Chichester District Council election, 2007

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Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control with an increased majority.

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Election result

Chichester District Council Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 34 11 3 +8 70.8 52.9 32,611 +8.4
  Liberal Democrat 11 1 10 -9 22.9 32.5 20,005 -5.5
  Independent 3 2 1 +1 6.2 9.5 5,850 +7.2
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 1,595 -6.6
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1,336 -2.6
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 247 +0.4

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

The +/- in seats is calculated after any by-election results since the last full council election. The +/- in vote % is calculated from the % at the last full council election.

Ward results

Bosham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David John Myers 848 33.4
Conservative Myles Antony Cullen 846 33.4
Independent Cliff Archer 628 24.8
UKIP Alicia Ruth Denny 113 4.5
UKIP Douglas Denny 101 4.0
Turnout 1471 43.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Boxgrove (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Henry Potter 559 68.3
Liberal Democrat Jake Wright 260 31.8
Turnout 819 47.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Bury (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Susan Eileen Wade-Weeks 439 55.3
Independent Susan Mary Hallock 355 44.7
Turnout 794 44.6
Conservative hold Swing
Chichester East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Quentin Robson Cox 777 19.4
Liberal Democrat Anthony John French 768 19.2
Liberal Democrat Susan Fairley 754 18.8
Conservative Hilary Anne Flynn 541 13.5
Conservative Paul Newton-Lewis 541 13.5
Conservative Robert Pettigrew 422 10.5
Labour June Mary Leonard 208 5.2
Turnout 1555 26.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Chichester North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Derek Charles James 1055 17.2
Conservative Stuart Ian King 1006 16.4
Conservative Nicholas Roberts 969 15.8
Liberal Democrat Patricia Hooley 940 15.3
Liberal Democrat Richard Edward Plowman 925 15.0
Liberal Democrat Edith Pingree 891 14.5
UKIP Michael Mason 191 3.1
Labour Janet Cynthia Miller 173 2.8
Turnout 2155 47.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Chichester South (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Anne Mary Dorothy Scicluna 812 17.4
Conservative Pam Dignum 725 15.6
Liberal Democrat Alan David Chaplin 690 14.8
Liberal Democrat David John Siggs 687 14.7
Conservative Barbara Joan Rees 663 14.2
Conservative Estelle Flora Strong 651 14.0
UKIP Nigel Degge Wilmot Sitwell 232 5.0
Labour Malcolm John Few 199 4.3
Turnout 1696 33.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Chichester West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Michael Raymond Shone 649 22.4
Liberal Democrat Clare Margaret Apel 646 22.2
Conservative Martyn John Bell 554 19.1
Conservative Margaret Whitehead 509 17.5
BNP Andrew Emerson 137 4.7
BNP Ray Lewis Fallick 110 3.8
Labour John Baker 102 3.5
Labour Catherine Mair Beach 102 3.5
UKIP James McCulloch 96 3.3
Turnout 1507 39.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Donnington (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Ridd 528 67.4
Liberal Democrat Alan George Wells 256 32.7
Turnout 784 43.6
Conservative hold Swing
Easebourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Elizabeth Hamilton 576 78.8
Liberal Democrat Arely Green 159 21.6
Turnout 735 39.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
East Wittering (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sevey Mastronardi 575 21.6
Conservative Peter Clementson 574 21.6
Independent Bob Norris 517 19.4
Liberal Democrat Mary Ellen Green 491 18.5
Liberal Democrat Simon Green 381 14.3
Labour Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan 122 4.6
Turnout 1531 38.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Fernhurst (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Heather Penelope Caird 997 34.3
Conservative Norma Graves 645 22.2
Independent Andrew Moncrieff 557 19.2
Liberal Democrat Jeremy Spencer Bonnett 362 12.5
Liberal Democrat David Dennis Martin-Jenkins 347 11.9
Turnout 1568 40.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Fishbourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Adrian Geoffrey Frank Moss 674 73.0
Conservative Ann Myers 249 27.0
Turnout 923 51.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Funtington (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Julie Tassell 726 76.4
Liberal Democrat John Cooper Rankin 224 24.0
Turnout 950 44.4
Conservative hold Swing
Harting (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Andrew Michael Shaxson 609 72.4
Conservative Sarah Elizabeth Baker 232 28.0
Turnout 841 49.7
Independent hold Swing
Lavant (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Andrew Robert Homan Smith 362 59.7
Conservative John Elliott 244 40.3
Turnout 606 36.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Midhurst (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nick Thomas 805 30.4
Conservative Brian John Weekes 799 30.2
Liberal Democrat Judith Russell Fowler 565 21.4
Liberal Democrat Lavinia Mary Harvey 477 18.0
Turnout 1376 34.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
North Mundham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Stephen Quigley 436 62.1
Conservative Jane Kilby 266 37.9
Turnout 702 41.3
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Petworth (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Janet Elizabeth Duncton 1053 39.1
Conservative Eileen Lintill 952 35.3
Liberal Democrat Liz Jenkins 373 13.8
Liberal Democrat Catherine Gillian Alderson Perschke 318 11.8
Turnout 1446 38.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Plaistow (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brian James Hooton 1026 39.8
Conservative Paul Mackey 977 37.9
Liberal Democrat Karen Elizabeth Bonnett 288 11.2
Liberal Democrat Raymond Ernest John Cooper 287 11.1
Turnout 1364 36.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Rogate (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William Ernest Delacour Mason 695 73.2
Liberal Democrat Kevin George Campbell 255 26.8
Turnout 950 47.4
Conservative hold Swing
Selsey North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Melva Kathleen Bateman 880 15.8
Conservative John Charles Patrick Connor 835 15.0
Conservative Bev Tinson 796 14.3
Independent Kenneth Frederick George Codd 554 9.9
Independent Dee Caldwell 496 8.9
Independent Linda Irene Bowman 494 8.9
Liberal Democrat Jacq Cook 376 6.7
Liberal Democrat Jane-Marie McQueen 300 5.4
Liberal Democrat Libby Kendall 274 4.9
UKIP Andrew Edward Wilkinson 174 3.1
Labour Margaret Dyer 147 2.6
Labour Sidney William Arthur Hoy 134 2.4
Labour Micheline Margaret Lawson 121 2.2
Turnout 1989 38.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Selsey South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Fred Robertson 617 21.7
Independent Roland O'Brien 541 19.0
Conservative Albert Edward Vines 538 18.9
Conservative John Thomas Curtis 531 18.7
UKIP Bernard Arthur Smith 178 6.3
Liberal Democrat Jenny Graves 162 5.7
Liberal Democrat John Edward Shade 114 4.0
Labour Ian Bell 88 3.1
Labour Wendy Virginia Pengelly 72 2.5
Turnout 1484 41.3
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Sidlesham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Patricia Mary Tull 393 53.8
Liberal Democrat Diana Joy Pound 338 46.2
Turnout 731 40.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Southbourne (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Graham Hamilton Hicks 970 18.6
Conservative Robert James Hayes 961 18.4
Conservative Mary Marrs 913 17.5
Liberal Democrat Barbara Gowlett 828 15.9
Liberal Democrat Roger Gowlett 827 15.9
Liberal Democrat Philip Charles MacDougall 716 13.7
Turnout 1862 33.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Stedham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Lorraine Cherry 659 80.3
Liberal Democrat Teresa Eleanor Campbell 162 19.7
Turnout 821 45.2
Conservative hold Swing
Tangmere (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Chris Punnett 335 51.4
Conservative Brenda Atlee 317 48.6
Turnout 652 36.4
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Westbourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Maureen Eleanor Elliott 445 72.1
Liberal Democrat Stephanie Myra Cecil 172 27.9
Turnout 617 36.4
Conservative hold Swing
West Wittering (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Pieter Montyn 1096 32.9
Conservative Peter Edward Jones 1030 30.9
Independent David Hopson 482 14.5
Liberal Democrat Roger Walter Tilbury 347 10.4
UKIP Roger Lewis Wilson 251 7.5
Labour Gordon Trevor Churchill 127 3.8
Turnout 1823 45.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Wisborough Green (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Harry Field (Re-elected Unopposed) n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing

By-Election results

See Chichester local elections for by-election results since this Council election.

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