2007 Southampton City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Southampton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Southampton UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Southampton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2007 Southampton Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

Before the election the Conservative and Labour parties both had 16 seats, while the Liberal Democrats who formed the administration had 15 seats, with one seat, formerly Liberal Democrat, being vacant. [3] 17 seats were being contested in the election, with 2 seats up in Millbrook after Liberal Democrat Virginia Moore resigned from the council. [3]

In total 69 candidates were standing [3] and as well as candidates from the national political parties, a couple of candidates stood for local parties called Southampton First and Southampton Save Our Services. [4] They campaigned on local issues, with Southampton Save Our Services running on a platform calling for improved conditions for public sector workers in Southampton. [4] Candidates also included a 20-year-old Conservative, Vince Capozzoli in Portswood, after the age for councillors was reduced from 21 to 18. [5]

National politicians including Conservative leader David Cameron and Labour cabinet minister Peter Hain visited Southampton to campaign for their parties. [6] [7]

The council used an electronic system to check postal votes, but had to check them by hand after the system failed to read up to 40% of them. [8] [9]

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority, but the Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats, 2 each to the Conservative and Labour parties. [10] The Conservatives won 9 of the 17 seats contested, to move to 18 seats, level with Labour, while the Liberal Democrats fell to 12 seats. [11] One of the Conservative gains from the Liberal Democrats came in Swaythling and was put down to plans for a travellers' camp in the area, which had been opposed by the Conservative candidate. [12] Overall turnout in the election was 30.2%. [12]

Following the election Conservative group leader Alec Samuels was elected leader of the council. [13] This came after one Liberal Democrat councillor, Norah Goss, voted in favour of a Conservative administration, breaking from the rest of the party who abstained. [13]

Southampton Local Election Result 2007 [14] [15]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 920Increase2.svg252.937.520,321Increase2.svg5.0
  Labour 620Increase2.svg235.330.516,489Increase2.svg0.7
  Liberal Democrats 204Decrease2.svg411.823.812,892Decrease2.svg5.0
  Green 000Steady2.svg05.12,745Increase2.svg0.8
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg02.21,201Increase2.svg0.6
 Official Southampton First000Steady2.svg00.6299Increase2.svg0.6
  Socialist Alternative 000Steady2.svg00.2116Decrease2.svg0.1
 Southampton Save our Services000Steady2.svg00.180Increase2.svg0.1

Ward results

Bargate

Bargate [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Parvin Damani 893 43.2 +2.1
Conservative Amy Whiskerd67532.60.0
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Drake30514.7−1.2
Green Rigel Jenman1959.4+9.4
Majority 21810.5+2.0
Turnout 2,06816.0−0.8
Labour hold Swing

Bassett

Bassett [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alec Samuels 1,858 47.4 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Sharon Mintoff1,42036.2−10.4
Labour Michael Brainsby42710.9+2.9
UKIP Michael Cottrell2175.5+5.5
Majority 43811.2
Turnout 3,92235.9−4.8
Conservative hold Swing

Bevois

Bevois [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqueline Rayment 1,113 50.8 −0.2
Conservative Matthew Turpin46621.3+2.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Clarke28212.9−10.0
Green Josephine Furness2159.8+9.8
Socialist Alternative Nicholas Chaffey1165.3−1.5
Majority 64729.5+1.5
Turnout 2,19220.9−2.5
Labour hold Swing

Bitterne

Bitterne [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Stevens 1,373 48.3 +6.8
Conservative Edward Osmond96133.8+6.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Naish51017.9+2.2
Majority 41214.5+0.7
Turnout 2,84428.6−1.8
Labour hold Swing

Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Baillie 1,663 49.3 +4.1
Labour Shaun Brady73421.8+1.7
Liberal Democrats Arnold Robinson72021.4+0.4
Green Sarah Curl2547.5−0.5
Majority 92927.6+3.6
Turnout 3,37132.6−2.7
Conservative hold Swing

Coxford

Coxford [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Thomas 1,219 34.9 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Darke1,16233.3−3.9
Conservative Neil Fitzgerald78422.4+3.6
UKIP Leslie Obee2015.8+5.8
Green David Curl1283.7−4.6
Majority 571.6
Turnout 3,49433.9+1.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Freemantle

Freemantle [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Parnell 1,369 45.8 +5.1
Labour Harry Mitchell81527.3−3.1
Liberal Democrats Juliet Williams40713.6−1.4
Green Darren Pickering39513.2−0.7
Majority 55418.6+8.2
Turnout 2,98628.2−2.2
Conservative hold Swing

Harefield

Harefield [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Johnson 1,723 49.2 −6.7
Labour Paul Jenks1,01729.0+1.1
Liberal Democrats Diana Wills49014.0−2.2
Green Andrew Shaw2757.8+7.8
Majority 70620.1−7.9
Turnout 3,50533.2−2.1
Conservative hold Swing

Millbrook

Millbrook (2) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Norris 1,330
Conservative Andrew Wells 1,268
Liberal Democrats Robert Holmes1,048
Liberal Democrats Keith Reed974
Labour Keith Morrell855
Labour Richard Green811
Green Victoria Payne350
UKIP Stephen Phillips246
Turnout 6,88232.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Peartree

Peartree [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Slade 1,443 44.3 −4.4
Conservative Kim Baillie97229.9+2.0
Labour Julian Price83925.8+2.4
Majority 47114.5−6.3
Turnout 3,25431.9−0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Portswood

Portswood [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steven Sollitt 1,063 33.3
Conservative Vincenzo Capozzoli84026.3
Labour Ann Wardle56017.5
Green Joseph Cox35011.0
Official Southampton FirstPeter Knight2999.4
Southampton Save our ServicesNeil Kelly802.5
Majority 2237.0
Turnout 3,19229.6−4.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Redbridge

Redbridge [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Marsh-Jenks 1,292 43.0 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Russell90630.1−1.3
Conservative Clare Bettison80826.9+2.6
Majority 36812.8−0.1
Turnout 3,00628.9−1.6
Labour hold Swing

Shirley

Shirley [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Dean 1,762 44.9 +3.0
Labour Graham Giles1,25632.0+5.4
Liberal Democrats Pauline Harding39510.1−3.0
Green John Spottiswoode3278.3−4.4
UKIP David Geddes1834.7−1.0
Majority 50612.9−2.4
Turnout 3,92338.2+0.3
Conservative hold Swing

Sholing

Sholing [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gavin Dick 1,787 45.1 +10.5
Labour David Furnell1,43536.2−5.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Lisle3909.8−3.6
UKIP Tony Weaver3548.9−1.1
Majority 3528.9
Turnout 3,96637.3+0.0
Conservative hold Swing

Swaythling

Swaythling [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Odgers 1,215 45.2 +16.5
Liberal Democrats Anne Work71126.5−14.6
Labour Andrew Wilson50418.8−0.5
Green Christopher Bluemel2569.5−1.5
Majority 50418.7
Turnout 2,68628.4+3.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Woolston

Woolston [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Warwick Payne 1,346 47.2 −3.5
Conservative John Whiskerd84029.5+3.2
Liberal Democrats Barbara Cove66623.4+0.4
Majority 50617.7−6.7
Turnout 2,85228.5−1.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Southampton". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "National: Elections 2007: Town and country go to the polls". The Guardian. 4 May 2007. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 3 "Countdown to May elections". Southern Daily Echo . 5 April 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  4. 1 2 Prince, Rosa (23 April 2007). "X factor; Forget the big three.. Here's who else is after your vote". Daily Mirror . p. 8.
  5. ↑ "Nathan becomes youngest councillor in the country – without an election!". Southern Daily Echo . 16 April 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Hain gives local campaign a lift". Southern Daily Echo . 25 April 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  7. ↑ Smith, Matt (24 April 2007). "Political big guns on campaign trail in Hampshire". This is Hampshire. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Thousands of votes scrapped as chaos hits postal ballots". The Times. London. 3 May 2007. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Voting fraud system failing". Southern Daily Echo . 26 April 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  10. ↑ Woodward, Will (4 May 2007). "National: Elections 2007: Labour does better than feared, despite strong opposition gains: Early mixed results allow all parties to claim success: Tories struggle outside suburban and rural areas". The Guardian. p. 7.
  11. ↑ Smith, Matt (4 May 2007). "Liberal Democrats lose Southampton". This is Hampshire. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  12. 1 2 Smith, Matt (5 May 2007). "Deals to be done in the wake of the local council elections". This is Hampshire. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  13. 1 2 "'Shock move' gives Tories power". BBC News. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Election details". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "Results". The Times. London. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
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