Daventry District Council election, 2008

Elections to Daventry District Council in Northamptonshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

No seats changed hands at the election with the Conservative party winning 10 of the 12 seats up for election.^[1] The British National Party were pleased with the second place they achieved in Drayton ward feeling they could build on the performance but the other parties were happy that they had been defeated.^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 35
• Liberal Democrat 2
• Labour 1

Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	0	0	83.3	60.4	6,488	-8.5%
	Labour	1	0	0	0	8.3	18.8	2,016	+0.0%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	8.3	16.6	1,780	+14.0%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	451	+4.2%

Two Conservative candidates were unopposed.^[3]

Ward results

Abbey North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gloria Edwards-Davidson	1,045	62.9	+13.2
	Labour	Chris Myers	356	21.4	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Farmer	261	15.7	-9.3
Majority			689	41.5	+17.2
Turnout			1,662	25.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Abbey South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deanna Eddon	686	68.1	+15.7
	Labour	Maureen Luke	197	19.6	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Lathan	124	12.3	+12.3
Majority			489	48.5	+23.2
Turnout			1,007	35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barby & Kilsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Lomax	793	54.4	+2.6
	Conservative	John Richards	666	45.6	-2.6
Majority			127	8.8	+5.2
Turnout			1,459	53.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Boughton and Pitsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Shephard	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Braunston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet McCarthy	447	60.3	-11.7
	Conservative	Ian Nott	294	39.7	+11.7
Majority			153	20.6	-23.4
Turnout			741	51.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Brixworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Wiig	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annette Dunn	654	45.4	-10.9
	BNP	David Jones	451	31.3	+31.3
	Labour	Peter Luke	337	23.4	-20.3
Majority			203	14.1	+1.5
Turnout			1,442	30.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Amos	553	78.4	+1.5
	Labour	Beatrice Price	98	13.9	-9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Liz Pym	54	7.7	+7.7
Majority			455	64.5	+10.7
Turnout			705	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thelma Hills	751	70.8	+23.8
	Labour	Nigel Carr	310	29.2	+7.2
Majority			441	41.6	+25.6
Turnout			1,061	25.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ravensthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Pasley-Tyler	535	74.2	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Pratchett	123	17.1	+17.1
	Labour	Sue Myers	63	8.7	-12.1
Majority			412	57.1	-1.3
Turnout			721	49.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weedon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David White	679	70.1	-4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Salaman	289	29.9	+17.2
Majority			390	40.2	-22.0
Turnout			968	37.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Griffin	625	64.5
	Labour	Hilary Bradley	208	21.5
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Adcock	136	14.0
Majority			417	43.0
Turnout			969	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "No change as Tories hold Daventry". BBC Online. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
2. "Election 'is backing for town vision'". Daventry Express. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
3. "Local elections to be held". Daventry Express. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-05-11.

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