Northumberland County Council

Northumberland County Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 1889[a]
Leadership
Chair	John Beynon, Conservative since 1 May 2024[1]
Leader	Glen Sanderson, Conservative since 23 September 2020[2]
Chief Executive	Helen Paterson since February 2023[3]
Structure
Seats	67 councillors (69 from 2025)
Political groups	Administration (33)   Conservative (33) Other parties (34)   Labour (19)   Independent (9)   Liberal Democrats (4)   Green (2)
Joint committees	North East Combined Authority
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	6 May 2021
Next election	1 May 2025
Meeting place
County Hall, Morpeth, NE61 2EF
Website
www.northumberland.gov.uk

Northumberland County Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Northumberland in North East England. Since 2009 it has been a unitary authority, having also taken over district-level functions when the county's districts were abolished.

The council has been under no overall control since 2021, being led by a Conservative minority administration. It is based at County Hall, Morpeth. Since 2024 the council has been a member of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority.

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