Daventry (UK Parliament constituency)

Daventry
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Daventry in Northamptonshire.
Location of Northamptonshire within England.
County	Northamptonshire
Electorate	71,903 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Daventry
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	South Northamptonshire
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Replaced by	South Northamptonshire
Created from	South Northamptonshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Daventry is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Chris Heaton-Harris of the Conservative Party

1 History
2 Boundaries
- 2.1 Latest Boundary review
3 Members of Parliament
- 3.1 MPs 1918–1950
- 3.2 MPs since Feb 1974
4 Elections
5 Notes and References
6 See also

History [edit]

The seat, one of many created in 1918, was a narrower form of the oldest creation of South Northamptonshire and lasted 32 years until it reverted into "South Northamptonshire". Finally today's seat was recreated mostly from the north of the South Northants seat^{[n 2]} in 1974. Since its recreation and during its first existence it has been served by Conservative MPs. As the 1997 majority was also not marginal, it has been to date an archetypal safe seat.

Boundaries [edit]

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.

Latest Boundary review [edit]

Owing to population increase, as described above, the Boundary Commission created a new seat in the county from the 2010 General Election leading to a reduction in area of the Daventry seat. The seat consists of:

The Daventry District

and the electoral wards:

Earls Barton and West (covering the villages of Sywell and Mears Ashby) in the borough of Wellingborough
Harpole and Grange (covering the villages of Milton Malsor, Kislingbury, Gayton, Harpole and Rothersthorpe), and Heyfords and Bugbrooke (covering the villages of Bugbrooke, Nether Heyford and Upper Heyford)in South Northamptonshire

Members of Parliament [edit]

MPs 1918–1950 [edit]

	Member^[2]	Party
1918	Edward FitzRoy	Conservative then Speaker
1943 by-election	Reginald Manningham-Buller	Conservative
1950	constituency abolished

MPs since Feb 1974 [edit]

	Member^[2]	Party
Feb 1974	Arthur Jones	Conservative
1979	Reg Prentice	Conservative
1987	Tim Boswell	Conservative
2010	Chris Heaton-Harris	Conservative

Elections [edit]

Elections in the 2010s [edit]

General Election 2010: Daventry ^[3]^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Heaton-Harris	29,252	56.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher McGlynn^[6]	10,064	19.4	+4.9
	Labour	Paul Corazzo	8,168	15.8	-12.1
	UKIP	Jim Broomfield	2,333	4.5	+1.6
	English Democrats	Alan Bennett-Spencer	1,187	2.3	+2.3
	Green	Steve Whiffen	770	1.5	+1.5
Majority			19,188	37.1
Turnout			51,774	72.5	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.7

After the 2005 general election, Daventry incurred massive boundary changes following the creation of the new South Northamptonshire seat. The results of the 2010 general election are based on the notional results for the new boundaries.

Elections in the 2000s [edit]

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
	UKIP	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
	UKIP	Peter Baden	1,381	2.4	+1.7
Majority			9,649	17.0
Turnout			56,684	65.5	-10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1990s [edit]

General Election 1997: Daventry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Boswell	28,615	46.3	-12.1
	Labour	K, Richie	21,237	34.4	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat	J. Gordon	9,233	15.0	-1.6
	Referendum Party	Mrs. B. Russocki	2,018	3.3	N/A
	UKIP	B. Mahoney	443	0.7	N/A
	Natural Law	R. France	204	0.3	-0.4
Majority			7,378	11.9
Turnout			61,750	77.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.1

General Election 1992: Daventry^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Boswell	34,734	58.4	+0.5
	Labour	Mrs LMAW Koumi	14,460	24.3	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	AS Rounthwaite	9,820	16.5	−5.0
	Natural Law	RB France	422	0.7	N/A
Majority			20,274	34.1	−2.3
Turnout			59,436	82.7	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.7

Notes and References [edit]

Notes

^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ South Northamptonshire was revived in 2010 and covers the area to the south including Towcester and Brackley

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ Statement of Persons Nominated, Daventry District Council
^ Daventry, UKPollingReport
^ Daventry, BBC
^ Northampton Chronicle & Echo 21 April 2010
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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