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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.

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Do it online

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: 2 opened (1 fresh start, 1 new provision), 1 closed (1 fresh start)
  • Montsaye Academy (secondary) — closed; reason recorded: fresh start, 30 November 2025
  • Montsaye Academy (secondary) — open; reason recorded: fresh start, 1 December 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
ServiceBudget
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 servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone 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).

Life in North Northamptonshire: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: North Northamptonshire.

People living here
379,569 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
41 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£23,357 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£642 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
25.2% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.3% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£252,884 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
6.9 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women
58.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
58.7 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
5.1 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
95.3% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
126.2 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
16,490 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for North Northamptonshire from the ONS

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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