2007 Tamworth Borough Council election

Elections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.9%

Map of the results of the 2007 Tamworth council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independent in white.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Tamworth Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	3	0	+3	80.0	45.0	8,183	-5.9%
Labour	1	0	3	-3	10.0	37.7	6,856	-3.8%
Independent	1	0	0	0	10.0	8.9	1,624	+8.9%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	1,109	-1.5%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	395	+2.2%

Ward results

Amington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wells	841	43.2	-13.4
	Labour	Julie Holland	757	38.9	-4.5
	Independent	James Mckay	348	17.9	+17.9
Majority			84	4.3	-8.9
Turnout			1,946	32.0	-1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Nicklin	776	48.8	-8.2
	Labour	Gary Hirons	569	35.8	-7.2
	Independent	Kevin Taylor	245	15.4	+15.4
Majority			207	13.0	-1.0
Turnout			1,590	29.1	-0.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bolehall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Seekings	990	58.0	-3.3
	Conservative	Andrew James	718	42.0	+3.3
Majority			272	16.0	-6.6
Turnout			1,708	31.5	-1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Claymore	917	47.6	-2.7
	Labour	Marion Couchman	736	38.2	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Pinkett	273	14.2	+2.0
Majority			181	9.4	-3.4
Turnout			1,926	34.5	-1.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Glascote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Cooke	587	40.9	+40.9
	Labour	Sheree Peaple	467	32.5	-21.1
	Conservative	Debbie James	381	26.6	-19.8
Majority			120	8.4
Turnout			1,435	25.6	+1.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Mercian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Price	729	36.5	-5.5
	Labour	Neil Fuller	579	29.0	-4.8
	Independent	Richard Kingstone	444	22.3	+22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Blake	243	12.2	-12.0
Majority			150	7.5	-0.7
Turnout			1,995	38.0	+1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Spital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Gant	1,122	52.9	+2.2
	Labour	Karen Hirons	682	32.2	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Blake	315	14.9	-1.4
Majority			440	20.7	+3.0
Turnout			2,119	38.5	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonydelph
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Price	606	38.6	-18.1
	Labour	Margaret Clarke	570	36.3	-7.0
	BNP	Lynn Smith	395	25.1	+25.1
Majority			36	2.3	-11.1
Turnout			1,571	27.4	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Oates	1,086	54.2	-0.2
	Labour	David Foster	638	31.9	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Jones	278	13.9	-1.6
Majority			448	22.3	-2.0
Turnout			2,002	34.0	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilnecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Beale	1,007	53.7	-2.9
	Labour	Ken Lewis	868	46.3	+2.9
Majority			139	7.4	-5.8
Turnout			1,875	29.0	-2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Council elections in Staffordshire
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