North Northamptonshire Council elections

North Northamptonshire Council elections are held every four years. North Northamptonshire Council is a unitary authority covering the northern part of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire. Since its creation in 2021, 78 councillors are elected from 26 wards.^[1] The council was created as a merger of East Northamptonshire District Council, Corby Borough Council, Kettering Borough Council, and Wellingborough Borough Council.^[2]

Council elections

Since its creation in 2021, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	2021–present

Oundle By-Election 17 February 2022^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Best	1,683	47.2	+22.6
	Conservative	Ollie Curtis	1,423	39.9	−3.5
	Labour	Harry James	337	9.4	−4.9
	Green	Kate Jones	124	3.5	−9.8
Majority			260	7.3
Turnout			3,577
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Northall By-Election 2 February 2023^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keli Watts	1,027	38.0	−3.7
	Conservative	Lesley Thurland	805	29.8	−14.6
	Green	Ria Skelton	658	24.4	+24.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Silver	127	4.7	−9.2
	Reform UK	Jehad Aburamadan	85	3.1	+3.1
Majority			222	8.4
Turnout			2,702
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rushden South By-Election 23 March 2023^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Melanie Coleman	1,210	54.6	+5.2
	Labour	Chris Ashton	638	28.8	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Blythe Cassandra Avery	157	7.1	−6.3
	Breakthrough Party	Dave Merlane	120	5.4	+5.4
	Green	Will Morris	93	4.2	−10.8
Majority			572	25.8
Turnout			2,218
	Conservative hold		Swing

Desborough By-Election 4 April 2024^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William McElhinney	1,485	47.3	+7.5
	Labour	Richard Tod	1,054	33.6	+6.1
	Green	Olivia Stevenson	368	11.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Window	234	7.4	−2.3
Majority			431	13.7
Turnout			3,141
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burton and Broughton By-Election 10 October 2024^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Evelyn	939	46.4	+12.7
	Green	Adrian Watts	489	24.1	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Davies	337	16.6	−3.5
	Labour	Nigel Padget	260	12.8	+1.5
Majority			450	22.2
Turnout			2,025
	Conservative hold		Swing

v t e Council elections in Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire Council	2021
West Northamptonshire Council	2021 2025
Northamptonshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Corby Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Daventry District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 Abolished
East Northamptonshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Kettering Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Northampton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
South Northamptonshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Wellingborough Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes