2015 Kettering Borough Council election

2015 Kettering Borough Council election
All 36 seats in the Kettering Borough Council; 19 seats needed for a majority
	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]

Results

All Saints Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: All Saints (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Burton	1,456
	Conservative	Lesley Thurland	1,310
	Conservative	Greg Titcombe	1,116
	Labour	Julie-Anne Hands	1,087
	Labour	Richard Bowles	1,034
	Labour	Andrew Lockhart	1,015
	UKIP	Neil Manners	714
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]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Linda Adams	729
	Labour	Clark Mitchell	678
	UKIP	Edward Brace	659
	UKIP	John Raffill	527
	Conservative	Carolyn Carter	516
	Conservative	Robin Carter	472
	Green	Keith Stafford	184
Turnout			2,052
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Barton Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Barton (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Russell Roberts	1,660
	Conservative	Stephen Bellamy	1,319
	Labour	Rona Gordon	683
	UKIP	Jonathan Court	792
	Labour	Ronald Steele	590
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
Turnout			3,041

Brambleside Ward (2 seats)

Brambleside (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Brown	1,314
	Conservative	Ash Davies	1,155
	Labour	Adrian Chambers	631
	UKIP	Lee Ramsey	537
	Labour	Archibald Welsh	448
	English Democrat	Derek Hilling	114
Turnout			2,583
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Burton Latimer Ward (3 seats)

Burton Latimer (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jan Smith	1,631
	Independent	Ruth Groome	1,575
	Conservative	Derek Zanger	1,396
	Independent	Christopher Groome	1,286
	Independent	Fergus MacDonald	664
	Labour	Vanessa Armstrong	746
	Labour	Dominic Armstrong	711
	Labour	Theresa Conrad	590
Turnout			4,222
	Conservative hold
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Desborough Loatland Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Desborough Loatland Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Dearing	1,386
	Conservative	June Derbyshire	1,295
	Labour	Joanne Watson	616
	Labour	Helen Wood	573
	UKIP	Kevin Stills	767
Turnout			2,908
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Desborough St Giles Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Desborough St Giles (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mike Tebbutt	1,402
	Conservative	Dave Soans	1,156
	Labour	Ben King	746
	Labour	James Fox	693
	UKIP	Melvyn Norman	601
	Green	Alan Stephen Jones	298
Turnout			2,768
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ise Lodge (3 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Ise Lodge (3 seats)^[4])
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Philip Hollobone	2,418
	Conservative	Lloyd Bunday	1,674
	Conservative	Shirley Lynch	1,597
	Labour	Rhiannon Watts	1,088
	Labour	Lynsey Tod	703
	Labour	Arlette Wrighting	405
	Green	Michael Wright	254
Turnout			4,000
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Northfield Ward (1 seat)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Northfield (1 seat)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jonathan West	503
	Conservative	Christina Smith-Haynes	353
	UKIP	Stewart Farrant	205
	Green	Heather Brunskelll-Evans	125
Turnout			1,191
	Labour hold

Piper's Hill Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Piper's Hill (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Duncan Bain	1,166
	Labour	Anne-Marie Lee	888
	Conservative	Paul Marks	866
	UKIP	Kathleen Forsyth-Smith	673
	Labour	Harjinder Singh	575
	Green	James Dell	323
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]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Rowley	656
	Labour	John Padwick	462
	UKIP	Jonathan Bullock	422
	Green	Neil Bennett	69
Turnout			1,61
	Conservative hold

Rothwell (3 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Rothwell (3 seats)^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Alan Mills	951
Conservative	Karl Sumpter	853
Conservative	Margaret Talbot	777
Conservative	Ian Jelley	771
Labour	Malcolm Jones	623
Labour	Kathleen Harris	614
UKIP	Sally Hogston	370
Green	Robert Reeves	89
Green	Robert Reeves	82
Labour hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Slade Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Slade (2 seats)^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	James Hakewill	1,934
Conservative	Cliff Moreton	1,805
Labour	Stephen King	746
Labour	Sally Hogston	695
Labour	Shona Scrimshaw	531
Green	Susanne Rees	344
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St Michaels & Wicksteed Ward (3 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: St. Michael's & Wicksteed (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Scott Edwards	1,325
	Conservative	Jennifer Henson	1,288
	Labour	Margaret Don	1,040
	Conservative	John Laurence Henson	1,155
	Labour	Derek Lee	1,000
	Labour	Laurence Humphries	909
	UKIP	Jehad Aburamadan	839
	Green	Robert Reeves	609
Turnout			3,323
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

St Peters Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2015: St Peter's Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Terence Freer	1,230
	Conservative	Mary Malin	1,038
	Labour	Ian Watts	768
	UKIP	Claire Sevier	563
	Green	Kirsty Berry	501
Turnout			2,574
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Welland Ward (1 seat)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: Welland (1 seat)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Howes	1,130
	Labour	Peter Weston	351
	UKIP	Brent Woodford	245
Turnout			1,745
	Conservative hold

William Knibb Ward (2 seats)

Kettering Borough Council elections 2015: William Knibb (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Keli Watts	852
	Labour	Mick Scrimshaw	844
	Conservative	Karen Stanley	677
	UKIP	Roland Shipham	378
	Green	Katie Harrison	348
	UKIP	Susan Shipham	321
Turnout			2,155
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

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

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Borough Election Results - 7 May 2015". Kettering Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Declaration of Result - Rothwell Ward - 4 June 2015". Kettering Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019.

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

[TEC-2] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Borough Election Results - 7 May 2015". Kettering Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[6] "Declaration of Result - Rothwell Ward - 4 June 2015". Kettering Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019.

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