2007 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election

Elections to Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 30.3%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	9	0	3	-3	52.9	47.1	8,639	+10.6
Conservative	8	3	0	+3	47.1	46.7	8,565	+0.1
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.6	853	-7.0
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	156	New
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	134	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Catherine Sherlock	307	42.2
	Conservative	Jonathan Starkey	265	36.4
	English Democrat	Maurice Brookes	156	21.4
Majority			42	5.8
Turnout			728	25.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Sherlock	669	71.7	+11.2
	Conservative	Anne Hughes	264	28.3	+5.4
Majority			405	43.4	+5.8
Turnout			933	23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Anderson	509	60.7
	Labour	Colin Cooper	329	39.3
Majority			180	21.4
Turnout			838	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Huddart	888	59.8	+6.5
	Labour	Sue Pugh	597	40.2	+11.0
Majority			291	19.6	−4.5
Turnout			1,485	32.1	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election

Results

Ward results

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Scott Mealor	519	45.5
	Labour	Louise Gittins	488	42.8
	UKIP	Henry Crocker	134	11.7
Majority			31	2.7
Turnout			1,141	41.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Williams	546	55.6	+6.1
	Conservative	Chris Bale	436	44.4	+6.3
Majority			110	11.2	−0.2
Turnout			982	41.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Dowdings	1,090	79.4	+1.5
	Labour	Susan Craggs	282	20.6	−1.5
Majority			808	58.8	+3.0
Turnout			1,372	47.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Robson	469	63.6	+18.1
	Conservative	Tracy Hardwick	269	36.4	+5.0
Majority			200	27.2	+13.1
Turnout			738	25.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Angela Claydon	394	57.9
	Conservative	Gordon Meldrum	286	42.1
Majority			108	15.8
Turnout			680	23.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Jones	845	58.4	+7.9
	Conservative	Michael English	601	41.6	−7.9
Majority			244	16.8	+15.8
Turnout			1,446	31.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thommy Griffiths	606	65.2	+15.7
	Conservative	Simon Harris	324	34.8	+17.0
Majority			282	30.4	+13.6
Turnout			930	22.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kathy Lord	440
	Conservative	Nic Hebson	407
	Labour	Cherie Hill	381
	Labour	Abdul Jilani	357
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Chrusciezl	250
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Handley	216
Turnout			2,051	41.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Jones	679	53.6	+10.1
	Conservative	Karl Hardwick	587	46.4	−10.1
Majority			92	7.2
Turnout			1,266	29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jimmy Murphy	472	68.5
	Conservative	Thomas Hughes	217	31.5
Majority			255	37.0
Turnout			689	25.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Cooper	746
	Conservative	Susie McMillan	717
	Labour	Mike McKusker	618
	Labour	Tony Walsh	600
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jewkes	220
	Liberal Democrats	Kurt Jewkes	167
Turnout			3,068	34.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing