The 2016 Daventry District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of
Daventry District Council
Daventry ( , historically ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority in Northamptonshire, England, close to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 Census Daventry had a population of 28,123, making ...
in
England.
This was on the same day as other
local elections
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.
Only one seat changed hands with Labour taking one seat from the Conservatives leading to the council being made up as follows; 30 Conservative councillors, 3 Labour councillors, 2 UKIP councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat councillor.
This was the first year in which the Liberal Democrats, along with the Conservatives and Labour party, stood in all 12 wards.
Election result
Ward results
Abbey North
Abbey South
Barby & Kilsby
Braunston & Welton
Brixworth
Drayton
Hill
Long Buckby
Ravensthorpe
Spratton
Weedon
Woodford
References
{{Northamptonshire elections
Daventry
2016
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2010s in Northamptonshire