Gedling Borough Council election, 2007

3 May 2007

All 50 seats to Gedling Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Seats before	21	21	7
Seats won	28	9	9
Seat change	+7	-12	+2

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Seats before	1
Seats won	4
Seat change	+3

Map of the results of the 2007 Gedling council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Calverton First Independents in pink and independent in grey.

The 2007 Gedling Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative win a majority on the council, which they had previously shared control of with Labour.^[2] The Conservatives took 28 seats, up from 22 before the election.^[2] Labour dropped 11 seats to end level with the Liberal Democrats, who gained 2 seats, on 9 councillors.^[2] Overall turnout in the election was 40.4%,^[3] up from 32.4% in 2003.^[4]

Gedling Local Election Result 2007^[3]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	7	1	+6	56.0	44.9	37,183	+2.0%
	Labour	9	1	12	-11	18.0	33.7	27,925	-7.4%
	Liberal Democrat	9	2	0	+2	18.0	14.9	12,339	+3.6%
	Calverton First Independents	3	2	0	+2	6.0	4.0	3,334	+0.7%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	2.0	1.3	1,063	+0.0%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	780	+0.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	165	+0.1%

One Labour candidate was unopposed at the election.^[3]

Ward results

Bestwood Village^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Denis Beeston	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bonington (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Wilf Doe	867
	Conservative	Gillian Fullwood	854
	Conservative	Sally Mason-Kempster	838
	Labour	Stella Lane	737
	Labour	Andrew Rigby	725
	Labour	Vivienne McCrossen	707
Turnout			4,728	32.3	+6.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Burton Joyce & Stoke Bardolph (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patricia Blandamer	702
	Conservative	Alan Bexon	663
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Berry	658
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Fife	595
	Labour	Ian Howarth	291
	Labour	Brigitte Maguire	274
Turnout			3,183	54.6	+10.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calverton (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Calverton First Independents	William Peet	1,175
	Calverton First Independents	Anthony Barton	1,094
	Calverton First Independents	Grant Withers	1,065
	Labour	Gareth Griffiths	669
	Labour	Pat Osbaldiston	444
	Labour	Daniel Taylor	443
Turnout			4,890	34.4	-0.6
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Carlton (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Day	991
	Conservative	Wendy Golland	980
	Conservative	Richard Goodwin	959
	Labour	Dennis Jones	706
	Labour	Cheryl Hewlett	677
	Labour	Christina Luckett	657
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Dunkin	385
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Sowter	325
Turnout			5,680	39.9	+11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton Hill (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Seamus Creamer	992
	Labour	Darrell Pulk	987
	Labour	Paul Feeney	961
	Conservative	Elaine Goodwin	799
	Conservative	Thomas Butcher	771
	Conservative	Mick Middleton	768
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Shucksmith	324
Turnout			5,602	38.4	+8.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Daybrook (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Barnes	706
	Labour	Sandra Barnes	693
	Conservative	Hazel Wilson	461
	Conservative	Michael Smedley	459
Turnout			2,319	33.8	+5.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gedling (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Tunnicliffe	1,115
	Liberal Democrat	Marguerite Wright	1,041
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Dunkin	985
	Conservative	Edward Godfrey	634
	Conservative	Judith Nicholson	622
	Conservative	Kevin Pitman	619
	Labour	Jenny Hollingsworth	409
	Labour	Allan Leadbeater	393
	Labour	Ned Flaherty	348
	Green	Helen Collyer	165
	UKIP	Gemma Wolfe	102
Turnout			6,433	43.7	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Killisick^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Harvey Maddock	356	58.2	+58.2
	Labour	Henry Wheeler	256	41.8	-10.9
Majority			100	16.3
Turnout			612	36.4	+7.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Kingswell (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rodney Kempster	954
	Conservative	Vernon Bradley	893
	Labour	Julia Buckby	446
	Labour	Paul Maguire	399
	UKIP	Peter Foulkes	145
Turnout			2,837	41.5	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lambley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roland Spencer	514	74.8	+0.5
	Labour	Marion Welton	173	25.2	-0.5
Majority			341	49.6	+0.9
Turnout			687	42.2	+7.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mapperley Plains (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Veronica Pepper	1,360
	Conservative	Gerald Clarke	1,341
	Conservative	John Parr	1,308
	Labour	Jenny Gale	492
	Labour	Paul Wilkinson	487
	Labour	Peter Osbaldiston	482
	Liberal Democrat	Vera West	351
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Swift	333
	Liberal Democrat	Minna Patterson	299
Turnout			6,453	38.9	+10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield & Colwick (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Clarke	826
	Labour	Barbara Miller	807
	Labour	James O'Riordan	780
	Conservative	Allen Clarke	541
	Conservative	Allen M Clarke	462
	Conservative	Cheryl Clarke	443
	Liberal Democrat	Nora Crossland	243
	UKIP	Patricia Wolfe	235
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Kirk	232
Turnout			4,569	32.1	+8.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Newstead^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patricia Andrews	360	50.7	+0.8
	Labour	Philip Burnham	289	40.7	-9.4
	UKIP	Peter Wolfe	61	8.6	+8.6
Majority			71	10.0
Turnout			710	43.7	+10.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Phoenix (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Poynter	637
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Ellwood	600
	Labour	Ivan Gollop	522
	Labour	Marje Paling	424
	Conservative	Colin Blandamer	242
	Conservative	Susan Jakeman	240
Turnout			2,665	39.6	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Porchester (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Tanner	1,127
	Conservative	Eric Collin	1,060
	Conservative	Jennifer Spencer	1,034
	Labour	John Truscott	853
	Labour	Pauline Allan	830
	Labour	Cameron Macleod	715
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine James	373
	Liberal Democrat	Alasdair Pratt	320
	UKIP	Mark Brinsley-Day	237
Turnout			6,549	43.8	+9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ravenshead (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Barnfather	1,506
	Conservative	Colin Powell	1,433
	Conservative	Mark Spencer	1,148
	Independent	Raj Chandran	707
	Labour	Carol Wright	480
	Labour	Gwilym Griffith	421
	Labour	John Kendrick	411
Turnout			6,106	47.8	+10.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. James (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Gillam	588
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Pratt	562
	Conservative	David Doherty	411
	Conservative	Bernard Leaper	404
	Labour	Christine Russell	348
	Labour	Melanie Fredericks	345
Turnout			2,658	41.6	+16.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. Marys (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Magdalen Roach	1,033
	Conservative	Robert Tait	1,033
	Conservative	Terence Pepper	1,018
	Labour	Jennifer Cole	845
	Labour	Stewart Ragsdale	790
	Labour	Grace Millar	786
Turnout			5,505	38.6	+9.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Valley (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Hughes	511
	Liberal Democrat	Deva Kumarasiri	491
	Labour	Gary Gregory	436
	Labour	Colette Roberts	379
	Conservative	Mavis Gunson	244
	Conservative	Derek Smith	223
Turnout			2,284	36.5	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Woodborough^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Francis Boot	646	79.8	+0.2
	Labour	Rosemary Gollop	164	20.2	-0.2
Majority			482	59.5	+0.2
Turnout			810	54.5	+14.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodthorpe (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Suzanne Prew-Smith	1,478
	Conservative	Melvyn Shepherd	1,375
	Conservative	Richard Nicholson	1,365
	Labour	Ron McCrossen	682
	Labour	Les Nourse	629
	Labour	Joy Knowles	609
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Swift	491
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Thornley	469
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Patterson	411
Turnout			7,509	47.3	+7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Gedling". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
1 2 3 "Gedling won by resurgent Tories". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Borough Council Elections 3 May 2007" (PDF). Gedling Borough Council. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
↑ "Gedling Borough Council elections summary" (PDF). Gedling Borough Council. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
↑ "Local Elections - Results for Gedling". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2011.

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