2007 Hart District Council election

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

2007 Hart District Council election
3 May 2007
12 of 35 seats to Hart District Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats CCH
Seats before 16 12 5
Seats won 5 5 2
Seats after 15 12 6
Popular vote 8,595 5,567 1,791
Percentage 50.9 33.0 10.6
Results by Ward
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

The results saw the council remain without any party having a majority.[3] The Conservatives remained the largest party with 15 seats despite losing 1 seat to the Community Campaign (Hart) (CCH).[4] Christopher Axam gained Fleet Courtmoor for the CCH after winning 828 votes, compared to 758 for the Conservatives.[5] This meant the CCH had 6 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats held the seats they had been defending to remain with 12 councillors.[3] Overall turnout in the election was 35.85%.[6]

Following the election a Conservative bid to take control of the council failed with the existing Liberal Democrat, Community Campaign (Hart) and Independent coalition continuing after a 20-15 vote.[7]

Hart Local Election Result 2007[2][6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 5 0 1 -1 41.7 50.8 8,595 +7.9%
  Liberal Democrats 5 0 0 0 41.7 33.0 5,587 +6.5%
  CCH 2 1 0 +1 16.7 10.6 1,791 -5.0%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 492 +0.7%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 405 +0.7%
  Monster Raving Loony 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 42 +0.2%

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley
Blackwater and Hawley[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Neighbour 834 57.4 -2.6
Conservative Vivienne Gascoigne 619 42.6 +6.0
Majority 215 14.8 -8.6
Turnout 1,453 42.9 -1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Church Crookham West
Church Crookham West[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CCH Jennifer Radley 963 67.6 -1.6
Conservative Eleanor Whyte 462 32.4 +5.0
Majority 501 35.2 -6.6
Turnout 1,425 37.7 -1.1
CCH hold Swing

Eversley
Eversley[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugo Eastwood 704 87.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Clark 101 12.5
Majority 603 75.0
Turnout 805 39.2
Conservative hold Swing

Fleet Courtmoor
Fleet Courtmoor[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CCH Christopher Axam 828 48.3 +48.3
Conservative Christopher Butler 758 44.2 -4.7
Labour Sheila Stone 87 5.1 +5.1
Monster Raving Loony Alan Hope 42 2.4 +2.4
Majority 70 4.1
Turnout 1,715 46.1 +2.3
CCH gain from Conservative Swing

Fleet North
Fleet North[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Barrell 874 59.9 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Maria Van Dolen 584 40.1 -4.1
Majority 290 19.9 +8.2
Turnout 1,458 30.4 -3.8
Conservative hold Swing

Frogmore and Darby Green
Frogmore and Darby Green[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vivien Street 744 61.9 -8.8
Conservative Richard Fielden 354 29.5 +6.3
Labour Joyce Still 103 8.6 +2.5
Majority 390 32.5 -15.0
Turnout 1,201 29.9 -5.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hartley Wintney
Hartley Wintney[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sara-Lea Kinnell 859 55.7 +55.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Griffin 461 29.9 +3.5
BNP Roger Robertson 222 14.4 -4.8
Majority 398 25.8
Turnout 1,542 39.7 -4.5
Conservative hold Swing

Hook
Hook[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Henderson 1,460 71.9 -1.5
Liberal Democrats David Evans 572 28.1 +1.5
Majority 888 43.7 -3.0
Turnout 2,032 33.3 -0.9
Conservative hold Swing

Odiham
Odiham[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Crookes 1,268 83.6 +12.7
Liberal Democrats Roger Carter 249 16.4 -7.7
Majority 1,019 67.2 +20.5
Turnout 1,517 40.9 -1.2
Conservative hold Swing

Yateley East
Yateley East[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Cockarill 745 57.0 +1.4
Conservative Edward Dawson 470 35.9 +4.8
Labour John Davies 93 7.1 -0.5
Majority 275 21.0 -3.6
Turnout 1,308 32.6 -2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Yateley North
Yateley North[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Simpson 744 60.3 -5.2
Conservative James Lawrence 423 34.3 +4.0
Labour David Jenkins 67 5.4 +1.2
Majority 321 26.0 -9.3
Turnout 1,234 32.3 -5.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Yateley West[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Myra Billings 553 45.3 -12.4
Conservative Edward Bromhead 344 28.2 -4.3
BNP Geoffrey Crompton 183 15.0 +15.0
Labour Mary Jenkins 142 11.6 +1.8
Majority 209 17.1 -8.0
Turnout 1,222 31.5 -1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References
  1. "Hart". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. "Results". The Times. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
  3. "Election Results". gethampshire. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  4. "Parties begin talks but coalition rule likely". gethampshire. 11 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  5. "Coalition intact". gethampshire. 10 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  6. "Election Results for 3 May 2007". Hart District Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  7. "Anger as Tories are voted out". gethampshire. 15 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
Preceded by
2006 Hart Council election		 Hart local elections Succeeded by
2008 Hart Council election
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