Harlow District Council election, 2007
The 2007 Harlow District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Harlow District 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
Background
After the last election in 2006 the Conservatives had 12 seats, Labour 11 and the Liberal Democrats 10.[3] However in January 2007 John Goddard left the Conservative group to sit as an independent,[4][5] meaning that going into the 2007 election both the Conservative and Labour parties had 11 councillors.[6]
12 seats were contested at the election, with 2 seats being available in Church Langley ward after Sam Warren stood down from the council.[7]
Election result
The Liberal Democrats lost 2 seats to fall to 8 councillors, 1 each to the Conservative and Labour parties, who both finished with 12 councillors.[7] The closest result came in Toddbrook ward where Labour held the seat with a 15 vote majority over the Conservatives, while both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat group leaders, Andrew Johnson and Chris Millington won seats in Church Langley and Bush Fair wards respectively.[7] Overall turnout at the election was 34.75%, down from 36.93% in 2006.[8]
Following the election a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats continued to run the council.[7][9]
Harlow local election result 2007[2][8] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
6 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
50.0 |
45.8 |
9,876 |
+5.6% |
|
Labour |
4 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
33.3 |
31.9 |
6,876 |
-0.2% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
2 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
16.7 |
20.2 |
4,362 |
-5.6% |
|
Respect |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.2 |
250 |
+0.2% |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.9 |
204 |
-0.1% |
Ward results
Bush Fair[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Millington |
855 |
41.4 |
-7.3 |
|
Labour |
Terry Brandon |
796 |
38.5 |
+4.6 |
|
Conservative |
Shona Johnson |
414 |
20.0 |
+2.5 |
Majority |
59 |
2.9 |
-11.9 |
Turnout |
2,065 |
36.5 |
-2.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Great Parndon[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Patrick McClarnon |
1,011 |
55.1 |
+4.0 |
|
Labour |
Norman Knight |
617 |
33.6 |
+1.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ian Rideout |
208 |
11.3 |
-5.2 |
Majority |
394 |
21.5 |
+2.8 |
Turnout |
1,836 |
36.1 |
-2.5 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Harlow Common[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mark Wilkinson |
909 |
45.0 |
+4.8 |
|
Conservative |
Clive Souter |
879 |
43.5 |
+7.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alan Lawrence |
234 |
11.6 |
-1.5 |
Majority |
30 |
1.5 |
-2.8 |
Turnout |
2,022 |
37.6 |
-0.8 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Little Parndon and Hare Street[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Jean Clark |
881 |
49.2 |
+6.0 |
|
Conservative |
Russell Perrin |
700 |
39.1 |
+3.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert Pailing |
211 |
11.8 |
-9.4 |
Majority |
181 |
10.1 |
+2.5 |
Turnout |
1,792 |
34.0 |
-1.5 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Mark Hall[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Lesley Rideout |
752 |
36.5 |
-0.5 |
|
Labour |
Michael Danvers |
740 |
35.9 |
+0.2 |
|
Conservative |
Jane Steer |
570 |
27.6 |
+0.3 |
Majority |
12 |
0.6 |
-0.7 |
Turnout |
2,062 |
41.1 |
-2.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Netteswell[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Edna Stevens |
642 |
34.7 |
+2.8 |
|
Conservative |
Mark Gough |
613 |
33.2 |
+7.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jim Pailing |
594 |
32.1 |
-10.2 |
Majority |
29 |
1.5 |
|
Turnout |
1,849 |
34.9 |
-0.6 |
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
Old Harlow[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Sue Livings |
976 |
54.5 |
-2.0 |
|
Labour |
John Childs |
398 |
22.2 |
-3.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Nick Macy |
214 |
11.9 |
-5.5 |
|
Independent |
Chris Ford |
204 |
11.4 |
+11.4 |
Majority |
578 |
32.3 |
+0.9 |
Turnout |
1,792 |
37.2 |
-1.9 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Staple Tye[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Lee Dangerfield |
685 |
42.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Robins |
588 |
36.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Dennis Palmer |
329 |
20.5 |
|
Majority |
97 |
6.1 |
|
Turnout |
1,602 |
31.8 |
|
|
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
Sumners and Kingsmoor[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Sarah-Jane Dangerfield |
857 |
55.5 |
+1.5 |
|
Labour |
Suzanne Ennifer |
482 |
31.2 |
+0.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kuzna Jackson |
205 |
13.3 |
-1.6 |
Majority |
375 |
24.3 |
+1.4 |
Turnout |
1,544 |
29.1 |
-1.9 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Toddbrook[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Bob Davis |
795 |
41.0 |
+0.2 |
|
Conservative |
David Carter |
770 |
39.8 |
+1.7 |
|
Respect |
Maureen Topley |
250 |
12.9 |
+2.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Julian Watkiss |
122 |
6.3 |
-3.9 |
Majority |
25 |
1.2 |
-1.5 |
Turnout |
1,937 |
37.4 |
-3.2 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
By-elections between 2007 and 2008
Little Parndon and Hare Street
A by-election was held in Little Parndon and Hare Street on 25 October 2007 after the death of Labour councillor Jack Jesse.[10][11] The seat was held for Labour by the former council leader Michael Danvers with a majority of 196 votes over the Conservatives.[10][11]
Toddbrook
A by-election was held in Toddbrook ward on 25 October 2007 after the death of Labour councillor Roy Collyer.[10][11] The seat was gained for the Conservatives by David Carter with a majority of 15 votes over Labour.[10]
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