Northampton Borough Council elections

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Northampton Borough Council was the local authority for Northampton in Northamptonshire, England and was elected every four years. From the last boundary changes in 1999, 47 councillors were elected from 23 wards. [1] The borough council was abolished in 2021, with the area becoming part of West Northamptonshire.

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Political control

The results for each full council election from 1973 until the final election in 2015 were as follows: [2]

ElectionParty
1973 Labour
1976 Conservative
1979 Conservative
1983 No overall control
Con largest single party
1987 Conservative
1991 No overall control
1995 Labour
1999 Labour
2003 No overall control
Con largest single party
2007 Liberal Democrats
2011 Conservative
2015 Conservative

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Headlands By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,43538.5−4.4
Labour 1,23533.1−2.2
Conservative 1,05928.4+6.6
Majority 2005.4
Turnout 3,729
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Albans By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,86758.6−17.1
Conservative 84126.4+10.3
Liberal Democrats 40712.8+4.5
UKIP 712.2+2.2
Majority 1,02632.2
Turnout 3,186
Labour hold Swing
South By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,66246.1−16.4
Conservative 1,30736.2+9.3
Liberal Democrats 64017.7+7.0
Majority 3559.9
Turnout 3,609
Labour hold Swing
St Crispin By-Election 11 June 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 55165.9−3.5
Liberal Democrats 11313.5−7.5
Conservative 9611.5+1.9
Green 455.4+5.4
Independent 313.7+3.7
Majority 43852.4
Turnout 83616.7
Labour hold Swing

2003-2007

Spencer By-Election 9 February 2006 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Conroy63542.2+16.7
Labour Alan Scott54636.3−7.2
Conservative Laura Norman26517.6−13.4
Green Marcus Rock332.2+2.2
CPA Antony Solomon251.7+1.7
Majority 895.9
Turnout 1,50428.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

2007-2011

New Duston By-Election 22 January 2009 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Golby1,07253.0+9.7
Labour Geoff Howes32215.9−1.3
Independent David Huffadine-Smith32015.8−3.8
Liberal Democrats Marion Allen-Minney30715.2+7.0
Majority 75037.1
Turnout 2,02132.2
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2021

Westone By-Election 21 July 2016 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Markham58349.7+36.4
Conservative Gregory Lunn31927.2−28.7
Labour Toby Birch27023.0−7.6
Majority 26423.4
Turnout 112733
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Eastfield By-Election 28 September 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Joyce49350.5+13.5
Conservative Pauline Woodhouse28829.5−4.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Sawyer19520.0+16.7
Majority 20520.9
Turnout 98027
Labour hold Swing
Nene Valley By-Election 28 September 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Luke Graystone80352.5+11.7
Labour Nikesh Jani34322.4+7.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Hoare29319.2+9.0
Green Denise Donaldson915.9+5.9
Majority
Turnout 153018.2
Conservative hold Swing
Delapre and Briar Hill By-Election 29 November 2018 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emma Roberts91443.4+15.6
Conservative Daniel Soan54926.0+1.3
Independent Nicola McKenna41719.8+19.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Maher1336.3−10.4
Green Denise Donaldson954.5+4.5
Majority 36517.3
Turnout 2,108
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. "Borough Council Elections". Northampton Borough Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  2. "Compositions Calculator". The Elections Centre. University of Exeter. Retrieved 21 May 2025. (Put "Northampton" in search box to see specific results.)
  3. The Borough of Northampton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  4. "Northampton". BBC News Online . Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  5. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Northampton (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The Northampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2011. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  7. "Lib Dems triumph in council byelection". guardian.co.uk . 10 February 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  8. "Tories hold Duston in by-election". Northampton Chronicle & Echo . 23 January 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  9. "Declaration of Result of Poll - Westone". www.northampton.gov.uk. Northampton Borough Council. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  10. "Local Elections Archive Project — Delapre and Briar Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.