2007 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election

Map of the results of the 2007 Stratford-on-Avon council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

The 2007 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Stratford-on-Avon District Council in Warwickshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 37
• Liberal Democrat 14
• Independent 2 ^[2]

Election result

The results of the election were delayed after problems with the electronic counting system led to the count being suspended and then resumed later manually. ^[3] When the results were declared the Conservatives increased their majority on the council after making 5 gains among the 18 seats that were being contested. ^[3]

Stratford-on-Avon Local Election Result 2007 ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	5	0	+5	72.2	51.9	14,982	-0.6%
	Liberal Democrats	5	0	4	-4	27.8	35.6	10,282	-4.0%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	1,573	+2.2%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	3.0	867	-1.0%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	664	+1.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	479	+1.7%

Ward results

Alcester ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Payne	1,214	60.0	+28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Karyl Rees	629	31.1	-25.6
	UKIP	Ronald Mole	108	5.3	-1.3
	Labour	Michael Gerrard	74	3.7	-1.9
Majority			585	28.9
Turnout			2,025	43.7	+4.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bardon ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Hobbs	459	62.3	-2.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Insoll	170	23.1	-12.0
	UKIP	Michael Sharpe	108	14.7	+14.7
Majority			289	39.2	+9.3
Turnout			737	42.2	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bidford and Salford ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Slaughter	1,028	50.7	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Holland	738	36.4	-18.8
	Labour	Alec Brown	155	7.6	+7.6
	Green	Karen Varga	108	5.3	+5.3
Majority			290	14.3
Turnout			2,029	38.2	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fenny Compton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Williams	642	69.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nesta Commander	277	30.1	-2.9
Majority			365	39.7	+5.7
Turnout			919	48.9	+8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbury ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Barton	921	56.5	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Moir	709	43.5	-14.5
Majority			212	13.0
Turnout			1,630	43.4	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henley ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Marshall	1,252	76.9	+0.8
	UKIP	Brett Parsons	134	8.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Ratcliffe	126	7.7	-16.2
	Labour	Jacqueline Abbott	116	7.1	+7.1
Majority			1,118	68.7	+16.4
Turnout			1,628	46.2	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kineton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Mills	913	59.1	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lou Giblin	631	40.9	-18.0
Majority			282	18.3
Turnout			1,544	46.0	-1.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Shipston ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob White	952	49.2	+2.8
	Conservative	Clive Faulkner	901	46.5	-7.1
	Labour	Ann Grosvenor	83	4.3	+4.3
Majority			51	2.6
Turnout			1,936	49.3	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Southam ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Wise	975	56.8	+8.4
	Labour	Jim Taylor	555	32.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Fradgley	187	10.9	-12.7
Majority			420	24.5	+4.0
Turnout			1,717	34.6	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stockton and Napton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Rock	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stratford Alveston ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vince Seaman	1,172	48.6	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Rolfe	935	38.8	-9.2
	UKIP	Ralph Berry	190	7.9	+7.9
	Green	John Mullings	115	4.8	+4.8
Majority			237	9.8	+5.8
Turnout			2,412	46.6	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stratford Avenue and New Town ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Gardner	899	38.9	+10.1
	Independent	Keith Lloyd	867	37.5	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Tredwell	407	17.6	-23.3
	Labour	Karen Parnell	140	6.1	-0.1
Majority			32	1.4
Turnout			2,313	43.0	+2.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Stratford Guild and Hathaway ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville Beamer	1,272	50.4	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Thomas	783	31.0	-21.3
	Labour	George Hathaway	194	7.7	+7.7
	Green	Hugh Chatwin	150	5.9	+5.9
	UKIP	Harry Cottam	124	4.9	+4.9
Majority			489	19.4
Turnout			2,523	44.4	+5.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Stratford Mount Pleasant ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Moorse	910	68.1	+5.2
	Conservative	John Brain	310	23.2	-6.7
	Labour	David Talbot	116	8.7	+1.5
Majority			600	44.9	+11.8
Turnout			1,336	40.1	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Studley ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Weddell	893	48.5	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Cronin	809	43.9	-14.3
	Labour	Jeffrey Kenner	140	7.6	+7.6
Majority			84	4.6
Turnout			1,842	40.6	+1.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tredington ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Saint	665	73.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Vial	239	26.4	-5.0
Majority			426	47.1	+10.0
Turnout			904	47.6	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welford ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barnes	584	54.6	-22.1
	Conservative	David Cox	486	45.4	+22.1
Majority			98	9.2	-44.3
Turnout			1,070	64.3	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wellesbourne ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Close	1,196	52.4
	Conservative	Martyn Allan	980	42.9
	Green	Roger Fisher	106	4.6
Majority			216	9.5
Turnout			2,282	43.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Stratford-On-Avon". BBC News Online . Retrieved 28 March 2010.
2. "Results". The Times . 5 May 2007. p. 83.
3. "Tories notch up another five seats; Local Elections Rugby and Stratford". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 5 May 2007. p. 16.
4. "District Council election" (PDF). Stratford on Avon District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2010.