North Northamptonshire Elections 2021: LIVE from the count
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 Finedon
Turnout: 30.51
Elected are
Jonathan Ekins (CON) 1,491
Malcolm Ward (CON) 1,457
Andrew Weatherill (CON) 1,424
Others:
Tony Aslam (LAB) 1,314
Anthony Dady (LAB) 1,017
Francis Elayne (LAB) 1,096
Sarah Pearson (GREEN) 508
John Ramsbottom (LIB DEM) 345
Notable losses for Labour in Wellingborough’s Brickhill and Queensway ward as former borough councillors Adam Henley and Andrea Watts miss out.
RESULT: CONSERVATIVES WIN THREE SEATS Brickhill and Queensway
Turnout 30%
Elected are
Paul Bell (CON) 1,455
Matt Binley (CON) 1,374
King Lawal (CON) 1,119
Others
Geri Coop (GREEN) 313
Sylvia Erskine (LAB) 956
Adam Henley (LAB) 1,015
Andrea Watts (LAB) 868
Carolyn Ramsbottom (GREEN) 316
A reminder that there are 78 seats up for grabs in 26 wards here in North Northamptonshire. The Tories will need 40 to gain control.
Results due in five minutes in our first three wards
Brickhill and Queensway
Croyland and Swanspool
Burton and Broughton
We’ve just heard talk of a recount in Corby Rural where it appears it’s gone down to the wire. Nothing official yet
The candidates there are
Labour: Ray Beeby, Guy Longfoot-Finch, Ann Wallington
Conservative: Macaulay Nichol, David Sims, Keving Watt
Lib Dem: Judith Brown
Mark Pengelly, a Corby councillor for years says that he knows he’s worked really hard in his Lloyds ward and is hoping that the electorate have come out to vote for him. He’s thanked the volunteers who’ve helped him over the past few weeks.
We’ve been speaking to council stalwart Chris Stanbra about his chances of retaining his Liberal Democrat seat in Corby ‘s Oakley Ward.. he’s not feeling confident
I was at the verification last night and although it doesn’t include postal votes, I’m not feeling very confident about the result at the moment.
I’ve represented the area for a long time and I’d said throughout this campaign that the Conservatives might get the most seats in North Northants but that didn’t mean they would get an overall majority. I had hoped the smaller parties could form a credible opposition. I still hope that’s the case.
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