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Piper's Hill (Kettering BC Ward)
Piper's Hill Ward is a 2-member ward within Kettering Borough Council which is statistically regarded as a marginal ward between Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives. The ward was last fought at borough council level in the 2015 Kettering Council election, 2015 local council elections, in which one seat was won by the Conservatives and one seat was won by Labour. The current councillors are Cllr. Duncan Bain and Cllr. Anne Lee. Councillors 2015 Kettering Council election, Kettering Borough Council elections 2015 *Duncan Bain (Conservative Party (UK), Conservative) *Anne Lee (politician), Anne Lee (Labour Party (UK)) 2007 Kettering Council election, Kettering Borough Council elections 2007 *Duncan Bain (Conservative Party (UK), Conservative) *Philip Hollobone MP (Conservative Party (UK), Conservative) Kettering Borough Council Elections 2003, Kettering Borough Council elections 2003 *Ursula Jones (Conservative Party (UK), Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kettering Borough Council
Kettering is a market and industrial town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located north of London and north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ketter's people (or kinsfolk)".R.L. Greenall: A History of Kettering, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 2003, . p.7. In the 2011 census Kettering's built-up area had a population of 63,675. It is part of the East Midlands, along with other towns in Northamptonshire. There is a growing commuter population as it is on the Midland Main Line railway, with East Midlands Railway services direct to London St Pancras International taking about an hour. Early history Kettering means "the place (or territory) of Ketter's people (or kinsfolk)". Spelt variously Cytringan, Kyteringas and Keteiringan in the 10th century, although the origin of the name appears to have baffled place-name scholars in the 1930s, words and place-names ending with "-ing" usually derive f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Lee (politician)
Anne or Ann Lee may refer to: * Ann Lee (1736–1784), American religious leader known as "Mother Ann Lee" * Ann Lee (activist) (born 1929 or 1930), American cannabis activist *Ann Lee (actress) (1918–2003) American businesswoman and actress *Ann Lee (illustrator) Ann Lee (1753 – 1790) was a British botanical illustrator who also illustrated birds and insects. Her father was James Lee, a Scottish nurseryman trading in Hammersmith, London, but is described in one source as "Botanist John Lee". Ann was ... (1753– 1790), British natural history illustrator * Anne Wharton (1659–1685), née Lee, English writer * Anne Lee, Countess of Rochester (1585–1648) * Ann Lee (singer) (born 1967), British eurodance singer * Ann Lee (professor), Chinese-American professor and author * Anne Carter Lee (1839–1862), daughter of General Robert E. Lee See also * * * Annie Lee (other) * Anna Lee (other) {{hndis, Lee, Anne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warkton (Kettering BC Ward)
Warkton is a small nucleated village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is approximately three miles northeast of the town of Kettering and seven miles west-northwest of Thrapston, and forms part of North Northamptonshire. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 144 people, reducing slightly to 136 at the 2011 Census. The village's name means 'Farm/settlement which is connected to a man named Weorc(a)'. The Grade I listed parish church of St Edmund is particularly noted for containing four Baroque marble monuments erected between the 1750s and 1830s to members of the local Montagu family of Boughton House. The monuments are housed in four niches in the specially constructed chancel. The original medieval (probably Norman) chancel was demolished to make way for its construction. The east window is large and of clear glass, flooding the chancel with light to show the white marble monuments at their best. Monuments to John M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Kettering Council Election
Elections to Kettering Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and boundary changes had taken place since the last election in 1995. The Labour Party lost its overall majority, the council coming under no overall control. Election result References 1999 English local elections 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ... 1990s in Northamptonshire {{UK-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kettering Borough Council Elections 2003
Elections for Kettering Borough Council, which covers the Kettering (borough), Borough of Kettering, were held on 1 May 2003 and were won by the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives, gaining overall control from Labour Party (UK), Labour. Summary results The overall results, using average ward votes for the total number of votes cast, were as follows: (Vote counts shown are ward averages) Council Before 2003 Elections Before the elections held on 1 May 2003, the composition of Kettering Borough Council was as follows: Labour Majority of 1 Ward-by-Ward Results All Saints (Kettering BC Ward), All Saints Ward (2 seats) (Vote count shown is ward average) Avondale (Kettering BC Ward), Avondale Ward (2 seats) (Vote count shown is ward average) Barton (Kettering BC Ward), Barton Ward (2 seats) (Vote count shown is ward average) Brambleside (Kettering BC Ward), Brambleside Ward (2 seats) (Vote count shown is ward average) Buccleuch (Kett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Hollobone
Philip Thomas Hollobone (born 7 November 1964) is a British Conservative Party politician and former investment banker. He has been the Member of Parliament for Kettering since the 2005 general election. Early life Hollobone was born on 7 November 1964 in Bromley, Kent. He was privately educated at Dulwich College, where he was a contemporary of former UKIP leader Nigel Farage. He went on to study at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford where he was awarded a BA degree in Modern History and Economics. He was a member of the Oxford University branch of the Conservative Monday Club – a 'hard right' pressure group that was later disassociated from the Conservative Party over its policies, such as the voluntary repatriation of ethnic minorities. In 1984, he worked as a voluntary teacher in Honduras with a Baptist mission. He worked for various companies as an industry research analyst and investment banker between 1987 and 2003 and was in the Territorial Army between 1987 and 1995. Polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Kettering Council Election
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. Candidates and election issues 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. Summary Result Ward results See also * Local Elections in Kettering Borough * Kettering town ReferencesMay 2007 Election Results: Results by wardKettering Council election 2007 (BBC) External linksEvening Telegraph coverage of election {{United Kingdom local elections, 2007 2007 English local elections 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Kettering Council Election
The 2015 Kettering Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Kettering Borough Council in Elections in England, England. It was held on the same day as other 2015 United Kingdom local elections, local elections. The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since 2003. The election in Rothwell Ward was delayed until 4 June 2015 due to the death of a candidate. Results All Saints (Kettering BC Ward), All Saints Ward (2 seats) Avondale Grange (Kettering BC Ward), Avondale Grange Ward (2 seats) Barton (Kettering BC Ward), Barton Ward (2 seats) Brambleside (Kettering BC Ward), Brambleside Ward (2 seats) Burton Latimer (Kettering BC Ward), Burton Latimer Ward (3 seats) Desborough Loatland (Kettering BC Ward), Desborough Loatland Ward (2 seats) Desborough St Giles (Kettering BC Ward), Desborough St Giles Ward (2 seats) Ise Lodge (Kettering BC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the Two-party system, two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It is the current Government of the United Kingdom, governing party, having won the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. It has been the primary governing party in Britain since 2010. The party is on the Centre-right politics, centre-right of the political spectrum, and encompasses various ideological #Party factions, factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites, and traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. The party currently has 356 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament, 264 members of the House of Lords, 9 members of the London Assembly, 31 members of the Scottish Parliament, 16 members of the Senedd, Welsh Parliament, 2 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
