| Election Name: | 2007 Kettering Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2003 Kettering Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2003 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Kettering Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Seats For Election: | All 36 seats in the Kettering Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 19 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2007 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 30 |
| Seats1: | 28 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 14,761 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,582 |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Conservative |
Elections to Kettering 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.
Both the Conservative and Labour parties put up candidates in all wards. There were also five Liberal Democrat, four Independent and one Green party candidates.
Major elections issues included refuse collection, recycling and the location of the council offices.[1]
| valign=center colspan=3 style="background: black; color: white" | Kettering Borough Council Election, 3 May 2007: Summary Results | halign=center style="width: 60px; background-color:" | Con | halign=center style="width: 60px; background-color:" | Lab | halign=center style="width: 60px; background-color:" | Ind | halign=center style="width: 60px; background-color:" | LD | halign=center style="width: 60px; background-color:" | Grn | valign=center style="width: 60px; background:black; color:white" | TOTAL | valign=center style="background:black; color:white" | Electorate | valign=center style="background:black; color:white" | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| halign=center colspan=3 style="background:gray" | Total Votes (Ward average votes, turnout adjusted) | 14,761 55% | 9,582 36% | 1,455 5% | 703 3% | 414 2% | 26,914 | 67,995 | 39.6% | ||||||||
| halign=center colspan=3 style="background:gray" | Total Seats | 28 -1 | 6 -8 | 2 +/- | 0 +/- | 0 +/- | 36 -9 |
| Kettering Borough Council Election 2007: Ward Results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| valign=center style="width: 250px; background: black; color: white" | Ward | valign=center style="background: black; color: white" | 2003 Seats (Notional) | valign=center style="background: black; color: white" | 2007 Result | valign=center style="background: black; color: white" | Detailed result |
| All Saints (3 seats) | Lab | Con | valign=center rowspan=3 | results | |||
| Lab | Con | ||||||
| Con | Lab | ||||||
| Avondale Grange (2 seats) | Lab | Lab | valign=center rowspan=2 | results | |||
| Lab | Lab | ||||||
| Barton (2 seats) | Con | Con | valign=center rowspan=2 | results | |||
| Con | Con | ||||||
| Brambleside (2 seats) | Con | Con | valign=center rowspan=2 | results | |||
| Con | Con | ||||||
| Burton Latimer (3 seats) | Con | Con | valign=center rowspan=3 | results | |||
| Con | Ind | ||||||
| Ind | Ind | ||||||
| Desborough Loatland (2 seats) | Con | Con | valign=center rowspan=2 | results | |||
| Con | Con | ||||||
| Desborough St. Giles (2 seats) | Con | Con | valign=center rowspan=2 | results | |||
| Con | Con | ||||||
| Ise Lodge (3 seats) | Con | Con | valign=center rowspan=3 | results | |||
| Con | Con | ||||||
| Con | Con | ||||||
| Northfield (1 seat) | Lab | Lab | valign=center | results | |||
| Piper's Hill (2 seats) | Con | Con | valign=center rowspan=2 | results | |||
| Con | Con | ||||||
| Queen Eleanor & Buccleuch (1 seat) | Con | Con | valign=center | results | |||
| Rothwell (3 seats) | Con | Con | valign=center rowspan=3 | results | |||
| Con | Con | ||||||
| Con | Con | ||||||
| Slade (2 seats) | Con | Con | valign=center rowspan=2 | results | |||
| valign=top style="background-color:" | Con | valign=top style="background-color:" | Con | ||||
| St. Michael's & Wicksteed (3 seats) | Con | Con | valign=center rowspan=3 | results | |||
| valign=top style="background-color:" | Con | valign=top style="background-color:" | Con | ||||
| valign=top style="background-color:" | Con | valign=top style="background-color:" | Con | ||||
| St. Peter's (2 seats) | valign=top style="background-color:" | Con | valign=top style="background-color:" | Con | valign=center rowspan=2 | results | |
| valign=top style="background-color:" | Con | valign=top style="background-color:" | Con | ||||
| Welland (1 seat) | Con | Con | valign=center | results | |||
| William Knibb (2 seats) | Lab | Lab | valign=center rowspan=2 | results | |||
| Con | Lab | ||||||