2007_Walsall_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2007 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

2007 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

2007 UK local government election


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

Map of the results of the 2007 Walsall council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, independent in grey and Democratic Labour Party in pinky-red.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

After the last election in 2006 the Conservatives controlled the council with 34 seats, compared to 19 for Labour, 6 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent.[3] However, in July 2006 2 Conservative councillors, Aqeel Aslam and Haqnawaz Khan of Pleck and St Matthews wards respectively, defected to Labour, leaving the Conservatives on 32 seats compared to 21 for Labour.[4]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives gain 1 seat from Labour in Pleck, to move to 33 seats, and stay in control of the council.[5][6] As well as the loss to the Conservatives, Labour lost a further 2 seats and so fell to 18 councillors.[5] The other Labour losses came in Darlaston South, where independent Chris Bott gained the seat, and in Blakenall, where Peter Smith of the Democratic Labour Party, took the seat by 15 votes.[6] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 2 seats and stayed on 6 councillors.[5]

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References

  1. "Walsall". BBC News Online. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. "Local and Mayoral elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. "Local elections: Walsall". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  4. "Defectors leave with Cameron attack". Birmingham Post. 11 July 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  5. "No change as two councils declare". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  6. "'Man of the people' Smith stuns Labour". Birmingham Mail. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  7. "Election results 2007". Walsall Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  8. "Local election results round-up". Express & Star. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

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