2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election

English District Council Election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007. The 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2007/councils/html/12ue.stm Huntingdonshire 4 May 2007 BBC News Online 5 July 2014 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 39 Liberal Democrats 11 Independent 2Results - Election 2007 5 May 2007 The Times NewsBank 83 Background 19 seats on the council were contested at the election, with the Conservatives controlling the council before the election with 40 of the 52 seats.http://www.huntspost.co.uk/hunts-life/candidates_gear_up_for_elections_1_408269 Candidates gear up for elections 11 April 2007 Hunts Post 6 July 2014 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234308/http://www.huntspost.co.uk/hunts-life/candidates_gear_up_for_elections_1_408269 dead A number of sitting councillors stood down at the election including Conservatives Jean Chandler (Fenstanton ward) and Nick Guyatt, and Liberal Democrat Shirley Menczer (Brampton ward). As well as candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, there were also Green Party candidates in the 3 Huntingdon wards, a British National Party candidate in St Neots Eynesbury and a UK Independence Party candidate in Upwood and The Raveleys. Meanwhile, the only councillor to have served since the council was founded in 1974, Conservative Mike Newman, stood again in Somersham ward. Election result The Conservatives suffered a net loss of 1 seat, after losing 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats, but also gaining 1 seat.Election history is made 5 May 2007 Peterborough Evening Telegraph NewsBank This meant the Conservatives stayed in control of the council with 39 councillors, compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. One of the 2 Liberal Democrat gains came in Huntingdon North, where 19-year-old Sam Kemp took the seat by 19 votes from Conservative Maggie Wheeler. Huntingdonshire local election result 2007http://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/HDCCMS/Documents/Elections/Results/2000-2009/2007.pdf http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141204015455/http://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/HDCCMS/Documents/Elections/Results/2000-2009/2007.pdf dead 4 December 2014 District Council Election Huntingdonshire District Council 5 July 2014 Conservative Party (UK) 14 1 2 -1 73.7 57.9 16,894 +2.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 2 1 +1 26.3 31.4 9,168 -1.2% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 2,347 -0.4% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 299 +1.0% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 280 +1.0% UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 166 +0.6% Ward results Brampton Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Jordan 1,237 50.8 Conservative Party (UK) Jane King 1,123 46.1 Labour Party (UK) Sybil Tuckwood 77 3.2 114 4.7 2,437 51.7 -4.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Earith Conservative Party (UK) Philip Godfrey 1,157 71.7 +3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Leona Graham-Elen 361 22.4 -2.3 Labour Party (UK) Cindy Cochrane 95 5.9 -0.9 796 49.3 +5.4 1,613 34.9 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ellington Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Baker 747 57.1 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Cawley 561 42.9 +6.3 186 14.2 -8.5 1,308 57.9 +4.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elton and Folksworth Conservative Party (UK) Mac McGuire 690 83.4 +10.6 Labour Party (UK) Mary Howell 137 16.6 +8.6 553 66.9 +13.3 827 39.9 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Fenstanton Conservative Party (UK) Paul Dakers 442 48.2 -2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Saunderson 430 46.9 +3.2 Labour Party (UK) Angela Richards 45 4.9 -1.1 12 1.3 -5.2 917 37.7 -2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Gransden and The Offords Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Boddington 1,106 75.7 +3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Julia Hayward 355 24.3 +2.9 751 51.4 +0.5 1,461 41.1 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Huntingdon East Conservative Party (UK) Mike Simpson 1,173 49.1 +8.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Fleming 901 37.7 -12.4 Labour Party (UK) David King 188 7.9 -1.4 Green Party of England and Wales Tony Staples 125 5.2 +5.2 272 11.4 2,387 36.1 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Huntingdon North Liberal Democrats (UK) Sam Kemp 376 37.7 Conservative Party (UK) Maggie Wheeler 357 35.8 Labour Party (UK) Ann Beevor 202 20.3 Green Party of England and Wales John Clare 62 6.2 19 1.9 997 27.3 -0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Huntingdon West Conservative Party (UK) Tom Sanderson 974 70.2 +6.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Burrell 209 15.1 -11.4 Labour Party (UK) David Brown 112 8.1 -2.0 Green Party of England and Wales Karen How 93 6.7 +6.7 765 55.1 +18.3 1,388 32.2 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Kimbolton and Staughton Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Gray 985 73.8 +11.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roy Benford 314 23.5 +8.4 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Kadewere 36 2.7 -3.9 671 50.3 +3.4 1,335 54.0 +1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Ramsey Conservative Party (UK) Ross Muir 1,050 58.0 +8.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Dutton 620 34.3 -16.1 Labour Party (UK) Susan Coomey 140 7.7 +7.7 430 23.7 1,810 28.6 -4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Somersham Conservative Party (UK) Michael Newman 1,140 66.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tony Hulme 483 28.0 Labour Party (UK) Karen Webb 103 6.0 657 38.0 1,726 38.0 -8.6 Conservative Party (UK) St Neots Eaton Ford Conservative Party (UK) David Harty 1,102 56.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Land 755 38.4 Labour Party (UK) John Watson 110 5.6 347 17.6 1,967 37.3 -4.5 Conservative Party (UK) St Neots Eaton Socon Liberal Democrats (UK) Gordon Thorpe 671 47.5 Conservative Party (UK) Mandy Thomas 659 46.7 Labour Party (UK) Graham Hitchings 82 5.8 12 0.8 1,412 33.9 +0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) St Neots Eynesbury Conservative Party (UK) Paul Ursell 905 41.2 -7.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diana Collins 791 36.0 -4.6 British National Party Nicholas Smith 299 13.6 +13.6 Labour Party (UK) Bill O'Connor 201 9.2 -1.3 114 5.2 -3.1 2,196 30.0 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) St Neots Priory Park Liberal Democrats (UK) Kendal Cooper 742 47.4 -6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Paula Longford 726 46.4 +8.0 Labour Party (UK) Richard Allen 96 6.1 -1.6 16 1.0 -14.6 1,564 35.1 -0.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Stilton Conservative Party (UK) Peter Mitchell 743 81.3 +17.4 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Cochrane 171 18.7 +9.6 572 62.6 +25.7 914 39.9 -6.6 Conservative Party (UK) Upwood and The Raveleys Conservative Party (UK) Terry Bell 453 54.6 +5.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Worgan 176 21.2 -24.2 UK Independence Party Robert Brown 166 20.0 +20.0 Labour Party (UK) Graeme Watkins 34 4.1 -1.8 277 33.4 +30.1 829 33.2 -7.0 Conservative Party (UK) Yaxley and Farcet Conservative Party (UK) Eric Butler 1,548 74.9 +7.4 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Goddard 518 25.1 -7.4 1,030 49.9 +14.9 2,066 27.6 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) References Huntingdonshire District Council election 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election, 2007