2007 Kettering Borough Council election

Elections to Kettering Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by nine. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

2007 Kettering Borough Council election

3 May 2007
All 36 seats in the Kettering Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 30 13 Seats won 28 6 Seat change 2 7 Popular vote 14,761 9,582
Map showing the results of the 2007 Kettering Borough Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Candidates and election issues

Both the Conservative and Labour parties put up candidates in all wards. There were also five Liberal Democrat, four Independent and one Green party candidates.

Major elections issues included refuse collection, recycling and the location of the council offices.

Summary Result

Kettering Borough Council Election, 3 May 2007: Summary Results			Con	Lab	Ind	LD	Grn	TOTAL	Electorate	Turnout
Total Votes (Ward average votes, turnout adjusted)			14,761 55%	9,582 36%	1,455 5%	703 3%	414 2%	26,914	67,995	39.6%
Total Seats			28 -1	6 -8	2 +/-	0 +/-	0 +/-	36 -9

Ward results

Kettering Borough Council Election 2007: Ward Results
Ward	2003 Seats (Notional)	2007 Result	Detailed result
All Saints (3 seats)	Lab	Con	results
	Lab	Con
	Con	Lab
Avondale Grange (2 seats)	Lab	Lab	results
	Lab	Lab
Barton (2 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Con
Brambleside (2 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Con
Burton Latimer (3 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Ind
	Ind	Ind
Desborough Loatland (2 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Con
Desborough St. Giles (2 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Con
Ise Lodge (3 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Con
	Con	Con
Northfield (1 seat)	Lab	Lab	results
Piper's Hill (2 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Con
Queen Eleanor & Buccleuch (1 seat)	Con	Con	results
Rothwell (3 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Con
	Con	Con
Slade (2 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Con
St. Michael's & Wicksteed (3 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Con
	Con	Con
St. Peter's (2 seats)	Con	Con	results
	Con	Con
Welland (1 seat)	Con	Con	results
William Knibb (2 seats)	Lab	Lab	results
	Con	Lab

See also

• Local Elections in Kettering Borough
• Kettering town

References

• May 2007 Election Results: Results by ward Archived 28 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• Kettering Council election 2007 (BBC)

External links

• Evening Telegraph coverage of election