2007 Daventry District Council election

Elections to Daventry District Council were held on 3 May 2007. 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:

• Conservative 35
• Liberal Democrat 2
• Labour 1

Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	1	0	+1	100.0	68.9	8,309	+7.6%
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	18.8	2,271	-1.3%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	857	+7.1%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	314	-14.5%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	313	+1.1%

Ward results

Abbey South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Over	520	52.4	−14.8
	Independent	Mike Fletcher	269	27.1	+27.1
	Labour	Peter Luke	203	20.5	−12.3
Majority			251	25.3	−9.1
Turnout			992
	Conservative hold		Swing

Badby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Scott	571	81.9	−1.2
	Labour	Maureen Luke	126	18.1	+1.2
Majority			445	63.8	−2.4
Turnout			697
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brixworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Wiig	1,285	80.1
	Labour	Chris Myers	319	19.9
Majority			966	60.2
Turnout			1,604
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clipston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Betts	605	81.0	+1.4
	Labour	Janet Penrose	142	19.0	−1.4
Majority			463	62.0	+2.8
Turnout			747
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Atterbury	494	83.0
	Labour	Jane Cartlidge	101	17.0
Majority			393	66.0
Turnout			595
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Mullett	688	56.3	−0.6
	Labour	Penelope Price	534	43.7	+0.6
Majority			154	12.6	−1.2
Turnout			1,222
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Harris	571	47.0	−21.4
	Independent	Samantha Webb	376	31.0	+31.0
	Labour	Nigel Carr	267	22.0	−9.6
Majority			104	16.0	−20.8
Turnout			1,214
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Buckby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Osbourne	814	62.6	−4.7
	Labour	Sue Myers	304	23.4	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Patchett	182	14.0	−1.4
Majority			510	39.2	−10.8
Turnout			1,300

Moulton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Warren	902	72.9
	Independent	George Patterson	212	17.1
	Green	Jenny Fear	124	10.0
Majority			690	55.8
Turnout			1,238

Walgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Carter	541	78.7	+17.1
	Labour	Emma Poole	146	21.3	−17.1
Majority			395	57.4	+34.2
Turnout			687

Weedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Perry	778	74.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Adcock	132	12.7	+12.7
	Labour	Bea Price	129	12.4	−13.8
Majority			646	62.2	+14.6
Turnout			1,039
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Boardman	540	74.1	−2.0
	Green	Katharine Wicksteed	189	25.9	+25.9
Majority			351	48.2	−4.0
Turnout			729
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2007 Daventry election result
• Ward results
• Blue hold on Daventry DC Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine