2005 Northamptonshire County Council election

The 2005 election to Northamptonshire County Council coincided with the 2005 general election, this meant that turnout was significantly higher than is usual for local government elections. However, between 1997 and 2005 County Council Elections coincided with General Elections, meaning that turnout was significantly higher than would otherwise be expected. Every seat was single member, elected using the First Past the Post system used for most local elections in England and Wales.

Mirroring national trends the election saw a swing away from the social democratic Labour Party towards the centre-right Conservative Party,[3] with the Liberal Democrats picking up a few more seats. The Conservatives captured the council ending 12 years of Labour control and producing the first Conservative majority administration in 28 years, and only the second since the councils formation in 1973.[2] Turnout was 63.8% up 1.2% on 2001 and 28 new Councillors joined the council.[4] Note that there was a General Election at the same time as the county election in 2005 - this generally increases the numbers of people who turn out to vote in both elections which take place at the same time and place. (See for comparison the Northamptonshire County Council Election in 2009 when there was no General Election.)

• In order of number of votes with the winning candidate first

Corby Borough

Corby Central Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Bullock	2,275
	Conservative	Robert Tustin	640
	Liberal Democrats	Francis O'Brien	544
Majority
Turnout			3,459
	Labour hold		Swing

Corby Rural Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Heggs	2,002
	Labour	James Wade	1,939
	Liberal Democrats	Terene Meechan	825
Majority
Turnout			4,766
	Conservative gain from Labour

Danesholme Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McKellar	2,035
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Stanbra	1,214
	Conservative	Bernard Howard	1,123
Majority
Turnout			4,372
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingswood Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McGhee	2,086
	Conservative	Yvonne von Bujtar	804
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jones	622
Majority
Turnout			3,512
	Labour hold		Swing

Lloyds Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Kane	2,620
	Conservative	Sally Hogston	886
	Liberal Democrats	Sidney Beecroft	707
Majority
Turnout			4,213
	Labour hold		Swing

Shire Lodge Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Brookfield	2,379
	Conservative	Brian Cummings	1,015
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Connachie	797
Majority
Turnout			4,191
	Labour hold		Swing