2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

2007 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2007 Great Yarmouth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007. The 2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/33ud.stm Great Yarmouth BBC News 7 September 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 22 Labour 17http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2007/RP07-047.pdf Local and Mayoral elections 2007 19 July 2007 House of Commons Library 8 September 2011 Background Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 22 seats, compared to 16 for Labour.http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/key_issues_for_local_elections_1_695721?ot=archant.PrintFriendlyPageLayout.ot Key issues for local elections 5 April 2007 Eastern Daily Press 8 September 2011 There was also a former Conservative, John Hudson in West Flegg, who stood down at the election. Among the candidates at the election were the wives of the Conservative and Labour leaders on the council, Mary Coleman and Hilary Wainwright, standing against each other in West Flegg (Coleman won with 75.4% of the vote), and the wife of Labour Member of Parliament Tony Wright, Barbara Wright contesting Fleggburgh. The election was mainly contested between the Conservative and Labour parties, but there were also candidates from the Green Party, United Kingdom Independence Party, Liberal Democrats and National Front. Election result Overall turnout at the election was 31.58%.http://www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk/gybc-election-results-08.pdf Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections - 3 May 2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council 7 September 2011 27 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110927092304/http://www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk/gybc-election-results-08.pdf dead Great Yarmouth local election result 2007 Conservative Party (UK) 8 1 1 0 57.1 53.0 9,919 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) 6 1 0 +1 42.9 36.0 6,736 -2.0 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.5 649 +3.0 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.3 617 +2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.6 492 -3.6 National Front (United Kingdom) 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.6 298 -0.4 Independent (politician) 0 0 1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 N/A Ward results Bradwell North Conservative Party (UK) James Tate 872 56.6 -5.0 Labour Party (UK) Maurice Johnson 668 43.4 +5.0 204 13.2 -10.0 1,540 31.5 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Bradwell South Conservative Party (UK) Brian Howard 874 53.2 -12.6 Labour Party (UK) Peter Alexander 459 27.9 -6.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Colin Aldred 310 18.9 +18.9 415 25.3 -6.3 1,643 31.9 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Caister North Conservative Party (UK) Barry Cunniffe 655 55.3 +0.3 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Dack 356 30.1 -1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Dyer 173 14.6 +0.7 299 25.3 +1.3 1,184 32.0 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Caister South Labour Party (UK) Marie Field 691 50.4 +4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Sean Goodman 679 49.6 +9.2 12 0.9 -4.6 1,370 36.8 -0.3 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Central and Northgate Labour Party (UK) Terence Easter 659 42.4 -1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Jarvis 492 31.6 -1.5 United Kingdom Independence Party Gabriele Baugh 155 10.0 +2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Harris 150 9.6 +0.1 Green Party of England and Wales Giles Robins 99 6.4 +0.3 167 10.7 +0.2 1,555 28.4 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) Claydon Labour Party (UK) Richard Barker 725 43.9 -10.0 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Blance 689 41.7 -4.4 Green Party of England and Wales Ian Holman 239 14.5 +14.5 36 2.2 -5.7 1,653 30.2 +2.3 Labour Party (UK) Fleggburgh Conservative Party (UK) David Thompson 872 88.3 +4.5 Labour Party (UK) Barbara Wright 116 11.7 -4.5 756 76.5 +8.0 988 Conservative Party (UK) Lothingland Conservative Party (UK) Mark Thompson 955 72.5 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) Christine Williamson 362 27.5 +2.5 593 45.0 -5.0 1,317 30.4 -0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Magdalen Labour Party (UK) Brian Walker 822 51.8 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Page 765 48.2 +0.1 57 3.6 -0.2 1,587 30.5 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) Nelson Labour Party (UK) Susan Robinson 553 42.4 +2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Joy Cosaitis 356 27.3 -7.2 National Front (United Kingdom) Thomas Holmes 298 22.9 -3.0 Green Party of England and Wales Filipe Dos Santos 97 7.4 +7.4 197 15.1 +10.0 1,304 23.6 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) Ormesby Conservative Party (UK) James Shrimplin 905 68.7 Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Livingstone 243 18.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rodney Cole 169 12.8 662 50.2 1,317 38.3 -4.7 Conservative Party (UK) St Andrews Conservative Party (UK) Bryan Watts 513 48.4 Labour Party (UK) Gary Fox 389 36.7 Green Party of England and Wales Sean Creaser 159 15.0 124 11.7 1,061 31.1 -4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Southtown and Cobholm Labour Party (UK) John Holmes 348 44.2 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Giles 232 29.5 +4.2 United Kingdom Independence Party Paul Baugh 152 19.3 +4.4 Green Party of England and Wales Peter Offord 55 7.0 +7.0 116 14.7 -2.4 787 22.9 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) West Flegg Conservative Party (UK) Mary Coleman 1,060 75.4 Labour Party (UK) Hilary Wainwright 345 24.6 715 50.8 1,405 36.2 -5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) References Category:2007 English local elections 2007 Category:2000s in Norfolk