2025 North Northamptonshire Council election

2025 North Northamptonshire Council election
All 68 seats to North Northamptonshire Council; 35 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2025 North Northamptonshire Council election.
Leader before election; Jason Smithers; Conservative	Leader after election ; Martin Griffiths; Reform UK

The 2025 North Northamptonshire Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to 68 seats on North Northamptonshire Council in Northamptonshire, England.^[5] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Background

At the 2021 election, the Conservatives won a majority of seats.^[6] The Conservative leader of the council prior to the election, Jason Smithers, did not stand for re-election in 2025.^[7]

New ward boundaries were drawn up to take effect for the 2025 election, reducing the number of seats from 78 to 68.^[8]^[9]

Previous council composition

After 2021 election			Before 2025 election^[10]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	60		Conservative	50
	Labour	14		Labour	16
	Green	3		Reform UK	4
	Independent	1		Green	3
	Reform UK	0		Independent	3
	Vacant	N/A		Vacant	2

Changes

2021: Martin Griffiths (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent^[11]
December 2021: Annabel de Capell Brooke (Conservative) resigns – by-election held February 2022^[12]
February 2022: Charlie Best (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives^[13]
November 2022: Kevin Thurland (Conservative) dies – by-election held February 2023^[14]
December 2022: David Jenney (Conservative) dies – by-election held March 2023^[15]
February 2023: Keli Watts (Labour) gains by-election from Conservatives^[16]
March 2023: Melanie Coleman (Conservative) wins by-election^[17]
May 2023: David Sims (Conservative) joins Labour^[18]
January 2024: Mike Tebbutt (Conservative) dies – by-election held April 2024^[19]
March 2024: Cedwien Brown and Joseph Smyth (Conservative) leave party to sit as independents;^[20] Elliot Prentice (Conservative) joins Labour^[21]
April 2024: William McElhinney (Conservative) wins by-election^[22]
August 2024: Chris Smith-Haynes (Conservative) disqualified for non-attendance – by-election held October 2024;^[23] Ross Armour (Labour) suspended from party^[24]
October 2024: Alex Evelyn (Conservative) wins by-election^[25]
December 2024: Ross Armour (independent) resigns – seat left vacant until 2025 election;^[26] Martin Griffiths (independent) and Ken Harrington (Conservative) join Reform UK^[27]
January 2025: Charlie Best (Liberal Democrats) resigns – seat left vacant until 2025 election;^[28] Matt Binley (Conservative) suspended from party^[29]
March 2025: Kirk Harrison and Jan O'Hara (Conservative) join Reform UK^[30]^[31]
Cedwien Brown (independent) rejoins Conservatives^[32]

Summary

Election result

2025 North Northamptonshire Council election^[c]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Reform UK	68	39	26	0	39	59.1	35.0	66,706	+34.8
	Conservative	68	13	0	20	47	19.7	25.9	49,413	–26.9
	Green	68	8	5	0	5	12.1	15.4	29,320	+8.7
	Labour	67	4	0	9	10	6.1	17.4	33,060	–12.3
	Liberal Democrats	32	1	1	0	1	1.5	4.1	7,775	–2.8
	Independent	13	1	0	0		1.5	2.1	4,093	–1.5
	SDP	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	60	N/A

Ward results

Election results ^[33]

Avondale Grange

Avondale Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Julie Howe	376	39.0
	Green	David Donoghue	222	23.0
	Conservative	Robin Carter*	183	19.0
	Labour	Clark Mitchell	176	18.2
Majority			154	16.0
Turnout			957	24.0
Registered electors			3,989
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Barton Seagrave & Burton Latimer

Barton Seagrave & Burton Latimer (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Jan O'Hara*	1,510	34.7
	Reform UK	Maurice Elgin	1,477	34.0
	Reform UK	Leon Gibbs	1,452	33.4
	Green	Adrian Watts	1,318	30.3
	Green	Gemma Harvey	1,211	27.9
	Conservative	John Currall*	1,154	26.6
	Conservative	Scott Edwards*	1,036	23.8
	Green	Maja Raczkowska	962	22.1
	Conservative	Alex Evelyn*	849	19.5
	Independent	Nigel Padget	384	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Davies	378	8.7
	Labour	Jane Pettit	299	6.9
	Labour	Eleanor Mordecai	279	6.4
Majority			33	0.8
Turnout			4,346	33.4
Registered electors			13,027
	Reform UK win (new seat)
	Reform UK win (new seat)
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Brickhill & Queensway

Brickhill & Queensway (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Gavin Beales	1,017	36.6	*N/A*
	Reform UK	John Carvetta	951	34.2	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Darren Rance	937	33.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Maria Alexander	717	25.8	–24.3
	Labour	Sylvia Erskine	601	21.6	–13.3
	Conservative	Paul Bell*	569	20.5	–26.8
	Conservative	King Lawal*	532	19.1	–22.2
	Labour	Scott Fitzsimmons	520	18.7	–14.2
	Labour	Annia Matereke	505	18.2	–11.7
	Green	Faris Ayoub	286	10.3	N/A
	Independent	Allan Shipman	276	9.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Ramsbottom	232	8.3	–2.6
	Green	Mark Hanna	208	7.5	N/A
	Green	Neil Fedorowycz	181	6.5	N/A
Turnout			2,781	24.0	–7.0
Registered electors			11,591
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Corby West

Corby West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	David Donnelly	1,205	42.0	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Julie Lumsden	1,090	38.0	*N/A*
	Labour	William Colquhoun	1,076	37.5	–24.7
	Reform UK	Shay Finnegan	999	34.8	N/A
	Labour	Jean Addison*	939	32.7	–29.0
	Labour	Matt Keane*	844	29.4	–29.3
	Conservative	Rosalie Beattie	296	10.3	–15.4
	Conservative	Michael Taylor	239	8.3	–15.1
	Green	Norman Bristow	237	8.3	+1.5
	Green	Sara Mayer	234	8.2	N/A
	Conservative	Raymond Comer	233	8.1	–14.7
	Green	Michelle Slater	208	7.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bromhall	127	4.4	–0.1
Turnout			2,868	27.0	–9.1
Registered electors			10,611
	Reform UK gain from Labour
	Reform UK gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Croyland & Swanspool

Croyland & Swanspool (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Martin Griffiths*	804	37.7	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Chris Munday	707	33.2	*N/A*
	Labour	Valerie Anslow*	599	28.1	–15.3
	Labour	Victor James	500	23.5	–13.8
	Conservative	Mark Jones	459	21.5	–22.8
	Conservative	Viv Wilkinson	384	18.0	–24.8
	Green	Paul Mannion	236	11.1	N/A
	Green	Holly Moultrie	171	8.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Oro	128	6.0	–5.9
Turnout			2,132	25.1	–2.4
Registered electors			8,505
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Desborough

Desborough (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Howes*	1,797	38.3	–12.6
	Conservative	Bill McElhinney*	1,606	34.2	–15.9
	Conservative	Harry Howes	1,598	34.1	–11.2
	Reform UK	Oliver Baker	1,581	33.7	N/A
	Reform UK	Tony Porter	1,448	30.9	N/A
	Reform UK	Jojo Underwood	1,429	30.5	N/A
	Labour	Dean Cornwall	775	16.5	–18.7
	Green	Olivia Stevenson	654	13.9	+2.4
	Green	Tim Jeffery	610	13.0	N/A
	Labour	Neil Rielly	579	12.3	–11.9
	Labour	Guy Longfoot-Finch	535	11.4	–8.6
	Green	Tom Dark	390	8.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Window	385	8.2	–4.3
	SDP	Matthew Murphy	60	1.3	N/A
Turnout			4,692	38.7	+5.4
Registered electors			12,134
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Earls Barton

Earls Barton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Brown*	1,138	39.0	–20.8
	Conservative	Vicki Jessop	1,029	35.2	–22.7
	Reform UK	Jonathan Coles	995	34.1	N/A
	Reform UK	Andrew Huggett	933	32.0	N/A
	Labour	Gail McDade	419	14.3	–9.8
	Green	Allanah Colson	315	10.8	–16.4
	Labour	Chuks Nwajei	291	10.0	N/A
	Green	Pam Furness	288	9.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Addison-Pettit	246	8.4	–14.5
Turnout			2,920	34.0	–7.8
Registered electors			8,593
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Finedon

Finedon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Andy Sims	518	43.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Malcolm Ward*	357	30.0	–10.9
	Labour	George Capitan	140	11.7	–24.2
	Green	Sue Venables	114	9.5	–4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Mayes	65	5.4	–4.0
Majority			161	13.5	N/A
Turnout			1,194	33.1	+1.7
Registered electors			3,608
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Geddington & Stanion

Geddington & Stanion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Brandon Lovell-Moore	638	37.4
	Conservative	Mark Rowley*	417	24.4
	Labour	Alan Irwin	341	20.0
	Green	Andy Byatt	229	13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Yeo	81	4.7
Majority			221	13.0
Turnout			1,706	39.0
Registered electors			4,376
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Gretton & Weldon

Gretton & Welden (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Eddie McDonald	823	36.5
	Reform UK	Barry O'Brien	762	33.8
	Conservative	Macaulay Nichol*	698	31.0
	Conservative	Kevin Watt	662	29.4
	Green	Lee Forster	344	15.3
	Labour	Liz Colquhoun	317	14.1
	Labour	Chris Ashton	271	12.0
	Green	Paul Hopkins	214	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hetherington	137	6.1
	Independent	Rosie Crocker	59	2.6
Majority			61	2.7
Turnout			2,252	29.4
Registered electors			7,653
	Reform UK win (new seat)
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Hatton Park

Hatton Park (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Ken Harrington*	1,397	37.5	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Paul Brooke	1,286	34.5	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Vinnie Whitrow	1,197	32.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Jon Ekins	1,144	30.7	–29.6
	Conservative	Raz Koriya	947	25.4	–32.0
	Conservative	Andrew Weatherill	903	24.2	–25.3
	Labour	Jackie Grover	790	21.2	–7.4
	Labour	Will Inskip	759	20.3	–6.9
	Labour	Joshua Page	664	17.8	–4.3
	Green	Duncan McIntyre	406	10.9	N/A
	Green	Marnie Fedorowycz	287	7.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Simons	251	6.7	–2.5
	Green	Ric Hyde	241	6.5	N/A
Turnout			3,730	29.8	–5.8
Registered electors			12,511
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Higham Ferrers

The election for Higham Ferrers ward has been delayed due to the death of a candidate.

Higham Ferrers (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tara Allston
	Conservative	John Baugh
	Reform UK	Alan Beswick
	Conservative	Jennie Bone*
	Independent	Jay Connolly
	Labour	Zara Cunliffe
	Reform UK	Mark Haddon
	Green	Gerald Kelly
	Liberal Democrats	John Ratcliffe
	Independent	Peter Tomas
	Labour	Helen Willmott

Irchester

Irchester (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Partridge-Underwood*	1,429	39.4	–18.7
	Conservative	Jon-Paul Carr*	1,395	38.4	–19.7
	Reform UK	Gordon Dunsmuir	1,239	34.1	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Alasdair Rodgers	1,226	33.8	N/A
	Reform UK	Sylvia Watson	1,177	32.4	N/A
	Conservative	Brian Skittrall	1,152	31.7	–19.0
	Labour	Diane Boyd	495	13.6	–15.0
	Labour	Kathryn Gore	458	12.6	–3.6
	Green	Roy Duckles	400	11.0	+0.2
	Labour	Paddy McDade	382	10.5	–4.7
	Green	Emma Byatt	327	9.0	N/A
	Green	Will Morris	262	7.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Brown	199	5.5	–2.2
	Independent	Gordon Kerr	105	2.9	N/A
Turnout			3,631	34.8	–9.5
Registered electors			10,446
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Irthlingborough

Irthlingborough (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Matt Davies	961	40.3	+36.1
	Reform UK	Gergory Wilcox	883	37.0	*N/A*
	Labour	John Farrar	590	24.7	–11.0
	Conservative	Bill Cross	533	22.3	–28.1
	Conservative	Adam Fernley	513	21.5	–27.6
	Labour	Natalie Bloomer	512	21.5	–10.0
	Green	Francis Robinson	223	9.3	–7.1
	Green	Kezzabelle Ambler	189	7.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Smith	182	7.6	+0.2
Turnout			2,386	31.2	–0.3
Registered electors			7,656
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Ise

Ise (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ben Jameson	1,612	46.3	+27.2
	Green	Ben Williams	1,447	41.5	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Jason Harris	907	26.0	N/A
	Reform UK	Tony Webster	869	24.9	N/A
	Conservative	Lloyd Bunday*	642	18.4	–36.8
	Conservative	Paul Marks	514	14.8	–38.8
	Labour	Martin Shepherd	261	7.5	–23.4
	Labour	Charlotte Day	247	7.1	–17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan White	58	1.7	–8.3
Turnout			3,484	39.3	+4.8
Registered electors			8,856
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

Kettering Central

Kettering Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Liane Robinson	1,042	45.6
	Green	James Towns	922	40.3
	Reform UK	Jonty Court	538	23.5
	Reform UK	David Jacobs	496	21.7
	Labour	Sulina Charburn	404	17.7
	Labour	Elliot Prentice*	373	16.3
	Conservative	Lesley Thurland	205	9.0
	Conservative	Alistair Cullen	191	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Silver	84	3.7
	Independent	Jehad Aburamadan	34	1.5
Majority			120	5.2
Turnout			2,286	27.0
Registered electors			8,478
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Kettering North

Kettering North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Emily Fedorowycz*	1,731	56.9
	Green	Dez Dell*	1,658	54.5
	Reform UK	Nicole Ferreira	671	22.1
	Reform UK	Paula Swift	628	20.7
	Conservative	Clive Taplin	369	12.1
	Conservative	Josh Pitt	329	10.8
	Labour	Paul Goult	201	6.6
	Labour	Anthony Wogan	145	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Howard	41	1.3
	Independent	Derek Hilling	27	0.9
Majority			73	2.4
Turnout			3,041	38.1
Registered electors			7,974
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Kingswood

Kingswood (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Helen Campbell	1,168	43.8	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Graham Cheatley	1,120	42.0	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Viaho Radin	909	34.11	*N/A*
	Labour	Leanna Buckingham*	908	34.07	–23.0
	Labour	John McGhee	888	33.3	–18.8
	Labour	Zoe McGhee	764	28.7	–22.3
	Conservative	Raymond Boyd	262	9.8	–15.7
	Independent	Gary Campbell	218	8.2	N/A
	Conservative	Bridget Watts	205	7.7	–17.4
	Green	Steve Jones	191	7.2	–3.8
	Green	Vivien Towns	173	6.5	N/A
	Conservative	Jack Watts	161	6.0	–16.6
	Green	Douglas Mayer	144	5.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Harrison	132	5.0	–0.4
Turnout			2,665	24.1	–3.2
Registered electors			11,070
	Reform UK gain from Labour
	Reform UK gain from Labour
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Lloyds & Corby Village

Lloyds and Corby Village (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Pengelly	981	45.1
	Reform UK	Robert Bloom	807	37.1
	Reform UK	Lee Duffy	794	36.5
	Labour	Geri Cullen	719	33.0
	Green	Sian Owens	206	9.5
	Green	Sara Cosgrove	164	7.5
	Conservative	Paul Byrne	131	6.0
	Conservative	Susan Watt	106	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Bailey	94	4.3
Majority			174	8.0
Turnout			2,177	25.3
Registered electors			8,606
	Labour win (new seat)
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Oakley

Oakley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Trevor Conway	1,299	37.6	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Frank Kilgallon	1,162	33.6	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Barry Lumsden	1,160	33.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Simon Rielly*	986	28.5	–12.9
	Labour	Lyn Buckingham*	886	25.7	–11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Stanbra	741	21.5	–5.6
	Labour	Mary Junaid	641	18.6	–23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ceilidh Devine	555	16.1	+3.7
	Conservative	Graham Lawman*	405	11.7	–21.2
	Conservative	Philip Irwin*	396	11.5	–21.4
	Conservative	Lora Lawman*	396	11.5	–19.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Lock	382	11.1	–1.2
	Green	Andrew Gale	320	9.3	N/A
	Green	Peter Towns	186	5.4	N/A
	Green	Jenny Weightman	168	4.9	N/A
Turnout			3,454	26.4	–9.1
Registered electors			13,070
	Reform UK gain from Labour
	Reform UK gain from Labour
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Oundle

Oundle (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jon Humberstone	1,645	32.9	–22.6
	Conservative	Helen Harrison*	1,594	31.9	–12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Fairhall	1,545	30.9	–0.6
	Reform UK	Edward James	1,398	27.9	N/A
	Reform UK	Janet Firminger	1,390	27.8	N/A
	Reform UK	Elisa Perna	1,349	27.0	N/A
	Conservative	Brett McKenna	1,312	26.2	–15.6
	Labour	Jane Burns	820	16.4	–2.0
	Labour	Robert Foskett	628	12.6	N/A
	Labour	William Martin	588	11.8	N/A
	Green	Julia Thorley	581	11.6	–5.4
	Green	Sarah Welsh	483	9.7	N/A
	Green	Campbell McCallum	416	8.3	N/A
Turnout			5,003	44.6	+4.1
Registered electors			11,207
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Pemberton

Pemberton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Ash Hall	1,030	44.2
	Reform UK	Chris McGiffen	987	42.4
	Conservative	Gill Mercer*	625	26.8
	Conservative	Cameron Clarke	615	26.4
	Labour	Judy Caine	366	15.7
	Labour	Mohammed Rahman	288	12.4
	Green	Karen Seers	265	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Sowinski	177	7.6
	Green	JC Winton	127	5.5
Turnout			2,330	28.8
Registered electors			8,089
	Reform UK win (new seat)
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Pipers Hill

Pipers Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Denis McLean	453	32.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Smith	349	24.9
	Green	Lee Watkiss	301	21.5
	Labour Co-op	Richard Bowles	243	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sabir Jones	54	3.9
Majority			104	7.5
Turnout			1,407	33.6
Registered electors			4,185
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Raunds

Raunds (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Liz Wright	1,305	37.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Helen Howell*	1,266	36.4	–30.4
	Reform UK	Kirk Harrison*	1,222	35.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Lee Wilkes*	1,205	34.7	–27.4
	Reform UK	Richard Wain	1,184	34.1	N/A
	Conservative	Ollie Curtis	991	28.5	–31.2
	Labour	Pauline Ellis	519	14.9	–4.7
	Labour	Neil Harvey	438	12.6	–4.6
	Labour	Sheila Harvey	417	12.0	–4.5
	Green	Sarah Tubbs*	411	11.8	–1.2
	Green	Ray Zoltan	350	10.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Ratcliffe	347	10.0	+0.2
	Green	Lily Stevenson	253	7.3	N/A
	Independent	Karen Blott	75	2.2	N/A
Turnout			3,475	30.8	+1.8
Registered electors			11,299
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Rothwell & Mawsley

Rothwell & Mawsley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jim Hakewill*	2,331	49.6	–2.9
	Reform UK	Christopher Kellett	1,370	29.1	*N/A*
	Reform UK	Brian Benneyworth	1,286	27.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Cedwien Brown*	1,253	26.6	–23.4
	Reform UK	Diane Lowes	1,164	24.8	N/A
	Conservative	Ash Davies	939	20.0	–20.3
	Conservative	Cliff Moreton	847	18.0	–20.6
	Green	Olivia Miller	625	13.3	–9.1
	Labour	Stephen King	610	13.0	–6.7
	Green	Alan Heath	531	11.3	N/A
	Labour	Emily Sharman	463	9.8	–7.0
	Green	Clive Thorley	375	8.0	N/A
	Labour	Liam McGeown	353	7.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Hatfull	262	5.6	N/A
Turnout			4,703	38.6	+7.6
Registered electors			12,190
	Independent hold
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Rushden Lakes

Rushden Lakes (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	Keith Clarke	767	44.7
	Reform UK	Jack Goncalvez	710	41.4
	Conservative	Melanie Coleman*	500	29.1
	Conservative	Andy Mercer*	408	23.8
	Labour	Stevie Cassidy	231	13.5
	Labour	David Martin	228	13.3
	Green	Mar Mannion	162	9.4
	Green	Lux Williams	139	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Mitchell-Bunce	117	6.8
Turnout			1,716	23.4
Registered electors			7,343
	Reform UK win (new seat)
	Reform UK win (new seat)

Rushden South

Rushden South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Jenney*	894	37.0	–22.6
	Reform UK	Steve Clark	867	35.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Steve North*	833	34.5	–22.5
	Reform UK	John Jones	797	33.0	N/A
	Labour	Gilbert Appiah	353	14.6	–12.1
	Labour	Ann Wallington	332	13.8	–8.7
	Green	Linda Robinson	198	8.2	–9.9
	Green	Simon Colson	185	7.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Helga Koczwara	121	5.0	–11.2
Turnout			2,414	30.7	+7.8
Registered electors			7,860
	Conservative hold
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

St Michael

St Michael
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Polly Shackleton	428	29.8
	Reform UK	Richard Plumb	378	26.3
	Labour	Philip Humphries	285	19.8
	Conservative	Larry Henson*	284	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher McGlynn	62	4.3
Majority			50	3.5
Turnout			1,445	35.1
Registered electors			4,117
	Green win (new seat)

St Peter

St Peter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Steve Geary	619	33.8
	Conservative	Anup Pandey*	595	32.5
	Reform UK	Bridget Lacey	405	22.1
	Labour	Antar Zaka	133	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Brown	43	2.3
	Independent	Stuart Nethercott	38	2.1
Majority			24	1.3
Turnout			1,848	39.6
Registered electors			4,672
	Green win (new seat)

Thrapston

Thrapston (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Joseph Garner	1,555	36.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Wendy Brackenbury*	1,501	35.1	–20.5
	Conservative	David Brackenbury*	1,471	34.4	–16.7
	Reform UK	Don Howard	1,403	32.8	N/A
	Reform UK	Alastair Kirkwood	1,356	31.7	N/A
	Conservative	Dorothy Maxwell*	1,100	25.8	–17.0
	Green	Caroline Smith	801	18.8	+4.5
	Labour	Brian Cassidy	569	13.3	–2.5
	Labour	Simon Collins	553	12.9	–0.2
	Labour	Eamonn Norton	466	10.9	–1.2
	Green	Michael Mellors	428	10.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Lesre	421	9.9	+1.8
	Green	Harry Winterburn	357	8.4	N/A
	Independent	Anna Hawes	158	3.7	N/A
Turnout			4,271	37.0	–0.9
Registered electors			11,557
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Victoria

Victoria (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kelly Duddridge	562	27.7
	Labour	David Baker	555	27.4
	Conservative	Faith Hewitt	482	23.8
	Conservative	Roger Powell*	423	20.9
	Reform UK	Evie Shuttle	413	20.4
	Independent	Marion Turner-Hawes	388	19.1
	Reform UK	Samson Shuttle	371	18.3
	Green	William Pedley	181	8.9
	Green	Adam Cann	173	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Harrison	128	6.3
Turnout			2,028	23.5
Registered electors			8,642
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Aftermath

Martin Griffiths, former leader of Wellingborough Borough Council, was elected as Reform UK group leader and therefore Leader of the Council.^[34]

Notes

^ Being a vacant seat last held by the Liberal Democrats.^[4]
^ Including one vacant seat last held by an independent.
^ Figures do not include the delayed election in the two-seat Higham Ferrers ward

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