North Northamptonshire Council provides both county-level and district-level services.

The whole area is also covered by civil parishes, which form a second tier of local government.

[5] Since its creation in 2021, the Conservatives have held a majority of the seats on the council: The leader of the council from its first meeting following its creation in 2021 has been: Russell Roberts, outgoing leader of the old Kettering Borough Council, had served as leader of the shadow authority set up to oversee the transition to the new arrangements.

New ward boundaries have been drawn up to come into effect for the 2025 elections, reducing the number of councillors to 67.

The Corby Cube was chosen as the main meeting place.