Colchester Borough Council election, 2007

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

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

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Essex County of England

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Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

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.

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.

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives had 30 of the 60 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats had 21, Labour had 7 and there were 2 independents. [3]

With the Conservative party needing to gain one seat to gain a majority on the council for the first time since 1986, [4] Colchester attracted national attention with the Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, coming to the marginal Shrub End ward to campaign for the Conservatives. [5] Meanwhile, one of the Green party's Principal Speakers Sian Berry came to Colchester and campaigned on the importance of public transport, with the Greens contesting every seat at the election. [5]

William Hague British politician

William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He represented Richmond, Yorkshire, as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1989 to 2015 and was the Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and was the Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015.

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, electoral ward is the unit used by Welsh principal councils, while the electoral division is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authorities. Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward-population counts can vary substantially. As at the end of 2014 there were 9,456 electoral wards/divisions in the UK.

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Election result

The Conservatives narrowly failed to gain a majority on the council after failing to take Wivenhoe Quay from Labour by two votes after two recounts. [4] This meant the Conservatives remained on 30 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats stayed on 21 seats. [4] Labour's loss of Shrub End to the Conservatives meant they dropped to 6 councillors, while the Greens failed to win any seats despite getting 32% of the vote in Castle ward. [4] [6] Overall turnout at the election was 34.7%. [7]

Wivenhoe town in north eastern Essex, England, United Kingdom

Wivenhoe is a town and civil parish in north eastern Essex, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Colchester. Historically Wivenhoe village, on the banks of the River Colne, and Wivenhoe Cross, on the higher ground to the north, were two separate settlements but with considerable development in the 19th century the two have merged.

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Colchester Borough Council Election, 2007 [1] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 922045.041.814,342+2.9%
  Liberal Democrat 711035.029.310,052-4.5%
  Labour 301-115.016.35,581+3.0%
  Independent 110+15.03.11,052-2.4%
  Green 000009.53,267+1.0%

Ward results

Berechurch [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Dave Harris93149.7+17.4
Liberal Democrat Keith Hindle48325.8-16.4
Conservative Claire Bright35218.8+0.7
Green Philippa Lane1095.8-1.6
Majority44823.9
Turnout 1,87532.7-1.3
Labour hold Swing
Birch & Winstree [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Crowe1,16470.1+3.5
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Longman31318.9+1.2
Labour James Spencer1006.0-1.0
Green Tobie Glenny835.0-0.9
Majority85151.3+2.4
Turnout 1,66037.5-4.6
Conservative hold Swing
Castle [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Nick Barlow94041.0-7.7
Green Peter Lynn74032.3+9.7
Conservative Glenn Granger46920.5+2.4
Labour Michael Powell1426.2-1.9
Majority2008.7-17.3
Turnout 2,29137.4-4.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Christ Church [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Martin Hunt58842.4-1.3
Conservative Andrew Bright47434.2+0.9
Green Alexander Cave24517.7+0.3
Labour David Canning795.7+0.1
Majority1148.2-2.2
Turnout 1,38646.0-2.3
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Copford & West Stanway [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jackie Maclean39469.1-1.4
Liberal Democrat Sue Waite8214.4+7.0
Labour Ian Spademan488.4+0.4
Green Sophie Lovejoy468.1+8.1
Majority31254.7-1.8
Turnout 57038.4+4.4
Conservative hold Swing
Fordham & Stour [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nigel Chapman91367.2+0.6
Liberal Democrat David Shakespeare18013.2+0.8
Green Mervyn Carter14610.7+2.6
Labour Jo Aldous1208.8+0.4
Majority73353.9-0.3
Turnout 1,35934.3-2.4
Conservative hold Swing
Great Tey [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Chillingworth67071.9+3.3
Liberal Democrat Carolyn Catney10511.3-9.6
Labour John Wood909.7-1.8
Green Paul Goldsmith677.2-7.2
Majority56560.6+12.8
Turnout 93241.9-0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Highwoods [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Philip Oxford1,05252.6-5.6
Conservative Simon Lucas42721.4+6.5
Liberal Democrat John Baker30615.3+0.1
Labour Janet Smith1276.4-1.1
Green Gary Kittle884.4+0.1
Majority62531.3-11.7
Turnout 2,00030.9-1.7
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Mile End [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Anne Turrell1,08147.1+8.2
Conservative Marianne Anderson99543.4-2.8
Labour Steve Crawshaw1185.1-1.1
Green Mary Bryan994.3-2.1
Majority863.8
Turnout 2,29339.5+1.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
New Town [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Margaret Fisher87255.6-9.8
Conservative George Askew27117.3+17.3
Green Linda Wonnacott25216.1-5.4
Labour Luke Dopson17311.0-2.1
Majority60138.3-5.5
Turnout 1,56827.0-1.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Prettygate [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Wyn Foster1,40454.2+0.6
Liberal Democrat Paul Ost87533.8-0.9
Labour Michael Dale1827.0-0.3
Green Peter Appleton1295.0+0.5
Majority52920.4+1.5
Turnout 2,59043.7+0.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
St. Andrew's [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Tim Young 96961.6-8.2
Liberal Democrat Rebecca Price29919.0-10.2
Conservative Alex Wilson23715.1+2.7
Green Andrew Senter684.3-0.7
Majority67042.6+18.4
Turnout 1,57324.8-3.4
Labour hold Swing
St. Anne's [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Barrie Cook1,00049.3-2.5
Labour Kim Naish54827.0+0.6
Conservative Anne Allan36818.2+4.5
Green Annick Collins-Leyssen1115.5-2.5
Majority45222.3-3.1
Turnout 2,02732.2-0.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Shrub End [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Pauline Hazell71838.5+4.8
Liberal Democrat Nigel Offen64334.5-7.5
Labour Richard Bourne40421.7+2.1
Green Walter Schwarz1005.4+0.6
Majority754.0
Turnout 1,86531.2-1.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Stanway [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Lesley Scott-Boutell1,21452.2+10.2
Conservative Beverly Davies89738.6-5.4
Labour John Spademan1416.1-2.4
Green Pam Nelson743.2-2.3
Majority31713.6
Turnout 2,32637.7-0.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Tiptree [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Crowe1,18565.4+11.0
Labour Audrey Spencer33018.2+3.6
Liberal Democrat Michael Turrell1518.3-1.4
Green Katherine Bamforth1468.1+2.0
Majority85547.2+7.9
Turnout 1,81230.2-0.2
Conservative hold Swing
West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jill Tod87762.9-0.7
Liberal Democrat Barry Woodward17712.7-4.8
Labour Abigail Tootal17312.4+4.5
Green Roger Bamforth16712.0+1.1
Majority70050.2+4.1
Turnout 1,39436.4-1.8
Conservative hold Swing
West Mersea [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Kimberley1,51074.1+3.6
Liberal Democrat Christopher Butler2019.9+9.9
Labour Barbara Nichols1788.7-1.4
Green Beverley Maltby1487.3-3.2
Majority1,30964.3+4.2
Turnout 2,03735.0+0.2
Conservative hold Swing
Wivenhoe Cross [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Mark Cory39542.5+3.2
Conservative David Adams37139.9-6.5
Green Maria Iacovou838.9+8.9
Labour Rossanna Trudgian808.6-5.7
Majority242.6-4.5
Turnout 92927.3+0.1
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Wivenhoe Quay [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stephen Ford64835.9+17.2
Conservative Penny Kraft64635.7-0.9
Green Chris Fox36620.3+20.3
Liberal Democrat Sharon Humphrey1478.1-8.9
Majority20.1
Turnout 1,80744.4+0.7
Labour hold Swing

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