2006 Daventry District Council election

2006 Daventry District Council election

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Elections to Daventry District Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 34
• Labour 2
• Liberal Democrat 2

Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	1	0	+1	92.3	61.3	4,909	-1.6%
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	7.7	17.1	1,373	+8.2%
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	20.1	1,609	-8.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	123	+1.5%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0	0	+0.0%

6 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Abbey North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Long	748	49.7	−11.0
	Labour	David Nicoll	382	25.4	−13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Adcock	376	25.0	+25.0
Majority			366	24.3	+2.9
Turnout			1,506
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barby and Kilsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lomax	690	51.8	−2.7
	Conservative	John Richards	641	48.2	+2.7
Majority			49	3.6	−5.4
Turnout			1,331
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Brampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Melling	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brixworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Bunting	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Byfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jeyes	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Poole	667	56.9	−2.3
	Labour	Nigel Carr	505	43.1	+2.3
Majority			162	13.8	−4.6
Turnout			1,172
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hills	772	68.4	+1.4
	Labour	Stephen Willetts	357	31.6	−1.4
Majority			415	36.8	+2.8
Turnout			1,129
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Buckby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Osborne	954	67.3	+6.7
	Labour	Christopher Myers	245	17.3	−22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Farmer	219	15.4	+15.4
Majority			709	50.0	+28.8
Turnout			1,418
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moulton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Cribbin	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spratton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Peacock	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Haddon and Guilsborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Millar	660	84.6	+4.8
	Labour	Jane Cartlidge	120	15.4	−4.8
Majority			540	69.2	+9.6
Turnout			780
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Griffin	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yelvertoft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katharine Hemmings	467	68.9	−13.7
	Green	Katharine Wicksteed	123	18.1	+18.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Hurst	88	13.0	+13.0
Majority			344	50.8	−14.4
Turnout			678
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2006 Daventry election result
• Ward results
• Conservatives hold on to Daventry