2007 Wear Valley District Council election

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Map of the Wear Valley 2007 District Council election results

The 2007 Wear Valley District Council election [2] took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wear Valley District Council in England. This took place on the same day as other local elections across the UK.

All of the seats being contested were last contested in 2003. [3]

Bishop Auckland Town (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Samuel Zair37452.2
Liberal Democrats Sharon Ord248
Labour Bill Wade18125.2
Labour Frederick Anderson176
Conservative Colin Firby16222.6
Conservative Hazel Lodge160
Turnout 29.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Cockton Hill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Harrison60036.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Anderson597
Labour Barbara Laurie55934.1
Conservative Colin Raine47829.2
Conservative Jim Tague458
Liberal Democrats Graham Snaith451
Conservative John Gasston437
Labour Keith Stokeld431
Turnout 39.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Coundon (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tommy Taylor51651
Liberal Democrats Diane Hardaker506
Labour Neil Stonehouse49549
Labour Lucy Thompson465
Labour Norman Strongman370
Turnout 31.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Crook North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Jopling22254.7
Labour Graeme McKellar18445.3
Turnout 30
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Crook South (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eddie Murphy62543.9
Labour Geoff Mowbray622
Liberal Democrats Ann Carrick58040.7
Labour Peter Sung541
Liberal Democrats David English504
Liberal Democrats Gavin Jopling449
BNP Robert Muir21915.3
Turnout 33.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Dene Valley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Burn36159.3
Liberal Democrats Gary Henry346
Labour Margaret Ingledew24840.7
Labour Sandra Lethbridge222
Turnout 28.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Escomb (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Yorke35.1
Liberal Democrats Vince Perkins29034.1
Liberal Democrats John Fenwick280
Conservative Peter Laws26230.8
Labour Olwyn Gunn260
Conservative Alisha Lynas250
Turnout 36.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Henknowle (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Betty Todd44353.8
Labour John Lethbridge38146.2
Liberal Democrats John Huntington371
Labour Reg Davison368
Turnout 29.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Howden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Bailey33674.7
Labour Steven Cason11425.3
Turnout 32.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Hunwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Bowser27053.9
Labour David Nevins23146.1
Turnout 35.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
St John's Chapel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Shuttleworth64088.6
Conservative Christopher Houghton8211.4
Turnout 59.6
Independent hold Swing
Stanhope (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Thomas Mews57936.1
Independent Angela Bolam510
Labour William Hobson42126.3
Conservative Christopher Rowell35922.4
Liberal Democrats Anthony Simpson24415.2
Turnout 43.1
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Tow Law & Stanley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Hayton41834.2
Labour Jeff Gale407
Independent Ron Grogan39932.6
Labour Jack Walker334
Liberal Democrats David Halliday24620.1
Conservative Harvey Morgan16113.2
Turnout 29.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
West Auckland (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Mairs55650.2
Labour Margaret Douthwaite55249.8
Liberal Democrats John Ferguson539
Liberal Democrats Pauline Fenwick455
Labour Christine Wilson432
Labour Andrew Turner372
Turnout 31.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wheatbottom and Helmington Row (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Ward38455.6
Labour Rose Seabury337
Liberal Democrats Eileen Gooch30744.4
Liberal Democrats James Gooch296
Turnout 31.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Willington Central (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Kingston67655.5
Labour Alan Sinclair663
Labour Joe Buckham642
Liberal Democrats John Ferguson54344.5
Turnout 29.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Willington West End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Pinkney25648.8
Conservative Becky Brunskill17232.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Glynn9718.5
Turnout 42.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Wolsingham and Witton-le-Wear (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Vere Shuttleworth61868.1
Independent Desmond Wilson500
Conservative Christopher Rowell28931.9
Conservative Christopher Rowell274
Turnout 36.4
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Woodhouse Close (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Wilson40458
Labour June Lee375
Labour Charlie Kay368
Liberal Democrats Lesley Zair29242
Liberal Democrats Pauline Ferguson278
Turnout 21.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
  1. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Wear Valley". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Wear Valley". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Wear Valley District Council election results" (PDF).

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