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2025 West Northamptonshire Council election
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All 76 seats on West Northamptonshire Council
39 seats needed for a majority
Turnout35% (Increase5 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Cllr Mark Arnull.jpg
Cllr Adam Brown.jpg
Cllr Wendy Randall.jpg
Leader Mark Arnull[a] Adam Brown (defeated) Wendy Randall (defeated)
Party Reform UK Conservative Labour
Leader since 14 May 2025 16 May 2024 3 May 2022
Leader's seat Kingsthorpe North[b] Bugbrooke
Ran in Campion 		Daventry West
Ran in Daventry South
Last election 0 seats, 0.18% 66 seats, 50.60% 20 seats, 24.45%
Seats won 42 17 9
Seat change Increase 42[d] Decrease 35[d] Decrease 9[d]
Popular vote 71,958 56,655 42,611
Percentage 33.0% 26.0% 19.5%
Swing Increase 32.82 pp Decrease 24.6 pp Decrease 4.95 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Cllr Sally Beardsworth.jpg
Ind
Emmie Willliamson at the 2025 declaration of results Towcester.jpg
Leader Sally Beardsworth (defeated) N/A Emmie Willliamson[c] (lost)
Party Liberal Democrats Independent Green
Leader's seat Kingsthorpe South
Ran in Kingsthorpe North 		N/A Ran in Towcester
Last election 5 seats, 16.28% 2 seats, 2.89% 0 seats, 4.63%
Seats won 6 2 0
Seat change Increase 2[d] Steady Steady
Popular vote 25,348 7,224 13,727
Percentage 11.6% 3.3% 6.3%
Swing Decrease 4.68 pp Increase 0.41 pp Increase 1.7 pp
Results by ward
Composition of the Council after the election
Leader of the Council before election

Adam Brown
Conservative

Elected Leader of the Council

Mark Arnull
Reform UK

The 2025 West Northamptonshire Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect 76 councillors to West Northamptonshire Council (WNC), the unitary authority that runs local government services in West Northamptonshire, England as part of nationwide local elections.

Background

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West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) was created in 2021 following a brief existence as a "shadow authority", with its first elections held on 6 May 2021. Following the 2021 West Northamptonshire Council election, the Conservative Party won an overall majority on the new council. The 2021 election was held as part of the 2021 local elections, in which the Conservatives won multiple elections after a "vaccine bump".[1] The Conservatives had controlled the preceding Northamptonshire County Council and both new Unitary authorities for 20 years prior to the election.[2]

Prior to the election, the Conservative group, led by Adam Brown,[3] had 58 seats,[3] following former leader Jonathan Nunn becoming an independent following claims of abuse,[4][5] three members resigning from the council, and four councillors becoming independents. The West Northamptonshire Liberal Democrats gained an additional seat after winning a by-election in East Hunsbury and Shelfleys ward in February 2024.[6] The Labour group, led by Wendy Randall,[3] gained an additional councillor in November 2024,[7][8] and lost a councillor in December 2024.[9]

The 7 independent councillors were formed of 3 "Aligned" Independents and 4 "Non-Aligned" Independents, with the aligned independent group (Paul Clark, Ian McCord, Richard Solesbury-Timms) being led by Ian McCord, and the Non-Aligned independents (Julie Davenport, Louisa Fowler, Paul Joyce, Jonathan Nunn) not having a leader.[3]

These were the most highly contested local elections in West Northamptonshire (both for WNC but also for the County and District/Borough elections previously), with the five national parties all fielding candidates in every single ward in addition to several independents and minor parties, for a total of 355 candidates[10] equalling approximately 4.67 candidates per seat and 10.14 candidates per ward.

The political climate shifted significantly since the previous election in 2021, with Labour winning the 2024 Northamptonshire police, fire and crime commissioner election from the Conservatives,[11] winning a plurality of the votes with 37.4% compared to the Conservative candidate with 34.9% and the Liberal Democrat candidate with 27.7% of the vote within West Northamptonshire. Further, in the 2024 United Kingdom general election Labour won two of the four parliamentary seats (Northampton North and Northampton South) from the Conservatives within the district, and the Conservatives retaining two (Daventry and South Northamptonshire).[12]

Leadership

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Council leader from the 2021 election to the 2025 election
Party Leader Term
Conservative Jonathan Nunn 12 May 2021 – 18 April 2024 (2021-05-12 – 2024-04-18)[13][14]
Conservative Adam Brown 16 May 2024 (2024-05-16) – (1 May 2025)[15]

Electoral system

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See also: West Northamptonshire Council elections

Registered voters that reside within a ward were eligible to vote, with each voter being entitled to 1–3 votes depending on the number of councillors that are allocated to that ward. Voting registration closed on 11th April 2024.[16]

39 seats were needed for a majority on the Council.[17] If a single party failed to gain an overall majority, the council would result in no overall control. In this case, the largest party in the council may form a minority administration, or a coalition may be formed of different parties and/or independents to govern the council.[18]

The votes were counted at Benham Sports Centre, Northampton, with the results published on 3 May 2025.[17]

Ward changes

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See also: List of electoral wards in Northamptonshire § West Northamptonshire

A total of 76 councillors were be elected, a reduction from the previous number of 93 in 2021. This followed a review of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, as the wards used in the 2021 election were a duplication of the wards used by Northamptonshire County Council, meaning many were outside of the permitted electoral range as they were originally created in 2011[19] for the 2013 Northamptonshire County Council election.

13 wards elected 3 councillors, 15 wards elected 2 councillors, and 7 wards elected 1 councillor each,[20] on a total of 35 wards, an increase from the previous number of 31 3-member wards.[21]

2021-25 changes

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Councillor party changes
Party before Councillor Date Reason Party after
Conservative Ian McCord 11 May 2021 Suspended, won appeal[22][23] but did not rejoin Independent
Conservative Paul Clark 7 June 2023 Claims of silencing[24] Independent
Conservative Suresh Patel 15 December 2023 Resigned from council, Ill health[25] Vacant
Vacant Carl Squires 9 February 2024 Won by-election from seat vacated by Suresh Patel[26][27] Liberal Democrat
Conservative Jonathan Nunn 18 April 2024 Claims of domestic abuse[4][28] Independent
Conservative Richard Solesbury-Timms 22 April 2024 Left following Nunn abuse claims[5] Independent
Conservative Louisa Fowler 27 August 2024 Unspecified incident[29] Independent
Conservative Lizzy Bowen 7 November 2024 Resigned from council,[30][e] work commitments abroad[31][32] Vacant
Independent Sue Sharps 15 November 2024 Joined Labour[7][8] Labour
Labour Paul Joyce 4 December 2024 Left Labour after being deselected as Labour candidate[9] Independent
Conservative Nigel Hinch 27 March 2025 Resigned from council[33][34][e] Vacant

By-election

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2024 East Hunsbury and Shelfleys by-election
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A by-election was held on 8 February 2024 following the resignation of Cllr Suresh Patel due to ill health.[35] In 2023 it was found that he had not updated his register of interests in line with the authorities' 28 day timescales.[36] He had not previously been seen at a council meeting since November 2023 as he had been a main witness in the trial of former MP David Mackintosh regarding improper political donations.[37]

East Hunsbury and Shelfleys[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Carl Squires 820 38.8 Increase 15.8
Conservative Daniel Soan 746 35.3 Decrease 16.2
Labour Co-op Clare Robertson-Marriott 547 25.9 Increase 0.4
Majority 74 3.5
Rejected ballots 8 0.37
Turnout 2,123 23.6 −9.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +16.0

Council composition

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After 2021 election Before 2025 election 2025 election result
Party Seats Party Seats Ch. Party Seats Ch.
Conservative 66 Conservative 58 Decrease 8 Reform UK 42 Increase 42
Labour 20 Labour 20 Steady Conservative 17 Decrease 35
Liberal Democrats 5 Liberal Democrats 6 Increase 1 Labour 9 Decrease 9
Independent 2 Independent 7 Increase 5 Liberal Democrats 6 Increase 2
Vacant N/A Vacant 2 Increase 2 Independent 2 Steady

Campaign

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Aggregate seats contested by party
Party Seats
Conservative
76 / 76 (100%)
Labour
76 / 76 (100%)
Reform UK
76 / 76 (100%)
Liberal Democrats
57 / 76 (75%)
Green
43 / 76 (57%)

The pre-election period officially began on 14 March 2025, when the notice of election was published.[39] The deadline for candidate nominations and withdrawal of nominations was 2 April 2025 at 4pm.[40]

Ronald Firman, a Reform UK candidate for Hunsbury ward, was criticised during the campaign for racist remarks made on a Twitter account dating back to 2017. Reform UK declined to comment on the remarks.[41][42] Another Reform UK candidate for Kingsthorpe North, Nigel Berrill, appeared in court for several driving related offences and was fined £241 with 6 points on his driving license.[43] Another Reform UK candidate, Thomas Manning, appeared in court for assaulting a police officer and criminal damage.[44]

Both Reform UK and the Conservatives ruled out a formal post-election coalition in West Northamptonshire, with West Northamptonshire Conservative leader Adam Brown saying "we have no interest in a coalition of any sort", and a Reform UK spokesperson stating "There’ll be no formal coalitions with anybody".[45]

Manifestos

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  • The Conservatives on 29 March 2025 launched their manifesto, entitled "The next moves forward".[46] The 28 page manifesto promised not to introduce a "ULEZ" style scheme in West Northamptonshire,[47] and to limit council tax increases to below the referendum threshold of 5% and reduce the increases over time.[48] However, the incumbent Conservative administration's council budget assumed the maximum 4.99% increases within their medium term financial plan.[49] [50]
  • The Liberal Democrats on 3 April launched their campaign with their manifesto, entitled "A People First Council for West Northamptonshire". The Lib Dems stated that they want to do things differently unlike the Conservatives who continue with the same failed policies expecting a different outcome, with the manifesto being focused on prevention and planning as opposed to the reacting to issues.[51]
  • Labour on 8 April launched their manifesto. The election also saw the highest number of candidates standing as Labour Co-op in the 2025 local elections.[52]
  • Reform UK do not have any specific local manifesto, instead campaigning on national issues,[53] the creation of a "Doge-style" department for both West and North Northamptonshire and pledging a full audit of council finances.[54] Additionally they supported for the revival of the previous two-tier structure of local government of Northamptonshire County Council and individual district councils, and for a mayoral devolution deal to cover the county without including Luton, Bedford, and Milton Keynes.[55]
  • TUSC stated that they were standing for people who feel let down by the main parties' stances on Gaza, the infected blood and Post Office scandals, lack of appropriate social housing, and cutbacks in the NHS and in other social care provision.[56]

Highways

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The Conservatives said that their priority would be ‘ongoing highway investment’, saying that bringing every highway and footpath in Northamptonshire would cost more than £200 million, instead focusing on technological change to increase the efficiency and quality of pothole repairs.

Green Party candidates have called for WNC's highways contract with Kier Highways to be re-examined, and to encourage them to innovate and trial new technologies, emphasising resurfacing over temporary pothole fixes.

Labour listed ‘Fix our roads and fill the potholes’ within their manifesto, saying that they will deliver better-maintained roads and pavements by evaluating highways contractors emphasising value for money.

The Liberal Democrats said they would develop ‘pothole priority plan’ to target problem areas and replace worn-out roads with permanent solutions, as well as proactively identify roads vulnerable to future damage by cooperating with town and parish councils, as well as pushing for a review of the highways contract, saying they will keep it under constant review and publicly report highway repairs by ward.

Reform UK said that WNC “waste millions on quick fixes”, and that they would focus on fixing entire roads rather than temporary patches.[57]

Brackley

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Issues in Brackley included high-speed broadband internet, transport provision, a banking hub, school places, and the condition of roads.[58]

Daventry

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The Conservatives launched their campaign in Daventry by announcing the cancellation of controversial plans to build on the Eastern Way Playing Fields in Daventry following a local campaign involving several petitions, meetings and gatherings.[59] The plan was originally launched by the Conservative administration in their 2024 'Masterplan'.[60] The Conservative administration announced the reversal of the plan on 28 February[61] and the Conservatives were delivering leaflets the next day declaring the cancellation to be a success.[62]

Towcester

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A plan by DHL for a two warehouses as part of a planned new logistics hub outside of Towcester became the subject of controversy in 2024 and 2025, with a grassroots campaign, "Save Towcester Now", being set up to oppose the scheme. Council planning officers recommended the plan for approval, but councillors voted to reject the scheme. DHL appealed the rejection to the Planning Inspectorate, which opened a public inquiry in February 2025 and closed it on 21 March 2025.[63][64][65][66][67] The scheme was announced to be proceeding on 11 April 2025.[68]

Opinion polling

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Pollster Date(s)
conducted 		Sample
size 		Con Lab Lib Dem Green Ind/Other Reform Lead
2025 election 1 May 2025 – 26% 20% 12% 6% 3% 33% 7
Electoral Calculus (MRP) 1–10 Mar 2025 5,421 29% 23% 12% 5% 4% 27% 2
2021 election 6 May 2021 – 50.6% 24.25% 16.28% 4.63% 3.42% 0.18% 26

Seat projections

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MRP polls are included in addition to local polls. MRP polls can indicate local support for parties, but cannot account for ward-level factors such as locally popular candidates and local party canvassing strengths.[69]

Pollster Date(s)
conducted 		Sample
size 		Con Lab Lib Dem Green Ind/Other Reform Majority
2025 election 1 May 2025 – 17 9 6 0 2 42 Ref 3
Electoral Calculus (MRP) 1–10 Mar 2025 5,421 36 17 0 0 0 23 NOC
(Con 3 short)
2021 (notional)[f] 6 May 2021 – 54 16 4 0 2 0 Con 27
2021 election – 66 20 5 0 2 0

Results

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Declaration of the results of Towcester ward, the final result of the 2025 local elections
Seats won (outer ring) versus total number of votes (inner ring)

The counting of the first tranche of ballots began at 13:30 BST. The counting of the second tranche was due to begin at 15:30.[70] However, the timing was chaotic with tranches overlapping,[70] and the final results not being declared until 21:35, the last in the country.[71]

Gains and losses are calculated from nominal results of the 2021 West Northamptonshire Council election.

2025 West Northamptonshire Council election result
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Reform UK 76 42 42 0 Increase 42 55.3 33.0 71,958 +32.8
  Conservative 76 17 0 37 Decrease 37 22.4 26.0 56,655 -24.6
  Labour 76 9 0 7 Decrease 7 11.8 19.5 42,611 -4.9
  Liberal Democrats 57 6 4 2 Increase 2 7.9 11.6 25,348 -4.7
  Independent 20 2 1 1 Steady 2.6 3.3 7,224 +0.4
  Green 43 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 6.3 13,727 +1.7
  TUSC 5 0 0 0 Steady 0% 0.2 345 -0.1
  Heritage 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 157 ±0.0
  SDP 1 0 0 0 Steady 0 <0.0 78 N/A

List of results by ward

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Incumbent councillors for that ward are indicated with ‡. Councillors who are standing for election in a different ward are denoted with *.

Abington & Phippsville (2 member) [72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Zoe Smith ‡ 958 41.3
Labour Co-op Bob Purser ‡ 904 39.0
Reform UK Alan John Coles 532 22.9
Reform UK Gerald Roland Lamb 493 21.3
Conservative Sian Bateman 303 13.1
Conservative Charles Breese 277 11.9
Green Luke Adams 274 11.8
Green Esther Pearson 266 11.5
Liberal Democrats Ana Savage Gunn 221 9.5
Liberal Democrats James Tarry 158 6.8
TUSC Alex Twigley 51 2.2
Turnout 2,319 26.52
Registered electors 8,792
Labour hold
Labour hold
Billing (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Mark Deakes 875 37.9
Reform UK Silas Hays 712 30.8
Independent Paul Clark* 658 28.5
Conservative James William Hill* 656 28.4
Labour Janice Duffy * 394 17.0
Labour Gary Campbell 365 15.8
Conservative Naz Islam 290 12.5
Green Faye Sophia Spencer 205 8.9
Liberal Democrats Russell Ellis 167 7.2
Turnout 2,311 30.30
Registered electors 7,643
Reform UK win (new seat)
Reform UK win (new seat)
Blackthorn & Rectory Farm (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Jeff Johnson 642 33.3
Labour Keith Holland-Delamere* 633 32.8
Reform UK Alan Price 604 31.3
Labour Bisola Funmilayo Ogunro 444 23.0
Conservative Taylor Luke 420 21.8
Conservative Peter John Spink 342 17.7
Green Lauren Gilkes 197 10.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Fuller 183 9.5
Turnout 1,930 26.35
Registered electors 7,643
Labour win (new seat)
Reform UK win (new seat)
Brackley (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Richard John Butler 1,245 32.1
Reform UK Andrew Last 1,194 30.8
Conservative Fiona Baker‡ 1,179 30.4
Conservative Tony Bagot-Webb‡ 1,160 29.9
Reform UK William Richard Ashby 1,134 29.3
Conservative Penny du Sautoy 860 22.2
Labour Sue Sharps‡ 844 21.8
Labour Simon Weaver 711 18.3
Labour Scott Langford 705 18.2
Liberal Democrats Kate Nash 514 13.3
Liberal Democrats Hazel Hewison 382 9.9
Green Stewart Manley 380 9.8
Independent Peter Rawlinson 343 8.9
Green Ian Norman Stewart 295 7.6
Turnout 3,875 31.74
Registered electors 12,256
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Independent
Conservative hold
Braunston & Crick (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rosie Humphreys‡ 1,676 43.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Stuart John Simpson 1,370 35.7
Reform UK Sarah Goode 1,135 29.5
Reform UK Kevin Vernon Wright 955 24.9
Conservative Alan Chantler‡ 845 22.0
Conservative Stephen Christopher Kerr 698 18.2
Green Oscar James Jobling 219 5.7
Labour Andrew John Potts 200 5.2
Labour Josh West 159 4.1
Independent Ian Bradley Robertson 79 2.1
Independent Athynea Sofia Burchall 55 1.4
Turnout 3,841 44.59
Registered electors 8,641
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Brixworth (1 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Harris‡ 1,131 61.0
Reform UK Emille Zahiri Mehrabadi 385 20.8
Conservative Simon Philip-Smith 235 12.7
Labour Chris Myers 72 3.9
Green Andrew Charles Cassidy 32 1.7
Turnout 1,855 43.44
Registered electors 4,275
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Campion (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phil Bignell* 1,066 36.0
Reform UK Debra King 963 32.6
Conservative Adam Brown* 961 32.5
Reform UK Nicola Streeton 908 30.7
Labour Co-op Shirley Waterhouse 461 15.6
Green Anne Webb 343 11.6
Labour Co-op Clive Millman 295 10.0
Liberal Democrats Grant Lee Andrew Simpson 204 6.9
Liberal Democrats Nigel Alastair Strang 199 6.7
Independent Ray Brady 175 5.9
Turnout 2,958 38.13
Registered electors 7,765
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Castle (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Muna Cali* 924 39.1
Labour Enam Haque‡ 873 37.0
Labour Fartun Ismail 793 33.6
Reform UK Josh Heavens 525 22.2
Reform UK Elliott Humphries 489 20.7
Green Emma Kendall 482 20.4
Reform UK Laura Kingsbury 412 17.5
Conservative Wayne Baptiste 352 14.9
Conservative Carole Thurlow 326 13.8
Liberal Democrats Julia Borowska 312 13.2
Conservative Roger John Thurlow 283 12.0
Independent Connor Alan Salter 181 7.7
TUSC Katie Simpson 136 5.8
SDP Adrian Michael Vann 78 3.3
Turnout 2,361 18.53
Registered electors 12,829
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
Cogenhoe & The Houghtons (1 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Clarke* 720 45.8
Reform UK Kevin Leslie Cross 437 27.8
Labour Chris Devonshire 174 11.1
Liberal Democrats Kerry Coupe 136 8.6
Green Jo Maisey 106 6.7
Turnout 1,573 40.68
Registered electors 3,869
Conservative hold
Dallington Spencer (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rufia Ashraf‡ 1,087 36.7
Labour Sally Keeble 1,035 35.0
Reform UK John Alan East 966 32.6
Reform UK Richard Harris 958 32.4
Reform UK Maria Dreghici 954 32.2
Labour Ryan Anthony Michlig 825 27.9
Conservative Luke Hillery 370 12.5
Green Jimtom James 369 12.5
Conservative Glen Hughes 352 11.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Beardsworth 293 9.9
Conservative Shade Ibitomisin 275 9.3
Independent Donna Louise Bodaly 169 5.7
Heritage Kim Elizabeth Fuller 157 5.3
Turnout 2,961 23.59
Registered electors 12,586
Labour hold
Labour hold
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Daventry North East (1 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Nigel Matten* 333 36.5
Reform UK Ashton Charles Elmes 329 36.0
Labour Laura Louisa Davies 130 14.2
Liberal Democrats John Boyden Tippett 71 7.8
Green Clare Patricia Slater 50 5.5
Turnout 913 28.47
Registered electors 3,214
Conservative win (new seat)
Daventry North West (1 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Richard John Pipes 435 35.6
Liberal Democrats Alan Knape 417 34.2
Conservative Jake Roberts* 170 13.9
Labour Nigel Stephen Mercer 101 8.3
Independent Maria Addison 55 4.5
Green Sarah Stokes 43 3.5
Turnout 1,221 30.25
Registered electors 4,046
Reform UK win (new seat)
Daventry South (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Anthony Jacob Lock 1,467 39.5
Reform UK Alex McMurtry 1,201 32.3
Reform UK Kama Guliyeva 1,186 31.9
Labour Wendy Randall‡ 974 26.2
Labour Stephen Dabbs 776 20.9
Independent Dawn Lorraine Branigan 722 19.4
Conservative Rebecca James 718 19.3
Conservative Athena Fenn 674 18.1
Conservative Phillip Charles Nathaniel Silk-Neilsen 656 17.7
Labour Stuart Lauderdale 589 15.9
Green Kate Valerie Smallman 317 8.5
Liberal Democrats Julia Clark 281 7.6
Independent Anna Cater 273 7.4
Liberal Democrats John Henry Butlin 254 6.8
Liberal Democrats Ed Norris 228 6.1
Turnout 3,714 28.79
Registered electors 12,919
Reform UK win (new seat)
Reform UK win (new seat)
Reform UK win (new seat)
Deanshanger & Paulerspury (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Alexander McCord* 1,078 31.8
Reform UK Ivan Dabbs 903 26.6
Conservative Mark Hughes* 865 25.5
Labour Co-op James Soper 859 25.3
Reform UK Ryan O'Shea 806 23.8
Conservative Luca Clifford 627 18.5
Labour Co-op Anne Thompson 589 17.4
Green Beverley Vivian 306 9.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Leggett 271 8.0
Turnout 3,393 37.89
Registered electors 8,965
Independent gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Duston (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Hayley Adkins 1,734 39.7
Reform UK Vincent Peter Clive 1,672 38.3
Reform UK Jasmine Rainbird 1,565 35.9
Conservative Matt Golby* 1,293 29.6
Conservative Anna King* 943 21.6
Labour Vikki Burgess 935 21.4
Conservative Paul Dyball* 933 21.4
Labour Daniel A Besson 819 18.8
Labour Hakim Monsur 705 16.2
Green Shaylee Rose Tosney 607 13.9
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Tolley 490 11.2
Independent Jamie Edkins 285 6.5
Turnout 4,365 34.48
Registered electors 12,732
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Julie Davenport* 1,332 48.6
Reform UK Anthony James Owens 807 29.5
Reform UK James Richard Petter 759 27.7
Reform UK Steven Christopher Reid 695 25.4
Labour Becky Dorman 521 19.0
Labour Robert William Parkinson 505 18.4
Conservative Raymond Connolly* 467 17.1
Labour Sanjeev Tiwary 359 13.1
Green Lamarr Darrington 303 11.1
Conservative Ray Kelly-Sargeant 284 10.4
Conservative Sony Akie 259 9.5
Liberal Democrats David Garlick 249 9.1
TUSC Seamus Smyth 92 3.4
Turnout 2,739 25.72
Registered electors 10,680
Independent hold
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Labour
Hackleton & Roade (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fiona Cole* 1,095 35.0
Reform UK Adam Victor Tristan Smith 1,063 33.9
Conservative Andrew Grant* 1,030 32.9
Reform UK Danny Adam Weeks 981 31.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Allen 444 14.2
Labour Amanda Jayne Creed 443 14.1
Labour Joe Atkins 415 13.3
Green Paul Michael Slater 388 12.4
Turnout 3,132 35.59
Registered electors 8,820
Conservative hold
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Headlands (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Joanne Elizabeth Blythe 1,316 31.4
Reform UK Adrian Cartwright 1,292 30.8
Reform UK Cameron Steven Emery 1,228 29.3
Labour Koulla Jolley‡ 1,106 26.4
Labour Turon Miah 1,060 25.3
Labour Ellie Rutherford 1,048 25.0
Conservative Adam Lea Smith 788 18.8
Conservative Penny Flavell* 759 18.1
Conservative Max Alexander Barnby 720 17.2
Green Steve Kent 518 12.4
Independent Paul Joyce‡ 450 10.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Markham 367 8.8
Independent Mia Joyce 360 8.6
Liberal Democrats David Woodbridge 349 8.3
Turnout 4,194 31.60
Registered electors 13,448
Reform UK gain from Labour
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Labour
Hunsbury (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pinder Chauhan* 1,332 33.4
Reform UK Glenn Steven Mark Butcher 1,249 31.4
Reform UK Ronald James Firman 1,184 29.7
Conservative Andre Gonzalez de Savage* 1,173 29.4
Reform UK Alexander Nathan Josiah Love 1,163 29.2
Conservative Daniel George Soan 1,163 29.2
Liberal Democrats Carl Squires* 874 21.9
Liberal Democrats Lucy Newbury 726 18.2
Liberal Democrats Brendan John Glynane 669 16.8
Labour Bob Burnell 494 12.4
Labour Katie Evans 430 10.8
Labour Matthew McNicholas 382 9.6
Green Damon Boughen 303 7.6
Turnout 3,984 33.79
Registered electors 11,803
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Kingsley & Semilong (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Nick Humphries 577 31.6
Labour Farzana Aldridge 557 30.5
Labour Titus Ajayi 533 29.2
Reform UK Chris Lock 533 29.2
Conservative Lewis Betty 278 15.2
Green Jason Sparkhall 228 12.5
Conservative Lori Gale-Rumens 213 11.7
Green Liam Mark Durrant 207 11.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Taylor 171 9.4
Liberal Democrats Marianne Taylor 118 6.5
TUSC Josh Curtis 37 2.0
Turnout 1,824 21.36
Registered electors 11,803
Reform UK win (new seat)
Reform UK win (new seat)
Kingsthorpe North (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Mark Christian Arnull 1,588 36.8
Reform UK Nigel Anthony Edward Berrill 1,554 36.0
Reform UK Daniel Rainbird 1,501 34.8
Liberal Democrats Sally Beardsworth* 1,002 23.2
Conservative Mike O'Connor 970 22.5
Conservative Mobola Bakare 749 17.4
Conservative Laura Stevenson* 740 17.2
Labour Helen Barker 660 15.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Lawler 617 14.3
Labour Dilip Kumar 586 13.6
Green Steve Miller 565 13.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Leggett 533 12.4
Labour Ersan Karaoglan 586 13.6
Green Dave Pearson 317 7.4
Green Paul Phoenix Powerville 243 5.6
Independent Antony Antoniou 85 2.0
Turnout 4,312 36.87
Registered electors 11,724
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Kingsthorpe South (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Caroline Janet Phillips 658 34.0
Reform UK Dave Gaskell 655 33.8
Labour Co-op Harry Barrett‡ 624 32.2
Labour Co-op Eluned Lewis-Nichol 507 26.2
Conservative Cheryl Hawes‡ 324 16.7
Conservative Sam Kilby-Shaw 259 13.4
Green Julie Hawkins 197 10.2
Liberal Democrats Geri Banfield 161 8.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Woods 116 6.0
Independent Elizabeth Kisha Anne Edwards 70 3.6
Turnout 1,937 24.10
Registered electors 8,058
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Labour
Long Buckby (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Lister‡ 1,384 45.8
Conservative Charles Morton 1,106 36.6
Reform UK Caroline Lucy Collins 856 28.3
Reform UK Neil Clayton 821 27.2
Labour Co-op Sue Myers 540 17.9
Labour Co-op Jane Louise Rigby 362 12.0
Green Simon Sneddon 300 9.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Robert Thomas 249 8.2
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Watts 188 6.2
Turnout 3,022 41.20
Registered electors 7,338
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Middleton Cheney (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Breese‡ 1,121 36.9
Conservative Rosie Herring‡ 999 32.9
Reform UK Deborah Manning 884 29.1
Reform UK Victoria Markham-Beech 839 27.7
Liberal Democrats Justin Nash 428 14.1
Green Dave Marsden 378 12.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Johns 318 10.5
Independent Richard Edward Solesbury-Timms‡ 316 10.4
Labour Jane Rogers 306 10.1
Labour Zamaani Abdullahi Alat 246 8.1
Turnout 3,034 36.14
Registered electors 8,423
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Moulton (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Sue Gaskell 1,247 36.8
Reform UK John Slope 1,189 35.1
Reform UK Peter David York 1,182 34.9
Conservative Daniel Cribbin‡ 1,037 30.6
Conservative John Shephard 903 26.6
Conservative Mike Warren‡ 837 24.7
Labour Sally Belinda Davies 626 18.5
Labour Stephen Francis Burnham 545 16.1
Labour Jimmy Fawehinmi 481 14.2
Liberal Democrats Anna Hughes 440 13.0
Green Jamie Dexter 435 12.8
Liberal Democrats Will Hughes 329 9.7
Liberal Democrats Rupert Moscrop Knowles 309 9.1
Turnout 3,391 32.94
Registered electors 10,308
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Naseby (1 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Sarah Ware 672 32.4
Conservative Richard Auger 600 28.9
Reform UK Michael William Edwards 587 28.3
Labour Abigail Campbell 133 6.4
Green Stuart Fairlie Kendall 84 4.0
Turnout 2,076 44.72
Registered electors 10,308
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Nene Valley (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Laura Ann Couse 1,242 36.7
Reform UK Craig Morris 1,232 36.4
Reform UK Trefor Hughes 1,182 35.0
Conservative Dan Smith 918 27.2
Conservative Phil Larratt‡ 747 22.1
Conservative Nick Sturges-Alex* 689 20.4
Labour Peter French 666 19.7
Labour Hilary Blackman 621 18.4
Labour Andrew Halliwell 516 15.3
Liberal Democrats Jill Hope 427 12.6
Green Marianne Martin 427 12.6
Liberal Democrats Thomas Ridley 285 8.4
Liberal Democrats Aaryan Sharma 247 7.3
Green Sue Pearson 246 7.3
Green Jenny Moseley 239 7.1
Turnout 3,380 28.37
Registered electors 11,931
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Parklands (1 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Nigel Lawrence Stansfield 559 39.5
Conservative Mike Hallam* 531 37.5
Labour Jim Kellock 185 13.1
Green Kevin Dudley Hewes 78 5.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Schofield 63 4.4
Turnout 1,416 37.34
Registered electors 3,810
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Rural North East (1 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cecile Irving-Swift* 663 37.4
Reform UK Anthony Reynolds 450 25.4
Liberal Democrats Tony Nixon 420 23.7
Labour Nicola Bell 129 7.3
Green Juliet Mary Jeater 109 6.2
Turnout 1,771 44.81
Registered electors 3,959
Conservative hold
Rural South Northamptonshire (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Eastwood* 1,985 41.7
Conservative Charles Manners* 1,874 39.4
Conservative David Smith* 1,697 35.6
Reform UK Georgie Daniels 1,481 31.1
Reform UK Stuart Harold Day 1,284 27.0
Reform UK Jonathan Sayers 1,261 26.5
Green Teresa Cox 885 18.6
Liberal Democrats Justine Michelle Leggett 813 17.1
Labour Jane Birch 767 16.1
Labour Geoff Boot 574 12.1
Labour Arthur Greaves 451 9.5
Independent Michael Nicholas Toner 238 5.0
Turnout 4,762 40.90
Registered electors 11,655
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Talavera (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Thomas Manning 651 35.9
Reform UK Scott Packer 602 33.2
Labour Ifeoluwa Adeniran 553 30.5
Labour Darren Ryland 485 26.8
Conservative Monica Kelly 294 16.2
Conservative Mariana Smith 260 14.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Thomas Sawyer 191 10.5
Green Michael Spence 188 10.4
TUSC Ash Ritchie 29 1.6
Turnout 1,811 22.73
Registered electors 7,968
Reform UK gain from Labour
Reform UK gain from Labour
Towcester (3 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Tarbun 1,475 39.1
Liberal Democrats Stewart Tolley 1,134 30.1
Reform UK Adrian John Little 1,130 29.9
Liberal Democrats Harry Minns 1,073 28.5
Reform UK Barry Joseph Mahoney 963 25.6
Conservative Hugh Evans 912 24.2
Reform UK Scott David Zebedee 899 23.9
Conservative Greg Lunn* 827 21.9
Conservative Simon Clifford 734 19.5
Labour Co-op Rachel Jean Dando L'Olive 471 12.5
Labour Co-op Jim Mullin 452 12.0
Labour Co-op Paul Jonathan Broadfield 371 9.8
Green Emmie Williamson 305 8.1
Turnout 3,768 32.35
Registered electors 11,658
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Reform UK gain from Conservative
Upton (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Kathryn Shaw 625 31.3
Reform UK Michael Timothy Stratton 582 29.1
Labour Claudette Omoye Bemigho-Amorighoye 530 26.5
Labour Patrick Agwue Julius 464 23.2
Conservative Imran Chowdhury* 430 21.5
Conservative Brian William Sargeant* 393 19.7
Independent Matthew Christopher Kinton 300 15.0
Green Linda Michelle Davidsen 256 12.8
Liberal Democrats Rona Meredith 213 10.7
Turnout 2,000 25.07
Registered electors 8,104
Reform UK win (new seat)
Reform UK win (new seat)
Weston Favell & Abington Vale (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andy Kilbride* 1,007 33.2
Conservative Stephen Hibbert* 980 32.3
Labour Co-op Clare Robertson-Marriott 834 27.5
Reform UK David Robert Lea 814 26.9
Reform UK Jordan Peter Young 764 25.2
Labour Co-op Jamal Alwahabi* 712 23.5
Liberal Democrats Alastair Stuart Thomson 294 9.7
Green Omonigho Jennifer Martin 244 8.1
Turnout 3,030 37.56
Registered electors 8,104
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Woodford and Weedon (2 member)[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rupert Frost‡ 1,105 32.3
Reform UK Charles Peter Hastie 1,010 29.5
Reform UK Jonathan Vallis 1,003 29.3
Green Ed Jaspers 962 28.1
Conservative Jo Gilford‡ 837 24.4
Green Gordon Smallman 831 24.3
Labour Les Marriott 241 7.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Lofts 232 6.8
Labour Stephen Tibbles 201 5.9
Liberal Democrats Bob Symons 194 5.7
Turnout 3,426 38.96
Registered electors 8,811
Conservative hold
Reform UK gain from Conservative

Aftermath

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Following the election, Reform UK took control of West Northamptonshire Council from the Conservatives. The Conservative, Labour, and Liberal Democrat leaders were all unseated.[73][74] Both Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats made gains, with Reform UK going from 0 seats (0%) to 42 (55%) and the Liberal Democrats going from 5 seats (5%) to 6 seats (8%). Both Labour and the Conservatives lost seats, with the Conservatives going from 66 (71%) seats to 17 (22%), and Labour going from 20 (22%) seats to 9 (12%). Two independents were also elected, the same number as in 2021.

The leader of the council was elected at the Annual General Meeting of the full council on 15 May 2025.[75] Mark Arnull, previously Chair of West Northamptonshire Reform UK, was elected as the party's council group leader on 14 May 2025 and subsequently was elected as leader of the council on 15 May 2025.[76][77]

Former WNC cabinet member Dan Lister was elected Conservative leader, former MP Sally Keeble was elected Labour leader, and former deputy Liberal Democrat group leader Jonathan Harris was elected as Liberal Democrat leader.[78]

A newly elected Reform UK councillor, Ivan Dabbs, was criticised for sharing far-right content from fascist party and hate group Britain First.[79][80] Dabbs' actions were defended by the leader of the council.[81] On 20 May, the Conservative, Labour, and Liberal Democrat leaders released a joint statement strongly criticising Reform UK for not taking disciplinary action on Dabbs and Ron Firman for their offensive Twitter posts.[82]

The Reform UK group also stated their councillors would refuse climate training and diversity training.[83]

On 3 June 2025, Adam Smith, newly elected Reform UK councillor for Hackleton and Roade had the Reform UK whip suspended by the group due to 'a number of concerns regarding [his] conduct'.[84][85][86]

Notes

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  1. ^ As Chair of Reform UK West Northamptonshire, as no Reform presence on WNC previously
  2. ^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this ward and won.
  3. ^ Willliamson was the Chair of the West Northamptonshire Green Party going into the election as there was no Green Party presence on WNC previously.
  4. ^ a b c d Boundary changes reduced the number of seats, so these are notional changes.
  5. ^ a b No by-election held, as resignation took place within 6 months of the next elections under Section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 1972
  6. ^ 2021 seat results modified to reflect the reduced number of seats available in 2025.

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