2007 Carlisle City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Carlisle City Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007. Carlisle UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Carlisle City Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

The 2007 Carlisle City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election the Conservative party formed the administration on the council with the support of the Liberal Democrats, but Labour were the largest party with 24 seats, compared to 19 Conservatives, 7 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent. [3] A further seat was vacant in Morton, after the Liberal Democrat councillor Ralph Aldersey stood down from the council. [3]

18 seats were being contested with Labour needing to make at least 2 gains to take control of the council. [3] Candidates at the election included an independent Maureen Toole in Belah ward, after her husband Alan Toole, the sitting councillor for the ward, was deselected by the Conservatives. [3] Both the Conservative and Labour parties contested all 18 seats, while the Liberal Democrats had candidates in 6 wards. [4] The British National Party contested seats in Carlisle for the first time, with 6 candidates, and there was also 1 candidate from the English Democrats. [3]

Campaign

Labour campaigned on a pledge to tackle anti-social behaviour, such as dog fouling and littering, and targeted Morton from the Liberal Democrats and Belah from the Conservatives, where they were hoping the Conservative vote would be split due to the independent candidate. [3] Meanwhile, the Conservatives defended their record in control of the council and targeted the Labour held seats of Belle Vue and Yewdale. [3] The Liberal Democrats defended their seats, while hoping to gain Dalston from the Conservatives and Upperby from Labour. [3]

During the campaign the national Conservative leader David Cameron visited Carlisle to support his party in the election, [5] while the Constitutional Affairs Minister Harriet Harman came to support Labour. [6]

Election result

Only 1 seat changed hands at the election, with Labour gaining Morton from the Liberal Democrats to remain the largest party on the council with 25 seats. [7] Labour also narrowly beat off Conservative challenges in Belle Vue by 31 votes and in Yewdale by only 10 votes. [7] This meant the Conservatives stayed on 19 councillors, the Liberal Democrats dropped to 7, and there continued to be 1 independent. [8] [7] Among those elected was Labour's Abdul Harid in Currock ward, who became the first Asian councillor on Carlisle council, [9] defeating the British National Party who came second in the ward. [7] Overall turnout at the election was 35.45%, up from 34.6% at the 2006 election. [10]

Following the election Conservative Mike Mitchelson remained as leader of the council after the Liberal Democrats continued to support him, in return for which Liberal Democrat Peter Farmer joined the council executive. [11] The election for mayor was won by Conservative Liz Mallinson by 26 votes to 25 for Labour's Mary Styth, after one Labour councillor missed the meeting, [11] while Mike Mitchelson was re-elected by 26 votes to 24. [12] All 7 Liberal Democrats backed the Conservative candidates, while the only independent councillor Bill Graham, voted for the Labour candidate for mayor Mary Styth, as she had served on the council for the longest period, [13] and abstained on the vote for council leader. [11]

Carlisle local election result 2007 [10] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 910+150.038.69,639+3.0%
  Conservative 800044.442.610,635+1.9%
  Liberal Democrats 101-15.611.92,969-1.8%
  BNP 000005.01,252+5.0%
  Independent 000001.6399-6.7%
  English Democrat 000000.496-0.5%

Ward results

Belah [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trish Vasey81843.3−11.0
Labour Thomas Johnson48225.5+1.3
Independent Maureen Toole39921.1+13.4
English Democrat Stephen Gash965.1−8.7
BNP Wayne Newton965.1+5.1
Majority33617.8−12.3
Turnout 1,89140.1+.2
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Styth65244.1+0.7
Conservative Fiona Robson62142.0+0.0
Liberal Democrats Olive Hall20513.9+13.9
Majority312.1+0.7
Turnout 1,47834.3+1.7
Labour hold Swing
Botcherby [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Scarborough61850.0−5.5
Conservative Terri Cartner40032.4+3.4
BNP Karl Chappell21717.6+17.6
Majority21817.7−8.9
Turnout 1,23527.8+3.5
Labour hold Swing
Burgh [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Collier54074.3+1.8
Labour Robin Pearson18725.7−1.8
Majority35348.6+3.5
Turnout 72743.0+9.0
Conservative hold Swing
Castle [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kimberly Hunter60754.1+0.1
Labour Steven Bowditch33129.5+2.1
Conservative Charlotte Fisher18516.5+3.8
Majority27624.6−2.0
Turnout 1,12327.6−0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Currock [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Harid57144.5−11.7
BNP Brian Allen30924.1+24.1
Conservative John Hanlon23518.3−0.4
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Richardson16913.2+0.4
Majority26220.4−17.1
Turnout 1,28428.8+1.3
Labour hold Swing
Dalston [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicola Clarke1,03753.1+9.6
Liberal Democrats Colin Farmer59830.6−13.7
Labour Ann Warwick31916.3+4.1
Majority43922.5
Turnout 1,95441.0−2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Denton Holme [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh McDevitt83666.5+6.3
Conservative Lynn Fleming42133.5+8.1
Majority41533.0−1.8
Turnout 1,25727.9−0.5
Labour hold Swing
Harraby [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cyril Weber77645.0−10.5
Conservative Michele Gwillim45626.4−18.1
BNP David Fraser26215.2+15.2
Liberal Democrats Warren Allison23213.4+13.4
Majority32018.5+7.5
Turnout 1,72636.2+5.0
Labour hold Swing
Irthing [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ray Knapton48079.1+2.6
Labour Alex Faulds12720.9−2.6
Majority35358.2+5.3
Turnout 60737.4+3.7
Conservative hold Swing
Longtown and Rockliffe [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mallinson65864.0+3.3
Labour Robert Dodds37036.0+1.9
Majority28828.0+1.4
Turnout 1,02831.3−0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Lyne [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Devlin54483.7+1.0
Labour Roger Horne10616.3−1.0
Majority43867.4+2.0
Turnout 65041.0+8.2
Conservative hold Swing
Morton [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Bell95048.0+5.4
Liberal Democrats David McMillan78739.7−9.3
Conservative Lawrence Fisher24412.3+12.3
Majority1638.2
Turnout 1,98141.6+0.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St. Aidans [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reg Watson75051.3+2.2
Conservative James Layden51235.0+4.1
BNP Tony Carvell20013.7+13.7
Majority23816.3−1.9
Turnout 1,46232.5+1.4
Labour hold Swing
Stanwix Rural [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Bainbridge1,04777.7
Labour John Hale30022.3
Majority74755.5
Turnout 1,34738.6−0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Stanwix Urban [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacquelyne Geddes1,24467.5+9.1
Labour Ross Warwick59932.5+5.8
Majority64535.0+3.3
Turnout 1,84339.8−0.9
Conservative hold Swing
Upperby [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour June Martlew67747.3
Liberal Democrats James Osler37125.9
Conservative Mike Clarke21515.0
BNP Christine Williamson16811.7
Majority30621.4
Turnout 1,43135.4+3.5
Labour hold Swing
Yewdale [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Hendry98850.3+7.8
Conservative Gareth Ellis97849.7+9.8
Majority100.5−2.0
Turnout 1,96640.4+2.2
Labour hold Swing

References

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  4. ↑ Brenan, Victoria (5 April 2007). "Labour and Tories to fight every city seat". News and Star . Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Whittle, Julian (20 April 2007). "Cameron: Tories can win Carlisle seat". News and Star . Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  6. ↑ Whittle, Julian (20 April 2007). "Minister caught up in pay row on the campaign trail". News and Star . Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Labour takes one seat in city". News and Star . 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Results for Carlisle and Barrow". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  9. ↑ Eve, Kelly (8 May 2007). "Abdul savours election success at third attempt". News and Star . Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Election Results 2007". Carlisle City Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  11. 1 2 3 Whittle, Julian (25 May 2007). "Tories still in charge of Carlisle thanks to help from Lib Dems". News and Star . Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
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  13. ↑ Whittle, Julian (18 May 2007). "Bill, the unlikely kingmaker". Cumberland News. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
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