Local elections 2025
Contents
- West Northamptonshire Council unitary and parish elections - Thursday 1 May 2025
- Eligibility and Nominations for candidates
- Election advertising on the highway
- Candidate expenses
West Northamptonshire Council unitary and parish elections - Thursday 1 May 2025
West Northamptonshire Council unitary and Parish Council elections will be held on Thursday 1 May 2025.
You will be able to vote for candidates to fill:
- all parish council seats (if contested)
- all of West Northamptonshire Council's seats (1 May elections will elect 76 councillors to represent 35 wards)
Use our voter guide for instructions on the different ways you are able to vote.
Find your polling station
If you are unsure where to vote, you can enter your postcode to find your polling station.
You can view the Statements of Persons Nominated for WNC seats below. Statements of Persons Nominated for parish council seats will be published here when available.
Uncontested
Uncontested - no persons nominated
You can also view the Notice of Election Agents for the WNC seats.
Notices
Timetable
| Application | Deadline for receipt |
|---|---|
Delivery of Nomination Papers | Monday 17 March to 4pm on Wednesday 2 April 2025 |
| Deadline for withdrawal of nomination paper | 4pm on Wednesday 2 April 2025 |
| Publication of Statement of Persons Nominated | No later than 4pm on Thursday 3 April 2025 |
| Last date for registration | Friday 11 April 2025 |
| Deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes | 5pm on Monday 14 April 2025 |
| Proxy vote application deadline | 5pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025 |
| Last day for Voter Authority Certificates and Anonymous Elector Documents | 5pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025 |
| Receipt of emergency proxy vote applications | 5pm on Thursday 1 May 2025 |
West Northamptonshire Council seats
| Name of ward | Number of councillors |
|---|---|
| Abington & Phippsville | 2 |
| Billing | 2 |
| Blackthorn & Rectory Farm | 2 |
| Brackley | 3 |
| Braunston & Crick | 2 |
| Brixworth | 1 |
| Campion | 2 |
| Castle | 3 |
| Cogenhoe and the Houghtons | 1 |
| Dallington Spencer | 3 |
| Daventry North East | 1 |
| Daventry North West | 1 |
| Daventry South | 3 |
| Deanshanger and Paulerspury | 2 |
| Duston | 3 |
| Far Cotton, Delapre and Briar Hill | 3 |
| Hackleton and Roade | 2 |
| Headlands | 3 |
| Hunsbury | 3 |
| Kingsley and Semilong | 2 |
| Kingsthorpe North | 3 |
| Kingsthorpe South | 2 |
| Long Bucky | 2 |
| Middleton Cheney | 2 |
| Moulton | 3 |
| Naseby | 1 |
| Nene Valley | 3 |
| Parklands | 1 |
| Rural North East | 1 |
| Rural South Northamptonshire | 3 |
| Talavera | 2 |
| Towcester | 3 |
| Upton | 2 |
| Weston Favell and Abington Vale | 2 |
| Woodford and Weedon | 2 |
Guidance regarding standing for election to one of the above wards is available on the Electoral Commission website.
Last updated 15 April 2025