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Kettering Borough Council
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).

Composition Table

Composition Table (as of December 2007)PartyTotal Seats2003-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

Elections

Ordinary Elections

2007 Elections (Conservative hold)

2003 Elections (Conservative gain from Labour)

1999 Elections (No Overall Control gain from Labour)

1995 Elections (Labour gain from No Overall Control)

1991 Elections (No Overall Control hold)

1987 Elections (No Overall Control gain from Conservative)

1983 Elections (Conservative gain from No Overall Control)

1979 Elections (No Overall Control hold)

1976 Elections (No Overall Control hold)

1973 Elections (No Overall Control win)

By-elections (2003-Present)

St. Mary's Ward by-election: 17th November 2005 (Labour hold)

Wicksteed Ward by-election: 6th October 2005 (Labour gain from Conservative)

Latimer Ward by-election (Burton Latimer): 28th July 2005 (Conservative hold)

Wards and Councillors

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

1. All Saints

Chris Smith-Haynes (Conservative)
Greg Titcombe (Conservative)

2. Avondale

Eddie Brace (Labour)
Paul Corazzo (Labour)

3. Barton Seagrave

Maurice Bayes (Conservative)
Christopher Lamb (Conservative)

4. Brambleside

Pat Anderson (Conservative)
Bill Parker (Conservative)

5. Buccleuch

Philip Hollobone MP (Conservative)

6. Desborough Loatland

Mark Dearing (Conservative)
Belinda Humfrey (Conservative)

7. Desborough St. Giles

David Coe (Labour)
Michael Tebbutt (Conservative)

8. Latimer (Burton Latimer)

Pat Evans (Conservative) (since a by-election held on 28th July 2005)
Ruth Groome (Independent)

9. Millbrook

Lloyd Bunday (Conservative
Shirley Lynch (Conservative

10. Piper's Hill

Ursula Jones (Conservative)
Jamie Richardson (Conservative)

11. Plessy (Burton Latimer)

Michelle Evans (Conservative)
Christopher Groome (Independent)

12. Rothwell Tresham

Alan Pote (Conservative)
David Whyte (Labour)

13. Rothwell Trinity

Cedwien Brown (Conservative)
Alan Whitlam (Conservative)

14. Queen Eleanor

John Padwick (Labour)

15. Slade

Jim Hakewill (Conservative)
Michael Harrison (Conservative)

16. Spinney

Bob Civil (Conservative)
Matthew Lynch (Conservative)

17. St. Andrew's

Stephen King (Labour)
Gil Rennie (Labour
Jonathan West (Labour

18. St. Mary's

James Burton (Conservative)
Maggie Don (Labour)
Shona Scrimshaw (Labour) (since a by-election held on 17th November 2005)

19. St. Michael's

Jenny Henson (Conservative)
Larry Henson (Conservative)

20. St. Peter's

Terry Freer (Conservative)
Mary Malin (Conservative)

21. Warkton

Linda Adams (Labour)
Eileen Hales (Labour)

22. Welland

Alison Wiley (Conservative)

23. Wicksteed

Alex Gordon (Labour)
Lynsey Tod (Labour) (since a by-election held on 6th October 2005)

Further Information

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Group Leader	Seats	% Seats
	[[ConservativeParty (UK)\|]]	Jim Hakewill	30
	[[LabourParty (UK)\|]]	Paul Corazzo	6
	Independent	Christopher Groome	2
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