2007 Braintree District Council election

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The 2007 Braintree District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2007 Braintree District Council election

 2003 3 May 2007 (2007-05-03) 2011 

60 seats to Braintree District Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Labour Halstead Residents
Last election 27 seats, 35.7% 20 seats, 33.6% 5 seats, 6.7%
Seats won 42 9 5
Seat change Increase 15 Decrease 11 Steady
Popular vote 39,088 21,847 3,747
Percentage 50.3% 28.1% 4.8%
Swing Increase 14.6% Decrease 5.5% Decrease 1.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Party Green Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 2 seats, 6.0% 4 seats, 12.5% 2 seats, 5.4%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 4,359 5,584 1,786
Percentage 5.6% 7.2% 2.3%
Swing Decrease 0.4% Decrease 5.3% Decrease 3.1%

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Conservative

2007 Braintree District Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 42 15 0 Increase 15 70.0 50.3 39,088 +14.6
  Labour 9 0 11 Decrease 11 15.0 28.1 21,847 -5.5
  Halstead Residents 5 0 0 Steady 8.3 4.8 3,747 -1.9
  Green 2 0 0 Steady 3.3 5.6 4,359 -0.4
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 3 Decrease 3 1.7 7.2 5,584 -5.3
  Independent 1 0 1 Decrease 1 1.7 2.3 1,786 -3.1
  English Democrat 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.2 917 N/A
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.6 453 N/A

Ward results

By-elections

References

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