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North Northamptonshire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

North Northamptonshire Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, East Midlands. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000061.

Council website

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by North Northamptonshire for 2026–27: £1,918.23 of a £2,423.96 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 3 opened (2 fresh start, 1 new provision), 2 closed (2 fresh start)

Montsaye Academy (secondary) — closed; reason recorded: fresh start, 30 November 2025
Rothwell Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: fresh start, 31 October 2025
Montsaye Academy (secondary) — open; reason recorded: fresh start, 1 December 2025
Rothwell Junior School (primary) — open; reason recorded: fresh start, 1 November 2025
The Yews School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 18 May 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as North Northamptonshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

North Northamptonshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£245.7 million
Highways and transport services	£17.4 million
Children's social care	£97.2 million
Adult social care	£176.5 million
Public health	£23.0 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£5.9 million
Cultural and related services	£13.1 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£31.9 million
Planning and development services	£6.8 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£25.8 million
Other services	£38.7 million
Total service expenditure	£681.9 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

North Northamptonshire in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 373,871 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 40 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £23,357 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £642 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 25.2% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.3% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £257,807 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 58.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 58.7 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.1 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 95.3% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 126.2 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 16,490 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

68 seats in 2026. Run by: Reform UK, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 40, Conservative and Unionist 11, Green Party (E&W) 8, Labour Party 4, Independent / Other 3, Liberal Democrats 1, Restore Britain 1.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 68 councillors, by ward

Julie Howe (Reform UK) — Avondale Grange
Jan O'Hara (Reform UK) — Barton Seagrave & Burton Latimer
Leon Gibbs (Reform UK) — Barton Seagrave & Burton Latimer
Maurice Eglin (Reform UK) — Barton Seagrave & Burton Latimer
Darren Rance (Reform UK) — Brickhill & Queensway
Gavin Beales (Reform UK) — Brickhill & Queensway
Jonathan Carvetta (Reform UK) — Brickhill & Queensway
David Donnelly (Reform UK) — Corby West
Julie Lumsden (Reform UK) — Corby West
William Colquhoun (Labour Party) — Corby West
Chris Munday (Reform UK) — Croyland & Swanspool
Martin Griffiths (Reform UK) — Croyland & Swanspool
Bill McElhinney (Independent / Other) — Desborough
David Howes (Conservative and Unionist) — Desborough
Harry Howes (Conservative and Unionist) — Desborough
Scott Brown (Independent / Other) — Earls Barton
Vicki Jessop (Conservative and Unionist) — Earls Barton
Andy Sims (Reform UK) — Finedon
Brendon Lovell-Moore (Reform UK) — Geddington & Stanion
Barry O'Brien (Reform UK) — Gretton & Weldon
Eddie McDonald (Reform UK) — Gretton & Weldon
Ken Harrington (Reform UK) — Hatton Park
Paul Brooke (Reform UK) — Hatton Park
Vinnie Whitrow (Reform UK) — Hatton Park
Jennie Bone (Reform UK) — Higham Ferrers
Mark Haddon (Reform UK) — Higham Ferrers
Gordon Dunsmuir (Reform UK) — Irchester
Jon-Paul Carr (Conservative and Unionist) — Irchester
Tom Partridge-Underwood (Conservative and Unionist) — Irchester
Gregory Wilcox (Reform UK) — Irthlingborough
Matt Davies (Reform UK) — Irthlingborough
Ben Jameson (Green Party (E&W)) — Ise
Ben Williams (Green Party (E&W)) — Ise
James Towns (Green Party (E&W)) — Kettering Central
Liane Robinson (Green Party (E&W)) — Kettering Central
Dez Dell (Green Party (E&W)) — Kettering North
Emily Fedorowycz (Green Party (E&W)) — Kettering North
Graham Cheatley (Reform UK) — Kingswood
Helen Campbell (Reform UK) — Kingswood
Vlaho Radin (Reform UK) — Kingswood
Lee Duffy (Reform UK) — Lloyds & Corby Village
Mark Pengelly (Labour Party) — Lloyds & Corby Village
Frank Kilgallon (Reform UK) — Oakley
John Lumsden (Reform UK) — Oakley
Trevor Conway (Reform UK) — Oakley
Helen Harrison (Conservative and Unionist) — Oundle
Jon Humberstone (Conservative and Unionist) — Oundle
Simon Fairhall (Liberal Democrats) — Oundle
Ash Hall (Reform UK) — Pemberton
Chris McGiffen (Reform UK) — Pemberton
Denis McLean (Reform UK) — Pipers Hill
Elizabeth Wright (Reform UK) — Raunds
Helen Howell (Conservative and Unionist) — Raunds
Kirk Harrison (Reform UK) — Raunds
Brian Benneyworth (Reform UK) — Rothwell & Mawsley
Chris Kellett (Reform UK) — Rothwell & Mawsley
Jim Hakewill (Independent / Other) — Rothwell & Mawsley
Jack Goncalvez (Restore Britain) — Rushden Lakes
Keith Clarke (Reform UK) — Rushden Lakes
Barbara Jenney (Conservative and Unionist) — Rushden South
Steve Clark (Reform UK) — Rushden South
Polly Shackleton (Green Party (E&W)) — St Michael
Steve Geary (Green Party (E&W)) — St Peter
David Brackenbury (Conservative and Unionist) — Thrapston
Joseph Garner (Reform UK) — Thrapston
Wendy Brackenbury (Conservative and Unionist) — Thrapston
David Baker (Labour Party) — Victoria
Kelly Duddridge (Labour Party) — Victoria

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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