2007 Winchester City Council election

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19 of 57 seats to Winchester City Council
29 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats before	29	21
Seats won	10	8
Seats after	29	23
Popular vote	16,413	12,961
Percentage	50.3%	39.8%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Labour	Independent
Seats before	4	3
Seats won	0	1
Seats after	1	4
Popular vote	1,445	1,072
Percentage	4.4%	3.3%

Results by Ward

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2007 Winchester Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

19 seats were contested in the election with both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats putting up candidates in all of the contested wards.^[3] Labour had 15 candidates, the United Kingdom Independence Party 6, Green Party 2 and there were 2 independents.^[3] The Labour leader on the council, Peter Rees, stood down at the election,^[4] while St Bartholomew ward had the first Muslim candidate for the council in the Conservative Abdul Kayum.^[5] Since the 2006 council election the Conservatives had controlled the council with a narrow majority.^[3]

Refuse collection was an important issue in the election, after the Conservative council planned to move from weekly to fortnightly collections in June for more of the council area including Swanmore, Whiteley and Wickham.^[6] They said this would boost recycling, but the Liberal Democrats said residents were against the move and that they would collect kitchen waste every week if they controlled the council.^[6]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives keep a majority on the council, with the party still having 29 seats.^[7] They gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats in Owslebury and Curdridge but lost one back in Compton and Otterbourne ward.^[8] Labour lost both of the seats they were defending on the council to leave the party with only 1 councillor.^[8] The beneficiaries were the Liberal Democrats who gained the seats in St Luke and St John and All Saints wards.^[8] The Liberal Democrats thus had 23 seats after the election, but had come within 19 votes of gaining a seat from the Conservatives in Whiteley ward, which would have deprived the Conservatives of a majority.^[7]

Winchester Local Election Result 2007^[9]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	10	1	1	0	52.6	50.3	16,413	-3.5%
Liberal Democrats	8	3	1	+2	42.1	39.8	12,961	+6.0%
Independent	1	0	0	0	5.3	3.3	1,072	-2.5%
Labour	0	0	2	-2	0	4.4	1,445	-2.0%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	501	+1.3%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	211	+0.6%

Ward results

Bishop's Waltham

Bishop's Waltham^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Colin Chamberlain	995	46.6	+0.8
	Conservative	Charlie Wright	793	37.1	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Stainton	261	12.2	+12.2
	Labour	Stephen Haines	86	4.0	-1.6
Majority			202	9.5	+6.9
Turnout			2,135	41	-1
	Independent hold		Swing

Colden Common and Twyford

Colden Common and Twyford^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Wagner	1,280	59.0	+7.7
	Conservative	Susan Evershed	838	38.6	-6.3
	Labour	Elaine Fullaway	53	2.4	-1.5
Majority			442	20.4	+14.0
Turnout			2,171	53	+6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Compton and Otterbourne

Compton and Otterbourne^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Bell	861	50.4	+7.7
	Conservative	Murray MacMillan	753	44.1	-5.3
	UKIP	Chris Barton-Briddon	78	4.6	-1.3
	Labour	Clare McKenna	16	0.9	-1.0
Majority			108	6.3
Turnout			1,708	54
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Denmead

Denmead^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Stallard	1,666	80.5	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Stoneham	404	19.5	+4.5
Majority			1,262	61.0	-5.4
Turnout			2,070	40	-1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Itchen Valley

Itchen Valley^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Baxter	628	77.2	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Thompson	153	18.8	-4.9
	UKIP	John Clark	32	3.9	+3.9
Majority			475	58.4	+10.3
Turnout			813	52
	Conservative hold		Swing

Littleton and Harestock

Littleton and Harestock^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kelsie Learney	1,007	57.8	+6.2
	Conservative	Patrick Cunningham	704	40.4	-4.5
	Labour	Tessa Valentine	31	1.8	-1.7
Majority			303	17.4	+10.7
Turnout			1,742	63
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Owslebury and Curdridge

Owslebury and Curdridge^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Humby	876	61.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Merritt	498	35.2	-1.6
	Labour	Brian Fullaway	42	3.0	0.0
Majority			378	26.7	+3.3
Turnout			1,416	47	-2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St. Barnabas

St. Barnabas^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Berry	1,230	49.6	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Mitchell	1,069	43.1	+0.2
	Green	Dave Walker-Nix	109	4.4	+4.4
	Labour	Adrien Field	72	2.9	-1.4
Majority			161	6.5	-3.3
Turnout			2,480	52	-3
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Bartholomew

St. Bartholomew^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Nelmes	1,142	54.4	+5.0
	Conservative	Abdul Kayum	787	37.5	-6.4
	Labour	Timothy Curran	93	4.4	-2.3
	Independent	Rupert Pitt	77	3.7	+3.7
Majority			355	16.9	+11.4
Turnout			2,099	45	+2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. John and All Saints

St. John and All Saints^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Hicks	757	43.3	+12.5
	Conservative	Michael Lovegrove	488	27.9	-4.2
	Labour	Antony de Peyer	443	25.3	-7.4
	UKIP	Lawrence Hole	61	3.5	+3.5
Majority			269	15.4
Turnout			1,749	38	+3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St. Luke

St. Luke^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alexis Fall	823	53.1	+21.0
	Conservative	Robert Ducker	515	33.2	-9.9
	Labour	David Smith	148	9.6	-15.2
	UKIP	David Abbott	63	4.1	+4.1
Majority			308	19.9
Turnout			1,549	38	+3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St. Michael

St. Michael^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Mather	1,196	58.7	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Chesters	680	33.4	+0.2
	Labour	Albert Edwards	98	4.8	-0.3
	UKIP	Judith Gordon	64	3.1	+0.1
Majority			516	25.3	-0.2
Turnout			2,038	45	-2
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul

St. Paul^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Barratt	1,019	58.9	+8.5
	Conservative	Robert Courts	636	36.8	-6.4
	Labour	Glenn Cope	74	4.3	-2.1
Majority			383	22.1	+14.9
Turnout			1,729	39	+0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swanmore and Newton

Swanmore and Newtown^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Pearson	1,217	76.6	+20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Toole	371	23.4	-17.7
Majority			846	53.2	+38.1
Turnout			1,588	49	-11
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Alresfords

The Alresfords^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernie Jeffs	1,271	54.7	-4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lucille Thompson	693	29.8	-5.6
	UKIP	David Samuel	203	8.7	+8.7
	Labour	Robin Atkins	156	6.7	+1.4
Majority			578	24.9	+1.0
Turnout			2,323	48	-3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upper Meon Valley

Upper Meon Valley^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Biggs	679	79.1	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Scriven	179	20.9	-5.5
Majority			500	58.2	+15.3
Turnout			858	57
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whiteley

Whiteley^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Anthony	459	49.5	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Vivian Achwal	440	47.5	+1.9
	Labour	Barry Jones	28	3.0	-0.4
Majority			19	2.0	-3.4
Turnout			927	41
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickham

Wickham^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Fitzgerald	809	61.1	-4.7
	Conservative	Neil Jackson	484	36.6	+7.0
	Labour	Robert Rudge	31	2.3	-2.3
Majority			325	24.5	-11.7
Turnout			1,324	44
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wonston and Micheldever

Wonston and Micheldever^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Wright	1,193	63.3	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hobson	515	27.3	-3.6
	Green	Alison Craig	102	5.4	+5.4
	Labour	Nigel Lickley	74	3.9	0.0
Majority			678	36.0	+1.8
Turnout			1,884	45	-3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Winchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ "Results". The Times. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Winchester local election line-up". This Is Hampshire. 6 April 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ "Labour man quits election battle". This Is Hampshire. 19 April 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ "Muslim bids for city seat". This Is Hampshire. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Bin collections set to cause stink at polls". The Portsmouth Evening News. 26 April 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Losers refuse to let Lib Dems into offices". The Portsmouth Evening News. 5 May 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "No change in city council control". This Is Hampshire. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Elections 2007: Conservatives retain power". Winchester City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

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