Kettering Borough Council

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Kettering Borough Council
Kettering
Shown within Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire within England
Geography
Status: Borough
Region: East Midlands
Admin. County: Northamptonshire
Admin. HQ: Kettering
Leadership
Council Type: Leader & Cabinet
Control: Conservative (since 2003)
Leader: Cllr. Jim Hakewill (since 2003)
MP: Philip Hollobone (since 2005)

Kettering Borough Council is a local authority in Kettering Borough, composed of 45 local councillors and currently controlled by the Conservatives, who have controlled the Council since the 2003 local elections, where they gained control from Labour with a majority of 15. Having retained control in the 2007 local elections, the Council is currently led by Cllr. Jim Hakewill.

Kettering Borough Council was established in 1973, as part of reforms marked by the Local Government Act 1972. Prior to this date, Kettering Borough was represented by the Urban District Councils of Burton Latimer, Desborough, Rothwell and Kettering (wholly within the current Borough boundaries) and the Rural District Council of Kettering Rural (mainly within the current Borough boundaries).

Contents

[edit] Composition Table

Composition Table (as of December 2007)
Party Group Leader Seats % Seats
Conservative Jim Hakewill 30
Labour Paul Corazzo 6
Independent Christopher Groome 2
Total Seats 45

Conservative Majority of 13

[edit] History

  • 2003-Present: Conservative controlled
  • 2001-2003-: Labour controlled (due to a by-election gain in St. Michael's Ward)
  • 1999-2001: No Overall Control (Labour minority administration)
  • 1995-1999: Labour controlled
  • 1987-1995: No Overall Control
  • 1983-1987: Conservative controlled
  • 1973-1983: No Overall Control

[edit] Elections

[edit] Ordinary Elections

[edit] By-elections (2003-Present)

[edit] Wards and Councillors

The Wards of Kettering Borough Council were as follows (as of April 2007):

Kettering Borough Council Ward Map (1999-May 2007)
Kettering Borough Council Ward Map (1999-May 2007)
Kettering Borough Council Political Map (as of March 2006) (Key: Red = Labour, Blue = Conservative, Grey = Independent, Stripes = Mixed Ward)
Kettering Borough Council Political Map (as of March 2006)
(Key: Red = Labour, Blue = Conservative, Grey = Independent, Stripes = Mixed Ward)

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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

1973 | 1976 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | By-Elections