Kettering Borough Council

Kettering Borough Council was a local authority in Kettering Borough, composed of 36 local councillors and most recently controlled by the Conservatives, who controlled the Council since the 2003 local elections, where they gained control from Labour with a majority of 15.

Kettering Borough Council

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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. Russell Roberts (since 2011)
MP:Philip Hollobone (since 2005)

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). The council was based at Kettering Municipal Offices.[1]

The authority was succeeded on 1 April 2021 by the new unitary North Northamptonshire Council.[2]

YearConservativeLabour PartyIndependentLiberal Democrats
201626721

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

Elections

Ordinary Elections

By-elections (2003 – present)

Wards and Councillors

2007 - Present

Since boundary changes implemented for the 2007 local elections, the wards of Kettering Borough Council have been as follows:

WardCouncil seatsCurrent party
(As at November 2010)
All Saints3 seats1 Con, 2 Lab
Avondale Grange2 seats2 Lab
Barton2 seats2 Con
Brambleside2 seats2 Con
Burton Latimer3 seats2 Ind, 1 Con
Desborough Loatland2 seats2 Con
Desborough St Giles2 seats2 Con
Ise Lodge3 seats3 Con
Northfield1 seat1 Lab
Piper's Hill2 seats2 Con
Queen Eleanor & Buccleuch1 seat1 Con
Rothwell3 seats3 Con
Slade2 seats2 Con
St Michael's & Wicksteed3 seats3 Con
St Peter's2 seats2 Con
Welland1 seat1 Con
William Knibb2 seats2 Con
TOTAL36 seats28 Con, 6 Lab, 2 Ind

1999 - 2007

For the elections held in May 1999 and May 2003, the wards of Kettering Borough Council were as follows:

Kettering Borough Council Ward Map (1999-May 2007)
Kettering Borough Council Political Map, after 2003 election
(Key: Red = Labour, Blue = Conservative, Grey = Independent, Stripes = Mixed Ward)
WardCouncil seats
All Saints2 seats
Avondale2 seats
Barton2 seats
Brambleside2 seats
Buccleuch1 seat
Latimer (Burton Latimer)2 seats
Loatland (Desborough)2 seats
Millbrook2 seats
Piper's Hill2 seats
Plessy (Burton Latimer)2 seats
Queen Eleanor1 seat
Slade2 seats
Spinney2 seats
St Andrew's3 seats
St Giles (Desborough)2 seats
St Mary's3 seats
St Michael's2 seats
St Peter's2 seats
Tresham (Rothwell)2 seats
Trinity (Rothwell)2 seats
Warkton2 seats
Welland1 seat
Wicksteed2 seats
TOTAL45 seats

Arms
Coat of arms of Kettering Borough Council
Crest
On a wreath Or and Sable a representation of the Geddington Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross Proper between two fountains each charged with a martlet Sable.
Escutcheon
Sable on a fess Argent between in chief a garb Or between two annulets embattled on the outer edge Argent and in base a pelt Or five Lozenges conjoined Gules.
Supporters
On the dexter side a female figure richly attired in antique habit Azure and upon her head a plume of three ostrich feathers Argent and on the sinister side a Negro Proper habited about the waist with a cloth and his sinister wrist encircled with a handcuff pendent therefrom a broken chain Azure.
Motto
Progressio Et Concordia (Progress And Concord)[3]

See also

References
  1. "History". Kettering Old Grammar School Foundation. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. Buckner, Sol (6 April 2021). "New authority is "a fresh start", says North Northamptonshire Council boss". Northamptonshire Telegraph. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. "East Midlands Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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