2007 Middlesbrough Borough Council election

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The 2007 Middlesbrough Borough Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect all 48 councillors, across 23 multi-member wards. to Middlesbrough Borough Council. The Labour Party retained a majority on the council.

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Overall results

Middlesbrough Borough Council Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 26
  Independent 10
  Conservative 6
  Liberal Democrats 5
 Middlesbrough Independents1

A total of valid votes were cast and there were rejected ballots.
The turnout was %.

Council Composition

After the election the composition of the council was:

2610651
LabourIndependentConLMI

Con - Conservative Party
L - Liberal Democrats
MI - Middlesbrough Independents

Results by ward

Acklam Ward

Acklam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Ron Lowes 1,509 45.1
Labour Shyamal Kumar Biswas 783 23.4
Conservative Val Finley55516.6
Conservative John Henzell Hemy50014.9

Ayresome Ward

Ayresome [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bernard Edward Taylor 416 23.2
Independent Barbara Dunne [3] 413 23.0
Labour Mary Clare Bishop40922.8
Independent Bill Hawthorne40822.7
Conservative Samantha Kerr1488.2

Beckfield Ward

Beckfield [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Brian Anthony Hubbard 874 40.4
Independent Peter Alexander Cox 727 33.6
Labour Bob Brady28013.0
Labour Dennis Burns22510.4
Conservative Margaret Warman552.5

Beechwood Ward

Beechwood [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Joan McTigue 635 31.8
Labour Garry Bartliff Clark 436 21.9
Labour Teresa Higgins38119.1
Independent Keshore Debnath36618.3
Independent Bill McCallum1778.9

Brookfield Ward

Brookfield [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative George Rogers 808 26.1
Conservative Patricia Rogers 663 21.4
Labour Jean Sharrocks63120.4
Middlesbrough IndependentsKen Hall61319.8
Labour Janet Elizabeth Thompson38212.3

Clairville Ward

Clairville [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bob Kerr 563 42.2
Labour Charles Michael Rooney 451 33.8
Middlesbrough IndependentsPat Walker32124.0

Coulby Newham Ward

Coulby Newham [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Paul Thompson 979 21.4
Labour John Geoffrey Cole 887 19.4
Labour Jan Brunton 764 16.7
Liberal Democrats Archie Bain56912.5
Conservative Joanne Daniels46810.2
Conservative Rachael Peacock3878.5
Middlesbrough IndependentsEmma Campbell1793.9
Middlesbrough IndependentsJackie Campbell1733.8
Middlesbrough IndependentsCarol Maughan1643.6

Gresham Ward

Gresham [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Middlesbrough Independents Ken Walker 773 18.0
Labour Tony Bishop 753 17.6
Labour Javed Ismail 749 17.5
Middlesbrough IndependentsPeter Birt67915.8
Labour Sajaad Khan67915.8
Middlesbrough IndependentsCath Rozevskis65215.2

Hemlington Ward

Hemlington [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Nicky Walker 757 31.5
Labour Jeanette Ann Walker 747 31.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Heath34214.2
Liberal Democrats Ron Phillips33714.0
Conservative Kathryn Shanley1114.6
Conservative Lenore Sizer1114.6

Kader Ward

Kader [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Hazel Pearson 1,088 37.1
Conservative Maureen Whatley 836 28.5
Labour Christopher John Nestor39913.6
Labour Daniel Howard Booth39113.3
Liberal Democrats David Foster2227.6

Ladgate Ward

Ladgate [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Budd 727 39.5
Labour Michael Carr 646 35.1
Middlesbrough IndependentsJune Shippey46625.3

Linthorpe Ward

Linthorpe [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Barbara Jacqueline Elder 1,131 19.0
Labour Stephen Edward Bloundele 1,061 17.9
Labour Julia Rostron 932 15.7
Labour Naveed Hussain87014.7
Independent John Skidmore73812.4
Liberal Democrats Chris McIntyre64710.9
Conservative Ron Darby5599.4

Marton Ward

Marton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Tom Mawston 903 38.2
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Davison 847 35.9
Conservative Susan Leyshon2349.9
Conservative Joanne Thistlethwaite2299.7
Labour Linda Wilson1486.3

Marton West Ward

Marton West [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Chris Hobson 958 34.3
Conservative Terry Ward 859 30.7
Labour David John Branson59521.3
Liberal Democrats Claire Lowe38413.7

Middlehaven Ward

Middlehaven [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Pervaz Khan 449 38.3
Labour John McPartland 412 35.1
Middlesbrough IndependentsAlf Hannaford16013.6
Middlesbrough IndependentsMark Keenan15213.0

North Ormesby and Brambles Farm Ward

North Ormesby and Brambles Farm [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Allan Jones 582 41.3
Labour Eleanor Lancaster 522 37.1
Conservative Elizabeth Dawson18613.2
New Nationalist Party Tim Simons1188.4

Nunthorpe Ward

Nunthorpe [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Brenda Alice Thompson 1,057 32.2
Independent Peter Sanderson 735 22.4
Conservative John Hobson43613.3
Conservative Caroline Fletcher38611.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Earnshaw2949.0
Labour Martin Turner Booth1945.9
Liberal Democrats Jackie Simmonds1765.4

Pallister Ward

Pallister [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Barry Coppinger 553 41.0
Labour Eddie Dryden 481 35.6
Middlesbrough IndependentsPam Davies15911.8
Middlesbrough IndependentsMichael Rozevskis836.1
Conservative Kerry Latham745.5

Park Ward

Park [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Joe Michna [21] 1,071 44.6
Liberal Democrats Frances McIntyre 591 24.6
Labour Zafar Uddin58324.3
Conservative Gillian Reeve1566.5

Park End Ward

Park End [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Kevin John Morby 547 32.1
Labour Peter Elvyn Porley 472 27.7
Labour Mike McGee35620.9
Independent James Martin33119.4

Stainton and Thornton Ward

Stainton and Thornton [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Maelor Brian Williams 535 64.9
Conservative Dorothy Smith16620.1
Labour Richard John Speakman12314.9

Thorntree Ward

Thorntree [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter Purvis 414 32.4
Independent Walter Ferrier 382 29.9
Labour Mick Thompson32325.3
Middlesbrough IndependentsLinda Walker907.0
Conservative Mark Warman695.4

University Ward

University [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Habib Rehman 763 40.0
Labour Abdul Majid 759 39.8
Middlesbrough IndependentsMuriel Birt22011.5
Conservative Gary Reidy1648.6

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