2007 Northampton Borough Council election

Elections to Northampton Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

2007 Northampton Borough Council election

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All 47 seats in the Northampton Borough Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Last election 17 19 11 Seats won 26 15 5 Seat change 9 4 6 Popular vote 38,400 31,044 19,462 Percentage 40.0 32.4 20.3
Map showing the results of the 2007 Northampton Borough Council elections.
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Liberal Democrats

Election result

Northampton Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	26	10	1	+9	55.3	40.0	38,400	+5.0%
	Conservative	15	1	5	-4	31.9	32.4	31,044	-4.8%
	Labour	5	1	7	-6	10.6	20.3	19,462	-5.3%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	2.1	2.0	1,954	+1.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	1,838	+0.9%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	1,205	+1.3%
	SOS! Voters Against Over-development of Northampton	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1,133	+1.2%
	Save Our NHS Group	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	667	+0.7%
	CPA	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	216	+0.2%

Ward results

Abington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Markham	949
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hoare	929
	Labour	Steve O'Connor	413
	Labour	Trevor Owen	372
	Conservative	Ray Kelly	364
	Conservative	Brian Sargeant	318
	Green	Jac Higgs	213
	Green	Marcus Rock	183
Turnout			3,741
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Billing (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Palethorpe	941
	Conservative	Christopher Malpas	855
	Labour	Trevor Balley	511
	Labour	Dvija Mehta	397
	BNP	Rob Walker	309
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Phillips	280
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Efosa	245
	Independent	Ray Clements	240
Turnout			3,778
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boughton Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Yates	1,899
	Liberal Democrats	Trini Crake	1,845
	Liberal Democrats	David Perkins	1,779
	Conservative	Lloyd Emmerson	779
	Conservative	Alison Norman	762
	Conservative	Laura Norman	759
	Labour	Janet Phillips	482
	Labour	Timothy Hart	459
	Labour	Arthur Whitford	429
	SOS! Voters Against Over-development of Northampton	Eddie Dale	281
Turnout			9,474
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Castle (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Clarke	601
	Labour	Tess Scott	447
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Swinn	425
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Winder	383
	Independent	Peter Evans	362
	Conservative	Gordon Hemphill	245
	Conservative	Darren Gasson	233
	Independent	Eamonn Fitzpatrick	210
	Green	Sarah Curtis	187
Turnout			3,093
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Delapre (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Glynane	591
	Conservative	Kevin Reeve	519
	Labour	Chaman Kalyan	469
	BNP	Larry Nunn	388
	Labour	Steve Croke	387
	Liberal Democrats	John Rawlings	368
	Conservative	Ivan Sljivic	312
	Green	James Fearnley	209
Turnout			3,243
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

East Hunsbury (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Lill	1,087
	Conservative	Phil Larratt	1,022
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Collins	385
	Labour	Robert Burnell	354
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Panebianco	352
	Labour	Sally Fairbrace	278
Turnout			3,483
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Hawkins	1,170
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Collins	1,074
	Labour	Ulric Gavesande	556
	Conservative	David Acock	547
	Labour	Barry Kirby	513
	Conservative	Alan Wright	501
	Green	Anthony Lochmuller	189
Turnout			4,550
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Ecton Brook (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jamie Lane	624
	Labour	Keith Davies	600
	Conservative	Yousuf Miah	533
	Labour	Winston Strachan	483
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Jones	311
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Williams	267
	CPA	Suzanne Webb	90
Turnout			2,908
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Headlands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Garlick	1,513
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Markham	1,502
	Conservative	Graham Hawker	703
	Conservative	Laura Hutchings	645
	Labour	Nicola Turner	396
	Labour	Chris Grethe	356
Turnout			5,115
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kingsley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Simpson	1,253
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Taylor	1,184
	Labour	Nova Keown	439
	Labour	Jayne Croke	437
	Conservative	Nick Sullivan	400
	Conservative	Gary Austin	393
	Green	Muriel Upton	146
Turnout			4,449
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kingsthorpe (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Beardsworth	1,601
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Church	1,381
	Conservative	Alan Beal	318
	Conservative	Eithwyn Jones	274
	Labour	Steve Thomas	216
	Labour	Hilary Blackman	215
	SOS! Voters Against Over-development of Northampton	Paul Withrington	206
Turnout			4,211
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lumbertubs (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joy Capstick	622
	Labour	Lee Mason	575
	Liberal Democrats	Grant Bowles	430
	Liberal Democrats	Eva Down	427
	Conservative	David Mackintosh	327
	Conservative	David Usmar	290
	BNP	Penny Blundell	256
	Save Our NHS Group	Harry Tuttle	196
Turnout			3,123
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Nene Valley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hill	1,635
	Conservative	Colin Lill	1,556
	Labour	Danny Beales	545
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Glynane	543
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Bream	503
Turnout			4,782
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Duston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Tavener	1,196
	Conservative	John Caswell	977
	Independent	David Huffadine-Smith	541
	Labour	Lee Bruley	476
	Labour	Clare Pike	432
	SOS! Voters Against Over-development in Northampton	Susan Edkins	293
	Liberal Democrats	Eamonn Lindsell	226
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Maher	172
	CPA	Faith Bricher	32
Turnout			4,345
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Duston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Don Edwards	899
	Conservative	Michael Hoare	872
	Save Our NHS Group	Dave Green	471
	Labour	Ricky Matthews	419
	Labour	Frank Lilley	368
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Beardsworth	264
	SOS! Voters Against Over-development of Northampton	Karen Dare	255
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Taylor	208
Turnout			3,756
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parklands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Mildren	1,568
	Liberal Democrats	Portia Wilson	1,548
	Conservative	Mike Hallam	896
	Conservative	Brandon Aldred	867
	Labour	Wayne Keown	325
	Labour	Gavin Morgan	299
	CPA	Colin Bricher	55
	CPA	Timothy Webb	39
Turnout			5,597
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Spencer (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Conroy	1,077
	Liberal Democrats	Mel De Cruz	940
	Labour	Anjona Roy	478
	Labour	Alan Scott	449
	Conservative	Amy Cena	239
	Conservative	Huseyin Alti	193
	SOS! Voters Against Over-development of Northampton	John Harrisson	98
Turnout			3,474
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St. Crispin (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Flavell	563
	Labour	Ifty Choudary	540
	Labour	Arthur McCutcheon	527
	Conservative	Stephen Mold	462
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Buchan	323
	Green	Hannah Gibson	261
	Green	Julie Hawkins	230
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Jwanczuk	224
Turnout			3,130
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. David (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Hollis	697
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Woods	626
	Labour	Catherine Russell	486
	Labour	Ven Subbarayan	472
	Conservative	Paul Taylor	203
	Conservative	Bernie Eldred	201
Turnout			2,685
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. James (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Conroy	719
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Varnsverry	678
	Labour	Leslie Marriott	636
	Labour	Ian McCann	634
	Conservative	Fran Wire	622
	Conservative	Suresh Patel	595
Turnout			3,884
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Thorplands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Meredith	903
	Liberal Democrats	Sadik Chaudhury	808
	Labour	Les Patterson	492
	Labour	Mike Boss	480
	BNP	Jim Avery	252
	Conservative	Sheila Roberts	229
	Conservative	Carole Thurlow	229
Turnout			3,393
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

West Hunsbury (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Matthews	1,476
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Varnsverry	1,287
	Conservative	Brian Oldam	953
	Conservative	Matthew Golby	916
	Labour	Jaime Barron	211
Turnout			4,843
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Weston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Duncan	1,528
	Conservative	Timothy Hadland	1,462
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Barron	596
	Liberal Democrats	Andreas Christodoulou	471
	Labour	Debra Boss	451
	Labour	Christopher Porter	336
	Green	Jonathan Hornett	220
Turnout			5,064
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• 2007 Northampton election result