Boston Borough Council elections, 2007

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Elections for Boston Borough Council, which covers the Borough of Boston, were held on 3rd May 2007. The Boston Bypass Independence Party won the election in a landslide victory with 25 seats, the first party ever to take overall control of the council since the borough was formed in 1972. It was a single-issue party campaigning on getting a bypass for Boston. All the Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors lost their seats, with only five Conservatives and two Independents also elected. The turnout was 36.9%. The overall results, were as follows:

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Summary Results
Party		Candidates	Votes	% Votes	Seats	Change
	Boston Bypass Independents	32	16,294	52.1	25	+25
	Conservative	21	7,376	23.5	5	-7
	Labour	13	2,378	7.6	0	-11
	Independent	5	2,341	7.5	2	-3
	Liberal Democrat	4	1,537	4.9	0	-4
	UK Independence	8	1,137	3.6	0	0
	British National Party	1	194	0.6	0	0
	English Democrats	1	76	0.2	0	0
Total		85	31,333		32

Ward-by-Ward Results:

[edit] Ward-by-Ward Results

[edit] Central Ward (1 seat)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Central Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Gilbert (E)	148	40.3	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Keith Waterfield	136	37.1	N/A
	Labour	Jane Stewart	83	22.6	N/A
		Turnout	367	31.1	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Coastal Ward (2 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Coastal Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Neil McGregor (E)	681	30.5	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Bedford (E)	557	25.0	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Harry Windsor	515	23.1	N/A
	Independent	Kathryn Dawson	354	15.9	N/A
	UK Independence	Felicity Ransome	123	5.5	N/A
		Turnout	1,249	41.8	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Fenside Ward (2 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Fenside Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Guy Curley (E)	317	27.3	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Shelia Newell (E)	315	27.1	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Bakewell	174	15.0	-26.6
	Conservative	Michelle Chapman	134	11.5	-11.3
	Labour	Norman Hart	116	10.0	-25.6
	UK Independence	Cyril Wakefield	107	9.2	N/A
		Turnout	636	22.6	+4.3
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Fishtoft Ward (3 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Fishtoft Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Richard Lenton (E)	846	17.9	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Elizabeth Barker (E)	821	17.4	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Helen Staples (E)	814	17.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Ossy Snell	600	12.7	-18.9
	Conservative	Paul Skinner	563	11.9	-10.7
	Conservative	Raymond Singleton-McGuire	535	11.3	-18.0
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Chapman	358	7.6	N/A
	UK Independence	John Flynn	185	3.9	N/A
		Turnout	1,848	39.2	+11.6
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative		Swing
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Five Village Ward (2 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Five Village Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Tony Clarke (E)	557	25.0	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	David Witts (E)	513	23.0	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Day	509	22.8	N/A
	Conservative	James Winder	503	22.6	N/A
	UK Independence	Jodie Sutton	146	6.6	N/A
		Turnout	1,196	38.3	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative		Swing
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Frampton & Holme Ward (1 seat)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Frampton & Holme Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Brian Rush (E)	310	45.0	N/A
	Independent	Pat Cooper	216	31.3	N/A
	Conservative	Ray Sharpe	163	23.7	N/A
		Turnout	695	51.4	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Independent		Swing

[edit] Kirton Ward (2 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Kirton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	John Dungworth (E)	568	27.7	N/A
	Conservative	John Rylatt (E)	540	26.4	+0.8
	Independent	Colin Brotherton	511	24.9	+0.6
	Boston Bypass Independents	Helen Proctor	430	21.0	N/A
		Turnout	1,105	30.8	+5.1
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] North Ward (2 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: North Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Gerry Clare (E)	858	33.3	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Peter Jordan (E)	824	32.0	N/A
	Conservative	Mary Wright	436	16.9	-21.3
	Conservative	Horace Wright	340	13.2	-26.4
	Labour	Peter Gardner	119	4.6	-17.5
		Turnout	1,311	45.6	+12.8
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative		Swing
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Old Leake & Wrangle Ward (2 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Old Leake & Wrangle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	John Grant (E)	518	26.7	N/A
	Conservative	Maureen Dennis (E)	455	23.5	-17.4
	Boston Bypass Independents	Janet Sargeant	454	23.4	N/A
	Conservative	Frank Pickett	338	17.4	-22.4
	UK Independence	Sue Ransome	175	9.0	+0.2
		Turnout	1,086	41.1	+9.8
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Pilgrim Ward (1 seat)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Pilgrim Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ruskin (E)	173	49.0	+2.6
	Boston Bypass Independents	Ron McIntyre	147	41.6	N/A
	Labour	Jay Uddin	33	9.3	-44.3
		Turnout	353	27.1	+0.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Skirbeck Ward (3 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Skirbeck Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Anne Dorrian (E)	669	19.8	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Dave Hobson (E)	613	18.2	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Paddy Rush (E)	528	15.6	N/A
	Labour	Peter Nodder	318	9.4	-12.4
	Labour	Sandra Bakewell	315	9.3	-11.8
	Conservative	Shane Smith	278	8.2	-10.8
	Labour	Mick Gall	239	7.1	-12.1
	UK Independence	Mike Parkhill	222	6.6	N/A
	British National Party	Roy Hughes-West	194	5.7	N/A
		Turnout	1,292	33.0	+8.4
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] South Ward (1 seat)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: South Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Alison Austin (E)	358	56.8	N/A
	Conservative	Tony Austin	196	31.1	-17.9
	English Democrats	Stephen Wyatt	76	12.1	N/A
		Turnout	634	37.6	+12.8
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Staniland North Ward (1 seat)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Staniland North Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	David Lingard (E)	184	42.0	N/A
	Labour	Paul Goodale	113	25.8	N/A
	Conservative	Mary Clark	108	24.7	N/A
	UK Independence	Elizabeth Ransome	33	7.5	N/A
		Turnout	440	32.3	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Staniland South Ward (2 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Staniland South Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Martin Clarkson (E)	537	30.4	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Ray Newell (E)	483	27.3	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Mould	271	15.3	N/A
	Labour	Paul Kenny	258	14.6	N/A
	Labour	Sally Gall	218	12.3	N/A
		Turnout	972	33.8	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Swineshead & Holland Fen Ward (2 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Swineshead & Holland Fen Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Brookes (E)	717	31.8	-16.3
	Independent	Richard Leggott (E)	543	24.1	-12.4
	Boston Bypass Independents	Alan Green	392	17.4	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Anne Storry	309	13.7	N/A
	Conservative	Bob Lowrie	237	10.5	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Finch	59	2.6	N/A
		Turnout	1,217	41.5	+7.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

[edit] West Ward (1 seat)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: West Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Brenda Owen (E)	393	55.4	N/A
	Conservative	Derek Richmond	264	37.2	-29.9
	Labour	Peter Sylvester	53	7.5	-8.9
		Turnout	711	45.7	+10.6
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Witham Ward (2 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Witham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Graham Dovey (E)	672	35.8	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	Jim Blaylock (E)	496	26.5	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Rawlings	427	22.8	N/A
	Labour	Shaun Forster	280	14.9	N/A
		Turnout	1,100	36.4	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

[edit] Wyberton Ward (2 seats)

Boston Borough Council Elections 2007: Wyberton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Boston Bypass Independents	Richard Austin (E)	634	32.3	N/A
	Boston Bypass Independents	John Storry (E)	402	20.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Cory	360	18.3	-23.6
	Liberal Democrat	Albert Tebbs	219	11.2	-10.4
	Conservative	Sally Parker	201	10.2	-8.0
	UK Independence	Don Ransome	146	7.4	-1.8
		Turnout	1,078	35.8	+6.0
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Boston Bypass Independents gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

[edit] References

Preceded by Boston Borough Council elections, 2003	Boston local elections	Succeeded by Boston Borough Council elections, 2011