Elections to Wyre Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. All 55 councillors were elected from 26 wards in elections held every four years. The Conservative Party kept hold overall control of the council.
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After the election composition of the council was as follows:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 45 | +11 | |
Labour | 9 | -11 | |
Liberal Democrat | 1 | 0 |
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 45 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 81.81 | 63.85 | 45,877 | +13.76 | |
Labour | 9 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 16.36 | 28.35 | 20,366 | -10.16 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.81 | 4.85 | 3,485 | -4.15 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1,620 | +2.25 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.70 | 502 | +0.70 |
Ward results
editBourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Don MacNaughton | 941 | 19.58 | −3.34 | |
Conservative | Julia Newsham | 940 | 19.55 | +19.55 | |
Conservative | Christopher McConnachie | 892 | 18.56 | +18.56 | |
Labour | Terry Lees | 686 | 14.27 | −12.16 | |
Labour | Alan Dawkins | 679 | 14.13 | −11.35 | |
Labour | Tony Condron | 669 | 13.92 | −11.25 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Breck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Henderson | 813 | 38.35 | +2.01 | |
Conservative | Peter Gibson | 779 | 36.75 | +1.66 | |
Labour | Sean Hazlewood | 283 | 13.35 | −1.64 | |
Labour | Bill Acton | 245 | 11.56 | −2.02 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pete Murphy | 480 | 81.49 | +12.05 | |
Liberal Democrats | David James Thompson | 109 | 18.51 | −12.05 | |
Majority | 371 | 62.99 | +24.10 | ||
Turnout | 589 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cabus
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert William Brooks | 471 | 75.72 | +20.98 | |
Labour | Bob Hughes | 151 | 24.28 | −20.98 | |
Majority | 320 | 51.61 | +42.14 | ||
Turnout | 622 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Calder
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Williams | 433 | 66.31 | +14.07 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Harrison | 220 | 33.70 | −14.06 | |
Majority | 213 | 32.62 | +28.15 | ||
Turnout | 653 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Carleton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Hargeaves | 1015 | 35.44 | +6.45 | |
Conservative | Frances May Gandhi | 982 | 34.29 | +5.64 | |
Labour | Jane Ullah Sarah Jackson | 448 | 15.64 | −6.24 | |
Labour | Andy Walker | 419 | 14.63 | −5.84 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Catterall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Sharples | 539 | 65.49 | −3.42 | |
Conservative | Val Wilson | 284 | 34.51 | +3.42 | |
Majority | 255 | 30.98 | −6.84 | ||
Turnout | 823 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cleveleys Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrea Kay | 938 | 19.21 | +4.37 | |
Conservative | Peter Walters | 829 | 16.98 | +2.53 | |
Conservative | Tony Morley | 802 | 16.43 | +2.72 | |
Labour | Penny Martin | 775 | 15.87 | −1.19 | |
Labour | Wayne Martin | 722 | 14.79 | −2.11 | |
Labour | John Traynor | 687 | 14.07 | −2.79 | |
BNP | James Clayton | 502 | 10.28 | +10.28 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frances Taylor | 349 | 7.15 | +0.98 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Garstang
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dulcie Atkins | 1330 | 27.23 | +4.20 | |
Conservative | Alice Collinson | 1200 | 24.56 | +4.62 | |
Conservative | Tom Balmain | 1055 | 21.60 | +1.90 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Harrison Paul | 709 | 14.51 | −0.46 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Purkis Francis | 591 | 12.10 | −0.65 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Great Eccleston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred James Coop | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Susan Pimbley | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Robinson | 1252 | 40.44 | +9.33 | |
Conservative | Lynn Bowen | 1114 | 35.98 | +7.74 | |
Labour | June Jackson | 399 | 12.89 | −8.34 | |
Labour | Andy Meredith | 331 | 10.69 | −8.73 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hardhorn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graeme Cocker | 1000 | 39.39 | +3.11 | |
Conservative | Frank Turner | 954 | 37.57 | +3.91 | |
Labour | Chris Frost | 299 | 11.78 | −2.79 | |
Labour | Richard Barnes | 286 | 11.26 | −4.23 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Highcross
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Birch | 1066 | 37.25 | +7.09 | |
Conservative | Roger Berry | 1040 | 36.34 | +7.52 | |
Labour | Alf Robert | 419 | 14.64 | −6.56 | |
Labour | Eric Stafford | 337 | 11.77 | −8.05 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Jubilee
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Heppenstall | 501 | 18.19 | −8.14 | |
Conservative | John Hodgkinson | 482 | 17.50 | −7.39 | |
UKIP | Roy Hopwood | 465 | 16.88 | +16.88 | |
UKIP | Vicki Hopwood | 408 | 14.81 | +14.81 | |
Labour | Kate Condron | 368 | 13.36 | −11.43 | |
Labour | Alan Morgan | 290 | 10.53 | −13.46 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Pitman | 134 | 4.86 | +4.86 | |
Liberal Democrats | William McCylmont | 107 | 3.88 | +3.88 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Mount
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Duffy | 581 | 28.68 | −1.25 | |
Labour | Ruth Duffy | 561 | 27.69 | −1.04 | |
Conservative | Margaret Bond | 448 | 22.11 | −0.79 | |
Conservative | Jim Laird | 436 | 21.52 | +3.09 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Norcross
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ron Greenhough | 726 | 33.41 | +8.69 | |
Conservative | Ann Turner | 671 | 30.88 | +7.16 | |
Labour | Rita Hewitt | 397 | 18.27 | −8.19 | |
Labour | Peter Smith | 379 | 17.44 | −7.65 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Birkett | 569 | 27.92 | +13.17 | |
Labour | Julie Grunshaw | 514 | 25.22 | −12.82 | |
Conservative | Lizzy Houton | 495 | 24.29 | +11.18 | |
Labour | Jim Price | 460 | 22.57 | −11.52 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pharos
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 772 | 20.22 | −5.45 | |
Labour | Lorraine Beavers | 771 | 20.19 | −6.01 | |
Labour | Ronald Shewan | 708 | 18.54 | −6.52 | |
Conservative | Margaret Brock | 496 | 12.99 | +6.09 | |
Conservative | Stan Leadbetter | 481 | 12.60 | +6.90 | |
Conservative | Billy Whiteside | 370 | 9.69 | +4.29 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Palmerton | 220 | 5.76 | +0.69 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pilling
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Lawrenson | 430 | 58.27 | +6.14 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Thompson | 308 | 41.73 | −6.14 | |
Majority | 122 | 16.53 | +12.26 | ||
Turnout | 738 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Preesall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Moon | 1418 | 27.76 | +7.16 | |
Conservative | Vivien Taylor | 1386 | 27.13 | +6.55 | |
Conservative | Gordon McCain | 1380 | 27.02 | +4.74 | |
Labour | Darrell Jackson | 496 | 9.71 | +0.64 | |
Labour | Nic Fogg | 428 | 8.38 | −2.58 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rossall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Riley | 826 | 18.16 | −4.48 | |
Labour | Marlene Colby | 790 | 17.37 | −5.34 | |
Labour | Ted Taylor | 737 | 16.20 | 4.91 | |
Conservative | Frances Thewlis | 632 | 13.89 | +2.86 | |
Conservative | James Lawrence | 631 | 13.87 | +2.29 | |
Conservative | Jill Moon | 539 | 11.85 | +0.91 | |
UKIP | David Gerrard | 394 | 8.66 | +8.66 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Staina
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Forsyth | 1515 | 28.67 | +9.70 | |
Conservative | Jim Lawrenson | 1433 | 27.12 | +8.29 | |
Conservative | Ramesh Gandhi | 1423 | 26.93 | +8.16 | |
Labour | Eddie Rawlings | 470 | 8.89 | −5.95 | |
Labour | Billy Glasgow | 443 | 8.38 | −5.97 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tithebarn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bannister | 967 | 43.32 | +7.92 | |
Conservative | Peter Hawley J | 903 | 40.46 | +6.37 | |
Labour | Kieran Morgan | 362 | 16.22 | +0.76 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Victoria
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Tebbs | 1351 | 27.21 | +6.91 | |
Conservative | Michael Vincent | 1165 | 23.46 | +3.43 | |
Conservative | Alan Thomas Vincent | 1150 | 23.16 | +4.31 | |
Labour | Brian Stephenson | 474 | 9.55 | −5.33 | |
Labour | Evelyn Stephenson | 472 | 9.51 | −3.68 | |
UKIP | Les Holt | 353 | 7.11 | +7.11 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warren
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Sanderson | 890 | 19.76 | +5.92 | |
Conservative | Mark Hamer | 821 | 18.23 | +4.78 | |
Conservative | Denise Minto | 770 | 17.10 | +5.01 | |
Labour | Margaret Anderton | 762 | 16.92 | −4.34 | |
Labour | Malcolm Ratcliffe | 660 | 14.66 | −5.56 | |
Labour | Norman Irish | 600 | 13.32 | −5.82 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Wyresdale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Hesketh | 537 | 72.96 | +19.79 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Ronson | 199 | 27.04 | −19.79 | |
Majority | 338 | 45.92 | +39.58 | ||
Turnout | 736 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Wyre Borough Council - Elections - Statement of Persons Nominated - Wyre Borough Elections". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.