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Piper's Hill Ward is a 2-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...

 which is statistically regarded as a marginal ward between Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrats

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 and the Conservatives

Conservative Party (UK)

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

The current councillors are Cllr. Duncan Bain and Cllr. Philip Hollobone

Philip Hollobone

Philip Thomas Hollobone is a British Conservative Party politician who is both a Member of Parliament for the Kettering constituency and a member of Kettering Borough Council for the Piper's Hill ward .-Early life:Hollobone was educated at Dulwich College, London, and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford...

 MP.

Councillors

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2007

• Duncan Bain (Conservative
  Conservative Party (UK)
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  )
• Philip Hollobone
  Philip Hollobone
  Philip Thomas Hollobone is a British Conservative Party politician who is both a Member of Parliament for the Kettering constituency and a member of Kettering Borough Council for the Piper's Hill ward .-Early life:Hollobone was educated at Dulwich College, London, and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford...
  
   MP (Conservative
  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...
  
  )

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:...

• Ursula Jones (Conservative
  Conservative Party (UK)
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  )
• Jamie Richardson (Conservative
  Conservative Party (UK)
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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....

• John Coleman (Liberal Democrat
  Liberal Democrats
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  ) - served as Mayor
  Mayor
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   from 2000-2001.
• Fred Brown (Conservative
  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...
  
  )

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2007

• At the 2007 elections, Piper's Hill ward was enlarged with part of the former Warkton ward, a Labour-held ward.

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...	462	48.2	+14.2	2	+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...	341	35.6	-3.1	0	-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...	156	16.2	-11.1	0	0
Total Votes Cast		959
Electorate		2,392
Turnout		40.1%

(Vote count shown is ward average)

Kettering Borough Council Elections 1999

Ward Summary
Party		Votes	% Votes	Seats	Change
	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...	324	38.6	1	0
	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...	286	34.0	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...	229	27.3	0	-1
Total Votes Cast		839
Electorate
Turnout

(Vote count shown is ward average)

See also

• Kettering
  Kettering
  Kettering is a market town in the Borough of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. It is situated about from London. Kettering is mainly situated on the west side of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene which meets at Wellingborough...
  
  
• 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...