2007 Wyre Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Wyre council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Elections to Wyre Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. All 55 councillors were elected from 26 wards in elections held every four years. The Conservative Party kept hold overall control of the council.

After the election composition of the council was as follows:

Party Seats   ±  
Conservative 45 +12
Labour 9 -12
Liberal Democrat 1 0

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Election result[]

Wyre Borough Council Election, 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 45 12 0 +12 81.81 63.85 45,877 +13.76
  Labour 9 0 12 -12 16.36 28.35 20,366 -10.16
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 1.81 4.85 3,485 -4.15
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 1,620 +2.25
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 0.70 502 +0.70

Ward results[]

Bourne[]

Bourne (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Don MacNaughton 941 19.58 -3.34
Conservative Julia Newsham 940 19.55 +19.55
Conservative Christopher McConnachie 892 18.56 +18.56
Labour Terry Lees 686 14.27 -12.16
Labour Alan Dawkins 679 14.13 -11.35
Labour Tony Condron 669 13.92 -11.25
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Breck[]

Breck (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Henderson 813 38.35 +2.01
Conservative Peter Gibson 779 36.75 +1.66
Labour Sean Hazlewood 283 13.35 -1.64
Labour Bill Acton 245 11.56 -2.02
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Brock[]

Brock (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pete Murphy 480 81.49 +12.05
Liberal Democrats David James Thompson 109 18.51 -12.05
Majority 371 62.99 +24.10
Turnout 589
Conservative hold Swing

Cabus[]

Cabus (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert William Brooks 471 75.72 +20.98
Labour Bob Hughes 151 24.28 -20.98
Majority 320 51.61 +42.14
Turnout 622
Conservative hold Swing

Calder[]

Calder (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Williams 433 66.31 +14.07
Liberal Democrats Susan Harrison 220 33.70 -14.06
Majority 213 32.62 +28.15
Turnout 653
Conservative hold Swing

Carleton[]

Carleton (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Hargeaves 1015 35.44 +6.45
Conservative Frances May Gandhi 982 34.29 +5.64
Labour Jane Ullah Sarah Jackson 448 15.64 -6.24
Labour Andy Walker 419 14.63 -5.84
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Catterall[]

Catterall (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Sharples 539 65.49 -3.42
Conservative Val Wilson 284 34.51 +3.42
Majority 255 30.98 -6.84
Turnout 823
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cleveleys Park[]

Cleveleys Park (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Kay 938 19.21 +4.37
Conservative Peter Walters 829 16.98 +2.53
Conservative Tony Morley 802 16.43 +2.72
Labour Penny Martin 775 15.87 -1.19
Labour Wayne Martin 722 14.79 -2.11
Labour John Traynor 687 14.07 -2.79
BNP James Clayton 502 10.28 +10.28
Liberal Democrats Frances Taylor 349 7.15 +0.98
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Garstang[]

Garstang (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dulcie Atkins 1330 27.23 +4.20
Conservative Alice Collinson 1200 24.56 +4.62
Conservative Tom Balmain 1055 21.60 +1.90
Liberal Democrats Thomas Harrison Paul 709 14.51 -0.46
Liberal Democrats Joseph Purkis Francis 591 12.10 -0.65
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Great Eccleston[]

Great Eccleston (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred James Coop Unopposed
Conservative Susan Pimbley Unopposed
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall[]

Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Robinson 1252 40.44 +9.33
Conservative Lynn Bowen 1114 35.98 +7.74
Labour June Jackson 399 12.89 -8.34
Labour Andy Meredith 331 10.69 -8.73
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hardhorn[]

Hardhorn (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graeme Cocker 1000 39.39 +3.11
Conservative Frank Turner 954 37.57 +3.91
Labour Chris Frost 299 11.78 -2.79
Labour Richard Barnes 286 11.26 -4.23
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Highcross[]

Highcross (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Birch 1066 37.25 +7.09
Conservative Roger Berry 1040 36.34 +7.52
Labour Alf Robert 419 14.64 -6.56
Labour Eric Stafford 337 11.77 -8.05
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Jubilee[]

Jubilee (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Heppenstall 501 18.19 -8.14
Conservative John Hodgkinson 482 17.50 -7.39
UKIP Roy Hopwood 465 16.88 +16.88
UKIP Vicki Hopwood 408 14.81 +14.81
Labour Kate Condron 368 13.36 -11.43
Labour Alan Morgan 290 10.53 -13.46
Liberal Democrats Phillip Pitman 134 4.86 +4.86
Liberal Democrats William McCylmont 107 3.88 +3.88
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mount[]

Mount (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Duffy 581 28.68 -1.25
Labour Ruth Duffy 561 27.69 -1.04
Conservative Margaret Bond 448 22.11 -0.79
Conservative Jim Laird 436 21.52 +3.09
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Norcross[]

Norcross (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ron Greenhough 726 33.41 +8.69
Conservative Ann Turner 671 30.88 +7.16
Labour Rita Hewitt 397 18.27 -8.19
Labour Peter Smith 379 17.44 -7.65
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Park[]

Park (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Birkett 569 27.92 +13.17
Labour Julie Grunshaw 514 25.22 -12.82
Conservative Lizzy Houton 495 24.29 +11.18
Labour Jim Price 460 22.57 -11.52
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pharos[]

Pharos (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Grunshaw 772 20.22 -5.45
Labour Lorraine Beavers 771 20.19 -6.01
Labour Ronald Shewan 708 18.54 -6.52
Conservative Margaret Brock 496 12.99 +6.09
Conservative Stan Leadbetter 481 12.60 +6.90
Conservative Billy Whiteside 370 9.69 +4.29
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Palmerton 220 5.76 +0.69
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pilling[]

Pilling (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Lawrenson 430 58.27 +6.14
Liberal Democrats Neil Thompson 308 41.73 -6.14
Majority 122 16.53 +12.26
Turnout 738
Conservative hold Swing

Preesall[]

Preesall (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Moon 1418 27.76 +7.16
Conservative Vivien Taylor 1386 27.13 +6.55
Conservative Gordon McCain 1380 27.02 +4.74
Labour Darrell Jackson 496 9.71 +0.64
Labour Nic Fogg 428 8.38 -2.58
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rossall[]

Rossall (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Riley 826 18.16 -4.48
Labour Marlene Colby 790 17.37 -5.34
Labour Ted Taylor 737 16.20 4.91
Conservative Frances Thewlis 632 13.89 +2.86
Conservative James Lawrence 631 13.87 +2.29
Conservative Jill Moon 539 11.85 +0.91
UKIP David Gerrard 394 8.66 +8.66
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Staina[]

Staina (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Russell Forsyth 1515 28.67 +9.70
Conservative Jim Lawrenson 1433 27.12 +8.29
Conservative Ramesh Gandhi 1423 26.93 +8.16
Labour Eddie Rawlings 470 8.89 -5.95
Labour Billy Glasgow 443 8.38 -5.97
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tithebarn[]

Tithebarn (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Bannister 967 43.32 +7.92
Conservative Peter Hawley J 903 40.46 +6.37
Labour Kieran Morgan 362 16.22 +0.76
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Victoria[]

Victoria (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Tebbs 1351 27.21 +6.91
Conservative Michael Vincent 1165 23.46 +3.43
Conservative Alan Thomas Vincent 1150 23.16 +4.31
Labour Brian Stephenson 474 9.55 -5.33
Labour Evelyn Stephenson 472 9.51 -3.68
UKIP Les Holt 353 7.11 +7.11
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Warren[]

Warren (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Sanderson 890 19.76 +5.92
Conservative Mark Hamer 821 18.23 +4.78
Conservative Denise Minto 770 17.10 +5.01
Labour Margaret Anderton 762 16.92 -4.34
Labour Malcolm Ratcliffe 660 14.66 -5.56
Labour Norman Irish 600 13.32 -5.82
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Wyresdale[]

Wyresdale (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Hesketh 537 72.96 +19.79
Liberal Democrats Hazel Ronson 199 27.04 -19.79
Majority 338 45.92 +39.58
Turnout 736
Conservative hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ "Wyre Borough Council - Elections - Statement of Persons Nominated - Wyre Borough Elections". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.

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