2015 Kettering Borough Council election

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2015 Kettering Borough Council election
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  2011 7 May 2015 [n 1] 2021 (NN)  

All 36 seats in the Kettering Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Last election269
Seats won278
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote41,30026,187
Percentage47.730.3

Kettering UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2015 Kettering Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2015 Kettering Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Kettering Borough Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since 2003. The election in Rothwell Ward was delayed until 4 June 2015 due to the death of a candidate. [2] [3]

Contents

Results

All Saints Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: All Saints (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative James Burton 1,456
Conservative Lesley Thurland 1,310
Conservative Greg Titcombe 1,116
Labour Julie-Anne Hands1,087
Labour Richard Bowles1,034
Labour Andrew Lockhart1,015
UKIP Neil Manners714
Turnout 3,427
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Avondale Grange Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Avondale Grange (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Linda Adams 729
Labour Clark Mitchell 678
UKIP Edward Brace659
UKIP John Raffill527
Conservative Carolyn Carter516
Conservative Robin Carter472
Green Keith Stafford184
Turnout 2,052
Labour hold
Labour hold

Barton Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Barton (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Russell Roberts 1,660
Conservative Stephen Bellamy 1,319
Labour Rona Gordon683
UKIP Jonathan Court792
Labour Ronald Steele590
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Turnout 3,041

Brambleside Ward (2 seats)

Brambleside (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Michael Brown 1,314
Conservative Ash Davies 1,155
Labour Adrian Chambers631
UKIP Lee Ramsey537
Labour Archibald Welsh448
English Democrat Derek Hilling114
Turnout 2,583
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burton Latimer Ward (3 seats)

Burton Latimer (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jan Smith 1,631
Independent Ruth Groome 1,575
Conservative Derek Zanger 1,396
Independent Christopher Groome1,286
Independent Fergus MacDonald664
Labour Vanessa Armstrong746
Labour Dominic Armstrong711
Labour Theresa Conrad590
Turnout 4,222
Conservative hold
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Desborough Loatland Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Desborough Loatland Ward [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mark Dearing 1,386
Conservative June Derbyshire 1,295
Labour Joanne Watson616
Labour Helen Wood573
UKIP Kevin Stills767
Turnout 2,908
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Desborough St Giles Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Desborough St Giles (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mike Tebbutt 1,402
Conservative Dave Soans 1,156
Labour Ben King746
Labour James Fox693
UKIP Melvyn Norman601
Green Alan Stephen Jones298
Turnout 2,768
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Ise Lodge (3 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Ise Lodge (3 seats) [4] )
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Philip Hollobone 2,418
Conservative Lloyd Bunday 1,674
Conservative Shirley Lynch 1,597
Labour Rhiannon Watts1,088
Labour Lynsey Tod703
Labour Arlette Wrighting405
Green Michael Wright254
Turnout 4,000
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Northfield Ward (1 seat)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Northfield (1 seat) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jonathan West 503
Conservative Christina Smith-Haynes353
UKIP Stewart Farrant205
Green Heather Brunskelll-Evans125
Turnout 1,191
Labour hold

Piper's Hill Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Piper's Hill (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Duncan Bain 1,166
Labour Anne-Marie Lee 888
Conservative Paul Marks866
UKIP Kathleen Forsyth-Smith673
Labour Harjinder Singh575
Green James Dell323
Turnout 2,565
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Queen Eleanor & Buccleuch Ward (1 seat)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Queen Eleanor & Buccleuch (1 seat) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mark Rowley 656
Labour John Padwick462
UKIP Jonathan Bullock422
Green Neil Bennett69
Turnout 1,61
Conservative hold

Rothwell (3 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Rothwell (3 seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alan Mills 951
Conservative Karl Sumpter 853
Conservative Margaret Talbot 777
Conservative Ian Jelley771
Labour Malcolm Jones623
Labour Kathleen Harris614
UKIP Sally Hogston370
Green Robert Reeves89
Green Robert Reeves82
Labour hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Slade Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Slade (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative James Hakewill 1,934
Conservative Cliff Moreton 1,805
Labour Stephen King746
Labour Sally Hogston695
Labour Shona Scrimshaw531
Green Susanne Rees344
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St Michaels & Wicksteed Ward (3 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: St. Michael's & Wicksteed (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Scott Edwards 1,325
Conservative Jennifer Henson 1,288
Labour Margaret Don 1,040
Conservative John Laurence Henson1,155
Labour Derek Lee1,000
Labour Laurence Humphries909
UKIP Jehad Aburamadan839
Green Robert Reeves609
Turnout 3,323
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Labour hold

St Peters Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2015: St Peter's Ward [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Terence Freer 1,230
Conservative Mary Malin 1,038
Labour Ian Watts768
UKIP Claire Sevier563
Green Kirsty Berry501
Turnout 2,574
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Welland Ward (1 seat)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Welland (1 seat) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Howes 1,130
Labour Peter Weston351
UKIP Brent Woodford245
Turnout 1,745
Conservative hold

William Knibb Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: William Knibb (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Keli Watts 852
Labour Mick Scrimshaw 844
Conservative Karen Stanley677
UKIP Roland Shipham378
Green Katie Harrison348
UKIP Susan Shipham321
Turnout 2,155
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

  1. Rothwell Ward's election was delayed to 4 June 2015 due to the death of a candidate.

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References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. Kettering Borough Council [@KetteringBC] (27 April 2015). "We have given notice of Countermanded Polls in #Rothwell following the death of a candidate in the elections" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 June 2021 via Twitter.
  3. Kettering Borough Council [@KetteringBC] (9 May 2015). "The election of 3 remaining Councillors from the Rothwell ward will take place on 4 June 2015 following the death of a candidate" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 June 2021 via Twitter.
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