2007 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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The 2007 Rushmoor Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, 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

Campaign

http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2010001_will_anything_change

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162697610.html

http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2010121_play_area_was_not_a_tory_idea

http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2010003_vote_from_home

Election result

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/6621787.stm

http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2010404_election_results

http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2010528_tories_tighten_their_grip_on_the_borough

http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2010566_independents_bid_fails

http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2010776_rushmoors_independent_resigns

http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2011038_embarrassing_errors_put__future_of_evoting_in_doubt

Rushmoor Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	10	2	0	+2	71.4	48.6	10,394	+2.9%
Liberal Democrats	2	0	2	-2	14.3	30.7	6,553	+0.3%
Labour	2	0	0	0	14.3	14.8	3,169	+0.2%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	867	+0.5%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	288	-1.7%
Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	103	+0.2%

Ward results

Cove & Southwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Chainey	915	53.8	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anoop Verma	689	40.5	+6.3
	Labour	Edward Shelton	97	5.7	−1.3
Majority			226	13.3	−5.9
Turnout			1,701
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Empress
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Parker	1,150	63.9	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Smith	480	26.7	−1.7
	Labour	Christopher Wright	169	9.4	+1.6
Majority			670	37.2	+1.8
Turnout			1,799
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Muschamp	844	57.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Murphy	269	18.4	−7.0
	BNP	Cheryl Glass	252	17.3	−1.2
	Labour	Martin Coule	95	6.5	+6.5
Majority			575	39.4	+8.7
Turnout			1,460
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Manning	614	40.7	+16.2
	Conservative	Jacqueline Vosper	568	37.7	−7.2
	BNP	Janette Brunning	198	13.1	−3.8
	Labour	Clive Gratton	128	8.5	−5.2
Majority			46	3.1
Turnout			1,508
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Heron Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Cappleman	501	39.0	+2.0
	Conservative	Bruce Thomas	451	35.1	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Colpus	332	25.9	−3.4
Majority			50	3.9	−3.8
Turnout			1,284
	Labour hold		Swing

Knellwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Dibbs	950	56.3	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Abu Bakar	320	19.0	+2.3
	Independent	Keith Parkins	288	17.1	−13.6
	Labour	William Tootill	129	7.6	+1.3
Majority			630	37.3	+21.6
Turnout			1,687
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Crerar	888	56.2	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Thompson	522	33.1	+1.9
	Labour	Lesley Pestridge	169	10.7	+2.0
Majority			366	23.2	+6.1
Turnout			1,579
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mayfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Dewey	558	44.7	−1.8
	Conservative	Stephen Smith	306	24.5	+1.9
	BNP	Warren Glass	218	17.5	−2.7
	Labour	June Smith	167	13.4	+2.7
Majority			252	20.2	−3.7
Turnout			1,249
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Rust	775	56.6	−0.9
	Conservative	Sabaah Choudhary	383	28.0	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Kilburn	212	15.5	−8.2
Majority			392	28.6	+0.3
Turnout			1,370
	Labour hold		Swing

Rowhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammad Choudhary	907	59.7	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Pearson	297	19.6	+3.3
	Labour	Jill Clark	211	13.9	+1.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Robert Stanton	103	6.8	+3.1
Majority			610	40.2	−4.3
Turnout			1,518
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Tucker	931	53.2	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Leola Card	712	40.7	−10.4
	Labour	Mary Lawrance	108	6.2	−0.8
Majority			219	12.5
Turnout			1,751
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Bedford	816	47.6	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Crispin Allard	776	45.3	−3.5
	Labour	Barry Jones	121	7.1	−3.2
Majority			40	2.3
Turnout			1,713
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Williams	485	49.2	+4.6
	Labour	Alexander Crawford	384	39.0	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Campagnoli	116	11.8	−1.1
Majority			101	10.3	+0.4
Turnout			985
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Staplehurst	800	45.2	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Murphy	656	37.1	−8.6
	BNP	Gary Brunning	199	11.2	+11.2
	Labour	Phillip Collins	115	6.5	−1.4
Majority			144	8.1	+7.3
Turnout			1,770
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

"Rushmoor". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-10-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
"Elections 2007: Town and country go to the polls". The Guardian. 2007-05-04. p. 6. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ "Local Election Results May 2007". Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-10-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
"Election 2007 Results". The Times. 2007-05-04. p. 8. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Preceded by
Rushmoor Council election, 2006

Rushmoor local elections

Succeeded by
Rushmoor Council election, 2008

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