South Lakeland District Council election, 2007

Map of the results of the 2007 South Lakeland council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

The 2007 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

At the last election in 2006 the Liberal Democrats gained a majority on the council for the first time.^[3] Both they and the Conservatives stood in all of the 17, mainly rural, seats that were being contested in 2007.^[3] A Save Our NHS Group stood in 5 seats to campaign against local health cuts, along with 2 candidates from the Labour party and 1 from the Green Party.^[3] Councillors who stood down at the election included 4 Conservatives and 1 Liberal Democrat, Gill Cranwell, vice chair of the council.^[3]

Issues in the election included cuts in services, hospital closures and secrecy in local government.^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats remain in control with an increased majority, gaining 3 seats to have 34 councillors.^[4] They took the seats of Arnside and Beetham, Crooklands and Windermere Applethwaite from the Conservatives, to leave the Conservatives with 15 councillors.^[4] 2 of the gains came in seats where the Conservative councillors had stood down at the election, while in Windermere Applethwaite Jennifer Borer was defeated by 333 votes to 488.^[5] Overall turnout in the election was 53.74%.^[6]

South Lakeland Local Election Result 2007^[6]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	11	3	0	+3	64.7	57.0	11,009	-9.4%
	Conservative	6	0	3	-3	35.3	40.8	7,874	+18.0%
	Save Our NHS Group	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	257	+0.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	114	+0.4%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	60	-7.7%

Ward results

Arnside and Beetham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Prudence Jupe	1,516	69.6	+17.7
	Conservative	David Clark	661	30.4	-17.7
Majority			855	39.2	+35.4
Turnout			2,177	61.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Broughton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joss Curwen	662	63.7	-12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Rabone	378	36.3	+12.0
Majority			284	27.4	-24.0
Turnout			1,040	55.7	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burneside^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Hodson	532	64.6	+4.0
	Conservative	James Alexander	275	33.4	-6.0
	Save Our NHS Group	Leonard Edgar	17	2.1	+2.1
Majority			257	31.2	+10.0
Turnout			824	53.5	+12.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cartmel^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Martin	556	69.7	+15.5
	Conservative	Ted Walsh	242	30.3	-15.5
Majority			314	39.4	+31.0
Turnout			798	53.6	+9.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Crake Valley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Betty Spendlove	482	60.4	-5.5
	Conservative	Wendy Barry	316	39.6	+5.5
Majority			166	20.8	-11.0
Turnout			798	54.3	+16.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Crooklands^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Eccles	664	58.8	+9.8
	Conservative	James Airey	465	41.2	-9.8
Majority			199	17.6
Turnout			1,129	63.0	+14.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Grange^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Harvey	916	46.6	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Leach	891	45.3	+0.2
	Save Our NHS Group	Andrew Billson-Page	158	8.0	+8.0
Majority			25	1.4	-1.9
Turnout			1,965	54.5	-9.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holker^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Manning	408	54.8	-13.0
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Nicholson	337	45.2	+13.0
Majority			71	9.5	-26.1
Turnout			745	50.5	-1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkby Lonsdale^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rodger Read	520	53.3	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Maria Radice	455	46.7	+4.5
Majority			65	6.6	-9.0
Turnout			975	52.3	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lakes Ambleside^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Vatcher	987	73.8	+4.5
	Conservative	Alan Piper	303	22.6	-8.1
	Save Our NHS Group	Jane Wilkinson	48	3.6	+3.6
Majority			684	51.2	+12.6
Turnout			1,338	46.1	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Low Furness & Swarthmoor^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sonjie Marshall	866	52.3	+31.1
	Conservative	Jim Webster	677	40.9	+12.3
	Green	Jo-Anna Duncalf	114	6.9	+6.9
Majority			189	11.4
Turnout			1,657	48.3	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sedbergh^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Lancaster	867	52.3	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Woof	791	47.7	-6.5
Majority			76	4.6
Turnout			1,658	59.9	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whinfell^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Thornton	669	63.5	+7.8
	Conservative	Pat Bell	385	36.5	+36.5
Majority			284	27.0	+15.6
Turnout			1,054	56.7	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Windermere Applethwaite^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maggie Bridge	488	59.4	+20.1
	Conservative	Jennifer Borer	333	40.6	-20.1
Majority			155	18.8	-2.6
Turnout			821	50.8	+16.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Windermere Bowness North^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Stephenson	625	59.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Johnnie Curwen	377	36.1	-6.8
	Labour	Helen Sowerby	28	2.7	+2.7
	Save Our NHS Group	Anna Billson-Page	13	1.2	+1.2
Majority			248	23.8	+9.6
Turnout			1,043	63.1	+10.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Windermere Bowness South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Williams	366	61.5	-14.4
	Liberal Democrat	Dyan Jones	229	38.5	+14.4
Majority			137	23.0	-28.8
Turnout			595	42.1	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Windermere Town^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Atkinson	543	76.8	+0.5
	Conservative	Yvonne Stewart-Taylor	101	14.3	-9.4
	Labour	Stephen Thomas	32	4.5	+4.5
	Save Our NHS Group	Charles Batteson	31	4.4	+4.4
Majority			442	62.5	+9.9
Turnout			707	42.1	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "South Lakeland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
1 2 "Local and Mayoral elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 Hargeaves, Ellie (25 April 2007). "Battle lines drawn in South Lakeland". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
1 2 "Local Election Results - 3 May 2007". South Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ Hargreaves, Ellie (4 May 2007). "Tories lose out after South Lakeland votes". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "South Lakeland District Council elections, 3 May 2007" (PDF). South Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

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