2007 Ashfield District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Ashfield council election. Independents in grey, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Ashfield UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Ashfield council election. Independents in grey, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.

The 2007 Ashfield District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [1]

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Election result

The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council, after a net loss of 8 seats saw them reduced to 9 councillors. [2] Among the defeated Labour councillors were 2 members of the cabinet, Jessie Parker in Sutton-in-Ashfield North and Stephen Mays in Underwood. [2] There were 12 independent councillors elected, but it was the Liberal Democrats who made big progress, gaining 8 seats to move level with Labour on 9 seats. [2] One of the Liberal Democrat winners, Helen Smith, became one of the youngest councillors in the country at the age of 19 after gaining a seat in Woodhouse ward. [2]

Ashfield Local Election Result 2007 [1] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 1223-136.427.717,694-7.1%
  Labour 9210-827.328.618,262-23.4%
  Liberal Democrats 980+827.325.316,177+25.3%
  Conservative 330+39.112.68,083+5.3%
  BNP 000003.11,990+3.1%
  Green 002-202.01,308-2.5%
  UKIP 000000.5349+0.5%
  English Democrat 000000.178+0.1%

Ward results

Hucknall Central (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Spray1,056
Conservative Gordon Riley879
Labour Trevor Locke602
Labour Keith Northeast592
Liberal Democrats Jean Toseland396
Liberal Democrats Bernard Briggs244
Turnout 3,769
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hucknall East (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Rankin744
Labour David Shaw528
Labour Geoffrey Thorpe504
Green Timothy Welton484
UKIP Albert Inskip349
Liberal Democrats Tim Jones178
Green David Lowe176
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Mullaney168
Turnout 3,131
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hucknall North (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Dymock673
Labour John Wilmott666
Conservative Robert Copley644
Independent Robert Gow542
Labour David Hughes521
Liberal Democrats David Haworth372
Liberal Democrats Nicole Knight337
Turnout 3,755
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hucknall West (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Austin Rathe1,281
Liberal Democrats Harry Toseland1,236
Liberal Democrats Louise Bradshaw1,103
Conservative Kevin Rostance901
Conservative Rodney Allen786
Labour James Blagden533
Labour Ian Briggs497
Labour Mireille Hughes464
BNP Susan Gamble330
Turnout 7,131
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Jacksdale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Mays36846.5-29.7
Independent Clifford Perry23129.2+5.4
BNP Darran Burke19224.3+24.3
Majority13717.3-35.0
Turnout 791
Labour hold Swing
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Rachel Madden774
Independent Antony Brown703
Labour Alan Howlett672
BNP Trevor Bradford534
Independent Paul Rockley525
Turnout 3,208
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Kirkby-in-Ashfield East (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Wendy Harvey784
Labour Warren Nuttall405
BNP Paul Gamble383
Independent Harald Greasley369
Labour Beverly Meszaros334
Independent Linda Barsby281
Independent Terry Sadler174
Turnout 2,730
Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Kirkby-in-Ashfield West (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Baird861
Labour John Knight472
BNP Michael Clarke372
Independent David Spalding348
Liberal Democrats Linda Mullaney250
Independent Sheila Humphreys232
Liberal Democrats Victoria Zadrozny177
Turnout 2,712
Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Selston (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Selston Area Independents Putting People FirstBeverley Turner1,40242.8
Selston Area Independents Putting People FirstSamuel Wilson1,11434.0
Labour Edward Llewellyn-Jones39111.9
Independent David Sewell36611.2
Turnout 3,273
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Sutton-In-Ashfield Central (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Bulmer1,040
Labour Margaret Thorpe979
Labour Christine Wakefield919
Independent John Ross753
Conservative Sylvia Baker642
Liberal Democrats Carol Knight633
Conservative Christine Vernon595
Liberal Democrats Richard Zadrozny536
Turnout 6,097
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Sutton-In-Ashfield East (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Anthony Wallis996
Independent David Parker978
Labour May Barsby975
Labour Steven Carroll915
Labour Kier Barsby868
Conservative Mavis Allen739
Liberal Democrats Louise Mitchell713
Liberal Democrats Brenda Zadrozny460
Turnout 6,644
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Sutton-In-Ashfield North (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jason Zadrozny 2,094
Liberal Democrats Lee Cooper1,920
Liberal Democrats Michael Mullaney1,757
Labour Ivan Pitchford536
Labour Melanie Darrington508
Labour Jessie Parker506
Conservative John Baker329
Conservative Michael Halls313
Independent Alfred Thorpe230
Conservative Eugene Di Villa219
Turnout 8,412
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Sutton-In-Ashfield West (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ramon Buttery1,359
Independent Roy Adkins1,119
Independent Diane Lowe1,006
Independent David Shooter845
Labour Christine Kirkham748
Labour Terence Keetley747
Labour Ian Stokes644
Conservative Peter Thorpe619
Turnout 7,087
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Underwood [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Sears-Piccavey53848.5
Labour Stephen Mays20618.6
BNP Jane Clarke17916.1
Independent Diane Doran1099.8
English Democrat Anthony Ellis787.0
Majority33229.9
Turnout 1,110
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Woodhouse (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Theaker964
Liberal Democrats Helen Smith820
Labour Pamela Lewis572
Labour Linda Ward550
Green Mark Harrison351
Green Ann Hilton297
Independent Petro Clarke295
Independent Glenn Baird242
Turnout 4,091
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing

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