West Northamptonshire Council Election 2021: Live from the count
The Chron news team - reporting live from The Wing complex at Silverstone Circuit - will bring you all the latest news, results and reaction throughout the day and into the evening as counting gets under way on this historical day (May 7).
Polling stations across the county closed at 10pm last night and the election will see candidates across the 31 wards in Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire come together to form the new West Northamptonshire Council unitary authority.
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West Northamptonshire Council Election 2021: Live updates, results and reaction
Key Events
- The first elections for the new unitary authority
- Chronicle & Echo reporters are at the count throughout the day
Silverstone:
Dermot Cecil Nevile Bambridge - Con: 2,755 ELECTED
Michael John Brittain - Lab: 814
Alison Frazer Mitchell Eastwood - Con: 2,496 ELECTED
Jane Beatrix Hamel - Green: 981
Rachel Cornelia Anne Hemelryk-James - Lib Dem: 964
Max Hugo Langer - Lib Dem: 891
Charles Henry Manners - Con: 2,562
Turnout: 44.6%
Deanshanger:
William Allan Martin Barter - Con: 1,846 ELECTED
Rob Bray - Green: 744
Arthur Greaves - Lab and Co-op: 868
Ian Alexander McCord - Con: 2,031 ELECTED
Ken Pritchard - Con: 1,967 ELECTED
Clifford Schraibman - Lib Dem: 677
Anne B Thompson - Lab and Co-op: 959
Turnout: 38.48%
Photographer Kirsty Edmonds and Chron reporter, Alastair Ulke, interviewing Danielle Stone. And, yes, Alastair is that tall!
Kingsthorpe South:
Harry Michael Patrick Barrett - Lab: 922 ELECTED
Sally Beardsworth - Lib Dem: 985 ELECTED
Quang Dinh - Con: 645
Cheryl Hawes - Con: 941 ELECTED
Fartun Ismail - Lab: 708
Rauf Khan - Lab: 789
Elaine Mary Miller - Green: 450
Arthur John Newbury - Con: 895
Stewart Graham Allen Tolley - Lib Dem: 435
Tony Woods - Lib Dem: 523
Turnout: 29.30%
Kingsthorpe South: Elected - Harry Barrett - Labour, Sally Beardsworth - Liberal Democrats and Cheryl Hawes - Conservative.
Castle:
Jamal Alwahabi - Lab: 1,300 ELECTED
Daniel Bell Batten - Con: 561
Maqsood Ahmed Chaudhry – Con: 462
Enam Haque - Lab: 1,241 ELECTED
Julie Hawkins - Green: 439
Maroof Iftikhar - Con: 385
Katie Simpson - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: 211
Danielle Stone - Lab: 1,407 ELECTED
Martin Taylor - Lib Dem: 305
Turnout: 23.38%
The leader of the Conservative Party on WNC said: “This is what we campaigned to do. I’m pleased we will have control of the council and I hope we can tighten our grip on it.
“We will bring the best of all component parts in West Northamptonshire to create the best council in the UK.
“Our priorities are the same ones we campaigned.
“We want to make West Northamptonshire a place where people are proud to live, visit, study and invest.
“We will deliver care services and day to day services.
“We have great plans in place for the Children’s Services.
“The children’s trust has been set up and the initial visits have been done and are encouraging.
“The green shoots of recovery are there. We will embrace them and work hard to make sure, above all, that the children’s services are safe.
“We endeavour to have a rating of outstanding in Children’s Services. That might be a little way in the future but we are working towards it.”
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