2007 Bolsover District Council election

2007 UK local government election

The 2007 Bolsover District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Bolsover District Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

Labour remained in control of the council but lost 4 seats to hold 27 of the 37 councillors. Respect won their first seat on the council after Ray Holmes took Shirebrook North West by 31 votes, defeating the Labour whip on the council, Stephen Fritchley.

Independents also made gains, with 7 independent councillors elected in Blackwell, Clowne North, Clowne South, Elmton-with-Creswell, Shirebrook South West and Tibshelf wards, up from 4 before the election. Meanwhile, the Whitwell Residents Association held both seats in Whitwell, with their second candidate 39 votes ahead of an independent candidate.

Bolsover local election result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	27	0	4	-4	73.0	60.8	12,619	+6.9
Independent	7	3	0	+3	18.9	23.5	4,878	-8.1
Whitwell Residents Association	2	0	0	0	5.4	5.3	1,099	-1.1
Respect	1	1	0	+1	2.7	1.4	295	+1.4
Barlborough First	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.5	942	+4.5
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	423	+1.5
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	277	+1.3
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	239	+1.2

Ward results

Barlborough (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Eion Watts	737
	Labour	Hilary Gilmour	566
	Barlborough First	Bridget Ingle	472
	Barlborough First	John Shaw	470
Turnout			2,245
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackwell (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Sally Gray	693
	Labour	Alan Tomlinson	688
	Labour	Clive Moseby	674
Turnout			2,055
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bolsover North West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Keith Bowman	412
	Labour	Thomas Rodda	394
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Byetheway	277
Turnout			1,083
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bolsover South (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Jennie Bennett	unopposed
Labour	Alan Hodkin	unopposed
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Bolsover West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rosemary Bowler	490
	Labour	Brian Huddless	403
	Green	Michael Milnes	239
Turnout			1,132
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clowne North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Brian Hendry	456
	Labour	Terry Connerton	397
	Labour	Sidney Patrick	374
Turnout			1,227
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clowne South (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Paul Hendry	unopposed
Labour	James Smith	unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Elmton with Creswell (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Duncan McGregor	1,067
	Independent	James Clifton	914
	Labour	Rita Turner	876
	Labour	Paul Colbert	836
Turnout			3,693
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pinxton (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Mary Dooley	unopposed
Labour	Dennis Kelly	unopposed
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Pleasley (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Pauline Bowmer	unopposed
Labour	Ann Syrett	unopposed
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Scarcliffe (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Sandra Peake	719
	Labour	Malcolm Crane	704
	Independent	Janine Atkinson	523
Turnout			1,946
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Murray-Carr	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook Langwith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Walker	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Respect	Ray Holmes	295	52.8
	Labour	Stephen Fritchley	264	47.2
Majority			31	5.6
Turnout			559
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

Shirebrook South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Ward	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirebrook South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alan Waring	376	50.1
	Labour	Paul Harford	375	49.9
Majority			1	0.2
Turnout			751
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

South Normanton East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Terry Cook	527
	Labour	Joe Phelan	521
	BNP	Eddy Edwards	423
Turnout			1,471
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South Normanton West (3 seats)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Raymond Brooks	unopposed
Labour	Joan Morley	unopposed
Labour	Sue Wallis	unopposed
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Tibshelf (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Raymond Heffer	795
	Independent	Deborah Brindley	692
	Labour	Alison Beckett	563
	Labour	Tony Trafford	367
Turnout			2,417
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Whitwell (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whitwell Residents Association	George Webster	631
	Whitwell Residents Association	Vivienne Mills	468
	Independent	Sandy Frow	429
	Labour	Tom Munro	357
	Labour	Frank Raspin	308
Turnout			2,193
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

References

"Bolsover". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ "Respect party hits Labour stronghold". Derbyshire Times. 9 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
"Bolsover Council election results". Derbyshire Times. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
"Derbyshire village results in". Worksop Guardian. 8 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
"Results - Election 2007". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 2007. p. 83.
^ "Election results". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

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