Daventry District Council election, 2016

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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 Democrat 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 Ritchie51037.6
Conservative Chris Long48435.6
UKIP Eric MacAnndrais30022.1
Liberal Democrat John Henry Butlin644.7
Majority262.0
Turnout 136726.42
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Abbey South

Abbey South 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Deanna Eddon77951.2
Labour Aiden Ramsey62541.1
Liberal Democrat Grant Lee Andrew Bowles1177.7
Majority15410.1
Turnout 154032.02
Conservative hold Swing

Barby & Kilsby

Barby & Kilsby 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Rob Chamberlain62037.0
Liberal Democrat Catherine Elizabeth Evelyn Lomax105363.0
Majority43325.9
Turnout 169045.95
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Braunston & Welton

Braunston & Welton 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tim Wilson40440.7
Labour Jason Pritchard48949.3
Liberal Democrat Andrew Stuart John Simpson8012.4
Majority858.6
Turnout 99150.56
Labour hold Swing

Brixworth

Brixworth 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Fabienne Fraser-Allen92851.0
Green Stephen John Whiffen1075.9
Labour Stuart Matthew Coe31717.4
Liberal Democrat Simon Hall1236.8
UKIP Pamela Booker30616.8
Majority61133.6
Turnout 181934.2
Conservative hold Swing

Drayton

Drayton 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Annette Dunn37426.7
Independent Peter John Scriven1248.9
Labour Wendy Randall84860.6
Liberal Democrat Inge Nina Freudenreich433.1
Majority47433.9
Turnout 140031.01
Labour hold Swing

Hill

Hill 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Hills60149.3
Independent Keith Frank Simpson776.3
Labour Stephen Dabbs49340.4
Liberal Democrat Anthony David Parsons383.1
Majority1088.9
Turnout 121928.55
Conservative hold Swing

Long Buckby

Long Buckby 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Chris Millar107056.5
Labour Chris Myers55529.3
Liberal Democrat Neil Arthur Crispin Farmer24512.9
Majority51548.1
Turnout 189336.78
Conservative hold Swing

Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Micklewright46357.3-2.4
Labour Sue Myers10813.5+13.5
Liberal Democrat Michael Ian Cobbe22528.1+10.5
Majority23829.7-10.6
Turnout 80241.84+4.66
Conservative hold Swing

Spratton

Spratton 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Shephard80864.7
Green Janine Rachael Spence695.5
Labour Ruaraidh McDonald-Walker23819.1
Liberal Democrat Rupert Moscrop Knowles12510.0
Majority57045.6
Turnout 124936.74
Conservative hold Swing

Weedon

Weedon 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Adam Brown127664.9
Labour Callum Batchelor41921.3
Liberal Democrat Christopher Robin Salaman22711.6
Majority85743.6
Turnout 196539.07
Conservative hold Swing

Woodford

Woodford 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Liz Griffin91851.7
Labour Elizabeth Anne Ritchie31017.5
Liberal Democrat Simon Harold Lytton1277.2
UKIP Gary John Denby41223.2
Majority50628.5
Turnout 177533.39
Conservative hold Swing

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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.