Hart District Council election, 2007

The 2007 Hart Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, 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

• Conservative 15
• Liberal Democrat 12
• Community Campaign (Hart) 6
• Independent 2^[2]

Election result

The results saw the council remain without any party having a majority.^[3] The Conservatives remained the largest party with 15 seats despite losing 1 seat to the Community Campaign (Hart) (CCH).^[4] Christopher Axam gained Fleet Courtmoor for the CCH after winning 828 votes, compared to 758 for the Conservatives.^[5] This meant the CCH had 6 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats held the seats they had been defending to remain with 12 councillors.^[3] Overall turnout in the election was 35.85%.^[6]

Following the election a Conservative bid to take control of the council failed with the existing Liberal Democrat, Community Campaign (Hart) and independent coalition continuing after a 20-15 vote.^[7]

Hart Local Election Result 2007[2][6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	5	0	1	-1	41.7	50.8	8,595	+7.9%
	Liberal Democrat	5	0	0	0	41.7	33.0	5,587	+6.5%
	Community Campaign (Hart)	2	1	0	+1	16.7	10.6	1,791	-5.0%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	492	+0.7%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	405	+0.7%
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	42	+0.2%

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David Neighbour	834	57.4	-2.6
	Conservative	Vivienne Gascoigne	619	42.6	+6.0
Majority			215	14.8	-8.6
Turnout			1,453	42.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Church Crookham West^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Community Campaign (Hart)	Jennifer Radley	963	67.6	-1.6
	Conservative	Eleanor Whyte	462	32.4	+5.0
Majority			501	35.2	-6.6
Turnout			1,425	37.7	-1.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Eversley^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hugo Eastwood	704	87.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Clark	101	12.5
Majority			603	74.9
Turnout			805	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fleet Courtmoor^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Community Campaign (Hart)	Christopher Axam	828	48.3	+48.3
	Conservative	Christopher Butler	758	44.2	-4.7
	Labour	Sheila Stone	87	5.1	+5.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Alan Hope	42	2.4	+2.4
Majority			70	4.1
Turnout			1,715	46.1	+2.3
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Fleet North^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Barrell	874	59.9	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Maria Van Dolen	584	40.1	-4.1
Majority			290	19.9	+8.2
Turnout			1,458	30.4	-3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frogmore and Darby Green^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Vivien Street	744	61.9	-8.8
	Conservative	Richard Fielden	354	29.5	+6.3
	Labour	Joyce Still	103	8.6	+2.5
Majority			390	32.5	-15.0
Turnout			1,201	29.9	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hartley Wintney^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sara-Lea Kinnell	859	55.7	+55.7
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Griffin	461	29.9	+3.5
	BNP	Roger Robertson	222	14.4	-4.8
Majority			398	25.8
Turnout			1,542	39.7	-4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hook^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Henderson	1,460	71.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Evans	572	28.1	+1.5
Majority			888	43.7	-3.0
Turnout			2,032	33.3	-0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Odiham^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Kenneth Crookes	1,268	83.6	+12.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Carter	249	16.4	-7.7
Majority			1,019	67.2	+20.5
Turnout			1,517	40.9	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yateley East^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Cockarill	745	57.0	+1.4
	Conservative	Edward Dawson	470	35.9	+4.8
	Labour	John Davies	93	7.1	-0.5
Majority			275	21.0	-3.6
Turnout			1,308	32.6	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Yateley North^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David Simpson	744	60.3	-5.2
	Conservative	James Lawrence	423	34.3	+4.0
	Labour	David Jenkins	67	5.4	+1.2
Majority			321	26.0	-9.3
Turnout			1,234	32.3	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Yateley West^[3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Myra Billings	553	45.3	-12.4
	Conservative	Edward Bromhead	344	28.2	-4.3
	BNP	Geoffrey Crompton	183	15.0	+15.0
	Labour	Mary Jenkins	142	11.6	+1.8
Majority			209	17.1	-8.0
Turnout			1,222	31.5	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

1. "Hart". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
2. "Results". The Times. 2007-05-05. p. 83.
3. "Election Results". gethampshire. 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
4. "Parties begin talks but coalition rule likely". gethampshire. 2007-05-11. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
5. "Coalition intact". gethampshire. 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
6. "Election Results for 3 May 2007". Hart District Council. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
7. "Anger as Tories are voted out". gethampshire. 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2010-04-24.