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West 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.

West Northamptonshire Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, East Midlands. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000062.

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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 West Northamptonshire for 2026–27: £1,959.40 of a £2,486.66 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

Magdalen College School (secondary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: fresh start; proposed date 30 September 2026

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (1 academy converter, 1 split school), 3 closed (2 closure, 1 academy converter)

Hunsbury Park Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2025
St Andrew's College — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 March 2026
St Loys Church of England Primary Academy, Weedon Lois (primary) — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
Hunsbury Park Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2025
Roade Village Academy (secondary) — open; reason recorded: split school, 1 September 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 West Northamptonshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

West Northamptonshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£284.3 million
Highways and transport services	£16.5 million
Children's social care	£120.7 million
Adult social care	£181.0 million
Public health	£26.7 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£20.9 million
Cultural and related services	£9.0 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£49.3 million
Planning and development services	£7.6 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£15.0 million
Other services	£21.0 million
Total service expenditure	£751.9 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).

West Northamptonshire in numbers

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

Total population: 439,811 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: £25,629 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £645 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 22.7% 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: 3.4% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £291,929 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 61.9 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: 61.6 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: 5.8 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 94.3% 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: 144.2 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: 19,870 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

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

Councillors by party: Reform UK 40, Conservative and Unionist 17, Labour Party 8, Liberal Democrats 7, Independent / Other 4.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 76 councillors, by ward

Bob Purser (Labour Party) — Abington & Phippsville
Zoe Smith (Labour Party) — Abington & Phippsville
Mark Deakes (Reform UK) — Billing
Silas Hays (Reform UK) — Billing
Jeffrey Johnson (Reform UK) — Blackthorn & Rectory Farm
Keith Holland-Delamere (Labour Party) — Blackthorn & Rectory Farm
Andrew Last (Reform UK) — Brackley
Fiona Baker (Conservative and Unionist) — Brackley
Richard Butler (Reform UK) — Brackley
Andrew Simpson (Liberal Democrats) — Braunston & Crick
Rosie Humphreys (Liberal Democrats) — Braunston & Crick
Jonathan Harris (Liberal Democrats) — Brixworth
Debra King (Reform UK) — Campion
Phil Bignell (Conservative and Unionist) — Campion
Enam Haque (Labour Party) — Castle
Fartun Ismail (Labour Party) — Castle
Muna Cali (Labour Party) — Castle
Stephen Clarke (Conservative and Unionist) — Cogenhoe & The Houghtons
John East (Reform UK) — Dallington Spencer
Rufia Ashraf (Labour Party) — Dallington Spencer
Sally Keeble (Labour Party) — Dallington Spencer
Peter Matten (Conservative and Unionist) — Daventry North East
Richard Pipes (Reform UK) — Daventry North West
Alexander McMurtry (Reform UK) — Daventry South
Anthony Lock (Reform UK) — Daventry South
Kamala Guliyeva (Reform UK) — Daventry South
Ian McCord (Independent / Other) — Deanshanger & Paulerspury
Ivan Dabbs (Reform UK) — Deanshanger & Paulerspury
Hayley Adkins (Reform UK) — Duston
Jasmine Rainbird (Reform UK) — Duston
Vincent Clive (Reform UK) — Duston
Anthony Owens (Reform UK) — Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill
James Petter (Reform UK) — Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill
Julie Davenport (Independent / Other) — Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill
Fiona Cole (Conservative and Unionist) — Hackleton & Roade
Laura Weston (Reform UK) — Hackleton & Roade
Adrian Cartwright (Reform UK) — Headlands
Cameron Emery (Reform UK) — Headlands
Joanne Blythe (Independent / Other) — Headlands
Glenn Butcher (Reform UK) — Hunsbury
Pinder Chauhan (Conservative and Unionist) — Hunsbury
Ronald Firman (Reform UK) — Hunsbury
Farzana Aldridge (Liberal Democrats) — Kingsley & Semilong
Nicholas Humphries (Reform UK) — Kingsley & Semilong
Daniel Rainbird (Reform UK) — Kingsthorpe North
Mark Arnull (Reform UK) — Kingsthorpe North
Nigel Berrill (Reform UK) — Kingsthorpe North
Caroline Phillips (Reform UK) — Kingsthorpe South
David Gaskell (Reform UK) — Kingsthorpe South
Charles Morton (Conservative and Unionist) — Long Buckby
Daniel Lister (Conservative and Unionist) — Long Buckby
Rebecca Breese (Conservative and Unionist) — Middleton Cheney
Rosie Herring (Conservative and Unionist) — Middleton Cheney
John Slope (Reform UK) — Moulton
Peter York (Reform UK) — Moulton
Susan Gaskell (Reform UK) — Moulton
Christine Ware (Liberal Democrats) — Naseby
Craig Morris (Reform UK) — Nene Valley
Laura Couse (Reform UK) — Nene Valley
Trefor Hughes (Reform UK) — Nene Valley
Nigel Stansfield (Reform UK) — Parklands
Cecile Irving-Swift (Conservative and Unionist) — Rural North East
Alison Eastwood (Conservative and Unionist) — Rural South Northamptonshire
Charles Manners (Conservative and Unionist) — Rural South Northamptonshire
David Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Rural South Northamptonshire
Scott Packer (Reform UK) — Talavera
Thomas Manning (Reform UK) — Talavera
Adrian Little (Reform UK) — Towcester
David Tarbun (Liberal Democrats) — Towcester
Stewart Tolley (Liberal Democrats) — Towcester
Kathryn Shaw (Independent / Other) — Upton
Michael Stratton (Reform UK) — Upton
Andrew Kilbride (Conservative and Unionist) — Weston Favell & Abington Vale
Stephen Hibbert (Conservative and Unionist) — Weston Favell & Abington Vale
Charlie Hastie (Reform UK) — Woodford & Weedon
Rupert Frost (Conservative and Unionist) — Woodford & Weedon

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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