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Kettering — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Kettering was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 3,820 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Kettering from 1918 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1918–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Alfred Edward Waterson (Co-operative) 10,299 45.7% Leland William Buxton (Liberal) 2,538 (11.3 pts) 65.1%
1922 Owen Parker (Unionist) 14,333 50.5% Alfred Edward Waterson (Labour) 309 (1.1 pts) 81.0%
1923 Samuel Frederick Perry (Labour) 12,718 43.6% Owen Parker (Unionist) 2,506 (8.6 pts) 81.3%
1924 Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller (Unionist) 16,042 52.0% Samuel Frederick Perry (Labour) 1,241 (4.0 pts) 84.3%
1929 Samuel Frederick Perry (Labour) 18,253 43.8% John Brown (Unionist) 2,784 (6.7 pts) 85.8%
1931 John Francis Eastwood (Conservative) 25,811 60.2% Samuel Frederick Perry (Labour) 8,716 (20.3 pts) 85.7%
1935 John Francis Eastwood (Conservative) 22,885 52.1% Joseph Rainbow Sadler (Labour) 1,843 (4.2 pts) 77.3%
1945 Gilbert Richard Mitchison (Labour) 29,868 53.6% John Dennis Profumo (Conservative) 6,444 (11.6 pts) 75.1%
1950 Gilbert Richard Mitchison (Labour) 30,423 52.9% Gyles Isham (Conservative) 8,254 (14.4 pts) 88.4%
1951 Gilbert Richard Mitchison (Labour) 32,604 55.8% Peter Bailey (Conservative) 6,827 (11.7 pts) 87.2%
1955 Gilbert Richard Mitchison (Labour) 31,398 55.4% John Nash (Conservative) 5,903 (10.4 pts) 81.6%
1959 Gilbert Richard Mitchison (Labour) 32,933 52.8% Neil Stone (Conservative) 3,485 (5.6 pts) 83.5%
1964 Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas (Labour) 36,210 55.2% J Hedley Lewis (Conservative) 6,805 (10.4 pts) 81.5%
1966 Geoffrey de Freitas (Labour) 35,337 52.6% Dr Trevor Weston (Conservative) 11,460 (17.1 pts) 81.3%
1970 Geoffrey de Freitas (Labour) 34,803 48.3% John Taylor (Conservative) 4,190 (5.8 pts) 76.0%
Feb 1974 Geoffrey de Freitas (Labour) 31,659 45.9% George Donald Reed (Conservative) 9,787 (14.2 pts) 81.1%
Oct 1974 Geoffrey de Freitas (Labour) 30,970 49.3% George Donald Reed (Conservative) 11,170 (17.8 pts) 73.2%
1979 William Homewood (Labour) 31,579 45.0% Rupert Allason (Conservative) 1,478 (2.1 pts) 79.3%
1983 Roger Freeman (Conservative) 23,223 48.4% Celia Goodhart (Social Democratic Party) 8,586 (17.9 pts) 76.4%
1987 Roger Freeman (Conservative) 26,532 51.1% Celia Goodhart (Social Democratic Party) 11,327 (21.8 pts) 78.8%
1992 Roger Freeman (Conservative) 29,115 52.0% Phil Hope (Labour) 11,154 (19.9 pts) 82.6%
1997 Phil Sawford (Labour) 24,650 43.3% Roger Freeman (Conservative) 189 (0.3 pts) 75.8%
2001 Phil Sawford (Labour) 24,034 44.7% Philip Hollobone (Conservative) 665 (1.2 pts) 67.4%
2005 Philip Hollobone (Conservative) 25,401 45.6% Phil Sawford (Labour) 3,301 (5.9 pts) 68.0%
2010 Philip Hollobone (Conservative) 23,247 49.1% Phil Sawford (Labour) 9,094 (19.2 pts) 68.8%
2015 Philip Hollobone (Conservative) 24,467 51.8% Rhea Keehn (Labour) 12,590 (26.7 pts) 67.5%
2017 Philip Hollobone (Conservative) 28,616 57.9% Mick Scrimshaw (Labour) 10,562 (21.4 pts) 69.3%
2019 Philip Hollobone (Conservative) 29,787 60.3% Clare Pavitt (Labour) 16,765 (34.0 pts) 67.7%
2024 Rosie Wrighting (Labour) 18,009 35.9% Philip Hollobone (Conservative) 3,820 (7.6 pts) 63.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Edward Waterson Co-operative 10,29945.7% Yes
Leland William Buxton Liberal 7,76134.4% No
Algernon Ferguson National Party 4,48919.9% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Owen Parker Unionist 14,33350.5% Yes
Alfred Edward Waterson Labour 14,02449.5% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Frederick Perry Labour 12,71843.6% Yes
Owen Parker Unionist 10,21235.0% No
Alfred William Yeo Liberal 6,27321.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller Unionist 16,04252.0% Yes
Samuel Frederick Perry Labour 14,80148.0% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Frederick Perry Labour 18,25343.8% Yes
John Brown Unionist 15,46937.1% No
Cuthbert Snowball Rewcastle Liberal 7,97219.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Francis Eastwood Conservative 25,81160.2% Yes
Samuel Frederick Perry Labour 17,09539.8% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Francis Eastwood Conservative 22,88552.1% Yes
Joseph Rainbow Sadler Labour 21,04247.9% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Richard Mitchison Labour 29,86853.6% Yes
John Dennis Profumo Conservative 23,42442.1% No
John Chamberlain Dempsey Christian Pacifist 2,3814.3% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Richard Mitchison Labour 30,42352.9% Yes
Gyles Isham Conservative 22,16938.6% No
Ian Thomas Morrow Liberal 4,6928.2% No
Luke Patrick O'Connor Communist 3680.6% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Richard Mitchison Labour 32,60455.8% Yes
Peter Bailey Conservative 25,77744.2% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Richard Mitchison Labour 31,39855.4% Yes
John Nash Conservative 25,49545.0% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Richard Mitchison Labour 32,93352.8% Yes
Neil Stone Conservative 29,44847.2% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas Labour 36,21055.2% Yes
J Hedley Lewis Conservative 29,40544.8% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey de Freitas Labour 35,33752.6% Yes
Dr Trevor Weston Conservative 23,87735.6% No
Anthony Smith Liberal 7,90311.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey de Freitas Labour 34,80348.3% Yes
John Taylor Conservative 30,61342.5% No
A James Haigh Liberal 6,6959.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey de Freitas Labour 31,65945.9% Yes
George Donald Reed Conservative 21,87231.7% No
A James W Haigh Liberal 15,39322.3% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey de Freitas Labour 30,97049.3% Yes
George Donald Reed Conservative 19,80031.5% No
A James Haigh Liberal 12,03819.2% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Homewood Labour 31,57945.0% Yes
Rupert Allason Conservative 30,10142.9% No
Gerrard Norman Raven Liberal 8,42412.0% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Freeman Conservative 23,22348.4% Yes
Celia Goodhart Social Democratic Party 14,63730.5% No
Alex Gordon Labour 10,11921.1% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Freeman Conservative 26,53251.1% Yes
Celia Goodhart Social Democratic Party 15,20529.3% No
Ashley Mark Minto Labour 10,22919.7% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Freeman Conservative 29,11552.0% Yes
Phil Hope Labour 17,96132.1% No
Richard Denton-White Liberal Democrat 8,96216.0% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Phil Sawford Labour 24,65043.3% Yes
Roger Freeman Conservative 24,46142.9% No
Roger Aron Liberal Democrat 6,09810.7% No
Arthur Smith Referendum Party 1,5512.7% No
Rosemary le Carpentier Natural Law 1970.3% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Phil Sawford Labour 24,03444.7% Yes
Philip Hollobone Conservative 23,36943.5% No
Roger Aron Liberal Democrat 5,46910.2% No
Barry Mahoney UKIP 8801.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Hollobone Conservative 25,40145.6% Yes
Phil Sawford Labour 22,10039.7% No
Roger Aron Liberal Democrat 6,88212.4% No
Rosemarie Clarke UKIP 1,2632.3% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Hollobone Conservative 23,24749.1% Yes
Phil Sawford Labour 14,15329.9% No
Christopher Nelson Liberal Democrat 7,49815.8% No
Clive Skinner BNP 1,3662.9% No
Derek Hilling English Democrats 9522.0% No
Dave Bishop Church of the Militant Elvis Party 1120.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Hollobone Conservative 24,46751.8% Yes
Rhea Keehn Labour 11,87725.2% No
Jonathan Bullock UKIP 7,60016.1% No
Rob Reeves Green 1,6333.5% No
Chris McGlynn Liberal Democrat 1,4903.2% No
Derek Hilling English Democrats 1510.3% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Hollobone Conservative 28,61657.9% Yes
Mick Scrimshaw Labour 18,05436.5% No
Suzanna Austin Liberal Democrat 1,6183.3% No
Rob Reeves Green 1,1162.3% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Hollobone Conservative 29,78760.3% Yes
Clare Pavitt Labour 13,02226.4% No
Chris Nelson Liberal Democrat 3,3676.8% No
Jim Hakewill Independent 1,6423.3% No
Jamie Wildman Green 1,5433.1% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rosie Wrighting Labour 18,00935.9% Yes
Philip Hollobone Conservative 14,18928.2% No
Crispian Besley Reform UK 8,46816.9% No
Emily Fedorowycz Green 7,00413.9% No
Sarah Ryan Liberal Democrat 1,3572.7% No
Jim Hakewill Independent 1,0572.1% No
Matthew Murphy Social Democratic Party 850.2% No
Jehad Abduramadan Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 620.1% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Co-operative margin 11.3 pts 1922: Unionist margin 1.1 pts 1923: Labour margin 8.6 pts 1924: Unionist margin 4.0 pts 1929: Labour margin 6.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 20.3 pts 1935: Conservative margin 4.2 pts 1945: Labour margin 11.6 pts 1950: Labour margin 14.4 pts 1951: Labour margin 11.7 pts 1955: Labour margin 10.4 pts 1959: Labour margin 5.6 pts 1964: Labour margin 10.4 pts 1966: Labour margin 17.1 pts 1970: Labour margin 5.8 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 14.2 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 17.8 pts 1979: Labour margin 2.1 pts 1983: Conservative margin 17.9 pts 1987: Conservative margin 21.8 pts 1992: Conservative margin 19.9 pts 1997: Labour margin 0.3 pts 2001: Labour margin 1.2 pts 2005: Conservative margin 5.9 pts 2010: Conservative margin 19.2 pts 2015: Conservative margin 26.7 pts 2017: Conservative margin 21.4 pts 2019: Conservative margin 34.0 pts 2024: Labour margin 7.6 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Kettering has been contested at 29 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Co-operative, Unionist, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Kettering in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Kettering in 2024 with 18,009 votes (35.9%), a majority of 3,820 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Kettering since 1918?

Since 1918, Kettering has been won by: Co-operative, Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Kettering?

The closest result on record for Kettering was 1997, when Labour beat Conservative by just 189 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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