North Northamptonshire Council

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| leader1_type = Chair

| leader1 = Lora Lawman

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Conservative

| election1 = 23 May 2024{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 23 May 2024 |url=https://northnorthants.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=151&MId=1558 |website=North Northamptonshire Council |access-date=14 July 2024}}

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| leader2 = Jason Smithers

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Conservative

| election2 = 26 May 2021{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 26 May 2021 |url=https://northnorthants.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=151&MId=172&Ver=4 |website=North Northamptonshire Council |access-date=21 June 2022}}

| leader3_type = Chief Executive

| leader3 = Adele Wylie

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| election3 = 27 January 2024{{cite web |title=Council appoints new Chief Executive |url=https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/news/council-appoints-new-chief-executive |website=North Northamptonshire Council |access-date=11 December 2023 |date=8 December 2023}}

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;Administration (51)

: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Conservative (51)

;Other parties (27)

: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Labour (16)

: {{Color box|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|border=darkgray}} Independent (3)

: {{Color box|{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|border=darkgray}} Green (3)

: {{Color box|{{party color|Reform UK}}|border=darkgray}} Reform UK (3)

: {{Color box|{{party color|Vacant}}|border=darkgray}} Vacant (2)

: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Liberal Democrats (0)}}

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| last_election1 = 6 May 2021

| next_election1 = 1 May 2025

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The Cube, George Street, Corby, NN17{{nbsp}}1QG

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North Northamptonshire Council is the local authority for North Northamptonshire, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.

File:Corby skyline.JPG, the administrative centre and largest settlement in North Northamptonshire]]

North Northamptonshire Council provides both county-level and district-level services. The whole area is also covered by civil parishes, which form a second tier of local government.{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=12 December 2023}}

Political control

Since its creation in 2021, the Conservatives have held a majority of the seats on the council:

colspan="2"\|Party in control	Years
class="wikitable"
{{Party name with colour\|Conservative Party (UK)}}	2021–present

Leadership

The leader of the council from its first meeting following its creation in 2021 has been:

class=wikitable

! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To

Jason Smithers

align=right|26 May 2021

Russell Roberts, outgoing leader of the old Kettering Borough Council, had served as leader of the shadow authority set up to oversee the transition to the new arrangements.{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Sarah |title=Government appoints Kettering Council leader to head up new unitary council |url=https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/government-appoints-kettering-council-leader-to-head-up-new-unitary-council-2540938 |access-date=12 December 2023 |work=Northamptonshire Telegraph |date=16 April 2020}}

Composition

Following the inaugural election in 2021 and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to March 2025 the composition of the council is:{{Cite web |date=2025-03-04 |title=Your Councillors |url=https://northnorthants.moderngov.co.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=PARTY&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=www.northnorthants.gov.uk |language=en}}

colspan="2" \|Total	78
class="wikitable" ! colspan=2\| Party ! Councillors
{{Party name with colour\|Conservative Party (UK)}}	align=center\|51
{{Party name with colour\|Labour Party (UK)}}	align=center\|16
{{Party name with colour\|Green Party of England and Wales}}	align=center\|3
{{Party name with colour\|Independent politician}}	align=center\|3
{{Party name with colour\|Reform UK}}	align=center\|3
{{Party name with colour\|Vacant}}	align=center\|2
{{Party name with colour\|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} \| align="center" \|0

The next election is due in 2025.{{cite web |title=North Northamptonshire |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/councils/?council=northamptonshire |website=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |access-date=14 July 2024}}

Elections

{{see also|2021 North Northamptonshire Council election|North Northamptonshire Council elections}}

Elections for a shadow authority were due to be held on Thursday 7 May 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These elections were instead held on 6 May 2021 and the Conservatives won a majority of seats. The Council comprises 78 councillors elected across 26 wards. New ward boundaries have been drawn up to come into effect for the 2025 elections, reducing the number of councillors to 67.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The North Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2024|year=2024|number=157|access-date=14 July 2024}}

Premises

The council inherited four sets of offices from the predecessor authorities, being the Corby Cube, the Kettering Municipal Offices, Swanspool House in Wellingborough, and the old East Northamptonshire District Council offices on Cedar Drive in Thrapston. The Corby Cube was chosen as the main meeting place.{{cite news|url=https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/corby-cube-set-to-become-north-northamptonshire-council-headquarters-3393402|title=Corby Cube set to become North Northamptonshire Council headquarters|newspaper=Northamptonshire Telegraph|date=23 September 2021|access-date=13 March 2022}} The other buildings serve as area offices.{{cite web |title=Visiting the council and our addresses |url=https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/your-council/visiting-council-and-our-addresses |website=North Northamptonshire Council |access-date=11 December 2023}}

References

Category:Unitary authority councils of England

Category:Local authorities in Northamptonshire

Council

colspan="2" \|Total	78
class="wikitable" ! colspan=2\| Party ! Councillors
{{Party name with colour\|Conservative Party (UK)}}	align=center\|51
{{Party name with colour\|Labour Party (UK)}}	align=center\|16
{{Party name with colour\|Green Party of England and Wales}}	align=center\|3
{{Party name with colour\|Independent politician}}	align=center\|3
{{Party name with colour\|Reform UK}}	align=center\|3
{{Party name with colour\|Vacant}}	align=center\|2
{{Party name with colour\|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} \| align="center" \|0