Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:UK constituency infobox Kettering is a county constituency in Northamptonshire which returns one Member of Parliament (MP) the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency covers the district of Kettering and the east of the district of Daventry, including the towns of Desborough and Rothwell.

Boundaries

Kettering constituency is a semi-rural constituency, predominantly based around the towns of Kettering, Desborough, Rothwell and Burton Latimer within the borough of Kettering (all of which is in the constituency) but, additionally, includes wide tracts of rural land, making it the second largest constituency in Northamptonshire by area.

Politically, it is comprised of the borough of Kettering and some eastern wards of the district of Daventry; the predominant parts of which being based around the large villages of Brixworth and Moulton.

Economically, it is predominantly middle-class. Industry continues in some areas, most notably at the Weetabix factory at Burton Latimer, but the industrial activity of the area, as with the rest of the county, is much reduced.

Boundary changes

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Northamptonshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made substantial changes to the county to make way for the new constituency of South Northamptonshire. The existing Kettering constituency undergoes substantial boundary changes.

As a result, Kettering gains the electoral wards to make the seat coterminous with the boundaries of the borough of Kettering and all electoral wards in the revised seat will be within the borough constituency boundaries.

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Philip Hollobone of the Conservative Party. He was elected in 2005 when he defeated the sitting Labour MP, Phil Sawford.

Kettering Constituency (1918 - Present)

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |	1918	Alfred Waterson	Co-operative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1922	Owen Parker	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |	1923	Samuel Perry	Labour Co-operative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1924	Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |	1929	Samuel Perry	Labour Co-operative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1931	John Eastwood	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1940 by-election	John Profumo	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1945	Gilbert Mitchison	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1964	Geoffrey de Freitas	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1979	William Homewood	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1983	Roger Freeman	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Phil Sawford	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2005	Philip Hollobone	Conservative

Mid Northamptonshire Constituency (1885-1918)

Prior to boundary changes in 1918, at least the majority of modern-day Kettering Constituency lay within the Mid Northamptonshire constituency.

North Northamptonshire Constituency (1832-1885)

Prior to boundary changes in 1885, at least the majority of modern-day Kettering Constituency lay within the North Northamptonshire constituency, which elected two members to Parliament.

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Hollobone	25,401	45.6	+2.2
	Labour	Phil Sawford	22,100	39.7	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Aron	6,882	12.4	+2.2
	UKIP	Rosemarie Clarke	1,263	2.3	+0.6
Majority			3,301	5.9
Turnout			55,646	68.0	−0.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.6

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Sawford	24,034	44.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Philip Hollobone	23,369	43.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Aron	5,469	10.2	−0.5
	UKIP	Barry Mahoney	880	1.6	−1.4
Majority			665	1.2	+0.9%
Turnout			53,752	68.1	−7.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Sawford	24,650	43.3	+11.2
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	24,461	43.0	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Aron	6,098	10.7	−5.3
	Referendum	A.E. Smith	1551	2.7	N/A
	Natural Law	Rosemary le Carpentier	197	0.3	N/A
Majority			189	0.3
Turnout			56,957	68.1	−7.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.9

General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	29,115	52.0	+1.0
	Labour	Phil Hope	17,961	32.0	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Denton-White	8,962	16.0	−13.3
Majority			11,154	20.0	−1.7
Turnout			56,038	82.6	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	26,532	51.0	+2.6
	SDP	Cecilia Goodhart	15,205	29.3	−1.2
	Labour	A.M. Minto	10,229	19.7	−1.4
Majority			11,327	21.8	+3.9
Turnout			51,196	78.8	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Freeman	23,223	48.4	+5.5
	SDP	Cecilia Goodhart	14,637	30.5	+18.5
	Labour	Alex Gordon	10,229	19.7	−1.4
Majority			8,586	17.9
Turnout			47,979	76.4	−2.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+14.7

Elections in the 1970s

General election of 1979

General Election 1979: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Homewood	31,579	45.0	−4.3
	Conservative		30,101	42.9	11.4
	Liberal		8,424	12.0	−7.1
Majority			1,478	2.1%	−15.7
Turnout			70,104	79.3	6.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of October 1974

General Election October 1974: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey de Freitas	30,970	49.3	3.4
	Conservative	G.D. Reed	19,800	31.5	−0.2
	Liberal	A.J.W. Haigh	12,038	19.2	−7.1
Majority			11,170	17.8	3.6
Turnout			62,808	73.2%	−7.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of February 1974

General Election February 1974: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey de Freitas	31,659	45.9	−2.3
	Conservative		21,872	31.7	−10.7
	Liberal		15,393	22.3	13.0
Majority			9,787	14.2	8.4
Turnout			68,924	81.1	5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1970

General Election 1970: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey de Freitas	34,803	48.3	−4.4
	Conservative	J.C. Taylor	30,613	42.5	6.9
	Liberal	A.J.W. Haigh	6,695	9.3	−2.5
Majority			4,190	5.8	−11.3
Turnout			72,111	75.5	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election of 1966

General Election 1966: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey de Freitas	35,337	52.6	−2.5
	Conservative	T.E.T. Weston	23,877	35.6	−9.2
	Liberal	A. Smith	7,903	11.8	N/A
Majority			11,460	17.1	+6.7
Turnout			67,117	81.3	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1964

General Election 1964: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey de Freitas	36,210	55.2	2.4
	Conservative	J.H. Lewis	29,405	44.8	−2.4
Majority			6,805	10.4	+2.4
Turnout			65,615	81.5	4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election of 1959

General Election 1959: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchinson	32,933	52.8	−2.4
	Conservative	Neil Stone	29,448	47.2	2.4
Majority			3,485	5.6	−4.8
Turnout			62,381	77.5	−4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1955

General Election 1955: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchinson	31,198	55.2	−0.7
	Conservative	J.F. Nash	25,495	44.8	0.7
Majority			5,903	10.4	−1.3
Turnout			56,893	81.6	−5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1951

General Election 1951: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchinson	32,604	55.8	+3.2
	Conservative	C.P.B. Bailey	25,777	44.2	+5.6
Majority			6,827	11.7	−2.4
Turnout			58,381	87.2	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1950

General Election 1950: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchinson	30,243	52.6	−1.0
	Conservative	G. Isham	22,169	38.6	−3.5
	Liberal	I.T. Morrow	4,692	8.2	N/A
	Communist	L.P. O'Connor	368	0.6	N/A
Majority			8,074	14.0	+2.5
Turnout			57,472	88.1	13.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election of 1945

General Election 1945: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchison	29,868	53.6
	Conservative	John Profumo	23,424	42.1	−30.9
	Christian Pacifist	J. C. Dempsey	2,381	4.3
Majority			6,444	11.5
Turnout			24,530	75.1	+37.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

By-election, 1940

Kettering by-election, 6th March 1940

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Profumo	17,914	73.0	+20.9
	Workers' and Pensioners' Anti-War	W. Ross	6,616	27.0	N/A
Majority			11,298	46.0	+41.8
Turnout			24,530	37.8	−39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election of 1935

General Election 1935: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Eastwood	22,885	52.1	−8.1
	Labour	J.R. Sadler	21,042	47.9	+8.1
Majority			1,843	4.2	−16.1
Turnout			43,927	77.3	−8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election of 1931

General Election 1935: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Eastwood	25,811	60.2	+23.1
	Labour Co-op	Samuel Perry	17,095	39.8	−3.9
Majority			8,716	20.3
Turnout			42,906	85.7	−0.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election of 1929

General Election 1929: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Samuel Perry	18,253	43.8	−5.8
	Conservative	Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller	15,469	37.1	−13.3
	Liberal		7,972	19.1	N/A
Majority			2,784	6.7
Turnout			41,694	85.8	4.2
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election of 1924

General Election 1924: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller	15,042	50.4	+15.4
	Labour Co-op	Samuel Perry	14,801	49.6	+6.0
Majority			241	0.8
Turnout			29,843	81.6	−0.1
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

General Election of 1923

General Election 1923: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Samuel Perry	12,718	43.6
	Conservative	Owen Parker	10,212	35.0
Majority			2,506	8.6
Turnout			29,203	81.7
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election of 1922

General Election 1922: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Parker	14,333	50.2
	Co-operative Party	A.E. Waterson	14,204	48.8
Majority			129	0.4
Turnout			28,537	81.5
	Conservative gain from Co-operative Party		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election of 1918

General Election 1918: Kettering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Party	A.E. Waterson	10,299
	National Liberal	L. Buxton	7,761
	National Party (UK)	A.F.H. Ferguson	4,489
Majority			2,538
Turnout			22,549	65.1
	Co-operative Party gain from Liberal		Swing

See also

• Kettering by-election, 1940
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire

External links

• Kettering Liberal Democrats
• Kettering Conservatives
• Kettering Labour Party

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |origdate= (help)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages