Chichester District Council election, 2007

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control with an increased majority.

Election result

Chichester District Council Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	34	11	3	+8	70.8	52.9	32,611	+8.4
	Liberal Democrat	11	1	10	-9	22.9	32.5	20,005	-5.5
	Independent	3	2	1	+1	6.2	9.5	5,850	+7.2
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	1,595	-6.6
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	1,336	-2.6
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	247	+0.4

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

The +/- in seats is calculated after any by-election results since the last full council election. The +/- in vote % is calculated from the % at the last full council election.

Ward results

Bosham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Myers	848	33.4
	Conservative	Myles Antony Cullen	846	33.4
	Independent	Cliff Archer	628	24.8
	UKIP	Alicia Ruth Denny	113	4.5
	UKIP	Douglas Denny	101	4.0
Turnout			1471	43.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boxgrove (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Potter	559	68.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jake Wright	260	31.8
Turnout			819	47.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bury (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Eileen Wade-Weeks	439	55.3
	Independent	Susan Mary Hallock	355	44.7
Turnout			794	44.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chichester East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Quentin Robson Cox	777	19.4
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony John French	768	19.2
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Fairley	754	18.8
	Conservative	Hilary Anne Flynn	541	13.5
	Conservative	Paul Newton-Lewis	541	13.5
	Conservative	Robert Pettigrew	422	10.5
	Labour	June Mary Leonard	208	5.2
Turnout			1555	26.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chichester North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Charles James	1055	17.2
	Conservative	Stuart Ian King	1006	16.4
	Conservative	Nicholas Roberts	969	15.8
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Hooley	940	15.3
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Edward Plowman	925	15.0
	Liberal Democrat	Edith Pingree	891	14.5
	UKIP	Michael Mason	191	3.1
	Labour	Janet Cynthia Miller	173	2.8
Turnout			2155	47.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Chichester South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Mary Dorothy Scicluna	812	17.4
	Conservative	Pam Dignum	725	15.6
	Liberal Democrat	Alan David Chaplin	690	14.8
	Liberal Democrat	David John Siggs	687	14.7
	Conservative	Barbara Joan Rees	663	14.2
	Conservative	Estelle Flora Strong	651	14.0
	UKIP	Nigel Degge Wilmot Sitwell	232	5.0
	Labour	Malcolm John Few	199	4.3
Turnout			1696	33.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chichester West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Raymond Shone	649	22.4
	Liberal Democrat	Clare Margaret Apel	646	22.2
	Conservative	Martyn John Bell	554	19.1
	Conservative	Margaret Whitehead	509	17.5
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	137	4.7
	BNP	Ray Lewis Fallick	110	3.8
	Labour	John Baker	102	3.5
	Labour	Catherine Mair Beach	102	3.5
	UKIP	James McCulloch	96	3.3
Turnout			1507	39.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Donnington (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ridd	528	67.4
	Liberal Democrat	Alan George Wells	256	32.7
Turnout			784	43.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Easebourne (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hamilton	576	78.8
	Liberal Democrat	Arely Green	159	21.6
Turnout			735	39.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

East Wittering (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sevey Mastronardi	575	21.6
	Conservative	Peter Clementson	574	21.6
	Independent	Bob Norris	517	19.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Ellen Green	491	18.5
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Green	381	14.3
	Labour	Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan	122	4.6
Turnout			1531	38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Fernhurst (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Penelope Caird	997	34.3
	Conservative	Norma Graves	645	22.2
	Independent	Andrew Moncrieff	557	19.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Spencer Bonnett	362	12.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Dennis Martin-Jenkins	347	11.9
Turnout			1568	40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Fishbourne (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Geoffrey Frank Moss	674	73.0
	Conservative	Ann Myers	249	27.0
Turnout			923	51.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Funtington (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Tassell	726	76.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Cooper Rankin	224	24.0
Turnout			950	44.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harting (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Michael Shaxson	609	72.4
	Conservative	Sarah Elizabeth Baker	232	28.0
Turnout			841	49.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Lavant (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Robert Homan Smith	362	59.7
	Conservative	John Elliott	244	40.3
Turnout			606	36.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Midhurst (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Thomas	805	30.4
	Conservative	Brian John Weekes	799	30.2
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Russell Fowler	565	21.4
	Liberal Democrat	Lavinia Mary Harvey	477	18.0
Turnout			1376	34.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Mundham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Quigley	436	62.1
	Conservative	Jane Kilby	266	37.9
Turnout			702	41.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Petworth (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Elizabeth Duncton	1053	39.1
	Conservative	Eileen Lintill	952	35.3
	Liberal Democrat	Liz Jenkins	373	13.8
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Gillian Alderson Perschke	318	11.8
Turnout			1446	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plaistow (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian James Hooton	1026	39.8
	Conservative	Paul Mackey	977	37.9
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Elizabeth Bonnett	288	11.2
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Ernest John Cooper	287	11.1
Turnout			1364	36.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rogate (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ernest Delacour Mason	695	73.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin George Campbell	255	26.8
Turnout			950	47.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selsey North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melva Kathleen Bateman	880	15.8
	Conservative	John Charles Patrick Connor	835	15.0
	Conservative	Bev Tinson	796	14.3
	Independent	Kenneth Frederick George Codd	554	9.9
	Independent	Dee Caldwell	496	8.9
	Independent	Linda Irene Bowman	494	8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jacq Cook	376	6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jane-Marie McQueen	300	5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Libby Kendall	274	4.9
	UKIP	Andrew Edward Wilkinson	174	3.1
	Labour	Margaret Dyer	147	2.6
	Labour	Sidney William Arthur Hoy	134	2.4
	Labour	Micheline Margaret Lawson	121	2.2
Turnout			1989	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Selsey South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Fred Robertson	617	21.7
	Independent	Roland O'Brien	541	19.0
	Conservative	Albert Edward Vines	538	18.9
	Conservative	John Thomas Curtis	531	18.7
	UKIP	Bernard Arthur Smith	178	6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Graves	162	5.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Edward Shade	114	4.0
	Labour	Ian Bell	88	3.1
	Labour	Wendy Virginia Pengelly	72	2.5
Turnout			1484	41.3
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Sidlesham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Mary Tull	393	53.8
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Joy Pound	338	46.2
Turnout			731	40.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Southbourne (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Hamilton Hicks	970	18.6
	Conservative	Robert James Hayes	961	18.4
	Conservative	Mary Marrs	913	17.5
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Gowlett	828	15.9
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Gowlett	827	15.9
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Charles MacDougall	716	13.7
Turnout			1862	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stedham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lorraine Cherry	659	80.3
	Liberal Democrat	Teresa Eleanor Campbell	162	19.7
Turnout			821	45.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tangmere (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Punnett	335	51.4
	Conservative	Brenda Atlee	317	48.6
Turnout			652	36.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Westbourne (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Eleanor Elliott	445	72.1
	Liberal Democrat	Stephanie Myra Cecil	172	27.9
Turnout			617	36.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Wittering (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pieter Montyn	1096	32.9
	Conservative	Peter Edward Jones	1030	30.9
	Independent	David Hopson	482	14.5
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Walter Tilbury	347	10.4
	UKIP	Roger Lewis Wilson	251	7.5
	Labour	Gordon Trevor Churchill	127	3.8
Turnout			1823	45.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wisborough Green (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Harry Field (Re-elected Unopposed)	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-Election results

See Chichester local elections for by-election results since this Council election.

External links

• 2007 Chichester District election result