2007 Havant Borough Council election

The 2007 Havant Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

2007 Havant Borough Council election

3 May 2007
10 of 38 seats to Havant Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Seats before 30 4 4 Seats won 9 1 0 Seats after 31 3 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 14,660 5,949 1,621
Results by Ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 31
• Labour 4
• Liberal Democrats 3[2]

Background

Before the election the Conservatives had 30 councillors, while both the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats had 4 seats.[3] There was no election in the 4 Leigh Park wards in 2007 and as a result Labour was not defending any of their 4 seats on the council,[3] while the Conservatives were defending 8 of the 10 seats that were contested.[4]

Election result

The Conservatives won 9 of the 10 seats contested, taking 1 seat from the Liberal Democrats.[5] This took the Conservatives to 31 seats on the council, which the Conservative council leader David Gillett said he believed was "the largest Conservative majority on the south coast".[5] The only seat not won by the Conservatives was in Bedhampton where the Liberal Democrats held on by a majority of 319 votes.[5] Overall turnout at the elections was 35.2%.[6]

Havant local election result 2007[2][6]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	1	0	+1	90.0	57.5	14,660	+3.7%
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	-1	10.0	23.3	5,949	-0.8%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	6.4	1,621	-6.9%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	1,454	+5.7%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	1,079	-3.1%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	523	+1.2%
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	197	+0.2%

Ward results

Bedhampton

Bedhampton[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Buckley	1,351	48.3	+10.6
	Conservative	Richard Galloway	1,032	36.9	-9.2
	Labour	Anne Edwards	145	5.2	-1.0
	English Democrat	George Herbert	120	4.3	-2.3
	UKIP	Ray Finch	90	3.2	+3.2
	Green	Karen Griffiths	60	2.1	-1.2
Majority			319	11.4
Turnout			2,798	40.7	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cowplain

Cowplain[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marjorie Smallcorn	1,708	74.5	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bolt	401	17.5	-2.9
	Labour	Kim Vassallo	184	8.0	+0.4
Majority			1,307	57.0	+16.9
Turnout			2,293	31.0	-0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Emsworth

Emsworth[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Virginia Wilson-Smith	1,999	57.4	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Benzie	834	24.0	-3.1
	Labour	Barry Gardner	238	6.8	+0.6
	Green	Ellie Dawes	218	6.3	-1.2
	UKIP	Stephen Harris	193	5.5	+5.5
Majority			1,165	33.5	+1.4
Turnout			3,482	45.2	-0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hart Plain

Hart Plain[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Shimbart	1,216	58.5	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Jacobs	861	41.5	+2.5
Majority			355	17.1	+7.8
Turnout			2,077	28.2	-3.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hayling East

Hayling East[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dave Collins	1,463	60.7	-2.4
	Independent	Nigel Brown	491	20.4	+20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Janis Shawashi	319	13.2	-0.4
	Green	Ann Gleed	139	5.8	-3.7
Majority			972	40.3	-8.9
Turnout			2,412	33.7	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling West

Hayling West[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Lenaghan	1,818	63.3	-4.8
	Independent	Jim Phillips	550	19.2	+19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Causer	254	8.8	-4.6
	UKIP	Russell Thomas	127	4.4	+4.4
	Green	Gill Leek	122	4.2	-4.8
Majority			1,268	44.2	-10.5
Turnout			2,871	42.0	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Purbrook

Purbrook[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Farrow	1,216	54.3	-9.2
	Independent	Steve Long	413	18.4	+18.4
	Labour	Nicola Potts	252	11.2	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Moore-Blunt	219	9.8	-4.2
	Green	Julie Blenkham	141	6.3	-4.2
Majority			803	35.8	-13.7
Turnout			2,241	31.2	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Faiths

St Faiths[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Bolton	1,425	48.3	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Cobbett	900	30.5	+4.2
	Labour	Ralph Cousins	229	7.8	-0.4
	Green	Tim Dawes	207	7.0	-6.0
	UKIP	Andrew Little	113	3.8	+3.8
	English Democrat	Grant Greenham	77	2.6	+2.6
Majority			525	17.8	-8.4
Turnout			2,951	42.8	-0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stakes

Stakes[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Hilton	922	51.6	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bazley	339	19.0	+3.0
	Labour	Barry Steel	335	18.7	-0.3
	Green	Wendy Smith	192	10.7	-0.3
Majority			583	32.6	-2.5
Turnout			1,788	24.1	-0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterloo

Waterloo[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Buckley	1,861	72.4	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Briggs	471	18.3	-2.6
	Labour	William Gilchrist	238	9.3	-2.9
Majority			1,390	54.1	+8.1
Turnout			2,570	34.0	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Havant". BBC News Online. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
2. "Election 2007 Results". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 2007. p. 8.
3. "Tories tipped to regain control of Portsmouth". The News. NewsBank. 10 April 2007.
4. "Tories could be dented - Portsmouth News". The News. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
5. Zagzoule, Sofia (4 May 2007). "Havant Tories hail one of south's biggest majorities - Portsmouth News". The News. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
6. "Borough Council Election Results May 2007". Havant Borough Council. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2014.