Carlisle City Council election, 2007

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

The 2007 Carlisle City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

City of Carlisle City & non-metropolitan district in England

The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages including Dalston, Scotby and Wetheral. The city has a population of 107,524. and an area of 1,039.97 square kilometres (402 sq mi), making it the largest city in England by area.

Non-metropolitan district Type of local government district in England

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a two-tier arrangement.

Cumbria Ceremonial (geographic) county of England

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's county town is Carlisle, in the north of the county, and the only other major urban area is Barrow-in-Furness on the southwestern tip of the county.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

Background

Before the election the Conservative party formed the administration on the council with the support of the Liberal Democrats, but Labour were the largest party with 24 seats, compared to 19 Conservatives, 7 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent. [3] A further seat was vacant in Morton, after the Liberal Democrat councillor Ralph Aldersey stood down from the council. [3]

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

18 seats were being contested with Labour needing to make at least 2 gains to take control of the council. [3] Candidates at the election included an independent Maureen Toole in Belah ward, after her husband Alan Toole, the sitting councillor for the ward, was deselected by the Conservatives. [3] Both the Conservative and Labour parties contested all 18 seats, while the Liberal Democrats had candidates in 6 wards. [4] The British National Party contested seats in Carlisle for the first time, with 6 candidates, and there was also 1 candidate from the English Democrats. [3]

Belah human settlement in United Kingdom

Belah is a suburb of Carlisle in the City of Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England.

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and its current leader is Adam Walker. A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK government. Founded in 1982, the party reached its greatest level of success in the 2000s, when it had over fifty seats in local government, one seat on the London Assembly, and two Members of the European Parliament.

Campaign

Labour campaigned on a pledge to tackle anti-social behaviour, such as dog fouling and littering, and targeted Morton from the Liberal Democrats and Belah from the Conservatives, where they were hoping the Conservative vote would be split due to the independent candidate. [3] Meanwhile, the Conservatives defended their record in control of the council and targeted the Labour held seats of Belle Vue and Yewdale. [3] The Liberal Democrats defended their seats, while hoping to gain Dalston from the Conservatives and Upperby from Labour. [3]

Anti-social behaviours are actions that harm or lack consideration for the well-being of others. It has also been defined as any type of conduct that violates the basic rights of another person and any behaviour that is considered to be disruptive to others in society. This can be carried out in various ways, which includes but is not limited to intentional aggression, as well as covert and overt hostility. Anti-social behaviour also develops through social interaction within the family and community. It continuously affects a child's temperament, cognitive ability and their involvement with negative peers, dramatically affecting children's problem solving skills. Many people also label behaviour which is deemed contrary to prevailing norms for social conduct as anti-social behaviour. However, researchers have stated that it is a difficult term to define, particularly in the United Kingdom where there are an infinite number of acts that fall into its category. The term is especially used in British English.

Belle Vue is a suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 6,491.

Dalston, Cumbria village and civil parish in Cumbria, England

Dalston is a large village and civil parish within the Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It is situated on the B5299 road about four miles (6 km) south-south-west of Carlisle city centre, and approximately five miles (8 km) from Junction 42 of the M6 motorway.

During the campaign the national Conservative leader David Cameron visited Carlisle to support his party in the election, [5] while the Constitutional Affairs Minister Harriet Harman came to support Labour. [6]

David Cameron former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

David William Donald Cameron is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He identifies as a one-nation conservative, and has been associated with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies.

Department for Constitutional Affairs

The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) was a United Kingdom government department. Its creation was announced on 12 June 2003 with the intention of replacing the Lord Chancellor's Department. On 28 March 2007 it was announced that the Department for Constitutional Affairs would take control of probation, prisons and prevention of re-offending from the Home Office and be renamed the Ministry of Justice. This took place on 9 May 2007.

Harriet Harman British politician

Harriet Ruth Harman is a British solicitor and Labour Party politician who has served as a Member of Parliament since 1982, first for Peckham, and then for its successor constituency of Camberwell and Peckham since 1997. She has served in various Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet positions and, in her role as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, she has served as the Acting Leader of the Labour Party twice and Leader of the Opposition: from May to September 2010 and from May to September 2015.

Election result

Only 1 seat changed hands at the election, with Labour gaining Morton from the Liberal Democrats to remain the largest party on the council with 25 seats. [7] Labour also narrowly beat off Conservative challenges in Belle Vue by 31 votes and in Yewdale by only 10 votes. [7] This meant the Conservatives stayed on 19 councillors, the Liberal Democrats dropped to 7, and there continued to be 1 independent. [8] [7] Among those elected was Labour's Abdul Harid in Currock ward, who became the first Asian councillor on Carlisle council, [9] defeating the British National Party who came second in the ward. [7] Overall turnout at the election was 35.45%, up from 34.6% at the 2006 election. [10]

Following the election Conservative Mike Mitchelson remained as leader of the council after the Liberal Democrats continued to support him, in return for which Liberal Democrat Peter Farmer joined the council executive. [11] The election for mayor was won by Conservative Liz Mallinson by 26 votes to 25 for Labour's Mary Styth, after one Labour councillor missed the meeting, [11] while Mike Mitchelson was re-elected by 26 votes to 24. [12] All 7 Liberal Democrats backed the Conservative candidates, while the only independent councillor Bill Graham, voted for the Labour candidate for mayor Mary Styth, as she had served on the council for the longest period, [13] and abstained on the vote for council leader. [11]

Carlisle local election result 2007 [10] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 9 1 0 +1 50.0 38.6 9,639 +3.0%
  Conservative 8 0 0 0 44.4 42.6 10,635 +1.9%
  Liberal Democrat 1 0 1 -1 5.6 11.9 2,969 -1.8%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 1,252 +5.0%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 399 -6.7%
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 96 -0.5%

Ward results

Belah [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Trish Vasey 818 43.3 -11.0
Labour Thomas Johnson 482 25.5 +1.3
Independent Maureen Toole 399 21.1 +13.4
English Democrat Stephen Gash 96 5.1 -8.7
BNP Wayne Newton 96 5.1 +5.1
Majority 336 17.8 -12.3
Turnout 1,891 40.1 +.2
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mary Styth 652 44.1 +0.7
Conservative Fiona Robson 621 42.0 +0.0
Liberal Democrat Olive Hall 205 13.9 +13.9
Majority 31 2.1 +0.7
Turnout 1,478 34.3 +1.7
Labour hold Swing
Botcherby [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Terry Scarborough 618 50.0 -5.5
Conservative Terri Cartner 400 32.4 +3.4
BNP Karl Chappell 217 17.6 +17.6
Majority 218 17.7 -8.9
Turnout 1,235 27.8 +3.5
Labour hold Swing
Burgh [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Collier 540 74.3 +1.8
Labour Robin Pearson 187 25.7 -1.8
Majority 353 48.6 +3.5
Turnout 727 43.0 +9.0
Conservative hold Swing
Castle [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Kimberly Hunter 607 54.1 +0.1
Labour Steven Bowditch 331 29.5 +2.1
Conservative Charlotte Fisher 185 16.5 +3.8
Majority 276 24.6 -2.0
Turnout 1,123 27.6 -0.7
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Currock [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Abdul Harid 571 44.5 -11.7
BNP Brian Allen 309 24.1 +24.1
Conservative John Hanlon 235 18.3 -0.4
Liberal Democrat Marjorie Richardson 169 13.2 +0.4
Majority 262 20.4 -17.1
Turnout 1,284 28.8 +1.3
Labour hold Swing
Dalston [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nicola Clarke 1,037 53.1 +9.6
Liberal Democrat Colin Farmer 598 30.6 -13.7
Labour Ann Warwick 319 16.3 +4.1
Majority 439 22.5
Turnout 1,954 41.0 -2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Denton Holme [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Hugh McDevitt 836 66.5 +6.3
Conservative Lynn Fleming 421 33.5 +8.1
Majority 415 33.0 -1.8
Turnout 1,257 27.9 -0.5
Labour hold Swing
Harraby [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Cyril Weber 776 45.0 -10.5
Conservative Michele Gwillim 456 26.4 -18.1
BNP David Fraser 262 15.2 +15.2
Liberal Democrat Warren Allison 232 13.4 +13.4
Majority 320 18.5 +7.5
Turnout 1,726 36.2 +5.0
Labour hold Swing
Irthing [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ray Knapton 480 79.1 +2.6
Labour Alex Faulds 127 20.9 -2.6
Majority 353 58.2 +5.3
Turnout 607 37.4 +3.7
Conservative hold Swing
Longtown and Rockliffe [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Mallinson 658 64.0 +3.3
Labour Robert Dodds 370 36.0 +1.9
Majority 288 28.0 +1.4
Turnout 1,028 31.3 -0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Lyne [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jonathan Devlin 544 83.7 +1.0
Labour Roger Horne 106 16.3 -1.0
Majority 438 67.4 +2.0
Turnout 650 41.0 +8.2
Conservative hold Swing
Morton [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Bell 950 48.0 +5.4
Liberal Democrat David McMillan 787 39.7 -9.3
Conservative Lawrence Fisher 244 12.3 +12.3
Majority 163 8.2
Turnout 1,981 41.6 +0.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
St. Aidans [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Reg Watson 750 51.3 +2.2
Conservative James Layden 512 35.0 +4.1
BNP Tony Carvell 200 13.7 +13.7
Majority 238 16.3 -1.9
Turnout 1,462 32.5 +1.4
Labour hold Swing
Stanwix Rural [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative James Bainbridge 1,047 77.7
Labour John Hale 300 22.3
Majority 747 55.5
Turnout 1,347 38.6 -0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Stanwix Urban [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jacquelyne Geddes 1,244 67.5 +9.1
Labour Ross Warwick 599 32.5 +5.8
Majority 645 35.0 +3.3
Turnout 1,843 39.8 -0.9
Conservative hold Swing
Upperby [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour June Martlew 677 47.3
Liberal Democrat James Osler 371 25.9
Conservative Mike Clarke 215 15.0
BNP Christine Williamson 168 11.7
Majority 306 21.4
Turnout 1,431 35.4 +3.5
Labour hold Swing
Yewdale [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joseph Hendry 988 50.3 +7.8
Conservative Gareth Ellis 978 49.7 +9.8
Majority 10 0.5 -2.0
Turnout 1,966 40.4 +2.2
Labour hold Swing

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