The 2007 Scarborough Borough Council elections to the Scarborough Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. Overall turnout was 36%.

Election result

Scarborough Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	23	2	6	-4	46.0	39.7	20,436	-1.4%
Independent	15	5	3	+2	30.0	30.7	15,803	+3.8%
Liberal Democrats	6	4	0	+4	12.0	13.7	7,068	+1.0%
Labour	4	0	4	-4	8.0	6.1	3,127	-11.3%
Green	2	2	0	+2	4.0	7.5	3,866	+6.0%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	798	+1.5%
Alliance for Green Socialism	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	250	+0.5%
North Yorkshire Coast Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	138	+0.3%

3 Conservative candidates were uncontested.

Ward results

Castle (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Janet Jefferson	677	66.0
	Conservative	Rosalyn Fox	306	29.8
	Green	Jason Mullen	282	27.5
	Labour	Michelle Andrew	266	25.9
	Green	Peter Redwood	127	12.4
Turnout			1,028	32
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cayton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Blackburn	944	68.4
	Conservative	Mary Preston	764	55.3
	Independent	Henry Rowlands	598	43.3
Turnout			1,394	39
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Billing	259	31.5
	Labour	Eric Broadbent	240	29.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Hopkinson	220	26.8
	Conservative	Nicholas Henderson	168	20.4
	Independent	Alison Lee	158	19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Walker	141	17.2
	Green	Sarah Priestley	140	17.0
	BNP	Patricia Scott	120	14.6
Turnout			823	25
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Danby (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Tindall	Unopposed	N/A	±0.0
Turnout			Uncontested	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derwent Valley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jeffels	858	52.3	+52.3
	Independent	Michael Jay-Hanmer	743	45.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Peter Bull	708	43.1	+43.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Lockwood	286	17.4	N/A
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mavis Clayton	237	14.4	'N/A
Turnout			1,646	45
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Eastfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian O'Flynn	771	71.5
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Simpson	673	62.4
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Evans	517	48.0
	Labour	Bernard Pearson	229	21.2
	Labour	Tracey Asford	214	19.9
	Conservative	Carol Hill	158	14.7
	Conservative	Gordon Vickers	132	12.2
Turnout			1,083	27
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Esk Valley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Lawn	1,069	65.3	+65.3
	Conservative	James Preston	884	54.0	+54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Peirson	645	39.4	N/A
	Independent	Brian Crinion	317	19.4	N/A
Turnout			1,637	46
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Falsgrave Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Marsburg	481	45.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Riley	311	29.1
	Conservative	Jennifer Kelly	272	25.4
	Green	Katherine White	223	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ellis	193	18.0
	Independent	Kevin Scott	187	17.5
Turnout			1,070	30
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Filey (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Cockerill	1,080	52.8
	Conservative	Colin Haddington	903	44.2
	Independent	Samuel Cross	869	42.5
	Independent	Gordon Johnson	641	31.4
	Conservative	Rodney Cartwright	621	30.4
	Conservative	Valerie Dickenson	491	24.0
	BNP	Kevan Foulds	340	16.6
Turnout			2,058	37
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Fylingdales (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Mortimer	461	65.9	+65.9
	Independent	Lynn Horsman	239	34.1	N/A
Turnout			707	39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hertford (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Godfrey Allanson	732	47.3
	Conservative	David Chambers	709	45.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff	591	38.2
	Green	Nicholas Harvey	508	32.8
	BNP	Louise Scott	212	13.7
Turnout			1,550	37
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lindhead (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Backhouse	578	64.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Pitts	323	35.8	+3.1
Turnout			905	51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mayfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Booth	Unopposed	N/A
	Conservative	Jane Kenyon	Unopposed	N/A
Turnout			Uncontested	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mulgrave (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Armsby	637	54.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Marie Harland	528	44.8	+44.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Stonehouse	442	37.5	N/A
	Conservative	Beryl Christon	438	37.2	+37.2
Turnout			1,180	40
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newby (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brian Watson	995	52.6
	Independent	Cecil Ridley	813	42.9
	Conservative	Hazel Lynskey	723	38.2
	Conservative	Cherry Smith	639	33.8
	Labour	Mary Budda	466	24.6
	Independent	John Pinder	362	19.1
	Green	Gaynor Ayres	339	17.9
Turnout			1,893	37
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

North Bay (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bonnie Purchon	388	41.1
	Independent	Guy Smith	368	38.9
	Conservative	Eric Smith	351	37.1
	Conservative	Michael Kelly	286	30.3
	Green	Christopher Nelson	214	22.6
Turnout			947	29
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Northstead (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Popple	664	61.4
	Independent	Norman Murphy	467	43.2
	Conservative	Jacqueline Blackburn	288	26.6
	Green	Paul Johnston	220	20.4
	Labour	Elizabeth Montgomery	218	20.2
Turnout			1,083	34
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Ramshill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Svetlana Rodgers	322	34.1
	Conservative	Eileen Vickers	294	31.2
	Independent	Graeme Walker	285	30.2
	Conservative	Peter Southward	275	29.2
	Green	Norman Oldham	242	25.7
	North Yorkshire Coast Party	Colin Wigglesworth	138	14.6
	Independent	Peter Wright	134	14.2
Turnout			950	31
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek Bastiman	944	59.1
	Conservative	John Flinton	756	47.3
	Independent	Russell Bradley	533	33.4
	Independent	Thomas Miller	500	31.3
	Green	Phillip Wall	245	15.3
Turnout			1,599	47
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Seamer (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Helen Mallory	635	44.8
	Conservative	Lucy Haycock	593	41.9
	Independent	Roxanne Murphy	564	39.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish Harron	378	26.7
	Independent	John Keith	346	24.4
Turnout			1,423	38
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stepney (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Jonathan Dixon	670	51.5
	Green	Dilys Cluer	477	36.7
	Conservative	Heather Phillips	313	24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alezandra Bartlett-Cook	234	18.0
	Labour	Ian Stubbs	206	15.8
	Labour	Alan Oxley	181	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roderick Rodgers	174	13.4
	BNP	Alan Foulds	126	9.7
Turnout			1,302	38
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Streonshalh (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Broadley	659	72.2
	Independent	Dorothy Clegg	466	51.0
	Conservative	Steven Leadley	275	30.1
Turnout			920	26
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Weaponness (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Penny Marsden	762	55.7
	Conservative	Thomas Fox	594	43.4
	Independent	Charles Smith	546	39.9
	Conservative	Edward Sulman	437	31.9
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Grant	188	13.7
Turnout			1,371	44
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitby West Cliff (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Plant	640	64.6
	Independent	Michael Ward	451	45.5
	Conservative	Ian Gregson	427	43.1
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Juliet Boddington	250	25.2
Turnout			991	30
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Woodlands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Chatt	482	50.7
	Labour	Phillip McDonald	367	38.6
	Independent	Garry Unsworth	294	30.9
	Conservative	Josaphine O'Leary	242	25.4
	Green	Christopher Phillips	179	18.8
Turnout			953	29
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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