UK Explained

Kettering

Represented in Parliament by Rosie Wrighting (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Rosie Wrighting, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Kettering compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 273 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £765£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 345 areas and lower than 303.

UK 3.9%This area 3.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Kettering£7653.3%
Paisley and Renfrewshire South£7623.3%
Coatbridge and Bellshill£7653.2%
Tynemouth£7673.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Kettering

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people110,59659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over18%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher28%34%5 points lower
Households that own their home67%62%4 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%4 points lower
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Rosie Wrighting

Labour

MAJORITY
3,820

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
63%

of people who could vote did

Rosie Wrighting won with 36% of the votes, and Philip Hollobone (Conservative) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Labour36% · 18,009
Conservative28% · 14,189
Reform UK17% · 8,468
Green Party14% · 7,004
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,357
Independent2% · 1,057
Everyone else0% · 147
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rosie WrightingLabour18,00935.9%
Philip HolloboneConservative14,18928.2%
Crispian BesleyReform UK8,46816.9%
Emily FedorowyczGreen Party7,00413.9%
Sarah RyanLiberal Democrat1,3572.7%
Jim HakewillIndependent1,0572.1%
Matthew MurphySocial Democratic Party850.2%
Jehad AbduramadanAlliance for Democracy and Freedom620.1%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£765 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026