2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election

The 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, 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:

Background

19 seats on the council were contested at the election, with the Conservatives controlling the council before the election with 40 of the 52 seats.^[3] A number of sitting councillors stood down at the election including Conservatives Jean Chandler (Fenstanton ward) and Nick Guyatt, and Liberal Democrat Shirley Menczer (Brampton ward).^[3]

As well as candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, there were also Green Party candidates in the 3 Huntingdon wards, a British National Party candidate in St Neots Eynesbury and a UK Independence Party candidate in Upwood and The Raveleys.^[3] Meanwhile, the only councillor to have served since the council was founded in 1974, Conservative Mike Newman, stood again in Somersham ward.^[3]

Election result

The Conservatives suffered a net loss of 1 seat, after losing 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats, but also gaining 1 seat.^[4] This meant the Conservatives stayed in control of the council with 39 councillors, compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents.^[4] One of the 2 Liberal Democrat gains came in Huntingdon North, where 19-year-old Sam Kemp took the seat by 19 votes from Conservative Maggie Wheeler.^[4]

Huntingdonshire local election result 2007^[2]^[5]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	14	1	2	-1	73.7	57.9	16,894	+2.4%
Liberal Democrats	5	2	1	+1	26.3	31.4	9,168	-1.2%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	2,347	-0.4%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	299	+1.0%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	280	+1.0%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	166	+0.6%

Ward results

Brampton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Jordan	1,237	50.8
	Conservative	Jane King	1,123	46.1
	Labour	Sybil Tuckwood	77	3.2
Majority			114	4.7
Turnout			2,437	51.7	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Earith^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Godfrey	1,157	71.7	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Leona Graham-Elen	361	22.4	−2.3
	Labour	Cindy Cochrane	95	5.9	−0.9
Majority			796	49.3	+5.4
Turnout			1,613	34.9	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ellington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Baker	747	57.1	−2.3
	Conservative	Stephen Cawley	561	42.9	+6.3
Majority			186	14.2	−8.5
Turnout			1,308	57.9	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Elton and Folksworth^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mac McGuire	690	83.4	+10.6
	Labour	Mary Howell	137	16.6	+8.6
Majority			553	66.9	+13.3
Turnout			827	39.9	−2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fenstanton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Dakers	442	48.2	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Saunderson	430	46.9	+3.2
	Labour	Angela Richards	45	4.9	−1.1
Majority			12	1.3	−5.2
Turnout			917	37.7	−2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gransden and The Offords^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Boddington	1,106	75.7	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Hayward	355	24.3	+2.9
Majority			751	51.4	+0.5
Turnout			1,461	41.1	−0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Simpson	1,173	49.1	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fleming	901	37.7	−12.4
	Labour	David King	188	7.9	−1.4
	Green	Tony Staples	125	5.2	+5.2
Majority			272	11.4
Turnout			2,387	36.1	−3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Kemp	376	37.7
	Conservative	Maggie Wheeler	357	35.8
	Labour	Ann Beevor	202	20.3
	Green	John Clare	62	6.2
Majority			19	1.9
Turnout			997	27.3	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Huntingdon West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Sanderson	974	70.2	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Burrell	209	15.1	−11.4
	Labour	David Brown	112	8.1	−2.0
	Green	Karen How	93	6.7	+6.7
Majority			765	55.1	+18.3
Turnout			1,388	32.2	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kimbolton and Staughton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Gray	985	73.8	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Benford	314	23.5	+8.4
	Labour	Patrick Kadewere	36	2.7	−3.9
Majority			671	50.3	+3.4
Turnout			1,335	54.0	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ramsey^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ross Muir	1,050	58.0	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Dutton	620	34.3	−16.1
	Labour	Susan Coomey	140	7.7	+7.7
Majority			430	23.7
Turnout			1,810	28.6	−4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Somersham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Newman	1,140	66.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hulme	483	28.0
	Labour	Karen Webb	103	6.0
Majority			657	38.0
Turnout			1,726	38.0	−8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Neots Eaton Ford^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Harty	1,102	56.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Land	755	38.4
	Labour	John Watson	110	5.6
Majority			347	17.6
Turnout			1,967	37.3	−4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Neots Eaton Socon^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Thorpe	671	47.5
	Conservative	Mandy Thomas	659	46.7
	Labour	Graham Hitchings	82	5.8
Majority			12	0.8
Turnout			1,412	33.9	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Neots Eynesbury^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Ursell	905	41.2	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Collins	791	36.0	−4.6
	BNP	Nicholas Smith	299	13.6	+13.6
	Labour	Bill O'Connor	201	9.2	−1.3
Majority			114	5.2	−3.1
Turnout			2,196	30.0	+1.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St Neots Priory Park^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kendal Cooper	742	47.4	−6.5
	Conservative	Paula Longford	726	46.4	+8.0
	Labour	Richard Allen	96	6.1	−1.6
Majority			16	1.0	−14.6
Turnout			1,564	35.1	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Stilton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Mitchell	743	81.3	+17.4
	Labour	Margaret Cochrane	171	18.7	+9.6
Majority			572	62.6	+25.7
Turnout			914	39.9	−6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upwood and The Raveleys^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Bell	453	54.6	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Worgan	176	21.2	−24.2
	UKIP	Robert Brown	166	20.0	+20.0
	Labour	Graeme Watkins	34	4.1	−1.8
Majority			277	33.4	+30.1
Turnout			829	33.2	−7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yaxley and Farcet^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Butler	1,548	74.9	+7.4
	Labour	Kevin Goddard	518	25.1	−7.4
Majority			1,030	49.9	+14.9
Turnout			2,066	27.6	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Results - Election 2007". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Candidates gear up for elections". Hunts Post. 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Election history is made". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. NewsBank. 5 May 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

[election2007-1] "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

[election-2] "Results - Election 2007". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 2007. p. 83.

[gear-3] "Candidates gear up for elections". Hunts Post. 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

[history-4] "Election history is made". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. NewsBank. 5 May 2007.

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

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