North Northamptonshire Council

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. The council is based at The Cube in Corby. It has been under Reform UK majority control since the 2025 election.

WWW northnorthants.gov.uk

History

The council was created in 2021. It took over the functions of the four abolished district councils of Corby Borough Council, East Northamptonshire District Council, Kettering Borough Council, and Wellingborough Borough Council, as well as the functions of the abolished Northamptonshire County Council within the area.

Governance

Legally, North Northamptonshire Council is a district council which also performs the functions of a county council, making it a unitary authority. Some county-wide functions, such as the Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service, are overseen by joint committees of North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council, the other unitary authority in the county.
The whole area is also covered by civil parishes, which form a second tier of local government.

Political control

Since the 2025 election, Reform UK have held a majority of the seats on the council:

Leadership

The leaders of the council from its first meeting following its creation in 2021 have 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.

Composition

Following the 2025 election, the composition of the council is:
The next election is due in 2029.

Elections

An election for a shadow authority were due to be held on Thursday 7 May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The election was instead held on 6 May 2021 and the Conservatives won a majority of seats. The council originally comprised 78 councillors elected across 26 wards. Ward boundaries were redrawn for the 2025 election, reducing the number of councillors to 68.

Premises

The council inherited four sets of offices from the predecessor authorities, notably including 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. The other buildings serve as area offices. Some consolidation of the council's offices has been taking place since the council came into being.