Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
Elections to Tameside Council were held on 4 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Tameside Local Election Result 2007 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
15 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
78.9 |
44.7 |
24,054 |
|
|
Conservative |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10.5 |
28.1 |
15,126 |
|
|
Labour Co-op |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.3 |
2.8 |
1,500 |
|
|
Independent |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.3 |
2.4 |
1,267 |
|
|
BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.2 |
3,896 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
5.2 |
2,797 |
|
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.9 |
2,633 |
|
|
UKIP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.1 |
1,128 |
|
Ward results
Ashton Hurst
Ashton Hurst |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Alan Whitehead |
1,337 |
39.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Kate Scott |
1,323 |
39.4 |
|
|
BNP |
Bev Jones |
267 |
8.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Cerudwen Elizabeth Lawe |
219 |
6.5 |
|
|
Green |
Nigel Rolland |
124 |
3.7 |
|
|
UKIP |
Paul Littlewood |
86 |
2.6 |
|
Majority |
14 |
0.4 |
|
Turnout |
3,356 |
38.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Ashton St. Michaels
Ashton St Michaels |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Bill Harrison |
993 |
42.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Joseph Peter Schofield |
773 |
33.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paul Stephen Daly |
252 |
10.8 |
|
|
Green |
Elizabeth Blyth |
175 |
7.5 |
|
|
UKIP |
Richard Harrison |
150 |
6.4 |
|
Majority |
220 |
9.4 |
|
Turnout |
2,343 |
28.8 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Ashton Waterloo
Ashton Waterloo |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mike Whiteley |
1,238 |
42.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Gareth Quinn |
723 |
25.0 |
|
|
BNP |
David Jones |
509 |
17.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Bartley |
257 |
8.9 |
|
|
Green |
Andrew David Threlfall |
163 |
5.6 |
|
Majority |
515 |
17.8 |
|
Turnout |
2,890 |
35.4 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Audenshaw
Audenshaw |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Wendy Brelsford |
1,286 |
47.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Elizabeth Dawn Charlesworth |
899 |
33.5 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Allison Kay Seabourne |
502 |
18.7 |
|
Majority |
387 |
14.4 |
|
Turnout |
2,687 |
31.6 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Denton North East
Denton North East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Allison L Gwynne |
1,395 |
55.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Georgina Helena Greenwood |
719 |
28.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Shaun O’Rourke |
419 |
16.5 |
|
Majority |
676 |
26.7 |
|
Turnout |
2,533 |
30.6 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Denton South
Denton South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Andrew Doubleday |
1,427 |
57.5 |
|
|
Conservative |
Thomas Meredith Jones |
672 |
27.1 |
|
|
BNP |
David Lomas |
384 |
15.5 |
|
Majority |
755 |
30.4 |
|
Turnout |
2,483 |
29.7 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Denton West
Droylsden East
Droylsden East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kieran Quinn |
1,582 |
53.7 |
|
|
BNP |
David Gough |
665 |
22.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
Emlyn Richard Davis |
411 |
14.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ian Dunlop |
287 |
9.7 |
|
Majority |
917 |
31.1 |
|
Turnout |
2,945 |
35.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Droylsden West
Droylsden West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ann Holland |
1,977 |
66.4 |
|
|
BNP |
Paul Hindley |
546 |
18.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Charles Bryan Fletcher |
456 |
15.3 |
|
Majority |
1,431 |
48.0 |
|
Turnout |
2,945 |
35.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Dukinfield
Dukinfield |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Charles Taylor |
1,364 |
50.9 |
|
|
BNP |
Roy Kevin West |
520 |
19.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Stacey Frances Knighton |
455 |
17.0 |
|
|
Green |
Martine Marshall |
340 |
12.7 |
|
Majority |
844 |
31.5 |
|
Turnout |
2,679 |
30.9 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Dukinfield/Stalybridge
Dukinfield/Stalybridge |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
David Jonathon Sweeton |
1,299 |
44.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Brian Eric Dean |
1,039 |
35.9 |
|
|
UKIP |
Paul Kidd |
283 |
9.8 |
|
|
Green |
Michael Smee |
272 |
9.4 |
|
Majority |
260 |
9.0 |
|
Turnout |
2,893 |
34.3 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Hyde Godley
Hyde Newton
Hyde Newton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Helen Theresa Bowden |
1,252 |
42.0 |
|
|
BNP |
Nigel Christian Byrne |
719 |
24.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Thomas David Welsby |
544 |
18.2 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Stanley Ball-Foster |
329 |
11.0 |
|
|
Green |
Michelle Valentine |
137 |
4.6 |
|
Majority |
533 |
17.9 |
|
Turnout |
2,981 |
33.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Hyde Werneth
Longdendale
Mossley
Mossley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Valerie Carter |
1,267 |
45.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Idu Miah |
1,036 |
37.3 |
|
|
Green |
Christine Anne Clark |
475 |
17.1 |
|
Majority |
231 |
8.3 |
|
Turnout |
2,778 |
35.9 |
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
St Peter's
St Peter’s |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Jack Davis |
1,349 |
59.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Michael Piper |
532 |
23.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
David Afshar |
374 |
16.6 |
|
Majority |
817 |
36.2 |
|
Turnout |
2,255 |
27.4 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Stalybridge North
Stalybridge North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
George Roberts |
1,190 |
46.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Clive Alistair Patrick |
920 |
36.3 |
|
|
Green |
Jean Margaret Smee |
426 |
16.8 |
|
Majority |
270 |
10.6 |
|
Turnout |
2,536 |
28.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Stalybridge South
Stalybridge South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
David Eric Buckley |
1,425 |
55.2 |
|
|
Labour |
Eleanor Ballagher |
742 |
28.7 |
|
|
Green |
Jacintha Muriel Manchester |
271 |
10.5 |
|
|
UKIP |
Angela McManus |
143 |
5.5 |
|
Majority |
683 |
26.5 |
|
Turnout |
2,581 |
31.6 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
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