Elections to
Kettering
Kettering is a market town, market and industrial town, industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England, west of Cambridge, England, Cambridge, southwest of Peterborough, southeast of Leicester and north- ...
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
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, four
Independent
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and one
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Party candidates.
Major elections issues included
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,
recycling
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and the location of the council offices.
Focus on Kettering
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Summary results
Ward results
See also
* Kettering local elections
* Kettering town
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References
May 2007 Election Results: Results by ward
Kettering Council election 2007 (BBC)
External links
''Evening Telegraph'' coverage of election
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2007
2007 English local elections
2007
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Events
January
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2000s in Northamptonshire