Northamptonshire County Council election, 2005

The 2005 Northamptonshire County Council election took place on 5 May 2005 to elect members of Northamptonshire County Council, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party.^[1]

Background

The 2005 election to Northamptonshire County Council coincided with the 2005 general election, this meant that turnout was significantly higher than is usual for local government elections. However, between 1997 and 2005 County Council Elections coincided with General Elections, meaning that turnout was significantly higher than would otherwise be expected. Every seat was single member, elected using the First Past the Post system used for most local elections in England and Wales.

Election results

Mirroring national trends the election saw a swing away from the social democratic Labour party towards the centre-right Conservative party,^[2] with the Liberal Democrats picking up a few more seats. The Conservatives captured the council ending 12 years of Labour control and producing the first Conservative majority administration in 28 years, and only the second since the councils formation in 1973.^[1] Turnout was 63.8% up 1.2% on 2001 and 28 new Councillors joined the council.^[3]

Northamptonshire County Council election, 2005^[1]^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	45			+13	61.6
	Labour	21			-17	28.8
	Liberal Democrat	7			+5	9.6
	Independent	0			-1	0

Division by Division Results by County Borough

In order of number of votes with the winning candidate first

Corby Borough

Corby Central Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Bullock	2,275
	Conservative	Robert Tustin	640
	Liberal Democrat	Francis O'Brien	544
Majority
Turnout			3,459
	Labour hold		Swing

Corby Rural Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Heggs	2,002
	Labour	James Wade	1,939
	Liberal Democrat	Terene Meechan	825
Majority
Turnout			4,766
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Danesholme Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McKellar	2,035
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Stanbra	1,214
	Conservative	Bernard Howard	1,123
Majority
Turnout			4,372
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingswood Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McGhee	2,086
	Conservative	Yvonne von Bujtar	804
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Jones	622
Majority
Turnout			3,512
	Labour hold		Swing

Lloyds Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Kane	2,620
	Conservative	Sally Hogston	886
	Liberal Democrat	Sidney Beecroft	707
Majority
Turnout			4,213
	Labour hold		Swing

Shire Lodge Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Brookfield	2,379
	Conservative	Brian Cummings	1,015
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Connachie	797
Majority
Turnout			4,191
	Labour hold		Swing

Daventry Borough

Braunston Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Brown	3,126
	Labour	Penelope Price	1,869
Majority
Turnout			4,995
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brixworth Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Millar	3,581
	Labour	Christopher Grethe	1,550
Majority
Turnout			5,131
	Conservative hold		Swing

Daventry West Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olwen Loud	2,293
	Conservative	Annette Dunn	1,982
Majority
Turnout			4,275
	Labour hold		Swing

Daventry East Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hills	2,243
	Labour	Janet Penrose	1,909
Majority
Turnout			4,152
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Buckby Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Amos	2,829
	Labour	Christopher Myers	1,550
Majority
Turnout			4,379
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moulton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Shephard	2,872
	Labour	Mark Maryan	1,358
Majority
Turnout			4,230
	Conservative hold		Swing

Uplands Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katharine Hemmings	3,425
	Labour	David Nicholl	1,259
	Green	Katharine Wickstead	869
Majority
Turnout			5,553
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weedon Bec & Woodford Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gina Ogden	2,506
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Adcock	1,904
Majority
Turnout			4,410
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Northants Borough

Higham Ferrers Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Lawson	2,548
	Labour	Geoffrey Moore	1,582
	Independent	Richard Gell	930
Majority
Turnout			5,060
	Conservative hold		Swing

Irthlingborough Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Langley	2,387
	Labour	John Farrar	2,098
Majority
Turnout			4,485
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Oundle Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Reichhold	2,774
	Labour	Alan Brookfield	1,045
	Liberal Democrat	David Nesbitt	993
	Independent	John Smoker	172
Majority
Turnout			4,984
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prebendal Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Priscilla Padley	2,734
	Liberal Democrat	David Burgess	885
	Labour	Maureen Forshaw	773
Majority
Turnout			4,392
	Conservative hold		Swing

Raunds Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Campbell	2,262
	Labour	Lorraine Taylor	1,630
Majority
Turnout			3,892
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rushden East Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mercer	1,855
	Labour	Leonard Cox	1,643
	Liberal Democrat	David Hooton	749
Majority
Turnout			4,247
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rushden South Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Tye	2,887
	Labour	Leslie Rolfe	2,039
Majority
Turnout			4,926
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rushden West Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Pinnock	2,067
	Labour	Frederick Jones	1,696
Majority
Turnout			3,763
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Thrapston Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Seery	2,766
	Labour	Madeline Whiteman	1,379
	UKIP	Peter Baden	476
Majority
Turnout			4,221
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kettering Borough

Brambleside Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Parker	1,756
	Labour	Adrian Chambers	1,648
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Window	498
	Independent	Dereck Hilling	230
Majority
Turnout			4,132
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Burton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Lamb	1,515
	Labour	Ronald Steele	1,365
	Independent	Christopher Groome	1,049
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Simons	466
Majority
Turnout			4,395
	Conservative hold		Swing

Desborough Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Belinda Humfrey	2,169
	Labour	David Coe	1,932
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Rice	537
Majority
Turnout			4,638
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Grange Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston Mayhew	2,165
	Conservative	Michael Tebbutt	932
Majority
Turnout			3,097
	Labour hold		Swing

Ise Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Civil	2,145
	Labour	Paul Corazzo	1,550
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher McGlynn	654
Majority
Turnout			4,349
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kettering Central Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen Hales	2,314
	Conservative	John Henson	1,707
Majority
Turnout			4,021
	Labour hold		Swing

Kettering Rural Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Harker	3,908
	Labour	Emma Poole	1,965
Majority
Turnout			5,873
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rothwell Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Pate	1,944
	Labour	David Whyte	1,825
Majority
Turnout			3,769
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Local election results: Northamptonshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
↑ "English elect councils and mayors". BBC News Online. 2005-05-07. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Election 2005 Results". Northamptonshire County Council. Retrieved 2010-03-02.

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