Northampton local elections
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Northampton Council is elected every four years.
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[edit] Political control
Labour 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1983
No overall control 1983 - 1987
Conservative 1987 - 1991
No overall control 1991 - 1995
Labour 1995 - 2003
No overall control 2003 - 2007
Liberal Democrat 2007 - present
[edit] Council elections
Northampton Council election, 1999
Northampton Council election, 2003
Northampton Council election, 2007
[edit] By-election results
| Headlands By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 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 | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,867 | 58.6 | -17.1 | ||
| Conservative | 841 | 26.4 | +10.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 407 | 12.8 | +4.5 | ||
| UK Independence | 71 | 2.2 | +2.2 | ||
| Majority | 1,026 | 32.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,186 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| South By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 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 | Candidate | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
