Before (end of 2005) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 25 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 1
After (end of 2006) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Labour 23 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Other 1
Ward results
Battle Hill1 seat
| Dorothy Bradley | Liberal Democrats | 1,376 ✓ |
| Raymond Glindon | Labour | 1,256 |
| Gladys Dobinson | BNP | 352 |
Benton1 seat
| Jean Murray | Conservative | 1,601 ✓ |
| Joanne Cassidy | Labour | 1,285 |
| Paul Finlay | Liberal Democrats | 542 |
Camperdown1 seat · turnout 30.8%
| Jayne Shotton | Labour | 1,327 ✓ |
| Patricia Greenwell | Conservative | 612 |
| Charles Steel | BNP | 405 |
Chirton1 seat · turnout 30.1%
| Amanda Normand | Labour | 1,176 ✓ |
| Alexandra Carter | Independent | 982 |
Collingwood1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| Charles Hobkirk | Conservative | 1,496 ✓ |
| Margaret Hall | Labour | 1,293 |
| Clare Hindmarsh | Liberal Democrats | 484 |
Cullercoats1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| Jon-Jo Macnamara | Conservative | 2,736 ✓ |
| Margaret Rowley | Labour | 1,024 |
Howdon1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| Maureen Louise Madden | Labour | 1,287 ✓ |
| Johnny Croney | Liberal Democrats | 1,174 |
Killingworth1 seat · turnout 35.9%
| Linda Darke | Labour | 1,183 ✓ |
| Elliot Moss | Conservative | 1,165 |
| Patricia Dawson | Liberal Democrats | 350 |
Longbenton1 seat
| A. Walker | Labour | 1,797 ✓ |
| Robin Arthur Underwood | Conservative | 654 |
Monkseaton North1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| William Jackson | Conservative | 1,955 ✓ |
| Jane Shaw | Labour | 667 |
| Eleanor Jellett | Liberal Democrats | 519 |
Monkseaton South1 seat
| Frank Stephen Austin | Conservative | 1,662 ✓ |
| Ian Grayson | Labour | 889 |
| Peter Berrie | Liberal Democrats | 536 |
| George Partis | Independent | 209 |
Northumberland1 seat
| Marian Huscroft | Liberal Democrats | 1,456 ✓ |
| K. McBeth | Labour | 594 |
| Margaret Smith | Conservative | 221 |
Preston1 seat
| S. Button | Conservative | 1,803 ✓ |
| D. Jackson | Labour | 1,052 |
Riverside1 seat
| Charles Pickard | Labour | 1,132 ✓ |
| J. Carter | Independent | 983 |
Tynemouth1 seat
| I. Macaulay | Conservative | 2,312 ✓ |
| D. Corkey | Labour | 1,214 |
Valley1 seat · turnout 31.4%
| Brian Burdis | Labour | 1,285 ✓ |
| Louise Partis | Conservative | 752 |
Wallsend1 seat · turnout 34.2%
| Margaret Anne Finlay | Liberal Democrats | 1,474 ✓ |
| Gary Anthony Madden | Labour | 756 |
| Jayne Fleet | Conservative | 225 |
Weetslade1 seat
| George Crighton Westwater | Conservative | 1,530 ✓ |
| Richard Schofield | Labour | 1,331 |
| Raymond Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 606 |
Whitley Bay1 seat · turnout 41.9%
| Margaret Marshall | Conservative | 1,501 ✓ |
| Sandra Graham | Labour | 952 |
| John Webb | Liberal Democrats | 497 |
