2007 Wyre Borough Council election
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Elections to Wyre Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. All 55 councillors were elected from 26 wards in elections held every four years. The Conservative Party kept hold overall control of the council.
After the election composition of the council was as follows:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 45 | +11 | |
Labour | 9 | -11 | |
Liberal Democrat | 1 | 0 |
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 45 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 81.81 | 63.85 | 45,877 | +13.76 | |
Labour | 9 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 16.36 | 28.35 | 20,366 | -10.16 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.81 | 4.85 | 3,485 | -4.15 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1,620 | +2.25 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.70 | 502 | +0.70 |
Ward results
[edit]Bourne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Don MacNaughton | 941 | 19.58 | −3.34 | |
Conservative | Julia Newsham | 940 | 19.55 | +19.55 | |
Conservative | Christopher McConnachie | 892 | 18.56 | +18.56 | |
Labour | Terry Lees | 686 | 14.27 | −12.16 | |
Labour | Alan Dawkins | 679 | 14.13 | −11.35 | |
Labour | Tony Condron | 669 | 13.92 | −11.25 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Breck
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Henderson | 813 | 38.35 | +2.01 | |
Conservative | Peter Gibson | 779 | 36.75 | +1.66 | |
Labour | Sean Hazlewood | 283 | 13.35 | −1.64 | |
Labour | Bill Acton | 245 | 11.56 | −2.02 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brock
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pete Murphy | 480 | 81.49 | +12.05 | |
Liberal Democrats | David James Thompson | 109 | 18.51 | −12.05 | |
Majority | 371 | 62.99 | +24.10 | ||
Turnout | 589 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cabus
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert William Brooks | 471 | 75.72 | +20.98 | |
Labour | Bob Hughes | 151 | 24.28 | −20.98 | |
Majority | 320 | 51.61 | +42.14 | ||
Turnout | 622 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Calder
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Williams | 433 | 66.31 | +14.07 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Harrison | 220 | 33.70 | −14.06 | |
Majority | 213 | 32.62 | +28.15 | ||
Turnout | 653 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Carleton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Hargeaves | 1015 | 35.44 | +6.45 | |
Conservative | Frances May Gandhi | 982 | 34.29 | +5.64 | |
Labour | Jane Ullah Sarah Jackson | 448 | 15.64 | −6.24 | |
Labour | Andy Walker | 419 | 14.63 | −5.84 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Catterall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Sharples | 539 | 65.49 | −3.42 | |
Conservative | Val Wilson | 284 | 34.51 | +3.42 | |
Majority | 255 | 30.98 | −6.84 | ||
Turnout | 823 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cleveleys Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrea Kay | 938 | 19.21 | +4.37 | |
Conservative | Peter Walters | 829 | 16.98 | +2.53 | |
Conservative | Tony Morley | 802 | 16.43 | +2.72 | |
Labour | Penny Martin | 775 | 15.87 | −1.19 | |
Labour | Wayne Martin | 722 | 14.79 | −2.11 | |
Labour | John Traynor | 687 | 14.07 | −2.79 | |
BNP | James Clayton | 502 | 10.28 | +10.28 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frances Taylor | 349 | 7.15 | +0.98 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Garstang
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dulcie Atkins | 1330 | 27.23 | +4.20 | |
Conservative | Alice Collinson | 1200 | 24.56 | +4.62 | |
Conservative | Tom Balmain | 1055 | 21.60 | +1.90 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Harrison Paul | 709 | 14.51 | −0.46 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Purkis Francis | 591 | 12.10 | −0.65 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Great Eccleston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred James Coop | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Susan Pimbley | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Robinson | 1252 | 40.44 | +9.33 | |
Conservative | Lynn Bowen | 1114 | 35.98 | +7.74 | |
Labour | June Jackson | 399 | 12.89 | −8.34 | |
Labour | Andy Meredith | 331 | 10.69 | −8.73 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hardhorn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graeme Cocker | 1000 | 39.39 | +3.11 | |
Conservative | Frank Turner | 954 | 37.57 | +3.91 | |
Labour | Chris Frost | 299 | 11.78 | −2.79 | |
Labour | Richard Barnes | 286 | 11.26 | −4.23 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Highcross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Birch | 1066 | 37.25 | +7.09 | |
Conservative | Roger Berry | 1040 | 36.34 | +7.52 | |
Labour | Alf Robert | 419 | 14.64 | −6.56 | |
Labour | Eric Stafford | 337 | 11.77 | −8.05 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Jubilee
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Heppenstall | 501 | 18.19 | −8.14 | |
Conservative | John Hodgkinson | 482 | 17.50 | −7.39 | |
UKIP | Roy Hopwood | 465 | 16.88 | +16.88 | |
UKIP | Vicki Hopwood | 408 | 14.81 | +14.81 | |
Labour | Kate Condron | 368 | 13.36 | −11.43 | |
Labour | Alan Morgan | 290 | 10.53 | −13.46 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Pitman | 134 | 4.86 | +4.86 | |
Liberal Democrats | William McCylmont | 107 | 3.88 | +3.88 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Mount
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Duffy | 581 | 28.68 | −1.25 | |
Labour | Ruth Duffy | 561 | 27.69 | −1.04 | |
Conservative | Margaret Bond | 448 | 22.11 | −0.79 | |
Conservative | Jim Laird | 436 | 21.52 | +3.09 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Norcross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ron Greenhough | 726 | 33.41 | +8.69 | |
Conservative | Ann Turner | 671 | 30.88 | +7.16 | |
Labour | Rita Hewitt | 397 | 18.27 | −8.19 | |
Labour | Peter Smith | 379 | 17.44 | −7.65 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Birkett | 569 | 27.92 | +13.17 | |
Labour | Julie Grunshaw | 514 | 25.22 | −12.82 | |
Conservative | Lizzy Houton | 495 | 24.29 | +11.18 | |
Labour | Jim Price | 460 | 22.57 | −11.52 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pharos
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 772 | 20.22 | −5.45 | |
Labour | Lorraine Beavers | 771 | 20.19 | −6.01 | |
Labour | Ronald Shewan | 708 | 18.54 | −6.52 | |
Conservative | Margaret Brock | 496 | 12.99 | +6.09 | |
Conservative | Stan Leadbetter | 481 | 12.60 | +6.90 | |
Conservative | Billy Whiteside | 370 | 9.69 | +4.29 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Palmerton | 220 | 5.76 | +0.69 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pilling
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Lawrenson | 430 | 58.27 | +6.14 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Thompson | 308 | 41.73 | −6.14 | |
Majority | 122 | 16.53 | +12.26 | ||
Turnout | 738 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Preesall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Moon | 1418 | 27.76 | +7.16 | |
Conservative | Vivien Taylor | 1386 | 27.13 | +6.55 | |
Conservative | Gordon McCain | 1380 | 27.02 | +4.74 | |
Labour | Darrell Jackson | 496 | 9.71 | +0.64 | |
Labour | Nic Fogg | 428 | 8.38 | −2.58 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rossall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Riley | 826 | 18.16 | −4.48 | |
Labour | Marlene Colby | 790 | 17.37 | −5.34 | |
Labour | Ted Taylor | 737 | 16.20 | 4.91 | |
Conservative | Frances Thewlis | 632 | 13.89 | +2.86 | |
Conservative | James Lawrence | 631 | 13.87 | +2.29 | |
Conservative | Jill Moon | 539 | 11.85 | +0.91 | |
UKIP | David Gerrard | 394 | 8.66 | +8.66 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Staina
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Forsyth | 1515 | 28.67 | +9.70 | |
Conservative | Jim Lawrenson | 1433 | 27.12 | +8.29 | |
Conservative | Ramesh Gandhi | 1423 | 26.93 | +8.16 | |
Labour | Eddie Rawlings | 470 | 8.89 | −5.95 | |
Labour | Billy Glasgow | 443 | 8.38 | −5.97 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tithebarn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bannister | 967 | 43.32 | +7.92 | |
Conservative | Peter Hawley J | 903 | 40.46 | +6.37 | |
Labour | Kieran Morgan | 362 | 16.22 | +0.76 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Victoria
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Tebbs | 1351 | 27.21 | +6.91 | |
Conservative | Michael Vincent | 1165 | 23.46 | +3.43 | |
Conservative | Alan Thomas Vincent | 1150 | 23.16 | +4.31 | |
Labour | Brian Stephenson | 474 | 9.55 | −5.33 | |
Labour | Evelyn Stephenson | 472 | 9.51 | −3.68 | |
UKIP | Les Holt | 353 | 7.11 | +7.11 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warren
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Sanderson | 890 | 19.76 | +5.92 | |
Conservative | Mark Hamer | 821 | 18.23 | +4.78 | |
Conservative | Denise Minto | 770 | 17.10 | +5.01 | |
Labour | Margaret Anderton | 762 | 16.92 | −4.34 | |
Labour | Malcolm Ratcliffe | 660 | 14.66 | −5.56 | |
Labour | Norman Irish | 600 | 13.32 | −5.82 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Wyresdale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Hesketh | 537 | 72.96 | +19.79 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Ronson | 199 | 27.04 | −19.79 | |
Majority | 338 | 45.92 | +39.58 | ||
Turnout | 736 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Wyre Borough Council - Elections - Statement of Persons Nominated - Wyre Borough Elections". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.