2007 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Tameside Council were held on 4 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Tameside Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1510+178.944.724,054
  Conservative 200010.528.115,126
  Labour Co-op 10005.32.81,500
  Independent 10005.32.41,267
  BNP 000007.23,896
  Liberal Democrats 001-105.22,797
  Green 000004.92,633
  UKIP 000002.11,128

Ward results

Ashton Hurst ward

Ashton Hurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Whitehead 1,337 39.8
Conservative Kate Scott1,32339.4
BNP Bev Jones2678.0
Liberal Democrats Cerudwen Elizabeth Lawe2196.5
Green Nigel Rolland1243.7
UKIP Paul Littlewood862.6
Majority140.4
Turnout 3,35638.0
Labour hold Swing

Ashton St. Michael's ward

Ashton St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Harrison 993 42.4
Conservative Joseph Peter Schofield77333.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Stephen Daly25210.8
Green Elizabeth Blyth1757.5
UKIP Richard Harrison1506.4
Majority2209.4
Turnout 2,34328.8
Labour hold Swing

Ashton Waterloo ward

Ashton Waterloo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Whiteley 1,238 42.8
Conservative Gareth Quinn72325.0
BNP David Jones50917.6
Liberal Democrats John Bartley2578.9
Green Andrew David Threlfall1635.6
Majority51517.8
Turnout 2,89035.4
Labour hold Swing

Audenshaw ward

Audenshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Brelsford 1,286 47.9
Conservative Elizabeth Dawn Charlesworth89933.5
Liberal Democrats Allison Kay Seabourne50218.7
Majority38714.4
Turnout 2,68731.6
Labour hold Swing

Denton North East ward

Denton North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allison Gwynne 1,395 55.1
Conservative Georgina Helena Greenwood71928.4
Liberal Democrats Shaun O’Rourke41916.5
Majority67626.7
Turnout 2,53330.6
Labour hold Swing

Denton South ward

Denton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Doubleday 1,427 57.5
Conservative Thomas Meredith Jones67227.1
BNP David Lomas38415.5
Majority75530.4
Turnout 2,48329.7
Labour hold Swing

Denton West ward

Denton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brenda Warrington 1,888 60.8
Conservative Joan Mary Howarth1,21739.2
Majority67121.6
Turnout 3,10534.4
Labour hold Swing

Droylsden East ward

Droylsden East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Kieran Quinn 1,582 53.7
BNP David Gough66522.6
Conservative Emlyn Richard Davis41114.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Dunlop2879.7
Majority91731.1
Turnout 2,94535.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Droylsden West ward

Droylsden West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Holland 1,977 66.4
BNP Paul Hindley54618.3
Conservative Charles Bryan Fletcher45615.3
Majority1,43148.1
Turnout 2,94535.0
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield ward

Dukinfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Charles Taylor 1,364 50.9
BNP Roy Kevin West52019.4
Conservative Stacey Frances Knighton45517.0
Green Martine Marshall34012.7
Majority84431.5
Turnout 2,67930.9
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward

Dukinfield / Stalybridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Jonathon Sweeton 1,299 44.9
Conservative Brian Eric Dean1,03935.9
UKIP Paul Kidd2839.8
Green Michael Smee2729.4
Majority2609.0
Turnout 2,89334.3
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Godley ward

Hyde Godley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Bernard Sullivan 1,414 68.2
Conservative Ali Reza65831.8
Majority75636.4
Turnout 2,07226.5
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Newton ward

Hyde Newton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Helen Theresa Bowden 1,252 42.0
BNP Nigel Christian Byrne71924.1
Conservative Thomas David Welsby54418.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Stanley Ball-Foster32911.0
Green Michelle Valentine1374.6
Majority53317.9
Turnout 2,98133.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Hyde Werneth ward

Hyde Werneth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stuart Bell 1,735 49.0
Labour Raja Miah1,28536.3
BNP Rosalind Gauci2868.1
UKIP John Cooke2356.6
Majority45012.7
Turnout 3,54142.1
Conservative hold Swing

Longdendale ward

Longdendale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Neil Reynolds 1,500 54.3
Conservative Dorothy Cartwright78328.3
Green Melanie Roberts2509.0
UKIP Kevin Misell2318.4
Majority71726.0
Turnout 2,76437.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Mossley ward

Mossley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Valerie Carter 1,267 45.6
Labour Co-op Idu Miah1,03637.3
Green Christine Anne Clark47517.1
Majority2318.3
Turnout 2,77835.9
Independent hold Swing

St Peter's ward

St Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Davis 1,349 59.8
Liberal Democrats John Michael Piper53223.6
Conservative David Afshar37416.6
Majority81736.2
Turnout 2,25527.4
Labour hold Swing

Stalybridge North ward

Stalybridge North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op George Roberts 1,190 46.9
Conservative Clive Alistair Patrick92036.3
Green Jean Margaret Smee42616.8
Majority27010.6
Turnout 2,53628.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Stalybridge South ward

Stalybridge South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Eric Buckley 1,425 55.2
Labour Eleanor Ballagher74228.7
Green Jacintha Muriel Manchester27110.5
UKIP Angela McManus1435.5
Majority68326.5
Turnout 2,58131.6
Conservative hold Swing

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