Allerdale Council election, 2007

Elections to Allerdale Council were held on 3 May, 2007. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 21
gain = 1
loss = 7
net = -6
seats % = 37.5
votes % = 45.3
votes = 17,350
plus/minus = +1.3%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 19
gain = 5
loss = 1
net = +4
seats % = 33.9
votes % = 21.1
votes = 8,076
plus/minus = +1.5%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 12
gain = 4
loss = 1
net = +3
seats % = 21.4
votes % = 25.5
votes = 9,775
plus/minus = +2.4%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 4
gain = 1
loss = 2
net = -1
seats % = 7.1
votes % = 4.1
votes = 1,579
plus/minus = -8.3%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.9
votes = 1,102
plus/minus = +2.1%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.1
votes = 405
plus/minus = +1.1%

9 Conservative, 4 Labour, 1 Independent and 1 Liberal Democrat candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Smith
votes = 874
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Standage
votes = 767
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Coates
votes = 745
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Smith
votes = 695
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Tyson
votes = 666
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathon Nagle
votes = 642
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,389
percentage = 49
change = +13Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 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 =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Wilson
votes = 490
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Audrey Tinnion
votes = 483
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerald Sewell
votes = 424
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Barker
votes = 318
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,715
percentage = 38
change = -2Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joseph Mumberson
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Nicholson
votes = 659
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Ardron
votes = 638
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Davis-Johnston
votes = 637
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ken McDonald
votes = 523
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Nigel Williamson
votes = 137
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,594
percentage = 47
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 = Margaret Jackson
votes = 673
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Les Lytollis
votes = 571
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Isabel Burns
votes = 360
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Phil Graham
votes = 320
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,924
percentage = 36
change = +4Election 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 = Heather McIntosh
votes = 290
percentage = 51.6
change = +18.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Rourke
votes = 272
percentage = 48.4
change = -18.6Election box majority
votes = 18
percentage = 3.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 562
percentage = 49
change = +3Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Milburn
votes = 458
percentage = 68.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jill Perry
votes = 213
percentage = 31.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 245
percentage = 36.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 671
percentage = 53
change = +4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Garrard
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Heslop
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Louise Bell
votes = 401
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Colhoun
votes = 338
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tony North
votes = 229
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Thomas
votes = 197
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Geoff Smith
votes = 192
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,357
percentage = 36
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 = Janice Wood
votes = 635
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Wood
votes = 580
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Martin Wingfield
votes = 342
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,557
percentage = 35
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 = Carl Holding
votes = 610
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carni McCarron-Holmes
votes = 572
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Tina Wingfield
votes = 276
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,458
percentage = 37
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 = Peter Kendall
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Francis
votes = 610
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Allan Caine
votes = 594
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Merjorie Rae
votes = 534
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Hilary Harrington
votes = 363
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,101
percentage = 40
change = +6Election 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 = Tony Markley
votes = 324
percentage = 73.1
change = +35.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Hayhurst
votes = 119
percentage = 26.7
change = +1.6Election box majority
votes = 205
percentage = 46.4
change = +34.2Election box turnout
votes = 443
percentage = 34
change = +4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denstone Kemp
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ron Munby
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Robinson
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Vaughan Hodgson
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Bales
votes = 602
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nik Hardy
votes = 546
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joseph Robertson
votes = 522
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Phil Tibble
votes = 403
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,073
percentage = 55
change = +31Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Cannon
votes = 507
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carole Armstrong
votes = 439
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Bacon
votes = 432
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Bracken
votes = 430
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,808
percentage = 27
change = +2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 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 = Jeffrey Gardner
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Kendall
votes = uncontested
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 = Independent (politician)
candidate = Trevor Fee
votes = 1,074
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joseph Sandwith
votes = 941
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Miriam Gainford
votes = 777
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jim Musgrave
votes = 478
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Celia Tibble
votes = 468
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,738
percentage = 40
change = +3Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bill Jefferson
votes = 683
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margaret Snaith
votes = 597
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathon Wood
votes = 185
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,465
percentage = 37
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Lister
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joe Holliday
votes = 788
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mike Davidson
votes = 780
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Heathcote
votes = 698
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Jones
votes = 591
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Wright
votes = 560
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Konrad Hansen
votes = 418
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,835
percentage = 37
change = +9Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =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 = Ivor Humes
votes = 648
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Barry
votes = 639
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jean Macleod
votes = 637
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Bainbridge
votes = 612
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Eddie Woodthorpe
votes = 486
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,022
percentage = 24
change = -9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Hardon
votes = 278
percentage = 57.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ted Routledge
votes = 120
percentage = 24.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marl Lancaster
votes = 85
percentage = 17.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 158
percentage = 32.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 483
percentage = 35
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Moffat
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = 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 = Duncan Fairbairn
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Hunter
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jacqueline Mounsey
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = George Scott
votes = 821
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Binky Armstrong
votes = 756
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Crouch
votes = 650
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Hortin
votes = 518
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Paul Stafford
votes = 347
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,092
percentage = 34
change = -1Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/16ub.stm BBC report of 2007 Allerdale election result]
* [http://www.allerdale.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/councillors-democracy-election/elections/elections-2007/borough-elections-results-2007.aspx Election results from Allerdale Council website]

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