2007 Wokingham District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Wokingham council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007. Wokingham UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Wokingham council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

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

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats to increase their majority on the council. [3] They now had 43 seats on the council after victories in Hillside and Loddon wards, with the Conservative candidate in Loddon, Kirsten Miller, being one of the youngest candidates in Wokingham at the age of 23. [4] [5] Overall turnout in the election was 38.8%. [6]

Wokingham local election result 2007 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1420+277.851.518,614-4.8%
  Liberal Democrats 402-222.232.311,654+3.3%
  Labour 000006.72,413-0.2%
  UKIP 000006.52,3480.0%
  Independent 000002.0706+2.0%
  Green 000000.83000.0%
 Putting Local People First000000.398+0.3%

Ward results

Barkham [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Stubbs69476.4+3.1
Liberal Democrats Allan Wrobel17018.7+3.7
UKIP Leslie Huntley444.8−6.9
Majority 52457.7−0.6
Turnout 90837.8+3.7
Conservative hold Swing
Bulmershe & Whitegates [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Storry1,20750.9+7.1
Conservative Alison Swaddle70329.6−2.3
Labour Gregory Bello33714.2−0.6
UKIP Peter Jackson1255.3−4.2
Majority 50421.3+9.4
Turnout 2,37238.0−0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Coronation [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Sherratt1,13353.2−3.7
Liberal Democrats Coling Lawley80237.7+1.7
UKIP Amy Thornton1034.8+1.6
Labour Jasdip Garcha924.3+0.4
Majority 33115.5−5.4
Turnout 2,13047.3−5.5
Conservative hold Swing
Emmbrook [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mirfin1,30749.2−5.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Malvern89233.6+5.1
UKIP Ann Davis31711.9+1.5
Labour John Woodward1385.2−1.2
Majority 41515.6−10.5
Turnout 2,65443.5−1.1
Conservative hold Swing
Evendons [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Bowring1,36157.8−0.4
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Harley57624.4−2.8
UKIP Ian Gordon26911.4+3.0
Labour Paul Sharples1506.4+0.3
Majority 78533.4+2.4
Turnout 2,35636.4−0.6
Conservative hold Swing
Hawkedon [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Holton1,21059.90.0
Liberal Democrats John Eastwell50424.9−1.4
Labour Jacqueline Pluves25312.5+3.4
UKIP Andrew Findlay542.7−2.0
Majority 70635.0+1.4
Turnout 2,02130.2−0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Hillside [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Jorgensen1,42750.5+3.7
Liberal Democrats David Hare1,13840.3+0.5
Labour David Sharp1525.4−1.2
UKIP Jeremy Allison1063.8+1.3
Majority 28910.2+3.2
Turnout 2,82342.8+0.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Loddon [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kirsten Miller96045.5−0.1
Liberal Democrats Phillip Challis89142.2+6.5
Labour Alberto Troccoli1567.4−4.3
UKIP Vincent Pearson1044.9−2.1
Majority 693.3−6.6
Turnout 2,11133.2−0.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Maiden Erlegh [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Chopping1,46156.2+4.0
Liberal Democrats Caroline Smith68226.2−3.4
Labour Jacqueline Rupert1927.4+0.4
Green David Hogg1495.7−0.9
UKIP David Lamb1154.4−0.1
Majority 77930.0+7.4
Turnout 2,59935.8+1.1
Conservative hold Swing
Norreys [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alistair Auty1,45559.4−4.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bacon46118.8+1.7
Labour Mark Squires25210.3+0.3
UKIP Keith Knight1857.5−1.7
Putting Local People FirstMark Burke984.0+4.0
Majority 99440.6−6.0
Turnout 2,45138.3+0.4
Conservative hold Swing
Shinfield North [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Gould32756.1−2.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Philp10117.3+1.0
Labour Keith Wilson9115.6−9.9
UKIP Peter Williams6411.0+11.0
Majority 22638.8+6.1
Turnout 58333.0−3.1
Conservative hold Swing
Shinfield South [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Pollock1,00952.6−13.3
Independent Andrew Grimes70636.8+36.8
Green Marjory Bisset1517.9−0.7
UKIP Joan Huntley542.8−1.2
Majority 30315.8−36.3
Turnout 1,92042.7+7.0
Conservative hold Swing
Sonning [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Chapman87576.4+19.6
Liberal Democrats Paula Dove16514.4−15.3
Labour Pippa White615.3−1.1
UKIP Peter Armand453.9−3.2
Majority 71062.0+34.9
Turnout 1,14648.2−0.9
Conservative hold Swing
South Lake [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kay Gilder86452.2+6.3
Conservative Parvindar Batth56033.8−4.9
UKIP Geoffrey Bulpit1257.6+0.8
Labour Roger Hayes1066.4−2.1
Majority 30418.4+11.2
Turnout 1,65536.5+0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Twyford [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deirdre Tomlin1,26360.7
Conservative John Jarvis49623.8
Labour Roy Mantel25512.3
UKIP Gerald Sleep663.2
Majority 76736.9
Turnout 2,08047.1−0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wescott [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian McGhee-Sumner93360.0
Liberal Democrats Gregory Newman36623.5
UKIP Franklin Carstairs16810.8
Labour John Baker885.7
Majority 56736.5
Turnout 1,55538.8−2.5
Conservative hold Swing
Winnersh [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Armstrong1,18547.7−0.2
Conservative John Green1,06642.9−0.3
UKIP Anthony Pollock1415.7+1.3
Labour Anthony Skuse903.6+1.1
Majority 1194.8+0.1
Turnout 2,48238.9−3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wokingham Without [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Perry Lewis1,63771.6+5.7
Liberal Democrats Philip Bristow38716.9+5.0
UKIP Graham Widdows26311.5−0.3
Majority 1,25054.7+0.7
Turnout 2,28738.1−2.2
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Wokingham". BBC News Online . Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Results". The Times . 5 May 2007. p. 83.
  3. "Tories enjoy success in Berkshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  4. "Wokingham election snaps". Reading Post. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  5. "Happy Tories grab two more seats". getwokingham. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Local election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Wokingham Borough Council". Reading Post. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.