North Northamptonshire Elections 2021: LIVE from the count

Were at Kettering Conference Centre for all todays resultsWere at Kettering Conference Centre for all todays results
Were at Kettering Conference Centre for all todays results
It’s the first ever election for the new unitary authority

We’ll bring you coverage of all of the results from across North Northamptonshire as they happen all day as we report live from Kettering Conference Centre.

North Northamptonshire Elections 2021: LIVE from the count

Key Events

  • Good morning from Kettering Conference centre where our team of reporters is covering the first ever North Northants elections
  • The results are coming in thick and fast, we’ll have them all for you as they happen

RESULT: CONSERVATIVES WIN THREE SEATS in Burton and Broughton

Turnout: 32.37%

Elected are

John Currall (CON) 1,541

Jan O’Hara (CON) 1,543

Chris Smith-Haynes (CON) 1,120

Others:

Mark Sales (LAB) 519

Jenny Davies (LIB DEM) 786

Chris Groome (LIB DEM) 920

Adrian Watts (GREEN) 1,004

Fergus McDonald (IND) 598

RESULT: CONSERVATIVES WIN THREE SEATS in Desborough

Turnout: 37.46%

Elected are

Mark Dearing (CON) 1,981

David Howes (CON) 1,791

Mike Tebbutt (CON) 2,011

Others:

Linda Burnham (IND) 707

Andy Coleman (LAB) 956

Phil Sawford (LAB) 1,393

Yvonne Scarrot (LAB) 791

Stevie Lawless (GREEN) 455

Alan Window (LIB DEM) 493

Some happy Wellingborough Labour members after Valerie Anslow won a seat in Croyland and Swanspool

A major loss for Wellingborough Labour as former council opposition leader Andrew Scarborough fails to win a seat

RESULT: TWO CONSERVATIVE AND ONE LABOUR SEAT in Croyland and Swanspool

Turnout: 27.67%

Elected are

Tim Allebone (CON) 1,204

Philip Irwin (CON) 1,162

Valerie Anslow (LAB) 1,180

Others:

Brian Skittrall (CON) 998

Andrew Scarborough (LAB) 988

Samuel Shoesmith (CON) 1,012

Neale McMaster (LIB DEM) 323

We’re hearing that Corby Labour are aiming to win all FIFTEEN seats on the town council tomorrow.

The town council currently only has responsibility for allotments but will gain more powers over the coming weeks and could take charge of the borough’s treasured parks and gardens and the fireworks display as well as other public events. They’ll also be an influential consultee on planning decisions in the borough.

Here’s father and daughter John and Zoe McGhee who are over the moon to have been elected in Corby’s Kingswood ward

Three more Tory wins in Wellingborough’s Hatton ward including for longstanding councillor Graham Lawman

RESULT: CONSERVATIVES WIN THREE SEATS in Hatton Park

Turnout: 33.9%

Elected:

Ken Harrington (CON) 2,137

Graham Lawman (CON) 2,062

Malcolm Waters (CON) 1,778

Others

William Inskip (LAB) 976

Stuart Scott (LAB) 793

Clare Thomson (LAB) 1,029

Stuart Simons (LIB DEM) 332

Relief all round as Labour win three seats in Corby West - with North Northants Labour Group leader Jean Addison and former Corby mayor Matt Keane both winning seats.

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