Blaydon                    Lab  hold
                                        
                                    2/6 
 J McWilliam       Lab    27,535   60.0%
 P Maughan         LibD   10,930   23.8%
 M Watson          Con     6,048   13.2%
 R Rook            IndL    1,412    3.1%
 Turnout 71.0%; Lab majority 16,605     
 Swing from LibD to Lab of 2.1%         
                                        
                                        
    Blyth Valley               Lab  hold
                                        
                                        
 R Campbell        Lab    27,276   64.2%
 A Lamb            LibD    9,540   22.5%
 B Musgrave        Con     5,666   13.3%
 Turnout 68.7%; Lab majority 17,736     
 Swing from LibD to Lab of 12.7%        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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