2003 Kettering Borough Council election

Regional election November 2022 September 2012 Kettering Borough Council300px|Kettering Borough Council Ward MapKettering Borough Council ward map 1. All Saints 2. Avondale 3. Barton Seagrave, 4. Brambleside 5. Buccleuch 6. Desborough Loatland 7. Desborough St. Giles, 8. Latimer (Burton Latimer), 9. Millbrook 10. Piper's Hill 11. Plessy (Burton Latimer) 12. Rothwell Tresham 13. Rothwell Trinity 14. Queen Eleanor 15. Slade 16. Spinney 17. St. Andrew's 18. St. Mary's 19. St. Michael's 20. St. Peter's 21. Warkton 22. Welland 23. Wicksteed110px|KetteringKettering Borough within Northamptonshire150px|Northamptonshire within England Elections for Kettering Borough Council, which covers the Borough of Kettering, were held on 1 May 2003 and were won by the Conservatives, gaining overall control from Labour. Summary results The overall results, using average ward votes for the total number of votes cast, were as follows: right|thumbnail|Kettering Borough Council (after 2003 election) (Key: Red = Labour, blue = Conservative, grey = Independent, stripes = mixed ward) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: summary resultsPartyCandidatesVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)4512,37156.330+12 Labour Party (UK)448,03836.613-9 Independent58273.82-2 Liberal Democrats (UK)87513.40-1Total10221,98745Electorate66,470Turnout33.1 (Vote counts shown are ward averages.) Council before 2003 elections Before the elections held on 1 May 2003, the composition of Kettering Borough Council was as follows: right|thumbnail|Kettering Borough Council (before 2003 election) (Key: Red = Labour, blue = Conservative, yellow = Liberal Democrat, grey = Independent, stripes = mixed ward) Composition table (as of April 2003)PartyGroup leaderSeats% seatsChange (on 1999) Labour Party (UK)Richard Tod2351.1+1 Conservative Party (UK)Terry Freer1635.6-2IndependentChristopher Groome511.1+1Liberal Democrats (UK)John Coleman12.20Total seats45 Labour majority of 1 Ward-by-ward results All Saints Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: All Saints Ward Conservative Party (UK) Greg Titcombe 566 28.6 Conservative Party (UK) Christine Smith-Haynes 563 28.5 Labour Party (UK) Susan Holmes 451 22.8 Labour Party (UK) David Threadgold 398 20.1 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)56557.12+2 Labour Party (UK)42542.30-2Total votes cast989Electorate2,842Turnout34.8% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Avondale Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Avondale Ward Labour Party (UK) Eddie Brace 554 35.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Corazzo 444 28.5 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Stallard 243 15.6 Conservative Party (UK) Delyse Silverstone 206 13.2 Independent (politician) Independent Eric Bellamy-Tall 111 7.1 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Labour Party (UK)49959.820 Conservative Party (UK)22526.900 Independent11113.300Total votes cast835Electorate3,146Turnout26.5% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Barton Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Barton Ward Conservative Party (UK) Maurice Bayes 860 34.8 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Lamb 853 34.5 Labour Party (UK) Christine McAlinden 391 15.8 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Philip 370 15.0 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)85769.220 Labour Party (UK)38130.800Total votes cast1,237Electorate3,402Turnout36.4% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Brambleside Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Brambleside Ward Conservative Party (UK) Bill Parker 722 36.2 Conservative Party (UK) Pat Anderson 652 32.7 Labour Party (UK) Samuel Smith 312 15.6 Labour Party (UK) Archibald Welsh 310 15.5 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)68768.820 Labour Party (UK)31131.200Total votes cast998Electorate3,276Turnout30.5% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Buccleuch Ward (1 seat) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Buccleuch Ward Conservative Party (UK) Philip Hollobone 466 79.5 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Whalley 120 20.5 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)46679.510 Labour Party (UK)12020.500Total votes cast586Electorate1,150Turnout51.0% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Loatland Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Loatland Ward Conservative Party (UK) Belinda Humfrey 835 32.2 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Dearing 769 29.6 Labour Party (UK) Derek Fox 401 15.4 Labour Party (UK) Joanne Watson 387 14.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Rice 103 4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Crane 101 3.9 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)80261.82+1 Labour Party (UK)39430.40-1 Liberal Democrats (UK)1027.900Total votes cast1,298Electorate3,500Turnout37.1% (Vote count shown is ward average.) St Giles Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: St Giles Ward Conservative Party (UK) Michael Tebbutt 742 28.3 Labour Party (UK) David Coe 600 22.9 Conservative Party (UK) David Soans 582 22.2 Labour Party (UK) Richard Tod 389 14.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stan Freeman 204 7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Window 108 4.1 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)66250.41+1 Labour Party (UK)49537.71-1 Liberal Democrats (UK)15611.900Total votes cast1,313Electorate3,022Turnout43.4% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Latimer Ward (Burton Latimer) (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Latimer Ward Independent (politician) Independent Ruth Groome 440 29.6 Conservative Party (UK) Ted Evans 326 22.0 Conservative Party (UK) Claire Sevier-Burnapp 272 18.3 Independent (politician) Maureen Jerram 260 17.5 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Jack 111 7.5 Labour Party (UK) Richard Sheehan 76 5.1 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Independent35047.11-1 Conservative Party (UK)29940.31+1 Labour Party (UK)9412.600Total votes cast743Electorate2,534Turnout29.3% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Millbrook Ward (Ise Lodge) (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Millbrook Ward Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Lynch 600 40.7 Conservative Party (UK) Lloyd Bunday 589 39.9 Labour Party (UK) Adrian Perrin 286 19.4 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)59567.520 Labour Party (UK)28632.500Total votes cast1,298Electorate3,500Turnout37.1% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Piper's Hill Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Piper's Hill Ward Conservative Party (UK) Ursula Jones 487 25.4 Conservative Party (UK) James Richardson 437 22.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Coleman 391 20.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Helen Gatehouse 291 15.2 Labour Party (UK) Philip Hales 171 8.9 Labour Party (UK) David Joyce 140 7.3 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)46248.22+1 Liberal Democrats (UK)34135.60-1 Labour Party (UK)15616.200Total votes cast959Electorate2,392Turnout40.1% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Plessy Ward (Burton Latimer) (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Plessy Ward Conservative Party (UK) Michelle Evans 447 25.3 Independent (politician) Christopher Groome 420 23.8 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Wightman 371 21.0 Independent (politician) Derek Zanger 312 17.7 Labour Party (UK) David Bishop 125 7.1 Labour Party (UK) David Williams 90 5.1 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)40946.31+1 Independent36641.51-1 Labour Party (UK)10812.200Total votes cast883Electorate2,715Turnout32.5% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Queen Eleanor Ward (1 seat) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Queen Eleanor Ward Labour Party (UK) John Padwick 437 55.3 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie-Lee Bellamy 353 44.7 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Labour Party (UK)46679.510 Conservative Party (UK)35344.700Total votes cast790Electorate1,297Turnout60.9% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Slade Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Slade Ward Conservative Party (UK) Jim Hakewill 903 37.5 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Harrison 890 37.0 Labour Party (UK) Martin Moloney 323 13.4 Labour Party (UK) Sushila Wright 290 12.1 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)89774.520 Labour Party (UK)30725.500Total votes cast1,203Electorate3,564Turnout33.8% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Spinney Ward (Ise Lodge) (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Spinney Ward Conservative Party (UK) Bob Civil 446 33.1 Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Lynch 394 29.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Turnbull 157 11.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Chris McGlynn 147 10.9 Labour Party (UK) Adrian Chambers 109 8.1 Labour Party (UK) Alfred Elderton 94 7.0 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)42062.420 Liberal Democrats (UK)15222.600 Labour Party (UK)10215.100Total votes cast674Electorate3,230Turnout20.9% (Vote count shown is ward average.) St. Andrew's Ward (3 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: St. Andrew's Ward Labour Party (UK) Jonathan West 598 21.8 Labour Party (UK) Stephen King 560 20.4 Labour Party (UK) Gil Rennie 550 20.1 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Simmance 349 12.7 Conservative Party (UK) Carolyn Maxted 348 12.7 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Malin 338 12.3 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Labour Party (UK)56962.330 Conservative Party (UK)34537.700Total votes cast914Electorate4,140Turnout22.1% (Vote count shown is ward average.) St. Mary's Ward (3 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: St. Mary's Ward Conservative Party (UK) James Burton 629 18.5 Labour Party (UK) Maggie Don 617 18.2 Labour Party (UK) Gina Beale 579 17.0 Labour Party (UK) Peter Holmes 555 16.3 Conservative Party (UK) Russell Roberts 512 15.1 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Jack 506 14.9 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Labour Party (UK)58451.52-1 Conservative Party (UK)54948.51+1Total votes cast1,133Electorate4,182Turnout27.1% (Vote count shown is ward average.) St. Michael's Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: St. Michael's Ward Conservative Party (UK) John Henson 707 30.5 Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Henson 677 29.2 Labour Party (UK) Brenda McCraith 476 20.5 Labour Party (UK) Derek Lee 458 19.8 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)69259.72+1 Labour Party (UK)46740.30-1Total votes cast1,159Electorate2,793Turnout41.5% (Vote count shown is ward average.) St. Peter's Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: St. Peter's Ward Conservative Party (UK) Terry Freer 848 40.0 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Malin 802 37.8 Labour Party (UK) Ian Watts 238 11.2 Labour Party (UK) Shona Scrimshaw 234 11.0 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)82577.820 Labour Party (UK)23622.200Total votes cast1,061Electorate3,441Turnout30.8% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Rothwell Tresham Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Rothwell Tresham Ward Conservative Party (UK) Alan Pote 549 28.0 Labour Party (UK) David Whyte 493 25.2 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Talbot 466 23.8 Labour Party (UK) Peter Weston 452 23.1 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)50851.810 Labour Party (UK)47348.210Total votes cast980Electorate2,792Turnout35.1% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Rothwell Trinity Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Rothwell Trinity Ward Conservative Party (UK) Cedwien Brown 541 26.1 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Whitlam 531 25.6 Labour Party (UK) Mark Hughes 507 24.4 Labour Party (UK) Glenda Weston 495 23.9 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)53651.72+2 Labour Party (UK)50148.30-2Total votes cast1,037Electorate2,829Turnout36.7% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Warkton Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Warkton Ward Labour Party (UK) Linda Adams 474 35.2 Labour Party (UK) Eileen Hales 456 33.9 Conservative Party (UK) Beverley Howell 216 16.1 Conservative Party (UK) Victoria Lamb 199 14.8 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Labour Party (UK)46569.120 Conservative Party (UK)20830.900Total votes cast673Electorate2,615Turnout25.7% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Welland Ward (1 seat) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Welland Ward Conservative Party (UK) Alison Wiley 592 72.7 Labour Party (UK) Susan Buchanan 222 27.3 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)59272.710 Labour Party (UK)22227.300Total votes cast814Electorate1,834Turnout44.4% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Wicksteed Ward (2 seats) Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Wicksteed Ward Conservative Party (UK) Derek Darby 427 25.7 Labour Party (UK) Alex Gordon 426 25.6 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Marks 413 24.9 Labour Party (UK) Roy Mayhew 395 23.8 Ward summaryPartyVotes% votesSeatsChange Conservative Party (UK)42050.61+1 Labour Party (UK)41149.41-1Total votes cast831Electorate2,715Turnout30.6% (Vote count shown is ward average.) Borough council by-elections (since May 2003) Latimer Ward (Burton Latimer) by-election: 28 July 2005 Cause: Death of Cllr. Ted Evans Holding party: Conservative Kettering Borough Council by-election, Latimer Ward: 28 July 2005 Conservative Party (UK) Pat Evans 278 45.6 +5.3 Labour Party (UK) David Bishop 152 24.9 +12.3 Independent (politician) Maureen Jerram 133 21.8 -25.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stuart Simons 47 7.7 +7.7 126 20.7 +11.7 610 24.6 -4.7 Conservative Party (UK) -3.5 Electorate: 2498 Wicksteed Ward by-election: 6 October 2005 Cause: Resignation of Cllr. Derek Darby Holding party: Conservative Kettering Borough Council by-election, Wicksteed Ward: 6 October 2005 Labour Party (UK) Lynsey Tod 464 49.7 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Scott Edwards 374 40.0 -9.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Chris McGlynn 96 10.3 +10.3 90 9.7 N/A 934 35.4 +4.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +5.4% Electorate: 2638 St. Mary's Ward by-election: 17 November 2005 Cause: Resignation of Cllr. Gina Beale Holding party: Labour Kettering Borough Council by-election, St. Mary's Ward, 17 November 2005 Labour Party (UK) Shona Scrimshaw 674 60.9 +9.4 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Stallard 362 32.7 -15.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Window 71 6.4 +6.4 312 28.1 +22.3 1007 27.7 +0.6 Labour Party (UK) +12.6% Electorate: 4011 See also Kettering Borough Council Kettering (UK Parliament constituency) External links Kettering Borough Council website Category:2003 English local elections 2003 Category:2000s in Northamptonshire