Blackpool Council election, 2007

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Elections to Blackpool Council were held on 3 May 2007. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party.

[edit] Election Result

Blackpool Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	26	13	0	+13	61.9	47.3	37,148	+8.7%
	Labour	13	0	12	-12	31.0	34.4	27,034	-8.3%
	Liberal Democrat	3	1	2	-1	7.1	13.9	10,919	-2.9%
	British National Party	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2,371	+3.0%
	UK Independence	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	399	+0.3%
	Mums' Army	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	219	+0.3%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	202	-1.4%
	UK F.A.G.S.	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	193	+0.2%

[edit] Ward Results

Anchorsholme (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Williams	950
	Conservative	Michael Jebson	911
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Bamborough	891
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Bate	802
	Labour	Betty Bradford	700
	Labour	Daniel Bradford	665
Turnout			4,919
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bispham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Don Clapham	1,329
	Conservative	Henry Mitchell	1,274
	Labour	Alan Haynes	502
	Labour	Christopher Ryan	419
	British National Party	Susan Kelly	366
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Farley	272
Turnout			4,162
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bloomfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Holt	555
	Labour	Mary Smith	502
	Labour	Roger Cooke	466
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Hodkinson	414
	Conservative	Ephraim Bell	317
	Conservative	Ian Dodd	274
	Independent	John Finlay	202
	UK F.A.G.S.	Hamish Howitt	193
Turnout			2,923
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brunswick (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Coleman	796
	Labour	Simon Blackburn	775
	Conservative	Pat Mancini	602
	Conservative	Peter Watson	561
	UK Independence	Colin Porter	233
Turnout			2,967
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Claremont (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivan Taylor	780
	Labour	Sylvia Taylor	693
	Conservative	May Ashford	521
	Conservative	Philip Cartwright	477
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Close	281
	British National Party	Chris Ryan	275
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Powell	250
Turnout			3,277
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Greenhalgh	801
	Conservative	Joe Best	749
	Labour	Michael Carr	703
	Conservative	Marlene McGuirk	703
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Mackie	287
Turnout			3,243
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Greenlands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Mineur	948
	Conservative	Steve Houghton	886
	Labour	Kathryn Benson	786
	Labour	Bob Harrison	687
	British National Party	Jonathan Murphy	370
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Bamborough	314
Turnout			3,991
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hawes Side (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Hardy	789
	Labour	Valerie Haynes	757
	Conservative	Jean Kenrick	664
	Conservative	Barry Wells	554
	British National Party	Irene Cain	369
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Rawson	266
	Mums' Army	Bev Warren	219
Turnout			3,618
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Highfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lily Henderson	1,092
	Conservative	Susan Fowler	1,086
	Labour	Gillian Campbell	544
	Labour	Pamela Jackson	539
	British National Party	Roy Goodwin	339
	Liberal Democrat	Alma Rollinson	259
Turnout			3,859
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ingthorpe (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Cox	1,025
	Labour	Kath Rowson	1,007
	Conservative	Jill Ratcliffe	966
	Labour	Roy Lewis	928
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Bate	326
Turnout			4,252
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Layton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Ridyard	1,028
	Conservative	Roy Haskett	946
	Labour	Sue Wright	862
	Labour	Roy Fisher	860
	Liberal Democrat	Jack Smith	320
Turnout			4,016
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Marton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicola Best	1,264
	Conservative	Jim Houldsworth	1,262
	Labour	Jim Elmes	610
	Labour	David O'Hara	536
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Williams	216
Turnout			4,815
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norbreck (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maxine Callow	1,756
	Conservative	Peter Callow	1,719
	Labour	Alan Thomson	484
	Labour	Alun Priestley	442
	Liberal Democrat	Donna Bamborough	277
Turnout			4,678
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Kersh	661
	Labour	Brian Doherty	631
	Conservative	Tim Rosser	536
	Conservative	Gill Clapham	517
	British National Party	Les Joy	339
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Powell	276
	UK Independence	John Bebbington	166
Turnout			3,126
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Squires Gate (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Wynne	1,317
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Green	1,223
	Conservative	Geoffrey Price	638
	Conservative	Roger Jones	608
	Labour	David Menon	318
	Labour	James Sorah	264
Turnout			4,368
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Stanley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Evans	1,401
	Conservative	Granville Heap	1,307
	Labour	Gillian Tomlinson	595
	Labour	Amy Cross	527
	Liberal Democrat	David Stevenson	303
Turnout			4,133
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Talbot (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Bell	779
	Conservative	Ron Bell	759
	Labour	Eric Allcock	632
	Labour	John Boughton	601
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Wood	273
Turnout			3,044
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Tyldesley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Price	833
	Conservative	Roger Stansfield	802
	Labour	Allan Matthews	775
	Labour	Edward Collett	749
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Holt	327
Turnout			3,486
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Victoria (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Jackson	783
	Labour	David Owen	660
	Conservative	Sam Bell	528
	Conservative	Bryan Horne	523
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Coleman	467
Turnout			2,961
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Warbreck (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Delves	1,084
	Conservative	Tony Brown	1,057
	Labour	Maureen Horn	453
	Labour	Stephen Perry	417
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Heyworth	359
	Liberal Democrat	Kevan Benfold	347
	British National Party	Alan Kelly	313
Turnout			4,030
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterloo (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Fowler	972
	Conservative	Tony Lee	940
	Labour	Carol Radcliffe	730
	Labour	Paul Wainwright	605
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Moss	297
Turnout			3,544
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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Results of 2007 Blackpool election

Preceded by Blackpool Council election 2003	Blackpool local elections	Succeeded by Blackpool Council election 2011

Categories: Council elections in North West England | Government in Blackpool | English local elections, 2007

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