Daventry (UK Parliament constituency)

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Daventry County constituency
Daventry shown within Northamptonshire, and Northamptonshire shown within England
Created:	1918, 1974
MP:	Tim Boswell
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Northamptonshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Daventry is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a strongly Conservative seat.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the west of Northamptonshire and is named for the market town of Daventry. It covers the western part of Daventry and South Northamptonshire local government districts.

[edit] Boundary review

Following a review of parliamentary representation in Northamptonshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new seat in the county, meaning consequential changes to the existing seats. Daventry will give much of its southern electoral wards to a new South Northamptonshire constituency.

A modified Daventry constituency is formed from the following electoral wards;

• The district of Daventry
• Two wards from the Wellingborough borough - Earls Barton and West
• The South Northamptonshire wards of Cote, Downs, Harpole and Grange, and Heyford

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1918 – 1943: Edward FitzRoy, Conservative
• 1943 – 1950: Reginal Manningham-Buller, Conservative
• Constituency abolished in 1950 but revived in 1974
• 1974 – 1979: Arthur Jones, Conservative
• 1979 – 1987: Reginald Prentice, Conservative
• 1987 – present: Tim Boswell, Conservative

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Heaton-Harris

General Election 2005: Daventry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Boswell	31,206	51.6	+2.4
	Labour	Andrew Hammond	16,520	27.3	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Hannah Saul	9,964	16.5	+0.4
	UK Independence	Barry Mahoney	1,927	3.2	+0.8
	Veritas	Barrie Wilkins	822	1.4	+1.4
Majority			14,686	24.3
Turnout			60,439	68.1	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.6

General Election 2001: Daventry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Boswell	27,911	49.2	+2.9
	Labour	Kevin Quigley	18,262	32.2	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jamie Calder	9,130	16.1	+1.2
	UK Independence	Peter Baden	1,381	2.4	+1.7
Majority			9,649	17.0
Turnout			56,684	65.5	-10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] References

1. ^ [1], UKPollingReport

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire

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