2025 West Northamptonshire Council election
1 May 2025
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| Turnout | 35% (5 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by ward
Reform UK
Conservative Party
Labour Party
Liberal Democrats
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Composition of the Council after the election
Reform UK
Conservative Party
Labour Party
Liberal Democrats
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The 2025 West Northamptonshire Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect 76 councillors to West Northamptonshire Council (WNC), the unitary authority that runs local government services in West Northamptonshire, England as part of nationwide local elections. This was the second election to the council since its creation in 2021, and the first conducted under its new electoral boundaries.
The election followed a turbulent period for the incumbent Conservative administration, who entered the campaign weakened by a series of high-profile resignations and internal controversies. With all major parties fielding candidates in every ward, the election was one of the most hotly contested in the area's recent history, with 355 candidates contesting 35 wards. The poll took place against a backdrop of wider political changes, including Labour's victory in the 2024 Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner election and gains in parliamentary constituencies in the 2024 UK general election.
The election result saw Reform UK win 42 seats from 0 in 2021, winning a majority and taking control of the council from the Conservative Party, which won 17 – a significant reduction from the 63 won in 2021. The Labour Party won 9 seats, a decrease from the 20 won in 2021 and falling to the third-largest group, while the Liberal Democrats retained 6 seats and independent candidates won 2 seats.