2007 Chelmsford Borough Council election

2007 Chelmsford Borough Council election

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All 57 seats to Chelmsford Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 35 20 2 Seats before 35 20 2 Seats won 33 24 0 Seat change 2 4 2 Popular vote 57,909 35,966 10,299 Percentage 54.5 33.9 9.7 Swing 6.4 1.9 3.5

The 2007 Chelmsford Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Chelmsford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2007 Chelmsford Borough Council election^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33	2	4	2	57.9	54.5	57,909	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	24	6	2	4	42.1	33.9	35,966	-1.9
	Labour	0	0	2	2	0.0	9.7	10,299	-3.5
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	1,045	+0.3
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	547	N/A
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	415	-1.8

Ward results

Bicknacre & East & West Hanningfield

Bicknacre & East & West Hanningfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Harris	1,222	75.3	+31.2
	Conservative	Richard Poulter	1,212	74.7	+26.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Abbott	168	10.4	-11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Sadowsky	152	9.4	N/A
	Labour	Tony Lees	150	9.2	-0.5
	Labour	Joyce Lees	136	8.4	+1.6
Turnout			1,623	39.9	+3.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Boreham & The Leighs

Boreham & The Leighs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Galley	1,106	77.0	+7.5
	Conservative	Philip Wilson	952	66.2	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Appleton	237	16.5	-8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Secluna	184	12.8	-6.2
	Labour	Donald Newton	136	9.5	-3.0
Turnout			1,437	31.3	+1.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Broomfield & The Walthams

Broomfield & The Walthams

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Delmas Ashford	1,433	63.4	+3.6
	Conservative	Alan Willsher	1,279	56.5	+2.6
	Conservative	Brian Patient	1,214	53.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Talley	469	20.7	-13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ball	440	19.5	-8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeni Goldfinch	399	17.6	-9.5
	Green	Richard Monk	256	11.3	N/A
	Green	Reza Hossain	251	11.1	N/A
	Green	Angela Thomson	248	11.0	N/A
	UKIP	Charles Cole	216	9.5	N/A
	Labour	Bill Evans	200	8.8	-0.8
Turnout			2,262	37.2	+3.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Chelmer Village & Beaulieu Park

Chelmer Village & Beaulieu Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Gulliver	1,562	67.1	+6.5
	Conservative	Ronald Alcock	1,560	67.0	+2.1
	Conservative	Duncan Lumley	1,544	66.3	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Asher	442	19.0	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Mackrory	437	18.8	-2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pennicard	369	15.8	-3.6
	Labour	Max Gibson	254	10.9	-3.8
	Labour	Jeffrey Mushens	234	10.0	N/A
	Labour	Mark Player	220	9.4	N/A
Turnout			2,329	29.0	+7.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Chelmsford Rural West

Chelmsford Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicolette Chambers	817	80.0	+22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Robinson	96	9.4	-26.3
	Green	Colin Budgey	55	5.4	N/A
	Labour	Roger Fellows	53	5.2	-1.6
Majority			721	70.6	+48.8
Turnout			1,021	45.7	-0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	24.4

Galleywood

Galleywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janette Potter	989	60.6	-0.9
	Conservative	David Stevenson	934	57.3	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Robson	421	25.8	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kirk	382	23.4	+7.0
	Labour	Robert Jones	207	12.7	-6.0
	Labour	John Leslie	185	11.3	-7.2
Turnout			1,631	35.7	+5.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Goat Hall

Goat Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Mountain	904	53.5	-7.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Williams	818	48.4	-5.9
	Conservative	Robert Harman	696	41.2	+10.8
	Conservative	Royston van Tromp	673	39.8	+10.3
	Labour	Paul Matthews	99	5.9	-6.5
	Labour	Angelica Medici	93	5.5	N/A
Turnout			1,690	37.6	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Baddow East

Great Baddow East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Rycroft	1,182	45.3	-11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Miller	1,173	44.9	-11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sosin	1,118	42.8	-12.1
	Conservative	Gillian Smith	1,029	39.4	+6.6
	Conservative	Keith Liley	1,026	39.3	+7.9
	Conservative	John Scott	909	34.8	+4.1
	UKIP	Jesse Pryke	331	12.7	N/A
	Labour	John Devane	208	8.0	-1.6
	Labour	Patricia Collins	190	7.3	-0.3
	Labour	Stephanie Troop	151	5.8	-0.8
Turnout			2,610	39.9	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Baddow West

Great Baddow West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hutchon	745	50.1	-7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jannetta Sosin	681	45.8	-8.8
	Conservative	Jennifer Chandler	592	39.8	+9.5
	Conservative	Chrissie Wilson	563	37.9	+7.9
	Labour	Carol Evans	160	10.8	-0.9
	Labour	Peter Dixon	139	9.3	-1.6
Turnout			1,487	34.3	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

The Lawns

The Lawns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Stevens	1,049	52.6	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ros Webb	959	48.1	+5.8
	Conservative	Colin Penney	807	40.5	-5.7
	Conservative	Jim Green	800	40.1	-5.4
	Labour	Carol Stevens	130	6.5	+1.2
	Labour	Bob Miller	126	6.3	-0.1
Turnout			1,993	45.7	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Little Baddow, Danbury & Sandon

Little Baddow, Danbury & Sandon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Wright	1,765	70.4	+1.9
	Conservative	Robert Shepherd	1,763	70.3	+0.9
	Conservative	Christopher Kingsley	1,746	69.6	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Whiteing	469	18.7	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence O'Brien	376	15.0	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Bastick	328	13.1	+1.0
	Labour	Steve Forte	180	7.2	-0.7
	Labour	Sue Willis	179	7.1	N/A
	Labour	Ian Ward	152	6.1	N/A
Turnout			2,507	37.9	+8.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Marconi

Marconi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jude Deakin	531	38.2	+25.1
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Pooley	481	34.6	+21.6
	Labour	Bill Horslen	464	33.4	-17.5
	Labour	Adrian Longden	424	30.5	-16.7
	Conservative	David Ormerod	391	28.1	-2.7
	Conservative	Peter Martin	382	27.5	-0.3
Turnout			1,389	28.1	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Moulsham & Central

Moulsham & Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lee	1,167	42.2	+2.0
	Conservative	Robert Pontin	1,141	41.3	+1.8
	Conservative	Sameh Hindi	1,126	40.7	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Brooks	984	35.6	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Gardner	975	35.3	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Don Bacon	926	33.5	+1.0
	Labour	Paddy Baldwin	296	10.7	-9.5
	Labour	Pru Jones	271	9.8	-9.5
	Labour	Maria Fegan	256	9.3	-9.3
Turnout			2,765	37.0	+5.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Moulsham Lodge

Moulsham Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Firth	985	59.8	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Jones	908	55.1	-5.8
	Conservative	Rhona Wheeler	477	28.9	+3.5
	Conservative	Jenny Alefounder	458	27.8	+3.2
	Labour	Alan Rigg	158	9.6	-3.9
	Labour	Akin Adebogye	147	8.9	-2.9
Turnout			1,648	38.1	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Patching Hall

Patching Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Smith-Hughes	1,239	48.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Arnot	1,192	46.7	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Final	1,058	41.4	+2.9
	Conservative	Nicki Lee	943	36.9	+0.2
	Conservative	Robert Radley	929	36.4	+1.5
	Conservative	Alan Chambers	927	36.3	+1.8
	Labour	Roy Chad	295	11.6	-7.2
	Labour	Elaine Baldwin	273	10.7	-5.2
	Labour	David Howell	259	10.1	-6.7
	Green	Adam Living	235	9.2	+1.0
Turnout			2,553	36.5	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Rettendon & Runwell

Rettendon & Runwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Ride	1,324	84.8	+24.9
	Conservative	Lance Millane	1,279	81.9	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Hay	152	9.7	-4.7
	Labour	Colin Farquhar	138	8.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Wakeling	98	6.3	N/A
Turnout			1,561	39.3	+5.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Jones	1,173	49.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gloria Nichols	1,154	48.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Willis	1,075	45.2	+0.4
	Conservative	Peter Cousins	737	31.0	+9.6
	Conservative	Alistair Patient	693	29.1	+7.9
	Conservative	Clive Hodges	688	28.9	+8.3
	Labour	Joan Bliss	459	19.3	-11.8
	Labour	Chris Fegan	427	17.9	-11.6
	Labour	John Knott	420	17.7	-11.0
Turnout			2,379	35.0	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

South Hanningfield, Stock & Margaretting

South Hanningfield, Stock & Margaretting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Grundy	1,335	79.7	+3.0
	Conservative	Roy Whitehead	1,257	75.1	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Edwards	210	12.5	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Masek	155	9.3	-4.6
	Labour	Rod Essery	133	7.9	-2.3
Turnout			1,674	37.9	+5.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

South Woodham - Chetwood & Collingwood

South Woodham - Chetwood & Collingwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Denston	1,141	69.8	+5.0
	Conservative	Maureen Moulds	1,122	68.7	+3.1
	Conservative	Christopher Stephenson	1,101	67.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Moore	329	20.1	-2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Passingham	306	18.7	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Noel Sutcliffe	272	16.6	-5.4
	Labour	Andy Dearman	138	8.4	-2.3
	Labour	Alan Carpenter	134	8.2	N/A
Turnout			1,634	24.9	+4.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

South Woodham - Elmwood & Woodville

South Woodham - Elmwood & Woodville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tricia Hughes	1,179	66.7	+13.3
	Conservative	Matt Lewis	1,100	62.3	+8.9
	Conservative	Adrian Wilkins	1,060	60.0	+7.1
	Independent	Ian Roberts	415	23.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Davies	234	13.2	-12.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Sykes	195	11.0	-13.2
	Labour	Clifford Vanner	185	10.5	-2.2
	Labour	Margaret Vanner	171	9.7	+1.2
	Labour	Keith Gannicot	140	7.9	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lester Wakeling	132	7.5	-15.9
Turnout			1,767	28.1	+0.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Springfield North

Springfield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Lane	1,030	46.9	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Mackrory	1,017	46.3	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Fuller	991	45.1	+4.3
	Conservative	Graham McGhie	944	43.0	-0.5
	Conservative	Yvonne Spence	925	42.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Amar Bajaj	872	39.7	-1.4
	Labour	Karen Kennedy	172	7.8	-5.9
	Labour	Hilary Chad	170	7.7	-5.1
	Labour	Russell Kennedy	166	7.6	-4.8
Turnout			2,195	32.1	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Maybrick	837	47.9	+1.5
	Conservative	Jean Murray	811	46.4	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Bracken	753	43.1	-11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gale	743	42.5	-12.4
	Labour	Jon Legg	150	8.6	-4.2
	Labour	George Owers	139	8.0	-4.1
Turnout			1,748	39.2	+8.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Waterhouse Farm

Waterhouse Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Hunnable	728	42.3	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Cobbold	712	41.3	-2.8
	Conservative	Alistair Crockford	708	41.1	+14.0
	Conservative	James Morgan	687	39.9	+14.8
	Labour	Neil Spurgeon	246	14.3	-17.4
	Labour	Jim Webb	215	12.5	-19.0
Turnout			1,722	35.9	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Writtle

Writtle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Roper	992	53.1	+13.2
	Conservative	Tony Sach	983	52.7	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Evans	632	33.9	-4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Fuller	598	32.0	-5.2
	Labour	Mark Champness	136	7.3	-3.7
	Labour	Roger Patterson	135	7.2	-2.4
Turnout			1,867	42.9	+2.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

References