The Borough of Kettering was a local government district and borough in Northamptonshire, England, from 1974 to 2021. 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. 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. Elections for the new authorities were due to be held on 7 May 2020, but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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
Arms
See also
Grade I listed buildings in Kettering (borough) Grade II* listed buildings in Kettering (borough)
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