2007 Herefordshire Council election

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Results of the 2007 Herefordshire Council election

Elections to Herefordshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, along with the other local elections in England and Scotland. The entire council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Conservative Party gained a majority on the council, after seven years of the council being under no overall control.

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Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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Ward Results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. All results are listed below: [1]

Aylestone

Aylestone (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Louis Vaughan73623.47+10.04
Conservative Denis Brian Wilcox*65820.98+1.88
Liberal Democrats Alan Lloyd Williams*51416.39−2.71
Independent Benjamin Timothy Francis Mason48115.34N/A
Liberal Democrats Owen Christopher Howell34110.87−6.93
Green Terry Hugh Oliver2096.67+1.25
Green Rebecca Roseff1976.282.28
Majority 1444.59
Turnout 3,13636.29−17.76
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Backbury

Backbury (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josephine Elizabeth Pemberton*63857.37+8.48
Liberal Democrats Michael Clifford27524.73−12.72
Green Anthony Edward Winch19917.90N/A
Majority 36332.64
Turnout 1,11246.43−14.09
Conservative hold Swing

Belmont

Belmont (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Philip James Edwards*84518.13−0.13
Independent Glenda Ann Powell*51210.99−1.98
Liberal Democrats Heather Davies4649.96−4.95
Liberal Democrats David Samuel George Hughes3848.24−3.36
Liberal Democrats Peter John Cecchetto3417.32−3.24
BNP Elizabeth Ann Morris3117.10N/A
Conservative Allan Bright Lloyd2785.97−0.15
Independent Craig Rumball2705.79N/A
Conservative Richard John Croot2415.17+2.06
Green Celia Roberta Blackwell2345.02N/A
Labour James Harding2124.55−0.17
Green Aubrey Paget Baillie2094.48N/A
Labour Neil David Barrington1984.25−0.21
Labour Barbara Ann Evans1413.03−0.36
Majority 801.72
Turnout 4,66027.91−19.83
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bircher

Bircher (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Luis Sebastian Bowen90470.85+5.05
Conservative Michael Colin Dowding37229.15−5.08
Majority 53241.70
Turnout 1,27657.07−15.44
Independent hold Swing

Bringsty

Bringsty (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas William Hunt46545.54+2.18
Independent Christopher John Grover41941.04N/A
Green Kevin Abraham13713.42N/A
Majority 464.50
Turnout 1,02144.93−19.75
Conservative hold Swing

Bromyard

Bromyard (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Alan Seldon64923.27N/A
Independent Bernard Hunt*60421.66−0.08
Conservative Caroline Audrey Donnelly55019.72+0.08
Conservative Justin Guy McBarnet46616.71+4.08
Green Barbara Konig36813.19N/A
William Albert Gibbard1525.45N/A
Majority 541.94
Turnout 2,78936.45
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Burghill, Holmer & Lyde

Burghill, Holmer & Lyde (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sally Jane Robertson*96990.90+32.36
Green Julia Parker-Harris979.10N/A
Majority 87281.80
Turnout 1,06641.60+5.58
Independent hold Swing

Castle

Castle (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John William Hope*92466.00+6.58
Independent Roger Dudley Prout29320.93N/A
Green Leslie Earl Hardy18313.07N/A
Majority 63145.07
Turnout 1,40057.42−12.38
Conservative hold Swing

Central

Central (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mark Arthur Fortescue Hubbard41363.83N/A
Liberal Democrats David John Fleet*23436.17−1.20
Majority 17927.66
Turnout 64733.07−20.67
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Credenhill

Credenhill (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Ivor Matthews42442.53−12.87
Liberal Democrats Mary Ida Short25425.48−5.58
Conservative Elizabeth Barbara Newman24524.57+11.03
Green Brian Ralph Lunt747.42N/A
Majority 17017.05
Turnout 99740.46−21.32
Independent hold Swing

Frome

Frome (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Mary Morgan84256.36+9.69
Green Guy Harry Morgan Woodford60440.43−4.77
Independent Robert Peter Wilson Nock483.21N/A
Majority 23815.93
Turnout 1,49458.16−12.30
Conservative hold Swing

Golden Cross with Weobley

Golden Cross with Weobley (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hutcheson Ruell Goodwin*62148.82−1.87
Independent Martin Christopher Woodhouse Peacock29723.35N/A
Liberal Democrats Lucy Ann Hurds24118.95−20.65
Green Jan Hardy1138.88N/A
Majority 32425.47
Turnout 1,27254.07−14.71
Conservative hold Swing

Golden Valley North

Golden Valley North (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip David Price56847.18+10.85
Independent Brendan Charles Treanor37030.73−1.52
Green Edwina Jane Hamilton13511.21N/A
Liberal Democrats Ernest Douglas Lawson13110.88−20.54
Majority 19816.45
Turnout 1,20450.44−15.54
Conservative hold Swing

Golden Valley South

Golden Valley South (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Berisford Williams*42233.76−8.02
Liberal Democrats Ann-Maria Impey40832.64−0.89
Conservative Richard Nicholas Gildart Jackson33326.64+1.95
Green Anita Louisa Sancha876.96N/A
Majority 141.12
Turnout 1,25052.85−14.95
Independent hold Swing

Hagley

Hagley (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David William Greenow42637.08+2.49
Independent Robert Michael Wilson*39934.72−7.03
Liberal Democrats Martin Russell Wyness32428.20+4.54
Majority 272.36
Turnout 1,14941.82−16.49
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Hampton Court

Hampton Court (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Gordon Grumbley80374.77+28.29
Green Christine Ann Oxley968.94N/A
Liberal Democrats Roland Charles Summers948.75−25.40
Independent Karen Marie Harmer817.54N/A
Majority 70765.83
Turnout 1,07449.25−18.73
Conservative hold Swing

Hollington

Hollington (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Gerald Dawe22327.10N/A
Independent Gillian Emily Thomas20424.79N/A
Liberal Democrats William John Thomas*20324.66−10.62
Conservative Barry Alan Durkin19323.45+9.58
Majority 192.31
Turnout 82351.49−16.28
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Cllr Dawe previously stood as an Independent candidate in 2003.

Hope End

Hope End (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Vincent Stockton*1,03031.44+0.73
Conservative Rees Mills94428.81−0.22
Green Michael Leigh Abbott48714.87+1.41
Liberal Democrats Terence Leonard Kimberley White48014.65−0.87
Liberal Democrats Anthony Joseph Vincent Geraghty33510.23N/A
Majority 45713.94
Turnout 3,27643.28−21.19
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kerne Bridge

Kerne Bridge (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gilchrist Jarvis50741.46+6.25
Independent Simon Wood Cole48539.66N/A
Liberal Democrats Mars Jason Thomas12710.38N/A
Green Adrian James Worgan1048.50N/A
Majority 221.80
Turnout 1,22348.66−6.94
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Kington Town

Kington Town (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terence Morgan James57848.09+9.99
Independent Allan William Lloyd37331.03−5.34
Conservative Robert Noel David Pritchard25120.88−4.65
Majority 20517.06
Turnout 1,20250.38−16.81
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ledbury

Ledbury (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacqueline Kay Swinburne1,39318.52−0.33
Conservative Peter John Watts1,33117.695.00
Conservative Mary Edna Cooper1,25516.68+7.49
Liberal Democrats Barry Frank Ashton*97612.98−3.02
Independent Phillip Leslie Bettington82010.90N/A
Liberal Democrats Turi Benjamin Munthe79910.62N/A
Green Stephen Edwin Betts6939.22N/A
Anthony Roland Bradford2553.39N/A
Majority 2793.70
Turnout 7,52239.61−17.93
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Leominster North

Leominster North (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Jones*66628.93+2.30
Conservative June Patricia French*60726.37−0.28
Green Felicity Mary Norman43819.03N/A
Liberal Democrats David Anthony Hurds2169.38N/A
Labour Edward Henry Clark1978.56−5.54
Independent David Athelstan Romilly Martin1787.73−2.30
Majority 1697.34
Turnout 2,30230.39−18.90
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Leominster South

Leominster South (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Charles Hunt82732.97+16.99
Conservative Dick Burke*63425.28−0.41
Green Joan Thwaites39315.67+8.76
Independent Aubrey Basil Greene38715.43N/A
Liberal Democrats Linda Craig Forbes26710.65+3.43
Majority 2419.61
Turnout 2,50832.82−20.91
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Llangarron

Llangarron (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Ann Hyde*69961.32+9.99
Independent Bryan John Stockley24821.75N/A
Liberal Democrats Hazel Rebecca Roberts19316.93−1.42
Majority 45139.57
Turnout 1,14044.30−16.53
Conservative hold Swing

Mortimer

The single seat in this ward was uncontested. The incumbent Conservative Party candidate Lillian Olwyn Barnett remained as the councillor for this ward.

Old Gore

Old Gore (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa Margaret Ruth McLean54545.956.10
Independent John William Edwards*44837.78−22.37
Liberal Democrats Anna Rachel Roberts19316.27N/A
Majority 978.17
Turnout 1,18649.81−14.37
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Pembridge and Lyonshall with Titley

References

  1. "Herefordshire election results — Herefordshire Council". herefordshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.