2007 Fenland District Council election

2007 Fenland District Council election
All 40 seats to Fenland District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2007 Fenland District Council election took place on 4 May 2007 to elect members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their majority on the council after winning 39 of the 40 seats on the council.^[2] Only 13 of the 27 wards were contested, with Conservatives taking the seats in the other 14 wards without opposition.^[2] This meant the Conservatives had been guaranteed a majority even before voting, as 18 of their candidates were unopposed and another 4 were in multi seat wards were there were not enough candidates from other parties.^[3]

Labour lost the 3 seats they had been defending, 2 in Waterlees ward in Wisbech and 1 in March East.^[2] What was remarkable, however, about the results was areas such as Waterlees ward, traditionally, had been part of larger wards (until the 2003 boundary changes) that were opposition strongholds. ^[3] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats failed to win any seats, but did come within 37 votes in Slade Lode ward in Chatteris.^[2] The only non-Conservative elected was independent Mark Archer, who gained Manea from Conservative Robert Sears by almost 200 votes,^[4] in a seat which Sears had won in a by-election in 2006.^[3]

Fenland Local Election Result 2007^[5]^[6]^[7]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	39	4	1	+3	97.5	67.6	14,898	+0.1%
Independent	1	1	1	0	2.5	5.6	1,236	-1.1%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	19.3	4,250	+16.4%
Labour	0	0	3	-3	0	7.6	1,668	-14.1%

Ward results

Bassenhally^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Mayor	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benwick, Coates and Eastrea (2 seats)^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Thomas Butcher	841
Conservative	Pamela Potts	774
Independent		430
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Birch^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alan Melton	316
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Colbert	252
	Labour	David Biggs	55
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clarkson^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Carol Cox	unoppposed
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Delph^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Mayor	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Doddington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Harper	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elm and Christchurch (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Malcolm Cotterell	700
	Conservative	Philip Webb	540
	Independent	Robert Pinnock
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hill (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon King		unopposed
	Conservative	Bruce Wegg	unopposed
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsmoor^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Martin Curtis	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkgate^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Les Sims	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lattersey^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Garratt	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manea^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
	Mark Archer	487
Conservative	Robert Sears	unopposed
		Swing

March East (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fred Yeulett	1,026
	Conservative	John Clark	1,011
	Conservative	Bernard Keane	981
	Labour	Barry Howlett	724
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Kinnear	357
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Hancox	322
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

March North (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Trevor Quince	862
	Conservative	John West	818
	Conservative	Peter Tunley	737
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Adams	586
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Fey	573
	Liberal Democrats	Verity Roscoe	470
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

March West (3 seats)^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Chris Owen	1,049
Conservative	Janet French	1,045
Conservative	Peter Skoulding	883
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Medworth^[5]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Jonathan Farmer	360
Labour	Mark Plumb	196
Conservative hold		Swing

Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Cyril Bellamy
	Conservative	Clifford Edwards
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peckover^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Oliver	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roman Bank (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Philip Hatton
	Conservative	Michael Humphrey
	Conservative	Chris Seaton
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Slade Lode^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Florence Newell	260
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Howes	223
	Labour	Grant Osbourn	67
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Andrews^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Speechley	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Marys^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Peachey	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staithe^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Green	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Mills^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ray German	400
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Baldrey	301
Majority
Turnout

Waterlees (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wenneye^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Murphy
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wimblington^[5]
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing

^[5]

Ward results

Bassenhally^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Mayor	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benwick, Coates and Eastrea (2)^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Butcher	841
	Conservative	Pamela Potts	774
	Independent	Linda Keppel-Spoor	430
Turnout			2,045	39
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Birch^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Melton	316	50.7	−15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Colbert	252	40.4	+40.4
	Labour	David Biggs	55	8.8	−24.7
Majority			64	10.3	−22.7
Turnout			623	33	+4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clarkson^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Cox	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Delph^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Mayor	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Doddington^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Harper	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elm and Christchurch (2)^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Cotterell	700
	Conservative	Philip Webb	540
	Independent	Robert Pinnock	319
Turnout			1,559	28	+1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hill (2)^[5]^[6]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Simon King	unopposed
Conservative	Bruce Wegg	unopposed
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsmoor^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Curtis	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkgate^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Sims	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lattersey^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Garratt	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manea^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mark Archer	487	61.4
	Conservative	Robert Sears	306	38.6
Majority			181	22.8
Turnout			793	54
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

March East (3)^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Yeulett	1,026
	Conservative	John Clark	1,011
	Conservative	Bernard Keane	981
	Labour	Barry Howlett	724
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Kinnear	357
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hancox	322
Turnout			4,421	34	+5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

March North (3)^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Quince	862
	Conservative	John West	818
	Conservative	Peter Tunley	737
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Adams	586
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Fey	573
	Liberal Democrats	Verity Roscoe	470
Turnout			4,046	29	+5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

March West (3)^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Owen	1,049
	Conservative	Janet French	1,045
	Conservative	Peter Skoulding	883
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Court	727
Turnout			3,704	32
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medworth^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jonathan Farmer	360	64.7
	Labour	Mark Plumb	196	35.3
Majority			164	29.4
Turnout			556	32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2)^[5]^[6]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Cyril Bellamy	unopposed
Conservative	Clifford Edwards	unopposed
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Peckover^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Oliver	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roman Bank (3)^[5]^[6]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Philip Hatton	unopposed
Conservative	Michael Humphrey	unopposed
Conservative	Christopher Seaton	unopposed
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Slade Lode^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Florence Newell	260	47.3	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Howes	223	40.5	+9.7
	Labour	Grant Osbourn	67	12.2	−17.6
Majority			37	6.7	−1.9
Turnout			550	31	+5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Andrews^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Speechley	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Marys^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Peachey	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staithe^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Green	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Mills^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert German	400	57.1	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Baldry	301	42.9	+42.9
Majority			99	14.1	−9.6
Turnout			701	35	+4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterlees (2)^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Griffin	538
	Conservative	David Wheeler	528
	Labour	Ann Purt	316
	Labour	Avis Gilliatt	310
Turnout			1,692	44	+26
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wenneye^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Murphy	488	68.3	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Colleen Bryce	226	31.7	−12.2
Majority			262	36.7	+24.5
Turnout			714	36	+1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wimblington^[5]^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jillian Tuck	435	67.1	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Watkins	213	32.9	+32.9
Majority			222	34.3	−25.5
Turnout			648	38	+1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Fenland". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
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^ ^a ^b ^c Elworthy, John; Jackson, Tom (4 May 2007). "Conservatives capture 39 of the 40 seats". Wisbech Standard. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
^ "Will there by a role for independent?". Fenland Citizen. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
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^ "Local and Mayoral elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
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[hold-1] "Fenland". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

[landslide-2] "Election: Stalwarts lose seats in Fenland landslide". Fenland Citizen. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[capture-3] Elworthy, John; Jackson, Tom (4 May 2007). "Conservatives capture 39 of the 40 seats". Wisbech Standard. Retrieved 14 September 2011.

[role-4] "Will there by a role for independent?". Fenland Citizen. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd "2007 results". www.fenland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

[may-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "May 2007 Declaration of Results". Fenland District Council. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

[mayoral-7] "Local and Mayoral elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

[district-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Fenland District Council Election Results". Wisbech Standard. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2011.

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