Kettering_Borough_Council_elections
Kettering Borough Council was the local authority for the Borough of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England was elected every four years. The district was abolished in 2021, with the area becoming part of North Northamptonshire.
From the foundation of the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2021, political control of the council was held by the following parties:[1]
More information Party in control, Years ...
Party in control | Years | |
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No overall control | 1973–1983 | |
Conservative | 1983–1987 | |
No overall control | 1987–1995 | |
Labour | 1995–1999 | |
No overall control | 1999–2001 | |
Labour | 2001–2003 | |
Conservative | 2003–2021 |
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Leadership
The leaders of the council from 2003 until the council's abolition in 2021 were:[2]
More information Councillor, Party ...
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
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Terry Freer | Conservative | 2003 | 16 May 2007 | |
Jim Hakewill | Conservative | 16 May 2007 | 18 May 2011 | |
Russell Roberts | Conservative | 18 May 2011 | 31 Mar 2021 |
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- 1973 Kettering Borough Council election
- 1976 Kettering Borough Council election
- 1979 Kettering Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
- 1983 Kettering Borough Council election
- 1987 Kettering Borough Council election
- 1991 Kettering Borough Council election
- 1995 Kettering Borough Council election
- 1999 Kettering Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
- 2003 Kettering Borough Council election
- 2007 Kettering Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 9)[1][5]
- 2011 Kettering Borough Council election
- 2015 Kettering Borough Council election
Overall control | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem | Independent | |||||
2015 | Conservative | 27 | 8 | - | 1 | ||||
2011 | Conservative | 26 | 9 | - | 1 | ||||
2007 | Conservative | 28 | 6 | - | 2 | ||||
2003 | Conservative | 30 | 13 | - | 2 | ||||
1999 | NOC | 18 | 22 | 1 | 4 |
- 2007 results map
- 2011 results map
- 2015 results map
May 1995 - May 1999
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 645 | 64.2 | |||
Conservative | 158 | 15.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 148 | 14.7 | |||
National Democrat | 55 | 5.4 | |||
Majority | 488 | 48.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,006 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 359 | 42.3 | -14.1 | ||
Conservative | 320 | 37.7 | +5.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 170 | 20.0 | +9.0 | ||
Majority | 39 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 849 | 30.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 394 | 77.0 | +24.5 | ||
Conservative | 82 | 16.0 | +8.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 36 | 7.0 | +7.0 | ||
Majority | 312 | 61.0 | |||
Turnout | 512 | 15.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 395 | 43.7 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative | 351 | 38.9 | +12.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 157 | 17.4 | -15.0 | ||
Majority | 44 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 903 | 26.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 338 | 43.4 | +22.8 | ||
Labour | 331 | 41.5 | -14.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 129 | 16.2 | -7.2 | ||
Majority | 7 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 798 | 27.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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May 1999 - May 2003
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Shirley Lynch | 410 | 50.8 | +11.3 | |
Labour | Mervyn Hart | 246 | 30.5 | -5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry Freeman | 151 | 18.7 | -6.2 | |
Majority | 164 | 20.3 | |||
Turnout | 807 | 26.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brenda McCraith | 426 | 46.9 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | Christina Smith | 398 | 43.8 | -5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris McGlynn | 84 | 9.3 | +9.3 | |
Majority | 28 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 908 | 33.4 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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May 2003 - May 2007
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patricia Evans | 278 | 45.5 | +8.3 | |
Labour | David Bishop | 152 | 24.9 | +12.2 | |
Independent | Maureen Jerram | 133 | 21.8 | -28.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Simons | 47 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 126 | 20.9 | |||
Turnout | 610 | 24.6 | -6.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynsey Tod | 464 | 49.7 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Scott Edwards | 374 | 40.0 | -10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher McGlynn | 96 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 90 | 9.7 | |||
Turnout | 934 | 35.4 | +2.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shona Scrimshaw | 674 | 60.9 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | Katherine Stallard | 362 | 32.7 | -17.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Window | 71 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 312 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,107 | 26.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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May 2007 - May 2011
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eleanor Manns | 265 | 37.9 | -17.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Bellamy | 258 | 36.9 | -7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cindy McGrath | 80 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
BNP | Clive Skinner | 58 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
English Democrat | Kevin Sills | 39 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 700 | 35.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.0% | |||
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May 2011 - May 2015
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eileen Kathleen Hales | 403 | 42.1 | -18.0 | |
UKIP | John Raffill | 325 | 34.0 | +34.0 | |
Conservative | Christina Elizabeth Smith-Haynes | 140 | 14.6 | -13.0 | |
English Democrat | Derek Hilling | 52 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David James Tate | 37 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 78 | 8.2% | |||
Turnout | 957 | 24.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -26.0% | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Alexander Howes | 429 | 43.2 | -24.1 | |
UKIP | Paul Richard Oakden | 295 | 29.7 | +29.7 | |
Labour | John David Padwick | 199 | 20.1 | -12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stanley Roy Freeman | 55 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
English Democrat | Kevin John Sills | 14 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 134 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 992 | 44.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -26.9% | |||
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May 2015 - May 2021
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cedwien Brown | 700 | 48.3 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Kathleen Harris | 498 | 34.4 | -6.7 | |
UKIP | Sam Watts | 108 | 7.5 | -8.5 | |
Green | Stephen Jones | 75 | 5.2 | +0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Adcock | 67 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 202 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,451 | 22.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andrew Dutton | 644 | 57% | +57% | |
Conservative | Dianne Miles-Zanger | 337 | 29.8% | -19.3% | |
UKIP | Robert Clements | 106 | 9.4% | -14% | |
Green | Robert Reeves | 42 | 3.9% | -15.6% | |
Majority | 327 | 27.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,129 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Currall | 641 | 33.1 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Christopher Groome | 531 | 27.5 | -2.4 | |
UKIP | Sam Watts | 269 | 13.9 | -11.1 | |
Labour | Samuel Nicholls | 264 | 13.7 | -0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Davies | 189 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Green | April Wright | 40 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 110 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,934 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Marks | 774 | 57.3 | +17.1 | |
Labour | Eugene Dalton-Ruark | 323 | 23.9 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris McGlynn | 98 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Green | Geri Coop | 93 | 6.9 | -9.5 | |
UKIP | Stewart Farrant | 63 | 4.7 | -13.7 | |
Majority | 451 | 33.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,351 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jim French | 1,475 | 52.8 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Phil Sawford | 1,007 | 36.1 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Window | 196 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Green | Daz Dell | 115 | 4.1 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 468 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,793 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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May 2003 - May 2007
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Dodsworth | 614 | 66.9 | ||
Labour | Derek Fox | 303 | 33.1 | ||
Majority | 311 | ||||
Turnout | 918 | 26.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martin Wightman | 490 | 74.9 | ||
Labour | David Bishop | 164 | 25.1 | ||
Majority | 326 | ||||
Turnout | +66 | 24.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Richardson | 258 | 64.0 | ||
Independent | Stuart Simons | 145 | 36.0 | ||
Majority | 105 | ||||
Turnout | 403 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Neil Matthew | 491 | 52.2 | ||
Labour | Carol Mullett | 374 | 39.7 | ||
Independent | Alan Glover | 76 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 117 | ||||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Bettles | 268 | 41.9 | ||
Independent | Nigel Padget | 212 | 33.1 | ||
Labour | Christopher Jack | 160 | 25.0 | ||
Majority | 56 | ||||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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May 2007 - May 2011
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Adrian Lee | 323 | 65.1 | ||
Labour | Christopher Haynes | 173 | 34.9 | ||
Majority | 150 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 496 | 25.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roy Roebuck | 487 | 49.1 | -8.9 | |
Labour | Alex Hughes | 337 | 34.0 | -8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Garside | 167 | 16.9 | +16.9 | |
Majority | 150 | 15.1 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 991 | 32.8 | -9.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jan Smith | 290 | 65.0 | ||
Independent | Karen Elmore | 156 | 35.0 | ||
Majority | 134 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 446 | 17.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leisa Russell | 487 | 52.5 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Glenda Weston | 373 | 41.0 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Garside | 59 | 6.5 | -10.4 | |
Majority | 104 | 11.3 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 919 | 31.0 | -1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Jelley | 361 | 45.1 | -12.1 | |
Labour | Martin Fage | 267 | 33.4 | -9.4 | |
English Democrat | Kevin Sills | 88 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Holt | 84 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 94 | 11.8 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 800 | 27.3 | -13.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kevin Edwards | 268 | 55.1 | -9.9 | |
Independent | Andrew Walpole | 152 | 31.3 | -3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Quinn | 66 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 116 | 23.9 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 488 | 18.9 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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May 2011 - May 2015
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Benjamin James King | 433 | 40.5 | ||
Conservative | Daniel Thomas Howes | 382 | 35.7 | ||
English Democrat | Kevin John Sills | 152 | 14.2 | ||
BNP | Clive Richard Skinner | 64 | 6.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Donald Rice | 38 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 51 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 1070 | 25.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kathleen Margaret Draper | 454 | 53.0 | ||
Conservative | Michelle Ann Johnston | 374 | 43.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan James Window | 26 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 80 | ||||
Turnout | 857 | 27.6 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Daniel Thomas Howes | 473 | 42.0 | ||
Labour | Richard Francis Garvie | 385 | 34.2 | ||
UKIP | Kelly Ann Farrant | 198 | 17.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan James Window | 47 | 4.2 | ||
BNP | Clive Richard Skinner | 19 | 1.7 | ||
Majority | 88 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 1126 | 28.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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