2007 Test Valley Borough Council election

2007 Test Valley Borough Council election

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All 48 seats to Test Valley Borough Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 30 16 Seats won 33 15 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 18,669 12,804 Percentage 54.05% 37.07
Council control before election Conservatives Council control after election Conservatives

The 2007 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on the 3 May 2007. All 48 seats were up for election. 24 seats were needed for a majority, with the Conservatives increasing their majority by three seats. Both independents lost their seats, one to the Conservatives and one to the Liberal Democrats, who in turn lost a seat to the Conservatives. ^[1][2]

Results[]

Test Valley Borough Council Election, 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33	3	0	3	68.75	54.05	18,669	1.85
	Liberal Democrats	15	1	2	1	31.25	37.07	12,804	1.12
	Labour	0				0	5.15	1,781	0.25
	UKIP	0				0	3.32	1,148	0.75
	Independent	0	0	2	2	0	0.38	846	3.08
Total		48						34536

Ward results[]

Abbey[]

Abbey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Lamb	944	49.01	20.16
	Conservative	Clive Collier	862	44.75	12.2
	Conservative	Mark Bramley	782
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Rispin	781
	Labour	Sandra Smith	120	6.23	0.53
Majority
Turnout			1,926
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alamein[]

Alamein (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil North	793	42.33	4.17
	Liberal Democrats	Len Gates	784	41.85	6.64
	Conservative	Janet Whiteley	772
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Hughes	767
	Conservative	Karen Hamilton	733
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Msonthi	689
	UKIP	Anthony McCabe	149	7.95	5.39
	Labour	Alan Cotter	147	7.84	7.84
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ampfield and Braishfield[]

Ampfield and Braishfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Hatley	755	80.57	2.38
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Anderson	145	15.47	6.33
	Labour	David Stevens	37	3.94	3.94
Majority			610	65.10	8.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

Amport[]

Amport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Southern	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anna[]

Anna (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Peters	1,085	63.82	5.33
	Conservative	Graham Stallard	1,007
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Evans	332	19.52	9.25
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalie Sweetman	304
	UKIP	Stan Oram	283	16.64	3.92
Majority
Turnout			1,700
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackwater[]

Blackwater (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Gentle	1,396	78.51	1.02
	Conservative	Gordon Bailey	1,333
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sims	382	21.48	1.02
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Curtis	372
Majority
Turnout			1,778
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne Valley[]

Bourne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Giddings	622	81.20	7.27
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Hughes	144	18.79	7.27
Majority
Turnout			766
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broughton and Stockbridge[]

Broughton and Stockbridge (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Boulton	1,331	75.62	16.57
	Conservative	Daniel Busk	1,248
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sims	429	24.37	9.53
	Liberal Democrats	David Johnson	396
Majority
Turnout			1,760
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlton[]

Charlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Carr	487	66.98	10.23
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Whittam	240	33.01	10.23
Majority
Turnout			727
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams[]

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Anderdon	1,225	60.58	0.76
	Conservative	Philip Bundy	1,190
	Conservative	Alison Finlay	1,099
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Richards	615	30.41	4.16
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Cosier	586
	Liberal Democrats	Max Buckmaster	544
	Labour	Albert Astbury	182	9.00	4.92
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cupernham[]

Cupernham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Baverstock	1,331	60.17	1.94
	Conservative	Alan Marsh	881	39.82	1.94
	Conservative	John Ray	745	44.34
	Conservative	Iain Bell	705
Majority
Turnout			1,680
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dun Valley[]

Dun Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville Whiteley	588	70.92	3.98
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Houghton	241	29.07	3.98
Majority
Turnout			347	41.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harewood[]

Harewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Neal	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harroway[]

Harroway (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Page	1,049	50.65	3.42
	Conservative	Jan Lovell	1,010
	Conservative	Carl Borg-Neal	984
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sweetman	413	19.94	4.22
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilson	395
	Labour	Sarah Evans	358	17.28	4.47
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Treadwell	324
	UKIP	Emily Blatchford	251	12.11	12.11
	UKIP	Derek Rumsey
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kings Somborne and Michelmersh[]

Kings Somborne and Michelmersh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Ward	Unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Millway[]

Millway (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zilliah Brooks	1,160	57.34	13.76
	Conservative	Sandra Hawke	1,147
	Conservative	David Drew	1,129
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sweetman	647	31.98	3.09
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Henstock	604
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Treadwell	566
	Labour	John Newland	216	10.67	10.67
Majority			513	25.35
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Baddesley[]

North Baddesley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cosier	1,466	61.51	4.34
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Dowden	1,304
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Tupper	1,221
	Conservative	Robin Oliver	809	33.94	5.16
	Conservative	Mike Draper	638
	Conservative	Andrew Gibson	637
	Labour	David Moran	108	4.53	0.83
	Labour	Khalid Farooq	95
Majority			657	27.57
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Over Wallop[]

Over Wallop

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hope	329	63.14	14.34
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Fisk	192	36.85	14.34
Majority			137	26.29
Turnout			521
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penton Bellinger[]

Penton Bellinger (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Lashbrook	1,034	75.69	19.49
	Conservative	Ellie Charnley	1,013
	Liberal Democrats	Lance Mitchell	332	24.30	1.97
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin O'Leary	238
Majority			702	51.39
Turnout			1,366
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Romsey Extra[]

Romsey Extra (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Nokes	638	52.16	1.66
	Conservative	Ian Hibberd	571
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Dunleavey	543	44.39	1.78
	Liberal Democrats	John Burgess	304	515
	Labour	Ian Paxton	42	3.43	3.43
Majority			95	7.76
Turnout			1,223
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's[]

St Mary's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Bailey	840	41.35	3.40
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Macdonald	753
	Liberal Democrats	Michael McGarry	719
	Conservative	Jan Budzynski	699	34.41	0.30
	Conservative	Pam Whitehouse	666
	Conservative	Peter Mather	648
	Labour	Michael Mumford	270	13.29	7.24
	UKIP	Tim Rolt	222	10.93	10.93
Majority			141	6.94
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tadburn[]

Tadburn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cooper	1,050	51.44	0.32
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Leach	942
	Conservative	Jill Gethin	890	43.60	3.68
	Conservative	Ian Richards	852
	Labour	Carolyn Nixson	101	4.94	3.37
Majority			160	7.83
Turnout			2,041
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Valley Park[]

Valley Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dowden	1,401	59.46	1.00
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Dyde	1,293
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Guy	1,268
	Conservative	John Barton	955	40.53	6.46
	Conservative	Roger Curtis	927
	Conservative	James Jaggers	896
Majority			446	18.93
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Winton[]

Winton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Kerley	1,217	48.23	7.29
	Conservative	Chris Lynn	1,188
	Conservative	Pam Mutton	1,105
	Liberal Democrats	David Metcalf	729	28.89	3.82
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Evans	681
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent McGarry	583
	UKIP	Bill McCabe	243	9.63	1.33
	Labour	Bronwen McCoy	200	7.92	7.92
	Independent	John Smith	134	5.31	5.31
Majority			488	19.34
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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