Corby Borough Council elections

Corby Borough Council was elected every four years. The council was abolished in 2021, with the area becoming part of North Northamptonshire.

Political control

From the first elections to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2021, political control of the council was held by the following parties:

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973–1976
	Conservative	1976–1979
	Labour	1979–2021

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 2005 until the council's abolition in 2021 were:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Pat Fawcett^[1]		Labour	2005	Dec 2011
Tom Beattie^[2]^[3]		Labour	8 Dec 2011	31 Mar 2021

Council elections

1973 Corby District Council election
1976 Corby District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[4]
1979 Corby District Council election
1983 Corby District Council election
1987 Corby District Council election
1991 Corby District Council election
1995 Corby Borough Council election
1999 Corby Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[5]
2003 Corby Borough Council election
2007 Corby Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[6]
2011 Corby Borough Council election
2015 Corby Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[7]

The scheduled 2019 elections were cancelled due to the creation of the new North Northamptonshire unitary authority in 2021.

Election results

	Overall control		Labour		Conservative		Lib Dem		Independent
2015	Labour	24		5		-		-
2011	Labour	22		4		3		-
2007	Labour	16		8		5		-
2003	Labour	18		9		2		-
1999	Labour	27		1		1		-
1995	Labour	24		1		2		-
1991	Labour	23		1		2		1
1987	Labour	23		2		-		2
1983	Labour	24		3		-		-
1979	Labour	23		3		-		1
1976	Conservative	10		16		-		1^[a]
1973	Labour	29		1		-		3^[a]

Borough result maps

1976 results map
1979 results map
1983 results map
1987 results map
1991 results map
1995 results map
1999 results map
2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Rural East By-Election 17 October 1996
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	512	50.4
	Labour	369	36.4	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	134	13.2
Majority		143	14.0
Turnout		1,015	51.5
	Conservative hold	Swing

1999-2003

Danesholme By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,345	46.0	-3.0
	Conservative	735	25.1	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	502	17.2	-9.7
	Independent	342	11.7	+11.7
Majority		610	20.9
Turnout		2,924	65.5
	Labour hold	Swing

Central By-Election 30 August 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	542	72.9	-4.0
	Conservative	201	27.1	+4.0
Majority		341	45.8
Turnout		743
	Labour hold	Swing

Lodge Park By-Election 16 May 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	471	38.7	+9.1
	Labour	380	31.2	-39.2
	Independent	272	22.4	+22.4
	Socialist Labour	94	7.7	+7.7
Majority		91	7.5
Turnout		1,217	29.1
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

2007-2011

Oakley Vale By-Election 21 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Becky Miller-Barton	405	49.9	+6.6
	Labour	Madeline Whiteman	267	32.9	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Ponton	140	17.2	+3.0
Majority			138	17.0
Turnout			812	18.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

East By-Election 12 July 2012^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Seán Kettle	1,063	71.2	+5.7
	Conservative	Kevin Watt	252	16.9	-7.5
	BNP	Gordon Riddell	141	9.4	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Grant	37	2.5	+2.5
Majority			811	54.3
Turnout			1,493
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingswood By-Election 7 November 2013^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elise Elliston	722	63.3	-8.5
	UKIP	Peter McGowan	246	21.6	+21.6
	Conservative	Phil Ewers	154	13.5	-14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Grant	18	1.6	+1.6
Majority			476	41.8
Turnout			1,140
	Labour hold		Swing

2015-2021

Kingswood and Hazel Leys By-Election 19 February 2017^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isabel McNab	610	64.6	+10.3
	Conservative	Stan Heggs	252	26.7	+12.5
	Green	Michael Mahon	82	8.7	-1.1
Majority			358	37.9
Turnout			944
	Labour hold		Swing

Beanfield By-Election 10 October 2019^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Dalziel	818	56.0	-5.1
	Conservative	Ray Boyd	497	34.0	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Stanbra	147	10.0	+10.0
Majority			321	22.0
Turnout			1,462
	Labour hold		Swing

Weldon and Gretton By-Election 12 December 2019^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexandra Wellings	1,574	44.4	+5.8
	Labour	Ann Wallington	1,223	34.5	+11.4
	Independent	Lee Forster	381	10.7	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Terri Meechan	369	10.4	=5.7
Majority			351	9.9
Turnout			3,547
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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