Northamptonshire County Council elections

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.

Political control

Party in control		Years
	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:

Councillor		From	To
Jim Harker^[1]	Conservative	2005	May 2016
Heather Smith^[2]	Conservative	May 2016	15 Mar 2018
Matthew Golby^[3]	Conservative	12 Apr 2018	31 Mar 2021

Council elections

2001 Northamptonshire County Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 5)^[4]
2005 Northamptonshire County Council election
2009 Northamptonshire County Council election
2013 Northamptonshire County Council election
2017 Northamptonshire County Council election

County result maps

2001 results map
2005 results map
2009 results map
2013 results map
2017 results map

By-election results

1993–1997

Kingsthorpe By-Election 27 June 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	801	56.6
	Labour	486	34.4
	Conservative	104	7.4
	UKIP	23	1.6
Majority		315	22.2
Turnout		1,414	28.2
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Northampton Park By-Election 31 October 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	793	51.6
	Conservative	562	36.4
	Liberal Democrats	181	11.8
Majority		231	15.2
Turnout		1,536	20.8
	Labour hold	Swing

2001–2005

Braunston By-Election 1 May 2003
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,621	68.3	+9.6
	Labour	753	31.7	-9.6
Majority		868	36.6
Turnout		2,374
	Conservative hold	Swing

Kingswood By-Election 10 July 2003
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	469	41.9	-30.7
	Liberal Democrats	420	37.5	+37.5
	Conservative	230	20.6	-6.8
Majority		49	4.4
Turnout		1,119	17.1
	Labour hold	Swing

Spencer By-Election 22 January 2004
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	524	39.2	-20.2
	Liberal Democrats	466	34.9	+18.6
	Conservative	347	26.0	+1.7
Majority		58	4.3
Turnout		1,337	21.8
	Labour hold	Swing

East Hunsbury By-Election 10 June 2004^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andre Gonzalez de Savage	1,228	48.4	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Markham	694	27.4	+9.1
	Labour	Simon Draper	614	24.2	-10.8
Majority			534	21.0
Turnout			2,536	38.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005–2009

Long Buckby By-Election 8 March 2007^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Osborne	1,541	67.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Patchett	456	19.8	+19.8
	Labour	Beatrice Price	302	13.1	-22.3
Majority			1,085	47.2
Turnout			2,299	36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prebendal By-Election 3 May 2007^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Smith	1,866	70.4	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Burgess	461	17.4	-2.8
	Labour	David Fisher	322	12.2	-5.4
Majority			1,405	53.0
Turnout			2,649	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Uplands By-Election 3 May 2007^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Boardman	2,307	70.3	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Patchett	641	19.5	+19.5
	Independent	Alan Tebbutt	333	10.1	+10.1
Majority			1,666	50.8
Turnout			3,281	43.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lloyds By-Election 27 September 2007^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Scott	1,093	53.5	-8.7
	Conservative	Lynn Wilson	375	18.3	-2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Stanbra	311	15.2	-1.6
	BNP	Rob Walker	265	13.0	+13.0
Majority			718	35.2
Turnout			2,044	30.7
	Labour hold		Swing

2009–2013

Towcester by-election, 9 February 2012^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lofts	1,279	60.7%	+32.6%
	Conservative	Ian Alexander McCord	638	30.3%	-30.7%
	UKIP	Barry Joseph Mahoney	124	5.9%	+5.9%
	BNP	Mark Andrew Plowman	66	3.1%	+3.1%
Majority			641	30.4%
Turnout			2107
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+31.7%

2013–2017

Middleton Cheney by-election, 5 September 2013^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Sawbridge	1081	52.7	+9.9
	UKIP	Barry Joseph Mahoney	604	29.4	-6.0
	Labour	Christopher Lee	221	10.8	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Jon Collins	141	6.9	-1.9
Majority			477	23.6	+16.2
Turnout			2051	22.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Braunston and Crick by-election, 3 July 2014^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Longley	1,019	40.5	+6.5
	Labour	Abigail Campbell	989	39.3	+9.5
	UKIP	Eric MacAnndrais	506	20.1	-11.4
Majority			30	1.2
Turnout			2,514
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brixworth by-election, 3 July 2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecile Irving-Swift	1,297	55.4	+4.4
	UKIP	Stephen Pointer	500	21.3	-3.7
	Labour	Robert McNally	248	10.6	-2.6
	Green	Stephen Whiffen	228	9.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Jones	69	2.9	-1.1
Majority			797	34.0
Turnout			2,342
	Conservative hold		Swing

2017–2021

Higham Ferrers by-election, 15 February 2018^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jason Smithers	1,414	56.6	-3.5
	Labour	Gary Day	557	22.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanna Austin	336	13.5	+2.3
	UKIP	Bill Cross	109	4.4	-5.5
	Green	Simon Turner	81	3.2	+3.2
Majority			857	34.3
Turnout			2,497
	Conservative hold		Swing

St George by-election, 19 July 2018^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anjona Roy	839	44.6	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Sawyer	564	30.0	+0.1
	Conservative	Ausra Uzukauskaite	285	15.1	-7.2
	UKIP	Andy Smiles	111	5.9	-1.6
	Green	Scott Mabbutt	83	4.4	+4.4
Majority			275	14.6
Turnout			1883	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Oundle by-election, 21 February 2019^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annabel de Capell Brooke	1,864	51.3	-14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Folgate	1,276	35.1	+24.6
	Labour	Harry James	403	11.1	-12.9
	UKIP	Allan Shipham	89	2.4	+2.4
Majority			588	16.2
Turnout			3632	36.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

External links

"Elections and voting". Northamptonshire County Council.
"Local Authority Byelection Results (1996-2016)". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016.

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