2007 Redditch Borough Council election

2007 elections to Redditch Borough Council in England were held on 3 May. One third of the council was up for election and the result was that council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 14
• Conservative 11
• Liberal Democrat 3
• British National Party 1

Election result

Redditch Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	5	0	0	0	50.0	41.9	8,336	+1.7%
	Labour	3	0	0	0	30.0	29.3	5,826	-5.0%
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	20.0	20.7	4,115	+0.0%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	7.7	1,526	+3.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	98	+0.5%

Ward results

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Thomas	1,004	53.4	+20.8
	Conservative	Anita Clayton	514	27.3	-7.4
	Labour	Mohammad Nasir	362	19.3	-13.4
Majority			490	26.1
Turnout			1,880	46.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Astwood Bank & Feckenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brandon Clayton	1,085	59.7	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Pollard	382	21.0	+1.9
	Labour	John Witherspoon	350	19.3	+1.6
Majority			703	38.7	-5.3
Turnout			1,817	40.2	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Batchley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Cookson	837	39.7	-3.8
	Conservative	Gordon Craig	639	30.3	-8.2
	BNP	Dawn Enderby-New	424	20.1	+20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hennessey	175	8.3	-9.7
	Independent	Isabel Armstrong	34	1.6	+1.6
Majority			198	9.4	+4.4
Turnout			2,109	36.1	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Church Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin King	824	43.6	-1.5
	Conservative	Betty Armstrong	690	36.5	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Gee	377	19.9	-2.4
Majority			134	7.1	-5.4
Turnout			1,891	30.9	-1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Crabbs Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Field	1,017	62.0	+0.4
	Labour	Malcolm Beaumont	401	24.5	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Cummings	222	13.5	-4.0
Majority			616	37.5	-3.2
Turnout			1,640	37.1	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wanda King	766	37.4	-8.5
	BNP	Karl Newman	502	24.5	+24.5
	Conservative	Ken Banks	492	24.0	-9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Pitt	286	14.0	-6.4
Majority			264	12.9	+0.8
Turnout			2,046	33.1	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Gandy	1,464	57.8	+5.8
	Labour	Alan Mason	666	26.3	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Stanley	401	15.8	-12.0
Majority			798	31.5	+7.3
Turnout			2,531	37.4	+0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Matchborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Juliet Brunner	860	56.2
	Labour	Roy Vickers	446	29.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simone Rudge	223	14.6
Majority			414	27.0
Turnout			1,529	33.8	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kath Banks	1,085	64.7
	Labour	John Fisher	383	22.8
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Field	209	12.5
Majority			702	41.9
Turnout			1,677	37.9	-0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winyates

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Hicks	836	30.1	+14.1
	Labour	Clive Cheetham	791	28.4	-2.6
	BNP	Maurice Field	600	21.6	-9.8
	Conservative	Jason Allbutt	490	17.6	-4.0
	Independent	Richard Armstrong	64	2.3	+2.3
Majority			45	1.7
Turnout			2,781	42.8	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

• 2007 Redditch election result
• Ward results
• Labour keeps majority