2007 Tendring District Council election

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2007 Tendring District Council election

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All 60 seats to Tendring District Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Tendring First Labour Last election 25 seats, 36.0% N/A 11 seats, 21.0% Seats before 25 11 Seats won 28 10 6 Seat change 3 10 5 Popular vote 16,912 5,064 6,470 Percentage 39.8 11.9 15.2 Swing 3.8 N/A 5.8   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberal Democrats Independent Last election 13 seats, 21.7% 4 seats, 8.7% 4 seats, 6.2% Seats before 13 4 4 Seats won 6 5 3 Seat change 7 1 1 Popular vote 6,269 2,534 3,381 Percentage 14.8 6.0 8.0 Swing 6.9 2.7 1.8   Seventh party   Party Holland Residents Last election 3 seats, 3.1% Seats before 3 Seats won 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,316 Percentage 3.1 Swing 0.0
Majority party before election No overall control Majority party after election No overall control

Elections to Tendring District Council were held on 5 May 2007 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party remained the largest party.

Results Summary[]

Tendring District Council election, 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	0	0	3		39.8	16,912	+3.8
	Tendring First	10	0	0	10		11.9	5,064	N/A
	Labour	6	0	0	5		15.2	6,470	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	0	7		14.8	6,269	-6.9
		5	0	0	1		6.0	2,534	-2.7
	Independent	3	0	0	1		8.0	3,381	-1.8
	Holland Residents	2	0	0	1		3.1	1,316	+0.0
	UKIP	0	0	0			0.7	296	-0.2
	Green	0	0	0			0.5	214	-1.3

Ward results[]

Alresford[]

Alresford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Scott	403	53.4
	Conservative	Laurence Franklin	277	36.7
	Labour	Terry Ripo	75	9.9
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Alton Park[]

Alton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hughes	453	50.4
	Labour	Delia Aldis	446	49.6
	Labour	Mark Morley-Souter	425
	Conservative	Brian Pennell	387
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ardleigh & Little Bromley[]

Ardleigh & Little Bromley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Stock	434	68.9
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Potter	128	20.3
	Labour	Vincent Campbell	68	10.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beaumont & Thorpe[]

Beaumont & Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	José Powell	399	55.5
	Conservative	Dawn Skeels	320	44.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Bockings Elm[]

Bockings Elm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Shearing	604	45.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Whitson	541
	Conservative	Siggy Challinor	497	37.6
	Conservative	Trevor Durham	486
	Labour	Richard Aldis	221	16.7
	Labour	Graham Caines	221
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix[]

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Patten	350	44.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark de Roy	244	31.3
	Green	Michael Mealing	130	16.7
	Labour	Wilf Rose	55	7.1
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brightlingsea[]

Brightlingsea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Graham Steady	1,682	37.3
	Conservative	Alan Goggin	1,597	35.5
	Conservative	Vivien Chapman	1,016
	Liberal Democrats	David Dixon	743	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Russell	586
	Labour	Philip Shirley	482	10.7
	Conservative	Patrick Wilde	350
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bursville[]

Bursville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Sambridge	549	65.7
	Tendring First	Mavis Balbirnie	105	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Harrison	99	11.9
	Labour	Eve Casey	82	9.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frinton[]

Frinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Watling	1,010	57.4
	Conservative	Nick Turner	954
	Tendring First	Terry Allen	751	42.6
	Tendring First	Jack Robertson	656
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Golf Green[]

Golf Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roy Smith	815	51.7
		Kevin Watson	652
	Labour	Maurice Alexander	458	29.0
	Labour	Dan Casey	400
	Conservative	Cherie Clark	304	19.3
	Conservative	Brian McCann	293
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Great & Little Oakley[]

Great & Little Oakley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tanya Ferguson	303	49.4
	Labour	Malcolm Bell	130	21.2
	Tendring First	David Turner	125	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bensilum	55	9.0
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Bentley[]

Great Bentley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda McWilliams	509	58.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Taylor	280	32.1
	Green	Oliver King	84	9.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hamford[]

Hamford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tendring First	Iris Johnson	834	45.9
	Tendring First	Anne Hockridge	712
	Conservative	Charles Braithwaite	620	34.1
	Independent	Geoff Francis	207	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Harrison	157	8.6
Turnout
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing

Harwich East[]

Harwich East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Harwich East Central[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Harwich West[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harwich West Central[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Haven[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Ratepayer		Swing

Holland & Kirby[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing

Lawford[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Little Clacton & Weeley[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Peter Bruff[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pier[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ramsey & Parkeston[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	gain from Labour		Swing

Rush Green[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Bartholomew's[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

St. James[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Johns[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Mary's[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Osyth & Point Clear[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

St. Paul's[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walton[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing