2007 Sedgefield Borough Council election

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Elections to Sedgefield Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

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A notable result was in New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange ward where the Conservative Party candidate Shirley Bowes obtained no votes. [1]

This was the last Sedgefield borough election to be held during the premiership of the borough's then MP, Tony Blair, who resigned as Prime Minister and as the Member for Sedgefield the following month.

Election result

Sedgefield Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 28310-756.047.828,687-8.9
  Independent 15102+830.026.816,071+5.6
  Liberal Democrats 601-112.012.97,761-2.5
  Conservative 10002.05.53,276+0.7
  BNP 00000.06.63,958+6.0
  UKIP 00000.00.4247New

Ward results

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Hodgson600
Independent Tony Brimm499
Labour Mick Simpson485
Conservative Robert Bagshaw272
BNP Christopher Gibson127
Turnout 1,983
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Broom (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pauline Crathorne603
Labour Bernard Lamb602
Labour David Newell579
Independent Brian Gibson471
Independent Tommy Garrett428
Independent George Morgan277
Independent Brian Meek276
Independent Eric Gillingham157
Conservative Margaret Waller123
BNP Peter Sewell117
Turnout 3,633
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Byerley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Huntington596
Liberal Democrats Gareth Howe383
Labour James Younghusband258
Independent Ricky Matthews244
Independent Ann Hammond211
Labour Gloria Wills206
BNP Paul Clarke101
Turnout 1,999
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Chilton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Potts978
Labour Brian Avery967
Labour Frank Forrest826
BNP Carl Whelpdale649
Turnout 3,420
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Ferryhill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Farry577
Labour Jim Higgin549
Labour Kath Conroy546
Liberal Democrats Paul Mountford501
Independent Kevin Storey482
Labour Ron Patchett463
BNP Robert Gray151
Turnout 3,269
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Fishburn and Old Trimdon (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Burton921
Labour Terence Ward845
Labour David Chaytor816
Liberal Democrats Mark Mountford360
Conservative Christine Moyle346
BNP Michael Harnett261
Turnout 3,549
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Greenfield Middridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Irene Hewitson522
Labour Dorothy Bowman499
Labour Vincent Crosby490
Independent June Croft484
Independent Alison Palmer478
Labour Brian Hall445
Conservative Nick Crass261
BNP Clive Cooper164
Turnout 3,343
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Gray846
Labour Andrew Smith837
Labour John Khan791
Liberal Democrats Clive Maddison567
BNP Adam Walker557
Liberal Democrats Bill Scott542
Liberal Democrats Martin Jones512
Conservative Paul Carmedy191
Turnout 4,843
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Middlestone (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Waters720
Liberal Democrats Kevin Thompson644
Labour Colin Nelson595
Liberal Democrats Christine Sproat557
Labour Marie Predki535
BNP Ian Moore435
Liberal Democrats Calvin Kipling386
Conservative Mark Abley294
Independent Russell Stewart164
Turnout 4,330
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Neville and Simasture (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bill Blenkinsopp768
Independent Alan Warburton575
Labour Sarah Iveson560
Labour John Moran535
Independent Paul Ducker482
Labour Chris Wheeler411
BNP Barry Davies194
Turnout 3,530
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucy Hovvels44185.5
BNP Amanda Foster7514.5
Conservative Shirley Bowes00
Majority36671.0
Turnout 516
Labour hold Swing
Sedgefield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jim Wayman1,089
Conservative David Brown1,017
Labour John Robinson855
Labour Ian Sutherland554
Independent Lynne Goddard536
Labour Philip Draper463
UKIP Allison Morag247
BNP Mark Colledge147
Turnout 4,908
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Ferryhill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Gittins820
Independent Terry Hogan634
Independent Brian Haigh613
Labour Bob Fleming611
Labour Malcolm Iveson549
Labour Angela Fleming535
Turnout 3,762
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Spennymoor (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ben Ord884
Liberal Democrats Liz Maddison747
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Wood624
BNP Mark Walker513
Labour Eddie Plews502
Labour Frederick Ryder483
Labour Kester Noble426
Turnout 4,179
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sunnydale (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vernon Chapman406
Independent Ina Jackson Smith404
Labour Allan Walker382
Independent Lorraine Smith342
Liberal Democrats Brian Burn178
Liberal Democrats Len Cockfield167
BNP James MacPherson92
Independent Michael Stott75
Turnout 2,046
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Independent hold Swing
Thickley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Hancock464
Labour Brian Stephens446
Labour Peter Quinn382
Independent John Smith285
Independent Jean Bird201
Liberal Democrats Patricia Horner79
BNP Andrea Whelpdale50
Liberal Democrats Janine Mawson34
Turnout 1,919
Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Tudhoe (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Agnes Armstrong588
Labour Barbara Graham577
Conservative Matthew Miller352
BNP Jacqueline Walker325
Turnout 1,842
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Enid Paylor720
Independent Helen Hutchinson662
Labour George Gray631
Independent Bill Curtis627
Labour Maud Gray566
Labour Alfred Tomlin502
Turnout 3,708
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Woodham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sandra Haigh596
Labour Joan Gray477
Independent Lileen Cuthberson459
Independent Michael Hutchinson449
Conservative Melanie Varley420
Labour Keith Henderson402
Labour Barbara Clare401
Turnout 3,204
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

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