Election 97

Kettering

Current MP Roger Freeman
Conservative 97 24,461
Labour 97 24,650
LibDem 97 6,098
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 197
Elected party
Kettering

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Kettering
Conservative 92 30,884
Labour 92 18,697
LibDem 92 9,012
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 0
Elected party Conservative

The light industrial and market town of Kettering in Northamptonshire and its surrounding agricultural countryside, sprinkled with comfortable villages and rural industries, contains no strong Labour tradition, although Labour can do surprisingly well in good local election years. Roger Freeman holds the parliamentary seat for the Conservatives with a majority that could only be overturned by Labour with a 10 per cent swing. If this were to happen, Labour would be heading for a landslide victory in Westminster.


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