2007 United Kingdom local elections

none May 2020 2007 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom parliamentary 2006 United Kingdom local elections 2006 2008 United Kingdom local elections 2008 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 45 out of 46 unitary authorities,231 out of 238 English districts, all 32 Scottish council areas, and 3 directly elected mayors 3 May 2007 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Davidcameron (cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 4 David Cameron 6 December 2005 Conservative Party (UK) 40% 1% 165 39 5,458 932 Blair June 2007.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Tony Blair 21 July 1994 Labour Party (UK) 27% 1% 36 18 2,225 665 Sir Ming Campbell MP 2008 cropped.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Menzies Campbell 2 March 2006 Liberal Democrats (UK) 26% 1% 23 4 2,337 255 United Kingdom local elections, 2007.svg 300px Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. thumb|right|195px|Entrance to a polling station in the market town of Haverhill, Suffolk on 3 May 2007. The posters on the left are lists of the candidates in wards contested (St Edmundsbury BC and Haverhill TC) and information about rules and laws about voting. thumb|right|195px|A polling station in a temporary cabin in position in the South of Coventry for the UK council elections on 3 May 2007. The 2007 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 3 May 2007. These elections took place in most of England and all of Scotland. There were no local government elections in Wales though the Welsh Assembly had a general election on the same day. There were no local government elections in Northern Ireland. Just over half of English councils and almost all the Scottish councils began the counts on Friday, rather than Thursday night, because of more complex arrangements regarding postal votes. These elections were a landmark in the United Kingdom as it was the first time that 18- to 20-year-olds could stand as candidates for council seats. The change was due to an alteration of the Electoral Administration Act. At least fourteen 18- to 20-year-olds are known to have stood as candidates for council seatshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6527015.stm Teenagers to run as councillors 4 April 2007 BBC News and as a result William Lloyd became the youngest person to be elected to official office in Britain. There were also a number of councils which used new voting methods such as internet and telephone voting in addition to the traditional methods of polling stations and postal votes. These were the final elections to be overseen by Labour leader and prime minister Tony Blair, who resigned the following month after a decade as prime minister to be succeeded by chancellor Gordon Brown. His party only finished in second place with a narrow lead over the third-placed Liberal Democrats, whose leader Menzies Campbell would also resign later in the year, while it was a strong showing for the Conservatives under David Cameron. Results There was a suggestion in February 2006 that many of the 2007 local elections in England would be cancelled due to a reform of local government.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4694410.stm Council polls could be scrapped 8 February 2006 BBC News However, since then possible reforms are still in the consultation stage and no decisions have yet been made. 312 English district councils, nearly all districts in England held some form of election – either thirds or full – on Thursday, 3 May 2007. The final results are summarised below; firstly, with a table ranked by the party with the greatest number of councillors elected. Party Councils Councillors Number Change Number Change Conservative Party (UK) 165 39 5,458 932 Liberal Democrats (UK)234 2,337255 Labour Party (UK)3618 2,225665 Scottish National Party01 363182 Residents Association1 6719 Green Party of England and Wales06217 British National Party0101 Liberal Party (UK, 1989)091 Scottish Greens088 Mebyon Kernow071 UK Independence Party051 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern041 RESPECT The Unity Coalition03 Solidarity (Scotland)011 Scottish Socialist Party001 Socialist Party (England and Wales)001 Other4949162 No overall control8527n/an/a Source BBC BBC NEWS | Politics | Vote 2007 | English councils map England Mayoral elections Council Independent Conservative LabourLiberal DemocratGreenElectedResultBedford 15,96710,7104,75710,5511,538Frank BranstonIndependent holdMansfield 13,7562,7708,7741,9441,489Tony EggintonIndependent holdMiddlesbrough 17,4551,7333,5397,026no candidateRay MallonIndependent hold Scotland 2007 Scottish local elections All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election - all Scottish councils are unitary authorities. These local elections were held on the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. They were the first election for local government in mainland Great Britain to use the Single transferable vote (the system is used in Northern Ireland), as implemented by the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.http://electionresources.org/panorama/2007/04/#elections-to-scottish-parliament-and Electoral Panorama / Panorama Electoral electionresources.org Summary of results Party Councils - majority Councils - in coalition/minority Councillors Scottish National Party011363 Scottish Labour Party211348 Scottish Liberal Democrats012166 Scottish Conservative Party08143 Scottish Greens008 Scottish Socialist Party001 Solidarity001 Other39193 No overall control27-- Councils The notional results in the following table are based on a document that John Curtice and Stephen Herbert (Professors at the University of Strathclyde) produced on 3 June 2005, calculating the effect of the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote on the 2003 Scottish Local Elections.http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/briefings-05/SB05-31.pdf Archived copy 6 February 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080911044554/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/briefings-05/SB05-31.pdf 11 September 2008 Council 2003 result(control before May 2007, if different) Notional control(based on 2003 results) 2007 result Details Aberdeen City No overall control (LD + Con)NOC No overall control (LD + SNP)Details Aberdeenshire No overall control (LD + Ind)NOC No overall control (LD + Con)Details Angus Scottish National PartyNOC No overall control (Ind + Con + LD + Lab)DetailsArgyll and Bute Independent politicianIndependent No overall control (Ind + SNP)Details Clackmannanshire Scottish LabourNOC No overall control (Lab minority)Details Dumfries and Galloway No overall control (LabLabour minority control. The council was previously run by a coalition of Scottish Liberal Democrats, Independents and the SNP.)NOC No overall control (Con + LD)Details Dundee City No overall control (Lab + LD+ Con)NOC No overall control (Lab + LD)Details East Ayrshire Scottish LabourLabour No overall control (SNP minority)Details East Dunbartonshire No overall control (LDLiberal Democrats lack a majority (LD: 12 councillors; opposition: 12 councillors))NOC No overall control (Lab + Con)Details East Lothian Scottish LabourNOC No overall control (SNP + LD)Details East Renfrewshire No overall control (Lab + LD)NOC No overall control (Lab + LD + Ind + Con)Details City of Edinburgh Scottish Labour (NOC: LabLabour lack a majority, after by election loss to Scottish National Party (Lab: 29 councillors; opposition: 29 councillors))NOC No overall control (LD + SNP)Details Falkirk No overall control (SNP + Ind + Con)NOC No overall control (Lab + Ind + Con)Details Fife No overall control (LabLabour minority administration)NOC No overall control (LD + SNP)Details Glasgow City Scottish LabourLabour Scottish LabourDetailsHighland Independent politicianIndependent No overall control (Ind + SNP)Details Inverclyde Scottish Liberal DemocratsNOC No overall control (Lab minority)Details Midlothian Scottish LabourNOC No overall control (Lab minority)DetailsMoray Independent politicianIndependent No overall control (Ind + Con)DetailsNa h-Eileanan Siar Independent politicianIndependent Independent politicianDetails North Ayrshire Scottish LabourLabour No overall control (Lab minority)Details North Lanarkshire Scottish LabourLabour Scottish LabourDetailsOrkney Independent politicianIndependent Independent (politician)Details Perth and Kinross No overall control (SNP + LD + Ind)NOC No overall control (SNP + LD)Details Renfrewshire Scottish LabourNOC No overall control (SNP + LD)Details Scottish Borders No overall control (Ind + Con)NOC No overall control (Ind + Con + LD)DetailsShetland Independent politicianIndependent Independent politicianDetails South Ayrshire No overall control (ConConservative and Unionist control, on a cut of the cards (Con: 15 councillors; opposition: 15 councillors))NOC No overall control (Con minority)Details South Lanarkshire Scottish LabourLabour No overall control (Lab minority)Details Stirling Scottish Labour Party (NOC: LabLabour lack a majority, after by election loss to Scottish National Party (Lab: 11 councillors; opposition: 11 councillors))NOC No overall control (Lab minority)Details West Dunbartonshire Scottish LabourLabour No overall control (SNP + Ind)Details West Lothian Scottish LabourNOC No overall control (SNP + Ind)Details Pre-election predictions A Newsnight poll by the analysts Rallings and Thrasher some days before the election predicted the following results for the English council elections: Con 38% (Conservatives gaining 330 seats and losing 2% of the vote on 2006) Lab 24% (Labour losing 500 seats and losing 2% of the vote on 2006) LD 29% (Liberal Democrats gaining 110 seats and gaining 2% of the vote on 2006) However, these predictions, as in 2006, were largely inaccurate, underestimating Conservative support and grossly overestimating the Lib Dems' performance. However, it did accurately predict the number of seats Labour would lose. Notes and references External links Results table (BBC News) Overview of councils up for election https://web.archive.org/web/20060112095059/http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/elec2007.htm 12 January 2006 CityMayors article Young candidates article Local elections Category:May 2007 in the United Kingdom Category:David Cameron Category:Premiership of Tony Blair