2007 Tendring District Council election

2007 Tendring District Council election

5 May 2007

All 60 seats to Tendring District Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Tendring First Labour
Last election 25 seats, 36.0% N/A 11 seats, 21.0%
Seats before 25 11
Seats won 28 10 6
Seat change 3 10 5
Popular vote 16,912 5,064 6,470
Percentage 39.8% 11.9% 15.2%
Swing 3.8% N/A 5.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Community Rep. Independent
Last election 13 seats, 21.7% 4 seats, 8.7% 4 seats, 6.2%
Seats before 13 4 4
Seats won 6 5 3
Seat change 7 1 1
Popular vote 6,269 2,534 3,381
Percentage 14.8% 6.0% 8.0%
Swing 6.9% 2.7% 1.8%

  Seventh party
 
Party Holland Residents
Last election 3 seats, 3.1%
Seats before 3
Seats won 2
Seat change 1
Popular vote 1,316
Percentage 3.1%
Swing 0.0%

Results of the 2007 Tendring District Council election

Majority party before election

No overall control

Majority party after election

No overall control

Elections to Tendring District Council were held on 5 May 2007 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party remained the largest party.

Summary

Election result

2007 Tendring District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 56 28 13 11 3 46.7 39.8 16,912 +3.8
  Tendring First 19 10 10 0 10 16.7 11.9 5,064 N/A
  Labour 39 6 1 6 5 10.0 15.2 6,470 –5.8
  Liberal Democrats 29 6 0 6 7 10.0 14.8 6,269 –6.9
  Community Representatives 11 5 1 0 1 8.3 6.0 2,534 –2.7
  Independent 9 3 0 1 1 5.0 8.0 3,381 –1.8
  Residents 3 2 0 1 1 3.3 3.1 1,316 ±0.0
  UKIP 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 296 –0.2
  Green 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 214 –1.3

Ward results

Alresford

Alresford [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Scott 403 53.4
Conservative Laurence Franklin 277 36.7
Labour Terry Ripo 75 9.9
Turnout 755 44.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Alton Park

Alton Park (2 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hughes 453 50.4 +26.2
Labour Delia Aldis* 446 49.6 +5.3
Labour Mark Morley-Souter* 425 47.3 +7.2
Conservative Brian Pennell 387 43.0 +21.9
Turnout 899 26.9 +5.8
Registered electors 3,416
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Ardleigh & Little Bromley

Ardleigh & Little Bromley [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Stock 434 68.9
Liberal Democrats Graham Potter 128 20.3
Labour Vincent Campbell 68 10.8
Turnout 630 35.2
Conservative hold Swing

Beaumont & Thorpe

Beaumont & Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent José Powell 399 55.5
Conservative Dawn Skeels 320 44.5
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 719 39.3

Bockings Elm

Bockings Elm (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Shearing* 604 45.7 –25.4
Liberal Democrats Brian Whitson 541 40.9 –27.7
Conservative Siggy Challinor 497 37.6 +11.9
Conservative Trevor Durham 486 36.8 +14.6
Labour Richard Aldis 221 16.7 N/A
Labour Graham Caines 221 16.7 N/A
Turnout 1,322 37.5 +7.1
Registered electors 3,431
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Patten 350 44.9
Liberal Democrats Mark de Roy 244 31.3
Green Michael Mealing 130 16.7
Labour Wilf Rose 55 7.1
Turnout 779 43.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Graham Steady 1,682 57.9 N/A
Conservative Alan Goggin 1,597 54.9 +29.5
Conservative Vivien Chapman 1,016 35.0 +10.0
Liberal Democrats David Dixon* 743 25.6 –22.0
Liberal Democrats Janet Russell 586 20.2 –15.3
Labour Philip Shirley 482 16.6 –30.5
Conservative Patrick Wilde 350 12.0 N/A
Turnout 2,907 42.5 +7.9
Registered electors 6,234
Independent hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Labour

Bursville

Bursville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlie Sambridge 549 65.7
Tendring First Mavis Balbirnie 105 12.6
Liberal Democrats Charles Harrison 99 11.9
Labour Eve Casey 82 9.8
Turnout 835 46.4
Conservative hold Swing

Frinton

Frinton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Giles Watling 1,010 57.4 –10.5
Conservative Nick Turner* 954 54.2 –7.7
Tendring First Terry Allen 751 42.6 N/A
Tendring First Jack Robertson 656 37.3 N/A
Turnout 1,761 50.9 +9.6
Registered electors 3,473
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Golf Green

Golf Green (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Rep. Roy Smith* 815 51.7 –25.2
Community Rep. Kevin Watson 652 41.3 –2.8
Labour Maurice Alexander 458 29.0 –4.3
Labour Dan Casey 400 25.4 N/A
Conservative Cherie Clark 304 19.3 +3.7
Conservative Brian McCann 293 18.6 N/A
Turnout 1,577 39.7 +3.3
Registered electors 3,953
Community Rep. hold
Community Rep. hold

Great & Little Oakley

Great & Little Oakley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tanya Ferguson 303 49.4
Labour Malcolm Bell 130 21.2
Tendring First David Turner 125 20.4
Liberal Democrats Matthew Bensilum 55 9.0
Turnout 613 35.3
Conservative hold Swing

Great Bentley

Great Bentley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynda McWilliams 509 58.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Taylor 280 32.1
Green Oliver King 84 9.6
Turnout 873 49.7
Conservative hold Swing

Hamford

Hamford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tendring First Iris Johnson* 834 45.9 N/A
Tendring First Anne Hockridge 712 39.2 N/A
Conservative Charles Braithwaite 620 34.1 –38.8
Independent Geoff Francis 207 11.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sheila Harrison 157 8.6 –8.4
Turnout 1,818 43.1 +5.4
Registered electors 3,303
Tendring First gain from Conservative
Tendring First gain from Conservative

Harwich East

Harwich East [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lawrie Payne* 272 41.5
Community Rep. Michael Gardener 261 39.8
Conservative Emily van der Bijl 123 18.8
Turnout 656 34.5

Harwich East Central

Harwich East Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Calver 538 38.1 –6.5
Labour Dave McLeod 516 36.6 –6.4
Conservative Ben Howlett 482 34.2 –9.8
Conservative Barry Brown 439 31.1 N/A
Community Rep. Fraser Leeks 244 17.3 –10.9
Community Rep. Martyn Donn 231 16.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith Tully 147 10.4 N/A
Turnout 1,411 37.6 +6.8
Registered electors 3,603
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Harwich West

Harwich West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Les Double* 451 34.0 –18.0
Conservative Ricky Callender 405 30.5 ±0.0
Conservative Joanne Firth 384 29.0 N/A
Labour Hugh Markham-Lee* 353 26.6 –12.1
Community Rep. Brain Cunnew 321 24.2 –3.7
Community Rep. Lesley Donn 297 22.4 +0.7
Independent Lindsay Glenn 247 18.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tracey McCartney 149 11.2 N/A
Turnout 1,326 34.6 +5.0
Registered electors 3,964
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Harwich West Central

Harwich West Central (2 seats) [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Rep. Steven Henderson* 611 46.7 –11.9
Community Rep. David Rutson* 554 42.4 –8.1
Labour Vickie Williams 360 27.5 –4.6
Labour John Thurlow 352 26.9 –5.2
Conservative Claire Callender 336 25.7 +6.3
Conservative Paul Southgate 287 22.0 N/A
Turnout 1,307 36.1 +3.9
Registered electors 3,612
Community Rep. hold
Community Rep. hold

Haven

Haven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joy Broderick 472 53.6
Residents Michael Vaughn-Chatfield 408 46.4
Turnout 880 48.3
Conservative gain from Residents Swing

Holland & Kirby

Holland & Kirby (2 seats) [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tendring First Mark Cossens* Unopposed
Tendring First Robert Bucke* Unopposed
Registered electors 3,756
Tendring First gain from Conservative
Tendring First gain from Conservative

Homelands

Homelands [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tendring First David Lines 460 61.1
Labour Dick Hebborn 149 19.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Kent 144 19.1
Turnout 783 45.7
Registered electors 1,692
Tendring First gain from Conservative Swing

Lawford

Lawford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Candy* 522 44.0 –5.6
Conservative Valerie Gugliemli 519 43.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tracy Hunter 256 21.6 –17.2
Liberal Democrats John Kelly* 251 21.1 N/A
UKIP David MacDonald 182 15.3 N/A
Labour Stacy Turner 182 15.3 –7.0
Labour Zoe Double 178 15.0 –6.7
Community Rep. David Smy 45 3.8 –13.1
Turnout 1,187 34.5 +7.3
Registered electors 3,333
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Little Clacton & Weeley

Little Clacton & Weeley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mick Skeels 514 32.5 –28.8
Tendring First Peter Balbernie* 500 31.6 N/A
Conservative Iain Wicks 428 27.1 –30.3
Tendring First Bernard Leatherdale 423 26.8 N/A
Labour Janet Bloomfield 239 15.1 –6.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Brown 211 13.4 –17.3
Labour Tony Sargent 205 13.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ricky Hunn 168 10.6 N/A
UKIP Alan Olford 116 7.3 N/A
Turnout 1,580 38.3 +11.7
Registered electors 3,771
Conservative hold
Tendring First gain from Conservative

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carlo Guglielmi 634 43.5 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Dew* 600 43.5 –6.4
Conservative Paul Maher 586 42.5 +5.7
Liberal Democrats James Carter 518 37.6 –9.1
Labour Louise Armstrong 135 9.8 –4.3
Labour John Ford 120 8.7 N/A
Turnout 1,378 38.5 +5.9
Registered electors 3,523
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Peter Bruff

Peter Bruff (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Shearing* 400 36.5 –29.3
Conservative Mitch Mitchell 353 32.2 +4.5
Conservative Pam Sambridge 326 29.7 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Jacqui Augrandjean 332 30.3 –35.0
Independent Philip Sherman 189 17.2 N/A
Labour John Rigby 155 14.1 N/A
Labour Anne Alexander 141 12.9 N/A
Turnout 1,097 30.2 +8.8
Registered electors 3,355
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Pier

Pier (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Honeywood 376 34.3 –12.9
Conservative Sue Honeywood 359 32.7 –11.4
Tendring First Ann Oxley* 280 25.5 N/A
Tendring First Ron Stephenson 254 23.2 N/A
Labour Kevin Colman 240 21.9 –16.6
Labour Roy Raby 209 19.1 –19.4
Independent Chris Humphrey 27 2.5 N/A
Turnout 923 26.5 +5.3
Registered electors 3,355
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Ramsey & Parkeston

Ramsey & Parkeston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Rep. John Brown 237 40.2
Labour George Elmer* 187 31.7
Conservative Michelle Curme 168 28.0
Turnout 589 32.4
Registered electors 1,827
Community Rep. gain from Labour Swing

Rush Green

Rush Green (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Danny Mayzes 554 60.6 +32.5
Conservative Stephen Mayzes 509 55.7 N/A
Labour Clive Baker 360 39.4 –3.2
Labour Ken Aldis 359 39.3 –0.9
Turnout 914 28.2 +7.7
Registered electors 3,346
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

St Bartholomews

St Bartholomews (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Mary Bragg* 908 51.6 +1.6
Residents KT King 853 48.4 +2.8
Conservative Linda Mead 783 44.5 +1.1
Conservative Hugh Morrison 778 44.2 +1.9
Turnout 1,761 46.3 +8.3
Registered electors 3,829
Residents hold
Residents hold

St. James

St. James (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Griffiths* 727 53.1 +16.7
Conservative Gill Downing* 671 49.0 +14.3
Tendring First Susan Marcus 280 20.5 N/A
Tendring First Linda Allen 250 18.3 N/A
Labour David Bolton 195 14.3 –8.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Jarvis 166 12.1 –21.9
Turnout 1,368 37.4 +4.8
Registered electors 3,304
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St. Johns

St. Johns (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Halliday 558 41.2 +10.9
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Cripps* 538 39.7 –13.9
Liberal Democrats Brian Gooch 472 34.9 –11.9
Conservative Sheila Wilde 464 34.3 +5.2
Labour Linda Jacobs 258 19.1 –2.4
Turnout 1,354 35.5 +6.2
Registered electors 3,661
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

St Marys

St Marys (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Fawcett 421 32.4 –0.4
Labour Ian Beckett 419 32.2 –1.0
Conservative John Chittock 400 30.8 –0.4
Labour Norman Jacobs 362 27.8 –3.8
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Hursey 337 25.9 –5.0
Liberal Democrats Marie Clifford-Hales 263 20.2 –6.1
Independent John Hones 123 9.5 N/A
Turnout 1,300 33.4 +12.1
Registered electors 3,715
Conservative hold
Labour hold

St Osyth & Point Clear

St Osyth & Point Clear (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Talbot* 507 38.2 –22.8
Conservative Ron Walker 507 38.2 +5.3
Independent John White 506 38.1 –20.7
Conservative Hayley Turner 433 32.6 N/A
Labour Julie Ward 313 23.6 N/A
Labour Tracey Osben 308 23.2 N/A
Turnout 1,327 36.4 +6.3
Registered electors 3,701
Independent hold
Conservative gain from Independent

St Pauls

St Pauls (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tendring First Pierre Oxley* 1,106 71.5 N/A
Tendring First David Oxley 1,086 70.2 N/A
Conservative Catherine Jessop* 440 28.5 –33.8
Conservative Matthew Woods 384 24.8 –30.3
Turnout 1,546 42.5 +8.5
Registered electors 3,693
Tendring First gain from Conservative
Tendring First gain from Conservative

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rosemary Heaney 957 71.7 +21.2
Conservative Peter Scott 847 63.4 +14.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Redding 378 28.3 –17.7
Turnout 1,335 35.6 +4.2
Registered electors 3,648
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Walton

Walton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tendring First Jan King* 623 57.5 N/A
Tendring First Christine Turner* 609 56.2 N/A
Conservative Seb Craig 370 34.2 –35.6
Conservative Delyth Miles 354 32.7 –33.1
Liberal Democrats Kris Gurney 230 21.2 N/A
Turnout 1,083 36.6 +8.2
Registered electors 3,302
Tendring First gain from Conservative
Tendring First gain from Conservative

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Tendring District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University.