2007 Uttlesford District Council election

2007 Uttlesford District Council election

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All 44 seats to Uttlesford District Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Seats won 26 15 3 Seat change 16 16 Popular vote 23,849 18,683 1,587 Percentage 53.4% 41.8% 3.6% Swing 14.0% 8.0% 2.3%
Seat map Ward map
Council control before election Liberal Democrats Council control after election Conservative

The 2007 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in Essex, England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2007 Uttlesford District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	41	26	16	0	16	59.1	53.4	23,849	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	44	15	0	16	16	34.1	41.8	18,683	–8.0
	Independent	6	3	0	0		6.8	3.6	1,587	–2.3
	Labour	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	446	–3.7
	UKIP	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	104	N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rod Chamberlain	379	49.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Savage*	342	44.9	–15.6
	UKIP	Barry Tyler	40	5.3	N/A
Majority			37	4.9	N/A
Turnout			761	59.0	+14.1
Registered electors			1,294
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Barnston & High Easter

Barnston & High Easter

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Hicks*	424	79.1	+18.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Wills	112	20.9	–18.1
Majority			312	58.2	+36.2
Turnout			536	43.0	+1.8
Registered electors			1,251
	Conservative hold		Swing	18.1

Birchanger

Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Godwin*	292	90.7	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Deeks	30	9.3	+2.0
Majority			262	81.4	+28.7
Turnout			322	40.5	–4.8
Registered electors			796
	Independent hold		Swing	8.0

Broad Oak & The Hallingburys

Broad Oak & The Hallingburys (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Wells	831	75.8	+9.2
	Conservative	Keith Artus*	818	74.7	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Baker	190	17.3	–12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Melvin Caton	172	15.7	–11.7
Turnout			~1,096	40.7	+4.1
Registered electors			2,692
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Clavering

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eddie Abrahams*	455	93.4	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Dawson	32	6.6	–9.0
Majority			423	69.4	+18.0
Turnout			487	47.6	+10.9
Registered electors			1,144
	Independent hold		Swing	9.0

Elsenham & Henham

Elsenham & Henham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Dean*	637	54.6	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Morson*	631	54.0	–2.9
	Conservative	Ken Armstrong	463	39.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Ray Gooding	428	36.7	+7.3
Turnout			~1,168	42.0	+8.1
Registered electors			2,780
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Felsted

Felsted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bellingham-Smith	824	58.2	+20.5
	Conservative	Ryan Sherer	740	52.2	+18.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Gregory*	585	41.3	–19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Thawley*	554	39.1	–20.5
Turnout			~1,417	42.9	+8.7
Registered electors			3,303
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Great Dunmow North

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gayler*	474	54.4	–19.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Clover	411	47.2	–16.3
	Conservative	Keith Mackman	334	38.3	+14.3
	Conservative	Heather Powell	309	35.5	+14.1
	Independent	John Murphy	143	16.4	N/A
Turnout			~871	35.2	+4.0
Registered electors			2,475
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Dunmow South

Great Dunmow South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Gower	733	51.3	–10.9
	Conservative	Michael Miller	673	47.1	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Smith	669	46.8	–9.7
	Conservative	Bob Fox	653	45.7	+10.4
	Conservative	Ruth Wilson	632	44.2	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wingard	615	43.0	–13.4
Turnout			~1,430	39.2	+9.8
Registered electors			3,647
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Lemon*	424	88.5	+31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Dyer	55	11.5	+6.3
Majority			369	77.0	+56.7
Turnout			479	35.2	–1.9
Registered electors			1,365
	Independent hold		Swing	12.4

Littlebury

Littlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Menell*	510	86.1	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Gregory	82	13.9	–8.0
Majority			428	72.3	+16.0
Turnout			592	47.4	+6.2
Registered electors			1,254
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.0

Newport

Newport (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Yarwood	745	56.0	–11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilcock	706	53.1	–13.8
	Conservative	Oliver Dyball	537	40.4	+11.8
	Conservative	Jeremy Rose	518	39.0	+11.9
Turnout			~1,330	51.6	+3.2
Registered electors			2,577
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Saffron Walden Audley

Saffron Walden Audley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alastair Walters	830	49.1	+6.4
	Conservative	Douglas Perry	796	47.1	+12.0
	Conservative	Simon Howell	790	46.7	+15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hibbs*	783	46.3	–11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Crook	631	37.3	–9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Groom	620	36.6	–7.9
	Independent	John Cox	148	8.7	–2.6
	Independent	John Bagley	125	7.4	N/A
Turnout			~1,692	45.1	+4.5
Registered electors			3,751
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarfraz Anjum	723	47.4	+15.2
	Conservative	Heather Mason	702	46.0	+14.7
	Conservative	David-James Sadler	677	44.4	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Freeman*	597	39.1	–2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Hughes*	542	35.5	–4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Jones*	511	33.5	–4.5
	Labour	Simon Trimnell	236	15.5	–16.3
	Labour	Yvonne Morton	210	13.8	–7.6
Turnout			~1,526	41.8	+6.6
Registered electors			3,650
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Saffron Walden Shire

Saffron Walden Shire (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Ketteridge*	965	61.3	+21.1
	Conservative	Keith Eden	811	51.5	+21.3
	Conservative	Howard Rolfe	753	47.9	+18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Boland*	603	38.3	–4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Sault	589	37.4	–1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jones	557	35.4	–1.2
Turnout			~1,574	38.4	+5.9
Registered electors			4,098
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Stansted North

Stansted North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Salmon	663	50.1	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Sell*	648	49.0	–6.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Rich	632	47.8	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Marchant	597	45.1	–4.1
Turnout			~1,323	50.8	+9.4
Registered electors			2,605
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stansted South

Stansted South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dean*	403	54.9	–13.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Hudson	324	44.2	–23.3
	Conservative	Nick Church	283	38.6	+5.9
	Conservative	Dick Shervington	262	35.7	+11.6
	UKIP	John Patrick	64	8.7	N/A
Turnout			~734	33.2	+8.6
Registered electors			2,210
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stebbing

Stebbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Cant*	330	51.9	–12.9
	Conservative	Sandi Merifield	306	48.1	+12.9
Majority			24	3.8	–25.8
Turnout			636	51.9	+19.1
Registered electors			1,227
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.9

Stort Valley

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Loughlin*	331	52.9	–9.9
	Conservative	Holly Fletcher	295	47.1	+9.9
Majority			36	5.8	–18.8
Turnout			626	53.1	+8.1
Registered electors			1,182
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.9

Takeley & The Cranfields

Takeley & The Cranfields (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Cheetham*	766	70.2	+24.2
	Conservative	Derek Jones	647	59.3	+21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Harris	372	34.1	–12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Westlake	222	20.3	–20.3
Turnout			~1,091	42.6	±0.0
Registered electors			2,561
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Thaxted

Thaxted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Foley*	700	58.4
	Liberal Democrats	Antionette Wattebot*	580	48.4
	Conservative	Terry Frostick	531	44.3
	Conservative	Brian Smith	464	38.7
Turnout			~1,199	46.8
Registered electors			2,561
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

The Chesterfords

The Chesterfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Redfern	468	61.7	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Harcourt	290	38.3	–14.0
Majority			178	23.4	N/A
Turnout			758	58.0	–4.5
Registered electors			1,309
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	14.0

The Eastons

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecile Down*	399	80.6	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Wilcock	96	19.4	–4.2
Majority			303	61.2	+8.4
Turnout			495	42.3	+5.4
Registered electors			1,173
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

The Rodings

The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Flack*	553	87.6	–1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Sargeant	78	12.4	+1.9
Majority			475	75.2	–3.8
Turnout			631	45.4	–3.8
Registered electors			1,394
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.9

The Sampfords

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Schneider*	475	72.3	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan	182	27.7	–11.2
Majority			293	44.6	+22.4
Turnout			657	45.9	+5.7
Registered electors			1,442
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.2

Wenden Lofts

Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Chambers*	495	77.1	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Reed	147	22.9	–6.5
Majority			348	54.2	+13.0
Turnout			642	52.8	+5.1
Registered electors			1,225
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Wimbish & Debden

Wimbish & Debden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Knight	490	73.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Matthews	175	26.3	–32.6
Majority			315	47.4	N/A
Turnout			665	41.2	+5.8
Registered electors			1,623
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

By-elections

Great Dunmow North By-Election 5 June 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Davey	569	52.5	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Hirons	515	47.5	−2.3
Majority			54	5.0
Turnout			1,084	42.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

1. "Uttlesford District Council Elections 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 31 December 2025.