2007 Gedling Borough Council election

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2007 Gedling Borough Council election
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  2003 3 May 2007 2011  

All 50 seats to Gedling Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before21217
Seats won2899
Seat change+7-12+2

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats before1
Seats won4
Seat change+3
Map of the results of the 2007 Gedling council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Calverton First Independents in pink and Independent in grey. Gedling UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Gedling council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Calverton First Independents in pink and Independent in grey.

An election was held on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [1]

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Election result

The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council, which they had previously shared control of with Labour. [2] The Conservatives took 28 seats, up from 22 before the election. [2] Labour dropped 11 seats to end level with the Liberal Democrats, who gained 2 seats, on 9 councillors. [2] Overall turnout in the election was 40.4%, [3] up from 32.4% in 2003. [4]

Gedling Local Election Result 2007 [3] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2871+656.044.937,183+2.0%
  Labour 9112-1118.033.727,925-7.4%
  Liberal Democrats 920+218.014.912,339+3.6%
 Calverton First Independents320+26.04.03,334+0.7%
  Independent 110+12.01.31,0630.0%
  UKIP 000000.9780+0.9%
  Green 000000.2165+0.1%

One Labour candidate was unopposed at the election. [3]

Ward results

Bestwood Village [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denis Beestonunopposed
Labour hold Swing
Bonington (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wilf Doe867
Conservative Gillian Fullwood854
Conservative Sally Mason-Kempster838
Labour Stella Lane737
Labour Andrew Rigby725
Labour Vivienne McCrossen707
Turnout 4,72832.3+6.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Burton Joyce & Stoke Bardolph (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Blandamer702
Conservative Alan Bexon663
Liberal Democrats Richard Berry658
Liberal Democrats Richard Fife595
Labour Ian Howarth291
Labour Brigitte Maguire274
Turnout 3,18354.6+10.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Calverton (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Calverton First IndependentsWilliam Peet1,175
Calverton First IndependentsAnthony Barton1,094
Calverton First IndependentsGrant Withers1,065
Labour Gareth Griffiths669
Labour Pat Osbaldiston444
Labour Daniel Taylor443
Turnout 4,89034.4-0.6
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Carlton (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Day991
Conservative Wendy Golland980
Conservative Richard Goodwin959
Labour Dennis Jones706
Labour Cheryl Hewlett677
Labour Christina Luckett657
Liberal Democrats Andrew Dunkin385
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sowter325
Turnout 5,68039.9+11.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Carlton Hill (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Seamus Creamer992
Labour Darrell Pulk987
Labour Paul Feeney961
Conservative Elaine Goodwin799
Conservative Thomas Butcher771
Conservative Mick Middleton768
Liberal Democrats Michael Shucksmith324
Turnout 5,60238.4+8.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Daybrook (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Barnes706
Labour Sandra Barnes693
Conservative Hazel Wilson461
Conservative Michael Smedley459
Turnout 2,31933.8+5.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Gedling (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gordon Tunnicliffe1,115
Liberal Democrats Marguerite Wright1,041
Liberal Democrats Margaret Dunkin985
Conservative Edward Godfrey634
Conservative Judith Nicholson622
Conservative Kevin Pitman619
Labour Jenny Hollingsworth409
Labour Allan Leadbeater393
Labour Ned Flaherty348
Green Helen Collyer165
UKIP Gemma Wolfe102
Turnout 6,43343.7+7.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Killisick [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Harvey Maddock35658.2+58.2
Labour Henry Wheeler25641.8-10.9
Majority10016.4N/A
Turnout 61236.4+7.8
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Kingswell (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rodney Kempster954
Conservative Vernon Bradley893
Labour Julia Buckby446
Labour Paul Maguire399
UKIP Peter Foulkes145
Turnout 2,83741.5+4.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Lambley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roland Spencer51474.8+0.5
Labour Marion Welton17325.2-0.5
Majority34149.6+0.9
Turnout 68742.2+7.7
Conservative hold Swing
Mapperley Plains (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Veronica Pepper1,360
Conservative Gerald Clarke1,341
Conservative John Parr1,308
Labour Jenny Gale492
Labour Paul Wilkinson487
Labour Peter Osbaldiston482
Liberal Democrats Vera West351
Liberal Democrats Margaret Swift333
Liberal Democrats Minna Patterson299
Turnout 6,45338.9+10.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Netherfield & Colwick (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Clarke826
Labour Barbara Miller807
Labour James O'Riordan780
Conservative Allen Clarke541
Conservative Allen M Clarke462
Conservative Cheryl Clarke443
Liberal Democrats Nora Crossland243
UKIP Patricia Wolfe235
Liberal Democrats Michael Kirk232
Turnout 4,56932.1+8.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Newstead [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Andrews36050.7+0.8
Labour Philip Burnham28940.7-9.4
UKIP Peter Wolfe618.6+8.6
Majority7110.0
Turnout 71043.7+10.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Phoenix (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Poynter637
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ellwood600
Labour Ivan Gollop522
Labour Marje Paling424
Conservative Colin Blandamer242
Conservative Susan Jakeman240
Turnout 2,66539.6+6.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Porchester (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tanner1,127
Conservative Eric Collin1,060
Conservative Jennifer Spencer1,034
Labour John Truscott853
Labour Pauline Allan830
Labour Cameron Macleod715
Liberal Democrats Josephine James373
Liberal Democrats Alasdair Pratt320
UKIP Mark Brinsley-Day237
Turnout 6,54943.8+9.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ravenshead (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Barnfather1,506
Conservative Colin Powell1,433
Conservative Mark Spencer (British politician) 1,148
Independent Raj Chandran707
Labour Carol Wright480
Labour Gwilym Griffith421
Labour John Kendrick411
Turnout 6,10647.8+10.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St. James (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Gillam588
Liberal Democrats Christopher Pratt562
Conservative David Doherty411
Conservative Bernard Leaper404
Labour Christine Russell348
Labour Melanie Fredericks345
Turnout 2,65841.6+16.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St. Marys (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Magdalen Roach1,033
Conservative Robert Tait1,033
Conservative Terence Pepper1,018
Labour Jennifer Cole845
Labour Stewart Ragsdale790
Labour Grace Millar786
Turnout 5,50538.6+9.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Valley (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hughes511
Liberal Democrats Deva Kumarasiri491
Labour Gary Gregory436
Labour Colette Roberts379
Conservative Mavis Gunson244
Conservative Derek Smith223
Turnout 2,28436.5+5.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Woodborough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Boot64679.8+0.2
Labour Rosemary Gollop16420.2-0.2
Majority48259.5+0.2
Turnout 81054.5+14.5
Conservative hold Swing
Woodthorpe (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Suzanne Prew-Smith1,478
Conservative Melvyn Shepherd1,375
Conservative Richard Nicholson1,365
Labour Ron McCrossen682
Labour Les Nourse629
Labour Joy Knowles609
Liberal Democrats Andrew Swift491
Liberal Democrats Sandra Thornley469
Liberal Democrats Roger Patterson411
Turnout 7,50947.3+7.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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