Desborough Loatland (Kettering BC Ward)

Desborough Loatland Ward (Kettering Borough Council)
Desborough Loatland within Kettering Borough
Kettering Borough within Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire within England

Desborough Loatland Ward is a two-member ward within Kettering Borough Council, representing part of Desborough. Prior to 2007 boundary changes, this ward was formerly 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.

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

Councillors[edit]

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2007

Cllr. Mark Dearing (Conservative)
Cllr. June Derbyshire (Conservative)

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2003

Cllr. Belinda Humfrey (Conservative)
Cllr. Mark Dearing (Conservative)

Kettering Borough Council elections 1999

Cllr. Belinda Humfrey (Conservative)
Cllr. Derek Fox (Labour)

Desborough Loatland by-election: 6 November 1997

Unknown Conservative councillor (replacing an unknown Labour councillor)

Current ward boundaries (2007-)[edit]

Kettering Borough Council Elections 2007[edit]

Desborough Loatland (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Dearing (E)	837
	Conservative	June Derbyshire (E)	813
	Labour	Joanne Watson	450
	Labour	Michael Payne	427
Turnout			1,309	42.0

Former ward boundaries (1999-2007)[edit]

Kettering Borough Council elections 2003[edit]

Kettering Borough Council elections 2003: Desborough Loatland Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Belinda Humfrey (E)	835	31.8	+3.1
Conservative	Mark Dearing (E)	769	29.3	+4.8
Labour	Derek Fox	401	15.3	-10.4
Labour	Joanne Watson	387	14.7	-8.6
Liberal Democrats	Philip Rice	103	3.9	+3.9
Liberal Democrats	Richard Crane	101	3.8	+3.8

Ward summary
Party		Votes	% Votes	% Change	Seats	Change
	Conservative	802	61.8	+13.8	2	+1
	Labour	394	30.4	-21.7	0	-1
	Liberal Democrats	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[edit]

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

Kettering Borough Council elections 1999: Desborough Loatland Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Belinda Humfrey (E)	673	28.7
Labour	Derek Fox (E)	603	25.7
Conservative	Carol-Anne Trivett	575	24.5
Labour	David Larmour	547	16.2

Ward summary
Party		Votes	% Votes	Seats	Change
	Conservative	624	52.0	1	+1
	Labour	575	48.0	1	-1
Total votes cast		1199
Electorate
Turnout