2007 Maidstone Borough Council election
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The 2007 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, 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 26
- Liberal Democrat 21
- Labour 4
- Independent 4[2]
Background
[edit]Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 27 seats, compared to 20 Liberal Democrats, 4 Labour and 4 independent councillors.[3] 20 seats were up for election, with 2 of these in Bridge and South wards being by-elections after the resignation of the previous councillors.[3]
The Conservatives held the seats of Detling and Thurnham and Sutton Valence and Langley without a contest after no other candidates stood in those seats.[3] In total 64 candidates stood in the election, comprising 20 Conservatives, 16 Liberal Democrats, 11 Green party, 10 Labour, 5 independents and 2 British National Party.[3] As well as the by-elections, 2 sitting councillors did not stand in the election, Liberal Democrat John Williams from Coxheath and Hunton ward and independent Janetta Sams from Harrietsham and Lenham ward.[3]
Election result
[edit]The results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Liberal Democrats made a net gain of 1 seat from the Conservatives.[4] This reduced the Conservatives to 26 seats and was a disappointment for them as Maidstone had been one of the party's top 10 targets in the 2007 local elections.[4] Overall turnout in the election was 37.68%.[3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 9 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 45.0 | 49.2 | 15,968 | +2.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | 9 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 45.0 | 33.2 | 10,773 | +2.5% | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5.4 | 1,762 | -0.2% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 1,905 | -5.3% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 1,722 | +0.8% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 329 | +1.0% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Robertson | 1,517 | 63.9 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Jeff Curwood | 684 | 28.8 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Marianna Poliszczuk | 174 | 7.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 833 | 35.1 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,375 | 42.7 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Allan Bradshaw | 1,935 | 70.0 | +28.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Chittenden | 510 | 18.5 | +18.5 | |
Green | Edward Wallace | 319 | 11.3 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 1,425 | 51.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,764 | 42.9 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm Greer | 1,415 | 67.2 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Doherty | 534 | 25.3 | +1.5 | |
BNP | Gareth Veitch | 158 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 881 | 41.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,107 | 32.9 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Pickett | 746 | 50.5 | +12.8 | |
Conservative | Martin Cluett | 611 | 41.4 | −2.0 | |
Green | Andrew Waldie | 120 | 8.1 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 135 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,477 | 34.7 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Colin Parr | 1,239 | 47.8 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | John Wilson | 1,221 | 47.1 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Michael Casserley | 130 | 5.0 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 18 | 0.7 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,590 | 47.7 | +5.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Horne | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Marchant | 405 | 50.8 | −25.5 | |
Independent | Gordon Newton | 230 | 28.9 | +28.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Hodges | 162 | 20.3 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 175 | 22.0 | −35.6 | ||
Turnout | 797 | 37.9 | +8.9 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Naghi | 1,386 | 54.1 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | Jamie Devlin | 912 | 35.6 | −16.0 | |
Labour | Michael Beckwith | 167 | 6.5 | −0.3 | |
Green | James Shalice | 97 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 474 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,562 | 41.4 | +2.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Schnell | 773 | 40.2 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | James Ross | 454 | 23.6 | −2.5 | |
Green | Stuart Jeffery | 342 | 17.8 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Keith Adkinson | 245 | 12.7 | −4.4 | |
Independent | Carol Vizzard | 109 | 5.7 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 319 | 16.6 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,923 | 33.6 | +4.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tom Sams | 941 | 45.8 | +45.8 | |
Conservative | Gary Cooke | 834 | 40.6 | −16.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Morris | 230 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Green | Sarah Goodwin | 50 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 107 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,055 | 48.1 | +7.0 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Fran Wilson | 758 | 46.8 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Paul Butcher | 533 | 32.9 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Richard Coates | 182 | 11.2 | −1.3 | |
Green | Wendy Lewis | 148 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 225 | 13.9 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,621 | 27.8 | +2.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Parvin | 639 | 84.7 | +15.8 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Stevens | 115 | 15.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 524 | 69.5 | +18.7 | ||
Turnout | 754 | 40.1 | −1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Sherreard | 413 | 50.4 | +7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Laing | 358 | 43.7 | −8.2 | |
Green | Angela Wooi | 48 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 55 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 819 | 44.5 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Annabelle Blackmore | 1,324 | 62.7 | −9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carol Jacques | 422 | 20.0 | −7.6 | |
Labour | Edith Davis | 216 | 10.2 | +10.2 | |
Green | Ian McDonald | 151 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 902 | 42.7 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,113 | 36.5 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Marvyn Warner | 973 | 54.0 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Jeff Tree | 500 | 27.8 | −0.4 | |
Green | Derek Eagle | 145 | 8.1 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Patrick Coates | 106 | 5.9 | −1.0 | |
Independent | Maureen Cleator | 77 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 473 | 26.3 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,801 | 32.0 | −1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marion Ring | 989 | 53.8 | +6.3 | |
Labour | James Carney | 359 | 19.5 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Samme | 201 | 10.9 | +10.9 | |
BNP | William Hitches | 171 | 9.3 | +9.3 | |
Green | Stephen Muggeridge | 119 | 6.5 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 630 | 34.3 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,839 | 30.0 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Wilson | 1,234 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Chittenden | 1,139 | |||
Conservative | Keith Andrews | 1,113 | |||
Conservative | Alan Chell | 1,102 | |||
Green | Penny Kemp | 183 | |||
Turnout | 4,771 | 40.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Lusty | 1,127 | 70.1 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Burnham | 270 | 16.8 | −3.8 | |
Labour | John Randall | 211 | 13.1 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 857 | 53.3 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,608 | 35.7 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paulina Stockell | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Maidstone". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "National: Elections 2007: Town and country go to the polls". The Guardian. 4 May 2007. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Maidstone Borough Council Election Results - Thursday 3 May 2007" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Lib Dems victory in Prescott's back yard". The Press and Journal. 4 May 2007. p. 13.
- ^ "Results". The Times. 5 May 2007. p. 83.