Northumberland County: Amble ward

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Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the ground around this area — housing sites, schools, protected areas, air quality — and who represents you now.

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Boundary: ONS Open Geography Portal (Open Government Licence). Map tiles: OpenStreetMap.

Who represents you now

Councillors for Amble, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:

Arty Hume, Reform UK

This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.

Across the whole of Northumberland council (69 seats in 2026): Conservative 28, Labour 8, Liberal Democrat 3, Green 2, Reform UK 19, Other 9. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration.

Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.

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Northumberland County: Amble ward in numbers

Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.

People claiming unemployment-related benefits

100 people in Amble ward, 3.7% of residents aged 16–64, against 4% across England (August 2026).

Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.

House prices in Northumberland

Average price £212,563, up 7.3% on a year earlier (July 2026).

Flats and maisonettes: £105,668
Detached houses: £372,800

Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.

Past elections in this ward

Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

2021 — Labour Party elected · turnout 31%

Terry Clark	Labour Party	635
June Elaine Watson	Conservative and Unionist Party	540
David George Woodard	Liberal Democrats	62

2017 — Labour Party elected · turnout 34%

Terry Clark	Labour Party	622
June Elaine Watson	Conservative and Unionist Party	452
Roger Cashmore	Liberal Democrats	137

2013 — Labour Party elected · turnout 23%

George Arckless	Labour Party	575
Peter Robinson	Conservative and Unionist Party	162
Roger Cashmore	Liberal Democrats	86

2008 — Labour Party elected

George Arckless	Labour Party	470
Leslie Bilboe	Conservative and Unionist Party	175
Roger Cashmore	Liberal Democrats	135
John Hedley	Independent	110
George Smailes	Independent	46

Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.

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