Derby Council election, 2007

The 2007 Derby Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Derby Unitary Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

The election saw the Conservative party gain a seat in Chaddesden from the Labour Party. The Labour Party gained one in Darley from the Liberal Democrats.^[2] Following the election Labour continued to run the council after they and the Conservatives agreed to continue their agreement, with the Conservatives retaining 3 seats in the cabinet.^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 24
• Liberal Democrat 13
• Conservative 12
• Independent 2^[4]

Election result

Derby Local Election Result 2007[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	8	1	1	0	47.1	34.2	20,593	-0.1%
	Conservative	5	1	0	+1	29.4	32.0	19,272	+0.0%
	Liberal Democrat	4	0	1	-1	23.5	28.8	17,393	-1.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	2,237	+2.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	806	-0.7%

Ward results

Abbey[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Lowe	1,237	44.1	-1.7
	Labour	Jaz Greer	1,093	39.0	+1.0
	Conservative	Andrew Hill	327	11.7	+1.7
	Independent	Norman Clayton	149	5.3	+5.3
Majority			144	5.1	-2.7
Turnout			2,806	29.4	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Allestree[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Willoughby	3,172	64.6	-0.6
	Labour	Frank Kirkland	940	19.1	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Simon King	801	16.3	+0.9
Majority			2,232	45.5	-0.3
Turnout			4,913	45.4	-0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alvaston[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Bayliss	1,513	45.4	+9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Naveed Hussain	1,158	34.8	+8.4
	Conservative	Alison Hayes	660	19.8	+5.4
Majority			355	10.6
Turnout			3,331	30.3	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Arboretum[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fareed Hussain	1,936	49.1	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Masud Akhtar	1,461	37.1	-5.9
	Conservative	Douglas Sice	270	6.8	-9.1
	Green	Jane Temple	162	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Josephine Rooney	114	2.9	+2.9
Majority			475	12.0
Turnout			3,943	37.4	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Blagreaves[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Troup	1,885	45.3	-3.2
	Labour	Baggy Shanker	1,292	31.0	+1.1
	Conservative	Lisa Marshall	792	19.0	+2.2
	Green	Clare Shelton	194	4.7	-0.1
Majority			593	14.3	-4.3
Turnout			4,163	43.1	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Boulton[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Jackson	1,269	40.0	-6.2
	Independent	Brenda Longworth	870	27.5	+5.6
	Conservative	David Jennings	656	20.7	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Grahame Elson	374	11.8	+0.9
Majority			399	12.5	-11.8
Turnout			3,169	31.4	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Chaddesden[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Grimadell	1,588	46.1	+7.4
	Labour	Anne MacDonald	1,468	42.6	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Batey	388	11.3	-3.2
Majority			120	3.5
Turnout			3,444	34.2	+0.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chellaston[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harvey Jennings	1,828	45.9	+0.5
	Labour	Linda Winter	1,699	42.7	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Connolly	252	6.3	-2.7
	Independent	David Black	201	5.1	+5.1
Majority			129	3.2
Turnout			3,980	37.2	-0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Darley[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Repton	1,198	32.7	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Jackson	1,168	31.8	-4.6
	Conservative	Lorraine Radford	964	26.3	+4.6
	Green	David Clasby	338	9.2	+0.1
Majority			30	0.9
Turnout			3,668	40.0	-1.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Derwent[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Rawson	1,170	50.5	+2.5
	Conservative	Philip Lucas	598	25.8	-1.8
	Independent	William Wright	299	12.9	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Leigh Alcock	252	10.9	-0.8
Majority			572	24.7	+4.3
Turnout			2,319	23.4	+5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Littleover[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Carr	2,359	55.2	-6.1
	Conservative	Mike Cook	1,333	31.2	+6.3
	Labour	Linda McGraw	583	13.6	-0.2
Majority			1,026	24.0	-12.4
Turnout			4,275	42.3	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Mackworth[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Higginbottom	1,325	48.7	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Lyszczenko	702	25.8	+3.1
	Conservative	Andrew Brown	692	25.5	-2.1
Majority			623	22.9	+0.7
Turnout			2,719	29.1	-0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Mickleover[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maggie Hird	2,758	55.5	+7.6
	Conservative	Matthew Holmes	1,797	36.2	-3.8
	Labour	Joga Thind	415	8.4	-3.7
Majority			961	19.3	+11.4
Turnout			4,970	45.0	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Normanton[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amar Nath	1,764	48.7	-4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Abdul Majid	1,522	42.0	+14.9
	Conservative	Jawaid Iqbal	336	9.3	-10.1
Majority			242	6.7	-19.7
Turnout			3,622	34.2	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Oakwood[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Wood	1,358	44.9	-11.9
	Labour	Phil Woodhead	711	23.5	-1.8
	Independent	Frank Harwood	604	20.0	+20.0
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Ashburner	238	7.9	-2.4
	Green	Stephen Shelton	112	3.7	-3.9
Majority			647	21.4	-10.1
Turnout			3,023	29.9	-1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sinfin[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Prem Chera	1,321	55.6	-3.1
	Conservative	Patrick Fullarton	592	24.9	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Joe Naitta	465	19.6	-5.3
Majority			729	30.7	-3.1
Turnout			2,378	24.8	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Spondon[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Berry	2,309	64.5	+6.9
	Labour	Chris Wynn	896	25.0	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat	John-Paul Keane	373	10.4	-4.4
Majority			1,413	39.5	+9.5
Turnout			3,578	37.3	-2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. ^ "Derby". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/fk.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-03. 
2. ^ "Local Elections 2007". BBC Online. 2007-05-06. http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2007/05/04/local_elections_2007_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-03. 
3. ^ Green, Kirsty (2007-05-17). "Labour and Tories agree a new deal". Derby Evening Telegraph. p. 13. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Results". The Times. 2007-05-05. p. 83. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} "Election 2007 - Results". Derby City Council. Archived from the original on 20070907102242. http://web.archive.org/web/20070907102242/www.derby.gov.uk/CouncilGovernmentDemocracy/Elections/Election+2007+-+Results.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-05. 

Preceded by Derby Council election, 2006

Derby local elections

Succeeded by Derby Council election, 2008