2011 Daventry District Council election

Elections to Daventry District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. One third of the council (13 seats) was up for election. The previous elections produced a majority for the Conservative Party.

Election result

Daventry District Council Election, 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	0	1	-1	92.3	59.8	9,774	-9.1
	Labour	1	1	0	1	7.7	28.1	4,588	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	6.4	1,045	+3.8
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	528	+0.6
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	399	+2.5

Ward results

Abbey North Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Adam Charles Collyer	399	18.5
	Conservative	David Earles	1,030	47.6
	Labour	David Thomas James	733	33.9
Majority			303	13.7
Turnout				32.0%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Abbey South Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Carr	402	34.9	+14.4
	Conservative	Chris Over	749	65.1	+12.7
Majority			347	30.1	6.8
Turnout				40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Badby Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Mark Buck	121	13.4	+13.4
	Labour	Maureen Winifred Luke	143	15.8	−2.3
	Conservative	Tony Scott	642	70.9	−11
Majority			499	55.1	−8.7
Turnout				56.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brixworth North Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Eric Barratt	373	17.2	17.2
	Green	Steve Whiffen	381	17.6	17.6
	Conservative	Liz Wiig	1,411	65.2	−14.9
Majority			1,030	47.6	−12.6
Turnout				46.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clipston Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Booker	uncontested
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crick Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hubert Atterbury	538	74.6	−8.4
	Labour	Janet Muriel John	183	25.4	+8.4
Majority			355	49.2	−16.8
Turnout				49.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Eddon	627	38.4	−17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Pym	150	9.2	+9.2
	Labour	Wendy Jane Randall	855	52.4	8.7
Majority			228	14.0	1.4
Turnout				35.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hill Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Paul Harris	805	55.6	8.6
	Labour	Ron Pursey	643	44.4	22.4
Majority			162	11.2	−4.8
Turnout				35.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Buckby Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Arthur Crispin Farmer	281	16.5	2.5
	Labour	Chris Myers	572	33.5	10.1
	Conservative	Diana Elizabeth Osborne	853	50.0	−12.6
Majority			281	16.5	−22.7
Turnout				50.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moulton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Nobles	357	22.9	22.9
	Conservative	Mike Warren	1,204	77.1	4.2
Majority			847	54.3	−1.5
Turnout				46.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walgrave Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Carter	555	65.1	−13.6
	Labour	Maggie Saxon	297	34.9	13.6
Majority			258	30.3	−27.2
Turnout				45.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weedon Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Armstrong Nichols	267	22.2	9.8
	Conservative	Kevin Victor Perry	815	67.8	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robin Salaman	120	10.0	−2.7
Majority			548	45.6	−16.6
Turnout				45.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welford Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Driver	545	65.8	−8.3
	Labour	Sue Myers	136	16.4	16.4
	Green	Katharine Louise Wicksteed	147	17.8	−8.1
Majority			298	48.1	−0.1
Turnout				53.7
	Conservative hold		Swing