2007 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

2007 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2007 Walsall council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, independent in grey and Democratic Labour Party in pinky-red. The 2007 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, 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/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/cu.stm Walsall 3 May 2007 BBC News 20 September 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 33 Labour 18 Liberal Democrats 6 Independent 2 Democratic Labour Party 1http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2007/RP07-047.pdf Local and Mayoral elections 2007 19 July 2007 House of Commons Library 21 September 2011 Background After the last election in 2006 the Conservatives controlled the council with 34 seats, compared to 19 for Labour, 6 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/cu.stm Local elections: Walsall 4 May 2006 BBC News 21 September 2011 However, in July 2006 2 Conservative councillors, Aqeel Aslam and Haqnawaz Khan of Pleck and St Matthews wards respectively, defected to Labour, leaving the Conservatives on 32 seats compared to 21 for Labour.http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2006/07/11/defectors-leave-with-cameron-attack-65233-17363759/ Defectors leave with Cameron attack 11 July 2006 Birmingham Post 21 September 2011 Election result The results saw the Conservatives gain 1 seat from Labour in Pleck, to move to 33 seats, and stay in control of the council.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/6622261.stm No change as two councils declare 4 May 2007 BBC News 21 September 2011http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2007/05/04/man-of-the-people-smith-stuns-labour-97319-19044961/ 'Man of the people' Smith stuns Labour 4 May 2007 Birmingham Mail 21 September 2011 9 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100609122617/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2007/05/04/man-of-the-people-smith-stuns-labour-97319-19044961/ dead As well as the loss to the Conservatives, Labour lost a further 2 seats and so fell to 18 councillors. The other Labour losses came in Darlaston South, where independent Chris Bott gained the seat, and in Blakenall, where Peter Smith of the Democratic Labour Party, took the seat by 15 votes. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 2 seats and stayed on 6 councillors. Walsall local election result 2007http://cms.walsall.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/elections/election_results/election_results_2007-2.htm Election results 2007 Walsall Council 20 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111118094427/http://cms.walsall.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/elections/election_results/election_results_2007-2.htm 18 November 2011 dead Conservative Party (UK) 12 1 0 +1 60.0 41.1 26,455 +1.8% Labour Party (UK) 4 0 3 -3 20.0 29.3 18,845 +2.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 0 0 0 10.0 11.9 7,689 -2.2% Independent (politician) 1 1 0 +1 5.0 3.9 2,483 +0.6% Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) 1 1 0 +1 5.0 2.8 1,818 -0.1% UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 3,567 +1.0% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 2,123 -4.2% Respect Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 825 +0.3% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 566 +0.7% Ward results Aldridge Central and Southhttps://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2007/05/04/local-election-results-round-up/ Local election results round-up 4 May 2007 Express & Star 21 September 2011 Conservative Party (UK) John Rochelle 2,310 55.7 +1.1 UK Independence Party Tony Lenton 775 18.7 +18.7 Labour Party (UK) Walter Burley 625 15.1 +2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Linda Dickins 436 10.5 +0.4 1,535 37.0 -0.3 4,146 38.9 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Aldridge North and Walsall Wood Conservative Party (UK) Mike Flower 2,175 66.9 +20.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Greveson 548 16.9 +7.2 Labour Party (UK) Ian Pearson 527 16.2 +1.1 1,627 50.1 +22.9 3,250 31.6 -3.2 Conservative Party (UK) Bentley and Darlaston North Labour Party (UK) Keith Chambers 1,216 46.4 +0.4 Conservative Party (UK) Gurmeet Sohal 876 33.4 +4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Pearce 429 16.4 -1.8 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Alan Paddock 100 3.8 -2.7 340 13.0 -3.8 2,621 29.0 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) Birchills Leamore Labour Party (UK) Tim Oliver 1,114 49.3 +8.1 Conservative Party (UK) Carol Rose 684 30.3 -8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wendy Evans 290 12.8 -0.4 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Alan Davies 173 7.7 +0.4 430 19.0 +16.2 2,261 24.4 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) Blakenall Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Peter Smith 921 38.8 +4.4 Labour Party (UK) Robert Robinson 906 38.2 -7.7 Conservative Party (UK) Hilda Derry 343 14.5 +5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Louise Shires 107 4.5 -1.1 Green Party of England and Wales Karl Macnaughton 95 4.0 -0.8 15 0.6 2,372 27.5 -0.3 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Labour Party (UK) Bloxwich East Conservative Party (UK) Lesley Beeley 1,063 41.8 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) Robert Thomas 767 30.2 -10.4 Independent (politician) Bill Smith 365 14.4 +14.4 UK Independence Party Alan Sheath 191 7.5 -3.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jo Cameron 105 4.1 +0.1 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Louise Bradburn 52 2.0 -2.2 296 11.6 2,543 29.7 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Bloxwich West Conservative Party (UK) Des Pitt 1,358 43.9 +6.3 Labour Party (UK) Fred Westley 1,157 37.4 +6.8 UK Independence Party Anthony Bryan 302 9.8 +9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Cockayne 176 5.7 -0.9 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) David Church 100 3.2 +0.1 201 6.5 -0.5 3,093 31.7 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Brownhills Labour Party (UK) Barbara Cassidy 1,181 39.0 +4.7 Conservative Party (UK) Vivienne Aston 1,122 37.0 +2.0 British National Party William Locke 631 20.8 +0.2 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Geoffrey Macmanomy 97 3.2 +0.7 59 2.0 3,031 31.5 +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Darlaston South Independent (politician) Chris Bott 1,127 40.1 -13.5 Labour Party (UK) Rose Burley 1,116 39.8 +7.6 Conservative Party (UK) Cerwyn Edwards 365 13.0 -1.2 Green Party of England and Wales Tim Martin 199 7.1 +7.1 11 0.4 -21.0 2,807 30.7 +0.7 Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) Paddock Conservative Party (UK) Barry Sanders 2,049 48.4 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) Baldev Mavi 1,340 31.6 +7.0 UK Independence Party Derek Bennett 589 13.9 -1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Muhammed Miah 259 6.1 -9.0 709 16.7 -3.4 4,237 44.3 -2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Palfrey Conservative Party (UK) Mohammad Yasin 1,649 38.2 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) Allah Ditta 1,539 35.7 -5.0 Respect Party Arshad Kanwar 617 14.3 +4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Cullum 507 11.8 +0.5 110 2.5 4,312 41.4 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Pelsall Conservative Party (UK) Marco Longhi 1,649 43.8 -0.8 Independent (politician) Sim Mayou 641 17.0 +17.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Grant Williams 391 10.4 +10.4 British National Party Dominic Buglar 358 9.5 -9.2 Independent (politician) Amanda Ryder 350 9.3 +9.3 Labour Party (UK) Jack Kelly 341 9.1 +1.6 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Derek Roddy 32 0.9 -1.4 1,008 26.8 +9.2 3,762 41.8 -0.4 Conservative Party (UK) Pheasey Park Farm Conservative Party (UK) Michael Bird 1,780 54.8 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) Douglas James 679 20.9 -0.2 UK Independence Party Steve Grey 504 15.5 -3.1 Green Party of England and Wales Darren Smith 144 4.4 +4.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trudy Pearce 141 4.3 -3.0 1,101 33.9 +1.9 3,248 39.0 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Pleck Conservative Party (UK) Mushtaq Ahmed 1,533 41.0 +8.2 Labour Party (UK) Martin Evans 1,497 40.0 +3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Norman Matthews 452 12.1 -3.1 UK Independence Party Rita Oakley 202 5.4 +5.4 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Brian Powell 58 1.5 -1.0 36 1.0 3,742 38.5 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Rushall Shelfield Conservative Party (UK) Albert Griffiths 1,304 42.3 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) Angus McGhee 725 23.5 +3.5 British National Party Julie Locke 648 21.0 -4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Dickins 310 10.0 +1.2 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Andrew Bradburn 99 3.2 +0.8 579 18.8 +1.4 3,086 34.0 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Short Heath Liberal Democrats (UK) Eileen Pitt 1,220 43.9 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Chad Pitt 741 26.6 +5.0 British National Party Malcolm Moore 486 17.5 -4.6 Labour Party (UK) Aftab Nawaz 335 12.0 -2.4 479 17.2 -2.5 2,782 30.9 -0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) St. Matthews Conservative Party (UK) Barbara McCracken 1,516 39.4 +2.1 Labour Party (UK) Richard Worrall 1,332 34.6 +6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daniel Barker 438 11.4 -11.0 Respect Party Martin Lynch 208 5.4 -1.3 UK Independence Party Tim Melville 144 3.7 -1.9 Green Party of England and Wales Robert Bellin 128 3.3 +3.3 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Jack Peate 80 2.1 +2.1 184 4.8 -4.7 3,846 40.5 -2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Streetly Conservative Party (UK) Gary Clarke 2,780 70.8 -9.6 Labour Party (UK) Steven King 686 17.5 -2.1 UK Independence Party Dorothy Sheath 461 11.7 +11.7 2,094 53.3 -7.6 3,927 37.7 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Willnenhall North Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Hughes 1,125 42.8 -5.3 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Ault 583 22.2 +5.2 Labour Party (UK) Diane Coughlan 519 19.8 +3.9 UK Independence Party Elizabeth Hazell 399 15.2 -3.8 542 20.6 -8.5 2,626 27.5 -1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Willenhall South Labour Party (UK) Carl Creaney 1,243 46.4 +5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nadia Fazal 755 28.2 +4.2 Conservative Party (UK) Jason Pitt 575 21.5 -6.8 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Stephanie Peart 106 4.0 -2.8 488 18.2 +5.6 2,679 25.2 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) References Category:2007 English local elections 2007 Category:2000s in the West Midlands (county)