Editing Northamptonshire (section)

===National representation===
Northamptonshire returns seven [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs). {{As of|2024}}, five are currently from the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and two from the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Regional MPs & Local Authority Links |url=https://www.northants-chamber.co.uk/representation/regional-mps-local-authority-links |website=Northamptonshire Chamber |access-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816194503/https://www.northants-chamber.co.uk/representation/regional-mps-local-authority-links |archive-date=16 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Several of the constituencies have been marginal in the past, including the Northampton seats, Wellingborough, Kettering, and Corby, which were all Labour seats before 2005. In the 2016 EU referendum, all of the Northamptonshire districts voted to Leave, most by a significant margin.
{| class="wikitable"
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! '''Constituency''' || '''Member of Parliament''' || '''Political party'''
|-
| [[Corby and East Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby & East Northamptonshire]]|| [[Lee Barron (politician)|Lee Barron]]|| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
| [[Daventry (UK Parliament constituency)|Daventry]] || [[Stuart Andrew]]|| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| [[Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)|Kettering]] || [[Rosie Wrighting]]|| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
| [[Northampton North (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton North]] || [[Lucy Rigby]]|| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
| [[Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton South]] || [[Mike Reader]]|| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
| [[South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Northamptonshire]] || [[Sarah Bool]]|| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| [[Wellingborough and Rushden (UK Parliament constituency)|Wellingborough & Rushden]]|| [[Gen Kitchen]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|}

From 1993 until 2005, Northamptonshire County Council,<ref name="NCC">{{cite web |title=Northamptonshire County Council website |url=http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/ |access-date=4 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531232621/http://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/ |archive-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> for which each of the 73 [[electoral division]]s in the county elected a single councillor, had been held by the Labour Party; it had been under [[no overall control]] since 1981. The councils of the rural districts – Daventry, East Northamptonshire, and South Northamptonshire – were strongly Conservative, whereas the political composition of the urban districts was more mixed. At the 2003 local elections, Labour lost control of Kettering, Northampton, and Wellingborough, retaining only Corby. Elections for the entire County Council were held every four years – the last were held on [[2017 Northamptonshire County Council election|4 May 2017]]. The County Council used a [[leader and cabinet]] executive system and abolished its [[area committee]]s in April 2006.