2016 Daventry District Council election

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2016 Daventry District Council election
  2015 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) 2018  
Results of the 2016 Daventry District Council election Daventry UK ward map 2016.svg
Results of the 2016 Daventry District Council election

The 2016 Daventry District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Daventry District Council in England. [1] [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Only one seat changed hands with Labour taking one seat from the Conservatives leading to the council being made up as follows; 30 Conservative councillors, 3 Labour councillors, 2 UKIP councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat councillor.

This was the first year in which the Liberal Democrats, along with the Conservatives and Labour party, stood in all 12 wards. [3]

Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 310125%28.1%4,912
  Liberal Democrats 10008.3%14.1%2,467
  Conservative 801-166.7%49.9%8,725
  UKIP 00000%5.8%1,018
  Green 00000%1.0%176
  Independent 00000%1.1%201

Ward results

Abbey North

Abbey North 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Ritchie 51037.6
Conservative Chris Long48435.6
UKIP Eric MacAnndrais30022.1
Liberal Democrats John Henry Butlin644.7
Majority 262.0
Turnout 136726.42
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Abbey South

Abbey South 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deanna Eddon77951.2
Labour Aiden Ramsey62541.1
Liberal Democrats Grant Lee Andrew Bowles1177.7
Majority 15410.1
Turnout 154032.02
Conservative hold Swing

Barby & Kilsby

Barby & Kilsby 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Elizabeth Evelyn Lomax105363.0
Conservative Rob Chamberlain62037.0
Majority 43326.0
Turnout 169045.95
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Braunston & Welton

Braunston & Welton 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jason Pritchard48949.3
Conservative Tim Wilson40440.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Stuart John Simpson8012.4
Majority 858.6
Turnout 99150.56
Labour hold Swing

Brixworth

Brixworth 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fabienne Fraser-Allen92851.0
Labour Stuart Matthew Coe31717.4
UKIP Pamela Booker30616.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Hall1236.8
Green Stephen John Whiffen1075.9
Majority 61133.6
Turnout 181934.2
Conservative hold Swing

Drayton

Drayton 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Randall84860.6
Conservative Annette Dunn37426.7
Independent Peter John Scriven1248.9
Liberal Democrats Inge Nina Freudenreich433.1
Majority 47433.9
Turnout 140031.01
Labour hold Swing

Hill

Hill 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Hills60149.3
Labour Stephen Dabbs49340.4
Independent Keith Frank Simpson776.3
Liberal Democrats Anthony David Parsons383.1
Majority 1088.9
Turnout 121928.55
Conservative hold Swing

Long Buckby

Long Buckby 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Millar107056.5
Labour Chris Myers55529.3
Liberal Democrats Neil Arthur Crispin Farmer24512.9
Majority 51527.2
Turnout 189336.78
Conservative hold Swing

Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Micklewright46357.3−2.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Ian Cobbe22528.1+10.5
Labour Sue Myers10813.5+13.5
Majority 23829.7−10.6
Turnout 80241.84+4.66
Conservative hold Swing

Spratton

Spratton 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Shephard80864.7
Labour Ruaraidh McDonald-Walker23819.1
Liberal Democrats Rupert Moscrop Knowles12510.0
Green Janine Rachael Spence695.5
Majority 57045.6
Turnout 124936.74
Conservative hold Swing

Weedon

Weedon 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Brown127664.9
Labour Callum Batchelor41921.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Robin Salaman22711.6
Majority 85743.6
Turnout 196539.07
Conservative hold Swing

Woodford

Woodford 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Griffin91851.7
UKIP Gary John Denby41223.2
Labour Elizabeth Anne Ritchie31017.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Harold Lytton1277.2
Majority 50628.5
Turnout 177533.39
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. "Seats and wards for the 2016 District elections". Daventry District Council. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. "District Council Elections May 5th 2016". Daventry District Council. Retrieved 6 June 2018.