Daventry General Election 2024 results as Conservatives hold seat with Stuart Andrew
In the last of four seats to be announced for West Northamptonshire, the Conservatives have held Daventry, with Labour closing in behind them.
Conservative candidate Stuart Andrew has been elected as the MP for Daventry, clutching onto the Conservative’s grip on the county. Only two of the seven seats went to the Conservatives, despite all going to the party in 2019.
Mr Andrew, who previously served as a Tory MP for 14 years in the now-defunct Pudsey seat in Yorkshire, battled strong competition from Labour candidate Marianne Kimani and the Reform UK's Scott Cameron.
Only five candidates from the main parties stood to become the large constituencies next member of parliament.
The new MP picked up 17,872 votes, maintaining its position as a Conservative stronghold ever since the Daventry constituency was established in 1974.
He will take over from his fellow colleague Chris Heaton-Harris who announced her would be stepping down, along with two other former Conservative MPs in the county.
Mr Heaton-Harris won in 2019 with a 26,080 majority, representing a major decline in votes for Mr Andrew and the Tory party in the last five years. This year the majority only came out at 3,012 votes.
Labour’s Marianne Kimani wasn’t able to break through the massive majority in Daventry, and polled with 14,860 votes an increase on the last election.
Reform UK candidate Scott Cameron finished with 10,636 votes while the Lib Dems received 6,755 finishing third and fourth.
Speaking after the result, Mr Andrew reflected on the national picture which saw the Conservatives suffer massive blows in all areas.
He said it was "an honour" to be elected for Daventry and said he will work as hard as he can for every single part.
He continued: "There's no doubt that this has been a difficult night for the Conservative Party and we have a lot of soul-searching to do."
The full results are listed below:
CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Stuart Andrew, Conservative- 17,872
Scott Cameron, Reform UK- 10,636
Jonathan Harris, Liberal Democrats- 6,755
Marianne Kimani, Labour- 14,860
Clare Slater, Green Party- 2,959
Turnout: 53,295 (65.89 per cent)