2007 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Tameside Council were held on 4 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 45
• Conservative 8
• Liberal Democrats Audenshaw Focus Team 1
• Others 3

Election result[]

Tameside Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	15	1	0	+1	78.9	44.7	24,054
	Conservative	2	0	0	0	10.5	28.1	15,126
	Labour	1	0	0	0	5.3	2.8	1,500
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.3	2.4	1,267
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	3,896
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	-1	0	5.2	2,797
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.9	2,633
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1,128

Ward results[]

Ashton Hurst ward[]

Ashton Hurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Whitehead	1,337	39.8
	Conservative	Kate Scott	1,323	39.4
	BNP	Bev Jones	267	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Cerudwen Elizabeth Lawe	219	6.5
	Green	Nigel Rolland	124	3.7
	UKIP	Paul Littlewood	86	2.6
Majority			14	0.4
Turnout			3,356	38.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashton St. Michael's ward[]

Ashton St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Harrison	993	42.4
	Conservative	Joseph Peter Schofield	773	33.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Stephen Daly	252	10.8
	Green	Elizabeth Blyth	175	7.5
	UKIP	Richard Harrison	150	6.4
Majority			220	9.4
Turnout			2,343	28.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashton Waterloo ward[]

Ashton Waterloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Whiteley	1,238	42.8
	Conservative	Gareth Quinn	723	25.0
	BNP	David Jones	509	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Bartley	257	8.9
	Green	Andrew David Threlfall	163	5.6
Majority			515	17.8
Turnout			2,890	35.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Audenshaw ward[]

Audenshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Brelsford	1,286	47.9
	Conservative	Elizabeth Dawn Charlesworth	899	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Kay Seabourne	502	18.7
Majority			387	14.4
Turnout			2,687	31.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Denton North East ward[]

Denton North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allison Gwynne	1,395	55.1
	Conservative	Georgina Helena Greenwood	719	28.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun O’Rourke	419	16.5
Majority			676	26.7
Turnout			2,533	30.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Denton South ward[]

Denton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Doubleday	1,427	57.5
	Conservative	Thomas Meredith Jones	672	27.1
	BNP	David Lomas	384	15.5
Majority			755	30.4
Turnout			2,483	29.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Denton West ward[]

Denton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Warrington	1,888	60.8
	Conservative	Joan Mary Howarth	1,217	39.2
Majority			671	21.6
Turnout			3,105	34.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Droylsden East ward[]

Droylsden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kieran Quinn	1,582	53.7
	BNP	David Gough	665	22.6
	Conservative	Emlyn Richard Davis	411	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dunlop	287	9.7
Majority			917	31.1
Turnout			2,945	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Droylsden West ward[]

Droylsden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Holland	1,977	66.4
	BNP	Paul Hindley	546	18.3
	Conservative	Charles Bryan Fletcher	456	15.3
Majority			1,431	48.1
Turnout			2,945	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Dukinfield ward[]

Dukinfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Charles Taylor	1,364	50.9
	BNP	Roy Kevin West	520	19.4
	Conservative	Stacey Frances Knighton	455	17.0
	Green	Martine Marshall	340	12.7
Majority			844	31.5
Turnout			2,679	30.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward[]

Dukinfield / Stalybridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jonathon Sweeton	1,299	44.9
	Conservative	Brian Eric Dean	1,039	35.9
	UKIP	Paul Kidd	283	9.8
	Green	Michael Smee	272	9.4
Majority			260	9.0
Turnout			2,893	34.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Hyde Godley ward[]

Hyde Godley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bernard Sullivan	1,414	68.2
	Conservative	Ali Reza	658	31.8
Majority			756	36.4
Turnout			2,072	26.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Hyde Newton ward[]

Hyde Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Theresa Bowden	1,252	42.0
	BNP	Nigel Christian Byrne	719	24.1
	Conservative	Thomas David Welsby	544	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stanley Ball-Foster	329	11.0
	Green	Michelle Valentine	137	4.6
Majority			533	17.9
Turnout			2,981	33.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Hyde Werneth ward[]

Hyde Werneth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stuart Bell	1,735	49.0
	Labour	Raja Miah	1,285	36.3
	BNP	Rosalind Gauci	286	8.1
	UKIP	John Cooke	235	6.6
Majority			450	12.7
Turnout			3,541	42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longdendale ward[]

Longdendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Neil Reynolds	1,500	54.3
	Conservative	Dorothy Cartwright	783	28.3
	Green	Melanie Roberts	250	9.0
	UKIP	Kevin Misell	231	8.4
Majority			717	26.0
Turnout			2,764	37.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Mossley ward[]

Mossley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Valerie Carter	1,267	45.6
	Labour	Idu Miah	1,036	37.3
	Green	Christine Anne Clark	475	17.1
Majority			231	8.3
Turnout			2,778	35.9
	Independent hold		Swing

St. Peters ward[]

St. Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Davis	1,349	59.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Michael Piper	532	23.6
	Conservative	David Afshar	374	16.6
Majority			817	36.2
Turnout			2,255	27.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Stalybridge North ward[]

Stalybridge North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Roberts	1,190	46.9
	Conservative	Clive Alistair Patrick	920	36.3
	Green	Jean Margaret Smee	426	16.8
Majority			270	10.6
Turnout			2,536	28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Stalybridge South ward[]

Stalybridge South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Eric Buckley	1,425	55.2
	Labour	Eleanor Ballagher	742	28.7
	Green	Jacintha Muriel Manchester	271	10.5
	UKIP	Angela McManus	143	5.5
Majority			683	26.5
Turnout			2,581	31.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

References[]

• Details Official Tameside Council Election page