Kettering local elections

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Kettering Council is elected every four years.

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[edit] Political control

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 - present

[edit] Borough Council Elections

[edit] Borough Council By-election results

[edit] May 1995 - May 1999

St Andrews By-Election 20 June 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 645 64.2
Conservative 158 15.7
Liberal Democrat 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 Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 359 42.3 -14.1
Conservative 320 37.7 +5.0
Liberal Democrat 170 20.0 +9.0
Majority 39 4.6
Turnout 849 30.0
Labour hold Swing
Avondale By-Election 18 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 394 77.0 +24.5
Conservative 82 16.0 +8.6
Liberal Democrat 36 7.0 +7.0
Majority 312 61.0
Turnout 512 15.7
Labour hold Swing
Kingsley By-Election 18 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 395 43.7 +2.7
Conservative 351 38.9 +12.3
Liberal Democrat 157 17.4 -15.0
Majority 44 4.8
Turnout 903 26.9
Labour hold Swing
Loatland By-Election 6 November 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 338 43.4 +22.8
Labour 331 41.5 -14.6
Liberal Democrat 129 16.2 -7.2
Majority 7 1.9
Turnout 798 27.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

[edit] May 1999 - May 2003

Millbrook By-Election 20 September 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shirley Lynch 410 50.8 +11.3
Labour 246 30.5 -5.1
Liberal Democrat 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 398 43.8 -5.0
Liberal Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 529 60.4 -2.8
Conservative 347 39.6 +2.8
Majority 187 20.8
Turnout 846 32
Labour hold Swing

[edit] May 2003 - May 2007

Latimer By-Election 28 July 2005
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 Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynsey Tod 464 49.7 -0.2
Conservative Scott Edwards 374 40.0 -10.1
Liberal Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shona Scrimshaw 674 60.9 +11.4
Conservative Katherine Stallard 362 32.7 -17.8
Liberal Democrat Alan Window 71 6.4 +6.4
Majority 312 28.2
Turnout 1,107 26.7
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Parish & Town Council By-Election Results

[edit] 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

[edit] May 2007 -

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 Democrat 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
Conservative hold Swing

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Politics in Kettering
Wards of Kettering Borough Council (2007-Present)

Conservative (13): Barton | Brambleside | Desborough Loatland | Desborough St Giles | Ise Lodge | Pipers' Hill | Queen Eleanor & Buccleuch | Rothwell | Slade | St. Michael's & Wicksteed | St. Peter's | Welland
Labour (3): Avondale Grange | Northfield | William Knibb
Mixed (Conservative and Labour) (1): All Saints
Mixed (Conservative and Independent) (2): Burton Latimer
Elections to Kettering Borough Council

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