2007 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2007 Ashfield council election. Independents in grey, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. The 2007 Ashfield District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[1]
Election result The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council, after a net loss of 8 seats saw them reduced to 9 councillors.[2] Among the defeated Labour councillors were 2 members of the cabinet, Jessie Parker in Sutton-in-Ashfield North and Stephen Mays in Underwood.[2] There were 12 independent councillors elected, but it was the Liberal Democrats who made big progress, gaining 8 seats to move level with Labour on 9 seats.[2] One of the Liberal Democrat winners, Helen Smith, became one of the youngest councillors in the country at the age of 19 after gaining a seat in Woodhouse ward.[2]
Ashfield Local Election Result 2007[1] [3] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Independent 12 2 3 -1 36.4 27.7 17,694 -7.1% Labour 9 2 10 -8 27.3 28.6 18,262 -23.4% Liberal Democrats 9 8 0 +8 27.3 25.3 16,177 +25.3% Conservative 3 3 0 +3 9.1 12.6 8,083 +5.3% BNP 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 1,990 +3.1% Green 0 0 2 -2 0 2.0 1,308 -2.5% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 349 +0.5% English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 78 +0.1%
Ward results Hucknall Central (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Robert Spray 1,056 Conservative Gordon Riley 879 Labour Trevor Locke 602 Labour Keith Northeast 592 Liberal Democrats Jean Toseland 396 Liberal Democrats Bernard Briggs 244 Turnout 3,769 Independent gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hucknall East (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Rankin 744 Labour David Shaw 528 Labour Geoffrey Thorpe 504 Green Timothy Welton 484 UKIP Albert Inskip 349 Liberal Democrats Tim Jones 178 Green David Lowe 176 Liberal Democrats Rebecca Mullaney 168 Turnout 3,131 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Labour hold Swing
Hucknall North (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Dymock 673 Labour John Wilmott 666 Conservative Robert Copley 644 Independent Robert Gow 542 Labour David Hughes 521 Liberal Democrats David Haworth 372 Liberal Democrats Nicole Knight 337 Turnout 3,755 Conservative gain from Independent Swing Labour hold Swing
Hucknall West (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Austin Rathe 1,281 Liberal Democrats Harry Toseland 1,236 Liberal Democrats Louise Bradshaw 1,103 Conservative Kevin Rostance 901 Conservative Rodney Allen 786 Labour James Blagden 533 Labour Ian Briggs 497 Labour Mireille Hughes 464 BNP Susan Gamble 330 Turnout 7,131 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Jacksdale[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Elizabeth Mays 368 46.5 -29.7 Independent Clifford Perry 231 29.2 +5.4 BNP Darran Burke 192 24.3 +24.3 Majority 137 17.3 -35.0 Turnout 791 Labour hold Swing
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Rachel Madden 774 Independent Antony Brown 703 Labour Alan Howlett 672 BNP Trevor Bradford 534 Independent Paul Rockley 525 Turnout 3,208 Independent hold Swing Independent hold Swing
Kirkby-in-Ashfield East (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Wendy Harvey 784 Labour Warren Nuttall 405 BNP Paul Gamble 383 Independent Harald Greasley 369 Labour Beverly Meszaros 334 Independent Linda Barsby 281 Independent Terry Sadler 174 Turnout 2,730 Independent hold Swing Labour gain from Independent Swing
Kirkby-in-Ashfield West (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent John Baird 861 Labour John Knight 472 BNP Michael Clarke 372 Independent David Spalding 348 Liberal Democrats Linda Mullaney 250 Independent Sheila Humphreys 232 Liberal Democrats Victoria Zadrozny 177 Turnout 2,712 Independent hold Swing Labour gain from Independent Swing
Selston (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Selston Area Independents Putting People First Beverley Turner 1,402 42.8 Selston Area Independents Putting People First Samuel Wilson 1,114 34.0 Labour Edward Llewellyn-Jones 391 11.9 Independent David Sewell 366 11.2 Turnout 3,273 Independent hold Swing Independent hold Swing
Sutton-In-Ashfield Central (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John Bulmer 1,040 Labour Margaret Thorpe 979 Labour Christine Wakefield 919 Independent John Ross 753 Conservative Sylvia Baker 642 Liberal Democrats Carol Knight 633 Conservative Christine Vernon 595 Liberal Democrats Richard Zadrozny 536 Turnout 6,097 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing
Sutton-In-Ashfield East (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Anthony Wallis 996 Independent David Parker 978 Labour May Barsby 975 Labour Steven Carroll 915 Labour Kier Barsby 868 Conservative Mavis Allen 739 Liberal Democrats Louise Mitchell 713 Liberal Democrats Brenda Zadrozny 460 Turnout 6,644 Independent gain from Labour Swing Independent hold Swing Labour hold Swing
Sutton-In-Ashfield North (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Jason Zadrozny 2,094 Liberal Democrats Lee Cooper 1,920 Liberal Democrats Michael Mullaney 1,757 Labour Ivan Pitchford 536 Labour Melanie Darrington 508 Labour Jessie Parker 506 Conservative John Baker 329 Conservative Michael Halls 313 Independent Alfred Thorpe 230 Conservative Eugene Di Villa 219 Turnout 8,412 Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Sutton-In-Ashfield West (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Ramon Buttery 1,359 Independent Roy Adkins 1,119 Independent Diane Lowe 1,006 Independent David Shooter 845 Labour Christine Kirkham 748 Labour Terence Keetley 747 Labour Ian Stokes 644 Conservative Peter Thorpe 619 Turnout 7,087 Independent hold Swing Independent hold Swing Independent hold Swing
Underwood[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Robert Sears-Piccavey 538 48.5 Labour Stephen Mays 206 18.6 BNP Jane Clarke 179 16.1 Independent Diane Doran 109 9.8 English Democrat Anthony Ellis 78 7.0 Majority 332 29.9 Turnout 1,110 Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Woodhouse (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Tony Theaker 964 Liberal Democrats Helen Smith 820 Labour Pamela Lewis 572 Labour Linda Ward 550 Green Mark Harrison 351 Green Ann Hilton 297 Independent Petro Clarke 295 Independent Glenn Baird 242 Turnout 4,091 Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing
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