East Northamptonshire District Council elections

East Northamptonshire District Council in Northamptonshire, England was elected every four years. After the last boundary changes in 2007, 40 councillors were elected from 22 wards.^[1] The district was abolished in 2021, with the area becoming part of North Northamptonshire.

Political control edit

From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2021, political control of the council was held by the following parties:^[2]

The leaders of the council from 2009 until the council's abolition in 2021 were:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Andy Mercer		Conservative		Oct 2010
Steven North^[3]		Conservative	4 Oct 2010	31 Mar 2021

Rushden South By-Election 13 November 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	525	55.7	+15.2
	Labour	418	44.3	-15.2
Majority		107	11.4
Turnout		943	16.1
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Ringstead By-Election 14 October 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	316	64.5	-6.6
	Labour	174	35.5	+6.6
Majority		142	29.0
Turnout		490	37.9
	Conservative hold	Swing

Ringstead By-Election 18 April 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	379	67.7	-3.4
	Labour	181	32.3	+3.4
Majority		198	35.4
Turnout		560
	Conservative hold	Swing

Lower Nene By-Election 25 September 2003^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rushden East By-Election 27 July 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Lever	506	66.4	+21.5
	Labour	Stephen Allen	256	33.6	-2.9
Majority			250	32.8
Turnout			762	15.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Higham Ferrers Lancaster By-Election 5 July 2007^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Whiting	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barnwell By-Election 14 June 2012^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Capp	412	64.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Draycott	130	20.2	N/A
	Labour	Phil Garnham	101	15.7	N/A
Majority			282	43.9
Turnout			643
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oundle By-Election 15 November 2012^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jake Vowles	1,003	52.4	-13.7
	Labour	Paul King	681	35.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	George Smid	230	12.0	+12.0
Majority			322	16.8
Turnout			1,914
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thrapston Market By-Election 25 July 2013^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Smith	396	43.1	-12.4
	Independent	Valerie Carter	210	22.9	+22.9
	Labour	Alex Izycky	166	18.1	+18.1
	UKIP	Joseph Garner	146	15.9	+15.9
Majority			186	20.3
Turnout			918
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prebendal By-Election 4 May 2017^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annabel de Capell Brooke	729	82.8	+6.7
	Labour	Alan Brookfield	151	17.2	+2.8
Majority			578	65.6
Turnout			880
	Conservative hold		Swing

Higham Ferrers Lancaster By-Election 15 February 2018^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harriet Pentland	611	55.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanna Austin	244	22.2	N/A
	Labour	Mark Smith	189	17.2	N/A
	Green	Simon Turner	33	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	Bill Cross	22	2.0	N/A
Majority			367	33.4
Turnout			1,099
	Conservative hold		Swing

Irthlingborough Waterloo By-Election 8 August 2019^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Wilkes	542	53.1	-2.3
	Labour	Caroline Cross	478	46.9	+11.7
Majority			64	6.3
Turnout			1,020
	Conservative hold		Swing

Higham Ferrers Chichele By-Election 12 December 2019^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bert Jackson	1,379	63.3	+16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanna Austin	800	36.7	+36.7
Majority			579	26.6
Turnout			2,179
	Conservative hold		Swing

Higham Ferrers Lancaster By-Election 12 December 2019^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Tomas	1,531	62.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Baylis	913	37.4	N/A
Majority			618	25.2
Turnout			2,444
	Conservative hold		Swing