2007 Vale of White Horse District Council election

Results of the 2007 Vale of White Horse District Council election

Elections to Vale of White Horse District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under Liberal Democrat control with an increased majority. Turnout was significantly higher in many wards than it was in 2003.

Election results

Composition of the council following the 2007 election:

• Liberal Democrat 34
• Conservative 17

Vale of White Horse Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	34	7	2	+5	67.0	45.6	32,119
	Conservative	17	2	6	-4	33.0	45.5	32,089
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.9	4,178
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	1,270
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	854

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Ward results

Abingdon, Abbey and Barton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony De Vere	784
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Mayhew-Archer	771
	Conservative	Andrew Hoare	510
	Conservative	Jennifer Standen	505
	Labour	Rachel Eden	156
Majority
Turnout

Abingdon, Caldecott (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary De Vere	485
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Burton	462
	Conservative	Paul Campbell	388
	Conservative	Elwyn McKeown	379
	Labour	David Banner	188
	Green	Hazel Hornblow	86
Majority
Turnout

Abingdon, Dunmore (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Morgan	991
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Smith	964
	Conservative	Peter Jones	777
	Conservative	Sandy Lovatt	758
	Labour	Brian Jeffries	119
Majority
Turnout

Abingdon, Fitzharris (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Gibson	802
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Halliday	784
	Conservative	Monica Lovatt	551
	Conservative	Jackie Carpenter	543
	Green	Dorothy Shaw	155
	Labour	Bridget Wilkinson	90
Majority
Turnout

Abingdon, Northcourt (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Lawrence	781
	Liberal Democrats	Laurel Symons	744
	Conservative	Guy Rogers	560
	Conservative	Mohammed Yusuf	473
	Labour	Denise Watt	151
Majority
Turnout

Abingdon, Ock Meadow (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Bowring	805
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Flemming	744
	Conservative	Charles Badcock	698
	Conservative	Marylin Badcock	677
Majority
Turnout

Abingdon, Peachcroft (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Rooke	904
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Lonergan	845
	Conservative	Patrick Clipperton	662
	Conservative	Maurice Shea	606
Majority
Turnout

Appleton and Cumnor (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dudley Hoddinott	1,142
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Roberts	1,139
	Liberal Democrats	John Woodford	1,020
	Conservative	Ian Gearing	790
	Conservative	David Calvert	672
	Conservative	Malcolm Walls	669
	UKIP	Pam Gee	385
	Green	Marie Spragg	300
	UKIP	Jacqueline Jones	263
	UKIP	Peter Jones	206
Majority
Turnout

Blewbury and Upton (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Farrell	463
	Conservative	Robert Manley	314
Majority
Turnout

Craven (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Constance	650
	Liberal Democrats	James Sibbald	115
	Labour	James Douglas	106
Majority
Turnout

Drayton (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Weber	503
	Conservative	David Price	178
	Green	Ruth Johnson	53
Majority
Turnout

Faringdon and the Coxwells (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Barber	1,272
	Conservative	Alison Thomson	1,244
	Conservative	Roger Cox	1,154
	Labour	Alan Victor	462
	Labour	Stephen Leniec	459
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bennett	313
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick O'Leary	262
Majority
Turnout

Greendown (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Crawford	562
	Conservative	Valerie Clure	332
	Labour	Micheal Juer	57
Majority
Turnout

Grove (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Patrick	1,127
	Conservative	James McGee	1,067
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Marchant	895
	Conservative	Kate Precious	859
	Conservative	Jeremy Renwick	819
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Weeden	794
	Labour	Richard Ackers	294
	Labour	Chris Davenport	196
	Labour	Zoe Parker	186
Majority
Turnout

Hanneys (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Cox	578
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Graham	133
	Labour	John Mathews	59
Majority
Turnout

Harwell (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Turner	948	36.3
	Conservative	Reg Waite	872	33.4
	Green	Nicolas Freestone	226	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Kent	201	7.7
	Labour	Frank Treml	181	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kent	181	6.9
Majority
Turnout

Hendreds (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Micheal Murray	625
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Fraser	607
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Green	530
	Conservative	Harry Richardson	515
Majority
Turnout

Kennington and South Hinksey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Patterson	815
	Conservative	Gareth Jennings	780
	Conservative	Arash Fatemian	765
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Auton	752
Majority
Turnout

Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melinda Tilley	461
	Labour	Ann Thompson	119
	Liberal Democrats	Lindy Farrell	90
Majority
Turnout

Longworth (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Hayward	593
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Last	216
Majority
Turnout

Marcham and Shippon (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Hanna	550
	Conservative	Leslie Mitchell	386
Majority
Turnout

North Hinksey and Wytham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Shepard	879
	Liberal Democrats	David Quinlan	862
	Conservative	Eric Batts	538
	Conservative	Basil England	470
	Green	Robert Cowley	284
Majority
Turnout

Radley (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Johnston	534
	Conservative	Denis Standen	301
	Green	Christopher Henderson	76
Majority
Turnout

Shrivenham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Ware	914
	Conservative	Peter Saunders	873
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Mullin	489
	Liberal Democrats	Bjorn Watson	442
Majority
Turnout

Stanford (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Sharp	397
	Labour	Peter Gill	264
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Sadler	70
Majority
Turnout

Sunningwell and Wootton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Wise	887
	Liberal Democrats	Val Shaw	846
	Conservative	Julian Wheatland	487
	Conservative	Stephen Pritchard	476
Majority
Turnout

Sutton Courtenay and Appleford (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gervase Duffield	418
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Thompson	172
	Green	David Sherwood	90
Majority
Turnout

Wantage, Charlton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Moley	1,089
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Reynolds	1,018
	Conservative	Bill Melotti	961
	Conservative	Eddy Goldsmith	892
	Conservative	John Morgan	873
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Todd	831
	Labour	Steve Quinton	273
	Labour	Ed Mitchell	225
	Labour	Julie Davenport	220
Majority
Turnout

Wantage, Segsbury (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Hannaby	553
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Hutchinson	474
	Conservative	John Amys	426
	Conservative	Ben Griffin	394
	Labour	Stuart Taylor	227
	Labour	Jean Nunn-Price	216
Majority
Turnout

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References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010.