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]

Headlands By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		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		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		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		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

Spencer By-Election 9 February 2006^[4]
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

New Duston By-Election 22 January 2009^[5]
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

v t e Council elections in Northamptonshire
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
Corby Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
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
East Northamptonshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Kettering Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Northampton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
South Northamptonshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Wellingborough Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
See also: Wards Boundary changes