2007 Derbyshire Dales District Council election

The 2007 Derbyshire Dales District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Derbyshire Dales District Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

The Conservatives gained one seat from Labour in the only change at the election to take them to 26 seats.^[2] 10 of the Conservatives had been guaranteed seats before the election as they had no opponents.^[2] The Liberal Democrats remained on 8 seats, Labour dropped to 4 seats and there continued to be 1 independent.^[2]

Derbyshire Dales local election result 2007^[3]^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	26	1	0	+1	66.7	49.0	17,531	+6.5%
Liberal Democrats	8	0	0	0	20.5	34.0	12,141	-1.7%
Labour	4	0	1	-1	10.3	9.9	3,548	-4.4%
Independent	1	0	0	0	2.6	4.4	1,558	-3.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	981	+2.7%

Ward results

Ashbourne North (2 seats)^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Stephen Bull	unopposed
Conservative	Tony Millward	unopposed
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Ashbourne South (2 seats)^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Alan Hodkinson	unopposed
Conservative	Andrew Lewer	unopposed
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Bakewell (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Twigg	1,200
	Conservative	Carol Walker	1,057
	Conservative	Peter Duncan	1,041
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Birchley	479
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Molyneux	448
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Nancolas	386
Turnout			4,611	45	−1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradwell^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Goodison	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brailsford^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Valentine	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calver^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cate Hunt	632	77.4	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marija Nicholson	185	22.6	−5.2
Majority			447	54.7	+10.2
Turnout			817	53	+3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carsington Water^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Rose	553	76.2	−1.5
	Green	Mary Smail	93	12.8	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Wheatcroft	80	11.0	−11.3
Majority			460	63.4	+7.9
Turnout			726	48	+8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatsworth^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Longden	648	75.5
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Wareham	210	24.5
Majority			438	51.0
Turnout			858	60
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clifton & Bradley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Bates	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Darley Dale (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Burton	1,016
	Liberal Democrats	David Fearn	978
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Allwood	934
	Conservative	Brian Fearn	541
	Independent	John Evans	471
	Independent	Samantha Kay	456
Turnout			4,396	41	+3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dovedale & Parwich^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Spencer	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Doveridge & Sudbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Catt	496	68.8
	Independent	Nesta Jarville	225	31.2
Majority			271	37.6
Turnout			721	48
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartington & Taddington^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Chapman	417	74.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bardsley	140	25.1	−0.9
Majority			277	49.7	+1.7
Turnout			557	42	+4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hathersage & Eyam (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Bevan	1,039
	Conservative	David Hoskin	1,008
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Bowman	455
Turnout			2,502	47
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hulland^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Radford	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lathkill & Bradford^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew McCloy	406	66.2	+14.0
	Conservative	Andy Howard	207	33.8	−14.0
Majority			199	32.5	+28.1
Turnout			613	45	−0.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Litton & Longstone^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Bentley	491	71.3
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Rainsford	198	28.7
Majority			293	42.6
Turnout			689	50
	Conservative hold		Swing

Masson (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John March	427
	Conservative	Peter Hume	403
	Conservative	Tony Davis	380
	Labour	Nicholas Elliott	366
	Liberal Democrats	David Wildgoose	152
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Steadman	149
Turnout			1,877	40	+7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Matlock All Saints (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Burfoot	997
	Conservative	Geoff Stevens	964
	Liberal Democrats	David Barker	911
	Conservative	Ann Elliott	833
	Conservative	Sam Gregory	773
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Moss	715
	Green	Erik Douglas	289
Turnout			5,482	46	+3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Matlock St Giles (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Flitter	1,042
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Hopkinson	865
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Rosser	865
	Conservative	Barrie Tipping	787
	Conservative	Jacquie Stevens	761
	Conservative	Ursula Lunn	661
Turnout			4,981	43	+1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Norbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Bull	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Shirley Buckingham	346	59.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Wildgoose	235	40.4
Majority			111	19.2
Turnout			581	39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tideswell^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tracy Critchlow	344	64.5	+13.6
	Green	Timothy George	95	17.8	+17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Holt	94	17.6	−31.5
Majority			249	46.7	+44.9
Turnout			533	36	−1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winster & South Darley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Moseley	371	44.2	+23.5
	Labour	Colin Swindell	249	29.6	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Wright	220	26.2	−38.4
Majority			122	14.5	−29.4
Turnout			840	60	+8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wirksworth (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Ratcliffe	937
	Labour	Mike Ratcliffe	789
	Labour	Peter Slack	780
	Conservative	Gladwyn Gratton	637
	Conservative	Helen Walker	508
	Green	Josh Stockell	504
	Conservative	Gavin Williamson	433
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Green	387
Turnout			4,975	41	+10
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2007 and 2011

Masson

A by-election was held in Masson on 6 December 2007 after the death of Labour councillor John March.^[5] The by-election was won by Conservative Garry Purdy.^[6]

Masson by-election 6 December 2007^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Garry Purdy	356	48.2	+7.2
	Labour	Belinda Heaney	256	34.7	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Steadman	126	17.1	+1.6
Majority			100	13.5
Turnout			738	30.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Matlock St Giles

A by-election was held in Matlock St Giles on 4 June 2009 after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Tony Rosser.^[8] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Cate Hopkinson.^[8]

Matlock St Giles by-election 4 June 2009^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cate Hopkinson	825	43.7	−13.3
	Conservative	Barry Tipping	659	34.9	−8.2
	Independent	Alan Bower	406	21.5	+21.5
Majority			166	8.8
Turnout			1,890
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Winster & South Darley

A by-election was held in Winster and South Darley after Conservative councillor John Moseley stepped down to join the Peak District National Park Authority.^[9] The seat was gained for Labour by Colin Swindell, who became the then youngest councillor on Derbyshire Dales Council at the age of 26.^[9]

Winster & South Darley by-election 23 July 2009^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Swindell	426	62.6	+32.9
	Conservative	Robin Green	255	37.3	−6.7
Majority			171	25.3
Turnout			681	48.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "Derbyshire Dales". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The agony and the ecstasy". Derbyshire Times. 8 May 2007. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
^ ^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 "District Council Elections 2007". Derbyshire Dales District Council. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
^ "Local and Mayoral elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
^ "Masson residents go to the polls". Matlock Mercury. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b "By-election result". Matlock Mercury. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Elections '09 - Lib Dems retain district and town seats in by-election". Matlock Mercury. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Labour claim victory in Dales by-election". Matlock Mercury. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
^ Land, Jon. "Ukip and Greens claim by-election wins against Tories". 24dash.com. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[hold-1] "Derbyshire Dales". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[agony-2] "The agony and the ecstasy". Derbyshire Times. 8 May 2007. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[results-3] ^ ^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 "District Council Elections 2007". Derbyshire Dales District Council. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[mayoral-4] "Local and Mayoral elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[residents-5] "Masson residents go to the polls". Matlock Mercury. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[purdy-6] "By-election result". Matlock Mercury. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[byelection-7] "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[district-8] "Elections '09 - Lib Dems retain district and town seats in by-election". Matlock Mercury. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[dales-9] "Labour claim victory in Dales by-election". Matlock Mercury. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[ukip-10] Land, Jon. "Ukip and Greens claim by-election wins against Tories". 24dash.com. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

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