2007 Worcester City Council election

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

The 2007 Worcester City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, 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:

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 18 seats, while Labour had 11 and the Liberal Democrats and independents had 3 seats each. [3] 44 candidates stood in the election for the 11 seats which were being contested. [4]

The campaign saw controversy over the Conservative candidate in Arboretum ward, Melanie Heider, after it came out that she was a member of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) as well as the Conservatives. [5] [6] When this became public it was announced that she had resigned her membership of UKIP, but Labour called on her to be sacked as a candidate. [5] [7]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives keep their majority on the council after holding all 7 seats which they had been defending. [8] Meanwhile, Labour gained one seat in Nunnery ward from an independent to have 12 councillors after the election. [8] [9]

Worcester local election result 2007 [2] [10]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 700063.642.99,249+3.2%
  Labour 310+127.325.35,457-3.8%
  Liberal Democrats 10009.113.02,8110.0%
  Green 000009.72,103-1.9%
  Independent 001-104.81,031+1.6%
  BNP 000003.7798+0.2%
  UKIP 000000.6128+0.6%

Ward results

Arboretum [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marc Bayliss81443.2
Conservative Melanie Heider55429.4
Liberal Democrats Ken Carpenter24613.0
Green Martin Sullivan1447.6
UKIP Jason Phillips1286.8
Majority 26013.8
Turnout 1,88642.0
Labour hold Swing
Bedwardine [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Clark1,30956.4+4.5
Labour Jenny Barnes47820.6−3.0
Liberal Democrats Vaughan Hencher32013.8+0.2
Green Roger Cook2129.1−1.8
Majority 83135.8+7.5
Turnout 2,31937.3−0.1
Conservative hold Swing
Cathedral [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allah Ditta1,20351.0+2.7
Labour Christopher Winwood51021.6−4.0
Green Robert Wilkins33314.1+2.1
Liberal Democrats Iain MacBriar31413.3−0.8
Majority 69329.4+6.7
Turnout 2,36035.2+0.4
Conservative hold Swing
Claines [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Smith1,73954.7+2.8
Conservative Nicholas Turner98531.0−2.6
Labour Joy Squires 2467.7−0.3
Green Peter Robinson2106.60.0
Majority 75423.7+5.4
Turnout 3,18049.0−0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nunnery [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Cronin80435.2+2.7
Independent Keith Burton70030.7+6.7
Conservative Lorraine Taylor35515.6−1.1
BNP Michael Peat28912.7−6.5
Green Alexander Gwinn1345.9−1.7
Majority 1044.5−4.0
Turnout 2,28238.4+2.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing
St Clement [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Imray87949.4
Labour Richard Udall40923.0
BNP Peter Beechey28115.8
Green Ruth Stafford20911.8
Majority 47026.4
Turnout 1,77839.5
Conservative hold Swing
St John [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Candler87942.3−7.0
Conservative Robert Campbell44621.5−8.7
Independent Colin Layland33115.9+15.9
BNP James Warner22811.0+11.0
Green Clive Matthews1939.3−11.2
Majority 43320.8+1.7
Turnout 2,07734.5+4.4
Labour hold Swing
St Peters Parish [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Knight1,01869.2+10.2
Labour George Squires26217.8+2.7
Green Katherine Harris19213.0+4.4
Majority 75651.4+9.7
Turnout 1,47235.0+1.0
Conservative hold Swing
St Stephen [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Jones91760.0
Labour Wes Spiller29519.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Griffiths19212.6
Green Penelope Asquith1258.2
Majority 62240.7
Turnout 1,52937.4
Conservative hold Swing
Warndon Parish North [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Wilkinson76252.7+6.2
Labour Andrew Watson49334.1−9.0
Green Linda Smith19213.3+2.9
Majority 26918.6+15.2
Turnout 1,44636.1−3.0
Conservative hold Swing
Warndon Parish South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucy Hodgson82165.8+1.4
Labour David Insull26721.4−3.1
Green Olaf Twiehaus15912.8+1.7
Majority 55444.4+4.5
Turnout 1,24731.1−3.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Worcester". BBC News Online . Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Election 2007 Results". The Times . 4 May 2007. p. 8.
  3. ↑ Smith, Lisa (2 May 2007). "Council hot topic is just rubbish! ; Worcs: Refuse collection cutback sparks outrage among voters Local Elections 2007". Birmingham Mail . p. 23.
  4. ↑ "The boxes are ready - let the election begin". Malvern Gazette . 3 May 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. 1 2 "Worcester Conservative candidate was also member of UKIP ; Elections". Birmingham Post . 1 May 2007. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "Politics: Tory in leader's 'loonies' of UKIP ; Party dispute". Birmingham Post . 2 May 2007. p. 4.
  7. ↑ "Tory candidate was member of UKIP". BBC News Online. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  8. 1 2 "Tories hold on with single seat majority". Worcester News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  9. ↑ Murphy, Emma (6 May 2007). "Blue blitz; Polling day misery for Labour as Tories take charge in Brum". Sunday Mercury. p. 30.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Election 2007 Details". Worcester City Council. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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