- Derby Council election, 2007
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The 2007 Derby Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Derby Unitary Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
The election saw the Conservative party gain a seat in Chaddesden from the Labour Party. The Labour Party gained one in Darley from the Liberal Democrats.[2] Following the election Labour continued to run the council after they and the Conservatives agreed to continue their agreement, with the Conservatives retaining 3 seats in the cabinet.[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 24
- Liberal Democrat 13
- Conservative 12
- Independent 2[4]
Election result
Derby Local Election Result 2007[4] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Labour 8 1 1 0 47.1 34.2 20,593 -0.1% Conservative 5 1 0 +1 29.4 32.0 19,272 +0.0% Liberal Democrat 4 0 1 -1 23.5 28.8 17,393 -1.1% Independent 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 2,237 +2.0% Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 806 -0.7% Ward results
Abbey[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Bryan Lowe 1,237 44.1 -1.7 Labour Jaz Greer 1,093 39.0 +1.0 Conservative Andrew Hill 327 11.7 +1.7 Independent Norman Clayton 149 5.3 +5.3 Majority 144 5.1 -2.7 Turnout 2,806 29.4 +2.7 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Allestree[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Steve Willoughby 3,172 64.6 -0.6 Labour Frank Kirkland 940 19.1 -0.3 Liberal Democrat Simon King 801 16.3 +0.9 Majority 2,232 45.5 -0.3 Turnout 4,913 45.4 -0.9 Conservative hold Swing Alvaston[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Paul Bayliss 1,513 45.4 +9.0 Liberal Democrat Naveed Hussain 1,158 34.8 +8.4 Conservative Alison Hayes 660 19.8 +5.4 Majority 355 10.6 Turnout 3,331 30.3 -1.6 Labour hold Swing Arboretum[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Fareed Hussain 1,936 49.1 +8.0 Liberal Democrat Masud Akhtar 1,461 37.1 -5.9 Conservative Douglas Sice 270 6.8 -9.1 Green Jane Temple 162 4.1 +4.1 Independent Josephine Rooney 114 2.9 +2.9 Majority 475 12.0 Turnout 3,943 37.4 +2.0 Labour hold Swing Blagreaves[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Bob Troup 1,885 45.3 -3.2 Labour Baggy Shanker 1,292 31.0 +1.1 Conservative Lisa Marshall 792 19.0 +2.2 Green Clare Shelton 194 4.7 -0.1 Majority 593 14.3 -4.3 Turnout 4,163 43.1 -1.9 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Boulton[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Barbara Jackson 1,269 40.0 -6.2 Independent Brenda Longworth 870 27.5 +5.6 Conservative David Jennings 656 20.7 -0.3 Liberal Democrat Grahame Elson 374 11.8 +0.9 Majority 399 12.5 -11.8 Turnout 3,169 31.4 -2.2 Labour hold Swing Chaddesden[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alan Grimadell 1,588 46.1 +7.4 Labour Anne MacDonald 1,468 42.6 -4.2 Liberal Democrat David Batey 388 11.3 -3.2 Majority 120 3.5 Turnout 3,444 34.2 +0.4 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Chellaston[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Harvey Jennings 1,828 45.9 +0.5 Labour Linda Winter 1,699 42.7 -2.9 Liberal Democrat Stephen Connolly 252 6.3 -2.7 Independent David Black 201 5.1 +5.1 Majority 129 3.2 Turnout 3,980 37.2 -0.1 Conservative hold Swing Darley[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Martin Repton 1,198 32.7 +0.0 Liberal Democrat Roger Jackson 1,168 31.8 -4.6 Conservative Lorraine Radford 964 26.3 +4.6 Green David Clasby 338 9.2 +0.1 Majority 30 0.9 Turnout 3,668 40.0 -1.2 Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Derwent[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Martin Rawson 1,170 50.5 +2.5 Conservative Philip Lucas 598 25.8 -1.8 Independent William Wright 299 12.9 +0.2 Liberal Democrat Leigh Alcock 252 10.9 -0.8 Majority 572 24.7 +4.3 Turnout 2,319 23.4 +5.9 Labour hold Swing Littleover[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Mike Carr 2,359 55.2 -6.1 Conservative Mike Cook 1,333 31.2 +6.3 Labour Linda McGraw 583 13.6 -0.2 Majority 1,026 24.0 -12.4 Turnout 4,275 42.3 -1.5 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Mackworth[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Lisa Higginbottom 1,325 48.7 -1.1 Liberal Democrat Simon Lyszczenko 702 25.8 +3.1 Conservative Andrew Brown 692 25.5 -2.1 Majority 623 22.9 +0.7 Turnout 2,719 29.1 -0.3 Labour hold Swing Mickleover[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Maggie Hird 2,758 55.5 +7.6 Conservative Matthew Holmes 1,797 36.2 -3.8 Labour Joga Thind 415 8.4 -3.7 Majority 961 19.3 +11.4 Turnout 4,970 45.0 -0.9 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Normanton[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Amar Nath 1,764 48.7 -4.8 Liberal Democrat Abdul Majid 1,522 42.0 +14.9 Conservative Jawaid Iqbal 336 9.3 -10.1 Majority 242 6.7 -19.7 Turnout 3,622 34.2 +2.6 Labour hold Swing Oakwood[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robin Wood 1,358 44.9 -11.9 Labour Phil Woodhead 711 23.5 -1.8 Independent Frank Harwood 604 20.0 +20.0 Liberal Democrat Eric Ashburner 238 7.9 -2.4 Green Stephen Shelton 112 3.7 -3.9 Majority 647 21.4 -10.1 Turnout 3,023 29.9 -1.1 Conservative hold Swing Sinfin[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Prem Chera 1,321 55.6 -3.1 Conservative Patrick Fullarton 592 24.9 +8.5 Liberal Democrat Joe Naitta 465 19.6 -5.3 Majority 729 30.7 -3.1 Turnout 2,378 24.8 +0.2 Labour hold Swing Spondon[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Berry 2,309 64.5 +6.9 Labour Chris Wynn 896 25.0 -2.6 Liberal Democrat John-Paul Keane 373 10.4 -4.4 Majority 1,413 39.5 +9.5 Turnout 3,578 37.3 -2.6 Conservative hold Swing References
- ^ "Derby". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/fk.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Local Elections 2007". BBC Online. 2007-05-06. http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2007/05/04/local_elections_2007_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ Green, Kirsty (2007-05-17). "Labour and Tories agree a new deal". Derby Evening Telegraph. p. 13.
- ^ a b "Results". The Times. 2007-05-05. p. 83.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Election 2007 - Results". Derby City Council. Archived from the original on 20070907102242. http://web.archive.org/web/20070907102242/www.derby.gov.uk/CouncilGovernmentDemocracy/Elections/Election+2007+-+Results.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
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