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.

Political control

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]

Party in control		Years
	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

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 2003 until the council's abolition in 2021 were:^[2]

Councillor		From	To
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

Council elections

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

Election results

	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

Borough result maps

2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map

Borough Council By-election results

May 1995 - May 1999

St Andrews By-Election 20 June 1996
Party		Votes	%
	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

St Michael's By-Election 21 August 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	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

Avondale By-Election 18 September 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	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

Kingsley By-Election 18 September 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	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

Loatland By-Election 6 November 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	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

May 1999 - May 2003

Millbrook By-Election 20 September 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

St Michaels By-Election 20 September 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Warkton By-Election 18 July 2002^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Adams	529	60.4	−2.8
	Conservative	Keith Marsh	347	39.6	+2.8
Majority			187	20.8
Turnout			846	32
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2003 - May 2007

Latimer By-Election 28 July 2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Wicksteed By-Election 6 October 2005^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

St Mary's By-Election 17 November 2005^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

May 2007 - May 2011

Northfield By-Election 1 October 2009^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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%

May 2011 - May 2015

Avondale Grange By-Election 2 May 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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%

Welland By-Election 2 May 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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%

May 2015 - May 2021

Rothwell by-election 20 October 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Barton by-election 23 February 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Burton Latimer by-election 4 May 2017^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

St Peter's by-election 4 May 2017^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Desborough St Giles by-election 12 December 2019^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Parish & Town Council By-Election Results

May 2003 - May 2007

Loatland By-Election (Desborough Town Council)26 February 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Dodsworth	614	66.9
	Labour	Derek Fox	303	33.1
Majority			311
Turnout			918	26.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plessy By-Election (Burton Latimer Town Council)15 April 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Wightman	490	74.9
	Labour	David Bishop	164	25.1
Majority			326
Turnout			+66	24.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

Latimer By-Election (Burton Latimer Town Council)28 October 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Richardson	258	64.0
	Independent	Stuart Simons	145	36.0
Majority			105
Turnout			403
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity By-Election (Rothwell Town Council)17 March 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Matthew	491	52.2
	Labour	Carol Mullett	374	39.7
	Independent	Alan Glover	76	8.1
Majority			117
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plessy By-Election (Burton Latimer Town Council) 28 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Bettles	268	41.9
	Independent	Nigel Padget	212	33.1
	Labour	Christopher Jack	160	25.0
Majority			56
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity By-Election (Rothwell Town Council) 9 February 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carol Mullett	533	50.1
	Conservative	Karl Sumpter	531	49.9
Majority			2
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2007 - May 2011

St Boltophs By-Election (Barton Seagrave Parish Council) 13 December 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Trinity By-Election (Rothwell Town Council) 27 March 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Latimer By-Election (Burton Latimer Town Council) 27 March 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jan Smith	290	65.0
	Independent	Karen Elmore	156	35.0
Majority			134	30.0
Turnout			446	17.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity By-Election (Rothwell Town Council) 18 September 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Tresham By-Election (Rothwell Town Council) 28 January 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Latimer By-Election (Burton Latimer Town Council) 24 June 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

May 2011 - May 2015

Loatland By-Election (Desborough Town Council) 19 July 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Trinity By-Election (Rothwell Town Council) 19 July 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

St Giles By-Election (Desborough Town Council) 3 October 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

References

^ ^a ^b "Kettering". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
^ "Council minutes". Kettering Borough Council. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ The Borough of Kettering (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 2006. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Boost for Labour in byelection". guardian.co.uk. London. 19 July 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
^ "Election results". Kettering Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
^ "Tories lose local byelection in conference week". guardian.co.uk. London. 7 October 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
^ "Labour vote surges in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. London. 18 November 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
^ Mead, Chris (2 October 2009). "No 'Brown bounce' as Liberal Democrats surge". The Independent. London. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
^ "Election of a Borough Councillor for the Northfield Ward" (PDF). Kettering Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Burton Latimer Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Peter's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Desborough St Giles Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Kettering Borough Council

[hold-1] "Kettering". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 October 2009.

[2] "Council minutes". Kettering Borough Council. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[3] The Borough of Kettering (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976

[4] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[5] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of Kettering (Electoral Changes) Order 2006. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[labour-6] "Boost for Labour in byelection". guardian.co.uk. London. 19 July 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2009.

[latimer-7] "Election results". Kettering Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2009.

[conference-8] "Tories lose local byelection in conference week". guardian.co.uk. London. 7 October 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2009.

[surges-9] "Labour vote surges in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. London. 18 November 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2009.

[bounce-10] Mead, Chris (2 October 2009). "No 'Brown bounce' as Liberal Democrats surge". The Independent. London. Retrieved 3 October 2009.

[northfield-11] "Election of a Borough Councillor for the Northfield Ward" (PDF). Kettering Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2009.

[12] "Local Elections Archive Project — Burton Latimer Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — St Peter's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[14] "Local Elections Archive Project — Desborough St Giles Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

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