Shepway District Council election, 2007
District Council elections were held in Shepway in 2007.
Results
Shepway District Council Election Results 2007 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 34 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 74 | |||||
Liberal Democrat | 10 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 22 | |||||
People First Party | 2 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 4 | |||||
Shepway Independents | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |||||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
By ward
'* denotes sitting Councillor. Elected Councillors marked (E)
Elham Valley Division
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Pam Carr (E) | 619 | |||
Independent | Andrew Barchi | 155 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sally Matthews | 109 | |||
Majority | 464 | ||||
Turnout | 890 | 53.58 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Carol Crees had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. She sought re-election in Folkestone East ward.
Folkestone North East Division
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Alan North *(E) | 345 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Tony Dunning (E) | 319 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Martin Salmon | 313 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Williams | 297 | |||
People First Party | Janet Kay Andrews * | 276 | |||
People First Party | Carolyn Court Crees * | 226 | |||
Labour | Jo Knight | 93 | |||
Labour | Stevie Makins | 83 | |||
Majority | 6 | ||||
Turnout | 1043 | 34.35 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Cllr Alan North had gained the seat for the Conservatives at a by-election in 2004. Janet Andrews had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Carol Crees has been elected as a Lib Dem in Elham and Stelling Minnis ward in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Cllr Tony Dunning now sits as a Conservative.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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People First Party | Brian William Copping *(E) | 555 | |||
People First Party | Paul Albert Roy Marsh *(E) | 532 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Maureen Speller | 416 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alex McNeice | 386 | |||
Conservative | Cherilyn Williams | 149 | |||
Conservative | John Worthy | 124 | |||
Majority | 116 | ||||
Turnout | 1145 | 34.58 | |||
People First Party gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
People First Party gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Cllrs Paul Marsh and Brian Copping were both elected as Lib Dems in 2003 and defected to People First in 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | Lynne Beaumont *(E) | 684 | |||
Conservative | David Johnson (E) | 624 | |||
Conservative | Dick Pascoe (E) | 614 | |||
Conservative | John Collier | 594 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Maggie Barrett | 581 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Bev Rolfe | 555 | |||
Independent | Ann Elizabeth Berry | 384 | |||
Shepway Independents | Edwina Boyt | 293 | |||
People First Party | Patricia Copping | 174 | |||
Shepway Independents | Martin Highland | 135 | |||
People First Party | William John Fagg | 122 | |||
UKIP | Carol Lynn Sacre | 111 | |||
People First Party | Richard Eric Green | 104 | |||
Majority | 20 | ||||
Turnout | 1793 | 39.24 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Folkestone South Division
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | Emily Jane Sanger (E) | 499 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sue Wallace (E) | 496 | |||
Conservative | George Burr | 236 | |||
Conservative | Alice Monk | 215 | |||
People First Party | Kim Culshaw * | 160 | |||
People First Party | Michael Edward Edson | 143 | |||
BNP | Derek James | 139 | |||
BNP | Harry Herbert John Williams | 126 | |||
Labour | Paul Bingham | 114 | |||
Labour | Wendy Mitchell | 102 | |||
Majority | 239 | ||||
Turnout | 1168 | 36.16 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Kim Culshaw had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Cllrs Emily Sanger and Sue Wallace now sit as Conservatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hugh Barker *(E) | 581 | |||
Conservative | Philip Martin *(E) | 487 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gary Mark Fuller | 465 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Troy Peter Scaum | 400 | |||
Majority | 22 | ||||
Turnout | 1087 | 31.51 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Richard Green had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003, before defecting to People First and then Greens 4 Shepway in 2004 and then standing down from the council. He stood for election in Folkestone Park on the People First platform. Cllr Philip Martin had gained the seat for the Conservatives in the ensuing by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | George Bunting *(E) | 865 | |||
Conservative | Rory Cassian Love *(E) | 861 | |||
Shepway Independents | Rachael Sophia Jessie Bailey | 209 | |||
Shepway Independents | Roy Edward Brightman | 198 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Lee | 181 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Hugh Robertson-Ritchie | 178 | |||
UKIP | Margaret Rita Kendall | 94 | |||
Majority | 652 | ||||
Turnout | 1349 | 41.93 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Folkestone West Division
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | Peter Gane *(E) | 725 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Carroll (E) | 711 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Tim Prater (E) | 673 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Boot | 433 | |||
Conservative | Suzie Boot | 432 | |||
Conservative | Harvey Marshall | 420 | |||
People First Party | Trevor Buss * | 366 | |||
People First Party | Linda Cufley * | 328 | |||
People First Party | Paul Stevens | 298 | |||
Majority | 240 | ||||
Turnout | 1587 | 34.10 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Trevor Buss and Linda Cufley had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Cllr Peter Gane now sits as a Conservative.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | Tom McNeice (E) | 571 | |||
Conservative | Peter Monk (E) | 537 | |||
Conservative | Rodica Wheeler | 527 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Darren Edward Briddock | 496 | |||
Labour | Chris Walters | 123 | |||
Labour | Pam Stevens | 90 | |||
Majority | 10 | ||||
Turnout | 1255 | 41.56 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Tony Baker had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2003, but defected to Independent in 2004 and did not seek re-election. Gary George had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2003, but defected to People First in 2004 and did not seek re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Robert Bliss *(E) | 613 | |||
Conservative | Jan Holben (E) | 591 | |||
Independent | Joy Fiona MacMillan * | 370 | |||
Independent | Jonathan Greenwall | 327 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elma Vera Crocker | 142 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Season Prater | 138 | |||
Majority | 221 | ||||
Turnout | 1134 | 36.23 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Joy MacMillan had been elected as a Conservative but resigned the whip in 2006 and sought re-election as an Independent
Hythe Division
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Malcolm Dearden (E) | 1147 | |||
Conservative | Alan Ewart-James (E) | 1120 | |||
Conservative | Michael Lyons (E) | 1080 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Neil Arthur Matthews * | 565 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Samuel George Matthews | 512 | |||
Liberal Democrat | June Margaret Nolan * | 473 | |||
Independent | Martin Keith Ross | 419 | |||
Independent | Franca Ross | 419 | |||
Independent | Adrian Joseph Gilbert Metherell | 389 | |||
Majority | 515 | ||||
Turnout | 2163 | 47.37 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Wendy Harris had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but defected to the Green Party in 2004. She did not seek re-election.
Romney Marsh Division
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Alan Clifton-Holt (E) | 985 | |||
Conservative | Russel Tilson (E) | 846 | |||
Conservative | Olwyn Williams (E) | 799 | |||
Shepway Independents | Tom Gibbs | 562 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Julie White * | 474 | |||
Shepway Independents | Ian Barry Meyers | 456 | |||
Shepway Independents | Michael Hewton | 439 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Brian Wright | 431 | |||
People First Party | Shirley Maile * | 290 | |||
People First Party | Nicholas Day | 196 | |||
Majority | 239 | ||||
Turnout | 2042 | 39.89 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Terry Preston and Shirley Maile had defected from Lib Dem to People First in 2004.