2007 Castle Point Borough Council election

2007 UK local government election

The 2007 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 26
Canvey Island Independent Party 15

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 26 councillors, but lost 3 seats to the Canvey Island Independent Party. The Conservatives held all 8 seats in Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley, but won only 1 of the 6 seats on Canvey Island. On Canvey Island the Canvey Island Independent Party took the other 5 seats to have 15 councillors, gaining 3 from the Conservatives, as well as defeating the only Labour councillor on the council.

Castle Point local election result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	9	0	3	-3	64.3	55.8	12,428	+5.7%
CIIP	5	4	0	+4	35.7	20.8	4,637	+1.5%
Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	18.1	4,035	-3.8%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	852	-2.9%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	309	+1.4%

Ward results

Appleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eoin Egan	1,189	71.8	+6.5
	Labour	Lorna Trollope	468	28.2	−6.5
Majority			721	43.5	+12.9
Turnout			1,657	31.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boyce
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Goodwin	1,285	69.8	+6.4
	UKIP	Ron Hurrell	309	16.8	+16.8
	Labour	Tony Wright	248	13.5	−6.6
Majority			976	53.0	+9.7
Turnout			1,842	35.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Dave Blackwell	958	58.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Carol Day	466	28.4	−1.1
	Labour	Bill Deal	179	10.9	−4.4
	Green	Irene Willis	40	2.4	−0.8
Majority			492	29.9	+7.4
Turnout			1,643	32.2
	CIIP hold		Swing

Canvey Island East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Lee Barrett	833	48.8	+4.7
	Conservative	Geoff Coates	630	36.9	+6.2
	Labour	Jackie Reilly	245	14.3	−7.0
Majority			203	11.9	−1.5
Turnout			1,708	33.9
	CIIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Grace Watson	878	51.7	+1.6
	Conservative	Pat Haunts	493	29.0	+3.8
	Labour	Mark Reilly	289	17.0	−4.4
	Green	Miles Willis	38	2.2	−1.1
Majority			385	22.7	−2.2
Turnout			1,698	32.1
	CIIP gain from Labour		Swing

Canvey Island South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Natalie Darby	822	49.7	+5.1
	Conservative	Mark Howard	613	37.0	+4.4
	Labour	Daniel Curtis	179	10.8	−8.9
	Green	Christopher Keene	41	2.5	−0.6
Majority			209	12.6	+0.5
Turnout			1,655	32.6
	CIIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Howard	772	60.7	+17.2
	CIIP	Rod Cowley	405	31.9	−9.4
	Labour	John Payne	94	7.4	−4.8
Majority			367	28.9	+26.7
Turnout			1,271	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Winter Gardens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Neville Watson	741	56.2	+7.3
	Conservative	Norman Bambridge	417	31.6	+1.0
	Labour	Curtis McArthur	161	12.2	−1.5
Majority			324	24.6	+6.3
Turnout			1,319	25.8
	CIIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Cedar Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Burch	1,057	72.1	+5.9
	Labour	Harry Brett	409	27.9	−5.9
Majority			648	44.2	+11.9
Turnout			1,466	32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

St George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Govier	920	67.9	+13.9
	Labour	Joe Cooke	434	32.1	−1.5
Majority			486	35.9	+15.5
Turnout			1,354	29.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Ladzrie	1,269	69.6	+0.1
	Green	Nanine Pachy	294	16.1	−4.0
	Labour	Fred Jones	261	14.3	+3.8
Majority			975	53.5	+4.1
Turnout			1,824	35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kate Meager	1,129	68.3	+13.9
	Labour	Brian Wilson	524	31.7	+0.1
Majority			605	36.6	+13.9
Turnout			1,653	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Dick	1,026	68.4	+3.2
	Labour	John Trollope	269	17.9	−1.3
	Green	Eileen Peck	204	13.6	−0.6
Majority			757	50.5	+4.5
Turnout			1,499	29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Riley	1,162	69.5	+4.4
	Labour	Bob Peters	275	16.4	−1.3
	Green	Douglas Copping	235	14.1	−3.1
Majority			887	53.1	+5.7
Turnout			1,672	35.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2007 and 2008

Two by-elections were held in St Marys ward on 20 December 2007 after the resignation of Conservative councillors Alan and Kate Meager. One seat was held for the Conservatives by Alf Partridge with 509 votes, while the other seat was gained for Labour by Brian Wilson with 480 votes.

St Marys by-election 20 December 2007 (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alf Partridge	509
	Labour	Brian Wilson	480
	Conservative	Mark Howard	461
	Labour	Tony Wright	456
	BNP	John Barber	253
	BNP	John Morgan	234
Turnout			2,393	24.8	−9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

"Castle Point". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ "Voting for us was a matter of trust". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 7 May 2007.
"Three nations decide". The Guardian. NewsBank. 5 May 2007.
"Election 2007 Results". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 2007.
^ "Election results". Castle Point Borough Council. Political Science Resources. 3 May 2007. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ "Castle Point by-election result". The Echo. 21 December 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
"Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

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