| North Northamptonshire Council | |
| Logo Pic: | North Northamptonshire Council.svg |
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| House Type: | Unitary authority |
| Leader1 Type: | Chair |
| Leader1: | Lora Lawman |
| Party1: | Conservative |
| Election1: | 23 May 2024[1] |
| Leader2 Type: | Leader |
| Leader2: | Jason Smithers |
| Party2: | Conservative |
| Election2: | 26 May 2021[2] |
| Leader3 Type: | Chief Executive |
| Leader3: | Adele Wylie |
| Election3: | 27 January 2024[3] |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
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| Last Election1: | 6 May 2021 |
| Next Election1: | 1 May 2025 |
| Meeting Place: | The Cube, George Street, Corby, NN171QG |
North Northamptonshire Council is the local authority for North Northamptonshire, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. North Northamptonshire Council provides both county-level and district-level services. The whole area is also covered by civil parishes, which form a second tier of local government.[4]
Since its creation in 2021, the Conservatives have held a majority of the seats on the council:
The leader of the council from its first meeting following its creation in 2021 has been:
Russell Roberts, outgoing leader of the old Kettering Borough Council, had served as leader of the shadow authority set up to oversee the transition to the new arrangements.[5]
Following the inaugural election in 2021 and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to July 2024, the composition of the council was:[6]
| Party | Councillors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | |||
| 17 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 1 | |||
| Total | 78 | ||
See also: 2021 North Northamptonshire Council election and North Northamptonshire Council elections. Elections for a shadow authority were due to be held on Thursday 7 May 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These elections were instead held on 6 May 2021 and the Conservatives won a majority of seats. The Council comprises 78 councillors elected across 26 wards. New ward boundaries have been drawn up to come into effect for the 2025 elections, reducing the number of councillors to 67.[8]
The council inherited four sets of offices from the predecessor authorities, being the Corby Cube, the Kettering Municipal Offices, Swanspool House in Wellingborough, and the old East Northamptonshire District Council offices on Cedar Drive in Thrapston. The Corby Cube was chosen as the main meeting place.[9] The other buildings serve as area offices.[9] [10]