Northamptonshire County Council (FER)

Information gathering & analysis

On 24 January 2012 the Commission launched a period of information gathering for Northamptonshire County Council.  Between 24 January 2012 and 2 April 2012 we are inviting local people and other interested parties to provide information to develop an new pattern of division arrangements for Northamptonshire. We are especially looking for information on communities within Northamptonshire, how people relate to and interact with them and how this may relate to any new division boundaries.

Subsequent to preliminary discussions with Northamptonshire Council, and a public consultation, the Commission is minded to recommend a council size of 57 councillors.  Proposals for division arrangements should therefore be based on this council size.

Read our news release

Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Northamptonshire County Council (PDF)

To submit information for the Northamptonshire electoral review, you can use our online submissions form, email to reviews@lgbce.org.uk, or send a submission in writing to the following address:

The Review Officer (Northamptonshire)
Local Government Boundary Commission for England
Layden House
76-86 Turnmill Street
London
EC1M 5LG

You may find the electorate figures (XLS), a map of parishes (PDF) and a map showing the district wards (PDF) in Northamptonshire useful.

The proposed allocation of county councillors for each district in Northamptonshire under a council size of 57 would be as follows:

You may wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance (PDF), which contains detailed guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.

Preliminary council size consultation

Consultation closed on 5 December 2011

Below are the submissions we received:

Local authority

Northamptonshire County Council (PDF)

South Northamptonshire Council (PDF)

Councillors and Political groups

Cllr Winston (PDF)

South Northamptonshire Conservative Association (PDF)

Daventry Constituency Labour Party (PDF)

Northamptonshire Labour Group (PDF)

Local organisations

Double H Resident's Association (PDF)

Kings Heath Resident's Association (PDF)

Parish and town councils

All parish and town councils (PDF)

We received 12 submissions from parish and town councils. All the submissions are contained in one PDF document. At the front of the document there is a list of names with internal links to the relevant submissions

Local residents

Brookfield A (PDF)

Chappell P (PDF)

Marrable S (PDF)

Mills A (PDF)

On 25 October 2011, the Commission started an electoral review of Northamptonshire County Council. From 25 October to 5 December we consulted on the size of the council, namely the number of county councillors representing Northamptonshire County Council.

Following discussions with Northamptonshire County Council, the Commission consulted on a reduction in the number of county councillors who serve Northamptonshire. The Commission asked local people and groups whether they think the County Council should be served by 57 county councillors: a reduction of 16 from the current arrangements.  

The proposed allocation of county councillors for each district in Northamptonshire under a council size of 57 would be as follows:

Read our news release

Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Northamptonshire County Council (PDF)

Click here to read the submission from Northamptonshire County Council (PDF)

N.B. This submission was not supported by the Labour Group on the County Council

We only considered comments on council size at this time, but we will be considering detailed electoral arrangements for Northamptonshire during a further period of consultation in 2012.

You may find the electorate figures (XLS) for Northamptonshire useful

You may wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance (PDF), which contains detailed guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.