Daventry District

In March 2018, following suspension of the county council arising from its becoming insolvent, due to financial and cultural mismanagement by the cabinet and officers, the then Secretary of State for Local Government, Sajid Javid, sent commissioner Max Caller into the council, who recommended the county council and all district and borough councils in the county be abolished, and replaced by two unitary authorities, one covering the West, and one the North of the county. These proposals were approved in April 2019. It meant that the districts of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire were merged to form a new unitary authority called West Northamptonshire, whilst the second unitary authority North Northamptonshire consists of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough districts. These new authorities came into being on 1 April 2021. Elections for the new authorities were due to be held on 7 May 2020, but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These elections were later held on 6 May 2021. == Demography ==

At the 2011 Census, the district had a population of 77,843, a little under a third of whom (25,026) lived in the town of Daventry. Other significant settlements included Brixworth, Long Buckby and Weedon Bec. The rest of the district was predominantly rural. Ethnicity ==Housing==

In 2007, the Council housing stock owned by the council was transferred to Daventry & District Housing Ltd., a specially formed registered social landlord, under a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer. A subsequent dispute about the provisions made in the transfer contract for employees' pensions led to a legal case heard in the England and Wales Court of Appeal concerning the legal doctrines of mutual or unilateral mistake. ==Settlements==

• Althorp, Arthingworth, Ashby St Ledgers • Badby, Barby, Boughton, Braunston, Brington, Brixworth, Brockhall, Byfield • Canons Ashby, Chapel Brampton, Charwelton, Church Brampton, Church Stowe, Clay Coton Clipston, Cold Ashby, Coton, Cottesbrooke, Creaton, Crick • Daventry, Dodford, Draughton • East Farndon, East Haddon, Elkington, Everdon • Farthingstone, Fawsley, Flore • Great Brington, Great Oxendon, Guilsborough • Hanging Houghton, Hannington, Harlestone, Haselbech, Hellidon, Holcot, Holdenby, Hollowell • Kelmarsh, Kilsby • Lamport, Lilbourne, Little Brington, Long Buckby, Lower Catesby • Maidwell, Marston Trussell, Moulton • Naseby, Newnham, Norton • Old, Overstone • Pitsford, Preston Capes • Ravensthorpe • Scaldwell, Sibbertoft, Spratton, Stanford-on-Avon, Staverton, Sulby • Teeton, Thornby • Upper Catesby, Upper Stowe • Walgrave, Watford, Weedon Bec, Welford, Welton, West Haddon, Whilton, Winwick, Woodford Halse • Yelvertoft ==Political control==

See Daventry District Council elections ==See also==