| Daventry County constituency |
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| 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.
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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.
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.
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 Harpole and Grange (covering the villages of Milton Malsor, Kislingbury, Gayton, Harpole and Rothersthorpe), and Heyford.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Edward FitzRoy | Conservative | |
| 1943 | Reginal Manningham-Buller | Conservative | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
| 1974 | constituency recreated | ||
| 1974 | Arthur Jones | Conservative | |
| 1979 | Reg Prentice | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Tim Boswell | Conservative | |
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Chris Heaton-Harris | ||||
| General Election 2005: Daventry | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
References
See also
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Halifax |
Constituency represented by the Speaker 1928 – 1943 |
Succeeded by Hexham |
Coordinates: 52°18′N 1°05′W / 52.30°N 1.08°W
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