South Kesteven District Council election, 2007

Map of the results of the 2007 South Kesteven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

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

Election result

The Conservatives kept a majority on the council making a net gain of one seat to have 35 councillors.^[2] The independents and Liberal Democrats also made gains at the expense of Labour who lost five of the seven seats they were defending.^[2] Overall turnout at the election was 35%,^[3] up from 29.65% at the last election in 2003.^[4]

The defeated Labour candidates included the group leader John Hurst, who lost his seat in Grantham St Johns to the Conservatives, and the party's deputy leader Rob Shurrock in Earlesfield, where independent candidates took two of the three seats for the ward.^[5] Labour also lost seats in St Anne's ward to an independent and a Conservative, as well as a seat in Isaac Newton ward to the Conservatives, however Labour did gain a seat in Harrowby.^[5] Other changes had Conservative council cabinet member Terl Bryant lose in All Saints ward, but a Conservative candidate defeated independent councillor Angeline Percival in Glen Eden.^[5]

South Kesteven local election result 2007[6][7]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	35			+1	60.3	43.6	20,165	-0.3%
	Independent	15			+3	25.9	28.6	13,220	+8.4%
	Liberal Democrat	6	1	0	+1	10.3	13.4	6,202	-2.1%
	Labour	2	1	6	-5	3.4	11.8	5,479	-7.6%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	667	+0.3%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	409	+0.9%
	Organisation of Free Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	112	+0.2%

Ward results

All Saints (2 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Susan Sandall	639
	Liberal Democrat	Sam Jalili	533
	Conservative	David Brailsford	378
	Conservative	Terl Bryant	346
Turnout			1,896
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Aveland[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Webster	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barrowby[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Bosworth	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belmont (2 seats)[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Chivers	unopposed
	Conservative	Nick Craft	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne East (3 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judy Smith	1,019
	Conservative	David Higgs	744
	Conservative	Bob Russell	744
	Independent	Guy Cudmore	696
	Labour	Jean Joyce	600
Turnout			3,803
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne West (3 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Trevor Holmes	940
	Conservative	John Smith	762
	Conservative	Linda Neal	754
	Conservative	Brian Fines	728
	Independent	Helen Powell	608
	Independent	Derrick Crump	332
Turnout			4,124
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Deeping St James (3 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Auger	969
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Joynson	947
	Conservative	Bryan Helyar	778
	Labour	Fair Dilks	652
Turnout			3,346
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Earlesfield (3 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jock Kerr	401
	Labour	Alan Davidson	330
	Independent	Stuart McBride	313
	Conservative	Adam Stokes	290
	Labour	Yvonne Gibbins	287
	Conservative	Jean Taylor	279
	Independent	Ken Linford	265
	Labour	Rob Shorrock	252
Turnout			2,417
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Ermine[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Scott	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forest[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Carpenter	434	63.1
	Liberal Democrat	Owen Handford	254	36.9
Majority			180	26.2
Turnout			688
	Conservative hold		Swing

Glen Eden[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Spencer-Gregson	430	52.5
	Independent	Angeline Percival	389	47.5
Majority			41	5.0
Turnout			819
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Grantham St John's (2 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Farrar	348
	Conservative	Benjamin Newcombe-Jones	289
	Labour	John Hurst	279
	Independent	Paul Abraham	241
	Labour	Steve Prince	229
	Independent	Chris Osborne	226
	Organisation of Free Democrats	John Andrews	112
Turnout			1,724
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Green Hill (2 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Parkin	513
	Conservative	Frank Turner	493
	Independent	Alwyn Todd	461
	Independent	Delia Hearmon	328
Turnout			1,795
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greyfriars (2 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Taylor	442
	Conservative	Ian Stokes	405
	Independent	Roy Williams	253
	Independent	Philip Burrows	209
	Labour	Erica South	152
	Labour	David Burling	139
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Finch	128
Turnout			1,728
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harrowby (3 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Williams	556
	Labour	Ian Selby	532
	Independent	Avril Williams	501
	Independent	Colin Thulborn	490
	Labour	Charmaine Morgan	407
	Labour	John Morgan	404
	Conservative	Alvina Newnham	364
Turnout			3,254
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Heath[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Martin-Mayhew	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hillsides[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ibis Channell	461	58.6	-2.1
	Conservative	Rosemary Woolley	326	41.4	+2.1
Majority			135	17.2	-4.2
Turnout			787
	Independent hold		Swing

Isaac Newton[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Adams	494	78.8	+30.3
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Tanner	133	21.2	+21.2
Majority			361	57.6
Turnout			627
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Lincrest[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Stephens	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loveden[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Albert Kerr	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Market and West Deeping (3 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Reg Howard	903
	Conservative	Michael Exton	827
	Independent	Bob Broughton	806
	Green	Ashley Baxter	667
	Labour	Roy Bell	360
Turnout			3,563
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Morkery[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margery Radley	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peascliffe[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeff Thompson	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Ringstone[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Cartwright	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Saxonwell[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Wood	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St Annes's (2 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rob Hearmon	461
	Conservative	Michael Cook	428
	Independent	Bruce Wells	359
	Labour	Fereshteh Hurst	269
	Labour	Alan Kane	232
Turnout			1,749
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St George's (2 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bob Sandall	522
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Gaffigan	436
	Conservative	Shirley Chapman	370
	Labour	Bill Turner	355
	Conservative	Brenda Sumner	347
Turnout			2,030
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Mary's (2 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Dawson	531
	Conservative	John Harvey	500
	Conservative	Graham Wheatley	494
	Independent	Robert Conboy	438
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Peckett	406
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Fitzgerald	319
Turnout			2,688
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

St Wulfram's (2 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Wheat	568
	Conservative	Ray Wootten	505
	Independent	Barry Phillips	491
	Independent	Ian Mihill	400
	Liberal Democrat	Martin James	249
	Liberal Democrat	Judy Smith	239
Turnout			2,452
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stamford St John's (3 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Harrish Bisnauthsing	909
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Jalili	838
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Brough	811
	Conservative	David Nalson	794
	Conservative	John Judge	766
	Conservative	Brian Sumner	721
Turnout			4,839
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Thurlby[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nicholson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Toller[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reg Lovelock	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Truesdale (2 seats)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Moore	878
	Conservative	Tom Webster	638
	UKIP	Tom Butterfield	409
Turnout			1,925
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witham Valley[6][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Kaberry-Brown	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "South Kesteven". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
2. "Tories retain South Kesteven vote". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
3. "Labour loses its grip on power as support across region collapses". Peterborough Evening Telegraph (NewsBank). 5 May 2007.
4. "May 1st 2003 - Ward and Parish Election Results". South Kesteven District Council. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
5. "Labour Group leader and deputy lose their seats". Grantham Journal. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
6. "Declaration of result of poll". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
7. "Results - Election 2007". The Times (NewsBank). 5 May 2007. p. 83.
8. "Local Election Results 2007". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 9 May 2015.