2007 North Warwickshire Borough Council election

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2007 North Warwickshire Borough Council election
  2003 3 May 2007 2011  

All 35 seats to North Warwickshire Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
Turnout38.8% Increase2.svg 6.5 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  No image wide.svg No image wide.svg No image wide.svg
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before15164
Seats after21140
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote9,5187,3091,654
Percentage49.5%38.0%8.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg11.0%Decrease2.svg1.2%Decrease2.svg2.3%

North Warwickshire UK ward map 2007.svg
Results of the 2007 North Warwickshire Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

North Warwickshire Borough Council 2019.svg
Composition of the council after the election.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Conservative

On 3 May 2007, an election was held to elect councillors to the North Warwickshire Borough Council on the same day as other local elections in the UK. It resulted in the Conservative Party gaining majority control of the council. The previous election resulted in no overall control with the Labour Party having the highest number of seats at 16. [1]

All 35 seats from all wards were up for election, with 18 seats needed for an overall majority. The Conservatives won 21 seats, with Labour winning the remaining 14. The Liberal Democrats lost all four of their seats. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 2003 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 11. ISBN   0948858354 . Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Local Election Results 2007 North Warwickshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. "English Local Elections 2007 - North Warwickshire". BBC News. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. North Warwickshire Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011 (PDF). The Elections Centre. p. 6. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 2007 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. pp. 12, 196, 304, 310, 315. ISBN   9780948858420 . Retrieved 7 December 2020.