Northamptonshire County Council elections

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Northamptonshire County Council was the county council for Northamptonshire in England. It was initially created in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, with its functions being substantially reformed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The council was abolished in 2021, with the area split into North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. Elections to Northamptonshire County Council were held every four years.

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Political control

Party in controlYears
Labour 1973–1977
Conservative 1977–1981
No overall control 1981–1993
Labour 1993–2005
Conservative 2005–2021

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 2005 until the council's abolition in 2021 were:

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Jim Harker [1] Conservative 2005May 2016
Heather Smith [2] Conservative May 201615 Mar 2018
Matthew Golby [3] Conservative 12 Apr 201831 Mar 2021

Council elections

County result maps

By-election results

1993–1997

Kingsthorpe By-Election 27 June 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 80156.6
Labour 48634.4
Conservative 1047.4
UKIP 231.6
Majority31522.2
Turnout 1,41428.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Northampton Park By-Election 31 October 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 79351.6
Conservative 56236.4
Liberal Democrats 18111.8
Majority23115.2
Turnout 1,53620.8
Labour hold Swing

2001–2005

Braunston By-Election 1 May 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,62168.3+9.6
Labour 75331.7-9.6
Majority86836.6
Turnout 2,374
Conservative hold Swing
Kingswood By-Election 10 July 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 46941.9-30.7
Liberal Democrats 42037.5+37.5
Conservative 23020.6-6.8
Majority494.4
Turnout 1,11917.1
Labour hold Swing
Spencer By-Election 22 January 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 52439.2-20.2
Liberal Democrats 46634.9+18.6
Conservative 34726.0+1.7
Majority584.3
Turnout 1,33721.8
Labour hold Swing
East Hunsbury By-Election 10 June 2004 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andre Gonzalez de Savage1,22848.4+1.7
Liberal Democrats Charles Markham69427.4+9.1
Labour Simon Draper61424.2-10.8
Majority53421.0
Turnout 2,53638.5
Conservative hold Swing

2005–2009

Long Buckby By-Election 8 March 2007 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Osborne1,54167.0+2.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Patchett45619.8+19.8
Labour Beatrice Price30213.1-22.3
Majority1,08547.2
Turnout 2,29936.7
Conservative hold Swing
Prebendal By-Election 3 May 2007 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heather Smith1,86670.4+8.2
Liberal Democrats David Burgess46117.4-2.8
Labour David Fisher32212.2-5.4
Majority1,40553.0
Turnout 2,64944.7
Conservative hold Swing
Uplands By-Election 3 May 2007 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Boardman2,30770.3+8.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Patchett64119.5+19.5
Independent Alan Tebbutt33310.1+10.1
Majority1,66650.8
Turnout 3,28143.4
Conservative hold Swing
Lloyds By-Election 27 September 2007 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Scott1,09353.5-8.7
Conservative Lynn Wilson37518.3-2.7
Liberal Democrats Chris Stanbra31115.2-1.6
BNP Rob Walker26513.0+13.0
Majority71835.2
Turnout 2,04430.7
Labour hold Swing

2009–2013

Towcester by-election, 9 February 2012 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Lofts1,27960.7%+32.6%
Conservative Ian Alexander McCord63830.3%-30.7%
UKIP Barry Joseph Mahoney1245.9%+5.9%
BNP Mark Andrew Plowman663.1%+3.1%
Majority64130.4%
Turnout 2107
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +31.7%

2013–2017

Middleton Cheney by-election, 5 September 2013 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Sawbridge108152.7+9.9
UKIP Barry Joseph Mahoney60429.4-6.0
Labour Christopher Lee22110.8-2.3
Liberal Democrats Scott Jon Collins1416.9-1.9
Majority47723.6+16.2
Turnout 205122.86
Conservative hold Swing
Braunston and Crick by-election, 3 July 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Longley1,01940.5+6.5
Labour Abigail Campbell98939.3+9.5
UKIP Eric MacAnndrais50620.1-11.4
Majority301.2
Turnout 2,514
Conservative hold Swing
Brixworth by-election, 3 July 2014 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cecile Irving-Swift1,29755.4+4.4
UKIP Stephen Pointer50021.3-3.7
Labour Robert McNally24810.6-2.6
Green Stephen Whiffen2289.7+3.0
Liberal Democrats Daniel Jones692.9-1.1
Majority79734.0
Turnout 2,342
Conservative hold Swing

2017–2021

Higham Ferrers by-election, 15 February 2018 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jason Smithers1,41456.6-3.5
Labour Gary Day55722.3+3.5
Liberal Democrats Suzanna Austin33613.5+2.3
UKIP Bill Cross1094.4-5.5
Green Simon Turner813.2+3.2
Majority85734.3
Turnout 2,497
Conservative hold Swing
St George by-election, 19 July 2018 [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anjona Roy83944.6+4.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Sawyer56430.0+0.1
Conservative Ausra Uzukauskaite28515.1-7.2
UKIP Andy Smiles1115.9-1.6
Green Scott Mabbutt834.4+4.4
Majority27514.6
Turnout 188321.4
Labour hold Swing
Oundle by-election, 21 February 2019 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Annabel de Capell Brooke1,86451.3-14.1
Liberal Democrats Marc Folgate1,27635.1+24.6
Labour Harry James40311.1-12.9
UKIP Allan Shipham892.4+2.4
Majority58816.2
Turnout 363236.9
Conservative hold Swing

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