2007 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election

The 2007 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Stratford-on-Avon District Council in Warwickshire, 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

The results of the election were delayed after problems with the electronic counting system led to the count being suspended and then resumed later manually.^[3] When the results were declared the Conservatives increased their majority on the council after making 5 gains among the 18 seats that were being contested.^[3]

Stratford-on-Avon Local Election Result 2007^[2]^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	13	5	0	+5	72.2	51.9	14,982	-0.6%
Liberal Democrats	5	0	4	-4	27.8	35.6	10,282	-4.0%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	1,573	+2.2%
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	3.0	867	-1.0%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	664	+1.8%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	479	+1.7%

Ward results

Alcester^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Payne	1,214	60.0	+28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Karyl Rees	629	31.1	−25.6
	UKIP	Ronald Mole	108	5.3	−1.3
	Labour	Michael Gerrard	74	3.7	−1.9
Majority			585	28.9
Turnout			2,025	43.7	+4.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bardon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Hobbs	459	62.3	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Insoll	170	23.1	−12.0
	UKIP	Michael Sharpe	108	14.7	+14.7
Majority			289	39.2	+9.3
Turnout			737	42.2	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bidford and Salford^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Slaughter	1,028	50.7	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Holland	738	36.4	−18.8
	Labour	Alec Brown	155	7.6	+7.6
	Green	Karen Varga	108	5.3	+5.3
Majority			290	14.3
Turnout			2,029	38.2	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fenny Compton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Williams	642	69.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nesta Commander	277	30.1	−2.9
Majority			365	39.7	+5.7
Turnout			919	48.9	+8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbury^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Barton	921	56.5	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Moir	709	43.5	−14.5
Majority			212	13.0
Turnout			1,630	43.4	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Marshall	1,252	76.9	+0.8
	UKIP	Brett Parsons	134	8.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Ratcliffe	126	7.7	−16.2
	Labour	Jacqueline Abbott	116	7.1	+7.1
Majority			1,118	68.7	+16.4
Turnout			1,628	46.2	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kineton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Mills	913	59.1	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lou Giblin	631	40.9	−18.0
Majority			282	18.3
Turnout			1,544	46.0	−1.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Shipston^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob White	952	49.2	+2.8
	Conservative	Clive Faulkner	901	46.5	−7.1
	Labour	Ann Grosvenor	83	4.3	+4.3
Majority			51	2.6
Turnout			1,936	49.3	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Southam^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Wise	975	56.8	+8.4
	Labour	Jim Taylor	555	32.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Fradgley	187	10.9	−12.7
Majority			420	24.5	+4.0
Turnout			1,717	34.6	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stockton and Napton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Rock	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stratford Alveston^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vince Seaman	1,172	48.6	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Rolfe	935	38.8	−9.2
	UKIP	Ralph Berry	190	7.9	+7.9
	Green	John Mullings	115	4.8	+4.8
Majority			237	9.8	+5.8
Turnout			2,412	46.6	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stratford Avenue and New Town^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Gardner	899	38.9	+10.1
	Independent	Keith Lloyd	867	37.5	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Tredwell	407	17.6	−23.3
	Labour	Karen Parnell	140	6.1	−0.1
Majority			32	1.4
Turnout			2,313	43.0	+2.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Stratford Guild and Hathaway^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville Beamer	1,272	50.4	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Thomas	783	31.0	−21.3
	Labour	George Hathaway	194	7.7	+7.7
	Green	Hugh Chatwin	150	5.9	+5.9
	UKIP	Harry Cottam	124	4.9	+4.9
Majority			489	19.4
Turnout			2,523	44.4	+5.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Stratford Mount Pleasant^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Moorse	910	68.1	+5.2
	Conservative	John Brain	310	23.2	−6.7
	Labour	David Talbot	116	8.7	+1.5
Majority			600	44.9	+11.8
Turnout			1,336	40.1	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Studley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Weddell	893	48.5	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Cronin	809	43.9	−14.3
	Labour	Jeffrey Kenner	140	7.6	+7.6
Majority			84	4.6
Turnout			1,842	40.6	+1.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tredington^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Saint	665	73.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Vial	239	26.4	−5.0
Majority			426	47.1	+10.0
Turnout			904	47.6	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welford^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barnes	584	54.6	−22.1
	Conservative	David Cox	486	45.4	+22.1
Majority			98	9.2	−44.3
Turnout			1,070	64.3	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wellesbourne^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Close	1,196	52.4
	Conservative	Martyn Allan	980	42.9
	Green	Roger Fisher	106	4.6
Majority			216	9.5
Turnout			2,282	43.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "Stratford-On-Avon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Results". The Times. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
^ ^a ^b "Tories notch up another five seats; Local Elections Rugby and Stratford". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 5 May 2007. p. 16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "District Council election" (PDF). Stratford on Avon District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2010.

[hold-1] "Stratford-On-Avon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 28 March 2010.

[times-2] "Results". The Times. 5 May 2007. p. 83.

[notch-3] "Tories notch up another five seats; Local Elections Rugby and Stratford". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 5 May 2007. p. 16.

[results-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "District Council election" (PDF). Stratford on Avon District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2010.

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