West Northamptonshire Council Election 2021: Live from the count

Moulton results are in - elected are Daniel Cribbin, John Sheperd and Michael Warren

Towcester & Roade:

David Neil Carmichael - Lab: 630

Mike Caseman-Jones - Lab: 583

Maggie Clubley - Con: 1,739 ELECTED

Peter Jeffrey Conquest - N/A: 20

Rachel Jean Dando L’Olive - Lab: 632

Louisa Fowler - Con: 1,695 ELECTED

Michael James Matthews - Green: 512

Lisa Samiotis - Lib Dem: 1,626 ELECTED

David Edgar Tarbun - Lib Dem: 1,511

John Wade - Lib Dem: 1,328

Miranda Wixon - Con: 1,570

Turnout was 36.57

Results now in for Towcester & Roade - elected are Maggie Clubley and Louisa Fowler - Conservative, Lisa Samiotis - Liberal Democrat

Long Buckby:

Philip John Bignell - Con: 2,117 ELECTED

Neil Arthur Crispin Farmer - Lib Dem: 466

William Hughes - Lib Dem: 382

Daniel Marc Lister - Con: 2,271 ELECTED

Andrew Charles Morton - Con: 2,024 ELECTED

Chris Myers - Lab: 1,168

Sue Myers - Lab: 1,157

Simon Thomas Sneddon - Green: 859

Nigel Alastair Stuart Strang - Lib Dem: 524

Turnout 55.8%

Long Buckby results are in - Conservatives, Philip Bignell, Daniel Lister and Andrew Morton all elected

The first announcement of results for West Northamptonshire suggests the new unitary council’s structure will not see many happy marriages.

Each ward under the new unitary has three seats - which could easily lead to three councillors from three different parties attempting to work together for their residents.

And the first result today, Talavera, has hinted how this might be a struggle.

The Liberal Democrats’ Dennis Meredith, who has been the ward’s county councillor for over 10 years, came in the lead with 1,020.

But none of his Lib Dem colleagues came with him. The other two seats were taken by Labour’s Janice Duffy and Naz Chowdery.

Indeed, Janice Duffy, the area’s borough councillor since 2015, took the second seat with 1,003 - only 17 behind the Lib Dem front man.

And speaking after the announcement, Councillors Meredith and Duffy expressed a sense of terse optimism for their future working together.

Naz Chowdery was not at the count to hear he had won and could not be reached for comment.

“I have always tried to work hard with Dennis Meredith,” Janice Duffy said with some pause. “We work for the community. That’s why people get into politics. We’re both hard workers. And I’m sure we will be good together and have a mutual understanding to help people.”

“I have just made a comment to Janice Duffy,” said Dennis Meredith after the announcement. “I said that we have to work together. We’ve had our different points of view in the past but I’m hoping we can push through this.”

Councillor Duffy said she thought the two new seats for Labour was a “very good result” and said she looked forward to tackling the growth of HMOs.

Councillor Meredith said: “I’m delighted that I have been elected and I’m very grateful the residents have voted for me. I’m very sad that my two colleagues didn’t get elected with me.”

So, we think Long Buckby then Towcester/Roade are up next

Bob Purser - new Abington and Phippsville labour councillor - said. after his victory: “Obviously we are very pleased from the Labour party point of view about the result in Abington and Phippsville. We worked very hard during the election campaign, we met a lot of people, discovered a lot of issues that people are concerned about and we are looking forward to going ahead and beginning to tackle them.”

Sixfields results in full:

Lorraine Chirisa - Lab: 1,028

Imran Ahmen Chowdhury - Con: 1,268 ELECTED

Graham Croucher - Lab: 1,090

Karen Helm - Lab: 1,044

Jill Susan Hope - Lib Dem: 957

Tom Lawler - Lib Dem: 652

Brian Sargeant - Con: 1,390 ELECTED

Carl Neville Mark Squires - Lib Dem: 711

Nick Sturges-Alex - Con: 1,287 ELECTED

Turnout: 30%

Now the results for Sixfields ward - Imran Chowdhury, Brian Sargeant and Nick Shurges-Alex elected, all Conservative