Wyre Forest District Council election, 2007

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Map of the results of the 2007 Wyre Forest District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Health Concern in pink, Labour in red, Liberal in orange and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007. Wyre Forest UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Wyre Forest District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Health Concern in pink, Labour in red, Liberal in orange and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

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

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Worcestershire County of England

Worcestershire is a county in the West Midlands of England. Between 1974 and 1998, it was merged with the neighbouring county of Herefordshire as Hereford and Worcester.

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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.

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The Liberal Party is a British political party that was founded in 1989 by members of the original Liberal Party opposed to its merger with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to form the Liberal Democrats. The party holds seven local council seats.

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.

Election result

The Conservatives remained the largest party on the council after winning 5 seats, but failing to gain a majority. [3] They gained a seat in Bewdley and Arley ward but lost one back in Mitton. [4] Health Concern were the only party to increase their number of seats after taking a seat from Labour by 11 votes in Areley Kings. [4] [5] The defeated Labour councillor was their leader on the council, Jamie Shaw, who had been a councillor for 23 years. [4] The Liberals held both the seats they were defending, with Mike Price holding Offmore and Comberton where a long term councillor Mike Oborski had died in February. [6]

Bewdley town in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England

Bewdley is a small riverside town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire on the Shropshire border in England, along the Severn Valley a few miles to the west of Kidderminster and 22 miles south west of Birmingham. It lies on the River Severn, at the gateway of the Wyre Forest national nature reserve, and at the time of the 2011 census had a population of 9,470. Bewdley is a popular tourist destination and is known for the Bewdley Bridge designed by Thomas Telford.

Areley Kings village in United Kingdom

Areley Kings is a Worcestershire village on the River Severn 10 miles north of Worcester in the picturesque area of the Wyre Forest. The area is featured in the Domesday Book and many historical places of interest, like Areley Hall, are open to visitors. Nearby Stourport on Severn grew during the Victorian era and is still very popular with tourists and holiday makers all year round for canal and river cruising and for the many well signed walks through some of the finest Worcestershire countryside.

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Following the election the leader of the council, Conservative Stephen Clee, stood down after 3 years in charge of the council after the disappointing results for his party. [7] He had been leader of his party in Wyre Forest for 6 years and was succeeded by John Campion. [7]

Wyre Forest local election result 2007 [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 511035.735.78,486-3.8%
  Health Concern 421+128.630.87,327-1.5%
  Labour 201-114.315.83,760-0.1%
  Liberal 200014.310.42,463+1.6%
  Liberal Democrat 10007.16.01,434+2.9%
  Green 000000.7169+0.5%
  Independent 000000.5120+0.3%

Ward results

Aggborough and Spennells [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Peter Dyke78739.7+15.8
Conservative Ammar Ahmad64832.7-13.8
Health Concern John Griffiths42221.3+0.3
Labour Adrian Sewell1276.4+0.1
Majority1397.0
Turnout 1,98438.1+2.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Areley Kings [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Health Concern John Thomas64833.7-5.1
Labour James Shaw63733.2+10.2
Conservative Michael Partridge63633.1-5.1
Majority110.5
Turnout 1,92141.2+3.7
Health Concern gain from Labour Swing
Bewdley and Arley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jennifer Greener95646.4+0.7
Health Concern Mavis Baillie58428.3-4.6
Labour William Mason38318.6-2.8
Liberal Democrat Michael Dixon1386.7+6.7
Majority37218.1+5.3
Turnout 2,06139.0-3.2
Conservative gain from Health Concern Swing
Blakebrook and Chaddesley [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Williamsunopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Broadwaters [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Health Concern Kenneth Stokes82241.7+9.1
Conservative Mumshad Ahmed49825.3-2.2
Liberal Shazu Miah39920.2-5.6
Labour Paul Mills25312.8-1.4
Majority32416.4+11.3
Turnout 1,97238.1+5.6
Health Concern hold Swing
Cookley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Christopher Nicholls44846.9+0.2
Conservative Julian Phillips22423.4-8.4
Health Concern Caroline Godfrey12813.4-8.2
Independent Stephen Rushton12012.6+12.6
Liberal Democrat Vicky Dixon363.8+3.8
Majority22423.5+8.6
Turnout 95648.4-2.0
Labour hold Swing
Franche [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anne Hingley1,08750.4+16.3
Health Concern Christopher Thomas57826.8-12.3
Labour Leroy Wright40318.7-8.1
Liberal Kevin Hill904.2+4.2
Majority50923.6
Turnout 2,15839.7-1.5
Conservative hold Swing
Greenhill [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Paul Harrison97152.3+2.4
Health Concern Margaret Bradley47725.7+2.8
Conservative Paul Marchant29415.8+0.4
Green Vicky Dunn1146.1+6.1
Majority49426.6-0.4
Turnout 1,85631.1-1.1
Liberal hold Swing
Habberley and Blakebrook [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michael Kelly73635.6+10.2
Health Concern Elizabeth Davies64131.0-7.9
Conservative Arthur Buckley59028.5-7.2
Liberal Alane Harvey1024.9+4.9
Majority954.6
Turnout 2,06939.8-2.0
Labour hold Swing
Lickhill [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Health Concern Jill Fairbrother-Millis1,08155.1+1.4
Conservative David Little62431.8-1.9
Labour Donovan Giles20710.6-2.0
Liberal Democrat Clive Parsons502.5+2.5
Majority45723.3+3.3
Turnout 1,96235.5-0.1
Health Concern hold Swing
Mitton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Health Concern David Millis82742.6-0.8
Conservative June Salter81942.2-1.8
Labour Gary Watson20510.6-2.0
Liberal Democrat Pamela Dixon894.6+4.6
Majority80.4
Turnout 1,94034.7-0.2
Health Concern gain from Conservative Swing
Offmore and Comberton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Michael Price90144.3+6.4
Conservative Gillian Onslow68633.8-0.4
Health Concern James Parish29114.3-3.2
Labour Daniel Watson1547.6-2.8
Majority23510.5+6.8
Turnout 2,03237.8-4.9
Liberal hold Swing
Sutton Park [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tracey Onslow91147.3-2.2
Health Concern Raymond Barber51326.6-2.7
Liberal Democrat Samantha Walker29415.3+7.8
Labour David Prain20710.8-2.8
Majority39820.7+0.5
Turnout 1,92535.2+0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Wolverley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Malcolm Hazlewood51355.6+9.2
Health Concern Nigel Addison31534.1+34.1
Green Katherine Spohrer556.0+6.0
Liberal Democrat Adrian Beavis404.3+4.3
Majority19821.5+14.0
Turnout 92352.3-2.1
Conservative hold Swing

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  2. ↑ "Election 2007 Results". The Times. 2007-05-04. p. 8.
  3. ↑ Murphy, Emma (2007-05-06). "Blue blitz; Polling day misery for Labour as Tories take charge in Brum". Sunday Mercury. p. 30.
  4. 1 2 3 "Shock as voters dump Labour party leader". Malvern Gazette . 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  5. ↑ "Tory surge breaks Labour grip". Express & Star . 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  6. ↑ "Win is tribute to veteran councillor's memory". Malvern Gazette . 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  7. 1 2 "Council's leader steps down". Express & Star . 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "District Council Election Results 2007". Wyre Forest District Council. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  9. ↑ "Local election result for Blakebrook and Chaddesley". Malvern Gazette . 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2010-01-02.

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