2007 St Albans City and District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 St Albans City and District Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. St Albans UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 St Albans City and District Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

The 2007 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

A total of 83 candidates from the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and Green Party stood in the election. [3] [4] Each party contested every ward, apart from in London Colney where the Green candidate was disqualified due to an incorrect nomination. [3] Each ward had one seat up for election apart from in Harpenden West where two seats were contested as a Conservative councillor stood down early due to illness. [3] The other parties needed to gain 3 seats from the Liberal Democrats to remove them from power, with a 2-seat drop meaning the Liberal Democrats would depend on the mayor's casting vote to remain in power. [3]

After the Conservatives won the most votes in the previous 2006 election they were hoping to make gains, with Harpenden East, Marshalswick South, Verulam and Wheathampstead seen as being possible gains. [3] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats defended their record in running the council during the election. [5] They called for St Albans to be Hertfordshire's "premier community" and pointed to the Audit Commission rating the council as one of the 10 most improving in the country. [5]

6 sitting councillors stood down at the election including a former Conservative cabinet member Chris Whiteside and a former Labour mayor Malcolm MacMillan. [3]

Election result

The Liberal Democrats lost their overall majority after losing 2 seats to the Conservatives, dropping to exactly half of the council with 29 councillors. [6] [7] The 2 Conservative gains from the Liberal Democrats came in Harpenden East and Redbourn wards to lift the party to 19 seats and the Conservatives received around 2,000 votes more than the Liberal Democrats. [8] There was no change elsewhere on the council, with Labour staying on 8 seats, despite dropping to fourth place in several wards and there also remained 2 independent councillors. [7] [8] Overall turnout at the election was 43.6%. [9]

Following the election the Liberal Democrats remained in control of the council after one of the independent councillors, Tony Swendell, abstained on the vote to decide the composition of the cabinet. [10]

St Albans local election result 2007 [11] [12]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1002-247.637.816,643+2.1%
  Conservative 820+238.142.618,759+0.9%
  Labour 300014.312.95,669-1.7%
  Green 000006.83,015-1.3%

Ward results

Ashley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iqbal Zia 793 41.3 +3.2
Conservative Rafat Khan46624.3-0.6
Labour Alistair Cooper39020.3-6.6
Green Sasha Bradbury27014.1+4.0
Majority32717.0+5.8
Turnout 1,91936.2-7.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Batchwood [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Leach 695 34.6 -4.0
Liberal Democrats Allan Witherick60330.1+2.7
Conservative Sara Cadish51525.7+1.2
Green Gillian Mills1939.6+0.1
Majority924.5-6.7
Turnout 2,00638.6-3.8
Labour hold Swing
Clarence [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Burton 1,070 53.9 +11.2
Conservative Indranil Chakravorty43321.8-5.9
Green Peter Eggleston25512.8-1.1
Labour Christine Pearce22911.5-4.3
Majority63732.1+17.1
Turnout 1,98742.8-4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Colney Heath [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Brazier 1,114 67.3 +18.0
Conservative Joanne Vessey40324.3-12.6
Labour Richard Bruckdorfer774.6-4.1
Green Rosalind Hardy623.7-1.3
Majority71143.0+30.6
Turnout 1,65640.2-1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cunningham [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Donald 1,114 53.9 +12.4
Conservative James Vessey57827.9-2.3
Labour John Paton22610.9-8.2
Green Jack Easton1507.3-1.9
Majority53626.0-14.7
Turnout 2,06843.9-2.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Harpenden East [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Wakely 1,183 50.3 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Jeff Phillips89037.8-7.8
Labour David Crew1707.2+0.4
Green Denise Taylor-Roome1094.6-1.0
Majority29312.5
Turnout 2,35245.3-2.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Harpenden North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bert Pawle 1,260 63.7 +5.6
Liberal Democrats Gordon Burrow42021.2-6.0
Labour Rosemary Ross1678.4+0.6
Green Annett Tate1326.7-0.2
Majority84042.5+11.6
Turnout 1,97939.1-3.5
Conservative hold Swing
Harpenden South [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Foster 1,582 74.2 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Mary Carden25612.0-2.0
Labour Linda Spiri1728.1+0.9
Green Lorna Hann1235.8-0.9
Majority1,32662.2+4.1
Turnout 2,13341.0-3.1
Conservative hold Swing
Harpenden West (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Chicester-Miles 1,549 65.6 -1.9
Conservative Julian Daly 1,533 64.9 -2.6
Liberal Democrats Albert Moses44819.0+1.8
Liberal Democrats Tom Addiscott43818.5+1.3
Green Marc Scheimann23810.1+1.4
Labour Benjamin Dearman1968.3+1.7
Labour Elizabeth Rayner1837.7+1.1
Turnout 2,36243.6-1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
London Colney [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Katherine Gardner 889 45.3 +0.6
Conservative David Winstone85443.5+6.7
Liberal Democrats Carol Prowse22111.3+0.1
Majority351.8-6.1
Turnout 1,96430.4-4.7
Labour hold Swing
Marshalswick North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoff Churchard 1,200 54.6 +4.0
Conservative John Foster74433.8-0.8
Labour Ruairi Mccourt1386.3-1.3
Green Rosalind Paul1175.3-1.9
Majority45620.8+4.8
Turnout 2,19945.9-4.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Marshalswick South [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kate Morris 1,177 47.8 +10.2
Conservative Jeffrey Groman84334.2-4.7
Labour Anthony Nicholson27011.0-2.5
Green Tim Blackwell1727.0-2.9
Majority33413.6
Turnout 2,46248.3-2.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park Street [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicola Mcalistair-Baillie 1,042 49.5 -2.5
Conservative Margaret Griffiths80938.5+1.9
Labour Laurence Chester1607.6+0.4
Green Stephen Clough934.4+0.1
Majority23311.0-4.4
Turnout 2,10440.6-5.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Redbourn [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maxine Crawley 1,007 46.4 -4.3
Liberal Democrats Colin O'Donovan99145.6+9.2
Labour Gavin Ross954.4-2.3
Green Kate Metcalf793.6-2.6
Majority160.8-13.5
Turnout 2,17247.1+2.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Sandridge [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frances Leonard 854 57.8 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Janet Churchard32922.3-3.3
Labour Jane Cloke16211.0+1.4
Green Naomi Love1339.0-0.1
Majority52535.5+5.3
Turnout 1,47839.4-3.4
Conservative hold Swing
Sopwell [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen Harris 704 37.0 +7.1
Liberal Democrats Roger Axworthy61232.2-1.0
Conservative Heather Rench39320.7-4.8
Green Thomas Hardy19310.1-1.3
Majority924.8
Turnout 1,90238.1-2.2
Labour hold Swing
St Peters [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Pia 770 40.0 -5.4
Conservative Debashis Mukherjee41921.7+2.0
Labour Mick Jewitt37519.5-3.5
Green Simon Grover 36318.8+6.9
Majority35118.3-4.1
Turnout 1,92736.8-2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Stephen [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Myland 1,244 59.1 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Thomas Allum60028.5+2.4
Labour Janet Blackwell1718.1-0.7
Green Lydia El-Khouri904.3-2.4
Majority64430.6-1.7
Turnout 2,10541.9-4.6
Conservative hold Swing
Verulam [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Frearson 1,357 51.9 +9.6
Conservative Keith Cotton98737.7-6.5
Green Margaret Grover1495.7-2.3
Labour Jill Gipps1224.7-0.8
Majority37014.2
Turnout 2,61552.3-1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wheathampstead [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Oxley 1,198 48.4 +2.6
Conservative Keith Stammers1,10344.6-1.2
Green Meg Davis943.8-0.9
Labour Peter Woodhams783.2-0.6
Majority953.8+3.8
Turnout 2,47354.10.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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