2007 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Abbeygate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Farmer*	819	56.8
	Conservative	Richard Rout	582	40.4
	Independent	Mark Bergdahl	519	36.0
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Higson	348	24.1
	Green	Ritchie Tennant	309	21.4
Turnout			~1,440	39.7
Registered electors			3,627
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Bardwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hale*	540	75.1
	UKIP	Tracy Lumley	179	24.9
Majority			361	50.2
Turnout			719	38.3
Registered electors			1,902
	Conservative hold

Barningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dave Ray	494	57.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Bradbury	288	33.4
	UKIP	James Lumley	80	9.3
Majority			206	23.9
Turnout			862	41.7
Registered electors			2,082
	Conservative hold

Barrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Houlder*	385	50.9
	Independent	Vivienne Hughes	276	36.5
	Liberal Democrats	Verity Hall	95	12.6
Majority			109	14.4
Turnout			756	44.5
Registered electors			1,712
	Conservative hold

Cavendish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Stevens*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,575
	Conservative hold

Chedburgh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Aitkens*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,725
	Conservative hold

Clare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Bone	356	54.7
	Independent	Leslie Warmington	295	45.3
Majority			61	9.4
Turnout			651	39.8
Registered electors			1,646
	Conservative hold

Eastgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patsy Warby*	315	60.7
	Labour	Diane Hind	204	39.3
Majority			111	21.4
Turnout			519	31.6
Registered electors			1,671
	Conservative hold

Fornham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Chappell	285	42.7
	Conservative	Rowland Lester	209	31.3
	Independent	Alan Murdie	174	26.0
Majority			76	11.4
Turnout			668	40.1
Registered electors			1,668
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Great Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Broughton	553	78.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Stainer	152	21.6
Majority			401	56.8
Turnout			705	41.1
Registered electors			1,719
	Conservative hold

Haverhill East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Ager	637	50.6
	Conservative	Karen Richardson	581	46.1
	Conservative	Gordon Cox	507	40.3
	Labour	Patrick Hanlon*	327	26.0
	Labour	Ann Samuels	317	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Graham	228	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Harris	223	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Graham	198	15.7
	Green	Ernie Goody*	192	15.2
Turnout			~1,259	24.8
Registered electors			5,078
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Haverhill North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Gower	687	55.4
	Conservative	Paul McManus	683	55.1
	Conservative	Ted Trebble	646	52.1
	Labour	Maureen Byrne	404	32.6
	Labour	Ann Thomas*	395	31.9
	Labour	Phillip French*	359	28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Karim	162	13.1
Turnout			~1,240	23.8
Registered electors			5,211
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Haverhill South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Anderson	308	45.6
	Conservative	Gavin Price	307	45.4
	Labour	George Hatchell	253	37.4
	Labour	Mary Martin*	247	36.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Jones	96	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Skryzypczak	64	9.5
Turnout			~676	19.0
Registered electors			3,558
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Haverhill West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Farthing*	Unopposed
	Conservative	Adam Whittaker*	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,623
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Horringer & Whelnetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Clements*	450	64.5
	Labour	Robin Davies	126	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Hughes	120	17.2
Majority			324	46.4
Turnout			698	41.3
Registered electors			1,689
	Conservative hold

Hundon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Whittaker*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,729
	Conservative hold

Ixworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Griffiths*	434	67.6
	Independent	Snowy Snowdon	111	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Cannon	94	14.6
Majority			323	50.3
Turnout			642	38.3
Registered electors			1,675
	Conservative hold

Kedington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Rushbrook	420	63.1
	Liberal Democrats	Terry McNally	140	21.0
	Labour	Michael Simpkin	61	9.2
	UKIP	Arthur Nightingale	45	6.8
Majority			280	42.1
Turnout			666	43.7
Registered electors			1,525
	Conservative hold

Minden (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Charlesworth*	826	59.7
	Conservative	Robert Everitt	671	48.5
	Labour	Kevin Waterson	500	36.1
	Labour	Kevin Hind	464	33.5
Turnout			~1,383	38.7
Registered electors			3,574
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Moreton Hall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Trevor Beckwith*	837	54.0
	Conservative	Frank Warby*	782	50.4
	Conservative	Terry Buckle*	758	48.9
	Conservative	Clive Springett	586	37.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Wesley	403	26.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Hills	402	25.9
Turnout			~1,551	31.9
Registered electors			4,862
	Independent gain from Labour
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Northgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lockwood*	334	65.7
	Conservative	Ella Wood	174	34.3
Majority			160	31.5
Turnout			508	28.4
Registered electors			1,810
	Labour hold

Pakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Spicer*	423	71.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stainer	168	28.4
Majority			255	43.1
Turnout			591	34.2
Registered electors			1,739
	Conservative hold

Risby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Levack*	482	66.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Tidman	150	20.8
	Labour	Liz Millwood	90	12.5
Majority			332	46.0
Turnout			722	38.4
Registered electors			1,881
	Conservative hold

Risbygate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Nettleton*	548	52.4
	Conservative	Christopher Turner	381	36.4
	Conservative	Paul Simner	373	35.7
	Labour	Cliff Hind	232	22.2
	Labour	Robert Corfe	231	22.1
Turnout			~1,047	31.6
Registered electors			3,312
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Rougham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara Mildmay-White*	524	80.6
	Labour	Adrian Grenville	126	19.4
Majority			398	61.2
Turnout			650	38.5
Registered electors			1,714
	Conservative hold

Southgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Bradbury*	730	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Jones*	700	51.8
	Conservative	James Dinsdale	613	45.4
	Conservative	Georgina Kennedy	597	44.2
Turnout			~1,351	41.1
Registered electors			3,288
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

St. Olaves (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Cockle*	496	62.9
	Labour	Mark Ereira	444	56.3
	Conservative	George Cockram	244	31.0
	Conservative	Hugh Tracy-Forster	230	29.2
Turnout			~788	23.9
Registered electors			3,299
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Thorndyke*	529	77.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Toulson	152	22.3
Majority			377	55.2
Turnout			683	35.7
Registered electors			1,912
	Conservative hold

Westgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynsey Alexander	623	45.8
	Conservative	Stephen Oliver*	614	45.2
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Warren	587	43.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jones	584	43.0
Turnout			~1,359	40.2
Registered electors			3,381
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wickhambrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Redhead*	388	52.8
	Conservative	Christine Kennedy	255	34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Rolph	92	12.5
Majority			133	18.1
Turnout			735	43.0
Registered electors			1,710
	Independent hold

Withersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Clifton-Brown*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,573
	Conservative hold

Haverhill North by-election: 20 March 2008^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		426	62.6
	Labour		255	37.4
Majority			171	25.2
Turnout			681	13.8
Registered electors			4,935
	Conservative hold		Swing