2007 Tamworth Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2007 Tamworth council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independent in white.

Elections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.9%

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 24
• Labour 5
• Independent 1

Election result

Tamworth Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	3	0	+3	80.0	45.0	8,183	-5.9%
	Labour	1	0	3	-3	10.0	37.7	6,856	-3.8%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	10.0	8.9	1,624	+8.9%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	1,109	-1.5%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	395	+2.2%

Ward results

Amington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wells	841	43.2	−13.4
	Labour	Julie Holland	757	38.9	−4.5
	Independent	James Mckay	348	17.9	+17.9
Majority			84	4.3	−8.9
Turnout			1,946	32.0	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Nicklin	776	48.8	−8.2
	Labour	Gary Hirons	569	35.8	−7.2
	Independent	Kevin Taylor	245	15.4	+15.4
Majority			207	13.0	−1.0
Turnout			1,590	29.1	−0.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bolehall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Seekings	990	58.0	−3.3
	Conservative	Andrew James	718	42.0	+3.3
Majority			272	16.0	−6.6
Turnout			1,708	31.5	−1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Claymore	917	47.6	−2.7
	Labour	Marion Couchman	736	38.2	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Pinkett	273	14.2	+2.0
Majority			181	9.4	−3.4
Turnout			1,926	34.5	−1.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Glascote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Cooke	587	40.9	+40.9
	Labour	Sheree Peaple	467	32.5	−21.1
	Conservative	Debbie James	381	26.6	−19.8
Majority			120	8.4
Turnout			1,435	25.6	+1.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Mercian

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Price	729	36.5	−5.5
	Labour	Neil Fuller	579	29.0	−4.8
	Independent	Richard Kingstone	444	22.3	+22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Blake	243	12.2	−12.0
Majority			150	7.5	−0.7
Turnout			1,995	38.0	+1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Spital

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Gant	1,122	52.9	+2.2
	Labour	Karen Hirons	682	32.2	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Blake	315	14.9	−1.4
Majority			440	20.7	+3.0
Turnout			2,119	38.5	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonydelph

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Price	606	38.6	−18.1
	Labour	Margaret Clarke	570	36.3	−7.0
	BNP	Lynn Smith	395	25.1	+25.1
Majority			36	2.3	−11.1
Turnout			1,571	27.4	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Oates	1,086	54.2	−0.2
	Labour	David Foster	638	31.9	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Jones	278	13.9	−1.6
Majority			448	22.3	−2.0
Turnout			2,002	34.0	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilnecote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Beale	1,007	53.7	−2.9
	Labour	Ken Lewis	868	46.3	+2.9
Majority			139	7.4	−5.8
Turnout			1,875	29.0	−2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2007 Tamworth election result
• Ward results