West Northamptonshire
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Council composition as of 2025
76 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2025)
In 2025, 76 seats were up across 35 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 76 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 71,966 | 33.0% | 42 | 55.3% | 26 | 34.2% | +16 |
| Conservative Party | 56,665 | 26.0% | 17 | 22.4% | 20 | 26.3% | -3 |
| Labour Party | 42,589 | 19.5% | 9 | 11.8% | 15 | 19.7% | -6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 25,348 | 11.6% | 6 | 7.9% | 9 | 11.8% | -3 |
| Green Party | 13,727 | 6.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 5.3% | -4 |
| Independent | 6,146 | 2.8% | 1 | 1.3% | 2 | 2.6% | -1 |
| Independent Network | 1,078 | 0.5% | 1 | 1.3% | 0 | 0.0% | +1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 345 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Heritage Party | 157 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Social Democratic Party | 78 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 218,099 | 100.0% | 76 | 100.0% | 76 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2025 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Abington and Phippsville | 61% | 41% |
| Billing | 38% | |
| Billing and Rectory Farm | 54% | |
| Blackthorn and Rectory Farm | 33% | |
| Boothville and Parklands | 75% | |
| Brackley | 57% | 32% |
| Braunston and Crick | 52% | 44% |
| Brixworth | 52% | 61% |
| Bugbrooke | 72% | |
| Campion | 36% | |
| Castle | 67% | 39% |
| Cogenhoe and the Houghtons | 46% | |
| Dallington Spencer | 76% | 37% |
| Daventry East | 58% | |
| Daventry North East | 36% | |
| Daventry North West | 36% | |
| Daventry South | 39% | |
| Daventry West | 49% | |
| Deanshanger | 67% | |
| Deanshanger and Paulerspury | 32% | |
| Delapre and Rushmere | 49% | |
| Duston | 40% | |
| Duston East | 45% | |
| Duston West and St. Crispin | 68% | |
| East Hunsbury and Shelfleys | 72% | |
| Far Cotton, Delapre and Briar Hill | 49% | |
| Hackleton and Grange Park | 72% | |
| Hackleton and Roade | 35% | |
| Headlands | 46% | 31% |
| Hunsbury | 33% | |
| Kingsley and Semilong | 32% | |
| Kingsthorpe North | 49% | 37% |
| Kingsthorpe South | 41% | 34% |
| Long Buckby | 62% | 46% |
| Middleton Cheney | 61% | 37% |
| Moulton | 66% | 37% |
| Naseby | 32% | |
| Nene Valley | 72% | 37% |
| Parklands | 39% | |
| Riverside Park | 63% | |
| Rural North East | 37% | |
| Rural South Northamptonshire | 42% | |
| Silverstone | 72% | |
| Sixfields | 44% | |
| St. George | 64% | |
| Talavera | 44% | 18% |
| Towcester | 39% | |
| Towcester and Roade | 43% | |
| Upton | 15% | |
| Weston Favell and Abington Vale | 33% | |
| Woodford and Weedon | 67% | 32% |