Constituency profile

Daventry

East Midlands · County constituency

Stuart Andrew MP
Sitting MP

Stuart Andrew

Conservative

First elected May 2010Shadow: Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East Midlands
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
58.6% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +6.7pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +1.7pp
Vulnerability score 7/10 (Conservative projected to lose)
MidlandsLeave-leaning

About the Daventry constituency

Daventry is a county constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is Stuart Andrew (Conservative), first elected in May 2010. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 33.7% to 28.0% for Labour, a majority of 3,012 votes on a 65.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 30.4% and the Conservatives on 28.7%, a margin of 1.7 points - a projected change of hands from the Conservatives.

Who lives in Daventry? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
58.6%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
33.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
15.2%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
71.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
26.6%
UK average ~36%
Median age
44.6
UK median ~40
Age 65+
24.9%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
26.0%
UK average ~28%

How did Daventry vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Con hold · majority 3,012 votes (5.7pp) · turnout 65.6%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Daventry

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Daventry within West Northamptonshire and North Northamptonshire

Daventry crosses council boundaries: West Northamptonshire (88%), North Northamptonshire (12%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
West Northamptonshire
49 LSOAs
88%
North Northamptonshire
7 LSOAs
12%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Braunston and CrickConservative 34.0%vs Labour 22.8%2021 Conservative 46.4%vs Lib Dem 42.0%--
BrixworthConservative 33.2%vs Labour 22.2%2021 Conservative 50.5%vs Lib Dem 44.1%--
Daventry EastLabour 30.6%vs Conservative 29.1%2021 Conservative 55.4%vs Labour 32.0%--
Daventry WestLabour 39.1%vs Conservative 26.5%2021 Labour 43.2%vs Conservative 43.2%--
Earls BartonConservative 35.4%vs Labour 27.5%2021 Conservative 70.2%vs Green 10.9%--
Long BuckbyConservative 34.8%vs Labour 31.6%2021 Conservative 58.5%vs Labour 21.2%--
MoultonConservative 37.5%vs Labour 25.6%2021 Conservative 63.4%vs Labour 18.4%--
SilverstoneConservative 39.2%vs Labour 27.1%2021 Conservative 68.2%vs Lib Dem 16.2%--
Woodford and WeedonConservative 36.2%vs Labour 27.3%2021 Conservative 64.1%vs Lib Dem 15.1%--

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Daventry at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Daventry at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdChris Heaton-Harris15.8%56.5%19.4%4.5% UKIP1.5%2.3%19,18872.5%
2015Con holdChris Heaton-Harris18.1%58.2%4.5%15.8% UKIP3.5%-21,05972.1%-0.4
2017Con holdChris Heaton-Harris24.7%63.7%7.2%2.7% UKIP1.7%-21,73474.0%+1.9
2019notionalConservative winnerChris Heaton-Harris 2019 MP, pre-review boundary17.8%64.5%13.1%-4.6%-26,61274.4%+0.4
2024Con holdStuart Andrew28.0%33.7%12.7%20.0% Ref5.6%-3,01265.6%-8.8

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Daventry

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Daventry. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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