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

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Results". The Times. 2007-05-05. p. 83.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 "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. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 "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.
Preceded by
Hart Council election, 2006		 Hart local elections Succeeded by
Hart Council election, 2008