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2025 North Northamptonshire Council election

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The 2025 North Northamptonshire Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to 68[a] seats on North Northamptonshire Council in Northamptonshire, England.[5] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The council was under Conservative control prior to the election. Reform UK won a majority of the seats at the election.

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2025 North Northamptonshire Council election
← 2021
1 May 2025 (2025-05-01)[a]
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All 68 seats to North Northamptonshire Council
35 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Martin Griffiths[1] Jason Smithers
(retiring)		 Emily Fedorowycz[2]
Party Reform Conservative Green
Last election 0 seats, 0.2% 60 seats, 52.8% 3 seats, 6.7%
Seats before 4 50 3
Seats won 40 14 8
Seat change Increase 40 Decrease 46 Increase 5
Popular vote 66,706 49,413 29,320
Percentage 35.0% 25.9% 15.4%
Swing Increase 34.8% Decrease 26.9% Increase 8.7%
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Leader Matt Keane[3]
(defeated)		 none none
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 14 seats, 29.7% 0 seats, 6.9% 1 seat, 3.6%
Seats before 16 1[b] 4[c]
Seats won 4 1 1
Seat change Decrease 10 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 33,060 7,775 4,093
Percentage 17.4% 4.1% 2.1%
Swing Decrease 12.3% Decrease 2.8% Decrease 1.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2025 North Northamptonshire Council election.
Leader before election

Jason Smithers
Conservative

 Leader after election

Martin Griffiths
Reform

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Background

At the 2021 election, the Conservatives won a majority of seats.[6] The Conservative leader of the council prior to the election, Jason Smithers, did not stand for re-election in 2025.[7]

New ward boundaries were drawn up to take effect for the 2025 election, reducing the number of seats from 78 to 68.[8][9]

Previous council composition

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After 2021 election Before 2025 election[10]
Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 60 Conservative 50
Labour 14 Labour 16
Green 3 Reform 4
Independent 1 Green 3
Reform 0 Independent 3
Vacant N/A Vacant 2
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Summary

Reform UK won a majority of the seats at the election. Their group leader, Martin Griffiths, was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 20 May 2025.[11][12] He had previously been a Conservative, and had been leader of one of the council's predecessors, the Borough Council of Wellingborough, for its last five years between 2016 and 2021.[13]

Election result

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2025 North Northamptonshire Council election[d]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Reform 68 39 26 0 Increase 39 59.1 35.0 66,706 +34.8
  Conservative 68 13 0 20 Decrease 47 19.7 25.9 49,413 –26.9
  Green 68 8 5 0 Increase 5 12.1 15.4 29,320 +8.7
  Labour 67 4 0 9 Decrease 10 6.1 17.4 33,060 –12.3
  Liberal Democrats 32 1 1 0 Increase 1 1.5 4.1 7,775 –2.8
  Independent 13 1 0 0 Steady 1.5 2.1 4,093 –1.5
  SDP 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 <0.1 60 N/A
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Ward results

Election results [14]

Avondale Grange

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Avondale Grange
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Julie Howe 376 39.0
Green David Donoghue 222 23.0
Conservative Robin Carter* 183 19.0
Labour Clark Mitchell 176 18.2
Majority 154 16.0
Turnout 957 24.0
Registered electors 3,989
Reform win (new seat)
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Barton Seagrave & Burton Latimer

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Barton Seagrave & Burton Latimer (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Jan O'Hara* 1,510 34.7
Reform Maurice Elgin 1,477 34.0
Reform Leon Gibbs 1,452 33.4
Green Adrian Watts 1,318 30.3
Green Gemma Harvey 1,211 27.9
Conservative John Currall* 1,154 26.6
Conservative Scott Edwards* 1,036 23.8
Green Maja Raczkowska 962 22.1
Conservative Alex Evelyn* 849 19.5
Independent Nigel Padget 384 8.8
Liberal Democrats Jenny Davies 378 8.7
Labour Jane Pettit 299 6.9
Labour Eleanor Mordecai 279 6.4
Majority 33 0.8
Turnout 4,346 33.4
Registered electors 13,027
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
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Brickhill & Queensway

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Brickhill & Queensway (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gavin Beales 1,017 36.6 N/A
Reform John Carvetta 951 34.2 N/A
Reform Darren Rance 937 33.7 N/A
Conservative Maria Alexander 717 25.8 –24.3
Labour Sylvia Erskine 601 21.6 –13.3
Conservative Paul Bell* 569 20.5 –26.8
Conservative King Lawal* 532 19.1 –22.2
Labour Scott Fitzsimmons 520 18.7 –14.2
Labour Annia Matereke 505 18.2 –11.7
Green Faris Ayoub 286 10.3 N/A
Independent Allan Shipman 276 9.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Ramsbottom 232 8.3 –2.6
Green Mark Hanna 208 7.5 N/A
Green Neil Fedorowycz 181 6.5 N/A
Turnout 2,781 24.0 –7.0
Registered electors 11,591
Reform gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Conservative
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Corby West

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Corby West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform David Donnelly 1,205 42.0 N/A
Reform Julie Lumsden 1,090 38.0 N/A
Labour William Colquhoun 1,076 37.5 –24.7
Reform Shay Finnegan 999 34.8 N/A
Labour Jean Addison* 939 32.7 –29.0
Labour Matt Keane* 844 29.4 –29.3
Conservative Rosalie Beattie 296 10.3 –15.4
Conservative Michael Taylor 239 8.3 –15.1
Green Norman Bristow 237 8.3 +1.5
Green Sara Mayer 234 8.2 N/A
Conservative Raymond Comer 233 8.1 –14.7
Green Michelle Slater 208 7.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Philip Bromhall 127 4.4 –0.1
Turnout 2,868 27.0 –9.1
Registered electors 10,611
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Labour hold
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Croyland & Swanspool

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Croyland & Swanspool (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Martin Griffiths* 804 37.7 N/A
Reform Chris Munday 707 33.2 N/A
Labour Valerie Anslow* 599 28.1 –15.3
Labour Victor James 500 23.5 –13.8
Conservative Mark Jones 459 21.5 –22.8
Conservative Viv Wilkinson 384 18.0 –24.8
Green Paul Mannion 236 11.1 N/A
Green Holly Moultrie 171 8.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ashley Oro 128 6.0 –5.9
Turnout 2,132 25.1 –2.4
Registered electors 8,505
Reform gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Labour
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Desborough

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Desborough (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Howes* 1,797 38.3 –12.6
Conservative Bill McElhinney* 1,606 34.2 –15.9
Conservative Harry Howes 1,598 34.1 –11.2
Reform Oliver Baker 1,581 33.7 N/A
Reform Tony Porter 1,448 30.9 N/A
Reform Jojo Underwood 1,429 30.5 N/A
Labour Dean Cornwall 775 16.5 –18.7
Green Olivia Stevenson 654 13.9 +2.4
Green Tim Jeffery 610 13.0 N/A
Labour Neil Rielly 579 12.3 –11.9
Labour Guy Longfoot-Finch 535 11.4 –8.6
Green Tom Dark 390 8.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan Window 385 8.2 –4.3
SDP Matthew Murphy 60 1.3 N/A
Turnout 4,692 38.7 +5.4
Registered electors 12,134
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Earls Barton

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Earls Barton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Scott Brown* 1,138 39.0 –20.8
Conservative Vicki Jessop 1,029 35.2 –22.7
Reform Jonathan Coles 995 34.1 N/A
Reform Andrew Huggett 933 32.0 N/A
Labour Gail McDade 419 14.3 –9.8
Green Allanah Colson 315 10.8 –16.4
Labour Chuks Nwajei 291 10.0 N/A
Green Pam Furness 288 9.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paula Addison-Pettit 246 8.4 –14.5
Turnout 2,920 34.0 –7.8
Registered electors 8,593
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Finedon

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Finedon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Andy Sims 518 43.4 N/A
Conservative Malcolm Ward* 357 30.0 –10.9
Labour George Capitan 140 11.7 –24.2
Green Sue Venables 114 9.5 –4.4
Liberal Democrats Katherine Mayes 65 5.4 –4.0
Majority 161 13.5 N/A
Turnout 1,194 33.1 +1.7
Registered electors 3,608
Reform gain from Conservative
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Geddington & Stanion

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Geddington & Stanion
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Brendon Lovell-Moore 638 37.4
Conservative Mark Rowley* 417 24.4
Labour Alan Irwin 341 20.0
Green Andy Byatt 229 13.4
Liberal Democrats Caroline Yeo 81 4.7
Majority 221 13.0
Turnout 1,706 39.0
Registered electors 4,376
Reform win (new seat)
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Gretton & Weldon

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Gretton & Weldon (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Eddie McDonald 823 36.5
Reform Barry O'Brien 762 33.8
Conservative Macaulay Nichol* 698 31.0
Conservative Kevin Watt 662 29.4
Green Lee Forster 344 15.3
Labour Liz Colquhoun 317 14.1
Labour Chris Ashton 271 12.0
Green Paul Hopkins 214 9.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Hetherington 137 6.1
Independent Rosie Crocker 59 2.6
Majority 61 2.7
Turnout 2,252 29.4
Registered electors 7,653
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
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Hatton Park

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Hatton Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Ken Harrington* 1,397 37.5 N/A
Reform Paul Brooke 1,286 34.5 N/A
Reform Vinnie Whitrow 1,197 32.1 N/A
Conservative Jon Ekins 1,144 30.7 –29.6
Conservative Raz Koriya 947 25.4 –32.0
Conservative Andrew Weatherill 903 24.2 –25.3
Labour Jackie Grover 790 21.2 –7.4
Labour Will Inskip 759 20.3 –6.9
Labour Joshua Page 664 17.8 –4.3
Green Duncan McIntyre 406 10.9 N/A
Green Marnie Fedorowycz 287 7.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stuart Simons 251 6.7 –2.5
Green Ric Hyde 241 6.5 N/A
Turnout 3,730 29.8 –5.8
Registered electors 12,511
Reform gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Conservative
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Higham Ferrers

The election for Higham Ferrers ward was delayed due to the death of the Liberal Democrat candidate John Ratcliffe, and rescheduled to 12 June 2025.[15] Following the re-closing of nominations, Reform UK stood three candidates in this seat despite the ward being two-member, as one of the candidates, Alan Beswick, had moved to China[16] and could not complete the appropriate withdrawal form.[17]

There was also an issue wherein the returning officer and the Electoral Commission had conflicting advice regarding the eligibility of one of the new Reform UK candidates, Elisa Perna. Perna had stood in the Oundle ward on 1 May 2025 and had not been elected, and she had then been nominated to the Higham Ferrers ward. The Electoral Commission stated that, as two candidates cannot stand in the same ward in a set of local elections, Perna was ineligible. However, the North Northamptonshire returning officer stated that she was eligible, as a new notice of election had been published.[18] This raised the possibility of an election petition being launched following the result of the poll, which would end up in the High Court.[19] The Electoral Commission's position was that under Schedule 2, Rule 12 of The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 a candidate cannot stand in more than one electoral area, and that under the Section 39, Clause (5)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, this rule also applies to any countermanded polls.[18]

At the election on 12 June 2025, one Reform UK candidate and one Conservative Party candidate were elected.

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Higham Ferrers (2 seats) (original ballot)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tara Allston
Conservative John Baugh
Reform Alan Beswick
Conservative Jennie Bone*
Independent Jay Connolly
Labour Zara Cunliffe
Reform Mark Haddon
Green Gerald Kelly
Liberal Democrats John Ratcliffe†
Independent Peter Tomas
Labour Helen Willmott
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Higham Ferrers (2 seats) (new ballot)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Mark Haddon 656 27.2
Conservative Jennie Bone* 559 23.2
Reform Elisa Perna 556 23.0
Green Gerald Kelly 529 21.9
Conservative John Baugh 511 21.2
Green Tara Allston 449 18.6
Reform Alan Beswick 335 13.9
Labour Zara Cunliffe 264 10.9
Labour Helen Willmott 256 10.6
Independent Jay Connolly 215 8.9
Independent Peter Tomas 187 7.7
Liberal Democrats Chris Nelson 165 6.8
Majority 3 0.1
Turnout 2414 31.1 +1.2
Registered electors 7,769
Reform gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
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Irchester

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Irchester (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Partridge-Underwood* 1,429 39.4 –18.7
Conservative Jon-Paul Carr* 1,395 38.4 –19.7
Reform Gordon Dunsmuir 1,239 34.1 N/A
Reform Alasdair Rodgers 1,226 33.8 N/A
Reform Sylvia Watson 1,177 32.4 N/A
Conservative Brian Skittrall 1,152 31.7 –19.0
Labour Diane Boyd 495 13.6 –15.0
Labour Kathryn Gore 458 12.6 –3.6
Green Roy Duckles 400 11.0 +0.2
Labour Paddy McDade 382 10.5 –4.7
Green Emma Byatt 327 9.0 N/A
Green Will Morris 262 7.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Brown 199 5.5 –2.2
Independent Gordon Kerr 105 2.9 N/A
Turnout 3,631 34.8 –9.5
Registered electors 10,446
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Reform gain from Conservative
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Irthlingborough

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Irthlingborough (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Matt Davies 961 40.3 +36.1
Reform Gregory Wilcox 883 37.0 N/A
Labour John Farrar 590 24.7 –11.0
Conservative Bill Cross 533 22.3 –28.1
Conservative Adam Fernley 513 21.5 –27.6
Labour Natalie Bloomer 512 21.5 –10.0
Green Francis Robinson 223 9.3 –7.1
Green Kezzabelle Ambler 189 7.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Susan Smith 182 7.6 +0.2
Turnout 2,386 31.2 –0.3
Registered electors 7,656
Reform gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Conservative
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Ise

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Ise (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ben Jameson 1,612 46.3 +27.2
Green Ben Williams 1,447 41.5 N/A
Reform Jason Harris 907 26.0 N/A
Reform Tony Webster 869 24.9 N/A
Conservative Lloyd Bunday* 642 18.4 –36.8
Conservative Paul Marks 514 14.8 –38.8
Labour Martin Shepherd 261 7.5 –23.4
Labour Charlotte Day 247 7.1 –17.0
Liberal Democrats Ryan White 58 1.7 –8.3
Turnout 3,484 39.3 +4.8
Registered electors 8,856
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative
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Kettering Central

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Kettering Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Liane Robinson 1,042 45.6
Green James Towns 922 40.3
Reform Jonty Court 538 23.5
Reform David Jacobs 496 21.7
Labour Sulina Charburn 404 17.7
Labour Elliot Prentice* 373 16.3
Conservative Lesley Thurland 205 9.0
Conservative Alistair Cullen 191 8.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Silver 84 3.7
Independent Jehad Aburamadan 34 1.5
Majority 120 5.2
Turnout 2,286 27.0
Registered electors 8,478
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
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Kettering North

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Kettering North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Emily Fedorowycz* 1,731 56.9
Green Dez Dell* 1,658 54.5
Reform Nicole Ferreira 671 22.1
Reform Paula Swift 628 20.7
Conservative Clive Taplin 369 12.1
Conservative Josh Pitt 329 10.8
Labour Paul Goult 201 6.6
Labour Anthony Wogan 145 4.8
Liberal Democrats Nicola Howard 41 1.3
Independent Derek Hilling 27 0.9
Majority 73 2.4
Turnout 3,041 38.1
Registered electors 7,974
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
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Kingswood

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Kingswood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Helen Campbell 1,168 43.8 N/A
Reform Graham Cheatley 1,120 42.0 N/A
Reform Vlaho Radin 909 34.11 N/A
Labour Leanna Buckingham* 908 34.07 –23.0
Labour John McGhee 888 33.3 –18.8
Labour Zoe McGhee 764 28.7 –22.3
Conservative Raymond Boyd 262 9.8 –15.7
Independent Gary Campbell 218 8.2 N/A
Conservative Bridget Watts 205 7.7 –17.4
Green Steve Jones 191 7.2 –3.8
Green Vivien Towns 173 6.5 N/A
Conservative Jack Watts 161 6.0 –16.6
Green Douglas Mayer 144 5.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kay Harrison 132 5.0 –0.4
Turnout 2,665 24.1 –3.2
Registered electors 11,070
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
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Lloyds & Corby Village

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Lloyds and Corby Village (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mark Pengelly 981 45.1
Reform Robert Bloom 807 37.1
Reform Lee Duffy 794 36.5
Labour Geri Cullen 719 33.0
Green Sian Owens 206 9.5
Green Sara Cosgrove 164 7.5
Conservative Susan Watt 131 6.0
Conservative Paul Byrne 106 4.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Bailey 94 4.3
Majority 174 8.0
Turnout 2,177 25.3
Registered electors 8,606
Labour win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
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Oakley

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Oakley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Trevor Conway 1,299 37.6 N/A
Reform Frank Kilgallon 1,162 33.6 N/A
Reform Barry Lumsden 1,160 33.6 N/A
Labour Simon Rielly* 986 28.5 –12.9
Labour Lyn Buckingham* 886 25.7 –11.6
Liberal Democrats Chris Stanbra 741 21.5 –5.6
Labour Mary Junaid 641 18.6 –23.1
Liberal Democrats Ceilidh Devine 555 16.1 +3.7
Conservative Graham Lawman* 405 11.7 –21.2
Conservative Philip Irwin* 396 11.5 –21.4
Conservative Lora Lawman* 396 11.5 –19.7
Liberal Democrats Alex Lock 382 11.1 –1.2
Green Andrew Gale 320 9.3 N/A
Green Peter Towns 186 5.4 N/A
Green Jenny Weightman 168 4.9 N/A
Turnout 3,454 26.4 –9.1
Registered electors 13,070
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
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Oundle

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Oundle (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jon Humberstone 1,645 32.9 –22.6
Conservative Helen Harrison* 1,594 31.9 –12.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Fairhall 1,545 30.9 –0.6
Reform Edward James 1,398 27.9 N/A
Reform Janet Firminger 1,390 27.8 N/A
Reform Elisa Perna 1,349 27.0 N/A
Conservative Brett McKenna 1,312 26.2 –15.6
Labour Jane Burns 820 16.4 –2.0
Labour Robert Foskett 628 12.6 N/A
Labour William Martin 588 11.8 N/A
Green Julia Thorley 581 11.6 –5.4
Green Sarah Welsh 483 9.7 N/A
Green Campbell McCallum 416 8.3 N/A
Turnout 5,003 44.6 +4.1
Registered electors 11,207
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
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Pemberton

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Pemberton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Ash Hall 1,030 44.2
Reform Chris McGiffen 987 42.4
Conservative Gill Mercer* 625 26.8
Conservative Cameron Clarke 615 26.4
Labour Judy Caine 366 15.7
Labour Mohammed Rahman 288 12.4
Green Karen Seers 265 11.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Sowinski 177 7.6
Green JC Winton 127 5.5
Turnout 2,330 28.8
Registered electors 8,089
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
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Pipers Hill

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Pipers Hill
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Denis McLean 453 32.4
Conservative Jonathan Smith 349 24.9
Green Lee Watkiss 301 21.5
Labour Co-op Richard Bowles 243 17.4
Liberal Democrats Sabir Jones 54 3.9
Majority 104 7.5
Turnout 1,407 33.6
Registered electors 4,185
Reform win (new seat)
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Raunds

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Raunds (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Liz Wright 1,305 37.6 N/A
Conservative Helen Howell* 1,266 36.4 –30.4
Reform Kirk Harrison* 1,222 35.2 N/A
Conservative Lee Wilkes* 1,205 34.7 –27.4
Reform Richard Wain 1,184 34.1 N/A
Conservative Ollie Curtis 991 28.5 –31.2
Labour Pauline Ellis 519 14.9 –4.7
Labour Neil Harvey 438 12.6 –4.6
Labour Sheila Harvey 417 12.0 –4.5
Green Sarah Tubbs* 411 11.8 –1.2
Green Ray Zoltan 350 10.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Garth Ratcliffe 347 10.0 +0.2
Green Lily Stevenson 253 7.3 N/A
Independent Karen Blott 75 2.2 N/A
Turnout 3,475 30.8 +1.8
Registered electors 11,299
Reform gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Reform gain from Conservative
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Rothwell & Mawsley

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Rothwell & Mawsley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jim Hakewill* 2,331 49.6 –2.9
Reform Christopher Kellett 1,370 29.1 N/A
Reform Brian Benneyworth 1,286 27.3 N/A
Conservative Cedwien Brown* 1,253 26.6 –23.4
Reform Diane Lowes 1,164 24.8 N/A
Conservative Ash Davies 939 20.0 –20.3
Conservative Cliff Moreton 847 18.0 –20.6
Green Olivia Miller 625 13.3 –9.1
Labour Stephen King 610 13.0 –6.7
Green Alan Heath 531 11.3 N/A
Labour Emily Sharman 463 9.8 –7.0
Green Clive Thorley 375 8.0 N/A
Labour Liam McGeown 353 7.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Francis Hatfull 262 5.6 N/A
Turnout 4,703 38.6 +7.6
Registered electors 12,190
Independent hold
Reform gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Conservative
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Rushden Lakes

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Rushden Lakes (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Keith Clarke 767 44.7
Reform Jack Goncalvez 710 41.4
Conservative Melanie Coleman* 500 29.1
Conservative Andy Mercer* 408 23.8
Labour Stevie Cassidy 231 13.5
Labour David Martin 228 13.3
Green Mar Mannion 162 9.4
Green Lux Williams 139 8.1
Liberal Democrats Jason Mitchell-Bunce 117 6.8
Turnout 1,716 23.4
Registered electors 7,343
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
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Rushden South

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Rushden South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barbara Jenney* 894 37.0 –22.6
Reform Steve Clark 867 35.9 N/A
Conservative Steve North* 833 34.5 –22.5
Reform John Jones 797 33.0 N/A
Labour Gilbert Appiah 353 14.6 –12.1
Labour Ann Wallington 332 13.8 –8.7
Green Linda Robinson 198 8.2 –9.9
Green Simon Colson 185 7.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Helga Koczwara 121 5.0 –11.2
Turnout 2,414 30.7 +7.8
Registered electors 7,860
Conservative hold
Reform gain from Conservative
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St Michael

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St Michael
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Polly Shackleton 428 29.8
Reform Richard Plumb 378 26.3
Labour Philip Humphries 285 19.8
Conservative Larry Henson* 284 19.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher McGlynn 62 4.3
Majority 50 3.5
Turnout 1,445 35.1
Registered electors 4,117
Green win (new seat)
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St Peter

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St Peter
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Steve Geary 619 33.8
Conservative Anup Pandey* 595 32.5
Reform Bridget Lacey 405 22.1
Labour Antar Zaka 133 7.3
Liberal Democrats Judith Brown 43 2.3
Independent Stuart Nethercott 38 2.1
Majority 24 1.3
Turnout 1,848 39.6
Registered electors 4,672
Green win (new seat)
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Thrapston

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Thrapston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Joseph Garner 1,555 36.4 N/A
Conservative Wendy Brackenbury* 1,501 35.1 –20.5
Conservative David Brackenbury* 1,471 34.4 –16.7
Reform Don Howard 1,403 32.8 N/A
Reform Alastair Kirkwood 1,356 31.7 N/A
Conservative Dorothy Maxwell* 1,100 25.8 –17.0
Green Caroline Smith 801 18.8 +4.5
Labour Brian Cassidy 569 13.3 –2.5
Labour Simon Collins 553 12.9 –0.2
Labour Eamonn Norton 466 10.9 –1.2
Green Michael Mellors 428 10.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Amanda Lesre 421 9.9 +1.8
Green Harry Winterburn 357 8.4 N/A
Independent Anna Hawes 158 3.7 N/A
Turnout 4,271 37.0 –0.9
Registered electors 11,557
Reform gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Victoria

More information Party, Candidate ...
Victoria (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kelly Duddridge 562 27.7
Labour David Baker 555 27.4
Conservative Faith Hewitt 482 23.8
Conservative Roger Powell* 423 20.9
Reform Evie Shuttle 413 20.4
Independent Marion Turner-Hawes 388 19.1
Reform Samson Shuttle 371 18.3
Green William Pedley 181 8.9
Green Adam Cann 173 8.5
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Harrison 128 6.3
Turnout 2,028 23.5
Registered electors 8,642
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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Changes 2025–2029

  • May 2025: Independent councillor Jim Hakewill and Liberal Democrat councillor Simon Fairhall formed the Communities Alliance group.[20]
  • August 2025: Robert Bloom (Reform UK) resigned. A by-election was held in October 2025.[21]
  • October 2025: Lee Duffy (Reform UK) won the Lloyds and Corby Village by-election.[22]
  • October 2025: Scott Brown left the Conservative group to sit as an independent.[23]
  • February 2026: Bill McElhinney left the Conservative group to sit as an independent.[24]
  • February 2026: Jennie Bone left the Conservatives and joined Reform UK.[24]
  • February 2026: Jack Goncalvez and Darren Rance left Reform UK and joined Restore Britain.[25] Rance returned to Reform UK two days later.[26]
  • February 2026: Brown joined the Communities Alliance group.[27]

By-elections

Lloyds & Corby Village

More information Party, Candidate ...
Lloyds & Corby Village by-election: 9 October 2025[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Lee Duffy 754 38.5 +1.4
Labour Geri Cullen 635 32.4 –12.6
Green Lee Forster 371 18.9 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Alex Lock 113 5.8 +1.5
Conservative Paul Byrne 86 4.4 –1.6
Majority 119 6.1 +5.5
Turnout 1,966 22.8 –2.5
Registered electors 8,634
Reform hold Swing Increase7.0
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The by-election followed the resignation of Reform UK councillor Robert Bloom.[21]

Notes

  1. [a]
    Only 66 of 68 seats were elected in 1 May. The poll for two councillors in the ward of Higham Ferrers was postponed until 12 June because of the death of the Liberal Democrat candidate, John Ratcliffe.
  2. [b]
    Being a vacant seat last held by the Liberal Democrats.[4]
  3. [c]
    Including one vacant seat last held by an independent.
  4. [d]
    Figures do not include the delayed election in the two-seat Higham Ferrers ward

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