2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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.[1]

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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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.[3] 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).[3]

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.[3] Meanwhile, the only councillor to have served since the council was founded in 1974, Conservative Mike Newman, stood again in Somersham ward.[3]

Election result

The Conservatives suffered a net loss of 1 seat, after losing 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats, but also gaining 1 seat.[4] This meant the Conservatives stayed in control of the council with 39 councillors, compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents.[4] 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.[4]

Huntingdonshire local election result 2007[2][5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 14 1 2 -1 73.7 57.9 16,894 +2.4%
  Liberal Democrats 5 2 1 +1 26.3 31.4 9,168 -1.2%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 2,347 -0.4%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 299 +1.0%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 280 +1.0%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 166 +0.6%

Ward results
Brampton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Jordan 1,237 50.8
Conservative Jane King 1,123 46.1
Labour Sybil Tuckwood 77 3.2
Majority 114 4.7
Turnout 2,437 51.7 -4.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Earith[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Godfrey 1,157 71.7 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Leona Graham-Elen 361 22.4 -2.3
Labour Cindy Cochrane 95 5.9 -0.9
Majority 796 49.3 +5.4
Turnout 1,613 34.9 +0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Ellington[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Baker 747 57.1 -2.3
Conservative Stephen Cawley 561 42.9 +6.3
Majority 186 14.2 -8.5
Turnout 1,308 57.9 +4.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Elton and Folksworth[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mac McGuire 690 83.4 +10.6
Labour Mary Howell 137 16.6 +8.6
Majority 553 66.9 +13.3
Turnout 827 39.9 -2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Fenstanton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Dakers 442 48.2 -2.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Saunderson 430 46.9 +3.2
Labour Angela Richards 45 4.9 -1.1
Majority 12 1.3 -5.2
Turnout 917 37.7 -2.9
Conservative hold Swing
Gransden and The Offords[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barbara Boddington 1,106 75.7 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Julia Hayward 355 24.3 +2.9
Majority 751 51.4 +0.5
Turnout 1,461 41.1 -0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Simpson 1,173 49.1 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Fleming 901 37.7 -12.4
Labour David King 188 7.9 -1.4
Green Tony Staples 125 5.2 +5.2
Majority 272 11.4
Turnout 2,387 36.1 -3.7
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sam Kemp 376 37.7
Conservative Maggie Wheeler 357 35.8
Labour Ann Beevor 202 20.3
Green John Clare 62 6.2
Majority 19 1.9
Turnout 997 27.3 -0.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Huntingdon West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Sanderson 974 70.2 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Burrell 209 15.1 -11.4
Labour David Brown 112 8.1 -2.0
Green Karen How 93 6.7 +6.7
Majority 765 55.1 +18.3
Turnout 1,388 32.2 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing
Kimbolton and Staughton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Gray 985 73.8 +11.2
Liberal Democrats Roy Benford 314 23.5 +8.4
Labour Patrick Kadewere 36 2.7 -3.9
Majority 671 50.3 +3.4
Turnout 1,335 54.0 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing
Ramsey[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ross Muir 1,050 58.0 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Janet Dutton 620 34.3 -16.1
Labour Susan Coomey 140 7.7 +7.7
Majority 430 23.7
Turnout 1,810 28.6 -4.3
Conservative hold Swing
Somersham[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Newman 1,140 66.0
Liberal Democrats Tony Hulme 483 28.0
Labour Karen Webb 103 6.0
Majority 657 38.0
Turnout 1,726 38.0 -8.6
Conservative hold Swing
St Neots Eaton Ford[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Harty 1,102 56.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Land 755 38.4
Labour John Watson 110 5.6
Majority 347 17.6
Turnout 1,967 37.3 -4.5
Conservative hold Swing
St Neots Eaton Socon[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gordon Thorpe 671 47.5
Conservative Mandy Thomas 659 46.7
Labour Graham Hitchings 82 5.8
Majority 12 0.8
Turnout 1,412 33.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Neots Eynesbury[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Ursell 905 41.2 -7.7
Liberal Democrats Diana Collins 791 36.0 -4.6
BNP Nicholas Smith 299 13.6 +13.6
Labour Bill O'Connor 201 9.2 -1.3
Majority 114 5.2 -3.1
Turnout 2,196 30.0 +1.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Neots Priory Park[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kendal Cooper 742 47.4 -6.5
Conservative Paula Longford 726 46.4 +8.0
Labour Richard Allen 96 6.1 -1.6
Majority 16 1.0 -14.6
Turnout 1,564 35.1 -0.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Stilton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Mitchell 743 81.3 +17.4
Labour Margaret Cochrane 171 18.7 +9.6
Majority 572 62.6 +25.7
Turnout 914 39.9 -6.6
Conservative hold Swing
Upwood and The Raveleys[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Bell 453 54.6 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Patricia Worgan 176 21.2 -24.2
UKIP Robert Brown 166 20.0 +20.0
Labour Graeme Watkins 34 4.1 -1.8
Majority 277 33.4 +30.1
Turnout 829 33.2 -7.0
Conservative hold Swing
Yaxley and Farcet[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Butler 1,548 74.9 +7.4
Labour Kevin Goddard 518 25.1 -7.4
Majority 1,030 49.9 +14.9
Turnout 2,066 27.6 +0.3
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Results - Election 2007". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
  3. "Candidates gear up for elections". Hunts Post. 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. "Election history is made". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. NewsBank. 5 May 2007.
  5. "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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