East Dorset District Council election, 2007

Map of the results of the 2007 East Dorset District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2007 East Dorset District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

East Dorset local election result 2007^[2]^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25	3	2	+1	69.4	62.0	30,092	+2.1%
	Liberal Democrat	11	2	2	0	30.6	32.8	15,901	-3.3%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	2,003	+3.6%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	334	-1.0%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0.3	168	-0.8%

Ward results

Alderholt^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cozier	581	65.6	-10.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Tooke	242	27.3	+3.1
	UKIP	Annette Hurst	63	7.1	+7.1
Majority			339	38.3	-13.3
Turnout			886	39.5	+7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ameysford^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Reynolds	651	79.4	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Valery Kitson	169	20.6	-5.8
Majority			482	58.8	+11.5
Turnout			820	39.6	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colehill East (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Dover	933
	Liberal Democrat	Don Wallace	805
	Conservative	K Johnson	486
	Conservative	Peter Finney	447
	UKIP	John Myers	210
	UKIP	Ken Dacombe	205
	Labour	Judy Eeles	83
Turnout			3,169	43.8	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Colehill West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Packer	540	58.0	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Spencer-Smith	323	34.7	-6.9
	UKIP	Alan Haines	68	7.3	+7.3
Majority			217	23.3	+6.5
Turnout			931	47.7	+7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen Central (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Holland	920
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Cuckston	837
	Conservative	Peter Haward	561
	Conservative	Basil Pitt	455
	UKIP	Dave Evans	219
	UKIP	Josephine Evans	188
Turnout			3,180	40.8	+12.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Holland	479	61.6	-9.7
	Conservative	Andrew Russell	222	28.5	-0.3
	UKIP	David Maloney	77	9.9	+9.9
Majority			257	33.0	-9.5
Turnout			778	40.5	+7.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Hearn	484	56.5	-6.8
	Conservative	Ivan Harrington	373	43.5	+6.8
Majority			111	13.0	-13.5
Turnout			857	41.5	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Crane^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Palmer	464	60.5	-13.5
	Liberal Democrat	James Hankins	303	39.5	+13.5
Majority			161	21.0	-26.9
Turnout			767	44.2	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferndown Central (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Queenie Comfort	1,248
	Conservative	Derek Burt	1,127
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Barsby	358
Turnout			2,733	41.9	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferndown Links (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Little	1,084
	Conservative	Malcolm Birr	1,063
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Martin	388
Turnout			2,535	36.5	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Handley Vale^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Tong	682	62.5	+20.0
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Bailey-Wright	410	37.5	-20.0
Majority			272	24.9
Turnout			1,092	54.0	+17.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Holt^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Spencer Flower	699	79.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Bartlett	177	20.2	-5.5
Majority			522	59.6	+11.0
Turnout			876	46.0	+5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Elliot	511	65.9	+6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Irvine	134	17.3	-23.7
	UKIP	John Baxter	130	16.8	+16.8
Majority			377	48.6	+30.7
Turnout			775	39.8	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parley (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Daw	1,298
	Conservative	Barbara Manuel	1,269
	Labour	Christopher Hampton	251
Turnout			2,818	40.6	+8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Leonards & St Ives East (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Warman	1,347
	Conservative	Michael Dyer	1,277
	UKIP	Mike Eckel	239
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Wilson	230
	UKIP	Allan Tallett	183
Turnout			3,276	44.0	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Leonards & St Ives West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Dudman	924	85.7	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Irvine	154	14.3	-3.8
Majority			770	71.4	+7.7
Turnout			1,078	52.0	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stapehill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Russell	649	73.9	-7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Harknett	131	14.9	-4.2
	UKIP	David Baxter	98	11.2	+11.2
Majority			518	59.0	-2.7
Turnout			878	45.5	+10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bennett	544	68.1	+24.7
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Chant	255	31.9	-24.7
Majority			289	36.2
Turnout			799	39.7	+9.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Three Cross & Potterne^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Richardson	295	46.0	+46.0
	Independent	Victor Redpath	168	26.2	-31.7
	UKIP	Jeremy Andrews	90	14.0	+14.0
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Baker	89	13.9	-28.2
Majority			127	19.8
Turnout			642	33.6	+10.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Verwood Dewlands (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toni Coombs	1,058
	Conservative	Jean Hazel	999
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Baker	524
Turnout			2,581	39.5	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verwood Newtown^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Boyd Mortimer	405	62.9	+9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Lindsey Dedden	239	37.1	-0.7
Majority			166	25.8	+9.8
Turnout			644	31.8	-4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verwood Stephen's Castle (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Clark	1,029
	Conservative	Michael Simper	976
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Daymond	514
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Dedden	436
Turnout			2,955	39.9	-0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Moors (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pete Holden	1,501
	Conservative	Alexander Clarke	1,429
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Smith	1,409
	Conservative	David Durley	1,389
	Conservative	Andy Skeats	1,242
Turnout			6,970	45.1	+11.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Wimborne Minster (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Hymers	1,300
	Liberal Democrat	David Morgan	1,110
	Liberal Democrat	Marilyn Osner	1,047
	Conservative	Robin Cook	1,042
	Conservative	Richard Booth	899
	Conservative	Michael Hodkinson	827
	UKIP	Jeff Markley	233
Turnout			6,458	41.6	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

By-elections between 2007 and 2011

Alderholt

Alderholt By-Election 23 October 2008^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Monks	499	53.0	-12.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Tooke	442	47.0	+19.7
Majority			57	6.0	-32.3
Turnout			941	41.8	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferndown Central

A by-election was held in Ferndown Central after the resignation of Conservative councillor Queenie Comfort.^[5] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Lesley Dedman with a majority of 33 over independent Jason Lawford.^[5]

Ferndown Central By-Election 2 July 2009^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Dedman	510	51.7	-26.0
	Independent	Jason Lawford	477	48.3	+48.3
Majority			33	3.4
Turnout			987	26.4	-15.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen South

A by-election was held in Corfe Mullen South after Liberal Democrat councillor Stewart Hearn resigned from the council.^[6] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Philip Harknet with a majority of 128.^[6]

Corfe Mullen South By-Election 15 July 2010^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Harknet	478	55.5	-1.0
	Conservative		350	40.6	-2.9
	UKIP		34	3.9	+3.9
Majority			128	14.8	+1.8
Turnout			862	40.5	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "East Dorset". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
↑ "Results - Election 2007". The Times (NewsBank). 5 May 2007. p. 83. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "East Dorset District Election Results 2007". dorsetforyou.com. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2007-05-20. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
1 2 3 "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 12 June 2014.
1 2 3 "Conservatives hold Ferndown Central in by-election". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
1 2 3 "Lib Dem wins for by-election". Western Gazette (NewsBank). 22 July 2010. p. 12. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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