Photo: Maigheach-gheal · CC BY-SA 2.0Reform UK holds a majority on North Northamptonshire Council
Stanion is run by North Northamptonshire Council, with Stanion parish council for local matters. Reform UK has a majority on North Northamptonshire Council. Its MP is Rosie Wrighting (Labour), member for Kettering.
£2,421
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Stanion’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on North Northamptonshire Council
Reform UK holds a majority on North Northamptonshire Council: 40 of its 68 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 14, the Greens 8, Labour 4, the Liberal Democrats 1 and independents 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 35 of North Northamptonshire’s 68 seats to run the council alone.
- Reform UK40
- Conservative14
- Green8
- Labour4
- Independent1
- Liberal Democrat1
Latest election: May 2025.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Stanion
One council runs every main service here.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Stanion’s residents · Band D precept £77
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Stanion, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierStanion parish council
- 2North Northamptonshire Council1 ward · 1 councillorBrendon Lovell-Moore
- 3Police and crime commissionerNorthamptonshire Police · elected May 2024Danielle Stone
- 4House of CommonsKettering
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
1 councillor for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Brendon Lovell-MooreReform UK · May 2025
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geddington & Stanion15% in Stanion · 842 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Brendon Lovell-Moore | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. North Northamptonshire Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
North Northamptonshire council election, May 2025
Results in the wards that make up Stanion, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Stanion’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗1,706 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Stanion is in Kettering constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Stanion).
50,231 votes for candidates · majority 3,820
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 50,231 votes from 79,360 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 3,820 of 50,231 votes (7.6%): the 144th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Stanion’s Band D council tax is £2,421 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
North Northamptonshire Council keeps £1,918.23 of a Band D bill (79%); the rest goes to the Stanion parish council, the Northamptonshire police and crime commissioner and the Northamptonshire PCC-FRA.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Stanion, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Northamptonshire
| North Northamptonshire | Stanion’s councils | Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £465 | £434 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £256 | £264 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £46 | £41 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £16 | £33 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £84 | £99 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £35 | £27 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £18 | £18 | £26 |
| Public health | £61 | £60 | £78 |
| Running the council | £68 | £50 | £59 |
| Other | £102 | £72 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,149 | £1,097 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Northamptonshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Stanion is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
northnorthants.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
northnorthants.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Stanion is run
Which council runs Stanion?
Stanion is run by North Northamptonshire Council.
Does Stanion have a town council?
Yes: Stanion has its own parish-tier council (Stanion parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £77 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Stanion?
Rosie Wrighting (Labour) is the MP for Kettering, which covers Stanion.
How many councillors does Stanion have?
1 ward councillors represent Stanion’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Stanion?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Stanion’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Stanion?
Band D council tax in Stanion is £2,421 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls North Northamptonshire Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 40 of 68 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2025 council election in Stanion?
In Stanion’s wards on 1 May 2025, Reform UK 1 of the 1 seats up. Reform UK had the largest share of votes, 37.4%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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