Blackpool Council election, 2007

The 2007 Blackpool Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Blackpool Unitary Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.[1]

Election Result

Blackpool Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 26 13 0 +13 61.9 47.3 37,148 +8.7%
  Labour 13 0 12 -12 31.0 34.4 27,034 -8.3%
  Liberal Democrat 3 1 2 -1 7.1 13.9 10,919 -2.9%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2,371 +3.0%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 399 +0.3%
  Mums' Army 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 219 +0.3%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 202 -1.4%
  UK F.A.G.S. 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 193 +0.2%

Ward results

Anchorsholme (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Williams 950
Conservative Michael Jebson 911
Liberal Democrat Jon Bamborough 891
Liberal Democrat Steven Bate 802
Labour Betty Bradford 700
Labour Daniel Bradford 665
Turnout 4,919
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Bispham (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Don Clapham 1,329
Conservative Henry Mitchell 1,274
Labour Alan Haynes 502
Labour Christopher Ryan 419
BNP Susan Kelly 366
Liberal Democrat Steven Farley 272
Turnout 4,162
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Bloomfield (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Doreen Holt 555
Labour Mary Smith 502
Labour Roger Cooke 466
Liberal Democrat Michael Hodkinson 414
Conservative Ephraim Bell 317
Conservative Ian Dodd 274
Independent John Finlay 202
UK F.A.G.S. Hamish Howitt 193
Turnout 2,923
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Brunswick (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Coleman 796
Labour Simon Blackburn 775
Conservative Pat Mancini 602
Conservative Peter Watson 561
UKIP Colin Porter 233
Turnout 2,967
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Claremont (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivan Taylor 780
Labour Sylvia Taylor 693
Conservative May Ashford 521
Conservative Philip Cartwright 477
Liberal Democrat Susan Close 281
BNP Chris Ryan 275
Liberal Democrat Richard Powell 250
Turnout 3,277
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Clifton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Greenhalgh 801
Conservative Joe Best 749
Labour Michael Carr 703
Conservative Marlene McGuirk 703
Liberal Democrat Stuart Mackie 287
Turnout 3,243
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Greenlands (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Mineur 948
Conservative Steve Houghton 886
Labour Kathryn Benson 786
Labour Bob Harrison 687
BNP Jonathan Murphy 370
Liberal Democrat Barbara Bamborough 314
Turnout 3,991
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hawes Side (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Hardy 789
Labour Valerie Haynes 757
Conservative Jean Kenrick 664
Conservative Barry Wells 554
BNP Irene Cain 369
Liberal Democrat Patricia Rawson 266
Mums' Army Bev Warren 219
Turnout 3,618
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Highfield (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lily Henderson 1,092
Conservative Susan Fowler 1,086
Labour Gillian Campbell 544
Labour Pamela Jackson 539
BNP Roy Goodwin 339
Liberal Democrat Alma Rollinson 259
Turnout 3,859
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ingthorpe (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Cox 1,025 48.2 13.5
Labour Kath Robson 1,007 47.4 -14
Conservative Jill Ratcliffe 966 45.4 13.1
Labour Roy Lewis 928 43.7 -8.9
Liberal Democrat Linda Bate 326 15.3 -3.7
Turnout 4,252 43.9 -2.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 13.8
Labour hold Swing -13.6
Layton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Ridyard 1,028
Conservative Roy Haskett 946
Labour Sue Wright 862
Labour Roy Fisher 860
Liberal Democrat Jack Smith 320
Turnout 4,016
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Marton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicola Best 1,264
Conservative Jim Houldsworth 1,262
Labour Jim Elmes 610
Labour David O'Hara 536
Liberal Democrat Hazel Williams 216
Turnout 4,815
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Norbreck (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maxine Callow 1,756
Conservative Peter Callow 1,719
Labour Alan Thomson 484
Labour Alun Priestley 442
Liberal Democrat Donna Bamborough 277
Turnout 4,678
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Les Kersh 661
Labour Brian Doherty 631
Conservative Tim Rosser 536
Conservative Gill Clapham 517
BNP Les Joy 339
Liberal Democrat Susan Powell 276
UKIP John Bebbington 166
Turnout 3,126
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Squires Gate (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Robert Wynne 1,317
Liberal Democrat Douglas Green 1,223
Conservative Geoffrey Price 638
Conservative Roger Jones 608
Labour David Menon 318
Labour James Sorah 264
Turnout 4,368
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Stanley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Evans 1,401
Conservative Granville Heap 1,307
Labour Gillian Tomlinson 595
Labour Amy Cross 527
Liberal Democrat David Stevenson 303
Turnout 4,133
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Talbot (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Bell 779
Conservative Ron Bell 759
Labour Eric Allcock 632
Labour John Boughton 601
Liberal Democrat Peter Wood 273
Turnout 3,044
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Tyldesley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Price 833
Conservative Roger Stansfield 802
Labour Allan Matthews 775
Labour Edward Collett 749
Liberal Democrat Rod Holt 327
Turnout 3,486
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Victoria (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Jackson 783
Labour David Owen 660
Conservative Sam Bell 528
Conservative Bryan Horne 523
Liberal Democrat Ian Coleman 467
Turnout 2,961
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Warbreck (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joyce Delves 1,084
Conservative Tony Brown 1,057
Labour Maureen Horn 453
Labour Stephen Perry 417
Liberal Democrat Anne Heyworth 359
Liberal Democrat Kevan Benfold 347
BNP Alan Kelly 313
Turnout 4,030
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Waterloo (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Fowler 972
Conservative Tony Lee 940
Labour Carol Radcliffe 730
Labour Paul Wainwright 605
Liberal Democrat Susan Moss 297
Turnout 3,544
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ^ "Blackpool". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/ey.stm. Retrieved 7 May 2011. 
Preceded by
Blackpool Council election, 2003		 Blackpool local elections Succeeded by
Blackpool Council election, 2011