2007 Winchester City Council election

2007 UK local government election October 2019 November 2013 2007 Winchester City Council election Results by Ward 12,961 21 Conservative Council control after election Liberal Democrats (UK) 23 3.3% 1,072 File:Winchester 2007 election map.svg 1 Independent politician 4 4.4% 1,445 4 0 Labour Party (UK) 16,413 39.8% 3 Council control yes 10 Conservative Party (UK) 2 May 2007 29 29 29 2008 2006 Winchester City Council election 2006 2008 Winchester City Council election no Parliamentary England 50.3% 19 of 57 seats to Winchester City Council Conservative 8 1The 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. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2007/councils/html/24up.stm Winchester 2 February 2010 BBC News Online After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 29 Liberal Democrat 23 Independent 4 Labour 1 Results The Times 83 5 May 2007 Campaign 19 seats were contested in the election with both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats putting up candidates in all of the contested wards. http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/1310320.winchester_local_election_lineup/ Winchester local election line-up 2 February 2010 6 April 2007 This Is Hampshire Labour had 15 candidates, the United Kingdom Independence Party 6, Green Party 2 and there were 2 independents. The Labour leader on the council, Peter Rees, stood down at the election, http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/1339510.labour_man_quits_election_battle/ Labour man quits election battle 2 February 2010 19 April 2007 This Is Hampshire while St Bartholomew ward had the first Muslim candidate for the council in the Conservative Abdul Kayum. http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/1339506.muslim_bids_for_city_seat/ Muslim bids for city seat 2 February 2010 20 April 2007 This Is Hampshire Since the 2006 council election the Conservatives had controlled the council with a narrow majority. 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. Bin collections set to cause stink at polls The Portsmouth Evening News 26 April 2007 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. Election result The results saw the Conservatives keep a majority on the council, with the party still having 29 seats. Losers refuse to let Lib Dems into offices The Portsmouth Evening News 5 May 2007 They gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats in Owslebury and Curdridge but lost one back in Compton and Otterbourne ward. http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/1378766.no_change_in_city_council_control/ No change in city council control 2 February 2010 4 May 2007 This Is Hampshire Labour lost both of the seats they were defending on the council to leave the party with only 1 councillor. The beneficiaries were the Liberal Democrats who gained the seats in St Luke and St John and All Saints wards. 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. Winchester local election result 2007 http://www.winchester.gov.uk/General.asp?nc=7XO7&id=16324 Elections 2007: Conservatives retain power 2 February 2010 Winchester City Council https://web.archive.org/web/20110614085953/http://www.winchester.gov.uk/General.asp?nc=7XO7&id=16324 14 June 2011 dead Conservative Party (UK) 10 1 1 0 52.6 50.3 16,413 -3.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) 8 3 1 +2 42.1 39.8 12,961 +6.0% Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 5.3 3.3 1,072 -2.5% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 2 -2 0 4.4 1,445 -2.0% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 501 +1.3% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 211 +0.6% Ward results Bishop's Waltham Bishop's Waltham Independent (politician) Colin Chamberlain 995 46.6 +0.8 Conservative Party (UK) Charlie Wright 793 37.1 -6.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roy Stainton 261 12.2 +12.2 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Haines 86 4.0 -1.6 202 9.5 +6.9 2,135 41 -1 Independent (politician) Colden Common and Twyford Colden Common and Twyford Liberal Democrats (UK) Jim Wagner 1,280 59.0 +7.7 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Evershed 838 38.6 -6.3 Labour Party (UK) Elaine Fullaway 53 2.4 -1.5 442 20.4 +14.0 2,171 53 +6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Compton and Otterbourne Compton and Otterbourne Liberal Democrats (UK) Eleanor Bell 861 50.4 +7.7 Conservative Party (UK) Murray MacMillan 753 44.1 -5.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Chris Barton-Briddon 78 4.6 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) Clare McKenna 16 0.9 -1.0 108 6.3 1,708 54 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Denmead Denmead Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Stallard 1,666 80.5 -0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Stoneham 404 19.5 +4.5 1,262 61.0 -5.4 2,070 40 -1 Conservative Party (UK) Itchen Valley Itchen Valley Conservative Party (UK) Neil Baxter 628 77.2 +5.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Thompson 153 18.8 -4.9 United Kingdom Independence Party John Clark 32 3.9 +3.9 475 58.4 +10.3 813 52 Conservative Party (UK) Littleton and Harestock Littleton and Harestock Liberal Democrats (UK) Kelsie Learney 1,007 57.8 +6.2 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Cunningham 704 40.4 -4.5 Labour Party (UK) Tessa Valentine 31 1.8 -1.7 303 17.4 +10.7 1,742 63 Liberal Democrats (UK) Owslebury and Curdridge Owslebury and Curdridge Conservative Party (UK) Robert Humby 876 61.9 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Merritt 498 35.2 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) Brian Fullaway 42 3.0 0.0 378 26.7 +3.3 1,416 47 -2 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) St. Barnabas St. Barnabas Conservative Party (UK) Eileen Berry 1,230 49.6 -3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Allan Mitchell 1,069 43.1 +0.2 Green Party of England and Wales Dave Walker-Nix 109 4.4 +4.4 Labour Party (UK) Adrien Field 72 2.9 -1.4 161 6.5 -3.3 2,480 52 -3 Conservative Party (UK) St. Bartholomew St. Bartholomew Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Nelmes 1,142 54.4 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Abdul Kayum 787 37.5 -6.4 Labour Party (UK) Timothy Curran 93 4.4 -2.3 Independent (politician) Rupert Pitt 77 3.7 +3.7 355 16.9 +11.4 2,099 45 +2 Liberal Democrats (UK) St. John and All Saints St. John and All Saints Liberal Democrats (UK) Adrian Hicks 757 43.3 +12.5 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Lovegrove 488 27.9 -4.2 Labour Party (UK) Antony de Peyer 443 25.3 -7.4 United Kingdom Independence Party Lawrence Hole 61 3.5 +3.5 269 15.4 1,749 38 +3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) St. Luke St. Luke Liberal Democrats (UK) Alexis Fall 823 53.1 +21.0 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Ducker 515 33.2 -9.9 Labour Party (UK) David Smith 148 9.6 -15.2 United Kingdom Independence Party David Abbott 63 4.1 +4.1 308 19.9 1,549 38 +3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) St. Michael St. Michael Conservative Party (UK) Fiona Mather 1,196 58.7 0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Chesters 680 33.4 +0.2 Labour Party (UK) Albert Edwards 98 4.8 -0.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Judith Gordon 64 3.1 +0.1 516 25.3 -0.2 2,038 45 -2 Conservative Party (UK) St. Paul St. Paul Liberal Democrats (UK) Karen Barratt 1,019 58.9 +8.5 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Courts 636 36.8 -6.4 Labour Party (UK) Glenn Cope 74 4.3 -2.1 383 22.1 +14.9 1,729 39 +0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Swanmore and Newton Swanmore and Newtown Conservative Party (UK) Frank Pearson 1,217 76.6 +20.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Toole 371 23.4 -17.7 846 53.2 +38.1 1,588 49 -11 Conservative Party (UK) The Alresfords The Alresfords Conservative Party (UK) Ernie Jeffs 1,271 54.7 -4.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lucille Thompson 693 29.8 -5.6 United Kingdom Independence Party David Samuel 203 8.7 +8.7 Labour Party (UK) Robin Atkins 156 6.7 +1.4 578 24.9 +1.0 2,323 48 -3 Conservative Party (UK) Upper Meon Valley Upper Meon Valley Conservative Party (UK) Caroline Biggs 679 79.1 +9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Scriven 179 20.9 -5.5 500 58.2 +15.3 858 57 Conservative Party (UK) Whiteley Whiteley Conservative Party (UK) Michael Anthony 459 49.5 -1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vivian Achwal 440 47.5 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) Barry Jones 28 3.0 -0.4 19 2.0 -3.4 927 41 Conservative Party (UK) Wickham Wickham Liberal Democrats (UK) Sue Fitzgerald 809 61.1 -4.7 Conservative Party (UK) Neil Jackson 484 36.6 +7.0 Labour Party (UK) Robert Rudge 31 2.3 -2.3 325 24.5 -11.7 1,324 44 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wonston and Micheldever Wonston and Micheldever Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Wright 1,193 63.3 -1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Hobson 515 27.3 -3.6 Green Party of England and Wales Alison Craig 102 5.4 +5.4 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Lickley 74 3.9 0.0 678 36.0 +1.8 1,884 45 -3 Conservative Party (UK) References 2006 Winchester Council election Winchester local elections 2008 Winchester Council election 2007 Category:2007 English local elections Category:2000s in Hampshire