Rossendale Council election, 2007

Elections to Rossendale Council were held on 3 May, 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 22
*Labour 12
*Liberal Democrat 1
*Independent 1

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain = 1
loss = 3
net = -2
seats % = 46.7
votes % = 39.4
votes = 7,588
plus/minus = -7.7%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 46.7
votes % = 35.3
votes = 6,806
plus/minus = +0.1%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 6.7
votes % = 20.0
votes = 3,856
plus/minus = +9.8%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.3
votes = 1,024
plus/minus = +3.1%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 0
votes % = 0
votes = 0
plus/minus = -3.5%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Gill
votes = 456
percentage = 41.6
change = -4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Sheffield
votes = 290
percentage = 26.4
change = +26.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judy Bates
votes = 231
percentage = 21.1
change = -32.7Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Rita O'Brien
votes = 120
percentage = 10.9
change = +10.9Election box majority
votes = 166
percentage = 15.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,097
percentage = 38.9
change = -9.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Cheetham
votes = 708
percentage = 64.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Stanley
votes = 266
percentage = 24.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jim Pilling
votes = 127
percentage = 11.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 442
percentage = 40.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,101
percentage = 39.3
change = -1.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Aldred
votes = 431
percentage = 40.1
change = -4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Reginald Lane
votes = 393
percentage = 36.6
change = +36.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hazel Steen
votes = 251
percentage = 23.3
change = -32.0Election box majority
votes = 38
percentage = 3.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,075
percentage = 39.5
change = -6.4Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Catherine Pilling
votes = 919
percentage = 57.5
change = +19.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Starkey
votes = 680
percentage = 42.5
change = -1.9Election box majority
votes = 239
percentage = 15.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,599
percentage = 37.0
change = +0.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Challinor
votes = 469
percentage = 27.8
change = -21.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernadette O'Connor
votes = 457
percentage = 27.1
change = +5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Carr
votes = 394
percentage = 23.3
change = -5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Peter Salt
votes = 369
percentage = 21.8
change = +21.8Election box majority
votes = 12
percentage = 0.7
change = -19.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,689
percentage = 38.1
change = -2.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Unsworth
votes = 713
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Amanda Hewlett
votes = 693
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Mills
votes = 626
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Christie
votes = 560
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Benjamin Dixon
votes = 206
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,798
percentage = 35.0
change = -1.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Wilson
votes = 344
percentage = 35.1
change = +17.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Barnes
votes = 318
percentage = 32.4
change = +7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Michael Crossley
votes = 220
percentage = 22.4
change = +22.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joanne Karoo
votes = 98
percentage = 10.0
change = +10.0Election box majority
votes = 26
percentage = 2.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 980
percentage = 33.8
change = -1.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Pawson
votes = 859
percentage = 55.9
change = +3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marilyn Procter
votes = 434
percentage = 28.2
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marc Karoo
votes = 244
percentage = 15.9
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 425
percentage = 27.7
change = +7.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,537
percentage = 33.8
change = -4.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Steen
votes = 386
percentage = 32.2
change = -1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tina Durkin
votes = 384
percentage = 32.0
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Kevin Bryan
votes = 315
percentage = 26.3
change = -4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Cliff Adamson
votes = 115
percentage = 9.6
change = +9.6Election box majority
votes = 2
percentage = 0.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,200
percentage = 31.8
change = -1.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Swain
votes = 663
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alison Tickner
votes = 586
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denise Hancock
votes = 554
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Pilling
votes = 528
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Farzana Quraishi
votes = 147
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,478
percentage = 34.1
change = -2.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Lamb
votes = 485
percentage = 57.3
change = +8.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Popland
votes = 254
percentage = 30.0
change = -20.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sue Workman
votes = 107
percentage = 12.6
change = +12.6Election box majority
votes = 231
percentage = 27.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 846
percentage = 30.6
change = -1.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Amanda Robertson
votes = 529
percentage = 37.7
change = -15.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tim Nuttall
votes = 515
percentage = 36.7
change = +36.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Marriott
votes = 361
percentage = 25.7
change = -20.9Election box majority
votes = 14
percentage = 1.0
change = -5.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,405
percentage = 32.7
change = +0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin | title=WorsleyElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joyce Thorne
votes = 636
percentage = 43.3
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Kenyon
votes = 532
percentage = 36.2
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sadaqut Amin
votes = 301
percentage = 20.5
change = -4.4Election box majority
votes = 104
percentage = 7.1
change = +0.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,469
percentage = 34.2
change = +1.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/30um.stm 2007 Rossendale election result]
* [http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/downloads/Election_Results_2007_-_Rossendale_Council.pdf Ward results]
* [http://www.therossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/s/227/227409_election_results_2007.html Election results 2007]

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