Election

Higham Ferrers

Election for the Higham Ferrers ward of North Northamptonshire Council to be rearranged due to candidate death

Previously

Previous elections results:

North Northamptonshire Council is currently made up of 78 councillors:

Conservative Group - 50
Labour Group - 16
Green Alliance Group - 3 (made up of 3 Green Party members)
Reform UK - 4
There are also three unaligned independents and two vacant seats on the council.

This election will use new constituency boundaries (after they were redrawn in 2023 to reflect population changes and to try to even out voter numbers in each area).

As a result of the changes, there will now be 68 councillors on North Northamptonshire Council.

Thursday 1 May local elections

Constituencies being counted and the number of councillors per ward is available on our election pages
There will be 31 new wards with new names and boundaries
Returning Officer - Adele Wylie, Chief Executive of North Northamptonshire Council
Estimated declaration time - From mid-afternoon (difficult to predict due to the new wards and boundaries)
Number of counters on the day - Approximately 140
The count

Town and parish elections

The following town and parish councils or town and town council wards are contested:

Chelveston-cum-Caldecott
Corby Town Council - Corby West, Kingswood, Lloyds, Oakley
Desborough Town Council - St Giles
Easton-on-the-Hill
Finedon
Higham Ferrers Town Council - Higham Ferrers Chichele
Kettering Town Council - Avondale Grange, Hanwood Park, Ise Lodge, Kettering Central, Kettering North, Pipers Hill, St Michael, St Peter, Wicksteed
Kings Cliffe
Rushden Town Council – Pemberton, Rushden South
Rothwell Town Council - Rothwell Trinity
Thrapston
Twywell
Wellingborough Town Council - Brickhill and Queensway, Croyland and Swanspool, Hatton Park, Victoria, Weston-By-Welland

Further details

Full election details including candidate details are available on our website.

You can contact our media team by emailing [email protected].

Last updated 30 April 2025