Northamptonshire Council election, 2005

Northamptonshire Council election, 2005

The 2005 Northamptonshire Council election took place on 5 May 2005 to elect members of Northamptonshire County Council England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party.[1]

Background

The 2005 election to Northamptonshire County Council coincided with the 2005 general election, this meant that turnout was significantly higher than is usual for local government elections. However, between 1997 and 2005 County Council Elections coincided with General Elections, meaning that turnout was significantly higher than would otherwise be expected. Every seat was single member, elected using the First Past the Post system used for most local elections in England and Wales.

Election results

Mirroring national trends the election saw a swing away from the social democratic Labour party towards the centre-right Conservative party,[2] with the Liberal Democrats picking up a few more seats. The Conservatives captured the council ending 12 years of Labour control and producing the first Conservative majority administration in 28 years, and only the second since the councils formation in 1973.[1] Turnout was 63.8% up 1.2% on 2001 and 28 new Councillors joined the council.[3]

Northamptonshire County Council election, 2005[1][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 45 +13 61.6
  Labour 21 -17 28.8
  Liberal Democrat 7 +5 9.6
  Independent 0 -1 0

References

  1. ^ a b c "Local election results: Northamptonshire". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/locals/html/3871.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  2. ^ "English elect councils and mayors". BBC News Online. 2005-05-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4523819.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  3. ^ a b "Election 2005 Results". Northamptonshire County Council. http://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Democracy/Elections2005/elections.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
Preceded by
Northamptonshire Council election, 2001		 Northamptonshire local elections Succeeded by
Northamptonshire Council election, 2009

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