2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

(Redirected from 2007 Great Yarmouth Council election) 2007 UK local government election

The 2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, 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 22
Labour 17

Background

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 22 seats, compared to 16 for Labour. There was also a former Conservative, John Hudson in West Flegg, who stood down at the election.

Among the candidates at the election were the wives of the Conservative and Labour leaders on the council, Mary Coleman and Hilary Wainwright, standing against each other in West Flegg, and the wife of Labour Member of Parliament Tony Wright, Barbara Wright contesting Fleggburgh. The election was mainly contested between the Conservative and Labour parties, but there were also candidates from the Green Party, United Kingdom Independence Party, Liberal Democrats and National Front.

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 31.58%.

Great Yarmouth Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	1	1	0	57.1	53.0	9,919	+1.1%
Labour	6	1	0	+1	42.9	36.0	6,736	-2.0%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	649	+3.0%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	617	+2.0%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	492	-3.6%
National Front	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	298	-0.4%
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0

Ward results

Bradwell North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Tate	872	56.6	−5.0
	Labour	Maurice Johnson	668	43.4	+5.0
Majority			204	13.2	−10.0
Turnout			1,540	31.5	+1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradwell South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Howard	874	53.2	−12.6
	Labour	Peter Alexander	459	27.9	−6.3
	UKIP	Colin Aldred	310	18.9	+18.9
Majority			415	25.3	−6.3
Turnout			1,643	31.9	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Caister North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Cunniffe	655	55.3	+0.3
	Labour	Nicholas Dack	356	30.1	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Dyer	173	14.6	+0.7
Majority			299	25.3	+1.3
Turnout			1,184	32.0	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Caister South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Field	691	50.4	+4.5
	Conservative	Sean Goodman	679	49.6	+9.2
Majority			12	0.9	−4.6
Turnout			1,370	36.8	−0.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Central and Northgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Easter	659	42.4	−1.2
	Conservative	Gerald Jarvis	492	31.6	−1.5
	UKIP	Gabriele Baugh	155	10.0	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Harris	150	9.6	+0.1
	Green	Giles Robins	99	6.4	+0.3
Majority			167	10.7	+0.2
Turnout			1,555	28.4	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Claydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Barker	725	43.9	−10.0
	Conservative	Alexander Blance	689	41.7	−4.4
	Green	Ian Holman	239	14.5	+14.5
Majority			36	2.2	−5.7
Turnout			1,653	30.2	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Fleggburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Thompson	872	88.3	+4.5
	Labour	Barbara Wright	116	11.7	−4.5
Majority			756	76.5	+8.0
Turnout			988
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lothingland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Thompson	955	72.5	−2.5
	Labour	Christine Williamson	362	27.5	+2.5
Majority			593	45.0	−5.0
Turnout			1,317	30.4	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Magdalen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Walker	822	51.8	−0.1
	Conservative	Patricia Page	765	48.2	+0.1
Majority			57	3.6	−0.2
Turnout			1,587	30.5	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Robinson	553	42.4	+2.8
	Conservative	Joy Cosaitis	356	27.3	−7.2
	National Front	Thomas Holmes	298	22.9	−3.0
	Green	Filipe Dos Santos	97	7.4	+7.4
Majority			197	15.1	+10.0
Turnout			1,304	23.6	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Ormesby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Shrimplin	905	68.7
	Labour	Jennifer Livingstone	243	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Cole	169	12.8
Majority			662	50.2
Turnout			1,317	38.3	−4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Andrews
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Watts	513	48.4
	Labour	Gary Fox	389	36.7
	Green	Sean Creaser	159	15.0
Majority			124	11.7
Turnout			1,061	31.1	−4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southtown and Cobholm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Holmes	348	44.2	+1.8
	Conservative	Elizabeth Giles	232	29.5	+4.2
	UKIP	Paul Baugh	152	19.3	+4.4
	Green	Peter Offord	55	7.0	+7.0
Majority			116	14.7	−2.4
Turnout			787	22.9	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

West Flegg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Coleman	1,060	75.4
	Labour	Hilary Wainwright	345	24.6
Majority			715	50.8
Turnout			1,405	36.2	−5.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

References

"Great Yarmouth". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
^ "Local and Mayoral elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
^ "Key issues for local elections". Eastern Daily Press. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
^ "Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections - 3 May 2007" (PDF). Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

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