2007 Dartford Borough Council election

The 2007 Dartford Borough Council election to the Dartford Borough Council was held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party took overall control of the council.

Election result

Dartford Borough Council Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	26	6	1	+5	59.1		28,081
	Labour	12	1	5	-4	27.3		19,117
	Residents	6	1	0	+1	13.6		4,592
	English Democrat	0	0	2	-2	0		5,545
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0		1,026
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0		858
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0		328
	Peace	0	0	0	0	0		78

Ward results

Bean & Darenth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Alan Hammock	842
	Conservative	Ian Douglas Armitt	794
	Conservative	Rebecca Louise Shanks	760
	Labour	Bill Cook	511
	Labour	Neil Pearson-Coffey	452
	Labour	Derek Hills	401
	English Democrat	Peter Adamthwaite	283
Turnout			4,043
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brent (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nancy Catherine Wightman	905
	Conservative	Steven Hamilton Brown	902
	Conservative	Amy Elizabeth Peters	874
	Labour	Sally Russell	707
	Labour	Garry Graham Sturley	661
	Labour	Dali Rai	646
	English Democrat	Ray Johnston	341
	English Democrat	Jerry Chatterton	331
	English Democrat	Lynne Gresley	315
	UKIP	Quentin Williamson	136
Turnout			5,818
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila East	236	61
	Labour	Leila Pauline Blankley	78	20
	English Democrat	Frances Moore	76	19
Turnout			390
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenhithe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Vic Openshaw	679
	Residents	Steve Johnston	607
	Residents	Pat Scanlan	584
	Conservative	Penny Cole	376
	Labour	John Wallace Masson	178
	Labour	Monica Lesley Masson	176
	Labour	Sarah Wimhurst	165
Turnout			2,756
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Lloyd	1,065
	Conservative	Terry Smith	1,059
	Conservative	Patsy Thurlow	872
	English Democrat	John Griffiths	507
	Labour	Susan May Brooker	501
	Labour	Rosa Eva Sweetland	416
	Labour	Joyce Wise	404
Turnout			4,824
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Joyce Green (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Muckle	487
	Labour	Matthew James Bryant	447
	BNP	Kevin Saunders	328
	Conservative	Terrence Raymond Martin	173
	UKIP	Ray Day	157
	Conservative	Ragbhir Singh Sandhu	109
Turnout			1,701
	Labour hold		Swing

Joydens Wood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Dorothy Allen	1,633
	Conservative	Marilyn Iris Peters	1,603
	Conservative	Jennifer Ann Rickwood	1,586
	English Democrat	Jackie Brookman	232
	Labour	Rosa Barnett	214
	Labour	Steve Burleigh	213
	Labour	Valerie Maddison	210
Turnout			5,691
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Littlebrook (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ivan Muckle	425
	Labour	Tom Maddison	391
	English Democrat	Mike Tibby	330
	English Democrat	Alex Vaughan	264
	Conservative	Raymond John Marsh	166
	Conservative	Brian Garden	138
Turnout			1,714
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from English Democrat		Swing

Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Alan Kite	1,559
	Conservative	Roger Stephen Leonard Perfitt	1,420
	Conservative	David Matthew Pickersgill	1,080
	Independent	(Mary) Noreen Salway	858
	Labour	Alec Jordan	353
	Labour	Peter Beckett	335
	Labour	Maureen Anna Jansseune	297
	English Democrat	Paul Cooper	172
Turnout			6,074
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newtown (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Baker	760
	Conservative	Arron Bardoe	653
	Conservative	Chris Gallagher	627
	Labour	Paul Frederick Blankley	620
	Conservative	Avtar Sandhu	598
	Labour	Stephen Robert David de Winton	577
	English Democrat	Jim Read	319
	UKIP	Mark Christopher Croucher	228
	UKIP	Tracy Jane Latif	205
Turnout			4,587
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from English Democrat		Swing

Princes (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Edward May	712
	Labour	Geoff Prout	657
	Labour	Margaret Anne Stock	656
	Conservative	Jean Carol Shippam	428
	English Democrat	Liz Painter	382
	Conservative	Drew Swinerd	363
	Conservative	Richard John Wells	362
	UKIP	Lauren Tawnee Sloan	241
Turnout			3,801
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stone (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Bryant	570
	Labour	Christine Angell	566
	Labour	Derek Ernest Lawson	555
	Conservative	John Alan Jarvis	482
	Conservative	Thurza Richards	454
	Conservative	Susan Elizabeth Martin	418
	English Democrat	Dianne Settle	177
Turnout			3,222
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Coleman	815
	Conservative	Tony Martin	664
	English Democrat	Steven Uncles	224
	Labour	Kenneth Ronald Nicholls	220
	Labour	Carole Jones	386
	Peace	Geoffrey Peter Pay	78
Turnout			2,200
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Bryan Read	946
	Residents	Les Bobby	897
	Residents	John Hayes	879
	Labour	Julian Timothy Bryant	265
	Labour	Jacqueline Goldstein	246
	Labour	Graham Christopher David Steele	223
Turnout			3,456
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew John Davis	391
	Conservative	Christopher Jon Shippam	352
	Labour	Trevor Alan Rogers	288
	Labour	Ram Appadoo	263
	English Democrat	Mitchell Jackson	148
	English Democrat	Teresa Cannon	142
	UKIP	Arnold Edwin Tarling	59
Turnout			1,643
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Jane Stoate	832
	Conservative	Anthony Wells	825
	Conservative	Jan Michael Ozog	768
	Labour	Patrick Kelly	754
	Labour	Santha Kumari Blankley	704
	Conservative	Kapil Sangar	687
	English Democrat	Jo Shippam	378
	English Democrat	Caroline Starling	352
	English Democrat	Tony Wilson	343
Turnout			5,643
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wilmington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Edward Hunnisett	1008
	Conservative	Eddy Lampkin	906
	Labour	John Kingston	310
	Labour	Mally May	285
	English Democrat	Louise Uncles	229
Turnout			2,738
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Dartford Council Results