Kettering Borough Council elections

Kettering Borough Council in Northamptonshire, England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been 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 - present

Council elections

Kettering Borough Council election, 1973
Kettering Borough Council election, 1976
Kettering Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Kettering Borough Council election, 1983
Kettering Borough Council election, 1987
Kettering Borough Council election, 1991
Kettering Borough Council election, 1995
Kettering Borough Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Kettering Borough Council election, 2003
Kettering Borough Council election, 2007 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 9)^[1]^[4]
Kettering Borough Council election, 2011
Kettering Borough Council election, 2015

Borough Council By-election results

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

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 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	Christina Smith	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^[5]
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^[6]
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^[7]
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^[8]
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

May 2007 - May 2011

Northfield By-Election 1 October 2009^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Manns	265	37.9	-17.7
	Conservative	Stephen Bellamy	258	36.9	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Cindy McGrath	80	11.4	+11.4
	BNP	Clive Skinner	58	8.3	+8.3
	English Democrats	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 Democrats	Derek Hilling	52	5.4	+5.4
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	Stanley Roy Freeman	55	5.5	+5.5
	English Democrats	Kevin John Sills	14	1.4	+1.4
Majority			134	13.5
Turnout			992	44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-26.9%

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 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			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 Democrat	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 Democrats	Kevin Sills	88	11.0	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrats	Kevin John Sills	152	14.2
	BNP	Clive Richard Skinner	64	6.0
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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

1 2 "Kettering". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
↑ 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". London: guardian.co.uk. 2002-07-19. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
↑ "Election results". Kettering Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
↑ "Tories lose local byelection in conference week". London: guardian.co.uk. 2005-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
↑ "Labour vote surges in council byelections". London: guardian.co.uk. 2005-11-18. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
↑ Mead, Chris (2009-10-02). "No 'Brown bounce' as Liberal Democrats surge". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
↑ "Election of a Borough Councillor for the Northfield Ward" (PDF). Kettering Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-10-03.

By-election results

External links

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Council elections in Northamptonshire

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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