Lancaster City Council election, 2007

Elections to Lancaster City Council took place on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and in remained in No Overall Control with Labour and the Liberal Democrats losing seats to the Greens and Conservatives.

Following the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party		Seats	+/-
	Labour	15	-5
	Conservative	12	+2
	Green	12	+5
	Morecambe Bay Independents	11	0
	Liberal Democrat	5	-3
	Independent	5	+1

Election result

Lancaster Council Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	15	0	5	–5	25.00	25.91	21,306	+1.56
	Conservative	12	3	1	+2	20.00	29.96	24,643	+4.28
	Green	12	5	0	+5	20.00	18.47	15,189	+2.32
	Morecambe Bay Independent	11	2	2	±0	18.33	12.79	10,521	+0.91
	Liberal Democrat	5	0	3	–3	8.33	7.98	6,559	-4.26
	Independent	5	1	0	+1	8.33	3.98	3,274	-8.65
	UKIP	0	0	0	±0	0.00	0.55	455	+0.03
	BNP	0	0	0	±0	0.00	0.36	297	+0.36
Turnout							36	36,220

Ward results

Bare

Bare (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Bray	546	20.48	-1.57
	Morecambe Bay Independent	June Irene Ashworth	494	18.53	-3.34
	Conservative	Graham Marsh	452	16.95	-11.61
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Tricia Heath	397	14.89	+0.70
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Gradwell	335	12.57	+12.57
	Labour	Andrew Mark Berry	201	7.54	-1.79
	Labour	Ian Carey Hilton	153	5.74	+5.74
	Green	Pat Salkeld	88	3.30	-0.71
Turnout			1,387
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Morecambe Bay Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Bolton-Le-Sands

Bolton-Le-Sands (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Budden	685	27.90	-7.30
	Conservative	Val Histed	649	26.44	-0.36
	Conservative	Neil Kerr	427	17.39	+17.39
	Labour	Richard William Martin	273	11.12	+11.12
	Green	Avril Moncaster	225	9.16	-5.22
	Labour	John Robert Reynolds	196	7.98	+7.98
Turnout			1,331	38
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bulk

Bulk (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Whitelegg	1,017	19.52	+4.62
	Green	Maia Whitelegg	890	17.09	+2.84
	Green	Andrew Martin Kay	884	16.97	+4.02
	Labour	Ian Stewart Barker	728	13.98	-3.55
	Labour	Sue Clark	686	13.17	-2.57
	Labour	Dan Hogan	584	11.21	-2.86
	Conservative	Sean James Edwards	215	4.13	+4.13
	Conservative	Andrew Jonathen Saywell	205	3.94	+3.94
Turnout			1,946	39
	Green gain from Labour		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Carnforth

Carnforth (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Johnson	471	27.85	+14.51
	Independent	Bob Roe	381	22.53	+1.86
	Labour	Judith Anne Jones	320	18.92	-7.48
	Labour	Paul Malcolm Gardner	304	17.98	-3.56
	UKIP	Gregg Beaman	215	12.71	-0.85
Turnout			1,014	30
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Castle

Castle (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jon Barry	1,485	23.34	-0.08
	Green	Chris Coates	1,270	19.96	+0.57
	Green	Catriona Stamp	1,184	18.61	-2.36
	Labour	Michael John Gibson	417	6.55	-2.00
	Labour	Linda Ann Piggott	392	6.16	-1.90
	Labour	Lynne Burnside Stafford	375	5.89	-2.04
	Conservative	Jonathan William James Hazzlewood	356	5.59	+0.91
	Conservative	Matthew Plested	320	5.03	+5.03
	Conservative	Christian Jonathan Wakeford	280	4.40	+4.40
	Liberal Democrat	Rebecca Livesley	200	3.14	-0.76
	UKIP	Nigel Brown	84	1.32	+1.32
Turnout			2,222	42
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Duke's

Duke's (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Anne Chapman	348	67.02	+8.03
	Labour	Robin Thomas Pettitt	112	19.86	+7.09
	Conservative	Miles Hillcoate Bennington	104	18.44	+13.58
Majority			236	41.84	-2.94
Turnout			572	30
	Green hold		Swing

Ellel

Ellel (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Helme	991	33.03	-0.36
	Conservative	Susie Charles	909	30.30	+1.34
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Nicholson	289	9.63	-2.32
	Labour	Sarah Harrison	283	9.43	-2.57
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Horn	282	9.40	+9.40
	Green	Richard Wyatt	282	9.40	+1.88
	Labour	Darren Keith Neesam	246	8.20	+8.20
Turnout			1,757	33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Halton-with-Aughton

Halton-with-Aughton (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Woodruff	513	54.93	-24.7
	Conservative	Brian Jefferson	367	39.29	+26.81
	Green	Cherith Adams	54	5.78	-2.10
Majority			146	15.63	-51.52
Turnout			938	51
	Independent hold		Swing

Harbour

Harbour (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Hanson	531	14.13	-3.86
	Morecambe Bay Independent	John Edward Norton Barnes	505	13.43	-0.25
	Labour	Peter Robinson	492	13.09	-4.07
	Labour	David Whitaker	472	12.56	-3.61
	Morecambe Bay Independent	David Farrow	463	12.32	+0.85
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Christine Stebbing	429	11.41	-1.01
	Conservative	Michael Bolton	296	7.87	-0.34
	Conservative	Jane Brown	252	6.70	+6.70
	Conservative	Judith Bentham	230	6.12	+6.12
	Green	Stephen Dickinson	89	2.37	-0.52
Turnout			1,329	29
	Labour hold		Swing
	Morecambe Bay Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heysham Central

Heysham Central (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joyce Taylor	766	35.74	-1.50
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Geoff Knight	508	23.71	-0.34
	Conservative	Pat Hibbins	402	18.76	+1.91
	Labour	Jean Elizabeth Yates	347	16.19	-1.39
	Green	Melanie Forrest	120	5.60	+1.33
Turnout			1,298	37
	Independent hold		Swing
	Morecambe Bay Independent hold		Swing

Heysham North

Heysham North (2 councilors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Sands	367	20.25	-1.82
	Labour	Tina Louise Clifford	353	19.48	-4.05
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Brian Moore	313	17.27	-0.65
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Laura Wolfenden	312	17.22	-0.13
	Conservative	Debbie Buck	199	10.98	-4.45
	Conservative	John Calvert	169	9.33	+9.33
	Green	Michael Hallam	99	5.46	+1.76
Turnout			954	26
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heysham South

Heysham South (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Brown	855	22.51	+22.51
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Mike Greenall	704	18.53	-1.39
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Keran Farrow	520	13.69	-3.71
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Brian Barmby	500	13.16	-3.89
	Labour	Darren Keith Clifford	461	12.13	-2.16
	Labour	Alan Biddulph	438	11.53	-2.57
	Labour	Gareth Maurice Weston Webb	321	8.45	-3.04
Turnout			1,649	32
	Conservative gain from Morecambe Bay Independent		Swing
	Morecambe Bay Independent hold		Swing
	Morecambe Bay Independent hold		Swing

John O'Gaunt

John O'Gaunt (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Blakely	776	14.79	-5.10
	Labour	Eileen Blamire	728	13.87	-2.35
	Green	Jude Towers	722	13.76	+7.03
	Green	Tom Roberts	645	12.29	+6.04
	Labour	Janet Mary Richardson	608	11.59	-4.61
	Green	Mark Westcombe	537	10.23	+4.34
	Conservative	Steven John Chadwick	438	8.35	+0.00
	Conservative	Joan Parkinson Jackson	417	7.95	+2.42
	Conservative	Victoria Joy Roberts	377	7.18	+7.18
Turnout			1,853	32
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Kellet

Kellet (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Mace	703	79.08	+18.26
	Green	Ralph Martyn	98	11.02	+4.25
	Labour	Miriam Paula Blakely	88	9.90	+9.90
Majority			605	68.05	+39.63
Turnout			891	51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lower Lune Valley

Lower Lune Valley (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Pritchard	815	23.06	+0.49
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Langhorn	785	22.21	-1.75
	Conservative	Andrew John Kidd	762	21.56	+0.05
	Conservative	Jane Parkinson	683	19.33	+0.29
	UKIP	Fred McGlade	145	4.10	+4.10
	Green	Benjamin Ruth	133	3.76	+0.52
	Labour	Jeremy Hugh Bateman	118	3.34	+0.10
	Labour	Tom David Watts	93	2.63	-0.44
Turnout			1,866	52
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Overton

Overton (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Sowden	265	37.32	+10.16
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Don Fairhurst	236	33.24	-8.02
	Labour	Ian Pattison	169	23.80	+23.80
	Green	Sue Holden	40	5.63	+1.39
Majority			29	4.08
Turnout			711	37
	Conservative gain from Morecambe Bay Independent		Swing

Poulton

Poulton (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Evelyn Archer	658	15.63	-1.36
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Shirley Burns	612	14.53	-1.56
	Labour	Rebekah Gerrard	501	11.90	-3.68
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Geoff Walker	468	11.11	-2.26
	Labour	Beryl Spelling	407	9.67	-4.03
	Labour	Richard Ross Grave	370	8.79	-4.31
	Conservative	Jon Bradshaw	369	8.76	+1.85
	Conservative	Jim Catterall	367	8.72	+8.72
	Conservative	Andrew Watson	333	7.91	+7.91
	Green	Adrian Bruce MacKenzie	126	2.99	-0.39
Turnout			1,488	28
	Morecambe Bay Independent hold		Swing
	Morecambe Bay Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Scotforth East

Scotforth East (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janie Kirkman	637	22.76	-6.94
	Liberal Democrat	John Gilbert	589	21.04	-8.77
	Conservative	Billy Hill	446	15.93	+4.55
	Conservative	Charlotte Elizabeth Paterson	421	15.04	+4.13
	Labour	Pam Pickles	287	10.25	-2.04
	Labour	Stanley Henig	253	9.04	+9.04
	Green	Abi Mills	166	5.93	-0.20
Turnout			1,485	44
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Scotforth West

Scotforth West (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Emily Heath	1,016	16.59	+2.93
	Labour	Shiela Denwood	854	13.94	-0.93
	Green	Jane Fletcher	787	12.85	+1.75
	Green	Jonathan David Mills	677	11.05	+2.15
	Conservative	Val Outram	627	10.24	+2.42
	Conservative	James Bird	587	9.59	+2.28
	Conservative	Tom Currie	577	9.42	+2.90
	Labour	Bob Clark	515	8.41	+0.79
	Labour	Ronnie Kershaw	484	7.90	+0.32
Turnout			2,134	43
	Green hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Silverdale

Silverdale (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Fishwick	660	73.01	+16.37
	Green	Amanda Bingley	153	16.92	+5.28
	Labour	Rachel Margaret Timmins	91	10.06	+10.06
Majority			507	56.08	+34.34
Turnout			905	54
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skerton East

Skerton East (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Grattan	680	16.88	-5.80
	Labour	Abbott Bryning	609	15.12	-7.10
	Labour	Robert Redfern	597	14.82	-3.66
	Conservative	Stuart Bateson	339	8.41	-0.40
	Conservative	Margo Airey	332	8.24	+8.24
	Green	Ashley Keith Toms	317	7.87	-0.97
	Independent	Mick Varey	272	6.75	+6.75
	Conservative	Geoff Marsden	259	6.43	+6.43
	Independent	Norman Gardner	214	5.31	+5.31
	Green	Mark Rotherham	213	5.29	-1.66
	Green	Tony Pinkney	197	4.89	+4.89
Turnout			1,397	28
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Skerton West

Skerton West (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Leytham	721	24.35	+3.29
	Labour	Roger Sherlock	655'	22.12	+3.08
	Labour	Robert Smith	655	22.12	+1.44
	Conservative	Dave Airey	350	11.82	+11.82
	Conservative	John Airey	350	11.82	+2.30
	Conservative	Paul Ireton	315	10.64	+10.64
	BNP	Chris Hill	297	10.03	+10.03
	Green	David Richard Horton	273	9.22	+5.15
Turnout			1,399	29
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Slyne-with-Hest

Slyne-with-Hest (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sylvia Rogerson	1,061	39.60	+6.68
	Conservative	Malcolm Thomas	1,050	39.19	+7.54
	Green	Barry Gwyn Hankin	295	11.01	+3.61
	Labour	Daniel David Gray	273	10.19	+10.19
Turnout			1,516	44
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Torrisholme

Torrisholme (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Day	894	14.11	-7.93
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Roger Dennison	709	11.19	-1.98
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Geoff Marsland	657	10.37	+1.76
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Joe Sowerby	645	10.18	+10.18
	Conservative	Dorothy Mingins	606	9.57	-2.96
	Conservative	Peter Espley	595	9.39	-2.49
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Clift	595	9.39	-3.26
	Conservative	Richard Rollins	572	9.03	+9.03
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Mason	487	7.69	+7.69
	Labour	Peter Senior	349	5.51	-3.72
	Green	Marvin Peake	225	3.55	+0.00
Turnout			2,291	40
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Morecambe Bay Independent hold		Swing
	Morecambe Bay Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

University

University (2 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ian David McCulloch	173	18.91	+1.01
	Green	Morgwn Trollinger	151	16.50	+3.88
	Liberal Democrat	Ryan Bate	111	12.13	-12.16
	Liberal Democrat	Gavin Barrass	106	11.58	-8.21
	Labour	Cat Smith	98	10.71	-5.77
	Conservative	Alex Law	97	10.60	+1.69
	Conservative	David Jonathan Bonner	86	9.40	+9.40
	Labour	James Stuart Groves	82	8.96	+8.96
	UKIP	William Taylor Windle Potts	11	1.20	+1.20
Turnout			471	13
	Green gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Green gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Upper Lune Valley

Upper Lune Valley (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Thomas Williamson	776	78.70	+8.64
	Green	Gisela Christine Renolds	210	21.30	+21.30
Majority			566	57.40	+17.27
Turnout			992	52
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warton

Warton (1 councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jean Dent	443	59.54	+8.16
	Conservative	Andrea Johnson	301	40.46	+7.24
Majority			142	19.09	+4.5
Turnout			743	39
	Independent hold		Swing

Westgate

Westgate (3 councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morecambe Bay Independent	David Kerr	656	15.08	-7.94
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Tony Wade	628	14.44	-7.91
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Roger Plumb	612	14.07	-7.35
	Labour	Albert Hayden Thornton	409	9.40	-8.12
	Labour	Dan Ratcliffe	394	9.06	+9.06
	Labour	Ben Singleton	390	8.97	+8.97
	Conservative	Julie Race	292	6.71	-4.33
	Conservative	Tony Jones	272	6.25	+6.25
	Conservative	Chris Leadbetter	263	6.05	+6.05
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Riley	229	5.26	+5.26
	Liberal Democrat	William Edward Riley	205	4.71	+4.71
Turnout			1,547	30
	Morecambe Bay Independent hold		Swing
	Morecambe Bay Independent hold		Swing
	Morecambe Bay Independent hold		Swing

External links

• Election results on Lancaster Council site