Tameside Council election, 2007

Elections to Tameside Council were held on 4 May, 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 45
*Conservative 8
*Liberal Democrat 1
*Others 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 15
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 78.9
votes % = 44.7
votes = 24,054
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 10.5
votes % = 28.1
votes = 15,126
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Co-operative
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 5.3
votes % = 2.8
votes = 1,500
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 5.3
votes % = 2.4
votes = 1,267
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 7.2
votes = 3,896
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.2
votes = 2,797
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 4.9
votes = 2,633
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.1
votes = 1,128
plus/minus =

Ward results

Ashton Hurst

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Whitehead
votes = 1,337
percentage = 39.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kate Scott
votes = 1,323
percentage = 39.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Bev Jones
votes = 267
percentage = 8.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Cerudwen Elizabeth Lawe
votes = 219
percentage = 6.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Nigel Rolland
votes = 124
percentage = 3.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Paul Littlewood
votes = 86
percentage = 2.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 14
percentage = 0.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,356
percentage = 38.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Ashton St. Michaels

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Harrison
votes = 993
percentage = 42.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Peter Schofield
votes = 773
percentage = 33.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Stephen Daly
votes = 252
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Elizabeth Blyth
votes = 175
percentage = 7.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Richard Harrison
votes = 150
percentage = 6.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 220
percentage = 9.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,343
percentage = 28.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Ashton Waterloo

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mike Whiteley
votes = 1,238
percentage = 42.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gareth Quinn
votes = 723
percentage = 25.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = David Jones
votes = 509
percentage = 17.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Bartley
votes = 257
percentage = 8.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Andrew David Threlfall
votes = 163
percentage = 5.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 515
percentage = 17.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,890
percentage = 35.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Audenshaw

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Wendy Brelsford
votes = 1,286
percentage = 47.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Dawn Charlesworth
votes = 899
percentage = 33.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Allison Kay Seabourne
votes = 502
percentage = 18.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 387
percentage = 14.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,687
percentage = 31.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Denton North East

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Allison L Gwynne
votes = 1,395
percentage = 55.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Georgina Helena Greenwood
votes = 719
percentage = 28.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Shaun O’Rourke
votes = 419
percentage = 16.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 676
percentage = 26.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,533
percentage = 30.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Denton South

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Doubleday
votes = 1,427
percentage = 57.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Meredith Jones
votes = 672
percentage = 27.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = David Lomas
votes = 384
percentage = 15.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 755
percentage = 30.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,483
percentage = 29.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Denton West

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brenda Warrington
votes = 1,888
percentage = 60.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Mary Howarth
votes = 1,217
percentage = 39.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 671
percentage = 21.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,105
percentage = 34.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Droylsden East

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kieran Quinn
votes = 1,582
percentage = 53.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = David Gough
votes = 665
percentage = 22.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Emlyn Richard Davis
votes = 411
percentage = 14.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Dunlop
votes = 287
percentage = 9.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 917
percentage = 31.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,945
percentage = 35.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Droylsden West

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Holland
votes = 1,977
percentage = 66.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Paul Hindley
votes = 546
percentage = 18.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Bryan Fletcher
votes = 456
percentage = 15.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,431
percentage = 48.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,945
percentage = 35.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Dukinfield

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Charles Taylor
votes = 1,364
percentage = 50.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Roy Kevin West
votes = 520
percentage = 19.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stacey Frances Knighton
votes = 455
percentage = 17.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Martine Marshall
votes = 340
percentage = 12.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 844
percentage = 31.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,679
percentage = 30.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Dukinfield/Stalybridge

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Jonathon Sweeton
votes = 1,299
percentage = 44.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Eric Dean
votes = 1,039
percentage = 35.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Paul Kidd
votes = 283
percentage = 9.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Michael Smee
votes = 272
percentage = 9.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 260
percentage = 9.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,893
percentage = 34.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Hyde Godley

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Bernard Sullivan
votes = 1,414
percentage = 68.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ali Reza
votes = 658
percentage = 31.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 756
percentage = 36.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,072
percentage = 26.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Hyde Newton

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Helen Theresa Bowden
votes = 1,252
percentage = 42.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Nigel Christian Byrne
votes = 719
percentage = 24.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas David Welsby
votes = 544
percentage = 18.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Stanley Ball-Foster
votes = 329
percentage = 11.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Michelle Valentine
votes = 137
percentage = 4.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 533
percentage = 17.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,981
percentage = 33.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Hyde Werneth

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Stuart Bell
votes = 1,735
percentage = 49.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raja Miah
votes = 1,285
percentage = 36.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Rosalind Gauci
votes = 286
percentage = 8.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Cooke
votes = 235
percentage = 6.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 450
percentage = 12.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,541
percentage = 42.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Longdendale

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Jonathan Neil Reynolds
votes = 1,500
percentage = 54.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Cartwright
votes = 783
percentage = 28.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Melanie Roberts
votes = 250
percentage = 9.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Kevin Misell
votes = 231
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 717
percentage = 25.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,764
percentage = 37.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing =

Mossley

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Valerie Carter
votes = 1,267
percentage = 45.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Idu Miah
votes = 1,036
percentage = 37.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Christine Anne Clark
votes = 475
percentage = 17.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 231
percentage = 8.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,778
percentage = 35.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

t Peter's

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Davis
votes = 1,349
percentage = 59.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Michael Piper
votes = 532
percentage = 23.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Afshar
votes = 374
percentage = 16.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 817
percentage = 36.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,255
percentage = 27.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

talybridge North

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Roberts
votes = 1,190
percentage = 46.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Clive Alistair Patrick
votes = 920
percentage = 36.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jean Margaret Smee
votes = 426
percentage = 16.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 270
percentage = 10.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,536
percentage = 28.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

talybridge South

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Eric Buckley
votes = 1,425
percentage = 55.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eleanor Ballagher
votes = 742
percentage = 28.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jacintha Muriel Manchester
votes = 271
percentage = 10.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Angela McManus
votes = 143
percentage = 5.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 683
percentage = 26.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,581
percentage = 31.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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References

* [http://www.tameside.gov.uk/elections/results/local07 Details Official Tameside Council Election page]