2007 South Staffordshire District Council election

Results of the 2007 South Staffordshire District Council election

The 2007 South Staffordshire District Council election to the South Staffordshire District Council took place in May 2007, with the Featherstone and Shareshill Ward results delayed following the death of a candidate. ^[1] All 49 seats were up for election, 41 of which went to Conservative Party candidates. ^[2] 13 of the 14 seats won unopposed went to Conservatives. ^[2]

Election result

South Staffordshire District Council Election, 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	41				83.68%	60.10%	24,125
	Labour	1				2.05%	16.83%	6,756
	Labour Co-op	0				0%	0%	0
	Liberal Democrats	1				2.05%	3.26%	1,309
	UKIP	0				0%	2.07%	833
	Independent	6				12.25%	17.72%	7,114

Ward results

Billbrook Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gregory	400
	Conservative	Kenneth Mackie	698
	Conservative	Sonja Marie Oatley	703
	Labour	Joseph Tomlinson	339
Majority			1,401	65.47%
Turnout			2,140	34%

Brewood and Coven Ward (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Ball	1,128	24.31%
	Conservative	Ivor Clay	992	21.38%
	Conservative	Michael Robert Hampson	1,018	21.94%
	Conservative	Anne Holmes	989	21.32%
	Labour	Lena Holmes	514	11.08%
Majority			2,999	64.62%
Turnout			4,641	38%

Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Boyle	393	25.10%
	Conservative	Alita Ann Caine	405	25.82%
	Conservative	Nigel Peter Caine	400	25.50%
	Labour	Mac Harris	371	23.65%
Majority			805	51.31%
Turnout			1,569	30%

Cheslyn Hay South Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bill Craddock	469	24.16%
	Labour	Joseph Colin Davison	369	19%
	Conservative	David Heseltine	495	25.49%
	Conservative	Bernard Williams	609	31.36%
Majority			1,104	56.90%
Turnout			1,942	31%

Codsall North Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Campbell	979	41.10%
	Independent	John Evans	943	39.56%
	Labour	Davyd Williams	245	10.28%
	Labour	Trefor John Williams	217	9.11%
Majority			1,922	80.63%
Turnout			2,384	38%

Codsall South Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mike Lynch	286	13%
	Conservative	Robert James Marshall	856	38.90%
	Conservative	John Kirkland Michell	862	39.17%
	Labour	Judith Williams	197	8.96%
Majority			1,718	78.10%
Turnout			2,201	38%

Essington Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Clifft	unopposed
	Conservative	Patricia Griffin	unopposed
Majority				50%
Turnout

Featherstone and Shareshill Ward(2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank William Beardsmore	383	19.29%
	Labour	Alex Brindle	168	8.46%
	Labour	John Brindle	242	12.19%
	Independent	Bob Cope	557	28%
	UKIP	Steve Hollis	115	5.79%
	Conservative	Mike Lawrence	310	15.61%
	Conservative	Jan Tate	211	10.63%
Majority			940	47.34%
Turnout			1,986	27.80%

Great Wyrley Landywood Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Christopher Jones	373	18.60%
	Conservative	Ray Perry	614	30.61%
	Conservative	Kath Williams	640	31.91%
	Labour	Brian Wood	379	18.90%
Majority			1,254	62.52%
Turnout			2,006	28%

Great Wyrley Town Ward (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Paul Bates	1,016	25.55%
	Conservative	Janet Ann Johnson	1,052	26.46%
	Labour	Jacqueline Lowe	405
	Labour	Tom Lowe	387	9.74%
	Conservative	Kath Perry	1,117	28.09%
Majority			3,185	80.10%
Turnout			3,977	32%

Himley and Swindon Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Lees	unopposed
Majority				100%
Turnout

Huntington and Hatherton Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Ashley	363	24.49%
	Labour	Lyndon Jones	326	21.99%
	Conservative	Patricia Williams	435	29.34%
	Labour	Frank Wilson	359	24.21%
Majority			722	48.69%
Turnout			1,483	24%

Kinver Ward (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Davies	977	18.25%
	Conservative	Brian Robert Edwards	1,305	24.37%
	Liberal Democrats	James Gosling	1,002
	Conservative	Julian Hall	976	18.71%
	Independent	Ena Doreen Ray	1,096	20.47%
Majority			3,258	60.83%
Turnout			5,356	38%

Pattingham and Patshull Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Millicent Burton	unopposed
Majority				100%
Turnout

Penkridge North East and Acton Trussell Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isabel Ford	unopposed
	Conservative	Graham Spandler	unopposed
Majority				100%
Turnout

Penkridge South East Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Holt	811	38.88%
	Labour	Trudie McGuinness	369	17.69%
	Conservative	Christine Jane Raven	906	43.44%
Majority			1,717	82.32%
Turnout			2,086	35%

Penkridge West Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Edwin Cartwright	unopposed
Majority				100%
Turnout

Perton Dippons Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith James	unopposed
Majority				100%
Turnout

Perton East Ward (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Penny Allen	293	42.28%
	Conservative	David John Billson	367	52.96%
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Smith	33	4.77%
Majority			367	52.96%
Turnout			693	39%

Perton Lakeside Ward (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Keith Black	426	11.91%
	Independent	Anthony Bourke	537	15.01%
	Independent	Cyril Bromley	146	4.08%
	Independent	Pamela Bromley	163	4.56%
	Conservative	David Michael Fereday	579	16.18%
	Conservative	Rita Ann Helestine	590	16.49%
	Independent	Angie James	506	14.14%
	Labour	Kevin McElduff	165	4.62%
	Conservative	Roy Edward Moreton	556	15.54%
	Independent	Patricia Norah Pitt	467	13.05%
Majority			2,245	62.73%
Turnout			3,579	30%

Trysull and Seisdon (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James McCardle	unopposed
Majority				100%
Turnout

Wheaton Aston, Bishops Wood and Lapley Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Cox	unopposed
	Conservative	Roy Wright	unopposed
Majority				100%
Turnout

Wombourne North and Lower Penn Ward (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan George Hinton	unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Frederick Reade	unopposed
	Conservative	Joan Williams	unopposed
Majority				100%
Turnout

Wombourne South East Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Gordon Fanthom	432	23.33%
	Conservative	Carol Timms	784	42.34%
	Conservative	Reginald Williams	636	34.35%
Majority			1,420	76.68%
Turnout			1,852	38%

Wombourne South West Ward (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Bond	633	37.55%
	Conservative	Betty Heath	604	35.83%
	Labour	Shirley Jones	175	10.38%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sadler	274	16.26%
Majority			1,237	73.37%
Turnout			1,686	27%

References

1. "Local election results 2007". Local Elections Archive Project. n.d. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2011). "South Staffordshire Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 26 September 2021.