2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007. Huntingdonshire UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007.

The 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

19 seats on the council were contested at the election, with the Conservatives controlling the council before the election with 40 of the 52 seats. [3] A number of sitting councillors stood down at the election including Conservatives Jean Chandler (Fenstanton ward) and Nick Guyatt, and Liberal Democrat Shirley Menczer (Brampton ward). [3]

As well as candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, there were also Green Party candidates in the 3 Huntingdon wards, a British National Party candidate in St Neots Eynesbury and a UK Independence Party candidate in Upwood and The Raveleys. [3] Meanwhile, the only councillor to have served since the council was founded in 1974, Conservative Mike Newman, stood again in Somersham ward. [3]

Election result

The Conservatives suffered a net loss of 1 seat, after losing 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats, but also gaining 1 seat. [4] This meant the Conservatives stayed in control of the council with 39 councillors, compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. [4] One of the 2 Liberal Democrat gains came in Huntingdon North, where 19-year-old Sam Kemp took the seat by 19 votes from Conservative Maggie Wheeler. [4]

Huntingdonshire local election result 2007 [2] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1412-173.757.916,894+2.4%
  Liberal Democrats 521+126.331.49,168-1.2%
  Labour 000008.12,347-0.4%
  BNP 000001.0299+1.0%
  Green 000001.0280+1.0%
  UKIP 000000.6166+0.6%

Ward results

Brampton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Jordan1,23750.8
Conservative Jane King1,12346.1
Labour Sybil Tuckwood773.2
Majority 1144.7
Turnout 2,43751.7−4.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Earith [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Godfrey1,15771.7+3.1
Liberal Democrats Leona Graham-Elen36122.4−2.3
Labour Cindy Cochrane955.9−0.9
Majority 79649.3+5.4
Turnout 1,61334.9+0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Ellington [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Baker74757.1−2.3
Conservative Stephen Cawley56142.9+6.3
Majority 18614.2−8.5
Turnout 1,30857.9+4.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Elton and Folksworth [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mac McGuire69083.4+10.6
Labour Mary Howell13716.6+8.6
Majority 55366.9+13.3
Turnout 82739.9−2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Fenstanton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Dakers44248.2−2.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Saunderson43046.9+3.2
Labour Angela Richards454.9−1.1
Majority 121.3−5.2
Turnout 91737.7−2.9
Conservative hold Swing
Gransden and The Offords [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Boddington1,10675.7+3.5
Liberal Democrats Julia Hayward35524.3+2.9
Majority 75151.4+0.5
Turnout 1,46141.1−0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Simpson1,17349.1+8.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Fleming90137.7−12.4
Labour David King1887.9−1.4
Green Tony Staples1255.2+5.2
Majority 27211.4
Turnout 2,38736.1−3.7
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sam Kemp37637.7
Conservative Maggie Wheeler35735.8
Labour Ann Beevor20220.3
Green John Clare626.2
Majority 191.9
Turnout 99727.3−0.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Huntingdon West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Sanderson97470.2+6.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Burrell20915.1−11.4
Labour David Brown1128.1−2.0
Green Karen How936.7+6.7
Majority 76555.1+18.3
Turnout 1,38832.2+0.1
Conservative hold Swing
Kimbolton and Staughton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Gray98573.8+11.2
Liberal Democrats Roy Benford31423.5+8.4
Labour Patrick Kadewere362.7−3.9
Majority 67150.3+3.4
Turnout 1,33554.0+1.7
Conservative hold Swing
Ramsey [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ross Muir1,05058.0+8.4
Liberal Democrats Janet Dutton62034.3−16.1
Labour Susan Coomey1407.7+7.7
Majority 43023.7
Turnout 1,81028.6−4.3
Conservative hold Swing
Somersham [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Newman1,14066.0
Liberal Democrats Tony Hulme48328.0
Labour Karen Webb1036.0
Majority 65738.0
Turnout 1,72638.0−8.6
Conservative hold Swing
St Neots Eaton Ford [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Harty1,10256.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Land75538.4
Labour John Watson1105.6
Majority 34717.6
Turnout 1,96737.3−4.5
Conservative hold Swing
St Neots Eaton Socon [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gordon Thorpe67147.5
Conservative Mandy Thomas65946.7
Labour Graham Hitchings825.8
Majority 120.8
Turnout 1,41233.9+0.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Neots Eynesbury [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Ursell90541.2−7.7
Liberal Democrats Diana Collins79136.0−4.6
BNP Nicholas Smith29913.6+13.6
Labour Bill O'Connor2019.2−1.3
Majority 1145.2−3.1
Turnout 2,19630.0+1.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Neots Priory Park [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kendal Cooper74247.4−6.5
Conservative Paula Longford72646.4+8.0
Labour Richard Allen966.1−1.6
Majority 161.0−14.6
Turnout 1,56435.1−0.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Stilton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Mitchell74381.3+17.4
Labour Margaret Cochrane17118.7+9.6
Majority 57262.6+25.7
Turnout 91439.9−6.6
Conservative hold Swing
Upwood and The Raveleys [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Bell45354.6+5.9
Liberal Democrats Patricia Worgan17621.2−24.2
UKIP Robert Brown16620.0+20.0
Labour Graeme Watkins344.1−1.8
Majority 27733.4+30.1
Turnout 82933.2−7.0
Conservative hold Swing
Yaxley and Farcet [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Butler1,54874.9+7.4
Labour Kevin Goddard51825.1−7.4
Majority 1,03049.9+14.9
Turnout 2,06627.6+0.3
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Results - Election 2007". The Times . NewsBank. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Candidates gear up for elections". Hunts Post. 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Election history is made". Peterborough Evening Telegraph . NewsBank. 5 May 2007.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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