Borough of Kettering
Borough of Kettering | |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | East Midlands |
Administrative county | Northamptonshire |
Admin. HQ | Kettering |
Government | |
• Type | Kettering Borough Council |
• Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
• Executive: | Conservative |
• MPs: | Philip Hollobone |
Area | |
• Total | 90.2 sq mi (233.5 km2) |
Area rank | 151st |
Population (mid-2019 est.) | |
• Total | 101,776 |
• Rank | Ranked 235th |
• Density | 1,100/sq mi (440/km2) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
ONS code | 34UE (ONS) E07000153 (GSS) |
Ethnicity | 96.7% White 1.7% S.Asian |
Website | kettering.gov.uk |
The Borough of Kettering was from 1974 to 2021 a local government district and borough in Northamptonshire, England. It was named after its main town Kettering where the council was based. It bordered onto the district of Harborough in the neighbouring county of Leicestershire, the borough of Corby, the district of East Northamptonshire, the district of Daventry and the borough of Wellingborough.
Abolition and replacement[]
In March 2018, following suspension of the County Council arising from its becoming insolvent, due to financial and cultural mismanagement by the cabinet and officers, the then Secretary of State for Local Government, Sajid Javid, sent commissioner Max Caller into the council, who recommended the county council and all district and borough councils in the county be abolished, and replaced by two unitary authorities, one covering the West, and one the North of the county.[1] These proposals were approved in April 2019. It meant that the districts of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire were merged to form a new unitary authority called West Northamptonshire, whilst the second unitary authority North Northamptonshire consists of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough districts. These new authorities came into being on 1 April 2021.[2] Elections for the new authorities were due to be held on 7 May 2020, but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Settlements and parishes[]
Other than Kettering itself, the borough included:
- Ashley
- Barton Seagrave, Brampton Ash, Braybrooke, Broughton, Burton Latimer
- Cranford, Cransley
- Desborough, Dingley
- Geddington, Grafton Underwood
- Harrington
- Loddington
- Mawsley Village
- Newton and Little Oakley
- Orton
- Pytchley
- Rothwell, Rushton
- Stoke Albany, Sutton Bassett
- Thorpe Malsor
- Warkton, Weekley, Weston by Welland, Wilbarston
Political control[]
See Kettering Borough Council elections
See also[]
- Grade I listed buildings in Kettering (borough)
- Grade II* listed buildings in Kettering (borough)
References[]
- ^ "Northamptonshire County Council: statement". Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Northamptonshire: Unitary authorities plan approved". BBC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "AT LAST! Northamptonshire's new unitary councils are made law by parliament". Northampton Chronicle. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- Borough of Kettering
- Non-metropolitan districts of Northamptonshire
- North Northamptonshire