2007 Copeland Borough Council election

2007 UK local government election

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

Election result

The results saw Labour remain in control of the council after staying on 31 seats. The Conservatives made a gain of 3 seats to have 19 councillors, while just 1 independent remained.

Copeland Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	31	2	2	0	60.8	53.1	18,314	-4.6%
Conservative	19	3	0	+3	37.3	43.6	15,023	+8.6%
Independent	1	0	3	-3	2.0	1.6	551	-2.1%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	573	-1.9%

2 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Arlecdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Sunderland	241	54.0	−17.0
	Conservative	Marie Simpson	106	23.8	+23.8
	Labour	Cam Ross	99	22.2	−6.8
Majority			135	30.3	−11.7
Turnout			446
	Independent hold		Swing

Beckermet (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Yvonne Clarkson	604	42.0
	Conservative	John Jackson	579	40.3
	Labour	John Woolley	255	17.7
Turnout			1,438
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bootle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Hitchen	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bransty (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christopher Whiteside	651
	Conservative	Allan Mossop	636
	Conservative	Alexander Carroll	617
	Labour	James Hewitson	508
	Labour	Les Hanley	453
	Labour	Jeanette Williams	435
Turnout			3,300
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cleator Moor North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Joan Hully	540
	Labour	William Southward	525
	Labour	Hugh Branney	497
	Conservative	Doreen Platt	217
Turnout			1,779
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cleator Moor South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Catherine Giel	386
	Labour	David Banks	365
	Conservative	Hilda Morris	148
Turnout			899
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Distington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Willis Metherell	523
	Labour	Brian Dixon	495
	Labour	John Bowman	465
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Hollowell	357
	Conservative	Victoria Vincent	229
Turnout			2,069
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Egremont North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Elaine Woodburn	740
	Labour	Samuel Meteer	724
	Labour	Margaret Woodburn	724
	Conservative	Kenneth Kirkby	273
	Conservative	Mary Holmes	241
	Conservative	John Brown	186
Turnout			2,888
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Egremont South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael McVeigh	667
	Labour	Peter Watson	618
	Labour	Constance Watson	580
	Conservative	John Coyles	488
	Conservative	John Holmes	488
	Conservative	Jean Lewthwaite	465
Turnout			3,306
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ennerdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Salkeld	204	58.3	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Minogue	86	24.6	+24.6
	Labour	Mary Ross	60	17.1	−14.2
Majority			118	33.7	−3.7
Turnout			350
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frizington (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Peter Connolly	377
	Labour	Timothy Knowles	343
	Conservative	Kenneth Simpson	238
Turnout			958
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Gosforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Jacob	328	71.0	−0.9
	Labour	Christina Cornall	134	29.0	+0.9
Majority			194	42.0	−1.8
Turnout			462
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbour (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Kane	656
	Labour	Frances Bradshaw	574
	Labour	Henry Wormstrup	556
	Conservative	Brigid Whiteside	412
	Conservative	Andrew Welsh	403
	Conservative	Graham Roberts	385
Turnout			2,986
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Haverigg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Wilson	228	41.1	−8.3
	Independent	Margaret Barnes	180	32.4	+32.4
	Labour	Carl Carter	147	26.5	+26.5
Majority			48	8.6
Turnout			555
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Hensingham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Geoffrey Garrity	562
	Labour	Norman Willams	501
	Labour	Margarita Docherty	454
	Conservative	Martyn Barnes	338
	Conservative	Marcus Swift	298
Turnout			2,153
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hillcrest (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alistair Norwood	468
	Conservative	Andrew Wonnacott	422
	Labour	Calvin Jones	265
Turnout			1,155
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holborn Hill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Gleaves	396
	Labour	John Park	305
	Labour	Roland Woodward	281
	Conservative	Rowena Pitt	272
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Micklethwaite	130
	Independent	Neil Wilson	130
Turnout			1,514
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kells (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Clements	273
	Labour	Alan Holliday	241
	Conservative	Glenn Gray	121
Turnout			635
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Millom Without
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gilbert Scurrah	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mirehouse (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anne Faichney	648
	Labour	Edward Brenan	516
	Labour	Paul Whalley	462
	Conservative	Dorothy Wonnacott	150
	Conservative	George Higgins	141
	Conservative	Leah Higgins	135
Turnout			2,052
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Moresby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey Blackwell	200	54.3	−0.6
	Conservative	Gareth Maley	168	45.7	+0.6
Majority			32	8.7	−1.1
Turnout			368
	Labour hold		Swing

Newtown (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Francis Heathcote	722
	Conservative	Raymond Cole	718
	Conservative	Robin Pitt	475
	Labour	Anthony Gilmore	341
Turnout			2,256
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandwith (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Peter Tyson	243
	Labour	James Prince	202
	Conservative	David Gray	147
Turnout			592
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Seascale (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Moore	798
	Conservative	Eileen Eastwood	738
	Labour	Les Tuley	233
Turnout			1,769
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Bees
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Clarkson	390	73.4	−1.2
	Labour	Esther Clements	141	26.6	+1.2
Majority			249	46.9	−2.3
Turnout			531
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Copeland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
^ "Labour retain control of Copeland". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
^ "Election of borough councillors" (PDF). Borough of Copeland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
^ "Full results from Copeland wards and parishes". The Whitehaven News. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2011.

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