Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007

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Elections to Tameside Council were held on 4 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.

Tameside Metropolitan borough in England

The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after the River Tame, which flows through the borough and spans the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge plus Longdendale. Its western border is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Manchester city centre. It borders High Peak in Derbyshire to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham to the north, the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport to the south, and the City of Manchester to the west. As of 2011 the overall population was 219,324.

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. Labour is a full member of the Party of European Socialists and Progressive Alliance, and holds observer status in the Socialist International. As of 2017, the party was considered the "largest party in Western Europe" in terms of party membership, with more than half a million members.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

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Election result

Tameside Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 15 1 0 +1 78.9 44.7 24,054
  Conservative 2 0 0 0 10.5 28.1 15,126
  Labour Co-op 1 0 0 0 5.3 2.8 1,500
  Independent 1 0 0 0 5.3 2.4 1,267
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 3,896
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 1 -1 0 5.2 2,797
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 2,633
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1,128

Ward results

Ashton Hurst ward

Ashton Hurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alan Whitehead 1,337 39.8
Conservative Kate Scott 1,323 39.4
BNP Bev Jones 267 8.0
Liberal Democrat Cerudwen Elizabeth Lawe 219 6.5
Green Nigel Rolland 124 3.7
UKIP Paul Littlewood 86 2.6
Majority 14 0.4
Turnout 3,356 38.0
Labour hold Swing

Ashton St. Michael's ward

Ashton St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Bill Harrison 993 42.4
Conservative Joseph Peter Schofield 773 33.0
Liberal Democrat Paul Stephen Daly 252 10.8
Green Elizabeth Blyth 175 7.5
UKIP Richard Harrison 150 6.4
Majority 220 9.4
Turnout 2,343 28.8
Labour hold Swing

Ashton Waterloo ward

Ashton Waterloo
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mike Whiteley 1,238 42.8
Conservative Gareth Quinn 723 25.0
BNP David Jones 509 17.6
Liberal Democrat John Bartley 257 8.9
Green Andrew David Threlfall 163 5.6
Majority 515 17.8
Turnout 2,890 35.4
Labour hold Swing

Audenshaw ward

Audenshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Wendy Brelsford 1,286 47.9
Conservative Elizabeth Dawn Charlesworth 899 33.5
Liberal Democrat Allison Kay Seabourne 502 18.7
Majority 387 14.4
Turnout 2,687 31.6
Labour hold Swing

Denton North East ward

Denton North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Allison Gwynne 1,395 55.1
Conservative Georgina Helena Greenwood 719 28.4
Liberal Democrat Shaun O’Rourke 419 16.5
Majority 676 26.7
Turnout 2,533 30.6
Labour hold Swing

Denton South ward

Denton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Andrew Doubleday 1,427 57.5
Conservative Thomas Meredith Jones 672 27.1
BNP David Lomas 384 15.5
Majority 755 30.4
Turnout 2,483 29.7
Labour hold Swing

Denton West ward

Denton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Brenda Warrington 1,888 60.8
Conservative Joan Mary Howarth 1,217 39.2
Majority 671 21.6
Turnout 3,105 34.4
Labour hold Swing

Droylsden East ward

Droylsden East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Co-op Kieran Quinn 1,582 53.7
BNP David Gough 665 22.6
Conservative Emlyn Richard Davis 411 14.0
Liberal Democrat Ian Dunlop 287 9.7
Majority 917 31.1
Turnout 2,945 35.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Droylsden West ward

Droylsden West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ann Holland 1,977 66.4
BNP Paul Hindley 546 18.3
Conservative Charles Bryan Fletcher 456 15.3
Majority 1,431 48.0
Turnout 2,945 35.0
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield ward

Dukinfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Charles Taylor 1,364 50.9
BNP Roy Kevin West 520 19.4
Conservative Stacey Frances Knighton 455 17.0
Green Martine Marshall 340 12.7
Majority 844 31.5
Turnout 2,679 30.9
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward

Dukinfield / Stalybridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Jonathon Sweeton 1,299 44.9
Conservative Brian Eric Dean 1,039 35.9
UKIP Paul Kidd 283 9.8
Green Michael Smee 272 9.4
Majority 260 9.0
Turnout 2,893 34.3
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Godley ward

Hyde Godley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Bernard Sullivan 1,414 68.2
Conservative Ali Reza 658 31.8
Majority 756 36.5
Turnout 2,072 26.5
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Newton ward

Hyde Newton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Co-op Helen Theresa Bowden 1,252 42.0
BNP Nigel Christian Byrne 719 24.1
Conservative Thomas David Welsby 544 18.2
Liberal Democrat Peter Stanley Ball-Foster 329 11.0
Green Michelle Valentine 137 4.6
Majority 533 17.9
Turnout 2,981 33.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Hyde Werneth ward

Hyde Werneth
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Stuart Bell 1,735 49.0
Labour Raja Miah 1,285 36.3
BNP Rosalind Gauci 286 8.1
UKIP John Cooke 235 6.6
Majority 450 12.7
Turnout 3,541 42.1
Conservative hold Swing

Longdendale ward

Longdendale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Co-op Jonathan Neil Reynolds 1,500 54.3
Conservative Dorothy Cartwright 783 28.3
Green Melanie Roberts 250 9.0
UKIP Kevin Misell 231 8.4
Majority 717 25.9
Turnout 2,764 37.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Mossley ward

Mossley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Valerie Carter 1,267 45.6
Labour Co-op Idu Miah 1,036 37.3
Green Christine Anne Clark 475 17.1
Majority 231 8.3
Turnout 2,778 35.9
Independent hold Swing

St. Peters ward

St. Peters
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jack Davis 1,349 59.8
Liberal Democrat John Michael Piper 532 23.6
Conservative David Afshar 374 16.6
Majority 817 36.2
Turnout 2,255 27.4
Labour hold Swing

Stalybridge North ward

Stalybridge North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Co-op George Roberts 1,190 46.9
Conservative Clive Alistair Patrick 920 36.3
Green Jean Margaret Smee 426 16.8
Majority 270 10.6
Turnout 2,536 28.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Stalybridge South ward

Stalybridge South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Eric Buckley 1,425 55.2
Labour Eleanor Ballagher 742 28.7
Green Jacintha Muriel Manchester 271 10.5
UKIP Angela McManus 143 5.5
Majority 683 26.5
Turnout 2,581 31.6
Conservative hold Swing

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