Piper's Hill (Kettering BC Ward)

Piper's Hill Ward (Kettering Borough Council)
Piper's Hill within Kettering Borough
Kettering Borough within Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire within England

Piper's Hill Ward is a 2-member ward within Kettering Borough Council which is statistically regarded as a marginal ward between Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. 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 MP.

Councillors

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2007

• Duncan Bain (Conservative)
• Philip Hollobone MP (Conservative)

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2003

• Ursula Jones (Conservative)
• Jamie Richardson (Conservative)

Kettering Borough Council Elections 1999

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

Current Ward Boundaries (2007-)

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.

Piper's Hill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Hollobone (E)	836	25.7
	Conservative	Duncan Bain (E)	740	22.7
	Labour	Eileen Hales	461	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Coleman	458	14.1
	Labour	Eddie Brace	457	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Sharman	301	9.3
Turnout			1,702	42.4

Historic Ward Boundaries (1999-2007)

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2003

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2003: Piper's Hill Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ursula Jones (E)	487	25.4	+7.6
	Conservative	Jamie Richardson (E)	437	22.8	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Coleman	391	20.4	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Gatehouse	291	15.2	−2.4
	Labour	Philip Hales	171	8.9	−5.6
	Labour	David Joyce	140	7.3	−5.5

Ward Summary
Party		Votes	% Votes	% Change	Seats	Change
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	[[Conservative Party (UK)|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]	462	48.2	+14.2	2	+1
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/shortname]]	341	35.6	-3.1	0	-1
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	[[Labour Party (UK)|Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]	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

Kettering Borough Council Elections 1999: Piper's Hill Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Coleman (E)	353	21.0
	Conservative	Fred Brown (E)	299	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lilian Coleman	295	17.6
	Conservative	Mark Ingram	272	16.2
	Labour	Linda Adams	243	14.5
	Labour	Sushila Wright	215	12.8

Ward Summary
Party		Votes	% Votes	Seats	Change
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/shortname]]	324	38.6	1	0
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	[[Conservative Party (UK)|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]	286	34.0	1	+1
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	[[Labour Party (UK)|Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]	229	27.3	0	-1
Total Votes Cast		839
Electorate
Turnout

(Vote count shown is ward average)

See also

• Kettering
• Kettering Borough Council