Elections for Boston Borough Council, which covers the Borough of Boston, were held on 3 May 2007. The Boston Bypass Independents won the election in a landslide victory with 25 seats, the first party ever to take overall control of the council since the borough was formed in 1973. It was a single-issue party campaigning on getting a bypass for Boston. All the Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors lost their seats, with only five Conservatives and two Independents also elected. The turnout was 36.9%. The overall results were as follows:
Boston Borough Council elections 2007: summary results | ||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | % votes | Seats | Change | |
Boston Bypass Independents | 32 | 16,294 | 52.1 | 25 | +25 | |
Conservative | 21 | 7,376 | 23.5 | 5 | -7 | |
Labour | 13 | 2,378 | 7.6 | 0 | -11 | |
Independent | 5 | 2,341 | 7.5 | 2 | -3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1,537 | 4.9 | 0 | -4 | |
UKIP | 8 | 1,137 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | |
BNP | 1 | 194 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | |
English Democrat | 1 | 76 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 85 | 31,333 | 32 |
Ward-by-ward results:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mike Gilbert | 148 | 40.3 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Keith Waterfield | 136 | 37.1 | ||
Labour | Jane Stewart | 83 | 22.6 | ||
Majority | 12 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 367 | 31.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Neil McGregor | 681 | 30.5 | ||
Conservative | Peter Bedford | 557 | 25.0 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Harry Windsor | 515 | 23.1 | ||
Independent | Kathryn Dawson | 354 | 15.9 | ||
UKIP | Felicity Ransome | 123 | 5.5 | ||
Turnout | 1249 | 41.8 | |||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Guy Curley | 317 | 27.3 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Shelia Newell | 315 | 27.1 | ||
Labour | Andrew Bakewell | 174 | 15.0 | ||
Conservative | Michelle Chapman | 134 | 11.5 | ||
Labour | Norman Hart | 116 | 10.0 | ||
UKIP | Cyril Wakefield | 107 | 9.2 | ||
Turnout | 636 | 22.6 | +4.3 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Richard Lenton | 846 | 17.9 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Elizabeth Barker | 821 | 17.4 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Helen Staples | 814 | 17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ossy Snell | 600 | 12.7 | ||
Conservative | Paul Skinner | 563 | 11.9 | ||
Conservative | Raymond Singleton-McGuire | 535 | 11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Chapman | 358 | 7.6 | ||
UKIP | John Flynn | 185 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 1848 | 39.2 | +11.6 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Tony Clarke | 557 | 25.0 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | David Witts | 513 | 23.0 | ||
Conservative | Alan Day | 509 | 22.8 | ||
Conservative | James Winder | 503 | 22.6 | ||
UKIP | Jodie Sutton | 146 | 6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1196 | 38.3 | |||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Brian Rush | 310 | 45.0 | ||
Independent | Pat Cooper | 216 | 31.3 | ||
Conservative | Ray Sharpe | 163 | 23.7 | ||
Majority | 94 | 13.7 | |||
Turnout | 695 | 51.4 | |||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Richard Dungworth | 568 | 27.7 | ||
Conservative | John Rylatt | 540 | 26.4 | ||
Independent | Colin Brotherton | 511 | 24.9 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Helen Proctor | 430 | 21.0 | ||
Turnout | 1105 | 30.8 | +5.1 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Gerry Clare | 858 | 33.3 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Peter Jordan | 824 | 32.0 | ||
Conservative | Mary Wright | 436 | 16.9 | ||
Conservative | Horace Wright | 340 | 13.2 | ||
Labour | Peter Gardner | 119 | 4.6 | ||
Turnout | 1311 | 45.6 | +12.8 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | John Grant | 518 | 26.7 | ||
Conservative | Maureen Dennis | 455 | 23.5 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Janet Sargeant | 454 | 23.4 | ||
Conservative | Frank Pickett | 338 | 17.4 | ||
UKIP | Sue Ransome | 175 | 9.0 | ||
Turnout | 1086 | 41.1 | +9.8 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ruskin | 173 | 49.0 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Ron McIntyre | 147 | 41.6 | ||
Labour | Jay Uddin | 33 | 9.3 | ||
Majority | 26 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 353 | 27.1 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Anne Dorrian | 669 | 19.8 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Dave Hobson | 613 | 18.2 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Paddy Rush | 528 | 15.6 | ||
Labour | Peter Nodder | 318 | 9.4 | ||
Labour | Sandra Bakewell | 315 | 9.3 | ||
Conservative | Shane Smith | 278 | 8.2 | ||
Labour | Mick Gall | 239 | 7.1 | ||
UKIP | Mike Parkhill | 222 | 6.6 | ||
BNP | Roy Hughes-West | 194 | 5.7 | ||
Turnout | 1292 | 33.0 | +8.4 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston Bypass Independents | Alison Austin | 358 | 56.8 | ||
Conservative | Tony Austin | 196 | 31.1 | ||
English Democrat | Stephen Wyatt | 76 | 12.1 | ||
Majority | 162 | 25.7 | |||
Turnout | 634 | 37.6 | +12.8 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston Bypass Independents | David Lingard | 184 | 42.0 | ||
Labour | Paul Goodale | 113 | 25.8 | ||
Conservative | Mary Clark | 108 | 24.7 | ||
UKIP | Elizabeth Ransome | 33 | 7.5 | ||
Majority | 71 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 440 | 32.3 | |||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston Bypass Independents | Martin Clarkson | 537 | 30.4 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Ray Newell | 483 | 27.3 | ||
Conservative | Paul Mould | 271 | 15.3 | ||
Labour | Paul Kenny | 258 | 14.6 | ||
Labour | Sally Gall | 218 | 12.3 | ||
Turnout | 972 | 33.8 | |||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Michael Brookes | 717 | 31.8 | ||
Independent | Richard Leggott | 543 | 24.1 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Alan Green | 392 | 17.4 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Anne Storry | 309 | 13.7 | ||
Conservative | Bob Lowrie | 237 | 10.5 | ||
Labour | Andrew Finch | 59 | 2.6 | ||
Turnout | 1217 | 41.5 | +7.7 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Brenda Owen | 393 | 55.4 | ||
Conservative | Derek Richmond | 264 | 37.2 | ||
Labour | Peter Sylvester | 53 | 7.5 | ||
Majority | 129 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 711 | 45.7 | +10.6 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Graham Dovey | 672 | 35.8 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | Jim Blaylock | 496 | 26.5 | ||
Conservative | Mark Rawlings | 427 | 22.8 | ||
Labour | Shaun Forster | 280 | 14.9 | ||
Turnout | 1100 | 36.4 | |||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Bypass Independents | Richard Austin | 634 | 32.3 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents | John Storry | 402 | 20.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Cory | 360 | 18.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Albert Tebbs | 219 | 11.2 | ||
Conservative | Sally Parker | 201 | 10.2 | ||
UKIP | Don Ransome | 146 | 7.4 | ||
Turnout | 1078 | 35.8 | +6.0 | ||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Boston Bypass Independents gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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