2015 Daventry District Council election

The 2015 Daventry District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Daventry District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Two seats changed hands with the Conservatives taking both from Labour leading to the council being made up as follows; 31 Conservative councillors, 2 Labour councillors, 2 UKIP councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat councillor.

2015 Daventry District Council election

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All 36 seats in the Daventry District Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 29 4 Seats won 31 2 Seat change 2 2   Third party Fourth party   Party UKIP Liberal Democrats (UK) Last election 2 1 Seats won 2 1 Seat change
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	2	0	2	100.0	56.0	19,777
	Labour	0	0	2	-2	0.0	22.3	7,889
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	12.8	4,530
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.1	1,445
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.5	1,244
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	450

Ward results

Abbey North

Abbey North 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Thomas James	1299	44.1
	Labour	Maureen Luke	871	29.6
	UKIP	Peter John Scriven	757	25.7
Majority			542	14.5
Turnout			2943	55.35
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Abbey South

Abbey South 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark David Andrew Wesley	1505	50.0
	Labour	Richard Williams	762	25.3
	UKIP	Jennifer Mary Leighton	722	24.7
Majority			743	24.7
Turnout			3007	60.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barby & Kilsby

Barby & Kilsby 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Bradley Robertson	1440	52.0
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Martin Lomax	845	31.7
	Labour	Elizabeth Anne Ritchie	450	16.3
Majority			595	20.3
Turnout			2769	75.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brixworth

Brixworth 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas John Bunting	2601	67.2
	Labour	Robert Peter McNally	726	18.8
	Green	Stephen John Whiffen	517	13.4
Majority			1875	48.4
Turnout			3870	72.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton

Drayton 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amy Howard	1018	36.4
	Labour	Ken Ritchie	885	31.7
	UKIP	Stephen Pointer	609	21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Inge Nina Freudenreich	96	3.4
	Independent	Timothy Eric Wilson	175	6.3
Majority			133	4.7
Turnout			2793	61.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hill

Hill 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Howard	1233	49.7
	Labour	Michael John Arnold	644	26.0
	UKIP	Eric Macanndrais	589	23.8
Majority			589	23.7
Turnout			2479	58.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Buckby

Long Buckby 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Osborne	2075	54.1
	Labour	Chris Myers	962	25.1
	UKIP	Ian Robert James Dexter	774	20.2
Majority			1113	29.0
Turnout			3838	73.41
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moulton

Moulton 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Cribbin	1623	64.6
	Labour	Mark Anthony Gunther Maryan	497	19.8
	Green	Pamela Booker	367	14.6
Majority			1126	44.8
Turnout			2514	70.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walgrave

Walgrave 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Carter	731	59.1	−10.7
	Labour	Peter Luke	145	11.7	−18.1
	Green	Stuart Tite	75	6.1	+6.1
	Independent	Kevin Simons	275	22.2	+22.2
Majority			456	36.3	−3.7
Turnout			1236	76.58	+41.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weedon

Weedon 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Amos	2181	57.4
	Labour	Raymond Ogden	619	16.3
	UKIP	John Gale	684	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Salaman	303	8.0
Majority			1497	41.1
Turnout			3800	74.54
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welford

Welford 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Auger	1672	64.3
	Labour	Sue Myers	520	20.0
	UKIP	Pamela Booker	395	15.2
Majority			1152	44.3
Turnout			2600	78.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodford

Woodford 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanne Gilford	2399	64.4
	Labour	Emma Marsh	808	21.7
	Green	Nikita Webb	486	13.0
Majority			1591	42.7
Turnout			3727	69.12
	Conservative hold		Swing