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 control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1983
No overall control	1983 - 1987
Conservative	1987 - 1991
No overall control	1991 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 2003
No overall control	2003 - 2007
Liberal Democrats	2007 - 2011
Conservative	2011 - present

Council elections

• Northampton Borough Council election, 1973
• Northampton Borough Council election, 1976
• Northampton Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Northampton Borough Council election, 1983
• Northampton Borough Council election, 1987
• Northampton Borough Council election, 1991
• Northampton Borough Council election, 1995
• Northampton Borough Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 4)^[4][5]
• Northampton Borough Council election, 2003
• Northampton Borough Council election, 2007
• Northampton Borough Council election, 2011 (New ward boundaries)^[6]
• Northampton Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Headlands By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat 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 Democrat		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 Democrat		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 Democrat		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 Democrat	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
	Christian Peoples	Antony Solomon	25	1.7	+1.7
Majority			89	5.9
Turnout			1,504	28.5
	Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat	Marion Allen-Minney	307	15.2	+7.0
Majority			750	37.1
Turnout			2,021	32.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Borough Council Elections". Northampton Borough Council. 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.

• By-election results

External links

• Northampton Borough Council