Blackpool Council election, 2007

Elections to Blackpool Council were held on 3 May, 2007. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party.

Election Result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 26
gain = 13
loss = 0
net = +13
seats % = 61.9
votes % = 47.3
votes = 37,148
plus/minus = +8.7%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 13
gain = 0
loss = 12
net = -12
seats % = 31.0
votes % = 34.4
votes = 27,034
plus/minus = -8.3%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 1
loss = 2
net = -1
seats % = 7.1
votes % = 13.9
votes = 10,919
plus/minus = -2.9%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 3.0
votes = 2,371
plus/minus = +3.0%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.5
votes = 399
plus/minus = +0.3%Election Summary
party = Mums' Army
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 219
plus/minus = +0.3%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 202
plus/minus = -1.4%Election Summary
party = UK F.A.G.S.
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 193
plus/minus = +0.2%

Ward Results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Williams
votes = 950
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Jebson
votes = 911
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jon Bamborough
votes = 891
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Steven Bate
votes = 802
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Betty Bradford
votes = 700
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daniel Bradford
votes = 665
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,919
percentage =
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winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Don Clapham
votes = 1,329
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Mitchell
votes = 1,274
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Haynes
votes = 502
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Ryan
votes = 419
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Susan Kelly
votes = 366
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Steven Farley
votes = 272
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,162
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Doreen Holt
votes = 555
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Smith
votes = 502
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Cooke
votes = 466
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Hodkinson
votes = 414
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ephraim Bell
votes = 317
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Dodd
votes = 274
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Finlay
votes = 202
percentage =
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party = UK F.A.G.S.
candidate = Hamish Howitt
votes = 193
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,923
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Coleman
votes = 796
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Blackburn
votes = 775
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Pat Mancini
votes = 602
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Watson
votes = 561
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Colin Porter
votes = 233
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,967
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ivan Taylor
votes = 780
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sylvia Taylor
votes = 693
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = May Ashford
votes = 521
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Cartwright
votes = 477
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Close
votes = 281
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Chris Ryan
votes = 275
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Powell
votes = 250
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,277
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Greenhalgh
votes = 801
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joe Best
votes = 749
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Carr
votes = 703
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marlene McGuirk
votes = 703
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stuart Mackie
votes = 287
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,243
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Julian Mineur
votes = 948
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Steve Houghton
votes = 886
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kathryn Benson
votes = 786
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bob Harrison
votes = 687
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Jonathan Murphy
votes = 370
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barbara Bamborough
votes = 314
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,991
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Norman Hardy
votes = 789
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Haynes
votes = 757
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Kenrick
votes = 664
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Wells
votes = 554
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Irene Cain
votes = 369
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Rawson
votes = 266
percentage =
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party = Mums' Army
candidate = Bev Warren
votes = 219
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,618
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lily Henderson
votes = 1,092
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Fowler
votes = 1,086
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Campbell
votes = 544
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Jackson
votes = 539
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Roy Goodwin
votes = 339
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alma Rollinson
votes = 259
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,859
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tim Cox
votes = 1,025
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kath Rowson
votes = 1,007
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jill Ratcliffe
votes = 966
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Lewis
votes = 928
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Linda Bate
votes = 326
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,252
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sue Ridyard
votes = 1,028
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Haskett
votes = 946
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sue Wright
votes = 862
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Fisher
votes = 860
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jack Smith
votes = 320
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,016
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicola Best
votes = 1,264
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jim Houldsworth
votes = 1,262
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jim Elmes
votes = 610
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David O'Hara
votes = 536
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Hazel Williams
votes = 216
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,815
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Maxine Callow
votes = 1,756
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Callow
votes = 1,719
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Thomson
votes = 484
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alun Priestley
votes = 442
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Donna Bamborough
votes = 277
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,678
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Les Kersh
votes = 661
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Doherty
votes = 631
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tim Rosser
votes = 536
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gill Clapham
votes = 517
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Les Joy
votes = 339
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Powell
votes = 276
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Bebbington
votes = 166
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,126
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Wynne
votes = 1,317
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Douglas Green
votes = 1,223
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Price
votes = 638
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Jones
votes = 608
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Menon
votes = 318
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Sorah
votes = 264
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,368
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Evans
votes = 1,401
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Granville Heap
votes = 1,307
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Tomlinson
votes = 595
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Amy Cross
votes = 527
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Stevenson
votes = 303
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,133
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Bell
votes = 779
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ron Bell
votes = 759
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Allcock
votes = 632
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Boughton
votes = 601
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Wood
votes = 273
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,044
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jim Price
votes = 833
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Stansfield
votes = 802
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Allan Matthews
votes = 775
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Collett
votes = 749
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rod Holt
votes = 327
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,486
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Fred Jackson
votes = 783
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Owen
votes = 660
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sam Bell
votes = 528
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bryan Horne
votes = 523
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Coleman
votes = 467
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,961
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joyce Delves
votes = 1,084
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Brown
votes = 1,057
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Horn
votes = 453
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Perry
votes = 417
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne Heyworth
votes = 359
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kevan Benfold
votes = 347
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Alan Kelly
votes = 313
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,030
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Fowler
votes = 972
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Lee
votes = 940
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carol Radcliffe
votes = 730
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Wainwright
votes = 605
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Moss
votes = 297
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,544
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

External links

[http://www.jptestblackpool.co.uk/vote_site/#a1 Results of 2007 Blackpool election]

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