2003 Daventry District Council election

Elections to Daventry District Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 34%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 33
• Labour 4

Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	7	0	+7	92.3	64.4	7,708	+5.0%
	Labour	1	0	5	-5	7.7	27.0	3,236	-3.0%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	-1	0	6.9	827	-3.7%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	1.7	207	+1.7%

Ward results

Abbey North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Howard	607	59.1	+3.2
	Labour	Jean Tucker	420	40.9	-3.2
Majority			187	18.2	+6.4
Turnout			1,027

Abbey South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Over	638	72.8
	Labour	Bruce Nichols	238	27.2
Majority			400	45.6
Turnout			876
	Conservative hold		Swing

Badby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Scott	516	83.1
	Labour	Kenneth Ritchie	105	16.9
Majority			411	66.2
Turnout			621
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brixworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Wiig	767	52.4	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Peacock	344	23.5	-11.9
	Independent	Kathleen Redley	207	14.1	+14.1
	Labour	Mark Mulcahey	146	10.0	-3.4
Majority			423	28.9	+13.1
Turnout			1,464

Clipston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Betts	550	79.6
	Labour	Anthony Sparrowhawk	141	20.4
Majority			409	59.2
Turnout			691
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Penelope Price	466	51.8	-1.3
	Conservative	Sally Smith	433	48.2	+1.3
Majority			33	3.6	-2.6
Turnout			899
	Labour hold		Swing

Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Harris	571
	Conservative	Robert Walduck	532
	Labour	David Nicholl	336
	Labour	Gareth Pritchard	306
Turnout			1,745

Long Buckby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Osbourne	798	60.6	+0.6
	Labour	Christopher Myers	518	39.4	-0.6
Majority			280	21.2	+1.2
Turnout			1,316

Moulton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Warren	658	57.7	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Strudwick	483	42.3	+20.5
Majority			175	15.4	-22.2
Turnout			1,141

Walgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Carter	420	61.6
	Labour	Maughan Johnson	262	38.4
Majority			158	23.2
Turnout			682

Weedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Perry	740	83.3
	Labour	Dominic Luke	148	16.7
Majority			592	66.6
Turnout			888
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Boardman	478	76.1
	Labour	Michael Davenport	150	23.9
Majority			328	52.2
Turnout			628
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2003 Daventry election result
• Ward results