One third of Daventry

Daventry (district)

The Daventry district is the largest local government district of western Northamptonshire, England. The district is named after the town of Daventry which is the administrative headquarters and largest town...

 District

Non-metropolitan district

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 Council in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

, England

England

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 is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Northamptonshire County Council

County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.-United Kingdom:...

 instead. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 38 councillor

Councillor

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s have been elected from 24 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

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Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1973–1976
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1976–1980
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1980–1983
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1983–1995
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1995–1999
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1999–present

Council elections

Daventry Council election, 1998

Daventry Council election, 1998

Elections to Daventry Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was*Conservative 17*Labour 13*Liberal Democrat 3*Independent 2...

Daventry Council election, 1999

Daventry Council election, 1999

Elections to Daventry Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 increasing the number of seats by 3. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.-Election result:-References:*...

 (whole council elected after boundary changes)

Daventry Council election, 2000

Daventry Council election, 2000

Elections to Daventry Council were held on 4 May 2000. 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 20*Labour 13...

Daventry Council election, 2002

Daventry Council election, 2002

Elections to Daventry Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council...

Daventry Council election, 2003

Daventry Council election, 2003

Elections to Daventry 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...

Daventry Council election, 2004

Daventry Council election, 2004

Elections to Daventry Council were held on 10 June 2004. 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 34*Labour 3...

Daventry Council election, 2006

Daventry Council election, 2006

Elections to Daventry 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*Conservative 34*Labour 2...

Daventry Council election, 2007

Daventry Council election, 2007

Elections to Daventry 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...

Daventry Council election, 2008

Daventry Council election, 2008

Elections to Daventry 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....

Daventry Council election, 2010

Daventry Council election, 2011

Daventry Council election, 2011

Elections to Daventry District Council will take place on Thursday 5 May 2011.There will be 13 seats up for election, one third of the council. The last election produced a majority for the Conservative Party.-Election result:-Ward results:...

By-election results