Labour was in control of the town council from 1978 to 2003.

Labour Councillors campaigned for –

• A Nursery Unit at Loatland School
• Parking provision for the bowling club
• The refurbishment of The Gaultney’ to provide 10 self-contained flats
• The installation of a lift in Hazeland House
• Replacement of the Millennium Bridge to re-open the footpath to Rothwell
• The £11.5 million bypass which has taken a lot of heavy traffic out of the town
• Beech Close sheltered accommodation built (now closed)
• The refurbishment of Montsaye swimming pool
• The introduction of CCTV cameras in the town centre
• Lobbied for the original grant for Marlow House
• Extension and refurbishment at Havelock Junior School
• Flats built in Gold Street
• Bungalows built in Victoria Street
• Government funding to buy the Lawrences site
• and more.

What have Conservatives done for Desborough?

• Bankrupted the Nothants County Council.
• Closed Beech Close Elderly Persons Accommodation.
• Sold off the old council offices in Station Road, Desborough.
• Put the Desborough Parish Precept up by 412% in 20016.
• Selling off the site of the old Leisure Centre for development.
• Abolished Kettering Borough Council.
• Failed to do anything with the ‘Lawrences Site’ for 20 years despite a £2.1 million government grant to buy it.
• Pulled the plug on Desborough Library (now run by a community group).
• Spent over £40,000 on a Neighbourhood plan which went nowhere.

Independents for Desborough were in control from 2018 to 2021.

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Labour back in control 2021 – present

• One way traffic system in Gladstone Street
• New and upgraded CCTV cameras at 12 locations in the town
• New play equipment in Braybrooke Road Park
• Neighbourhood plan to go out for public consultation (autumn 2024)
• Parish Precept frozen for four years
• Electric vehicle charging points (Victoria Street)
• New supermarket opened
• Events committee (taken over role of the Town Centre Partnership)