2007 Hart District Council election

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3 May 2007

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12 of 35 seats to Hart District Council
18 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	CCH
Seats before	16	12	5
Seats won	5	5	2
Seats after	15	12	6
Popular vote	8,595	5,567	1,791
Percentage	50.9	33.0	10.6

Results by Ward

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2007 Hart Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative 15
Liberal Democrat 12
Community Campaign (Hart) 6
Independent 2^[2]

Election result

The results saw the council remain without any party having a majority.^[3] The Conservatives remained the largest party with 15 seats despite losing 1 seat to the Community Campaign (Hart) (CCH).^[4] Christopher Axam gained Fleet Courtmoor for the CCH after winning 828 votes, compared to 758 for the Conservatives.^[5] This meant the CCH had 6 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats held the seats they had been defending to remain with 12 councillors.^[3] Overall turnout in the election was 35.85%.^[6]

Following the election a Conservative bid to take control of the council failed with the existing Liberal Democrat, Community Campaign (Hart) and Independent coalition continuing after a 20-15 vote.^[7]

Hart Local Election Result 2007^[2]^[6]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	5	0	1	-1	41.7	50.8	8,595	+7.9%
Liberal Democrats	5	0	0	0	41.7	33.0	5,587	+6.5%
CCH	2	1	0	+1	16.7	10.6	1,791	-5.0%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	492	+0.7%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	405	+0.7%
Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	42	+0.2%

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley

Blackwater and Hawley^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Neighbour	834	57.4	-2.6
	Conservative	Vivienne Gascoigne	619	42.6	+6.0
Majority			215	14.8	-8.6
Turnout			1,453	42.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Church Crookham West

Church Crookham West^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCH	Jennifer Radley	963	67.6	-1.6
	Conservative	Eleanor Whyte	462	32.4	+5.0
Majority			501	35.2	-6.6
Turnout			1,425	37.7	-1.1
	CCH hold		Swing

Eversley

Eversley^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hugo Eastwood	704	87.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Clark	101	12.5
Majority			603	75.0
Turnout			805	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fleet Courtmoor

Fleet Courtmoor^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCH	Christopher Axam	828	48.3	+48.3
	Conservative	Christopher Butler	758	44.2	-4.7
	Labour	Sheila Stone	87	5.1	+5.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Alan Hope	42	2.4	+2.4
Majority			70	4.1
Turnout			1,715	46.1	+2.3
	CCH gain from Conservative		Swing

Fleet North

Fleet North^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Barrell	874	59.9	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Van Dolen	584	40.1	-4.1
Majority			290	19.9	+8.2
Turnout			1,458	30.4	-3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frogmore and Darby Green

Frogmore and Darby Green^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Street	744	61.9	-8.8
	Conservative	Richard Fielden	354	29.5	+6.3
	Labour	Joyce Still	103	8.6	+2.5
Majority			390	32.5	-15.0
Turnout			1,201	29.9	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hartley Wintney

Hartley Wintney^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara-Lea Kinnell	859	55.7	+55.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Griffin	461	29.9	+3.5
	BNP	Roger Robertson	222	14.4	-4.8
Majority			398	25.8
Turnout			1,542	39.7	-4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hook

Hook^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Henderson	1,460	71.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	572	28.1	+1.5
Majority			888	43.7	-3.0
Turnout			2,032	33.3	-0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Odiham

Odiham^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Crookes	1,268	83.6	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Carter	249	16.4	-7.7
Majority			1,019	67.2	+20.5
Turnout			1,517	40.9	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yateley East

Yateley East^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Cockarill	745	57.0	+1.4
	Conservative	Edward Dawson	470	35.9	+4.8
	Labour	John Davies	93	7.1	-0.5
Majority			275	21.0	-3.6
Turnout			1,308	32.6	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yateley North

Yateley North^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Simpson	744	60.3	-5.2
	Conservative	James Lawrence	423	34.3	+4.0
	Labour	David Jenkins	67	5.4	+1.2
Majority			321	26.0	-9.3
Turnout			1,234	32.3	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yateley West^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Myra Billings	553	45.3	-12.4
	Conservative	Edward Bromhead	344	28.2	-4.3
	BNP	Geoffrey Crompton	183	15.0	+15.0
	Labour	Mary Jenkins	142	11.6	+1.8
Majority			209	17.1	-8.0
Turnout			1,222	31.5	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "Hart". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Results". The Times. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Election Results". gethampshire. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
^ "Parties begin talks but coalition rule likely". gethampshire. 11 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
^ "Coalition intact". gethampshire. 10 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Election Results for 3 May 2007". Hart District Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
^ "Anger as Tories are voted out". gethampshire. 15 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010.

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