Daventry
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Daventry in Northamptonshire
Outline map
Location of Northamptonshire within England
CountyNorthamptonshire
Electorate74,674 (2018)[1]
Major settlementsDaventry, Earls Barton, Brixworth
Current constituency
Created1974 (1974)
Member of ParliamentChris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromSouth Northamptonshire
1918–1950
Created fromSouth Northamptonshire and Mid Northamptonshire
Replaced bySouth Northamptonshire

Daventry is a constituency[n 1] in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Chris Heaton-Harris of the Conservative Party, who has served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2022.

History

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

Map
Map of current boundaries

1918–1950: The Boroughs of Daventry and Brackley, the Rural Districts of Brackley, Crick, Daventry, Hardingstone, Middleton Cheney, Potterspury, and Towcester, and part of the Rural District of Northampton.

1974–1983: The Boroughs of Brackley and Daventry, and the Rural Districts of Brackley, Brixworth, Daventry, Northampton, and Towcester.[2]

1983–1997: The District of Daventry wards of Abbey North, Abbey South, Badby, Barby, Brampton, Braunston, Byfield, Crick and West Haddon, Drayton, Everdon, Flore, Guilsborough, Hill, Kilsby, Long Buckby, Ravensthorpe, Spratton, Weedon, Welford, Woodford, and Yelvertoft, and the District of South Northamptonshire wards of Astwell, Blakesley, Brackley East, Brackley West, Cosgrove, Danvers, Deanshanger, Forest, Grafton, Greatworth, King's Sutton, Kingthorn, Middleton Cheney, Potterspury, Rainsborough, Slapton, Tove, Towcester, and Wardoun.

1997–2010: The District of Daventry wards of Abbey North, Abbey South, Badby, Barby, Brampton, Braunston, Byfield, Crick and West Haddon, Drayton, Everdon, Flore, Hill, Kilsby, Long Buckby, Ravensthorpe, Weedon, Woodford, and Yelvertoft, and the District of South Northamptonshire wards of Astwell, Blakesley, Blisworth, Brackley East, Brackley West, Bugbrooke, Cosgrove, Danvers, Deanshanger, Forest, Gayton, Grafton, Greatworth, Heyford, King's Sutton, Kingthorn, Middleton Cheney, Potterspury, Rainsborough, Slapton, Tove, Towcester, and Wardoun.

2010–2021: The District of Daventry, the District of South Northamptonshire wards of Cote, Downs, Grange, Harpole, and Heyford, and the Borough of Wellingborough wards of Earls Barton and West.

2021-present: The District of North Northamptonshire ward of Earls Barton (part) and the District of West Northamptonshire wards of Braunston and Crick; Brixworth, Bugbrooke (part) Daventry East, Daventry West, Long Buckby, Moulton, and Woodford and Weedon.

The constituency covers the west of Northamptonshire and is named for the market town of Daventry.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be (as they existed on 1st April 2021):

The part of the Bugbrooke ward is to be transferred to South Northamptonshire, offset by the addition of the remainder of the Earls Barton ward from Wellingborough and the part of Silverstone ward from South Northamptonshire.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1950

Election Member[4] Party
1918 Edward FitzRoy Conservative
1928 Speaker
1943 by-election Reginald Manningham-Buller Conservative
1950 Constituency abolished

MPs since Feb 1974

Election Member[4] Party
Feb 1974 Arthur Jones Conservative
1979 Reg Prentice Conservative
1987 Tim Boswell Conservative
2010 Chris Heaton-Harris Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Daventry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Harris[5]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Daventry[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Heaton-Harris 37,055 64.6 +0.9
Labour Paul Joyce 10,975 19.1 -5.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Simpson 7,032 12.3 +5.1
Green Clare Slater 2,341 4.1 +2.4
Majority 26,080 45.5 +6.5
Turnout 57,403 74.1 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing +3.2
General election 2017: Daventry[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Heaton-Harris[8] 35,464 63.7 +5.5
Labour Aiden Ramsey 13,730 24.7 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Simpson 4,015 7.2 +2.7
UKIP Ian Gibbins 1,497 2.7 -13.1
Green Jamie Wildman 957 1.7 -1.8
Majority 21,734 39.0 -1.1
Turnout 55,663 74.0 +1.8
Conservative hold Swing -0.55
General election 2015: Daventry[9][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Heaton-Harris[8] 30,550 58.2 +1.7
Labour Abigail Campbell[10] 9,491 18.1 +2.3
UKIP Michael Gerard[11] 8,296 15.8 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Callum Delhoy[12] 2,352 4.5 -14.9
Green Steve Whiffen 1,829 3.5 +2.0
Majority 21,059 40.1 +3.0
Turnout 52,518 72.2 -0.3
Conservative hold Swing

UKIP originally selected Nigel Wickens,[13] who was also selected for Mid Bedfordshire.

General election 2010: Daventry[14][15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Heaton-Harris 29,252 56.5 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher McGlynn[17] 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 Democrat Alan Bennett-Spencer 1,187 2.3 New
Green Steve Whiffen 770 1.5 New
Majority 19,188 37.1 +12.8
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

General election 2005: Daventry[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Boswell 31,206 51.6 +2.4
Labour Andrew Hammond 16,520 27.3 −4.9
Liberal Democrats Hannah Saul 9,964 16.5 +0.4
UKIP Barry Mahoney 1,927 3.2 +0.8
Veritas Barrie Wilkins 822 1.4 New
Majority 14,686 24.3 +7.3
Turnout 60,439 68.1 +2.6
Conservative hold Swing +3.6
General election 2001: Daventry[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Boswell 27,911 49.2 +2.9
Labour Kevin Quigley 18,262 32.2 -2.2
Liberal Democrats Jamie Calder 9,130 16.1 +1.1
UKIP Peter Baden 1,381 2.4 +1.7
Majority 9,649 17.0 +5.1
Turnout 56,684 65.5 -11.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Daventry[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Boswell 28,615 46.3 −11.4
Labour Ken Ritchie 21,237 34.4 +10.5
Liberal Democrats John Gordon 9,233 15.0 −2.7
Referendum Barbara Russocki 2,018 3.3 New
UKIP B.J. Mahoney 443 0.7 New
Natural Law Russell B. France 204 0.3 −0.4
Majority 7,378 11.9 -21.9
Turnout 61,750 77.0
Conservative hold Swing −11.1
General election 1992: Daventry[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Boswell 34,734 58.4 +0.5
Labour Lesley Koumi 14,460 24.3 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony S. Rounthwaite 9,820 16.5 −5.0
Natural Law Russell B. France 422 0.7 New
Majority 20,274 34.1 −2.2
Turnout 59,436 82.7 +4.5
Conservative hold Swing −1.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Daventry[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Boswell 31,353 57.9 +4.6
Liberal Ian Miller 11,663 21.6 -5.1
Labour Lesley Koumi 11,097 20.5 +0.6
Majority 19,690 36.3 +9.7
Turnout 54,113 78.2 +1.4
Conservative hold Swing +4.8
General election 1983: Daventry[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reg Prentice 26,357 53.3 -3.3
SDP David Collins 13,221 26.7 New
Labour David Middleton 9,840 19.9 -7.4
Majority 13,136 26.6 -2.8
Turnout 49,418 76.8 -3.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Daventry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reg Prentice 41,422 56.61
Labour JL Rawlings 19,939 27.25
Liberal R Woodside 11,286 15.42
National Front G Younger 522 0.71 New
Majority 21,483 29.36
Turnout 73,169 80.50
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Daventry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Jones 29,801 46.43
Labour D Forwood 20,739 32.31
Liberal D Cassidy 13,640 21.25
Majority 9,062 14.12
Turnout 64,180 77.09
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Daventry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Jones 31,273 44.93
Labour P Jones 21,524 30.93
Liberal P Smout 16,802 24.14
Majority 9,749 14.00
Turnout 69,599 84.33
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Daventry[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Manningham-Buller 14,863 42.8 New
Labour Paul F Williams 13,693 39.5 +3.2
Liberal William George Ernest Dyer 6,130 17.7 N/A
Majority 1,170 3.3 -24.1
Turnout 34,686 75.0 -1.0
Conservative hold Swing N/A
1943 Daventry by-election[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Manningham-Buller 9,043 45.9 -17.8
Common Wealth Dennis G Webb 6,591 33.4 New
Independent Liberal William George Ernest Dyer 4,093 20.7 New
Majority 2,452 12.5 -14.9
Turnout 19,727 48.7 -27.3
Conservative hold Swing N/A

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Daventry[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker Edward FitzRoy 18,934 63.7 N/A
Labour TE Barnes 10,767 36.3 New
Majority 8,167 27.4 N/A
Turnout 29,701 76.0 N/A
Speaker hold Swing N/A
General election 1931: Daventry[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker Edward FitzRoy Unopposed N/A N/A
Speaker hold

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Daventry [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker Edward FitzRoy Unopposed N/A N/A
Speaker hold
General election 1924: Daventry[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edward FitzRoy 12,683 50.4 +5.7
Liberal Charles Kerr 12,483 49.6 +11.8
Majority 200 0.8 -6.1
Turnout 25,166 79.7 +3.6
Unionist hold Swing -3.1
General election 1923: Daventry [26][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edward FitzRoy 10,514 44.7 -14.9
Liberal Charles Kerr 8,914 37.8 New
Labour Len Smith 4,127 17.5 -22.9
Majority 1,600 6.9 -12.3
Turnout 23,555 76.1 +4.0
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1922: Daventry[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edward FitzRoy 13,055 59.6 +0.8
Labour Will Rogers 8,850 40.4 -0.8
Majority 4,205 19.2 +1.6
Turnout 21,905 72.1 +9.4
Unionist hold Swing +0.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Daventry[25][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Edward FitzRoy 11,176 58.8
Labour Will Rogers 7,824 41.2
Majority 3,352 17.6
Turnout 19,000 62.7
Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "England Parliamentary electorates 2010-2018". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Daventry, Wellingborough and Northampton) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/604, retrieved 26 February 2023
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part I.
  4. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
  5. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Daventry Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Daventry parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ a b "UK ELECTION RESULTS: DAVENTRY 2015".
  9. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Abigail Campbell". Archived from the original on 19 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Candidates (PPCS) for Daventry in the UK 2015 General Election". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Your Next MP | Blog Pemilihan Umum di Inggris".
  13. ^ "New candidate chosen by UKIP". www.daventryexpress.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ^ Statement of Persons Nominated[permanent dead link], Daventry District Council
  16. ^ Daventry, BBC
  17. ^ Northampton Chronicle & Echo 21 April 2010
  18. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  23. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  24. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h i British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  26. ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1930
  27. ^ Debretts House of Commons & Judicial Bench 1922

See also

Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byHalifax Constituency represented by the speaker 1928–1943 Succeeded byHexham

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