Redditch Borough Council election, 2007
2007 elections to Redditch Borough Council in England were held on 3 May. One third of the council was up for election and the result was that council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election result
Redditch Local Election Result 2007 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50.0 |
41.9 |
8,336 |
+1.7% |
|
Labour |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30.0 |
29.3 |
5,826 |
-5.0% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20.0 |
20.7 |
4,115 |
+0.0% |
|
BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.7 |
1,526 |
+3.0% |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
98 |
+0.5% |
Ward results
Abbey |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Diane Thomas |
1,004 |
53.4 |
+20.8 |
|
Conservative |
Anita Clayton |
514 |
27.3 |
-7.4 |
|
Labour |
Mohammad Nasir |
362 |
19.3 |
-13.4 |
Majority |
490 |
26.1 |
|
Turnout |
1,880 |
46.4 |
+4.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Astwood Bank & Feckenham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Brandon Clayton |
1,085 |
59.7 |
-3.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Graham Pollard |
382 |
21.0 |
+1.9 |
|
Labour |
John Witherspoon |
350 |
19.3 |
+1.6 |
Majority |
703 |
38.7 |
-5.3 |
Turnout |
1,817 |
40.2 |
+0.1 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Batchley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Jack Cookson |
837 |
39.7 |
-3.8 |
|
Conservative |
Gordon Craig |
639 |
30.3 |
-8.2 |
|
BNP |
Dawn Enderby-New |
424 |
20.1 |
+20.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Hennessey |
175 |
8.3 |
-9.7 |
|
Independent |
Isabel Armstrong |
34 |
1.6 |
+1.6 |
Majority |
198 |
9.4 |
+4.4 |
Turnout |
2,109 |
36.1 |
+4.2 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Church Hill |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Robin King |
824 |
43.6 |
-1.5 |
|
Conservative |
Betty Armstrong |
690 |
36.5 |
+3.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Gee |
377 |
19.9 |
-2.4 |
Majority |
134 |
7.1 |
-5.4 |
Turnout |
1,891 |
30.9 |
-1.1 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Crabbs Cross |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Jack Field |
1,017 |
62.0 |
+0.4 |
|
Labour |
Malcolm Beaumont |
401 |
24.5 |
+3.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kathleen Cummings |
222 |
13.5 |
-4.0 |
Majority |
616 |
37.5 |
-3.2 |
Turnout |
1,640 |
37.1 |
-0.8 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Greenlands |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Wanda King |
766 |
37.4 |
-8.5 |
|
BNP |
Karl Newman |
502 |
24.5 |
+24.5 |
|
Conservative |
Ken Banks |
492 |
24.0 |
-9.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Pitt |
286 |
14.0 |
-6.4 |
Majority |
264 |
12.9 |
+0.8 |
Turnout |
2,046 |
33.1 |
+3.0 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Headless Cross & Oakenshaw |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Carole Gandy |
1,464 |
57.8 |
+5.8 |
|
Labour |
Alan Mason |
666 |
26.3 |
+6.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Stanley |
401 |
15.8 |
-12.0 |
Majority |
798 |
31.5 |
+7.3 |
Turnout |
2,531 |
37.4 |
+0.7 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Winyates |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Nigel Hicks |
836 |
30.1 |
+14.1 |
|
Labour |
Clive Cheetham |
791 |
28.4 |
-2.6 |
|
BNP |
Maurice Field |
600 |
21.6 |
-9.8 |
|
Conservative |
Jason Allbutt |
490 |
17.6 |
-4.0 |
|
Independent |
Richard Armstrong |
64 |
2.3 |
+2.3 |
Majority |
45 |
1.7 |
|
Turnout |
2,781 |
42.8 |
-1.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
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