Northampton Borough Council elections

Northampton Borough Council was the local authority for Northampton in Northamptonshire, England and was elected every four years. From the last boundary changes in 1999, 47 councillors were elected from 23 wards.^[1] The borough council was abolished in 2021, with the area becoming part of West Northamptonshire.

Political control

The results for each full council election from 1973 until the final election in 2015 were as follows:^[2]

Election		Party
	1973	Labour
	1976	Conservative
	1979	Conservative
	1983	No overall control Con largest single party
	1987	Conservative
	1991	No overall control
	1995	Labour
	1999	Labour
	2003	No overall control Con largest single party
	2007	Liberal Democrats
	2011	Conservative
	2015	Conservative

Headlands By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold	Swing

St Albans By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,867	58.6	−17.1
	Conservative	841	26.4	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	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		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,662	46.1	−16.4
	Conservative	1,307	36.2	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	640	17.7	+7.0
Majority		355	9.9
Turnout		3,609
	Labour hold	Swing

St Crispin By-Election 11 June 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	551	65.9	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	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

Spencer By-Election 9 February 2006^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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
	CPA	Antony Solomon	25	1.7	+1.7
Majority			89	5.9
Turnout			1,504	28.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

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 Democrats	Marion Allen-Minney	307	15.2	+7.0
Majority			750	37.1
Turnout			2,021	32.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westone By-Election 21 July 2016^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Markham	583	49.7	+36.4
	Conservative	Gregory Lunn	319	27.2	−28.7
	Labour	Toby Birch	270	23.0	−7.6
Majority			264	23.4
Turnout			1127	33
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Eastfield By-Election 28 September 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Joyce	493	50.5	+13.5
	Conservative	Pauline Woodhouse	288	29.5	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Sawyer	195	20.0	+16.7
Majority			205	20.9
Turnout			980	27
	Labour hold		Swing

Nene Valley By-Election 28 September 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Graystone	803	52.5	+11.7
	Labour	Nikesh Jani	343	22.4	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hoare	293	19.2	+9.0
	Green	Denise Donaldson	91	5.9	+5.9
Majority
Turnout			1530	18.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Delapre and Briar Hill By-Election 29 November 2018^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Roberts	914	43.4	+15.6
	Conservative	Daniel Soan	549	26.0	+1.3
	Independent	Nicola McKenna	417	19.8	+19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Maher	133	6.3	−10.4
	Green	Denise Donaldson	95	4.5	+4.5
Majority			365	17.3
Turnout			2,108
	Labour hold		Swing

^ "Borough Council Elections". Northampton Borough Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
^ "Compositions Calculator". The Elections Centre. University of Exeter. Retrieved 21 May 2025. (Put "Northampton" in search box to see specific results.)
^ The Borough of Northampton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
^ "Northampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Northampton (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Northampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2011. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Lib Dems triumph in council byelection". guardian.co.uk. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
^ "Tories hold Duston in by-election". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Westone". www.northampton.gov.uk. Northampton Borough Council. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Delapre and Briar Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

v t e Council elections in Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire Council	2021 2025
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