Sedgefield Borough Council election, 2007

Elections to Sedgefield Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

A notable result was in New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange ward where the Conservative party candidate Shirley Bowes obtained no votes.^[1]

Election result

Sedgefield Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	28	3	10	-7	56.0	47.8	28,687	-8.9%
	Independent	15	10	2	+8	30.0	26.8	16,071	+5.6%
	Liberal Democrat	6	0	1	-1	12.0	12.9	7,761	-2.5%
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	2.0	5.5	3,276	+0.7%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	6.6	3,958	+6.0%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	247	+0.4%

Ward results

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Hodgson	600
	Independent	Tony Brimm	499
	Labour	Mick Simpson	485
	Conservative	Robert Bagshaw	272
	BNP	Christopher Gibson	127
Turnout			1,983
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Broom (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Crathorne	603
	Labour	Bernard Lamb	602
	Labour	David Newell	579
	Independent	Brian Gibson	471
	Independent	Tommy Garrett	428
	Independent	George Morgan	277
	Independent	Brian Meek	276
	Independent	Eric Gillingham	157
	Conservative	Margaret Waller	123
	BNP	Peter Sewell	117
Turnout			3,633
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Byerley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Huntington	596
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Howe	383
	Labour	James Younghusband	258
	Independent	Ricky Matthews	244
	Independent	Ann Hammond	211
	Labour	Gloria Wills	206
	BNP	Paul Clarke	101
Turnout			1,999
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chilton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Potts	978
	Labour	Brian Avery	967
	Labour	Frank Forrest	826
	BNP	Carl Whelpdale	649
Turnout			3,420
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ferryhill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Farry	577
	Labour	Jim Higgin	549
	Labour	Kath Conroy	546
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Mountford	501
	Independent	Kevin Storey	482
	Labour	Ron Patchett	463
	BNP	Robert Gray	151
Turnout			3,269
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fishburn and Old Trimdon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Burton	921
	Labour	Terence Ward	845
	Labour	David Chaytor	816
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Mountford	360
	Conservative	Christine Moyle	346
	BNP	Michael Harnett	261
Turnout			3,549
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenfield Middridge (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Irene Hewitson	522
	Labour	Dorothy Bowman	499
	Labour	Vincent Crosby	490
	Independent	June Croft	484
	Independent	Alison Palmer	478
	Labour	Brian Hall	445
	Conservative	Nick Crass	261
	BNP	Clive Cooper	164
Turnout			3,343
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gray	846
	Labour	Andrew Smith	837
	Labour	John Khan	791
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Maddison	567
	BNP	Adam Walker	557
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Scott	542
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Jones	512
	Conservative	Paul Carmedy	191
Turnout			4,843
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Middlestone (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Waters	720
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Thompson	644
	Labour	Colin Nelson	595
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Sproat	557
	Labour	Marie Predki	535
	BNP	Ian Moore	435
	Liberal Democrat	Calvin Kipling	386
	Conservative	Mark Abley	294
	Independent	Russell Stewart	164
Turnout			4,330
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Neville and Simasture (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bill Blenkinsopp	768
	Independent	Alan Warburton	575
	Labour	Sarah Iveson	560
	Labour	John Moran	535
	Independent	Paul Ducker	482
	Labour	Chris Wheeler	411
	BNP	Barry Davies	194
Turnout			3,530
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Hovvels	441	85.5
	BNP	Amanda Foster	75	14.5
	Conservative	Shirley Bowes	0	0
Majority			366	71.0
Turnout			516
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgefield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jim Wayman	1,089
	Conservative	David Brown	1,017
	Labour	John Robinson	855
	Labour	Ian Sutherland	554
	Independent	Lynne Goddard	536
	Labour	Philip Draper	463
	UKIP	Allison Morag	247
	BNP	Mark Colledge	147
Turnout			4,908
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ferryhill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Gittins	820
	Independent	Terry Hogan	634
	Independent	Brian Haigh	613
	Labour	Bob Fleming	611
	Labour	Malcolm Iveson	549
	Labour	Angela Fleming	535
Turnout			3,762
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Spennymoor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Ord	884
	Liberal Democrat	Liz Maddison	747
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Wood	624
	BNP	Mark Walker	513
	Labour	Eddie Plews	502
	Labour	Frederick Ryder	483
	Labour	Kester Noble	426
Turnout			4,179
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sunnydale (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Chapman	406
	Independent	Ina Jackson Smith	404
	Labour	Allan Walker	382
	Independent	Lorraine Smith	342
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Burn	178
	Liberal Democrat	Len Cockfield	167
	BNP	James MacPherson	92
	Independent	Michael Stott	75
Turnout			2,046
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Thickley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Hancock	464
	Labour	Brian Stephens	446
	Labour	Peter Quinn	382
	Independent	John Smith	285
	Independent	Jean Bird	201
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Horner	79
	BNP	Andrea Whelpdale	50
	Liberal Democrat	Janine Mawson	34
Turnout			1,919
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Tudhoe (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Agnes Armstrong	588
	Labour	Barbara Graham	577
	Conservative	Matthew Miller	352
	BNP	Jacqueline Walker	325
Turnout			1,842
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Enid Paylor	720
	Independent	Helen Hutchinson	662
	Labour	George Gray	631
	Independent	Bill Curtis	627
	Labour	Maud Gray	566
	Labour	Alfred Tomlin	502
Turnout			3,708
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra Haigh	596
	Labour	Joan Gray	477
	Independent	Lileen Cuthberson	459
	Independent	Michael Hutchinson	449
	Conservative	Melanie Varley	420
	Labour	Keith Henderson	402
	Labour	Barbara Clare	401
Turnout			3,204
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ Tory polls zero votes

External links

2007 Sedgefield election result

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