2007_Braintree_District_Council_election

2007 Braintree District Council election
59 seats to Braintree District Council; 30 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

2007 Braintree District Council election

English local election

The 2007 Braintree District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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"Data" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	42	15	0	15	70.0	50.3	39,088	+14.6
Labour	9	0	11	11	15.0	28.1	21,847	-5.5
Halstead Residents	5	0	0		8.3	4.8	3,747	-1.9
Green	2	0	0		3.3	5.6	4,359	-0.4
Liberal Democrats	1	0	3	3	1.7	7.2	5,584	-5.3
Independent	1	0	1	1	1.7	2.3	1,786	-3.1
English Democrat	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	917	N/A
UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	453	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Galione	805	65.3	+26.3
	Conservative	Andrew Meyer	752	61.0	+31.6
	Labour	Juliet Walton	192	15.6	-0.1
	Labour	Tony Bennett	165	13.4	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Weaver	159	12.9	-26.4
	Green	Joyce Wells	133	10.8	N/A
Turnout			1,232	41.2	-2.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Reid	1,099	55.3	+12.2
	Conservative	Wendy Schmitt	1,099	55.3	+11.0
	Conservative	Liz Edey	1,065	53.5	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Brooks	634	31.9	+12.5
	Labour	Richard Green	474	23.8	-15.3
	Labour	Richard Parsons	452	22.7	-11.9
	Labour	Michael Coughlan	338	17.0	-14.9
Turnout			1,989	34.0	+6.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Mann	573	46.7	-7.4
	Labour	Tony Everard	547	44.6	-4.5
	Conservative	Vanessa Santomauro	426	34.7	+2.0
	Conservative	Jennifer Smith	374	30.5	+0.5
	UKIP	Michael Ford	187	15.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Fierheller	131	10.7	-6.2
Turnout			1,226	38.0	+10.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Baugh	619	47.2	+15.0
	Labour	Moia Thorogood	551	42.0	-16.1
	Conservative	Stephen Sandbrook	538	41.0	+16.9
	Labour	Lynn Watson	534	40.7	-20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Braley	141	10.7	N/A
Turnout			1,312	33.2	+8.6
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	James Abbott	895	75.2	+17.1
	Green	Philip Hughes	865	72.7	+21.2
	Labour	Greta Tew	258	21.7	-7.9
	Labour	Tony Tearle	229	19.2	-8.0
Turnout			1,190	34.0	-6.2
	Green hold
	Green hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John McKee	1,042	52.1	+18.6
	Conservative	Trevor McArdle	999	49.9	+16.4
	Conservative	Lene Shepherd	970	48.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Agnes Bishop	573	28.6	-5.3
	Labour	Martin Green	529	26.4	-9.3
	Labour	Bill Edwards	492	24.6	-10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Brooks	423	21.1	-15.5
	Green	Rachel Brunton	321	16.0	+6.0
Turnout			2,001	35.6	+10.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Bishop	581	39.4	-12.6
	Conservative	Caroline Denise	546	37.0	+10.5
	Labour	Eric Lynch	541	36.7	-9.6
	Labour	Eileen Davidson	516	35.0	-8.7
	Conservative	Nigel Edey	507	34.4	N/A
	Conservative	David Messer	483	32.8	N/A
	UKIP	Philip Shute	266	18.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lemon	247	16.8	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Miller	244	16.6	-2.2
Turnout			1,474	31.3	+5.6
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Rice	673	39.4	-1.0
	Conservative	Russell Wilkins	607	35.5	+7.1
	Labour	Michael Lynch	582	34.1	-12.7
	Conservative	David Finch	529	31.0	+5.2
	Labour	Gordon Currie	518	30.3	-9.5
	Conservative	David Morse	498	29.1	N/A
	Labour	Allan Millam	474	27.7	-15.4
	Green	Dawn Holmes	259	15.2	+0.9
	English Democrat	Albert Da	247	14.5	N/A
Turnout			1,709	34.2	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Collar	515	62.2	-8.8
	Labour	Steven Trumm	313	37.8	+8.8
Majority			202	24.4	-17.6
Turnout			828	43.0	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Newton	1,134	68.9	+20.7
	Conservative	Malcolm Dunn	1,045	63.4	+17.0
	Labour	Robert Alston	536	32.5	-5.1
	Labour	Cathie Joyce	513	31.1	-9.1
Turnout			1,647	42.4	+1.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lynette Flint	564	82.5	+26.6
	Labour	Michael Shirvington	120	17.5	N/A
Majority			444	65.0	+53.2
Turnout			684	40.8	+12.8
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John O'Reilly-Cicconi	638	74.6	+19.5
	Labour	Maureen Bennett	217	25.4	+11.1
Majority			421	49.2	+24.6
Turnout			855	44.7	-3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Butland	1,158	72.3	+11.9
	Conservative	Claire Sandbrook	1,129	70.5	+14.9
	Conservative	Roger Walters	1,010	63.0	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Rice	284	17.7	-6.2
	Independent	Tony Watts	203	12.7	-0.7
	Labour	Richard Tincknell	184	11.5	-0.3
	Labour	Steven Goodfellow	148	9.2	-1.9
	Labour	Daniel Ezra	132	8.2	-1.7
Turnout			1,602	32.0	-0.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Halstead Residents	David Hume	949	58.6	-10.8
	Halstead Residents	Beryl Gage	911	56.2	-13.8
	Halstead Residents	Michael Gage	822	50.7	-19.6
	English Democrat	Raymond Brown	564	34.8	N/A
	Labour	Grahame McCoyd	398	24.6	-0.8
	Labour	Adrian Axtell	397	24.5	-0.6
	Labour	Nancy Freeman	358	22.1	-1.2
Turnout			1,620	31.4	+2.9
	Halstead Residents hold
	Halstead Residents hold
	Halstead Residents hold

Halstead Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Halstead Residents	Jacqueline Pell	604	61.4	-15.9
	Halstead Residents	Howard Messenger	461	46.9	-10.7
	Labour	Malcolm Fincken	357	36.3	+2.2
	Labour	Stuart Gilbert	291	29.6	-2.8
Turnout			983	28.4	-1.6
	Halstead Residents hold
	Halstead Residents hold

Hatfield Peveral
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bebb	1,006	78.0	+12.9
	Conservative	Keith Bigden	987	76.6	-0.1
	Labour	Carole Hine	283	22.0	-2.5
	Labour	Neil Coughlan	187	14.5	-6.9
Turnout			1,289	38.6	+8.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hedingham and Maplestead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jo Beavis	1,283	65.3	+3.5
	Conservative	Wendy Scattergood	1,114	56.7	+13.4
	Conservative	Fred Swallow	1,103	56.1	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bolter	726	36.9	+3.9
	Labour	Ted Snarey	326	16.6	+0.8
	Labour	John Kotz	236	12.0	-0.1
	Labour	Noel Owen	224	11.4	-8.8
Turnout			1,966	40.0	+7.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kelvedon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Foster	881	52.8	+10.9
	Conservative	Robert Mitchell	845	50.7	+13.2
	Labour	Ian Marshall	432	25.9	-7.2
	Labour	Terrence Lazell	335	20.1	-13.8
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	278	16.7	N/A
Turnout			1,668	43.7	-1.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Wilkinson	630	80.5	+9.7
	Labour	Carl May-Smith	153	19.5	-9.7
Majority			477	61.0	+19.4
Turnout			783	47.8	+11.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Banthorpe	399	58.9	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Beckett	121	17.9	-32.9
	English Democrat	Colin Morris	106	15.7	N/A
	Labour	Ken Tew	51	7.5	N/A
Majority			278	41.0	N/A
Turnout			677	41.5	-1.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	21.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Harley	650	77.8	+15.1
	Labour	Betty Kotz	186	22.2	+4.0
Majority			464	55.6	+12.0
Turnout			836	50.4	+9.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Shelton	555	64.5	-8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Crowe	245	28.5	N/A
	Labour	Fred Hearn	60	7.0	-19.9
Majority			310	36.0	-10.2
Turnout			860	51.0	+14.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary O'Shea	752	50.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Gabrielle Spray	686	46.0	-7.6
	Independent	Bernard Gaught	532	35.7	-24.6
	Independent	Jim Bond	487	32.6	N/A
	Labour	Dais Marshall	148	9.9	-15.7
	Labour	Holly Barlow	146	9.8	-15.0
Turnout			1,492	38.3	+6.1
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Finbow	1,066	78.6	+6.4
	Conservative	Simon Walsh	1,029	75.9	+5.2
	Labour	Corinne Green	226	16.7	-4.1
	Labour	Miles Scrivens	204	15.0	-4.9
Turnout			1,356	44.3	+7.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bolton	579	83.1	+16.1
	Labour	Peter Long	118	16.9	+3.5
Majority			697	66.2	+18.8
Turnout			697	42.0	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lager	609	43.7	+6.9
	Conservative	Sandra Howell	593	42.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Phil Barlow	517	37.1	+0.3
	Labour	Cynthia Woodhouse	390	28.0	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Hooper	250	17.9	-12.2
	Green	Nelson Brunton	228	16.4	-4.8
Turnout			1,393	40.5	+7.5
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Evans	507	46.4	-9.1
	Labour	John Gyford	453	41.5	-10.8
	Conservative	Patricia Lee	406	37.2	+11.4
	Conservative	Paula Cohen	376	34.4	N/A
	Green	Nicholas Scales	225	20.6	+4.0
Turnout			1,092	32.0	+9.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Money	829	46.7	+8.1
	Conservative	Ron Ramage	794	44.7	+7.4
	Conservative	John Elliott	771	43.4	+8.3
	Labour	Paul Heath	588	33.1	-9.9
	Labour	Jacqueline Martin	587	33.0	-10.7
	Labour	Wayne Tearle	580	32.6	-6.4
	Green	Patricia Brunton	296	16.7	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Dearlove	257	14.5	-1.9
	Green	Stephanie Bills	239	13.4	N/A
Turnout			1,777	30.9	+3.1
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

2007_Braintree_District_Council_election

Results summary

Ward results

Black Notley and Terling

Bocking Blackwater

Bocking North

Bocking South

Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall

Braintree Central

Braintree East

Braintree South

Bumpstead

Coggeshall and North Feering

Cressing and Stisted

Gosfield and Greenstead Green

Great Notley and Braintree West

Halstead St. Andrew's

Halstead Trinity

Hatfield Peveral

Hedingham and Maplestead

Kelvedon

Panfield

Rayne

Stour Valley North

Stour Valley South

The Three Colnes

Three Fields

Upper Colne

Witham Chipping Hill and Central

Witham North

Witham South

Witham West

Yeldham

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