2018 Daventry District Council election

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The 2018 Daventry District Council election was 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 administration, 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] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, these were delayed to May 2021.

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
Party		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%

By-elections

Conservative councillor Fabienne Fraser-Allen (Brixworth) was forced to resign from the council due to non-attendance in June 2019. The seat was contested in a by-election on 18 July 2019. The term was due to end in 2020 but was extended one year due to the creation of West Northamptonshire Council.^[6]

Brixworth by-election, 18th July 2019
Term ends 7 May 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Harris	817	49.5	38.5%
	Conservative	Lauren Harrington-Carter	615	37.3	−27.8%
	Labour	Stuart Coe	218	13.2	−10.7%
Majority			202	12.2
Turnout			1663	30	−2.7%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	33%

Labour councillor Aiden Ramsey resigned as he moved away from the area after being elected in 2018. The seat was contested in a by-election on 24 October 2019. The term was due to end in 2022 but ended in 2021 due to the creation of West Northamptonshire Council.^[6]

Abbey North by-election, 24th October 2019
Term ends 5th May 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lauren Harrington-Carter	371	40.4	15.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Knape	282	30.7	11.3%
	Labour	Emily Carter	265	28.9	−14.7%
Majority			89	9.7
Turnout			930	17.5	−10.5%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	14.9%

References

↑ "Daventry District Council Elections". Daventry District Council. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
↑ "Local Elections 2019". Daventry Express. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
↑ "Daventry District Council". BBC News. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
↑ "Northamptonshire County Council: statement". Government. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
↑ "Local Elections 2019". Open Council Data. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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