2005 Northamptonshire County Council election

2005 Northamptonshire County Council election^[1]
All 73 seats in the Northamptonshire County Council; 37 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2005 Northamptonshire County Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

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.^[2]

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,^[3] 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.^[2] Turnout was 63.8% up 1.2% on 2001 and 28 new Councillors joined the council.^[4] Note that there was a General Election at the same time as the county election in 2005 - this generally increases the numbers of people who turn out to vote in both elections which take place at the same time and place. (See for comparison the Northamptonshire County Council Election in 2009 when there was no General Election.)

Northamptonshire County Council election, 2005^[2]^[4]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Conservative	45	+13	61.6
Labour	21	-17	28.8
Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	Terene Meechan	825
Majority
Turnout			4,766
	Conservative gain from Labour

Danesholme Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James McKellar	2,035
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	Julie Connachie	797
Majority
Turnout			4,191
	Labour hold		Swing

Daventry District

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 Democrats	Malcolm Adcock	1,904
Majority
Turnout			4,410
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Northants District

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

Oundle Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Reichhold	2,774
	Labour	Alan Brookfield	1,045
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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

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

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

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 Democrats	Alan Window	498
	Independent	Dereck Hilling	230
Majority
Turnout			4,132
	Conservative gain from Labour

Burton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christopher Lamb	1,515
	Labour	Ronald Steele	1,365
	Independent	Christopher Groome	1,049
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Philip Rice	537
Majority
Turnout			4,638
	Conservative gain from Labour

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 Democrats	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

St Andrews and St Peters Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jonathan West	2,404
	Conservative	Matthew Lynch	2,114
Majority
Turnout			4,518
	Labour hold		Swing

Wicksteed Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ursula Jones	1,882
	Labour	Alexander Gordon	1,742
	Liberal Democrats	John Coleman	1,026
Majority
Turnout			4,650
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northampton Borough

Abington Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hoare	1,304
	Labour	Michael Boss	1,268
	Conservative	Leon Bailey	825
	Green	Marcus Rock	264
Majority
Turnout			3,661
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Billing Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christopher Malpas	1,525
	Labour	Debra Boss	1,306
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Alderton	740
Majority
Turnout			3,571
	Conservative gain from Labour

Boughton Green Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	John Yates	1,712
	Conservative	Michael Hallam	1,297
	Labour	Tess Scott	1,277
Majority
Turnout			4,286
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Castle Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rosemarie Dickie	1,503
	Conservative	Edward Barham	766
	Liberal Democrats	Grant Bowles	752
	Independent	Peter Harrisson	157
Majority
Turnout			3,178
	Labour hold		Swing

Delapre Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Glynane	1,342
	Labour	Chaman Kalyan	1,288
	Conservative	Michelle Hoare	1,006
Majority
Turnout			3,636
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Eastfield Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Barry Kirkby	1,490
	Conservative	David Acock	1,180
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Hawkins	1,008
	Green	Anthony Lochmuller	158
	CPA	Colin Bricher	105
Majority
Turnout			3,941
	Labour hold		Swing

East Hunsbury Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andre Savage	1,925
	Labour	Simon Draper	1,236
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Markham	679
	Green	Lisa Warner	199
Majority
Turnout			4,039
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ecton Brook Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jamie Lane	1,134
	Labour	Arthur McCutcheon	1,086
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Williams	641
	CPA	Timothy Webb	95
Majority
Turnout			2,956
	Conservative gain from Labour

Headlands Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	David Garlick	1,668
	Conservative	Paul Rolfe	1,476
	Labour	Trevor Bailey	1,190
	Green	Muriel Upton	110
Majority
Turnout			4,444
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Kingsley Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Church	1,677
	Labour	Nova Keown	1,349
	Conservative	Marie Carter	830
	Green	Derek Pickup	188
	Independent	Monica Withrington	81
Majority
Turnout			4,125
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Kingsthorpe Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Beardsworth	2,069
	Labour	Trevor Owen	978
	Conservative	David Mackintosh	859
	BNP	Fiona Woodward	153
	Independent	Paul Withrington	103
	Green	Anthony Upton	78
Majority
Turnout			4,240
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lumbertubs Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ulrick Gravesande	1,399
	Conservative	Stuart Penketh	768
	Liberal Democrats	Eva Down	620
	CPA	Andrew Otchie	74
Majority
Turnout			2,861
	Labour hold		Swing

Nene Valley Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Hill	2,674
	Labour	Stephen Croke	1,344
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Crake	872
	Green	Evelyn Lander	278
Majority
Turnout			5,168
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Duston Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Elizabeth Tavener	2,160
	Labour	Dvija Mehta	1,114
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Markham	659
	Independent	Susan Edkins	325
Majority
Turnout			4,258
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Duston Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Don Edwards	1,743
	Labour	Francis Lilley	1,542
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Abu	544
	Independent	Karen Dare	239
Majority
Turnout			4,068
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parklands Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Brandon Eldred	1,873
	Labour	Iftikhar Choudary	1,288
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Mildren	1,132
Majority
Turnout			4,293
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spencer Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Melanie de Cruz	1,277
	Conservative	Laura Norman	681
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Woods	592
	Independent	Roger Conroy	361
Majority
Turnout			2,911
	Labour hold		Swing

St Crispin Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Winston Strachan	1,374
	Conservative	Penelope Flavell	936
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Buchan	629
	Green	Rebecca Smith	243
	Independent	Tina Harvey	44
Majority
Turnout			3,226
	Labour hold		Swing

St David Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Hollis	1,318
	Labour	Vivian Dams	1,214
	Conservative	Richard Booker	665
Majority
Turnout			3,197
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

St James Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Terence Wire	1,558
	Conservative	Ian McCann	1,317
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Collins	746
Majority
Turnout			3,621
	Labour hold		Swing

Thorplands Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Leslie Patterson	1,358
	Conservative	Brian Jarvis	788
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Meredith	735
Majority
Turnout			2,881
	Labour hold		Swing

West Hunsbury Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Hugheston-Roberts	1,618
	Liberal Democrats	John Rawlings	1,334
	Labour	Alan Kingston	796
Majority
Turnout			3,748
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weston Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Maureen Hill	2,527
	Labour	Anjona Roy	1,235
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Beardsworth	995
Majority
Turnout			4,757
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Northamptonshire District

Brackley East Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andrew Grant	2,728
	Labour	Douglas Berry	1,858
Majority
Turnout			4,586
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brackley West Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ronald Sawbridge	2,156
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Arkwright	986
	Labour	Valerie Whitaker	952
	Green	Katherine Pate	318
Majority
Turnout			4,412
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bugbrooke Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joan Kirkbride	2,814
	Labour	John King	982
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Taylor	784
Majority
Turnout			4,580
	Conservative hold		Swing

Deanshanger Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alan Walker	2,344
	Labour	David Aaronson	1,508
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Kilvert	1,083
Majority
Turnout			4,935
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greens Norton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Benjamin Smith	3,482
	Labour	Charles Parkin	1,440
Majority
Turnout			4,922
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hackleton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Brian Binley	2,895
	Labour	Stephen Winder	1,021
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Taylor	777
Majority
Turnout			4,693
	Conservative hold		Swing

Middleton Cheney Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Kenneth Malling	3,024
	Labour	Gart Youens	1,972
Majority
Turnout			4,996
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roade Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Bernard Ingram	2,944
	Labour	Ronald Johnson	1,491
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Matthews	945
Majority
Turnout			5,380
	Conservative hold		Swing

Towcester Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rosemary Bromwich	2,004
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Low	1,195
	Labour	Drisc Wardle	1,115
Majority
Turnout			4,314
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wellingborough Borough

Croyland Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Maureen Shram	2,097
	Conservative	Bhupendra Patel	1,518
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Atkins	993
Majority
Turnout			4,608
	Labour hold		Swing

Earls Barton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Blackwell	2,720
	Conservative	David Smith	2,423
Majority
Turnout			5,143
	Labour hold		Swing

Finedon Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Bailey	3,180
	Labour	John Robinson	1,783
Majority
Turnout			4,963
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hemmingwell Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Ashton	2,306
	Conservative	Graham Lawman	1.988
Majority
Turnout			4,294
	Labour gain from Conservative

Irchester Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alan Bailey	1,965
	Labour	Timothy Maguire	1,925
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Clements	643
Majority
Turnout			4,533
	Conservative gain from Labour

Queensway Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patricia Jones	2,003
	Conservative	Kenneth Harrington	1,196
	Green	Jonathan Hornett	377
Majority
Turnout			3,576
	Labour hold		Swing

Redwell Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Malcolm Waters	2,132
	Labour	Neville Marsden	1,508
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Wilkins	619
Majority
Turnout			4,259
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanspool Division
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patricia Cass	1,785
	Conservative	Paul Bell	1,545
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Atkins	561
	Green	Ann Parsons	172
Majority
Turnout			4,063
	Labour hold		Swing

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