2007 Wear Valley District Council election

The 2007 Wear Valley District Council election^[2] took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wear Valley District Council in England. This took place on the same day as other local elections across the UK.

All of the seats being contested were last contested in 2003.^[3]

Bishop Auckland Town (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Zair	374	52.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Ord	248
	Labour	Bill Wade	181	25.2
	Labour	Frederick Anderson	176
	Conservative	Colin Firby	162	22.6
	Conservative	Hazel Lodge	160
Turnout				29.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Cockton Hill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Harrison	600	36.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Anderson	597
	Labour	Barbara Laurie	559	34.1
	Conservative	Colin Raine	478	29.2
	Conservative	Jim Tague	458
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Snaith	451
	Conservative	John Gasston	437
	Labour	Keith Stokeld	431
Turnout				39.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Coundon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tommy Taylor	516	51
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Hardaker	506
	Labour	Neil Stonehouse	495	49
	Labour	Lucy Thompson	465
	Labour	Norman Strongman	370
Turnout				31.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Crook North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Jopling	222	54.7
	Labour	Graeme McKellar	184	45.3
Turnout				30
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Crook South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Murphy	625	43.9
	Labour	Geoff Mowbray	622
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Carrick	580	40.7
	Labour	Peter Sung	541
	Liberal Democrats	David English	504
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Jopling	449
	BNP	Robert Muir	219	15.3
Turnout				33.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Dene Valley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Burn	361	59.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Henry	346
	Labour	Margaret Ingledew	248	40.7
	Labour	Sandra Lethbridge	222
Turnout				28.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Escomb (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Yorke		35.1
	Liberal Democrats	Vince Perkins	290	34.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Fenwick	280
	Conservative	Peter Laws	262	30.8
	Labour	Olwyn Gunn	260
	Conservative	Alisha Lynas	250
Turnout				36.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Henknowle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Todd	443	53.8
	Labour	John Lethbridge	381	46.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Huntington	371
	Labour	Reg Davison	368
Turnout				29.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Howden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Bailey	336	74.7
	Labour	Steven Cason	114	25.3
Turnout				32.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Hunwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Bowser	270	53.9
	Labour	David Nevins	231	46.1
Turnout				35.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St John's Chapel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Shuttleworth	640	88.6
	Conservative	Christopher Houghton	82	11.4
Turnout				59.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Stanhope (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Mews	579	36.1
	Independent	Angela Bolam	510
	Labour	William Hobson	421	26.3
	Conservative	Christopher Rowell	359	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Simpson	244	15.2
Turnout				43.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Tow Law & Stanley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Hayton	418	34.2
	Labour	Jeff Gale	407
	Independent	Ron Grogan	399	32.6
	Labour	Jack Walker	334
	Liberal Democrats	David Halliday	246	20.1
	Conservative	Harvey Morgan	161	13.2
Turnout				29.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

West Auckland (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Mairs	556	50.2
	Labour	Margaret Douthwaite	552	49.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Ferguson	539
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Fenwick	455
	Labour	Christine Wilson	432
	Labour	Andrew Turner	372
Turnout				31.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wheatbottom and Helmington Row (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Ward	384	55.6
	Labour	Rose Seabury	337
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Gooch	307	44.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Gooch	296
Turnout				31.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Willington Central (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kingston	676	55.5
	Labour	Alan Sinclair	663
	Labour	Joe Buckham	642
	Liberal Democrats	John Ferguson	543	44.5
Turnout				29.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Willington West End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Pinkney	256	48.8
	Conservative	Becky Brunskill	172	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Glynn	97	18.5
Turnout				42.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Wolsingham and Witton-le-Wear (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vere Shuttleworth	618	68.1
	Independent	Desmond Wilson	500
	Conservative	Christopher Rowell	289	31.9
	Conservative	Christopher Rowell	274
Turnout				36.4
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Woodhouse Close (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Wilson	404	58
	Labour	June Lee	375
	Labour	Charlie Kay	368
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Zair	292	42
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Ferguson	278
Turnout				21.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing