Desborough Loatland (Kettering BC Ward)

Desborough Loatland Ward (Kettering Borough Council Kettering Borough Council Kettering Borough Council is a local authority in Kettering Borough, composed of 36 local councillors and currently controlled by the Conservatives, who have controlled the Council since the 2003 local elections, where they gained control from Labour with a majority of 15. Having retained control... )
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Desborough Loatland Ward is a two member ward within Kettering Borough Council

Kettering Borough Council

Kettering Borough Council is a local authority in Kettering Borough, composed of 36 local councillors and currently controlled by the Conservatives, who have controlled the Council since the 2003 local elections, where they gained control from Labour with a majority of 15. Having retained control...

, representing part of Desborough

Desborough

Desborough is a town in Northamptonshire, England. It is one of the founding 12 members of the Charter of European Rural Communities and through this has links with 26 other EU member towns and villages...

. Prior to 2007 boundary changes, this ward was formally known as Loatland.

The ward was last fought at Borough Council level in the 2007 local council elections, in which both seats were won by the Conservatives

Conservative Party (UK)

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The current councillors are Cllr. Mark Dearing and Cllr. June Derbyshire.

Councillors

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2007

Cllr. Mark Dearing (Conservative
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Cllr. June Derbyshire (Conservative
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Kettering Borough Council Elections 2003
Kettering Borough Council elections 2003
The last local 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:...

Cllr. Belinda Humfrey (Conservative
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Cllr. Mark Dearing (Conservative
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Kettering Borough Council elections 1999
Kettering Council election 1999
Elections to Kettering Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and boundary changes had taken place since the last election in 1995. The Labour Party lost its overall majority, the council coming under no overall control....

Cllr. Belinda Humfrey (Conservative
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Cllr. Derek Fox (Labour
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Desborough Loatland by-election: 6 November 1997

Unknown Conservative
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councillor
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(replacing an unknown Labour
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councillor
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Kettering Borough Council Elections 2007

Kettering Borough Council elections 2003

Ward summary
Party		Votes	% Votes	% Change	Seats	Change
	Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	802	61.8	+13.8	2	+1
	Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	394	30.4	-21.7	0	-1
	Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	102	7.9	+7.9	0	0
Total votes cast		1,298
Electorate		3,500
Turnout		37.1%

(Vote count shown is ward average)

Kettering Borough Council elections 1999

This seat may have been affected by boundary changes at this election.

Ward summary
Party		Votes	% Votes	Seats	Change
	Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	624	52.0	1	+1
	Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	575	48.0	1	-1
Total votes cast		1199
Electorate
Turnout