Colchester Borough Council election, 2007

Map of the results of the 2007 Colchester council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007.

The 2007 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives had 30 of the 60 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats had 21, Labour had 7 and there were 2 independents.^[3]

With the Conservative party needing to gain one seat to gain a majority on the council for the first time since 1986,^[4] Colchester attracted national attention with the Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, coming to the marginal Shrub End ward to campaign for the Conservatives.^[5] Meanwhile, one of the Green party's Principal Speakers Sian Berry came to Colchester and campaigned on the importance of public transport, with the Greens contesting every seat at the election.^[5]

Election result

The Conservatives narrowly failed to gain a majority on the council after failing to take Wivenhoe Quay from Labour by two votes after two recounts.^[4] This meant the Conservatives remained on 30 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats stayed on 21 seats.^[4] Labour's loss of Shrub End to the Conservatives meant they dropped to 6 councillors, while the Greens failed to win any seats despite getting 32% of the vote in Castle ward.^[4]^[6] Overall turnout at the election was 34.7%.^[7]

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2007^[1]^[7]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	2	2	0	45.0	41.8	14,342	+2.9%
	Liberal Democrat	7	1	1	0	35.0	29.3	10,052	-4.5%
	Labour	3	0	1	-1	15.0	16.3	5,581	+3.0%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	5.0	3.1	1,052	-2.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	3,267	+1.0%

Ward results

Berechurch^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dave Harris	931	49.7	+17.4
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Hindle	483	25.8	-16.4
	Conservative	Claire Bright	352	18.8	+0.7
	Green	Philippa Lane	109	5.8	-1.6
Majority			448	23.9
Turnout			1,875	32.7	-1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Birch & Winstree^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Crowe	1,164	70.1	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Longman	313	18.9	+1.2
	Labour	James Spencer	100	6.0	-1.0
	Green	Tobie Glenny	83	5.0	-0.9
Majority			851	51.3	+2.4
Turnout			1,660	37.5	-4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Barlow	940	41.0	-7.7
	Green	Peter Lynn	740	32.3	+9.7
	Conservative	Glenn Granger	469	20.5	+2.4
	Labour	Michael Powell	142	6.2	-1.9
Majority			200	8.7	-17.3
Turnout			2,291	37.4	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Christ Church^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Hunt	588	42.4	-1.3
	Conservative	Andrew Bright	474	34.2	+0.9
	Green	Alexander Cave	245	17.7	+0.3
	Labour	David Canning	79	5.7	+0.1
Majority			114	8.2	-2.2
Turnout			1,386	46.0	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Copford & West Stanway^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jackie Maclean	394	69.1	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Waite	82	14.4	+7.0
	Labour	Ian Spademan	48	8.4	+0.4
	Green	Sophie Lovejoy	46	8.1	+8.1
Majority			312	54.7	-1.8
Turnout			570	38.4	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fordham & Stour^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	913	67.2	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Shakespeare	180	13.2	+0.8
	Green	Mervyn Carter	146	10.7	+2.6
	Labour	Jo Aldous	120	8.8	+0.4
Majority			733	53.9	-0.3
Turnout			1,359	34.3	-2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Tey^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Chillingworth	670	71.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Carolyn Catney	105	11.3	-9.6
	Labour	John Wood	90	9.7	-1.8
	Green	Paul Goldsmith	67	7.2	-7.2
Majority			565	60.6	+12.8
Turnout			932	41.9	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highwoods^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Philip Oxford	1,052	52.6	-5.6
	Conservative	Simon Lucas	427	21.4	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	John Baker	306	15.3	+0.1
	Labour	Janet Smith	127	6.4	-1.1
	Green	Gary Kittle	88	4.4	+0.1
Majority			625	31.3	-11.7
Turnout			2,000	30.9	-1.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Mile End^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Turrell	1,081	47.1	+8.2
	Conservative	Marianne Anderson	995	43.4	-2.8
	Labour	Steve Crawshaw	118	5.1	-1.1
	Green	Mary Bryan	99	4.3	-2.1
Majority			86	3.8
Turnout			2,293	39.5	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

New Town^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Fisher	872	55.6	-9.8
	Conservative	George Askew	271	17.3	+17.3
	Green	Linda Wonnacott	252	16.1	-5.4
	Labour	Luke Dopson	173	11.0	-2.1
Majority			601	38.3	-5.5
Turnout			1,568	27.0	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prettygate^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Wyn Foster	1,404	54.2	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Ost	875	33.8	-0.9
	Labour	Michael Dale	182	7.0	-0.3
	Green	Peter Appleton	129	5.0	+0.5
Majority			529	20.4	+1.5
Turnout			2,590	43.7	+0.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

St. Andrew's^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tim Young	969	61.6	-8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Rebecca Price	299	19.0	-10.2
	Conservative	Alex Wilson	237	15.1	+2.7
	Green	Andrew Senter	68	4.3	-0.7
Majority			670	42.6	+18.4
Turnout			1,573	24.8	-3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Cook	1,000	49.3	-2.5
	Labour	Kim Naish	548	27.0	+0.6
	Conservative	Anne Allan	368	18.2	+4.5
	Green	Annick Collins-Leyssen	111	5.5	-2.5
Majority			452	22.3	-3.1
Turnout			2,027	32.2	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Shrub End^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pauline Hazell	718	38.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Offen	643	34.5	-7.5
	Labour	Richard Bourne	404	21.7	+2.1
	Green	Walter Schwarz	100	5.4	+0.6
Majority			75	4.0
Turnout			1,865	31.2	-1.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stanway^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Scott-Boutell	1,214	52.2	+10.2
	Conservative	Beverly Davies	897	38.6	-5.4
	Labour	John Spademan	141	6.1	-2.4
	Green	Pam Nelson	74	3.2	-2.3
Majority			317	13.6
Turnout			2,326	37.7	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tiptree^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Crowe	1,185	65.4	+11.0
	Labour	Audrey Spencer	330	18.2	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Turrell	151	8.3	-1.4
	Green	Katherine Bamforth	146	8.1	+2.0
Majority			855	47.2	+7.9
Turnout			1,812	30.2	-0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jill Tod	877	62.9	-0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Woodward	177	12.7	-4.8
	Labour	Abigail Tootal	173	12.4	+4.5
	Green	Roger Bamforth	167	12.0	+1.1
Majority			700	50.2	+4.1
Turnout			1,394	36.4	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Mersea^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Kimberley	1,510	74.1	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Butler	201	9.9	+9.9
	Labour	Barbara Nichols	178	8.7	-1.4
	Green	Beverley Maltby	148	7.3	-3.2
Majority			1,309	64.3	+4.2
Turnout			2,037	35.0	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Cross^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Cory	395	42.5	+3.2
	Conservative	David Adams	371	39.9	-6.5
	Green	Maria Iacovou	83	8.9	+8.9
	Labour	Rossanna Trudgian	80	8.6	-5.7
Majority			24	2.6	-4.5
Turnout			929	27.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Wivenhoe Quay^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Ford	648	35.9	+17.2
	Conservative	Penny Kraft	646	35.7	-0.9
	Green	Chris Fox	366	20.3	+20.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Humphrey	147	8.1	-8.9
Majority			2	0.1
Turnout			1,807	44.4	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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1 2 "Colchester : William stops off on whistle-stop tour". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 20 April 2007. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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