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. This was on the same day as other local elections.

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.

Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 2016

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	3	1	0	1	25%	28.1%	4,912
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	8.3%	14.1%	2,467
	Conservative	8	0	1	-1	66.7%	49.9%	8,725
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0%	5.8%	1,018
	Green	0	0	0	0	0%	1.0%	176
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	1.1%	201

Ward results

Abbey North

Abbey North 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Ritchie	510	37.6
	Conservative	Chris Long	484	35.6
	UKIP	Eric MacAnndrais	300	22.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Henry Butlin	64	4.7
Majority			26	2.0
Turnout			1367	26.42
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Abbey South

Abbey South 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deanna Eddon	779	51.2
	Labour	Aiden Ramsey	625	41.1
	Liberal Democrats	Grant Lee Andrew Bowles	117	7.7
Majority			154	10.1
Turnout			1540	32.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barby & Kilsby

Barby & Kilsby 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Elizabeth Evelyn Lomax	1053	63.0
	Conservative	Rob Chamberlain	620	37.0
Majority			433	26.0
Turnout			1690	45.95
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Braunston & Welton

Braunston & Welton 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jason Pritchard	489	49.3
	Conservative	Tim Wilson	404	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Stuart John Simpson	80	12.4
Majority			85	8.6
Turnout			991	50.56
	Labour hold		Swing

Brixworth

Brixworth 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fabienne Fraser-Allen	928	51.0
	Labour	Stuart Matthew Coe	317	17.4
	UKIP	Pamela Booker	306	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hall	123	6.8
	Green	Stephen John Whiffen	107	5.9
Majority			611	33.6
Turnout			1819	34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton

Drayton 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Randall	848	60.6
	Conservative	Annette Dunn	374	26.7
	Independent	Peter John Scriven	124	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Inge Nina Freudenreich	43	3.1
Majority			474	33.9
Turnout			1400	31.01
	Labour hold		Swing

Hill

Hill 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hills	601	49.3
	Labour	Stephen Dabbs	493	40.4
	Independent	Keith Frank Simpson	77	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony David Parsons	38	3.1
Majority			108	8.9
Turnout			1219	28.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Buckby

Long Buckby 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Millar	1070	56.5
	Labour	Chris Myers	555	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Arthur Crispin Farmer	245	12.9
Majority			515	27.2
Turnout			1893	36.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Micklewright	463	57.3	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ian Cobbe	225	28.1	+10.5
	Labour	Sue Myers	108	13.5	+13.5
Majority			238	29.7	−10.6
Turnout			802	41.84	+4.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spratton

Spratton 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Shephard	808	64.7
	Labour	Ruaraidh McDonald-Walker	238	19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Moscrop Knowles	125	10.0
	Green	Janine Rachael Spence	69	5.5
Majority			570	45.6
Turnout			1249	36.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weedon

Weedon 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Brown	1276	64.9
	Labour	Callum Batchelor	419	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robin Salaman	227	11.6
Majority			857	43.6
Turnout			1965	39.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodford

Woodford 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Griffin	918	51.7
	UKIP	Gary John Denby	412	23.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Anne Ritchie	310	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Harold Lytton	127	7.2
Majority			506	28.5
Turnout			1775	33.39
	Conservative hold		Swing