2002 Daventry District Council election

Elections to Daventry District 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. Overall turnout was 35%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 2002
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	12	6	0	+6	92.3	59.4	7,741
Labour	1	0	3	-3	7.7	30.0	3,913
Liberal Democrats	0	0	2	-2	0	10.6	1,385
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0	0

Ward results

Abbey North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Peccioli	695	55.9
	Labour	Gareth Pritchard	549	44.1
Majority			146	11.8
Turnout			1,244
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barby and Kilsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Katherine Hemmings	594	45.0
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Lomax	571	43.3
	Labour	Ann Frost	155	11.7
Majority			23	1.7
Turnout			1,320
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ken Melling	425	79.9
	Labour	Anthony Sparrowhawk	107	20.1
Majority			318	59.8
Turnout			532
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brixworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Bunting	797	51.2
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Tyrer	551	35.4
	Labour	Mark Mulcahey	208	13.4
Majority			246	15.8
Turnout			1,556
	Conservative hold		Swing

Byfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gayl Coleridge	526	74.6
	Labour	Gillian Pitt	179	25.4
Majority			347	49.2
Turnout			705
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Drayton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nigel Carr	499	53.1
	Conservative	Barry Howard	440	46.9
Majority			59	6.2
Turnout			939
	Labour hold		Swing

Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Hills	592	52.2
	Labour	Maureen Luke	543	47.8
Majority			49	4.4
Turnout			1,135
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Long Buckby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Osborne	888	60.0
	Labour	Chris Myers	591	40.0
Majority			297	20.0
Turnout			1,479
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Moulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel Cribbin	718	59.4
	Liberal Democrats	Edna Tyrer	263	21.8
	Labour	Brian Luck	227	18.8
Majority			455	37.6
Turnout			1,208
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Spratton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Cox	372	57.4
	Labour	Suzanne McDonald-Walker	276	42.6
Majority			96	14.8
Turnout			648
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Haddon and Guilsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Millar	649	79.8
	Labour	Jane Cartlidge	164	20.2
Majority			485	59.6
Turnout			813
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Liz Griffin	521	63.1
	Labour	Christine Fitchett	305	36.9
Majority			216	26.2
Turnout			826
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yelvertoft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ida Taylor	524	82.6
	Labour	John Moger	110	17.4
Majority			414	65.2
Turnout			634
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

v t e Council elections in Northamptonshire
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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
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