Macclesfield Borough Council election, 2007

Elections to Macclesfield Borough Council in England were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party kept overall control of the council with a majority of 16 seats. Overall turnout was 35.9%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 38
Liberal Democrat 12
Labour 6
Handforth Ratepayers 2
Independents 2

Results

Macclesfield Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	3	1	+2	60.0	54.0	15,401	-2.3%
	Liberal Democrat	4	0	1	-1	25.0	18.8	5,353	+4.1%
	Labour	3	0	0	0	15.0	17.0	4,836	-1.8%
	Handforth Ratepayers	0	0	1	-1	0.0	3.6	1,039	-0.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	655	-0.9
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	191	+0.7%
	Independent	1	1	-1	0	5.0	3.6	1,037	+0.4%

Ward results

Dean Row ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Crockatt	1,122	67.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Toombs	547	32.8
Majority			575
Turnout			1,669	41.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

Disley and Lyme Handley ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Pattison	1,182	75.0	+20.1
	Labour	Catherine Birchall	395	25.0	+25.0
Majority			787
Turnout			1,577	43.22	+0.62
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Fulshaw ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Mowat	1,010	66.4
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Baker	296	19.4
	Labour	Mark Norman	216	14.2
Majority			714
Turnout			1,522	39.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

Handforth ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Barton	1,110	44.6	+1.5
	Handforth Ratepayers	David Pincombe	1,039	41.7	-1.5
	Labour	Ashley Pettifer	340	13.7	0.0
Majority			71
Turnout			2,489	38.94	+2.67
	Conservative gain from Handforth Ratepayers		Swing

Hough ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rod Menlove	1,077	67.0
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Duncalf	397	24.7
	Labour	Jon Kelly	133	8.3
Majority			680
Turnout			1,607	40.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knutsford Bexton ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Walton	693	72.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Barlow	189	19.6
	Labour	Tony Sutherland	81	8.4
Majority			504
Turnout			963	45.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knutsford Nether ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivien Davies	514	66.9
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Barlow	139	18.1
	Labour	Laurie Burton	115	15.0
Majority			375
Turnout			768	36.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knutsford Norbury Booths ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Fairhurst	743	85.1
	Labour	Paul Thomson	130	14.9
Majority			613
Turnout			873	40.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knutsford Over ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilson Hamman	859	68.6	+11.0
	Labour	Brian Daulby	394	31.4	+6.9
Majority			465
Turnout			1,253	31.90	+0.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

Macclesfield Bollinbrook ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ainsley Arnold	830	51.7	+8.1
	Conservative	Karen Miles	611	38.1	-3.8
	Labour	Christopher McDermott	163	10.2	-4.2
Majority			219
Turnout			1,604	35.66	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Macclesfield Broken Cross ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Hardy	598	47.8	+5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Wilcox	476	38.0	-5.6
	Labour	David Pemberton	178	14.2	+0.2
Majority			122
Turnout			1,252	29.64	+1.43
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Macclesfield Central ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Jackson	543	46.9	+4.0
	Conservative	Gillian Stratford	335	28.9	-2.0
	Green	Dougal Hare	280	24.2	-1.9
Majority			208
Turnout			1,158	25.39	+0.91
	Labour hold		Swing

Macclesfield East ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Broadhurst	677	45.3	+2.8
	Conservative	Paul Cook	456	30.5	-5.1
	Labour	Simon Truss	228	15.3	+1.6
	Green	Lindy Brett	132	8.8	+0.7
Majority			221
Turnout			1,493	35.38	+2.05
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Macclesfield Hurdsfield ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Tomlinson	458	52.8	-0.2
	Conservative	Ian Davies	244	28.1	+5.7
	Labour	John Evans	166	19.1	-5.5
Majority			214
Turnout			868	25.14	+0.23
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Macclesfield Ivy ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Gilliland	1,055	74.1	-1.0
	Labour	Sandra Edwards	368	25.9	+1.0
Majority			687
Turnout			1,423	34.81	-0.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

Macclesfield South ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Puddicombe	484	44.6	+0.2
	Conservative	Lesley Smetham	442	40.7	+3.0
	Green	Stephen Flinn	160	14.7	-3.0
Majority			42
Turnout			1,089	25.27	+2.59
	Labour hold		Swing

Macclesfield Tytherington ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Nicholas	1,037	48.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Matt Davies	995	46.1	+4.1
	Labour	David Brown	127	5.9	-1.1
Majority			42
Turnout			2,159	46.70	+6.34
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Macclesfield West ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alift Harewood	573	61.3	+2.7
	Conservative	Val Lipworth	361	38.7	-2.7
Majority			212
Turnout			934	24.57	-0.05
	Labour hold		Swing

Morley & Styal ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Shepherd	949	53.0
	Conservative	John Fraser	842	47.0
Majority			107
Turnout			1,791	47.97
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Poynton Central ward results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Barber	1,152	56.9	-20.0
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher James	395	19.5	+19.5
	Labour	Judith Elderkin	202	10.0	-13.1
	UKIP	Richard Simpson	191	9.4	+9.4
	Green	John Knight	83	4.1	+4.1
Majority			757
Turnout			2,023	35.81	+4.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Council elections in Cheshire

Cheshire East Council	2008 2011 2015

Cheshire West and Chester Council	2008 2011 2015

Halton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Warrington Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Cheshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished

Chester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Congleton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Macclesfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Vale Royal Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

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