South Northamptonshire District Council elections

South Northamptonshire District Council in Northamptonshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2007, 42 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1979
Conservative	1979 - 1995
No overall control	1995 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - present

Council elections

• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 1973
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 1979
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 1983
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 1987
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3][4]
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 1995
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[5][6]
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 2003
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 2007 (New ward boundaries)^[1][7][8]
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 2011
• South Northamptonshire District Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Forest By-Election 31 October 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		280	51.3
	Conservative		266	48.7
Majority			14	2.6
Turnout			546	30.8
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Roade By-Election 2 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		241	54.0	+12.7
	Conservative		205	46.0	+24.0
Majority			36	8.0
Turnout			446	21.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Bugbrooke By-Election 4 December 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		296	65.5
	Labour		156	34.5
Majority			140	31.0
Turnout			452	22.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Deanshanger By-Election 2 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		335	52.5	-2.6
	Conservative		303	47.5	+29.2
Majority			32	5.0
Turnout			638
	Labour hold		Swing

1999-2003

Courteenhall By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		678	39.0	-25.0
	Labour		555	31.9	-4.1
	Independent		329	18.9	+18.9
	Liberal Democrat		177	10.2	+10.2
Majority			123	7.1
Turnout			1,739
	Conservative hold		Swing

Middleton Cheney By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		981	53.7	+11.3
	Labour		845	46.3	-11.3
Majority			136	7.4
Turnout			1,826
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Yardley By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		613	65.5	+8.6
	Labour		323	34.5	-8.6
Majority			290	31.0
Turnout			936
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Salcey By-Election 4 October 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		167	60.5	+3.0
	Labour		109	39.5	-3.0
Majority			58	21.0
Turnout			276	20.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2003-2007

Courteenhall By-Election 25 September 2003[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		513	59.2	+9.9
	Liberal Democrat		215	24.8	+8.7
	Labour		139	16.0	-3.6
Majority			298	34.4
Turnout			867	23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cogenhoe By-Election 14 July 2005[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		260	49.1
	Conservative		226	42.7
	Labour		43	8.1
Majority			34	6.4
Turnout			529
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

2007-2011

Grange Park By-Election 12 February 2009[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Farrow	407	76.1	-23.9
	Liberal Democrat	Shaun Hope	128	23.9	+23.9
Majority			279	52.1
Turnout			535	19.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2012

Grange Park By-Election 28 June 2012[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Shaun Hope	98	23.8	-0.1
	Conservative	Raschid Tharik Jainu-Deen	313	76.2	+0.1
Majority			215	52.3
Turnout			412	13.4	-5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "South Northamptonshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
2. legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. "South Northamptonshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
9. "No Brent bounce for Lib Dems". guardian.co.uk. 2003-09-26. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
10. "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2005-07-15. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
11. "Result of Grange Park by-election". South Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
12. "Result of Grange Park by-election 2012" (PDF). South Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

• By-election results

External links

• South Northamptonshire District Council