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
	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

Council elections in Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire Council	2021
West Northamptonshire Council	2021
Northamptonshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Corby Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Daventry District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 Abolished
East Northamptonshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Kettering Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Northampton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
South Northamptonshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Wellingborough Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
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