Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)
Table title:
Elections in the 2000s
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Conservative </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Philip Davies </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18,608 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 39.0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > −1.9 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Chris Leslie </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18,186 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 38.2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > −5.8 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal Democrat </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John Briggs </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7,018 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 14.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +3.8 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > BNP </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tom Linden </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,000 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4.2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Green </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Quentin Deakin </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,665 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3.5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +0.5 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Iraq War. Not In My Name </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > David Crabtree </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 189 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.4 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 422 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.9 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 47,666 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 69.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +3.5 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Conservative gain from Labour </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How did Conservative Party candidate Philip Davies do in the election?
Answer:
Conservative Party candidate Philip Davies won the seat by narrowly defeating Leslie in the Shipley (UK Parliament constituency) election with a majority of 422 votes.