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2007 Kettering Borough Council election

{{Short description|2007 UK local government election}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2007 Kettering Borough Council election

| country = England

| type = Parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour = yes

| previous_election = 2003 Kettering Borough Council election

| previous_year = 2003

| next_election = 2011 Kettering Borough Council election

| next_year = 2011

| seats_for_election = All 36 seats in the Kettering Borough Council

| majority_seats = 19

| election_date = 3 May 2007

| image1 =

| leader1 =

| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)

| leaders_seat1 =

| last_election1 = 30

| seats_before1 =

| seats1 = 28

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}2

| popular_vote1 = 14,761

| percentage1 =

| swing1 =

| image2 =

| leader2 =

| party2 = Labour Party (UK)

| leaders_seat2 =

| last_election2 = 13

| seats_before2 =

| seats2 = 6

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}7

| popular_vote2 = 9,582

| percentage2 =

| swing2 =

| map_image = Kettering UK local election 2007 map.svg

| map_size =

| map_caption = Map showing the results of the 2007 Kettering Borough Council elections

| title = Council control

| posttitle = Council control after election

| before_election = Conservative

| before_party =

| after_election = Conservative

| after_party =

}}

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.

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.[https://archive.today/20120904055923/http://www.northantset.co.uk/election-news-stories/Focus-on-Kettering.2701630.jp Focus on Kettering]

Summary results

class="wikitable"

! valign=center colspan=3 style="background: black; color: white"|Kettering Borough Council election, 3 May 2007: summary results

! halign=center style="width: 60px; background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! halign=center style="width: 60px; background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

! halign=center style="width: 60px; background-color:{{party color|Independent}}"|Ind

! halign=center style="width: 60px; background-color:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"|LD

! halign=center style="width: 60px; background-color:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}"|Grn

! valign=center style="width: 60px; background:black; color:white" |Total

! valign=center style="background:black; color:white" |Electorate

! valign=center style="background:black; color:white" |Turnout

halign=center colspan=3 style="background:gray" |Total votes
(ward average votes, turnout adjusted)

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|14,761
55%

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|9,582
36%

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|1,455
5%

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|703
3%

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|414
2%

! style="background-color:gray" valign=center|26,914

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|67,995

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|39.6%

halign=center colspan=3 style="background:gray" |Total seats

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|28
-1

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|6
-8

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|2
+/-

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|0
+/-

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" valign=center|0
+/-

! style="background-color:gray" valign=center|36
-9

Ward results

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" style="background: black; color: white"|Kettering Borough Council election 2007: ward results
valign=center style="width: 250px; background: black; color: white"|Ward

! valign=center style="background: black; color: white"|2003 seats
(notional)

! valign=center style="background: black; color: white"|2007 result

! valign=center style="background: black; color: white"|Detailed
result

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=3|All Saints (3 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=3|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=2|Avondale Grange (2 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

! valign=center rowspan=2|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=2|Barton (2 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=2|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=2|Brambleside (2 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=2|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=3|Burton Latimer (3 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=3|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}"|Ind

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}"|Ind

! style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}"|Ind

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=2|Desborough Loatland (2 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=2|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=2|Desborough St. Giles (2 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=2|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=3|Ise Lodge (3 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=3|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:gray" valign=center|Northfield (1 seat)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

! valign=center|results

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=2|Piper's Hill (2 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=2|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:gray" valign=center|Queen Eleanor & Buccleuch (1 seat)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center|results

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=3|Rothwell (3 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=3|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=2|Slade (2 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=2|results

valign=top style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=top style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=3|St. Michael's & Wicksteed (3 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=3|results

valign=top style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=top style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

valign=top style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=top style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=2|St. Peter's (2 seats)

! valign=top style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=top style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center rowspan=2|results

valign=top style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=top style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

style="background-color:gray" valign=center|Welland (1 seat)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! valign=center|results

style="background-color:gray" valign=center rowspan=2|William Knibb (2 seats)

! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

! valign=center rowspan=2|results

style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Con

! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|Lab

See also

References

  • [http://www.kettering.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=524&documentID=801 May 2007 Election Results: Results by ward] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228045400/http://www.kettering.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=524&documentID=801 |date=28 December 2007 }}
  • [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/34ue.stm Kettering Council election 2007 (BBC)]

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://archive.today/20070615040340/http://www.northantset.co.uk/election-news-stories Evening Telegraph coverage of election]

{{Northamptonshire elections}}

{{United Kingdom local elections, 2007}}

Category:2007 English local elections

2007

Category:2000s in Northamptonshire