2007 Winchester City Council election
The 2007 Winchester Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
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19 of 57 seats to Winchester City Council 29 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Conservative 29
- Liberal Democrat 23
- Independent 4
- Labour 1[2]
Campaign
19 seats were contested in the election with both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats putting up candidates in all of the contested wards.[3] Labour had 15 candidates, the United Kingdom Independence Party 6, Green Party 2 and there were 2 independents.[3] The Labour leader on the council, Peter Rees, stood down at the election,[4] while St Bartholomew ward had the first Muslim candidate for the council in the Conservative Abdul Kayum.[5] Since the 2006 council election the Conservatives had controlled the council with a narrow majority.[3]
Refuse collection was an important issue in the election, after the Conservative council planned to move from weekly to fortnightly collections in June for more of the council area including Swanmore, Whiteley and Wickham.[6] They said this would boost recycling, but the Liberal Democrats said residents were against the move and that they would collect kitchen waste every week if they controlled the council.[6]
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives keep a majority on the council, with the party still having 29 seats.[7] They gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats in Owslebury and Curdridge but lost one back in Compton and Otterbourne ward.[8] Labour lost both of the seats they were defending on the council to leave the party with only 1 councillor.[8] The beneficiaries were the Liberal Democrats who gained the seats in St Luke and St John and All Saints wards.[8] The Liberal Democrats thus had 23 seats after the election, but had come within 19 votes of gaining a seat from the Conservatives in Whiteley ward, which would have deprived the Conservatives of a majority.[7]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52.6 | 50.3 | 16,413 | -3.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 42.1 | 39.8 | 12,961 | +6.0% | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 1,072 | -2.5% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 4.4 | 1,445 | -2.0% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 501 | +1.3% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 211 | +0.6% | |
Ward results
Bishop's Waltham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Colin Chamberlain | 995 | 46.6 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Charlie Wright | 793 | 37.1 | -6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy Stainton | 261 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Labour | Stephen Haines | 86 | 4.0 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 202 | 9.5 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,135 | 41 | -1 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Colden Common and Twyford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jim Wagner | 1,280 | 59.0 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Susan Evershed | 838 | 38.6 | -6.3 | |
Labour | Elaine Fullaway | 53 | 2.4 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 442 | 20.4 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,171 | 53 | +6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Compton and Otterbourne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Bell | 861 | 50.4 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Murray MacMillan | 753 | 44.1 | -5.3 | |
UKIP | Chris Barton-Briddon | 78 | 4.6 | -1.3 | |
Labour | Clare McKenna | 16 | 0.9 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 108 | 6.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,708 | 54 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Denmead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patricia Stallard | 1,666 | 80.5 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Stoneham | 404 | 19.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 1,262 | 61.0 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,070 | 40 | -1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Itchen Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Neil Baxter | 628 | 77.2 | +5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Thompson | 153 | 18.8 | -4.9 | |
UKIP | John Clark | 32 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 475 | 58.4 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 813 | 52 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Littleton and Harestock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kelsie Learney | 1,007 | 57.8 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Patrick Cunningham | 704 | 40.4 | -4.5 | |
Labour | Tessa Valentine | 31 | 1.8 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 303 | 17.4 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,742 | 63 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Owslebury and Curdridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Humby | 876 | 61.9 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Merritt | 498 | 35.2 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Brian Fullaway | 42 | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 378 | 26.7 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,416 | 47 | -2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
St. Barnabas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eileen Berry | 1,230 | 49.6 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Allan Mitchell | 1,069 | 43.1 | +0.2 | |
Green | Dave Walker-Nix | 109 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Adrien Field | 72 | 2.9 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 161 | 6.5 | -3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,480 | 52 | -3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Bartholomew
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Susan Nelmes | 1,142 | 54.4 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Abdul Kayum | 787 | 37.5 | -6.4 | |
Labour | Timothy Curran | 93 | 4.4 | -2.3 | |
Independent | Rupert Pitt | 77 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 355 | 16.9 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,099 | 45 | +2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
St. John and All Saints
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Adrian Hicks | 757 | 43.3 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Lovegrove | 488 | 27.9 | -4.2 | |
Labour | Antony de Peyer | 443 | 25.3 | -7.4 | |
UKIP | Lawrence Hole | 61 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 269 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,749 | 38 | +3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
St. Luke
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alexis Fall | 823 | 53.1 | +21.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Ducker | 515 | 33.2 | -9.9 | |
Labour | David Smith | 148 | 9.6 | -15.2 | |
UKIP | David Abbott | 63 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 308 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,549 | 38 | +3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
St. Michael
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Fiona Mather | 1,196 | 58.7 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Chesters | 680 | 33.4 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Albert Edwards | 98 | 4.8 | -0.3 | |
UKIP | Judith Gordon | 64 | 3.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 516 | 25.3 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,038 | 45 | -2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Paul
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Karen Barratt | 1,019 | 58.9 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Courts | 636 | 36.8 | -6.4 | |
Labour | Glenn Cope | 74 | 4.3 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 383 | 22.1 | +14.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,729 | 39 | +0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Swanmore and Newton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frank Pearson | 1,217 | 76.6 | +20.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Toole | 371 | 23.4 | -17.7 | |
Majority | 846 | 53.2 | +38.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,588 | 49 | -11 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The Alresfords
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernie Jeffs | 1,271 | 54.7 | -4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucille Thompson | 693 | 29.8 | -5.6 | |
UKIP | David Samuel | 203 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
Labour | Robin Atkins | 156 | 6.7 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 578 | 24.9 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,323 | 48 | -3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Upper Meon Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Caroline Biggs | 679 | 79.1 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Scriven | 179 | 20.9 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 500 | 58.2 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 858 | 57 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Whiteley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Anthony | 459 | 49.5 | -1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vivian Achwal | 440 | 47.5 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Barry Jones | 28 | 3.0 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 19 | 2.0 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 927 | 41 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Wickham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sue Fitzgerald | 809 | 61.1 | -4.7 | |
Conservative | Neil Jackson | 484 | 36.6 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Robert Rudge | 31 | 2.3 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 325 | 24.5 | -11.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,324 | 44 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Wonston and Micheldever
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Malcolm Wright | 1,193 | 63.3 | -1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Hobson | 515 | 27.3 | -3.6 | |
Green | Alison Craig | 102 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Nigel Lickley | 74 | 3.9 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 678 | 36.0 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,884 | 45 | -3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "Winchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- "Results". The Times. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
- "Winchester local election line-up". This Is Hampshire. 6 April 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- "Labour man quits election battle". This Is Hampshire. 19 April 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- "Muslim bids for city seat". This Is Hampshire. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- "Bin collections set to cause stink at polls". The Portsmouth Evening News. 26 April 2007.
- "Losers refuse to let Lib Dems into offices". The Portsmouth Evening News. 5 May 2007.
- "No change in city council control". This Is Hampshire. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- "Elections 2007: Conservatives retain power". Winchester City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
Preceded by 2006 Winchester Council election |
Winchester local elections | Succeeded by 2008 Winchester Council election |