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All 57 seats in the Northamptonshire County Council 29 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2013 Northamptonshire County Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to Northamptonshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections.[2] Following a boundary review, the number of county councillors was reduced from 73 to 57 from this election.[n 1] All members were elected by first-past-the-post voting from single-member electoral divisions for a four-year term of office. The Conservative Party held on to their overall majority, having held overall control of the council since 2005.
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.[3] Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.[4]
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