2018 Daventry District Council election

The 2018 Daventry District Council election were held on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect members of Daventry District Council in England.This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1][2][3]

This was to be the final elections for Daventry District Council due to the poor running of Northamptonshire County Council by the local Conservative Party leading to new unitary authorities for the county being proposed. The Caller Report into the running of Northamptonshire County Council suggested that any elections currently scheduled for 2019 be abandoned and elections for the new authorities held in May 2020.^[4]

The make up of the council after the elections was 30 Conservative councillors, 5 Labour councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat councillor.^[5]

Election result[]

Daventry Local Election Result 2018
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	83.3%	20	30	83.3%	10,087	54.0%	+5.5%
	Labour	2	+2	16.7%	3	5	13.9%	5,437	29.1%	+9.4%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0.0	1	1	2.8%	2,427	13.0%	+11.4%
	Green	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	350	1.9%	+1.1%
	UKIP	0	-2	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	264	1.4%	-26.4%
	Independent	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	112	0.6%	-1.0%

Ward results[]

Abbey North[]

Abbey North 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aiden Ramsey	599	39.85	+4.4
	Conservative	Leslie Poole	407	27.08	-9.22
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Knape	312	20.76	+20.76
	Independent	Nigel Carr	112	7.45	+7.45
	UKIP	Adam Collyer	73	4.86	-32.44
Majority			192	12.77	+11.77
Turnout			1,503	28.01	+2.81
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing	18.42%

Abbey South[]

Abbey South 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Morgan	819	51.06	+14.56
	Labour	Lewis Clarke	670	41.77	+22.77
	Liberal Democrats	John Butlin	115	7.17	+7.17
Majority			149	9.29	+6.29
Turnout			1,604	34	+0.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brixworth[]

Brixworth 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Parker	1,163	65.04	+13.14
	Labour	Stuart Coe	428	23.94	+21.94
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Purchase	115	7.17	+1.27
Majority			735	41.11	+11.61
Turnout			1,788	32.71	-0.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton[]

Drayton 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Dabbs	825	58.55	+25.45
	Conservative	Timothy Wilson	492	34.92	+6.72
	Liberal Democrats	Zbigniew Chetnik	92	6.53	+4.03
Majority			333	23.63	+21.13
Turnout			1,409	31.38	-2.21
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing	9.37%

Hill[]

Hill 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Matten	655	47.67	+5.97
	Labour	Katie Thurston	627	45.63	+23.23
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cockayne	92	6.7	+6.7
Majority			28	2.04	-4.96
Turnout			1,374	28.92	-0.65
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.63%

Long Buckby[]

Long Buckby 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Osborne	949	46.84	+4.14
	Labour	Chris Myers	766	37.81	+15.91
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ingles	311	15.35	+9.05
Majority			183	9.03	-5.37
Turnout			2,026	37.19	-5.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moulton[]

Moulton 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Warren	847	59.99	+14.39
	Labour	Nicola Hudson	299	21.18	+2.88
	Green	Kevin White	146	10.34	+10.34
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Richens	120	8.5	+8.5
Majority			548	38.81	+22.01
Turnout			1,412	35.3%	-4.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spratton[]

Spratton 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Peck	931	66.22	+8.72
	Labour	Pete Coles	299	21.18	+7.08
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Knowles	120	8.53	+8.53
	Green	Kathy Wickstead	79	5.62	+5.62
Majority			694	49.36	+8.31
Turnout			1,406	35.37	-5.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weedon[]

Weedon 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Smith	1,183	66.35	+12.15
	Labour	Callum Batchelor	354	19.85	+6.65
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Faiers	246	13.8	+13.8
Majority			829	46.49	+19.99
Turnout			1,783	35.15	+6.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welford[]

Welford 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecile Irving-Swift	854	67.51	-6.29
	Labour	Sue Myers	222	17.5	-8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Deare	189	14.94	+14.94
Majority			632	49.96	+0.46
Turnout			1,265	37.24	-8.04
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodford[]

Woodford 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Frost	984	53.92	+4.42
	Labour	Christine Fitchett	347	19.01	-0.49
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Judd	178	9.75	+9.75
	UKIP	Gary Denby	191	10.47	-20.03
	Green	Thomas Skillington	125	6.85	+6.85
Majority			637	34.9	+15.9
Turnout			1,265	37.24	+0.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yelvertoft[]

Yelvertoft 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Chantler	372	56.71	-10.29
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Pimm	221	33.69	+33.69
	Labour	Rio Knock	63	9.6	-1.6
Majority			151	23.02	-23.08
Turnout			656	41.51	-4.14
	Conservative hold		Swing	-22%

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