City of York Council election, 2007
City of York Council Election, 2007
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Elections to City of York Council were held on Thursday 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election.
The election saw York's ruling Liberal Democrats lose ten seats and overall control of the council.
Before the election, the composition of the council was[1]
Election result
York Local Election Result 2007[2] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
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Liberal Democrat |
19 |
0 |
10 |
-10 |
40.43% |
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Labour |
18 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
38.30% |
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Conservative |
8 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
17.02% |
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Green |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.26% |
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BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
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Liberal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
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Respect |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
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Independent |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0% |
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Ward results
Acomb Ward
Acomb (2)[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
David Horton |
1303 |
24.9 |
-1.0 |
|
Labour |
Tracey Simpson-Laing |
1301 |
24.9 |
-1.4 |
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Conservative |
Michael Tucker |
529 |
10.1 |
0.2 |
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BNP |
Ian Dawson |
520 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Rachel Lewis-Strodder |
448 |
8.6 |
-10.8 |
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Conservative |
David Thompson |
426 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Reuban Mayne |
399 |
7.6 |
-8.1 |
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Green |
Will Dyson |
297 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
Turnout |
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44.6 |
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Labour hold |
Swing |
-0.6 |
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Labour hold |
Swing |
-5.7 |
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Bishopthorpe Ward
Bishopthorpe[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Galvin |
851 |
49.3 |
19.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Livesley |
504 |
29.2 |
-29.3 |
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Labour |
Fiona Smith |
217 |
12.6 |
0.6 |
|
Green |
Richard Thurley |
153 |
8.9 |
8.9 |
Turnout |
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54.3 |
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Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
24.6 |
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Clifton Ward
Clifton (3)[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ken King |
1438 |
16.9 |
3.7 |
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Labour |
Helen Douglas |
1367 |
16.1 |
1.7 |
|
Labour |
David Scott |
1242 |
14.6 |
3.4 |
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Green |
Ginnie Shaw |
746 |
8.8 |
3.1 |
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Conservative |
Oliver Blair |
580 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
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Conservative |
Kevin Hollinrake |
576 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Karoline Kirk |
551 |
6.5 |
-4.4 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Matthew Reid |
545 |
6.4 |
-4.5 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Derek Waudby |
494 |
5.8 |
-4.0 |
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Respect |
Les Marsh |
421 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
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Conservative |
Thomas McConnell |
304 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
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BNP |
Rich Leeming |
251 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
Turnout |
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33.5 |
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Labour hold |
Swing |
0.3 |
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Labour hold |
Swing |
-2.6 |
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Labour hold |
Swing |
-1.7 |
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Derwent Ward
Derwent[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Jenny Brooks |
841 |
51.8 |
17.3 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Rosalind Maggs |
514 |
31.6 |
-25.0 |
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Labour |
Dennis Martin |
217 |
13.4 |
4.4 |
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Green |
Gillian Cossham |
53 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
Turnout |
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53.5 |
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Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
21.2 |
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Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Ward
Dringhouses and Woodthorpe (3)[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ann Reid |
1611 |
14.6 |
-4.9 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Susan Sunderland |
1503 |
13.6 |
-4.1 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Thomas Holvey |
1445 |
13.1 |
-3.1 |
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Conservative |
Matthew Litten |
1155 |
10.5 |
2.8 |
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Conservative |
Barbara Vernon |
1112 |
10.1 |
2.9 |
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Conservative |
Paul Vernon |
1064 |
9.7 |
3.0 |
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Labour |
Thomas Wright |
934 |
8.5 |
-1.1 |
|
Labour |
Geoffrey Beacon |
865 |
7.8 |
0.0 |
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Labour |
Gerard Hodgson |
830 |
7.5 |
0.0 |
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Green |
John Gray |
504 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
Turnout |
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45.2 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-3.8 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-3.5 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-3.0 |
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Fishergate Ward
Fulford Ward
Guildhall Ward
Haxby and Wigginton Ward
Haxby and Wigginton (3)[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Hogg |
1887 |
15.5 |
-10.6 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Paul Firth |
1740 |
14.3 |
-10.4 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Richard Watson |
1649 |
13.6 |
-9.3 |
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Conservative |
Tony Richardson |
1579 |
13.0 |
7.3 |
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Conservative |
Robert Phillips |
1533 |
12.6 |
6.1 |
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Conservative |
Joe Tidmarsh |
1435 |
11.8 |
11.8 |
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BNP |
Geoff Carr |
620 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
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Green |
Alan Robertshaw |
595 |
4.9 |
0.8 |
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Labour |
Gerald Colbeck |
590 |
4.9 |
1.3 |
|
Labour |
Richard Smyth |
533 |
4.4 |
0.9 |
Turnout |
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44.3 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-9.0 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-8.2 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-10.6 |
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Heslington Ward
Heworth Ward
Heworth (3)[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Paul Blanchard |
1470 |
16.2 |
-1.3 |
|
Labour |
Ruth Potter |
1456 |
16.1 |
-0.4 |
|
Labour |
Christina Funnell |
1380 |
15.2 |
-3.6 |
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Conservative |
James Schofield |
830 |
9.2 |
1.4 |
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Conservative |
Charlie Dyson |
828 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
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Green |
Jennifer Aitken |
716 |
7.9 |
3.1 |
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Conservative |
Andrew Wells |
577 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
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BNP |
Jeff Kelly |
507 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sam Blackburn |
487 |
5.4 |
-7.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robin Hazzard-Gallagher |
432 |
4.8 |
-7.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ian Packington |
382 |
4.2 |
-5.7 |
Turnout |
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37.5 |
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Labour hold |
Swing |
-1.3 |
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Labour hold |
Swing |
-1.8 |
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Labour hold |
Swing |
-5.0 |
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Heworth Without Ward
Heworth Without[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Bill Bennett |
640 |
37.7 |
4.6 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Nigel Ayre |
605 |
35.7 |
-14.3 |
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Labour |
Andrew Garbutt |
288 |
17.0 |
0.0 |
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Liberal |
Nick Blitz |
89 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
|
Green |
Baz Buchanan |
75 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
Turnout |
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55.1 |
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Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
9.4 |
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Holgate Ward
Holgate (3)[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Denise Bowgett |
1490 |
14.0 |
-0.9 |
|
Labour |
James Alexander |
1413 |
13.2 |
-0.3 |
|
Labour |
Sonja Crisp |
1303 |
12.2 |
0.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jonathan Stott |
1286 |
12.0 |
-5.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Martin Bartlett |
1204 |
11.3 |
-6.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gilbert Nimo |
1116 |
10.4 |
-4.8 |
|
Green |
Andreas Heinemeyer |
691 |
6,5 |
1.8 |
|
Conservative |
James McGowan |
645 |
6.0 |
1.2 |
|
Conservative |
Andrew Kay |
604 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
|
Conservative |
Thomas Merry |
465 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
|
BNP |
Michaela Knight |
463 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
Turnout |
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43.2 |
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Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
2.3 |
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Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
3.1 |
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Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
2.6 |
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Hull Road Ward
Huntington and New Earswick Ward
Huntington and New Earswick (3)[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Keith Hyman |
1802 |
18.7 |
-6.2 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Keith Orrell |
1794 |
18.6 |
-6.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Carol Runciman |
1695 |
17.6 |
-4.9 |
|
Conservative |
Sylvia Greenway |
896 |
9.3 |
9.3 |
|
Conservative |
Paul Tumman |
795 |
8.2 |
-0.4 |
|
Conservative |
Roger Holmes |
707 |
7.3 |
7.3 |
|
Labour |
Stephen Burton |
672 |
7.0 |
0.9 |
|
Green |
Clive Woolley |
660 |
6.8 |
-0.1 |
|
Labour |
James Flinders |
629 |
6.5 |
0.9 |
Turnout |
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37.2 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-7.8 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-3.3 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-6.1 |
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Micklegate Ward
Osbaldwick Ward
Rural West York Ward
Skelton, Rawcliffe and Clifton Without Ward
Strensall Ward
Westfield Ward
Westfield (3)[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Susan Galloway |
1512 |
15.9 |
-7.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Steve Galloway |
1511 |
15.9 |
-10.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Waller |
1432 |
15.1 |
-9.6 |
|
Labour |
Lisa Ingham |
887 |
9.3 |
1.4 |
|
Labour |
Rebecca Crisp |
869 |
9.2 |
1.8 |
|
Labour |
Bob Scrase |
758 |
8.0 |
1.0 |
|
Conservative |
Ken Beavan |
457 |
4.8 |
1.2 |
|
Conservative |
Charles Brooks |
455 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
|
Green |
John Forrester |
437 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
|
BNP |
Graeme Wiles |
407 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
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Conservative |
Thomas Cahill |
358 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
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Monster Raving Loony |
Eddie Vee |
407 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
Turnout |
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35.0 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-4.3 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-6.1 |
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Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
-5.3 |
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Wheldrake Ward
References
[2]
- ↑ "BBC NEWS, Election 2006, York". BBC News.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 "Election results May 2007". City of York Council.