2007 Winchester City Council election

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2007 Winchester City Council election
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  2006 2 May 2007 2008  

19 of 57 seats to Winchester City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before2921
Seats won108
Seats after2923
Popular vote16,41312,961
Percentage50.3%39.8%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats before43
Seats won01
Seats after14
Popular vote1,4451,072
Percentage4.4%3.3%

Winchester 2007 election map.svg
Results by Ward

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

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]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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]

Winchester Local Election Result 2007 [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1011052.650.316,413-3.5%
  Liberal Democrats 831+242.139.812,961+6.0%
  Independent 10005.33.31,072-2.5%
  Labour 002-204.41,445-2.0%
  UKIP 000001.5501+1.3%
  Green 000000.6211+0.6%

Ward results

Bishop's Waltham

Bishop's Waltham [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Colin Chamberlain99546.6+0.8
Conservative Charlie Wright79337.1-6.1
Liberal Democrats Roy Stainton26112.2+12.2
Labour Stephen Haines864.0-1.6
Majority2029.5+6.9
Turnout 2,13541-1
Independent hold Swing

Colden Common and Twyford

Colden Common and Twyford [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jim Wagner1,28059.0+7.7
Conservative Susan Evershed83838.6-6.3
Labour Elaine Fullaway532.4-1.5
Majority44220.4+14.0
Turnout 2,17153+6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Compton and Otterbourne

Compton and Otterbourne [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Bell86150.4+7.7
Conservative Murray MacMillan75344.1-5.3
UKIP Chris Barton-Briddon784.6-1.3
Labour Clare McKenna160.9-1.0
Majority1086.3
Turnout 1,70854
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Denmead

Denmead [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Stallard1,66680.5-0.9
Liberal Democrats Anne Stoneham40419.5+4.5
Majority1,26261.0-5.4
Turnout 2,07040-1
Conservative hold Swing

Itchen Valley

Itchen Valley [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Baxter62877.2+5.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thompson15318.8-4.9
UKIP John Clark323.9+3.9
Majority47558.4+10.3
Turnout 81352
Conservative hold Swing

Littleton and Harestock

Littleton and Harestock [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kelsie Learney1,00757.8+6.2
Conservative Patrick Cunningham70440.4-4.5
Labour Tessa Valentine311.8-1.7
Majority30317.4+10.7
Turnout 1,74263
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Owslebury and Curdridge

Owslebury and Curdridge [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Humby87661.9+1.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Merritt49835.2-1.6
Labour Brian Fullaway423.00.0
Majority37826.7+3.3
Turnout 1,41647-2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

St. Barnabas

St. Barnabas [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eileen Berry1,23049.6-3.1
Liberal Democrats Allan Mitchell1,06943.1+0.2
Green Dave Walker-Nix1094.4+4.4
Labour Adrien Field722.9-1.4
Majority1616.5-3.3
Turnout 2,48052-3
Conservative hold Swing

St. Bartholomew

St. Bartholomew [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Nelmes1,14254.4+5.0
Conservative Abdul Kayum78737.5-6.4
Labour Timothy Curran934.4-2.3
Independent Rupert Pitt773.7+3.7
Majority35516.9+11.4
Turnout 2,09945+2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. John and All Saints

St. John and All Saints [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hicks75743.3+12.5
Conservative Michael Lovegrove48827.9-4.2
Labour Antony de Peyer44325.3-7.4
UKIP Lawrence Hole613.5+3.5
Majority26915.4
Turnout 1,74938+3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

St. Luke

St. Luke [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alexis Fall82353.1+21.0
Conservative Robert Ducker51533.2-9.9
Labour David Smith1489.6-15.2
UKIP David Abbott634.1+4.1
Majority30819.9
Turnout 1,54938+3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

St. Michael

St. Michael [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Mather1,19658.70.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Chesters68033.4+0.2
Labour Albert Edwards984.8-0.3
UKIP Judith Gordon643.1+0.1
Majority51625.3-0.2
Turnout 2,03845-2
Conservative hold Swing

St. Paul

St. Paul [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Barratt1,01958.9+8.5
Conservative Robert Courts 63636.8-6.4
Labour Glenn Cope744.3-2.1
Majority38322.1+14.9
Turnout 1,72939+0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Swanmore and Newton

Swanmore and Newtown [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Pearson1,21776.6+20.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Toole37123.4-17.7
Majority84653.2+38.1
Turnout 1,58849-11
Conservative hold Swing

The Alresfords

The Alresfords [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernie Jeffs1,27154.7-4.6
Liberal Democrats Lucille Thompson69329.8-5.6
UKIP David Samuel2038.7+8.7
Labour Robin Atkins1566.7+1.4
Majority57824.9+1.0
Turnout 2,32348-3
Conservative hold Swing

Upper Meon Valley

Upper Meon Valley [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Biggs67979.1+9.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Scriven17920.9-5.5
Majority50058.2+15.3
Turnout 85857
Conservative hold Swing

Whiteley

Whiteley [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Anthony45949.5-1.5
Liberal Democrats Vivian Achwal44047.5+1.9
Labour Barry Jones283.0-0.4
Majority192.0-3.4
Turnout 92741
Conservative hold Swing

Wickham

Wickham [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Fitzgerald80961.1-4.7
Conservative Neil Jackson48436.6+7.0
Labour Robert Rudge312.3-2.3
Majority32524.5-11.7
Turnout 1,32444
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wonston and Micheldever

Wonston and Micheldever [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Wright1,19363.3-1.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Hobson51527.3-3.6
Green Alison Craig1025.4+5.4
Labour Nigel Lickley743.90.0
Majority67836.0+1.8
Turnout 1,88445-3
Conservative hold Swing

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Preceded by
2006 Winchester Council election
Winchester local elections Succeeded by
2008 Winchester Council election