2007 Salisbury District Council election

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2007 Salisbury District Council election
 20033 May 2007 (2007-05-03)

All 54 seats to Salisbury District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Con
LD
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election31 seats, 40.9%9 seats, 29.4%
Seats won2219
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 9Increase2.svg 10
Popular vote15,86111,723
Percentage39.0%28.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.9%Decrease2.svg 0.6%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Lab
Ind
Party Labour Independent
Last election11 seats, 16.7%4 seats, 9.0%
Seats won104
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote4,4304,031
Percentage10.9%9.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.8%Increase2.svg 0.9%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections to Salisbury District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservatives lost overall control, but were still the largest party winning twenty-two of the fifty-five seats available. [1]

Contents

This was the last election of district councillors to take place in Salisbury. The following year, a government review of local government determined that the four district councils of Wiltshire were to be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority with effect from 1 April 2009, when Salisbury would be abolished and its councillors' term of office would end two years early.

Elections to the new unitary authority, Wiltshire Council, took place in June 2009.

Election result

Salisbury District Council elections, 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 22211–940.739.015,861
  Liberal Democrats 19100+1035.228.811,723
  Labour 1001–118.510.94,430
  Independent 41107.49.94,031
  Green 00000.06.92,801
  UKIP 00000.04.61,854

Electoral division results

Alderbury and Whiteparish

Alderbury and Whiteparish (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leo Randall 1,198
Conservative Richard Clewer 1,097
Conservative Richard Britton 1,067
Green Barbara Bayfield626
UKIP Judith Wykeham532
UKIP Neville Bush528
UKIP Michael Wykeham468
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Amesbury East

Amesbury East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis Brown 909
Conservative John Noeken 849
Conservative Ian Mitchell 836
Liberal Democrats Jan Swindlehurst642
Liberal Democrats Hannah Muirhead574
Liberal Democrats Nathan Muirhead533
UKIP Margaret Strange of Balcaskie377
Green Jayne Downton290
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Amesbury West

Amesbury West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fred Westmoreland 381 67.0
Green Christine Bell18833.0
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Bemerton

Bemerton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iris Evans 782
Labour Clive Vincent 713
Labour Michael Osment 653
Conservative Pete Kell437
Conservative Tony Morland424
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bishopdown

Bishopdown (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John English 698
Conservative Kevin Cardy 561
Conservative Penny Brown538
Labour Richard Rogers421
Majority
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bulford

Bulford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Smale unopposed n/a n/a
Liberal Democrats James Spencer unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chalke Valley

Chalke Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ted Draper 589 87.4
Green Maggie Shepherd8512.6
Majority504
Independent hold Swing

Donhead

Donhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John-Anthony Cole-Morgan 579 71.2
Liberal Democrats John Edgley23428.8
Majority345
Conservative hold Swing

Downton and Redlynch

Downton and Redlynch (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Launchbury 1,108
Conservative David Luther 961
Conservative Caroline Morrison 924
Liberal Democrats Pamela Edge507
Liberal Democrats Vincent Reilly410
Green Adam Gent396
Green Stephanie Jalland359
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Durrington

Durrington (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Broom 802
Liberal Democrats Graham Wright 787
Liberal Democrats Martin Lee 740
Conservative Mark Baker673
Conservative John Rodell646
Conservative Cathy Hollis589
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Ebble

Ebble
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bryan Rycroft 360 50.3
Independent Hedley Farris23733.3
Green Jan Bradford608.4
UKIP Pauline Pratt588.1
Majority123
Conservative hold Swing

Fisherton and Bemerton Village

Fisherton and Bemerton Village (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Walsh 560
Labour Andrew Roberts 518
Liberal Democrats Gregor Condliffe484
Liberal Democrats Russell Morley464
Conservative Ben Frost313
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fonthill and Nadder

Fonthill and Nadder
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Parker 419 51.6
Conservative Tony Deane39348.4
Majority26
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Harnham East

Harnham East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helena McKeown 817
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Hill 778
Conservative Donald Culver551
Conservative Williams Snow544
Majority
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Harnham West

Harnham West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Murial Tomlinson 813
Liberal Democrats Brian Dalton 803
Conservative Josa Snow335
Conservative Anthony von Roretz321
UKIP Frances Howard117
Independent Colin Duller97
UKIP Tony Gatling88
Labour Malcolm Simmons76
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Knoyle

Knoyle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fowler 660 84.7
UKIP Elaine Cadogan11915.3
Majority541
Conservative hold Swing

Laverstock

Laverstock (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian McLennan 728
Conservative John King 626
UKIP Patrick Houston378
Green Alexander Langlands363
UKIP Frederick Dickenson217
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lower Wylye and Woodford Valley

Lower Wylye and Woodford Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Dennis 393 53.3
Conservative John Brady34446.7
Majority49
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

St Edmund and Milford

St Edmund and Milford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bobbie Chettleburgh 1,171
Liberal Democrats Paul Sample 1,128
Green Sue Wright302
Conservative David Robinson284
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Mark and Stratford

St Mark and Stratford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Robertson 1,379
Liberal Democrats Tony Thorpe 1,370
Liberal Democrats Ian Curr 1,364
Conservative Patrick Paisey898
Conservative Jeremy Nettle881
Conservative Derek Brown855
Majority
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

St Martin and Milford

St Martin and Milford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Tomes 716
Labour Simon Howarth 684
Conservative Chris Cochrane489
Liberal Democrats Hilary Phelps485
Liberal Democrats Robert Steel464
Conservative Tom Griffiths451
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Paul

St Paul (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Fear 703
Labour Paul Clegg 652
Conservative John Lindley310
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Till Valley and Wylye

Till Valley and Wylye (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian West 1,113
Liberal Democrats Colin Mills 1,074
Conservative Nicholas Gallop543
UKIP Jennifer MacDougall273
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Tisbury and Fovant

Tisbury and Fovant (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Josephine Green 946
Conservative Richard Beattie 800
Liberal Democrats Felicity Corp466
Liberal Democrats Mike Lennard362
Majority
Independent hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Upper Bourne, Idmiston and Winterbourne

Upper Bourne, Idmiston and Winterbourne (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Wren 850
Conservative Mike Hewitt 802
Independent Paul Fisher732
Green Hilary Munro491
Labour Virginia McLennan207
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Western and Mere

Western and Mere (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Jeans 1,011
Conservative Catherine Spencer 1,011
Liberal Democrats Timothy Payne300
Majority
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wilton

Wilton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Edge 820
Liberal Democrats John Holt 665
Conservative Anthony Brown-Hovelt471
Conservative Jim Rhind-Tutt393
Labour Dave Roberts137
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Winterslow

Winterslow (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Moss 777
Conservative Christopher Devine 700
Liberal Democrats Bridget Salisbury599
Liberal Democrats Colin Baxter529
Labour Mark Riches100
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "Local Election Results 2007 – Salisbury". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 16 December 2018.