2007 Worcester City Council election

2007 UK local government election October 2019 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2007 Worcester council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007. The 2007 Worcester City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, 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/47ue.stm Worcester 7 January 2010 BBC News Online After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 18 Labour 12 Liberal Democrat 3 Independent 2 Election 2007 Results The Times 8 4 May 2007 Campaign Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 18 seats, while Labour had 11 and the Liberal Democrats and independents had 3 seats each. Lisa Smith Council hot topic is just rubbish!; Worcs: Refuse collection cutback sparks outrage among voters Local Elections 2007 Birmingham Mail 23 2 May 2007 44 candidates stood in the election for the 11 seats which were being contested. https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/1373358.the-boxes-are-ready-let-the-election-begin/ The boxes are ready - let the election begin 8 January 2010 3 May 2007 Malvern Gazette The campaign saw controversy over the Conservative candidate in Arboretum ward, Melanie Heider, after it came out that she was a member of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) as well as the Conservatives. Worcester Conservative candidate was also member of UKIP; Elections Birmingham Post 7 1 May 2007 Politics: Tory in leader's 'loonies' of UKIP; Party dispute Birmingham Post 4 2 May 2007 When this became public it was announced that she had resigned her membership of UKIP, but Labour called on her to be sacked as a candidate. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/6610619.stm Tory candidate was member of UKIP 8 January 2010 1 May 2007 BBC News Online Election result The results saw the Conservatives keep their majority on the council after holding all 7 seats which they had been defending. http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/1375784.tories_hold_on_with_single_seat_majority/ Tories hold on with single seat majority 8 January 2010 4 May 2007 Worcester News Meanwhile, Labour gained one seat in Nunnery ward from an independent to have 12 councillors after the election. Emma Murphy Blue blitz; Polling day misery for Labour as Tories take charge in Brum Sunday Mercury 30 6 May 2007 Worcester local election result 2007 http://www.worcester.gov.uk/index.php?id=1311 Election 2007 Details 6 January 2010 Worcester City Council https://web.archive.org/web/20111002023559/http://www.worcester.gov.uk/index.php?id=1311 2 October 2011 dead Conservative Party (UK) 7 0 0 0 63.6 42.9 9,249 +3.2% Labour Party (UK) 3 1 0 +1 27.3 25.3 5,457 -3.8% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 0 0 9.1 13.0 2,811 0.0% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 9.7 2,103 -1.9% Independent (politician) 0 0 1 -1 0 4.8 1,031 +1.6% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 798 +0.2% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 128 +0.6% Ward results Arboretum Labour Party (UK) Marc Bayliss 814 43.2 Conservative Party (UK) Melanie Heider 554 29.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ken Carpenter 246 13.0 Green Party of England and Wales Martin Sullivan 144 7.6 United Kingdom Independence Party Jason Phillips 128 6.8 260 13.8 1,886 42.0 Labour Party (UK) Bedwardine Conservative Party (UK) David Clark 1,309 56.4 +4.5 Labour Party (UK) Jenny Barnes 478 20.6 -3.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vaughan Hencher 320 13.8 +0.2 Green Party of England and Wales Roger Cook 212 9.1 -1.8 831 35.8 +7.5 2,319 37.3 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Cathedral Conservative Party (UK) Allah Ditta 1,203 51.0 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Winwood 510 21.6 -4.0 Green Party of England and Wales Robert Wilkins 333 14.1 +2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Iain MacBriar 314 13.3 -0.8 693 29.4 +6.7 2,360 35.2 +0.4 Conservative Party (UK) Claines Liberal Democrats (UK) Liz Smith 1,739 54.7 +2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Turner 985 31.0 -2.6 Labour Party (UK) Joy Squires 246 7.7 -0.3 Green Party of England and Wales Peter Robinson 210 6.6 0.0 754 23.7 +5.4 3,180 49.0 -0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nunnery Labour Party (UK) Simon Cronin 804 35.2 +2.7 Independent (politician) Keith Burton 700 30.7 +6.7 Conservative Party (UK) Lorraine Taylor 355 15.6 -1.1 British National Party Michael Peat 289 12.7 -6.5 Green Party of England and Wales Alexander Gwinn 134 5.9 -1.7 104 4.5 -4.0 2,282 38.4 +2.4 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) St Clement Conservative Party (UK) Ian Imray 879 49.4 Labour Party (UK) Richard Udall 409 23.0 British National Party Peter Beechey 281 15.8 Green Party of England and Wales Ruth Stafford 209 11.8 470 26.4 1,778 39.5 Conservative Party (UK) St John Labour Party (UK) David Candler 879 42.3 -7.0 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Campbell 446 21.5 -8.7 Independent (politician) Colin Layland 331 15.9 +15.9 British National Party James Warner 228 11.0 +11.0 Green Party of England and Wales Clive Matthews 193 9.3 -11.2 433 20.8 +1.7 2,077 34.5 +4.4 Labour Party (UK) St Peters Parish Conservative Party (UK) Roger Knight 1,018 69.2 +10.2 Labour Party (UK) George Squires 262 17.8 +2.7 Green Party of England and Wales Katherine Harris 192 13.0 +4.4 756 51.4 +9.7 1,472 35.0 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) St Stephen Conservative Party (UK) Gareth Jones 917 60.0 Labour Party (UK) Wes Spiller 295 19.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Griffiths 192 12.6 Green Party of England and Wales Penelope Asquith 125 8.2 622 40.7 1,529 37.4 Conservative Party (UK) Warndon Parish North Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Wilkinson 762 52.7 +6.2 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Watson 493 34.1 -9.0 Green Party of England and Wales Linda Smith 192 13.3 +2.9 269 18.6 +15.2 1,446 36.1 -3.0 Conservative Party (UK) Warndon Parish South Conservative Party (UK) Lucy Hodgson 821 65.8 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) David Insull 267 21.4 -3.1 Green Party of England and Wales Olaf Twiehaus 159 12.8 +1.7 554 44.4 +4.5 1,247 31.1 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) References 30em Category:2007 English local elections 2007 Category:2000s in Worcestershire