Daventry District Council election, 2006
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.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Daventry Local Election Result 2006 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
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 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
|
|
Long Buckby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
|
|
Yelvertoft |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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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