1 seat · turnout 76.6%
| R. Thompson | Conservative | 1,423 |
| G. Harper | Labour | 874 |
| D. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 725 |