2007 Swale Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Swale Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Sheppey First in grey, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007. Swale UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Swale Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Sheppey First in grey, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007.

The 2007 Swale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

The new Sheppey First party won four of the six seats they contested, taking Leysdown and Warden, Minster Cliffs, Sheppey Central and Sheerness East wards. [2] However the Conservatives remained in control of the council with 26 of the 47 councillors, despite also losing a seat in Queenborough and Halfway to Labour. [2] This gain meant Labour remained on 10 seats, while the Liberal Democrats lost 2 seats to have 6 councillors and 1 independent candidate was elected. [2] [3] [4]

Swale local election result 2007 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 624-240.041.08,421-4.1
  Sheppey First 430+326.718.23,741+18.2
  Labour 311020.022.84,673-4.8
  Liberal Democrats 102-26.712.92,637-7.1
  Independent 110+16.72.8566+2.8
  Green 00000.01.1225+1.1
 Against Kent Science Park's Residential Expansion00000.00.6124+0.6
  Rock 'n' Roll Loony 00000.00.594+0.5
  Money Reform 00000.00.238+0.1

Ward results

Borden [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Hampshire42953.7+23.0
Liberal Democrats Brian Woodland26533.2−31.0
Labour Peter Paige10513.1+8.0
Majority 16420.5
Turnout 79942.3+8.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Boughton and Courtenay [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Bobbin1,02366.7−0.3
Labour Ash Rehal24716.1+0.6
Green Timothy Valentine22514.7+14.7
Money Reform Anne Belsey382.5+2.5
Majority 77650.6+1.0
Turnout 1,53336.1−6.9
Conservative hold Swing
Grove [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Duncan Dewar-Whalley70050.3+10.8
Labour Mike Baldock40429.0+9.9
Liberal Democrats Dave Manning28920.7−13.7
Majority 29621.2+16.1
Turnout 1,393
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Wright1,09966.9−3.3
Labour Ruth Walker-Grice27416.7+1.6
Liberal Democrats Bill Daw26916.4+1.7
Majority 82550.2−4.9
Turnout 1,642
Conservative hold Swing
Leysdown and Warden [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sheppey First Pat Sandle43459.0+59.0
Conservative Andy Booth21328.9−29.7
Labour Matt Wheatcroft8912.1−13.2
Majority 22130.1
Turnout 73633.3+7.1
Sheppey First hold Swing
Milton Regis [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Tolhurst50441.7+11.5
Liberal Democrats Berick Tomes37731.2−15.8
Conservative Pat Martin21717.9−0.2
Independent Andrew Crayford655.4+5.4
Rock 'n' Roll Loony Sheikh Mihand473.9−0.8
Majority 12710.5
Turnout 1,21034.5−3.5
Labour hold Swing
Minster Cliffs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sheppey First Christopher Boden1,31663.0+63.0
Conservative Adrian Crowther46022.0−18.7
Labour Robbie Stanbridge1838.8−15.5
Liberal Democrats David Kemp834.0−21.3
Rock 'n' Roll Loony Mad Mike Young472.2+2.2
Majority 85641.0
Turnout 2,08937.8+3.5
Sheppey First gain from Conservative Swing
Queenborough and Halfway [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Constable78040.6−2.3
Conservative Peter Marchington63533.0−10.8
Sheppey First Raymond Adams50726.4+26.4
Majority 1457.6
Turnout 1,92234.7−1.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Sheerness East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sheppey First Gemma Wray33235.1+35.1
Labour Jennie Ronan30131.8−5.0
Conservative Kelly Carruthers21022.2−9.3
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Howe10310.9−10.1
Majority 313.3
Turnout 94626.9−0.4
Sheppey First gain from Labour Swing
Sheerness West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Worrall60349.5−9.6
Sheppey First David Cassidy40833.5+33.5
Conservative Jane Morris20717.0−7.7
Majority 19516.0−18.4
Turnout 1,21830.2+1.4
Labour hold Swing
Sheppey Central [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sheppey First Lesley Ingham74445.3+45.3
Conservative Christine Coles52231.8−5.9
Labour David Sargent24615.0−4.8
Liberal Democrats Colin Howe1307.9−2.6
Majority 22213.5
Turnout 1,64227.8−3.2
Sheppey First gain from Conservative Swing
St Michaels [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Williams64146.8+4.1
Conservative Derek Carnell52538.3−4.0
Labour Shelley Cheeseman20314.8−0.2
Majority 1168.5+8.0
Turnout 1,36937.3−3.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Teynham and Lynsted [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Barnicott80260.1+3.5
Labour Ken Rowles36827.6+8.6
Liberal Democrats David Spurling16412.3+12.3
Majority 43432.5+0.3
Turnout 1,33433.7−3.0
Conservative hold Swing
West Downs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Monique Bonney50157.7+57.7
Conservative Donald Jordan36842.3−33.8
Majority 13315.4
Turnout 86944.0+6.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Woodstock [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Willicombe1,01155.6+9.4
Labour Christine Truelove36620.1+5.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Jenkins31617.4−17.1
Against Kent Science Park's Residential ExpansionJoe Brown1246.8+6.8
Majority 64535.5+23.8
Turnout 1,81744.8−6.9
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Swale". BBC News Online. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Swale: Sheppey First! wins four seats". Kent Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Election 2007 Results". The Times . NewsBank. 4 May 2007. p. 8.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Local Election Results 2007". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 31 March 2015.