South Lakeland Council election, 2007

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Elections to South Lakeland council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 54%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

South Lakeland Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	11	3	0	+3	64.7	57.0	11,009
	Conservative	6	0	3	-3	35.3	40.8	7,874
	Save Our NHS Group	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	257
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	114
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	60

[edit] Ward results

Arnside and Beetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Prudence Jupe	1,516	69.6	+17.7
	Conservative	David Clark	661	30.4	-17.7
Majority			855	39.2	+35.4
Turnout			2,177	61.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joss Curwen	662	63.7	-12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Rabone	378	36.3	+12.0
Majority			284	27.4	-24.0
Turnout			1,040	55.7	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burneside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Hodson	532	64.6	+4.0
	Conservative	James Alexander	275	33.4	-6.0
	Save Our NHS Group	Leonard Edgar	17	2.1	+2.1
Majority			257	31.2	+10.0
Turnout			824	53.5	+12.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cartmel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Martin	556	69.7	+15.5
	Conservative	Ted Walsh	242	30.3	-15.5
Majority			314	39.4	+31.0
Turnout			798	53.6	+9.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Crake Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Betty Spendlove	482	60.4	-5.5
	Conservative	Wendy Barry	316	39.6	+5.5
Majority			166	20.8	-11.0
Turnout			798	54.3	+16.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Crooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Eccles	664	58.8	+9.8
	Conservative	James Airey	465	41.2	-9.8
Majority			199	17.6
Turnout			1,129	63.0	+14.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Harvey	916	46.6	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Leach	891	45.3	+0.2
	Save Our NHS Group	Andrew Billson-Page	158	8.0	+8.0
Majority			25	1.4	-1.9
Turnout			1,965	54.5	-9.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Manning	408	54.8	-13.0
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Nicholson	337	45.2	+13.0
Majority			71	9.5	-26.1
Turnout			745	50.5	-1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkby Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rodger Read	520	53.3	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Maria Radice	455	46.7	+4.5
Majority			65	6.6	-9.0
Turnout			975	52.3	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lakes Ambleside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Vatcher	987	73.8	+4.5
	Conservative	Alan Piper	303	22.6	-8.1
	Save Our NHS Group	Jane Wilkinson	48	3.6	+3.6
Majority			684	51.2	+12.6
Turnout			1,338	46.1	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Low Furness & Swarthmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sonjie Marshall	866	52.3	+31.1
	Conservative	Jim Webster	677	40.9	+12.3
	Green	Jo-Anna Duncalf	114	6.9	+6.9
Majority			189	11.4
Turnout			1,657	48.3	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sedbergh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Lancaster	867	52.3	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Woof	791	47.7	-6.5
Majority			76	4.6
Turnout			1,658	59.9	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whinfell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Thornton	669	63.5	+7.8
	Conservative	Pat Bell	385	36.5	+36.5
Majority			284	27.0	+15.6
Turnout			1,054	56.7	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Windermere Applethwaite
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maggie Bridge	488	59.4	+20.1
	Conservative	Jennifer Borer	333	40.6	-20.1
Majority			155	18.8	-2.6
Turnout			821	50.8	+16.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Windermere Bowness North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Stephenson	625	59.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Johnnie Curwen	377	36.1	-6.8
	Labour	Helen Sowerby	28	2.7	+2.7
	Save Our NHS Group	Anna Billson-Page	13	1.2	+1.2
Majority			248	23.8	+9.6
Turnout			1,043	63.1	+10.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Windermere Bowness South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Williams	366	61.5	-14.4
	Liberal Democrat	Dyan Jones	229	38.5	+14.4
Majority			137	23.0	-28.8
Turnout			595	42.1	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Windermere Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Atkinson	543	76.8	+0.5
	Conservative	Yvonne Stewart-Taylor	101	14.3	-9.4
	Labour	Stephen Thomas	32	4.5	+4.5
	Save Our NHS Group	Charles Batteson	31	4.4	+4.4
Majority			442	62.5	+9.9
Turnout			707	42.1	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing