Election 2021: Northants remains blue

A round up of what happened in the North and West of the county

Dear Subscribers, for this election special we have had some fantastic guest pieces written by University of Northampton lecturer Kate Ironside looking at why the Conservative party has been rewarded for failure in Northants and former Labour MP Sally Keeble writes about the seismic changes needed in the opposition party. Here we have our round up from the counts in both the North and West

It’s been decided. Northamptonshire’s two new unitary councils will be under Conservative rule.

The party, which has dominated the county’s politics for the last decade and more, is once again firmly in charge as the Northamptonshire electorate returned 60 Tory councillors in the North and 66 in the West.

Labour had a lacklustre performance, although kept it’s stronghold in Corby but it was the Liberal Democrats who had a very disappointing night, not managing one councillor in the North and just five in the West.

The surprise story of this election night was the Green party grabbing all three seats in …