West Northamptonshire | |
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Motto(s): Ambition, Pride, Unity, Prosperity | |
Coordinates: 52°14′13″N 0°53′42″W / 52.237°N 0.895°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | East Midlands |
Ceremonial county | Northamptonshire |
Incorporated | 1 April 2021 |
Administrative HQ | Northampton |
Government | |
• Type | Unitary authority with leader and cabinet |
• Body | West Northamptonshire Council |
• Control | Conservative |
• Leader | Adam Brown (acting) ( C) |
• Chair | John Shephard |
• Chief Executive | Anna Earnshaw |
• House of Commons | 4 MPs
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Area | |
• Total | 530 sq mi (1,380 km2) |
• Land | 532 sq mi (1,377 km2) |
• Water | 1 sq mi (3 km2) |
• Rank | 16th |
Population (2021)
[3] | |
• Total | 426,462 |
• Rank | 15th |
• Density | 800/sq mi (310/km2) |
Ethnicity ( 2021) | |
• Ethnic groups | |
Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 ( GMT) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+1 ( BST) |
Postcode area | |
Dialling codes |
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ISO 3166 code | GB-WNH |
GSS code | E06000062 |
ITL code | TLF24 |
GVA | 2021 estimate [5] |
• Total | £13.2 billion |
• Per capita | £30,905 |
GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate [5] |
• Total | £14.7 billion |
• Per capita | £34,385 |
Website |
westnorthants |
West Northamptonshire is a unitary authority area covering part of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, created in 2021. [6] By far the largest settlement in West Northamptonshire is the county town of Northampton. Its other significant towns are Daventry, Brackley and Towcester; the rest of the area is predominantly agricultural villages though it has many lakes and small woodlands and is passed through by the West Coast Main Line and the M1 and M40 motorways. The district includes the site of the Roman town of Bannaventa, [7] and the grade I listed Althorp House and its estate. [8]
West Northamptonshire was formed on 1 April 2021 through the merger of the three non-metropolitan districts of Daventry, Northampton, and South Northamptonshire, it absorbed the functions of these districts, plus those of the abolished Northamptonshire County Council.
In March 2018, following financial and cultural mismanagement by the cabinet and officers at Northamptonshire County Council, the then Secretary of State for Local Government, Sajid Javid, sent commissioner Max Caller into the council, who recommended the county council and all-district and borough councils in the county be abolished, and replaced by two unitary authorities, one covering the West, and one the North of the county. [9] These proposals were approved in April 2019. It meant that the districts of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire were merged to form a new unitary authority called West Northamptonshire, whilst the second unitary authority North Northamptonshire consists of the former Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough districts. [10] [11]
West Northamptonshire Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Leader (acting) | |
Anna Earnshaw since 2020 [14] | |
Structure | |
Seats | 93 |
Political groups |
|
Elections | |
Last election | 6 May 2021 |
Next election | 1 May 2025 |
Meeting place | |
One Angel Square, 4 Angel Street, Northampton, NN1 1ED [15] | |
Website | |
westnorthants |
West Northamptonshire Council provides both county-level and district-level services. The whole area is also covered by civil parishes, which form a second tier of local government. [16]
Since its creation in 2021, the Conservatives have held a majority of the seats on the council: [17]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 2021–present |
The leader of the council from its first meeting following its creation in 2021 was Jonathan Nunn, who was the last leader of the old Northampton Borough Council. He resigned in April 2024 following a series of allegations of domestic abuse. Conservative councillor Adam Brown is serving as acting leader following Nunn's resignation, pending the formal appointment of a new leader. [13]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jonathan Nunn | Conservative | 20 May 2021 | 18 April 2024 |
Ian McCord, outgoing Conservative leader of the old South Northamptonshire District Council, had served as leader of the shadow authority set up to oversee the transition to the new arrangements. [18]
Following the 2021 election and subsequent changes up to April 2024, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 62 | |
Labour | 20 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | |
Independent | 5 | |
Total | 93 |
Four of the five independents sit together as the 'Independent Group'. [19] The next election is due in 2025.
Elections for a shadow authority were due to be held on Thursday 7 May 2020 but were postponed until 6 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New ward boundaries have been drawn up to take effect from the 2025 elections, which will reduce the number of councillors from 93 to 76, to be elected from 35 wards each electing one, two or three councillors. From 2025 elections will be held every four years. [20]
Council meetings are generally held at Northampton Guildhall, with the nearby former Northamptonshire County Council offices at One Angel Square serving as the council's headquarters. [21] The council also inherited offices at The Forum in Towcester from South Northamptonshire District Council and Lodge Road in Daventry from Daventry District Council. The Forum continues to be used as additional offices and for some council meetings, whilst Lodge Road has closed, being replaced by a smaller area office in Daventry. [22]
The West Northamptonshire population was estimated to be around 406,733 people in 2020, in 2011, off of previous administrative boundaries, the population of the West Northamptonshire area was around 375,101 people, with it being 345,589 people in 2001. [23]
In 2020, there was around an estimated 202,004 men and 204,729 women. [23]
Ethnic Group | 1991 [24] | 2001 [25] | 2011 [26] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
White: Total | 301,940 | 96.1% | 326,513 | 94.5% | 336,933 | 89.8% |
White: British | – | – | 315,127 | 91.2% | 314,924 | 84% |
White: Irish | – | – | 4,996 | 4,011 | ||
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller | – | – | – | – | 214 | |
White: Other | – | – | 6,390 | 17,784 | ||
Asian or Asian British: Total | 6,268 | 2% | 7,224 | 2.1% | 16,063 | 4.3% |
Asian or Asian British: Indian | 2,918 | 3,915 | 6,471 | |||
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | 563 | 915 | 1,789 | |||
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | 1,215 | 1,818 | 3,474 | |||
Asian or Asian British: Chinese | 847 | 1,495 | 2,005 | |||
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | 725 | 576 | 2,324 | |||
Black or Black British: Total | 4,746 | 1.5% | 5,078 | 1.5% | 11,598 | 3.1% |
Black or Black British: Caribbean | 2,877 | 3,077 | 6,837 | |||
Black or Black British: African | 513 | 1,465 | 3,298 | |||
Black or Black British: Other Black | 1,356 | 536 | 1,463 | |||
Mixed or British Mixed: Total | – | – | 4,412 | 1.3% | 8,823 | 2.4% |
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | – | – | 2,009 | 3,819 | ||
Mixed: White and Black African | – | – | 353 | 1,241 | ||
Mixed: White and Asian | – | – | 1,130 | 1,947 | ||
Mixed: Other Mixed | – | – | 920 | 1,816 | ||
Other: Total | 1,283 | 0.4% | 867 | 0.3% | 1,684 | 0.4% |
Other: Arab | – | – | – | – | 579 | |
Other: Any other ethnic group | 1,283 | 0.4% | 867 | 1,105 | ||
Total | 314,237 | 100% | 345,589 | 100% | 375,101 | 100% |
0-9 years | 10-19 years | 20-29 years | 30-39 years | 40-49 years | 50-59 years | 60-69 years | 70-79 years | 80+ years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
52,453 | 48,857 | 45,494 | 52,919 | 54,387 | 57,322 | 43,181 | 34,676 | 17,865 |
In terms of television, West Northamptonshire is served by BBC East and ITV Anglia with television signals received from the Sandy Heath transmitter. [27] However, some southwestern parts of the area such as Brackley is served by BBC South and ITV Meridian broadcasting from the Oxford TV transmitter. [28]
Radio stations for the area are:
The area is served by these local newspapers: Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Daventry Express and Banbury Guardian which covers Brackley.
For a county-wide list for Northamptonshire see List of places in Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire is entirely covered by civil parishes, of which there are 166. [29]
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West Northamptonshire | |
---|---|
Motto(s): Ambition, Pride, Unity, Prosperity | |
Coordinates: 52°14′13″N 0°53′42″W / 52.237°N 0.895°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | East Midlands |
Ceremonial county | Northamptonshire |
Incorporated | 1 April 2021 |
Administrative HQ | Northampton |
Government | |
• Type | Unitary authority with leader and cabinet |
• Body | West Northamptonshire Council |
• Control | Conservative |
• Leader | Adam Brown (acting) ( C) |
• Chair | John Shephard |
• Chief Executive | Anna Earnshaw |
• House of Commons | 4 MPs
|
Area | |
• Total | 530 sq mi (1,380 km2) |
• Land | 532 sq mi (1,377 km2) |
• Water | 1 sq mi (3 km2) |
• Rank | 16th |
Population (2021)
[3] | |
• Total | 426,462 |
• Rank | 15th |
• Density | 800/sq mi (310/km2) |
Ethnicity ( 2021) | |
• Ethnic groups | |
Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
|
Time zone | UTC+0 ( GMT) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+1 ( BST) |
Postcode area | |
Dialling codes |
|
ISO 3166 code | GB-WNH |
GSS code | E06000062 |
ITL code | TLF24 |
GVA | 2021 estimate [5] |
• Total | £13.2 billion |
• Per capita | £30,905 |
GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate [5] |
• Total | £14.7 billion |
• Per capita | £34,385 |
Website |
westnorthants |
West Northamptonshire is a unitary authority area covering part of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, created in 2021. [6] By far the largest settlement in West Northamptonshire is the county town of Northampton. Its other significant towns are Daventry, Brackley and Towcester; the rest of the area is predominantly agricultural villages though it has many lakes and small woodlands and is passed through by the West Coast Main Line and the M1 and M40 motorways. The district includes the site of the Roman town of Bannaventa, [7] and the grade I listed Althorp House and its estate. [8]
West Northamptonshire was formed on 1 April 2021 through the merger of the three non-metropolitan districts of Daventry, Northampton, and South Northamptonshire, it absorbed the functions of these districts, plus those of the abolished Northamptonshire County Council.
In March 2018, following financial and cultural mismanagement by the cabinet and officers at Northamptonshire County Council, the then Secretary of State for Local Government, Sajid Javid, sent commissioner Max Caller into the council, who recommended the county council and all-district and borough councils in the county be abolished, and replaced by two unitary authorities, one covering the West, and one the North of the county. [9] These proposals were approved in April 2019. It meant that the districts of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire were merged to form a new unitary authority called West Northamptonshire, whilst the second unitary authority North Northamptonshire consists of the former Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough districts. [10] [11]
West Northamptonshire Council | |
---|---|
Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Leader (acting) | |
Anna Earnshaw since 2020 [14] | |
Structure | |
Seats | 93 |
Political groups |
|
Elections | |
Last election | 6 May 2021 |
Next election | 1 May 2025 |
Meeting place | |
One Angel Square, 4 Angel Street, Northampton, NN1 1ED [15] | |
Website | |
westnorthants |
West Northamptonshire Council provides both county-level and district-level services. The whole area is also covered by civil parishes, which form a second tier of local government. [16]
Since its creation in 2021, the Conservatives have held a majority of the seats on the council: [17]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 2021–present |
The leader of the council from its first meeting following its creation in 2021 was Jonathan Nunn, who was the last leader of the old Northampton Borough Council. He resigned in April 2024 following a series of allegations of domestic abuse. Conservative councillor Adam Brown is serving as acting leader following Nunn's resignation, pending the formal appointment of a new leader. [13]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jonathan Nunn | Conservative | 20 May 2021 | 18 April 2024 |
Ian McCord, outgoing Conservative leader of the old South Northamptonshire District Council, had served as leader of the shadow authority set up to oversee the transition to the new arrangements. [18]
Following the 2021 election and subsequent changes up to April 2024, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 62 | |
Labour | 20 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | |
Independent | 5 | |
Total | 93 |
Four of the five independents sit together as the 'Independent Group'. [19] The next election is due in 2025.
Elections for a shadow authority were due to be held on Thursday 7 May 2020 but were postponed until 6 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New ward boundaries have been drawn up to take effect from the 2025 elections, which will reduce the number of councillors from 93 to 76, to be elected from 35 wards each electing one, two or three councillors. From 2025 elections will be held every four years. [20]
Council meetings are generally held at Northampton Guildhall, with the nearby former Northamptonshire County Council offices at One Angel Square serving as the council's headquarters. [21] The council also inherited offices at The Forum in Towcester from South Northamptonshire District Council and Lodge Road in Daventry from Daventry District Council. The Forum continues to be used as additional offices and for some council meetings, whilst Lodge Road has closed, being replaced by a smaller area office in Daventry. [22]
The West Northamptonshire population was estimated to be around 406,733 people in 2020, in 2011, off of previous administrative boundaries, the population of the West Northamptonshire area was around 375,101 people, with it being 345,589 people in 2001. [23]
In 2020, there was around an estimated 202,004 men and 204,729 women. [23]
Ethnic Group | 1991 [24] | 2001 [25] | 2011 [26] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
White: Total | 301,940 | 96.1% | 326,513 | 94.5% | 336,933 | 89.8% |
White: British | – | – | 315,127 | 91.2% | 314,924 | 84% |
White: Irish | – | – | 4,996 | 4,011 | ||
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller | – | – | – | – | 214 | |
White: Other | – | – | 6,390 | 17,784 | ||
Asian or Asian British: Total | 6,268 | 2% | 7,224 | 2.1% | 16,063 | 4.3% |
Asian or Asian British: Indian | 2,918 | 3,915 | 6,471 | |||
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | 563 | 915 | 1,789 | |||
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | 1,215 | 1,818 | 3,474 | |||
Asian or Asian British: Chinese | 847 | 1,495 | 2,005 | |||
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | 725 | 576 | 2,324 | |||
Black or Black British: Total | 4,746 | 1.5% | 5,078 | 1.5% | 11,598 | 3.1% |
Black or Black British: Caribbean | 2,877 | 3,077 | 6,837 | |||
Black or Black British: African | 513 | 1,465 | 3,298 | |||
Black or Black British: Other Black | 1,356 | 536 | 1,463 | |||
Mixed or British Mixed: Total | – | – | 4,412 | 1.3% | 8,823 | 2.4% |
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | – | – | 2,009 | 3,819 | ||
Mixed: White and Black African | – | – | 353 | 1,241 | ||
Mixed: White and Asian | – | – | 1,130 | 1,947 | ||
Mixed: Other Mixed | – | – | 920 | 1,816 | ||
Other: Total | 1,283 | 0.4% | 867 | 0.3% | 1,684 | 0.4% |
Other: Arab | – | – | – | – | 579 | |
Other: Any other ethnic group | 1,283 | 0.4% | 867 | 1,105 | ||
Total | 314,237 | 100% | 345,589 | 100% | 375,101 | 100% |
0-9 years | 10-19 years | 20-29 years | 30-39 years | 40-49 years | 50-59 years | 60-69 years | 70-79 years | 80+ years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
52,453 | 48,857 | 45,494 | 52,919 | 54,387 | 57,322 | 43,181 | 34,676 | 17,865 |
In terms of television, West Northamptonshire is served by BBC East and ITV Anglia with television signals received from the Sandy Heath transmitter. [27] However, some southwestern parts of the area such as Brackley is served by BBC South and ITV Meridian broadcasting from the Oxford TV transmitter. [28]
Radio stations for the area are:
The area is served by these local newspapers: Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Daventry Express and Banbury Guardian which covers Brackley.
For a county-wide list for Northamptonshire see List of places in Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire is entirely covered by civil parishes, of which there are 166. [29]
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