West Northamptonshire Council

West Northamptonshire Council
West Northamptonshire Council
	Coat of Arms of West Northamptonshire Council
	Logo of West Northamptonshire Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Chair	Jo Gilford, ; Conservative ; since 16 May 2024
Leader	Adam Brown, ; Conservative ; since 16 May 2024
Chief Executive	Anna Earnshaw ; since 2020
Structure
Seats	93 councillors
Political groups	Administration (59) Conservative (59) Other parties (34) Labour (20) Liberal Democrats (6) Independent (7) Vacant (1)
Elections
Last election	6 May 2021
Next election	1 May 2025
Meeting place
	One Angel Square, 4 Angel Street, Northampton, NN1 1ED
Website
	westnorthants.gov.uk

West Northamptonshire Council is the local authority for West Northamptonshire, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The whole area is also covered by civil parishes, which form a second tier of local government.^[5]

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