Northampton Borough Council elections

Northampton Borough Council in Northamptonshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 47 councillors have been elected from 23 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973 - 1976
Conservative1976 - 1983
No overall control1983 - 1987
Conservative1987 - 1991
No overall control1991 - 1995
Labour1995 - 2003
No overall control2003 - 2007
Liberal Democrats2007 - 2011
Conservative2011–present

Council elections

Borough result maps
  • 1999 results map
  • 2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2011 results map
  • 2015 results map

By-election results

1995-1999
Headlands By-Election 1 May 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 1,435 38.5 -4.4
Labour 1,235 33.1 -2.2
Conservative 1,059 28.4 +6.6
Majority 200 5.4
Turnout 3,729
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Albans By-Election 1 May 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,867 58.6 -17.1
Conservative 841 26.4 +10.3
Liberal Democrats 407 12.8 +4.5
UKIP 71 2.2 +2.2
Majority 1,026 32.2
Turnout 3,186
Labour hold Swing
South By-Election 1 May 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,662 46.1 -16.4
Conservative 1,307 36.2 +9.3
Liberal Democrats 640 17.7 +7.0
Majority 355 9.9
Turnout 3,609
Labour hold Swing
St Crispin By-Election 11 June 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 551 65.9 -3.5
Liberal Democrats 113 13.5 -7.5
Conservative 96 11.5 +1.9
Green 45 5.4 +5.4
Independent 31 3.7 +3.7
Majority 438 52.4
Turnout 836 16.7
Labour hold Swing

2003-2007
Spencer By-Election 9 February 2006[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Conroy 635 42.2 +16.7
Labour Alan Scott 546 36.3 -7.2
Conservative Laura Norman 265 17.6 -13.4
Green Marcus Rock 33 2.2 +2.2
CPA Antony Solomon 25 1.7 +1.7
Majority 89 5.9
Turnout 1,504 28.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

2007-2011
New Duston By-Election 22 January 2009[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Golby 1,072 53.0 +9.7
Labour Geoff Howes 322 15.9 -1.3
Independent David Huffadine-Smith 320 15.8 -3.8
Liberal Democrats Marion Allen-Minney 307 15.2 +7.0
Majority 750 37.1
Turnout 2,021 32.2
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019
Westone By-Election 21 July 2016[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Markham 583 49.7 +36.4
Conservative Gregory Lunn 319 27.2 -28.7
Labour Toby Birch 270 23.0 -7.6
Majority 264 23.4
Turnout 1127 33
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Eastfield By-Election 28 September 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Joyce 493 50.5 +13.5
Conservative Pauline Woodhouse 288 29.5 -4.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Sawyer 195 20.0 +16.7
Majority 205 20.9
Turnout 980 27
Labour hold Swing
Nene Valley By-Election 28 September 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Luke Graystone 803 52.5 +11.7
Labour Nikesh Jani 343 22.4 +7.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Hoare 293 19.2 +9.0
Green Denise Donaldson 91 5.9 +5.9
Majority
Turnout 1530 18.2
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Borough Council Elections". Northampton Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  2. "Northampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  3. The Borough of Northampton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  4. "Northampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  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. 2006-02-10. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  8. "Tories hold Duston in by-election". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  9. "Declaration of Result of Poll - Westone". www.northampton.gov.uk. Northampton Borough Council. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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