The Borough Council of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, UK was elected every four years. After the last boundary changes in 1999, thirty-six councillors were elected from 16 wards.[1] The council was abolished in 2021, with the area becoming part of North Northamptonshire.
From the first elections to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2021, political control of the council was held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1995 | |
No overall control | 1995–1999 | |
Labour | 1999–2003 | |
Conservative | 2003–2021 |
The leaders of the council from 1991 until the council's abolition in 2021 were:[3]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Derek Hooton[4] | Conservative | 1991 | 1997 | |
Graham Ridge[5] | Labour | 1997 | 2003 | |
Eileen Higgins | Conservative | 2003 | 2005 | |
John Bailey[6] | Conservative | 2005 | 2011 | |
Paul Bell | Conservative | 2011 | 17 May 2016 | |
Martin Griffiths | Conservative | 17 May 2016 | 31 Mar 2021 |
Overall control | Conservative | Labour | Independent | ||||
2015 | Conservative | 27 | 9 | - | |||
2011 | Conservative | 27 | 9 | - | |||
2007 | Conservative | 30 | 4 | 2 | |||
2003 | Conservative | 27 | 9 | - | |||
1999 | Labour | 15 | 20 | 1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 694 | 54.6 | +13.5 | ||
Conservative | 530 | 41.7 | -8.5 | ||
UKIP | 47 | 3.7 | +3.7 | ||
Majority | 164 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,271 | 29.4 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lesley Callnon | 469 | 39.3 | -17.1 | |
Labour | Andrew Scarborough | 445 | 37.3 | -6.3 | |
UKIP | Anthony Ellwood | 173 | 14.5 | +14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Penelope Wilkins | 105 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
Majority | 24 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,192 | 23.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Lawman | 885 | 61.1 | -4.3 | |
Labour | Catherine Mulholland | 455 | 31.4 | -3.2 | |
Green | Jonathan Hornett | 62 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
UKIP | James Wrench | 45 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 430 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,447 | 27.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bruce Thomas | 655 | 47.6 | +8.3 | |
Labour | Patricia Cass | 488 | 35.4 | -1.9 | |
UKIP | Anthony Ellwood | 162 | 11.8 | -2.7 | |
Green | Jonathan Hornett | 71 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 167 | 12.2 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,376 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Griffiths | 698 | 52.6 | -7.3 | |
Labour | Andrew Scarborough | 448 | 33.8 | -6.3 | |
Independent | Ray Miles | 125 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Green | Jonathan Hornett | 55 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 250 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,326 | 25.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Bass | 363 | 66.0 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Simons | 149 | 27.1 | +27.1 | |
Labour | Peter Wright | 38 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 214 | 38.9 | |||
Turnout | 550 | 37.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Bigley | 665 | 59.0 | -18.5 | |
BNP | David Robinson | 177 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Labour | Elaine Baggott | 169 | 15.0 | -7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Brown | 40 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
UKIP | Tony Ellwood | 39 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Green | Jonathan Hornett | 37 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 488 | 43.3 | -11.7 | ||
Turnout | 1127 | 47.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jo Beirne | 816 | 81.1 | +10.6 | |
Independent | Peter Wright | 97 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Brown | 93 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 719 | 71.4 | |||
Turnout | 1006 | 32.9 | -6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Simmons | 750 | 47.3 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Patricia Jones | 316 | 19.9 | -11.3 | |
Green | Jonathan Hornett | 189 | 11.9 | +11.9 | |
Independent | Jacqueline Norton | 183 | 11.5 | -11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julie White | 149 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 434 | 27.3 | |||
Turnout | 1587 | 37.7 | -2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hawkes | 548 | 46.0 | -9.6 | |
Labour | Helena Reynolds | 361 | 30.3 | -14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Jones | 162 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
BNP | David Robinson | 120 | 10.1 | +10.1 | |
Majority | 187 | 15.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,191 | 27.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Raymond | 570 | 57.2 | -20.3 | |
Labour | Graham Sherwood | 186 | 18.7 | -3.9 | |
BNP | David Robinson | 84 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Penelope Wilkins | 72 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
English Democrat | Terence Spencer | 62 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Green | Jonathan Hornett | 23 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 384 | 38.5 | |||
Turnout | 997 | 38.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Atkinson | 639 | 48.0 | +19.8 | |
Labour | Peter Wright | 425 | 31.9 | -7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Jones | 229 | 17.2 | +17.2 | |
Green | Jonathan Hornett | 38 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 214 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,331 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gough | 626 | 41.5 | -3.8 | |
Labour | Kevin Watts | 417 | 27.7 | -27.0 | |
UKIP | Debra Elderton | 396 | 26.3 | +26.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Jones | 69 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 209 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,508 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Veronica Waters | 396 | 45.6 | -20.3 | |
UKIP | Allan Shipham | 244 | 28.1 | +28.1 | |
Labour | Elfred Brown | 193 | 27.7 | -11.9 | |
English Democrat | Marshall Walker | 35 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 152 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 868 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara Bailey | 758 | 62.3 | +15.4 | |
Labour | Steve Ayland | 235 | 19.3 | -7.7 | |
UKIP | Allan Shipham | 137 | 11.3 | -14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Wheaver | 86 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 523 | 43.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,216 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Weatherill | 547 | 52.2 | -10.1 | |
Independent | Laurence Harper | 227 | 21.7 | +21.7 | |
Green | Marion Turner-Hawes | 134 | 12.8 | +12.8 | |
Labour | Isobel Stevenson | 76 | 7.3 | -12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Nelson | 64 | 6.1 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 320 | 30.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,048 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |