2007 Maldon District Council election

2007 Maldon District Council election

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All 31 seats to Maldon District Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Independent Seats won 26 3 Seat change 5 1 Popular vote 11,525 1,400 Percentage 60.0% 7.3% Swing 6.8% 4.4%   Third party Fourth party   Party Democratic Alliance Labour Seats won 2 0 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 3,206 1,826 Percentage 16.7% 9.5% Swing 1.0% 2.4%
Seat map Ward map
Control before election Conservative Control after election Conservative

The 2007 Maldon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Maldon District Council in Essex, England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2007 Maldon District Council election [2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	26	5	0	5	83.9	60.0	11,525	+6.8
	Independent	3	3	0	1	1	9.7	7.3	1,400	–4.4
	Democratic Alliance	9	2	0	2	2	6.5	16.7	3,206	+1.0
	Labour	9	0	0	2	2	0.0	9.5	1,826	–2.4
	BNP	5	0	0	0		0.0	5.0	957	N/A
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	177	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	110	N/A

8 Conservatives were elected unopposed.

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Althorne

Althorne (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Boyce*	610	54.8
	Conservative	Tony Cussen	457	41.1
	Democratic Alliance	Michael Helm	451	40.5
	BNP	Len Blain	221	19.9
	BNP	Dean Gosling	204	18.3
Turnout			~1,113	35.2
Registered electors			3,161
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Democratic Alliance

Burnham-on-Crouch North

Burnham-on-Crouch North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Wood*	435	43.3
	Conservative	Neil Pudney	407	40.5
	Labour	Una Norman	305	30.3
	Conservative	William Lewis	237	23.6
	BNP	Nev Saveall	178	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Elsden	110	10.9
Turnout			~1,005	33.8
Registered electors			2,973
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Burnham-on-Crouch South

Burnham-on-Crouch South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Elliot*	618	60.0
	Conservative	Ron Pratt	534	51.8
	Labour	Pauline Wells	282	27.4
	Democratic Alliance	Gillian Chaplin	216	21.0
	Labour	Mary Feakins	188	18.3
Turnout			~1,030	33.7
Registered electors			3,057
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Great Totham

Great Totham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sismey	Unopposed
	Conservative	Frank Delderfield*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,873
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Heybridge East

Heybridge East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Harker*	505	56.1
	Conservative	Ann Beale	488	54.2
	Democratic Alliance	Don Benson	410	45.6
Turnout			~900	29.6
Registered electors			3,039
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Heybridge West

Heybridge West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Cheshire*	Unopposed
	Conservative	Miriam Lewis	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,934
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Maldon East

Maldon East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Savage	221	50.1
	Labour	Paul Rew*	220	49.9
Majority			1	0.2
Turnout			441	28.2
Registered electors			1,576
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Maldon North

Maldon North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Alliance	Bill Stichbury*	572	55.2
	Conservative	Brian Mead*	550	53.1
	Conservative	Ian Jones	499	48.2
Turnout			~1,034	33.8
Registered electors			3,060
	Democratic Alliance hold
	Conservative hold

Maldon South

Maldon South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Cain*	441	47.9
	Conservative	Brenda Keighley*	347	37.7
	Democratic Alliance	Sharon Riesebeck	283	30.8
	Labour	Michael Bentley	234	25.4
	UKIP	Michael Whiting	177	19.2
Turnout			~920	30.6
Registered electors			3,007
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Maldon West

Maldon West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles MacKenzie	Unopposed
	Conservative	David Williams	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,008
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Mayland

Mayland (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Channer*	872	82.6
	Conservative	David Horner	754	71.4
	Labour	Maddy Diamond	138	13.1
Turnout			~1,056	32.5
Registered electors			3,249
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Purleigh

Purleigh (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Archer*	716	66.6
	Conservative	John Sears	566	52.7
	Democratic Alliance	Charles Litscher	344	32.0
	Democratic Alliance	Lewis Banyard	317	29.5
Turnout			~1,073	41.0
Registered electors			2,617
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Southminster

Southminster (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Beale*	543	53.0
	Conservative	Helen Elliot	264	25.8
	Conservative	Simon Gutteridge	262	25.6
	Democratic Alliance	John Wilsdon	255	24.9
	BNP	Adrian Litscher	178	17.4
	BNP	Nev Saveall	176	17.2
	Labour	Norman Hunt	130	12.7
Turnout			~1,026	33.8
Registered electors			3,034
	Independent hold
	Conservative gain from Democratic Alliance

Tillingham

Tillingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Alliance	Richard Dewick*	358	48.8
	Conservative	Adrian Fluker	306	41.7
	Labour	Cherie Archer	71	9.7
Majority			52	7.1
Turnout			735	43.1
Registered electors			1,720
	Democratic Alliance hold		Swing

Tollesbury

Tollesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ron Laurie*	422	68.0
	Conservative	Marion Peel*	199	32.0
Majority			223	36.0
Turnout			621	40.5
Registered electors			1,557
	Independent hold		Swing

Tolleshunt D'Arcy

Tolleshunt D'Arcy (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Long*	886	76.3
	Conservative	Alison Warr*	786	67.7
	Labour	Ron McKay	258	22.2
Turnout			~1,162	37.0
Registered electors			3,140
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wickham Bishops & Woodham

Wickham Bishops & Woodham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Howse*	Unopposed
	Conservative	Sheila Young*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,861
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

References

1. "Maldon District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
2. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 12 January 2026.