Local Election Results May 2007 Andrew Teale August 12, 2017 2 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007 Typeset by LATEX Compilation and design © Andrew Teale, 2011. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”. This file is available for download from http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/ The LATEX source code is available for download at http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/pdf/2007-source.zip Please advise the author of any corrections which need to be made by email: [email protected] Change Log 12th August 2017: Correction to Market ward, Cambridge (thanks to Colin Rosentiel). 1st August 2015: Gain information added for Walsall. 14th April 2015: The seat won by Gwenda Thomas in the Welsh Assembly was Neath, not Gower. 1st April 2015: Blandford Old Town ward, North Dorset was LD gain from C. 22nd March 2015: Chadsmead ward, Lichfield was 1 LD gain from Lab, not 1 LD gain from C. 15th March 2015: Dorchester East ward, West Dorset was 2 LD holds; Dor- chester North ward, West Dorset was 1 LD gain from Ind. 13th March 2015: Winstanley ward, Blaby was 1 C gain from Lab; Calverton ward, Gedling was 2 Calverton First Independents gain from Lab.. 1st March 2015: Consolidated results for Taunton Deane corrected. The Lib Dems polled 15005 votes and elected 26 councillors. 21st February 2015: Hartshorne and Ticknall ward, South Derbyshire was 2 C gains from Lab. 15th February 2015: Marlow South East ward, Wycombe was 1 C gain from LD. 30th January 2015: Malton ward, Ryedale was 2 Ind gains from LD. 29th January 2015: Walton ward, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk was C gain from Ind, not C gain from LD. 24th January 2015: Billingshurst and Shepley, and Holbrook East wards, Horsham were both 1 C gain from LD. 14th December 2014: Aylesford ward, Tonbridge and Malling was 2 C gains from LD, not 2 C holds. 15th June 2014: Soham North ward, East Cambridgeshire was 2 C gains from Ind, not 2 C gains from LD. 9th August 2013: Result for Skelton ward, Redcar and Cleveland corrected; the result as originally declared contained an arithmetical error which resulted in the Labour candidates having higher declared votes than were actually the case. Contents Introduction and Abbreviations 14 I Metropolitan Boroughs 16 1 Greater Manchester 17 1.1 Bolton.................................. 17 1.2 Bury................................... 18 1.3 Manchester............................... 19 1.4 Oldham.................................. 21 1.5 Rochdale................................ 23 1.6 Salford................................. 24 1.7 Stockport................................ 26 1.8 Tameside................................ 27 1.9 Trafford................................. 29 1.10 Wigan.................................. 30 2 Merseyside 33 2.1 Knowsley................................ 33 2.2 Liverpool................................ 34 2.3 St Helens................................ 36 2.4 Sefton.................................. 38 2.5 Wirral.................................. 39 3 South Yorkshire 42 3.1 Barnsley................................ 42 3.2 Doncaster............................... 44 3.3 Rotherham............................... 45 3.4 Sheffield................................ 47 4 Tyne and Wear 50 4.1 Gateshead............................... 50 4.2 Newcastle upon Tyne.......................... 51 4.3 North Tyneside............................ 53 4.4 South Tyneside............................ 55 4.5 Sunderland............................... 56 3 4 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007 5 West Midlands 59 5.1 Birmingham.............................. 59 5.2 Coventry................................ 62 5.3 Dudley................................. 64 5.4 Sandwell................................ 66 5.5 Solihull................................. 67 5.6 Walsall................................. 69 5.7 Wolverhampton............................ 70 6 West Yorkshire 72 6.1 Bradford................................ 72 6.2 Calderdale............................... 74 6.3 Kirklees................................. 76 6.4 Leeds.................................. 78 6.5 Wakefield................................ 80 II Unitary Councils 83 7 East Midlands Unitaries 84 7.1 Derby.................................. 84 7.2 Leicester................................ 85 7.3 Nottingham.............................. 89 7.4 Rutland.................................. 91 8 Eastern Unitaries 93 8.1 Luton.................................. 93 8.2 Peterborough............................. 95 8.3 Southend-on-Sea........................... 97 8.4 Thurrock................................ 98 9 North East Unitaries 100 9.1 Darlington............................... 100 9.2 Hartlepool............................... 102 9.3 Middlesbrough............................ 103 9.4 Redcar and Cleveland........................ 106 9.5 Stockton-on-Tees........................... 108 10 North West Unitaries 111 10.1 Blackburn with Darwen........................ 111 10.2 Blackpool................................ 113 10.3 Halton................................. 115 10.4 Warrington............................... 116 11 South East Unitaries 118 11.1 Bracknell Forest............................ 118 11.2 Brighton and Hove.......................... 120 11.3 Medway................................ 123 11.4 Milton Keynes............................. 126 11.5 Portsmouth.............................. 127 11.6 Reading................................. 128 CONTENTS 5 11.7 Slough................................. 130 11.8 Southampton.............................. 131 11.9 West Berkshire............................. 132 11.10Windsor and Maidenhead...................... 135 11.11Wokingham.............................. 137 12 South West Unitaries 139 12.1 Bath and North East Somerset.................... 139 12.2 Bournemouth............................. 142 12.3 Bristol.................................. 144 12.4 North Somerset............................ 146 12.5 Plymouth................................ 149 12.6 Poole................................... 151 12.7 South Gloucestershire........................ 152 12.8 Swindon................................ 156 12.9 Torbay................................. 158 13 West Midlands Unitaries 160 13.1 Herefordshire............................. 160 13.2 Stoke-on-Trent............................. 163 13.3 Telford and Wrekin.......................... 164 14 Yorkshire and Humber Unitaries 168 14.1 East Riding............................... 168 14.2 Kingston upon Hull........................... 171 14.3 North East Lincolnshire....................... 173 14.4 North Lincolnshire.......................... 174 14.5 York................................... 175 III Shire Districts 179 15 Bedfordshire 180 15.1 Bedford................................. 180 15.2 Mid Bedfordshire........................... 182 15.3 South Bedfordshire.......................... 184 16 Buckinghamshire 186 16.1 Aylesbury Vale............................ 186 16.2 Chiltern................................. 189 16.3 South Bucks............................... 191 16.4 Wycombe................................ 192 17 Cambridgeshire 195 17.1 Cambridge............................... 195 17.2 East Cambridgeshire......................... 196 17.3 Fenland................................. 198 17.4 Huntingdonshire........................... 199 17.5 South Cambridgeshire......................... 201 6 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007 18 Cheshire 203 18.1 Chester................................. 203 18.2 Congleton............................... 204 18.3 Crewe and Nantwich......................... 206 18.4 Ellesmere Port and Neston...................... 207 18.5 Macclesfield.............................. 208 18.6 Vale Royal............................... 209 19 Cornwall 212 19.1 Caradon................................ 212 19.2 Carrick................................. 214 19.3 Kerrier................................. 216 19.4 North Cornwall............................ 218 19.5 Penwith................................. 219 19.6 Restormel............................... 220 20 Cumbria 223 20.1 Allerdale................................ 223 20.2 Barrow-in-Furness.......................... 225 20.3 Carlisle................................. 226 20.4 Copeland................................ 227 20.5 Eden.................................. 229 20.6 South Lakeland............................ 230 21 Derbyshire 232 21.1 Amber Valley............................. 232 21.2 Bolsover................................ 233 21.3 Chesterfield.............................. 234 21.4 Derbyshire Dales........................... 236 21.5 Erewash................................ 238 21.6 High Peak............................... 240 21.7 North East Derbyshire........................ 242 21.8 South Derbyshire........................... 244 22 Devon 246 22.1 East Devon............................... 246 22.2 Exeter.................................. 248 22.3 Mid Devon............................... 249 22.4 North Devon............................... 251 22.5 South Hams.............................. 253 22.6 Teignbridge.............................. 255 22.7 Torridge................................ 257 22.8 West Devon.............................. 258 23 Dorset 261 23.1 Christchurch..............................