2007 UK local government election
2007 Gedling Borough Council election All 50 seats to Gedling Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 21 21 7 Seats won 28 9 9 Seat change +7 -12 +2 Fourth party Party Independent Seats before 1 Seats won 4 Seat change +3
Map of the results of the 2007 Gedling council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Calverton First Independents in pink and Independent in grey. An election was held on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[1]
Election result The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council, which they had previously shared control of with Labour.[2] The Conservatives took 28 seats, up from 22 before the election.[2] Labour dropped 11 seats to end level with the Liberal Democrats, who gained 2 seats, on 9 councillors.[2] Overall turnout in the election was 40.4%,[3] up from 32.4% in 2003.[4]
Gedling Local Election Result 2007[3] [5] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 28 7 1 +6 56.0 44.9 37,183 +2.0% Labour 9 1 12 -11 18.0 33.7 27,925 -7.4% Liberal Democrats 9 2 0 +2 18.0 14.9 12,339 +3.6% Calverton First Independents 3 2 0 +2 6.0 4.0 3,334 +0.7% Independent 1 1 0 +1 2.0 1.3 1,063 0.0% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 780 +0.9% Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 165 +0.1%
One Labour candidate was unopposed at the election.[3]
Ward results Bestwood Village[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Denis Beeston unopposed Labour hold Swing
Bonington (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Wilf Doe 867 Conservative Gillian Fullwood 854 Conservative Sally Mason-Kempster 838 Labour Stella Lane 737 Labour Andrew Rigby 725 Labour Vivienne McCrossen 707 Turnout 4,728 32.3 +6.4 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Burton Joyce & Stoke Bardolph (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Patricia Blandamer 702 Conservative Alan Bexon 663 Liberal Democrats Richard Berry 658 Liberal Democrats Richard Fife 595 Labour Ian Howarth 291 Labour Brigitte Maguire 274 Turnout 3,183 54.6 +10.7 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Calverton (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Calverton First Independents William Peet 1,175 Calverton First Independents Anthony Barton 1,094 Calverton First Independents Grant Withers 1,065 Labour Gareth Griffiths 669 Labour Pat Osbaldiston 444 Labour Daniel Taylor 443 Turnout 4,890 34.4 -0.6 Independent hold Swing Independent gain from Labour Swing Independent gain from Labour Swing
Carlton (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Day 991 Conservative Wendy Golland 980 Conservative Richard Goodwin 959 Labour Dennis Jones 706 Labour Cheryl Hewlett 677 Labour Christina Luckett 657 Liberal Democrats Andrew Dunkin 385 Liberal Democrats Andrew Sowter 325 Turnout 5,680 39.9 +11.3 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Carlton Hill (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Seamus Creamer 992 Labour Darrell Pulk 987 Labour Paul Feeney 961 Conservative Elaine Goodwin 799 Conservative Thomas Butcher 771 Conservative Mick Middleton 768 Liberal Democrats Michael Shucksmith 324 Turnout 5,602 38.4 +8.7 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing
Daybrook (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Peter Barnes 706 Labour Sandra Barnes 693 Conservative Hazel Wilson 461 Conservative Michael Smedley 459 Turnout 2,319 33.8 +5.4 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing
Gedling (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Gordon Tunnicliffe 1,115 Liberal Democrats Marguerite Wright 1,041 Liberal Democrats Margaret Dunkin 985 Conservative Edward Godfrey 634 Conservative Judith Nicholson 622 Conservative Kevin Pitman 619 Labour Jenny Hollingsworth 409 Labour Allan Leadbeater 393 Labour Ned Flaherty 348 Green Helen Collyer 165 UKIP Gemma Wolfe 102 Turnout 6,433 43.7 +7.5 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Killisick[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Harvey Maddock 356 58.2 +58.2 Labour Henry Wheeler 256 41.8 -10.9 Majority 100 16.4 N/A Turnout 612 36.4 +7.8 Independent gain from Labour Swing
Kingswell (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Rodney Kempster 954 Conservative Vernon Bradley 893 Labour Julia Buckby 446 Labour Paul Maguire 399 UKIP Peter Foulkes 145 Turnout 2,837 41.5 +4.4 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Lambley[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Roland Spencer 514 74.8 +0.5 Labour Marion Welton 173 25.2 -0.5 Majority 341 49.6 +0.9 Turnout 687 42.2 +7.7 Conservative hold Swing
Mapperley Plains (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Veronica Pepper 1,360 Conservative Gerald Clarke 1,341 Conservative John Parr 1,308 Labour Jenny Gale 492 Labour Paul Wilkinson 487 Labour Peter Osbaldiston 482 Liberal Democrats Vera West 351 Liberal Democrats Margaret Swift 333 Liberal Democrats Minna Patterson 299 Turnout 6,453 38.9 +10.9 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Netherfield & Colwick (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William Clarke 826 Labour Barbara Miller 807 Labour James O'Riordan 780 Conservative Allen Clarke 541 Conservative Allen M Clarke 462 Conservative Cheryl Clarke 443 Liberal Democrats Nora Crossland 243 UKIP Patricia Wolfe 235 Liberal Democrats Michael Kirk 232 Turnout 4,569 32.1 +8.8 Labour hold Swing Labour gain from Conservative Swing Labour hold Swing
Newstead[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Patricia Andrews 360 50.7 +0.8 Labour Philip Burnham 289 40.7 -9.4 UKIP Peter Wolfe 61 8.6 +8.6 Majority 71 10.0 Turnout 710 43.7 +10.8 Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Phoenix (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Raymond Poynter 637 Liberal Democrats Andrew Ellwood 600 Labour Ivan Gollop 522 Labour Marje Paling 424 Conservative Colin Blandamer 242 Conservative Susan Jakeman 240 Turnout 2,665 39.6 +6.0 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Porchester (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Tanner 1,127 Conservative Eric Collin 1,060 Conservative Jennifer Spencer 1,034 Labour John Truscott 853 Labour Pauline Allan 830 Labour Cameron Macleod 715 Liberal Democrats Josephine James 373 Liberal Democrats Alasdair Pratt 320 UKIP Mark Brinsley-Day 237 Turnout 6,549 43.8 +9.8 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Ravenshead (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Christopher Barnfather 1,506 Conservative Colin Powell 1,433 Conservative Mark Spencer (British politician) 1,148 Independent Raj Chandran 707 Labour Carol Wright 480 Labour Gwilym Griffith 421 Labour John Kendrick 411 Turnout 6,106 47.8 +10.1 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
St. James (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Anthony Gillam 588 Liberal Democrats Christopher Pratt 562 Conservative David Doherty 411 Conservative Bernard Leaper 404 Labour Christine Russell 348 Labour Melanie Fredericks 345 Turnout 2,658 41.6 +16.5 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St. Marys (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Magdalen Roach 1,033 Conservative Robert Tait 1,033 Conservative Terence Pepper 1,018 Labour Jennifer Cole 845 Labour Stewart Ragsdale 790 Labour Grace Millar 786 Turnout 5,505 38.6 +9.6 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Valley (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Paul Hughes 511 Liberal Democrats Deva Kumarasiri 491 Labour Gary Gregory 436 Labour Colette Roberts 379 Conservative Mavis Gunson 244 Conservative Derek Smith 223 Turnout 2,284 36.5 +5.9 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Woodborough[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Francis Boot 646 79.8 +0.2 Labour Rosemary Gollop 164 20.2 -0.2 Majority 482 59.5 +0.2 Turnout 810 54.5 +14.5 Conservative hold Swing
Woodthorpe (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Suzanne Prew-Smith 1,478 Conservative Melvyn Shepherd 1,375 Conservative Richard Nicholson 1,365 Labour Ron McCrossen 682 Labour Les Nourse 629 Labour Joy Knowles 609 Liberal Democrats Andrew Swift 491 Liberal Democrats Sandra Thornley 469 Liberal Democrats Roger Patterson 411 Turnout 7,509 47.3 +7.6 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
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