2009 Northamptonshire County Council election

2009 Northamptonshire County Council election^[1]
All 73 seats in the Northamptonshire County Council; 37 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2009 Northamptonshire County Council elections.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

Elections to Northamptonshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. The Liberal Democrats replaced The Labour Party as the main opposition.

Results[]

2009 Northamptonshire County Council election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	56	12	-1	+11	76.7	51.3	96,788
Liberal Democrats	9	4	-2	+2	12.3	20.8	39,170
Labour	6	0	-15	-15	8.2	19.5	36,685
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	4,341
Independent	2	2	0	+2	2.7	2.2	4,159
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3,825
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	1,746
	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	1,446
CPA	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	424

Division-by-Division Results, by District[]

Corby Borough[]

Corby Central Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	*Mark Bullock ()**	885	48.6
	Conservative	Lisa Jones	353	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie McGeown	327	18.0
	BNP	Roy Davies	256	14.1
Majority			532	29.2
Turnout			1,821	29.7
	Labour hold

Corby Rural Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stan Heggs	1,384	48.8
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Bromhall	744	26.2
	Labour	Mary Butcher	708	25
Majority			640	22.6
Turnout			2,836
	Conservative hold

Danesholme Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Stanbra	1,135	40
	Conservative	David John Sims	1,007	34.8
	Labour	Jim McKellar	732	25.3
Majority			128	5.2
Turnout			2,896	29.5
	Liberal Democrats hold

Kingswood Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McGee	938	46.9
	Conservative	Yvonne Elizabeth Alice Von Bujtar	560	28
	Liberal Democrats	Barry O'Brian	504	25.2
Majority			378	18.9
Turnout			2,002	31.67
	Labour hold

Lloyds Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Scott	982	44.9
	Conservative	Lynne Anne Wilson	526	24.1
	BNP	Gordon Riddell	363	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Ponton	314	14.4
Majority			456	20.8
Turnout			2,185	32.67
	Labour hold

Shire Lodge Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julie Brookfield	904	40.1
	Conservative	Eve Howitt	645	28.6
	BNP	Annette Carroll	397	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Terri Meechan	308	13.7
Majority			259	11.5
Turnout			2,254	32.18
	Labour hold

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Daventry District[]

Braunston Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Brown	1,934	59.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Barry Lathan	903	27.9
	Labour	Maureen Winifred Luke	400	12.4
Majority			1,031	31.8
Turnout			3,237	40.84
	Conservative hold

Brixworth Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Millar	2,344	72.3
	Liberal Democrats	Micheal Beardsworth	612	18.9
	Labour	Paul Anthony Corazzo	287	8.8
Majority			1,732	53.4
Turnout			3,243	42.18
	Conservative hold

Daventry East Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Hills	1,393	61.7
	Liberal Democrats	Trinni Crake	445	19.7
	Labour	Penny Price	421	18.6
Majority			948	42
Turnout			2,259	29.9
	Conservative hold

Daventry West Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Long	1,166	47.2
	BNP	David Jones	451	18.3
	Labour	Betty Richards	449	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Kenneth Crake	405	16.4
Majority			715	28.9
Turnout			2,471	28.65
	Conservative hold

Long Buckby Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Osbourne	1,743	62.7
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Arthur Crispin Farmer	672	24.2
	Labour	Chris Meyers	367	13.2
Majority			1071	38.5
Turnout			2,782	43.54
	Conservative hold

Moulton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Judy Shepard	1,938	73.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Garlick	697	26.5
Majority			1241	47
Turnout			2,635	41.46
	Conservative hold

Uplands Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Catherine Broadman	2,407	68.2
	Green	Kathy Wicksteed	450	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Williams	363	10.3
	Labour	Sue Meyers	311	8.8
Majority			1,957	55.5
Turnout			3,531	45.74
	Conservative hold

Weedon Bec & Woodford Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gina Ogden	1,715	63.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robin Salaman	672	24.9
	Labour	Bruce Armstrong Nichols	314	11.6
Majority			1,043	38.6
Turnout			2,701	38.44
	Conservative hold

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East Northamptonshire District[]

Higham Ferrers Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek Lawson	2,245
	Labour	Alan Dunn	690
Majority
Turnout			2,935	36.37

Irthlingborough Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Langley	1,900
	Labour	John Gray	906
Majority
Turnout			2,806	35.23

Oundle Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rupert Reichhold	1,943
	Liberal Democrats	Grant Bowles	631
	Labour	Paul King	443
Majority
Turnout			3,017	43.81

Prebebdal Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Heather Smith	2,062
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Preston	530
	Labour	David Fisher	307
Majority
Turnout			2,899	47.59

Raunds Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dudley Hughes	1,298
	Green	Ryta Lyndley	585
	Labour	Neil Harvey	452
Majority
Turnout			2,335	35.54

Rushden East Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Mercer	1,358
	Liberal Democrats	David Hooton	581
	Labour	Stephen Allen	468
Majority
Turnout			2,407	31.84

Rushden South Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Tye	1,861
	Liberal Democrats	James Wilson	467
	Labour	Christine Allen	406
	BNP	Wim Wauters	317
Majority
Turnout			3,051	37.94

Rushden West Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Pinnock	1,208
	Labour	Robert Nightingale	402
	BNP	Derry Smith	320
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Fearnley	298
Majority
Turnout			2,228	34.25

Thrapston Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Seery	1,729
	Liberal Democrats	Cerri Glynane	613
	Labour	Kevin McKeever	398
Majority
Turnout			2,740	36.97

Kettering Borough[]

Brambleside Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bill Parker	1,204
	Labour	Ellie Mans	452
	English Democrat	Derek Hilling	420
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Window	219
	Green	David Lane	189
Majority
Turnout			2,484	39.69

Burton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Christopher Groome	1,321
	Conservative	Christopher Lamb	958
	Labour	Ronald Steele	348
Majority
Turnout			2,627	36.72

Desborough Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Belinda Humfrey	1,801
	Labour	Mark Watson	636
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Rice	581
Majority
Turnout			3,018	39.38

Grange Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carolyn Maxted	477
	Labour	Eileen Hales	463
	Independent	Roy Mayhew	459
	BNP	Clive Skinner	245
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Quinn	126
Majority
Turnout			1,770	30.73

Ise Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Civil	1,276
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Nelson	925
	Labour	Adrian Perrin	342
Majority
Turnout			2,543	40.96

Kettering Central Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Larry Henson	1,276
	Labour	Keli Watts	958
	Liberal Democrats	Jehad Soliman	444
Majority
Turnout				35.71

Kettering Rural Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jim Harker	2,625
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Freeman	798
	Labour	Peter Weston	546
Majority
Turnout			3,969	45.4

Rothwell Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Clifford	1,130
	Labour	Alan Mills	649
	Independent	Kevin Sills	259
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Garside	231
Majority
Turnout			2,269	38.39

St Andrew's and St Peter's Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matt Lynch	1,360
	Labour	Jonathan West	655
	Liberal Democrats	Cindy McGrath	339
	Green	Alan Heath	314
Majority
Turnout			2,668	35.09

Wickstead Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Scott Edwards	1,449
	Liberal Democrats	Chris McGlynn	664
	Labour	Maggie Don	608
Majority
Turnout			2,721	37.82

Northampton Borough[]

Abington Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rebecca Harding	624
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hoare	615
	Green	Jac Higgs	440
	Labour	Trevor Owen	376
Majority
Turnout			2,055	29.7

Billing Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Malpas	1,176
	Labour	Trevor Bailey	516
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Buchan	389
Majority
Turnout			2,081	33.17

Boughton Green Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Lawman	969
	Liberal Democrats	John Yates	878
	Labour	Janet Phillips	496
Majority
Turnout			2,343	37.37

Castle Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tony Clarke	760
	Labour	Tess Scott	440
	Conservative	Ian McCann	361
	Green	Julie Hawkins	201
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Conroy	194
Majority
Turnout			1,956	26.65

Delapre Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Glynane	662
	Conservative	Mick Ford	621
	Labour	Kathy Smith	372
	BNP	Clive Lomax	275
		Norman Adams	219
Majority
Turnout			2,149	30.03

East Hunsbury Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andre Gonzalez de Savage	1,258
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Hope	539
	Labour	Robert Burnell	351
Majority
Turnout			2,148	32.7

Eastfield Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Wright	832
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Hawkins	686
	Labour	Steve O'Connor	323
	BNP	Jim Avery	239
	CPA	Colin Bricher	112
	English Democrat	Teresa Cannon	110
Majority
Turnout			2,302	34.99

Ecton Brook Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Mackintosh	853
	Labour	Keith Davies	497
	Liberal Democrats	Prince Chaudhury	402
Majority
Turnout			1,752	34.66

Headlands Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Minney	904
	Conservative	Brian Sargeant	828
	English Democrat	Sue Willis	502
	Labour	Nadim Choudary	414
Majority
Turnout			2,648	41.8

Kingsley Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Church	709
	Independent	Fitzy Fitzpatrick	493
	Labour	Catherine Russell	463
	Conservative	Gary Austin	457
	Green	Marcus Rock	284
Majority
Turnout			2,406	34.09

Kingsthorpe Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Beardsworth	1,173
	Conservative	Laura Hutchings	633
	BNP	Ray Beasley	392
	Labour	Chris Grethe	328
Majority
Turnout			2,526	37.83

Lumbertubs Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Giddings	527
	Labour	Ulric Gravesande	524
	Conservative	Lesley Callnon	351
		Harry Tuttle	277
Majority
Turnout			1,679	29.19

Nene Valley Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phil Larratt	1,943
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Glynane	773
	Labour	Michael Vaughan	409
Majority
Turnout			3,125	36.32

New Duston Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Goldby	1,719
	Labour	Geoff Howes	375
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Jwanczuk	322
Majority
Turnout			2,416	37.71

Old Duston Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Don Edwards	1,011
		Dave Green	950
	Labour	Janice Duffy	351
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Jwanczuk	89
Majority
Turnout			2,401	38.4

Parklands Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mike Hallam	1,390
	Liberal Democrats	Portia Wilson	962
	Labour	Ifty Choudary	303
	CPA	Philip Bricher	167
Majority
Turnout			2,822	44.88

Spencer Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Conroy	793
	Labour	Anjona Roy	577
	Conservative	Ivan Sljivic	392
Majority
Turnout			1,762	28.99

St Crispin Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Winston Strachan	603
	Independent	Russ Cooper	494
	Conservative	Penny Flavel	460
	Green	Hannah Gibson	225
	Liberal Democrats	Fern Conroy	198
Majority
Turnout			1,980	30.13

St David Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Hollis	596
	Conservative	Richard Cullis	589
	Labour	Ven Subbarayan	572
Majority
Turnout			1,757	26.98

St James Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Suresh Patel	943
	Labour	Terry Wire	724
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Varnsverry	507
Majority
Turnout			2,174	32.43

Thorpelands Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Meredith	806
	Conservative	Ray Kelly	352
	Labour	Joy Capstick	307
	Green	Mark Eales	204
Majority
Turnout			1,669	30.27

West Hunsbury Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Hugheston-Roberts	1,642
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Varnsverry	1,031
	Labour	Kathleen Franklin	282
Majority
Turnout			2,955	39.24

West Weston Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Legg	1,668
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Hill	537
	Green	Ellie Shelton	401
	Labour	Bob Purser	368
Majority
Turnout			2,974	43.82

South Northamptonshire District[]

Brackley East Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Grant	1,803
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Johns	811
	Labour	Samuel Emerson	297
Majority
Turnout			2,911	36.31

Brackley West Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ron Sawbridge	1,765
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Mildren	596
	Labour	Gemma Maxwell-Evans	246
Majority
Turnout			2,607	41.23

Bugbrooke Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Kirkbride	1,715
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Pace	665
	Labour	Lynda Davies	330
Majority
Turnout			2,710	41.94

Deanshanger Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Allan Walker	1,918
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Saul	755
	Labour	Ann Macfarlane	399
Majority
Turnout			3,072	40.52

Greens Norton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ben Smith	2,268
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lofts	814
	Labour	Wendy Randall	253
Majority
Turnout			3,335	46.79

Hackleton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Clark	2,127
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Taylor	888
Majority
Turnout			3,015	46.1

Middleton Cheney Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ken Melling	1,875
	Liberal Democrats	David Austin	806
	Labour	David James	336
Majority
Turnout			3,017	39.58

Roade Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard Ingram	1,859
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Matthews	777
	Independent	Mark James	401
	Labour	Thomas Clugston	314
Majority
Turnout			3,351	38.89

Towcester Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rosemary Bromwich	1,648
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Collins	760
	Labour	Giles Barringham	293
Majority
Turnout			2,701	37.27

Wellingborough Borough[]

Croyland Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jay Walia	1,053
	English Democrat	Terry Spencer	714
	Labour	Les Rolfe	610
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Barron	400
Majority
Turnout			2,777	33.45

Earls Barton Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Blackwell	1,349
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Brown	1,346
	Conservative	Brandon Eldred	501
Majority
Turnout			3,196	44.77

Finedon Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Bailey	1,984
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Jones	465
	Green	Miriam Grzesiukowicz	349
	Labour	Ayo Ajanaku	308
Majority
Turnout			3,106	43.4

Hemmingwell Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bhupendra Patel	1,366
	Labour	Peter Wright	680
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Markham	364
	BNP	Simon Robinson	296
Majority
Turnout			2,706	36.81

Irchester Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Homer	1,517
	Labour	Tim McGuire	1,353
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Markham	262
Majority
Turnout			3,132	48.79

Queensway Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Dean	872
	Labour	Andrew Scarborough	553
	Green	Emma Hornett	347
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Meredith	271
Majority
Turnout			2,043	33.34

Redwell Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Waters	1,487
	Labour	Adam Henley	456
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Wilkins	394
	Green	Shasha Khan	146
Majority
Turnout			2,483	41.87

Swanspool Division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Bell	958
	Labour	Pat Cass	543
	Liberal Democrats	Julie White	282
	BNP	David Robinson	274
	Green	Jonathan Hornett	270
Majority
Turnout			2,327	36.11

References[]

^ "Local Election Summaries 2009". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Northamptonshire County Council Election 2009". northamptonshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009.

[1] "Local Election Summaries 2009". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[:0-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Northamptonshire County Council Election 2009". northamptonshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009.

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