2007 Wychavon District Council election

Map of the results of the 2007 Wychavon District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2007 Wychavon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1]

Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 31 councillors, compared to 12 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 for Labour. ^[2] A total of 96 candidates stood for election including the first UK Independence Party candidate for Wychavon District Council in Evesham South, however the Conservative leader of the council, Martin Jennings was among those who stood down from the council at the election. ^{[2] [3]} One seat in Pinvin had no election in 2007 as the Liberal Democrat councillor Liz Tucker was re-elected without opposition. ^[2]

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council by four seats to have 35 of the 45 councillors on the council. ^[4] This came at the expense of Labour, who lost their only two seats on the council in Droitwich West to the Conservatives, and the Liberal Democrats who had a net loss of two seats to finish with 10 councillors. ^[4] Overall turnout at the election was 42.42%, an increase from 37.94% at the 2003 election. ^{[4] [5]}

Apart from the gains from Labour in Droitwich West, Conservative gains included taking seats from the Liberal Democrats in Honeybourne and Pebworth, Badsey and Little Hampton. ^[6] However the Liberal Democrats did also gain seats in Droitwich South West and The Littletons from the Conservatives, with Alan Anderson taking The Littletons with a five-vote majority over independent Richard Lasota. ^{[4] [6]}

Wychavon local election result 2007 ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	35	6	2	+4	77.8	59.0	32,450	+5.4%
	Liberal Democrats	10	2	4	-2	22.2	28.0	15,409	-0.3%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	5.8	3,163	-0.6%
	Labour	0	0	2	-2	0	5.3	2,902	-5.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	734	+0.6%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	334	+0.6%

Ward results

Badsey ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Jakeman	413	51.1	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sonya Ealey	351	43.4	-7.3
	Independent	Keith Sinclair	44	5.4	+5.4
Majority			62	7.7
Turnout			808	38.4	+8.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bengeworth (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin King	723
	Conservative	Emma Stokes	620
	Independent	Stephen Selby	476
	Liberal Democrats	Jillian Haycock	399
Turnout			2,218	35.5	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowbrook ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rowley	635	54.8	+3.8
	Conservative	Christopher Hartwright	524	45.2	-3.8
Majority			111	9.6	+7.5
Turnout			1,159	54.3	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bredon ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Hardman	610	62.1	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Darby	372	37.9	+9.5
Majority			238	24.2	-10.9
Turnout			982	49.6	+10.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bretforton and Offenham ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Wright	523	57.6	-9.4
	Conservative	Jim Bulman	385	42.4	+9.4
Majority			138	15.2	-18.9
Turnout			908	45.9	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Broadway and Wickhamford (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Eyre	1,218
	Conservative	David Folkes	1,157
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Harford	408
Turnout			2,783	44.0	+11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dodderhill ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judy Pearce	527	68.5	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Evans	242	31.5	+0.6
Majority			285	37.1	-1.0
Turnout			769	40.7	+8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drakes Broughton ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Middlebrough	636	77.3	+18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Meldie Smith	187	22.7	-18.5
Majority			449	54.6	+37.0
Turnout			823	43.7	+6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Droitwich Central ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Gopsill	334	41.5	+4.1
	Conservative	David Morris	249	31.0	+5.3
	Labour	Eve Freer	221	27.5	-9.4
Majority			85	10.6	+10.1
Turnout			804	40.0	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Droitwich East (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Barratt	899
	Conservative	Pam Davey	859
	Labour	Sheila Neary	577
	Labour	Peter Pinfield	555
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wild	408
Turnout			3,298	40.9	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Droitwich South East (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Morris	1,158
	Conservative	Don Lawley	953
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Vale	503
	Independent	Ann Gopslll	403
Turnout			3,017	42.2	+8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Droitwich South West (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yuleen Jewell	735
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Carter	719
	Conservative	Maureen Lawley	698
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Clarke	690
	Green	Robert Burkett	290
Turnout			3,132	42.4	+7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Droitwich West (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Duffy	585
	Conservative	Laurie Evans	553
	Labour	Roy Seabourne	538
	Labour	John Wrenn	492
Turnout			2,168	29.7	+8.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Eckington ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Davis	730	61.9	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Sheridan	449	38.1	+10.8
Majority			281	23.8	-8.0
Turnout			1,179	53.3	+14.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elmley Castle and Somerville ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Mackison	705	72.4	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Raymer	269	27.6	-10.1
Majority			436	44.8	+20.2
Turnout			974	49.9	+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Evesham North (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jo Sandalls	660
	Conservative	Roma Kirke	612
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Butler	415
	Independent	Paul Rencher	341
Turnout			2,028	33.3	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Evesham South (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Cartwright	676
	Conservative	Bob Banks	591
	UKIP	John White	334
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Browne	312
Turnout			1,913	29.2	+6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fladbury ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom McDonald	801	72.2	+22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Brown	308	27.8	-15.3
Majority			493	44.5	+41.3
Turnout			1,109	50.6	-1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Hampton ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith	504	64.2	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Kershaw	281	35.8	+4.2
Majority			223	28.4	-8.4
Turnout			785	39.1	+9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartlebury ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Muriel Mathews	566	74.7	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Moran	192	25.3	+25.3
Majority			374	49.3	-5.0
Turnout			758	35.9	+9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Havington and Norton ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Holt	637	73.2	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Martin	233	26.8	-14.5
Majority			404	46.4	+29.0
Turnout			870	44.0	+8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Honeybourne and Pebworth ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Haycock	512	54.1	+30.7
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Bean	434	45.9	-1.7
Majority			78	8.2
Turnout			946	50.5	+17.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Inkberrow (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Audrey Steel	1,677
	Conservative	David Lee	1,485
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Wilkes	593
	Labour	Susan Hayman	270
Turnout			4,025	51.2	+9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Hampton (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Dyke	677
	Conservative	Wendy Dyke	557
	Liberal Democrats	John Payne	460
Turnout			1,694	28.4	+6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Lovett and North Claines (2 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Coley	1,357
	Conservative	Alan Fisher	1,205
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Saunders	576
	Labour	Christopher Barton	249
Turnout			3,387	45.2	+9.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norton and Whittington ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Adams	609	72.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hal Arksey	234	27.8
Majority			375	44.5
Turnout			843	39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ombersley ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Dowty	684	83.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Moran	140	17.0	-2.4
Majority			544	66.0	+4.9
Turnout			824	46.2	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pershore (3 seats) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gaynor Amphlett	1,128
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Tucker	1,020
	Liberal Democrats	John Grantham	999
	Conservative	Raymond Steadman	855
	Conservative	Val Wood	840
	Conservative	Suzanne Marler	601
	Independent	Jane Daniels	546
	Independent	Christopher Parsons	477
	Green	David Shaw	444
	Independent	Daniel Casey	339
	Independent	Kenneth Rowe	152
Turnout			7,401	45.2	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pinvin ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Tucker	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Bredon Hill ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Darby	681	64.1	+6.8
	Conservative	Beverley Hardman	381	35.9	-2.1
Majority			300	28.2	+8.9
Turnout			1,062	55.4	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The Littletons ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Anderson	390	35.4	-4.6
	Independent	Richard Lasota	385	35.0	+35.0
	Conservative	Mary Smith	326	29.6	-30.4
Majority			5	0.5
Turnout			1,101	50.0	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Upton Snodsbury ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Robinson	700	57.2	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Broughton-Taylor	524	42.8	-8.1
Majority			176	14.4
Turnout			1,224	57.7	+1.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

By-elections between 2007 and 2011

Lovett and North Claines

A by-election was held in Lovett and North Claines on 13 December 2007 after the death of Conservative councillor Paul Coley. ^[9] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Tony Miller with a majority of 495 votes over Liberal Democrat John Garbett. ^[9]

Lovett and North Claines by-election 13 December 2007 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Miller	837	71.0	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Garbett	342	29.0	+2.6
Majority			495	42.0
Turnout			1,179	27.9	-17.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Droitwich Central

A by-election was held in Droitwich Central on 16 July 2009 after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Graham Gopsill. ^[10] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by his widow Ann Gopsill with a majority of 10 votes over Conservative David Morris. ^[10]

Droitwich Central by-election 16 July 2009 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Gopsill	233	51.1	+9.6
	Conservative	David Morris	223	48.9	+17.9
Majority			10	2.2	-8.4
Turnout			456	22.8	-17.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Droitwich South West

A by-election was held in Droitwich South West on 1 October 2009 after Conservative councillor Yuleen Jewell resigned from the council. ^[11] The seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by Stephanie Vale with a majority of 105 votes over Conservative Maureen Lawley. ^[11]

Droitwich South West by-election 1 October 2009 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Vale	521	47.4	+6.1
	Conservative	Maureen Lawley	416	37.8	-4.3
	Labour	Paul Richards	163	14.8	+14.8
Majority			105	9.5
Turnout			1,100	27.6	-14.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Evesham South

A by-election was held in Evesham South on 18 February 2010 after the death of Conservative councillor Ron Cartwright. ^[12] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Gerard O'Donnell with a majority of 182 votes over Liberal Democrat Diana Brown. ^[13]

Evesham South by-election 18 February 2010 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerard O'Donnell	358	52.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Brown	176	25.7	+2.1
	UKIP	John White	150	21.9	-3.3
Majority			182	26.6
Turnout			684	16.3	-12.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

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