2007 Wokingham District Council election
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The 2007 Wokingham District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, 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:
Election result
[edit]The results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats to increase their majority on the council.[3] They now had 43 seats on the council after victories in Hillside and Loddon wards, with the Conservative candidate in Loddon, Kirsten Miller, being one of the youngest candidates in Wokingham at the age of 23.[4][5] Overall turnout in the election was 38.8%.[6]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 14 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 77.8 | 51.5 | 18,614 | -4.8% | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 22.2 | 32.3 | 11,654 | +3.3% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 2,413 | -0.2% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 2,348 | 0.0% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 706 | +2.0% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 300 | 0.0% | |
Putting Local People First | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 98 | +0.3% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pamela Stubbs | 694 | 76.4 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Allan Wrobel | 170 | 18.7 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Leslie Huntley | 44 | 4.8 | −6.9 | |
Majority | 524 | 57.7 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 908 | 37.8 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | George Storry | 1,207 | 50.9 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Alison Swaddle | 703 | 29.6 | −2.3 | |
Labour | Gregory Bello | 337 | 14.2 | −0.6 | |
UKIP | Peter Jackson | 125 | 5.3 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 504 | 21.3 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,372 | 38.0 | −0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Sherratt | 1,133 | 53.2 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Coling Lawley | 802 | 37.7 | +1.7 | |
UKIP | Amy Thornton | 103 | 4.8 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Jasdip Garcha | 92 | 4.3 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 331 | 15.5 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,130 | 47.3 | −5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mirfin | 1,307 | 49.2 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Malvern | 892 | 33.6 | +5.1 | |
UKIP | Ann Davis | 317 | 11.9 | +1.5 | |
Labour | John Woodward | 138 | 5.2 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 415 | 15.6 | −10.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,654 | 43.5 | −1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Bowring | 1,361 | 57.8 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Harley | 576 | 24.4 | −2.8 | |
UKIP | Ian Gordon | 269 | 11.4 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Paul Sharples | 150 | 6.4 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 785 | 33.4 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,356 | 36.4 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Holton | 1,210 | 59.9 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Eastwell | 504 | 24.9 | −1.4 | |
Labour | Jacqueline Pluves | 253 | 12.5 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Andrew Findlay | 54 | 2.7 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 706 | 35.0 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,021 | 30.2 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Jorgensen | 1,427 | 50.5 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hare | 1,138 | 40.3 | +0.5 | |
Labour | David Sharp | 152 | 5.4 | −1.2 | |
UKIP | Jeremy Allison | 106 | 3.8 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 289 | 10.2 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,823 | 42.8 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kirsten Miller | 960 | 45.5 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Challis | 891 | 42.2 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Alberto Troccoli | 156 | 7.4 | −4.3 | |
UKIP | Vincent Pearson | 104 | 4.9 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 69 | 3.3 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,111 | 33.2 | −0.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Chopping | 1,461 | 56.2 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Smith | 682 | 26.2 | −3.4 | |
Labour | Jacqueline Rupert | 192 | 7.4 | +0.4 | |
Green | David Hogg | 149 | 5.7 | −0.9 | |
UKIP | David Lamb | 115 | 4.4 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 779 | 30.0 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,599 | 35.8 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alistair Auty | 1,455 | 59.4 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bacon | 461 | 18.8 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Mark Squires | 252 | 10.3 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | Keith Knight | 185 | 7.5 | −1.7 | |
Putting Local People First | Mark Burke | 98 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 994 | 40.6 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,451 | 38.3 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Gould | 327 | 56.1 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Philp | 101 | 17.3 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Keith Wilson | 91 | 15.6 | −9.9 | |
UKIP | Peter Williams | 64 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Majority | 226 | 38.8 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 583 | 33.0 | −3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Pollock | 1,009 | 52.6 | −13.3 | |
Independent | Andrew Grimes | 706 | 36.8 | +36.8 | |
Green | Marjory Bisset | 151 | 7.9 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Joan Huntley | 54 | 2.8 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 303 | 15.8 | −36.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,920 | 42.7 | +7.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Chapman | 875 | 76.4 | +19.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paula Dove | 165 | 14.4 | −15.3 | |
Labour | Pippa White | 61 | 5.3 | −1.1 | |
UKIP | Peter Armand | 45 | 3.9 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 710 | 62.0 | +34.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,146 | 48.2 | −0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kay Gilder | 864 | 52.2 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Parvindar Batth | 560 | 33.8 | −4.9 | |
UKIP | Geoffrey Bulpit | 125 | 7.6 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Roger Hayes | 106 | 6.4 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 304 | 18.4 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,655 | 36.5 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Deirdre Tomlin | 1,263 | 60.7 | ||
Conservative | John Jarvis | 496 | 23.8 | ||
Labour | Roy Mantel | 255 | 12.3 | ||
UKIP | Gerald Sleep | 66 | 3.2 | ||
Majority | 767 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,080 | 47.1 | −0.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian McGhee-Sumner | 933 | 60.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gregory Newman | 366 | 23.5 | ||
UKIP | Franklin Carstairs | 168 | 10.8 | ||
Labour | John Baker | 88 | 5.7 | ||
Majority | 567 | 36.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,555 | 38.8 | −2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Armstrong | 1,185 | 47.7 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | John Green | 1,066 | 42.9 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | Anthony Pollock | 141 | 5.7 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Anthony Skuse | 90 | 3.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 119 | 4.8 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,482 | 38.9 | −3.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Perry Lewis | 1,637 | 71.6 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Bristow | 387 | 16.9 | +5.0 | |
UKIP | Graham Widdows | 263 | 11.5 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 1,250 | 54.7 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,287 | 38.1 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Wokingham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Results". The Times. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
- ^ "Tories enjoy success in Berkshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ "Wokingham election snaps". Reading Post. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ "Happy Tories grab two more seats". getwokingham. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Local election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Wokingham Borough Council". Reading Post. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.