Wolverhampton City Council election, 2007

Map of the results of the 2007 Wolverhampton council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 3 May 2007 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Wolverhampton Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	36	0	4	-4	60	38.32	24544
	Conservative	19	4	0	+4	31.67	37.58	24070
	Liberal Democrat	3	1	0	+1	5	14.39	9216
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	1.67	0.87	559
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	4.87	3122
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	1.67	2.82	1808
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	592

Ward results

Bilston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Miles	1304	46.73
	Conservative	Ann Modi	709	25.41
	Independent	Tom Fellows	558	20.00
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Birch	208	7.45
Majority			595	21.33
Turnout			2,790	29.70
	Labour hold		Swing

Bilston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Constable	1260	45.00
	Conservative	Gill Fellows	1051	37.54
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Mehmi	243	8.68
	Green	Eddie Clarke	231	8.25
Majority			209	7.46
Turnout			2,800	31.37
	Labour hold		Swing

Blakenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Jones	2137	63.30
	Conservative	Sid Sidhu	980	29.03
	Liberal Democrat	Frances Heap	240	7.10
Majority			1157	34.27
Turnout			3,376	39.44
	Labour hold		Swing

Bushbury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Pugh	1312	37.25
	Labour	Michael Hardacre	944	26.80
	BNP	Simon Patten	790	22.43
	Liberal Democrat	James Lindly	466	13.23
Majority			368	10.45
Turnout			3,522	38.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bushbury South and Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter O'Neill	1186	55.73
	Conservative	Jennifer Brewer	493	23.17
	BNP	Sandra Newman	236	11.09
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jenkins	207	9.72
Majority			693	32.56
Turnout			2,128	23.31
	Labour hold		Swing

East Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Docherty	1182	46.17
	Conservative	Peter Dobb	531	20.74
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Friel	436	17.03
	Independent	Stephen Hall	402	15.70
Majority			651	25.43
Turnout			2,560	28.76
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Smith	1923	66.77
	Conservative	John Corns	564	19.58
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen Birch	378	13.12
Majority			1359	47.19
Turnout			2,880	30.51
	Labour hold		Swing

Fallings Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Evans	1386	42.82
	Conservative	Hazel Keirle	1008	31.14
	BNP	Dennis Organ	577	17.83
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Birch	263	8.12
Majority			378	11.68
Turnout			3,237	35.97
	Labour hold		Swing

Graiseley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elias Mattu	2082	56.41
	Conservative	Matthew Revell	1184	32.08
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Lewis	405	10.97
Majority			898	24.33
Turnout			3,691	41.38
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Turner	921	43.06
	Liberal	Colin Hallmark	559	26.13
	Conservative	Lucie Turner	514	24.03
	Independent	David Jack	135	6.31
Majority			362	16.92
Turnout			2,139	28.25
	Labour hold		Swing

Merry Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Haynes	2236	62.32
	Labour	Muhammad Yaseen	797	22.21
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Pringle	539	15.02
Majority			1439	40.11
Turnout			3,588	38.16
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Bisbey	1458	49.00
	Labour	Ian Brookfield	1249	41.97
	Liberal Democrat	John Steatham	258	8.66
Majority			209	7.02
Turnout			2,976	32.67
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	9.4

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Lawrence	1340	35.11
	Labour	Sandra Samuels	1204	31.55
	Conservative	Carl Husted	946	24.80
	Green	Stuart Hinde	196	5.14
	Independent	Marie Darke	110	2.88
Majority			136	3.56
Turnout			3,816	44.57
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Penn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Parambir Singh	2026	46.93
	Labour	Ricky Chima	1304	30.21
	Liberal Democrat	June Hemsley	968	22.42
Majority			722	16.72
Turnout			4,317	43.44
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Spring Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Heap	1884	59.25
	Labour	William Langford	826	25.97
	Conservative	Brian Fellows	371	11.67
	Independent	Nichola Jack	90	2.83
Majority			1058	33.27
Turnout			3,180	36.17
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Surjan Duhra	1156	56.03
	Liberal Democrat	Alexandra Lawrence	403	19.53
	Conservative	Didar Singh	334	16.19
	Green	Malcolm Verrall	165	7.99
Majority			753	36.50
Turnout			2,063	28.03
	Labour hold		Swing

Tettenhall Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathon Yardley	2695	70.70
	Labour	Julie Hodgkiss	693	18.18
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Ross	412	10.80
Majority			2002	52.52
Turnout			3,812	41.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Thompson	2942	70.15
	Labour	Malcolm Freeman	640	15.26
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Gray	356	8.49
	BNP	Phillip Bland	248	5.91
Majority			2302	54.89
Turnout			4,194	45.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlotte Quarmby	1327	35.58
	Labour	Dave Jones	1140	30.56
	BNP	Arthur Newman	844	22.63
	Independent	Irene Dodd	513	13.75
Majority			187	5.01
Turnout			3,370	41.30
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wednesfield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Bourne	1389	42.82
	Labour	Helen King	1210	37.30
	BNP	Steven Haddon	427	13.16
	Liberal Democrat	Carole Jenkins	210	6.47
Majority			179	5.52
Turnout			3,244	37.31
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Number of candidates

Of the main political parties, both the Conservative Party and Labour Party fielded a full slate of 20 candidates each.

The Liberal Democrats fielded 18 candidates, failing to have a candidate in place in both Wednesfield North and Heath Town wards.

One independent candidate stood in each of the following 6 wards:

Bilston East
East Park
Heath Town
Park
Spring Vale
Wednesfield North

The British National Party fielded 6 candidates, one candidate in each of the following wards:

Bushbury North
Bushbury South & Low Hill
Fallings Park
Tettenhall Wightwick
Wednesfield North
Wednesfield South

The Green Party had a candidate in each of the following 3 wards:

Bilston North
Park
St Peter's

The Liberal Party stood in only one ward, Heath Town.

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