Councillor Ruth Groome

Cllr Ruth Groome trained as a librarian in Leeds in the 1980s and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. She currently works for the North Northamptonshire Library Service, but in the past she has run commercial and business libraries.

Ruth served as a Kettering Borough Councillor for 26 years and Mayor of the Borough of Kettering 2009/2010. She has been on Burton Latimer Town Council since 2002 and was Mayor of Burton Latimer 2014/2015.

She is a Deacon at Burton Latimer Baptist Church and a local preacher. Ruth is also chairman of Kettering Community Unit which provides training for people who are long term unemployed and runs the Kettering and District Food Bank.

Currently Ruth is Chairman of Burton Latimer Ancient Parish Charity and serves on the Burton Latimer Ex Servicemen’s Association.

In the past Ruth was a Non-Executive Director of the Northamptonshire Heartlands Primary Care Trust.

Ruth is married to Cllr Christopher Groome and they have three grown up sons.