Daventry District Council election, 2006

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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.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 12 1 0 +1 92.3 61.3 4,909 -1.6%
  Liberal Democrat 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
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Long 748 49.7 -11.0
Labour David Nicoll 382 25.4 -13.9
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Adcock 376 25.0 +25.0
Majority 366 24.3 +2.9
Turnout 1,506
Conservative hold Swing
Barby and Kilsby
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat gain from Independent Swing
Brampton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kenneth Melling unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Brixworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nicholas Bunting unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Byfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Jeyes unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Drayton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Osborne 954 67.3 +6.7
Labour Christopher Myers 245 17.3 -22.1
Liberal Democrat Neil Farmer 219 15.4 +15.4
Majority 709 50.0 +28.8
Turnout 1,418
Conservative hold Swing
Moulton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Daniel Cribbin unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Spratton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Frances Peacock unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
West Haddon and Guilsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Elizabeth Griffin unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Yelvertoft
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Katharine Hemmings 467 68.9 -13.7
Green Katharine Wicksteed 123 18.1 +18.1
Liberal Democrat John Hurst 88 13.0 +13.0
Majority 344 50.8 -14.4
Turnout 678
Conservative hold Swing

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