The placeConstituency · East Midlands · Electorate 79,360 · 2023 boundaries

Kettering.

Labour Party MP Rosie Wrighting holds the seat on 35.9% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentRosie Wrighting · Labour Party
CouncilNorth Northamptonshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001311
Electorate · 2024
79.4k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
35.9%
Labour Party · +7.6pp over Con
Settlements
11
Largest: Kettering
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
17.1
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
3 Jun 2026

Rosie Wrighting's one notable rebellion tells you something about her priorities. In January 2026 she voted against her own government's revised Medical Devices fee regulations -- the only rebel vote in her record -- opposing charges she apparently judged still too heavy a burden on smaller life sciences businesses. That single break from Labour sits against an otherwise near-total voting record of 99.8% party alignment, making the deviation conspicuous. Beyond Westminster, she has secured £20 million in funding for Kettering, championed bereavement suites in maternity units at Kettering General Hospital, and was appointed parliamentary private secretary to the Department of Health and Social Care -- a role that explains both her health focus and her consistent loyalty to government positions.

Her participation rate of 78% (404 of 515 votes) sits below the Commons average, though this is not unusual for a PPS, whose convention limits public dissent. Her voting profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights (90%) and progressive taxation (97%), but notable distance from pro-business positions (13%) and civil liberties measures (21%). She consistently votes to override Lords amendments -- scoring 100% on lords-override, twenty points above her party average. Her 83 parliamentary contributions span economy, health, social care and defence, reflecting a broad brief rather than narrow specialism.

One gap stands out: her voting alignment on NHS funding measures is 0%, against a Labour party average of 41% -- an unusual divergence for a health-focused MP that may reflect the specific votes captured rather than genuine opposition to NHS spending. No committee roles are listed. Local news coverage over the past 90 days is high in volume but largely neutral in sentiment, dominated by community, crime and culture stories rather than controversy. Data on her pre-2024 career is not available.

35.9%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
9
Wards · 21 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.9 wards · 21 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Burton Broughton Alex Evelyn939North Northamptonshire ConOct 2024
Clover Hill(3 seats)Dell · Fedorowycz · Tubbs5,690North Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Corby Rural(3 seats)Sims · Watt · Nichol5,740North Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Desborough Bill McElhinney1,485North Northamptonshire ConApr 2024
Ise(3 seats)Prentice · Bunday · Rowley5,419North Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Northall Keli Ryan Watts1,027North Northamptonshire ConFeb 2023
Rothwell Mawsley(3 seats)Brown · Hakewill · Smyth5,276North Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Wicksteed(3 seats)Henson · Roberts · Edwards4,820North Northamptonshire ConMay 2021
Windmill(3 seats)Lee · Marks · Carter3,284North Northamptonshire ConMay 2021

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.11 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Kettering (62,847), with Desborough (11,903) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 111,294.

large-town 64,782town 34,931village 11,581

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Kettering62,847large town
Desborough11,903town
Rothwell (North Northamptonshire)8,620town
Burton Latimer8,522town
Rural & dispersed5,886town
Broughton (North Northamptonshire)3,243village
Showing 6 of 11·All 11 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate61.7%57.1%+8%
Owner-occupied66.5%63.1%+5%
Private rented19.8%20.0%-1%
Social rented13.6%16.8%-19%

Ethnicity.

White90.2%
Asian4.2%
Black2.6%
Mixed2.0%
Other1.0%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.2% Female 50.8% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£28,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£35,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,760
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
49
34 primary · 5 secondary
GCSE pass
62.5%
Attainment 8: 45.6

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£318m
Taxpayers59,000
Median per taxpayer£2,810
Mean per taxpayer£5,400

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
17.1
-18% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
5.7
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
37% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences6.2
Anti-social behaviour3.9
Criminal damage & arson1.1
Other theft1.1
Vehicle crime1.0
Public order1.0
Drugs0.6

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Rosie WrightingWONLab18,00935.9
Philip HolloboneCon14,18928.3
Crispian BesleyRef8,46816.9
Emily FedorowyczGrn7,00413.9
Sarah RyanLD1,3572.7
Jim HakewillInd1,0572.1
Matthew MurphyInd850.2
Jehad AbduramadanInd620.1

Turnout 50,231

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Philip HolloboneCon60.4
2017Philip HolloboneCon57.9
2015Philip HolloboneCon51.8
2010Hollobone, PhilipCon49.1
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission