North Northamptonshire Council

North Northamptonshire Council
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Type
Type
Leadership
Lora Lawman,
Conservative
since 23 May 2024[1]
Jason Smithers,
Conservative
since 26 May 2021[2]
Adele Wylie
since 27 January 2024[3]
Structure
Political groups
Administration (52)
  Conservative (52)
Other parties (26)
  Labour (17)
  Independent (3)
  Green (3)
  Reform UK (2)
  Liberal Democrats (1)
Elections
Last election
6 May 2021
Next election
1 May 2025
Meeting place

The Cube, George Street, Corby, NN17 1QG[4]
Website
www.northnorthants.gov.uk

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.

Corby, 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.[5]

Political control

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

Party in control Years
Conservative 2021–present

Leadership

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

Councillor Party From To
Jason Smithers Conservative 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.[6]

Composition

Following the inaugural election in 2021 and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to July 2024, the composition of the council was:[7]

Party Councillors
Conservative 52
Labour 17
Green 3
Independent 3
Reform UK 2
Liberal Democrats 1
Total 78

The next election is due in 2025.[8]

Elections

See also: 2021 North Northamptonshire Council election and 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.[9]

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.[4] The other buildings serve as area offices.[4][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Council minutes, 23 May 2024". North Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Council minutes, 26 May 2021". North Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Council appoints new Chief Executive". North Northamptonshire Council. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Corby Cube set to become North Northamptonshire Council headquarters". Northamptonshire Telegraph. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  6. ^ Ward, Sarah (16 April 2020). "Government appoints Kettering Council leader to head up new unitary council". Northamptonshire Telegraph. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Long-standing Corby Tory quits party, fires parting shot, and crosses floor to join Labour". Northamptonshire Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  8. ^ "North Northamptonshire". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  9. ^ "The North Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2024", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2024/157, retrieved 14 July 2024
  10. ^ "Visiting the council and our addresses". North Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 11 December 2023.