2007 Braintree District Council election

The 2007 Braintree District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2007 Braintree District Council election

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59 seats to Braintree District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Halstead Residents Last election 27 seats, 35.7% 20 seats, 33.6% 5 seats, 6.7% Seats won 42 9 5 Seat change 15 11 Popular vote 39,088 21,847 3,747 Percentage 50.3% 28.1% 4.8% Swing 14.6% 5.5% 1.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Green Liberal Democrats Independent Last election 2 seats, 6.0% 4 seats, 12.5% 2 seats, 5.4% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 4,359 5,584 1,786 Percentage 5.6% 7.2% 2.3% Swing 0.4% 5.3% 3.1%
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative

Results summary

2007 Braintree District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	42	15	0	15	70.0	50.3	39,088	+14.6
	Labour	9	0	11	11	15.0	28.1	21,847	-5.5
	Halstead Residents	5	0	0		8.3	4.8	3,747	-1.9
	Green	2	0	0		3.3	5.6	4,359	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	3	3	1.7	7.2	5,584	-5.3
	Independent	1	0	1	1	1.7	2.3	1,786	-3.1
	English Democrat	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	917	N/A
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	453	N/A

Ward results

Black Notley and Terling

Black Notley and Terling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Galione	805	65.3	+26.3
	Conservative	Andrew Meyer	752	61.0	+31.6
	Labour	Juliet Walton	192	15.6	-0.1
	Labour	Tony Bennett	165	13.4	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Weaver	159	12.9	-26.4
	Green	Joyce Wells	133	10.8	N/A
Turnout			1,232	41.2	-2.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative hold

Bocking Blackwater

Bocking Blackwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Reid	1,099	55.3	+12.2
	Conservative	Wendy Schmitt	1,099	55.3	+11.0
	Conservative	Liz Edey	1,065	53.5	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Brooks	634	31.9	+12.5
	Labour	Richard Green	474	23.8	-15.3
	Labour	Richard Parsons	452	22.7	-11.9
	Labour	Michael Coughlan	338	17.0	-14.9
Turnout			1,989	34.0	+6.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bocking North

Bocking North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Mann	573	46.7	-7.4
	Labour	Tony Everard	547	44.6	-4.5
	Conservative	Vanessa Santomauro	426	34.7	+2.0
	Conservative	Jennifer Smith	374	30.5	+0.5
	UKIP	Michael Ford	187	15.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Fierheller	131	10.7	-6.2
Turnout			1,226	38.0	+10.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bocking South

Bocking South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Baugh	619	47.2	+15.0
	Labour	Moia Thorogood	551	42.0	-16.1
	Conservative	Stephen Sandbrook	538	41.0	+16.9
	Labour	Lynn Watson	534	40.7	-20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Braley	141	10.7	N/A
Turnout			1,312	33.2	+8.6
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall

Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	James Abbott	895	75.2	+17.1
	Green	Philip Hughes	865	72.7	+21.2
	Labour	Greta Tew	258	21.7	-7.9
	Labour	Tony Tearle	229	19.2	-8.0
Turnout			1,190	34.0	-6.2
	Green hold
	Green hold

Braintree Central

Braintree Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John McKee	1,042	52.1	+18.6
	Conservative	Trevor McArdle	999	49.9	+16.4
	Conservative	Lene Shepherd	970	48.5	N/A
	Labour	Agnes Bishop	573	28.6	-5.3
	Labour	Martin Green	529	26.4	-9.3
	Labour	Bill Edwards	492	24.6	-10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Brooks	423	21.1	-15.5
	Green	Rachel Brunton	321	16.0	+6.0
Turnout			2,001	35.6	+10.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Braintree East

Braintree East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Bishop	581	39.4	-12.6
	Conservative	Caroline Denise	546	37.0	+10.5
	Labour	Eric Lynch	541	36.7	-9.6
	Labour	Eileen Davidson	516	35.0	-8.7
	Conservative	Nigel Edey	507	34.4	N/A
	Conservative	David Messer	483	32.8	N/A
	UKIP	Philip Shute	266	18.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lemon	247	16.8	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Miller	244	16.6	-2.2
Turnout			1,474	31.3	+5.6
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Braintree South

Braintree South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Rice	673	39.4	-1.0
	Conservative	Russell Wilkins	607	35.5	+7.1
	Labour	Michael Lynch	582	34.1	-12.7
	Conservative	David Finch	529	31.0	+5.2
	Labour	Gordon Currie	518	30.3	-9.5
	Conservative	David Morse	498	29.1	N/A
	Labour	Allan Millam	474	27.7	-15.4
	Green	Dawn Holmes	259	15.2	+0.9
	English Democrat	Albert Da	247	14.5	N/A
Turnout			1,709	34.2	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Bumpstead

Bumpstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Collar	515	62.2	-8.8
	Labour	Steven Trumm	313	37.8	+8.8
Majority			202	24.4	-17.6
Turnout			828	43.0	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.8

Coggeshall and North Feering

Coggeshall and North Feering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Newton	1,134	68.9	+20.7
	Conservative	Malcolm Dunn	1,045	63.4	+17.0
	Labour	Robert Alston	536	32.5	-5.1
	Labour	Cathie Joyce	513	31.1	-9.1
Turnout			1,647	42.4	+1.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cressing and Stisted

Cressing and Stisted

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lynette Flint	564	82.5	+26.6
	Labour	Michael Shirvington	120	17.5	N/A
Majority			444	65.0	+53.2
Turnout			684	40.8	+12.8
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Gosfield and Greenstead Green

Gosfield and Greenstead Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John O'Reilly-Cicconi	638	74.6	+19.5
	Labour	Maureen Bennett	217	25.4	+11.1
Majority			421	49.2	+24.6
Turnout			855	44.7	-3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

Great Notley and Braintree West

Great Notley and Braintree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Butland	1,158	72.3	+11.9
	Conservative	Claire Sandbrook	1,129	70.5	+14.9
	Conservative	Roger Walters	1,010	63.0	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Rice	284	17.7	-6.2
	Independent	Tony Watts	203	12.7	-0.7
	Labour	Richard Tincknell	184	11.5	-0.3
	Labour	Steven Goodfellow	148	9.2	-1.9
	Labour	Daniel Ezra	132	8.2	-1.7
Turnout			1,602	32.0	-0.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Halstead St. Andrew's

Halstead St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Halstead Residents	David Hume	949	58.6	-10.8
	Halstead Residents	Beryl Gage	911	56.2	-13.8
	Halstead Residents	Michael Gage	822	50.7	-19.6
	English Democrat	Raymond Brown	564	34.8	N/A
	Labour	Grahame McCoyd	398	24.6	-0.8
	Labour	Adrian Axtell	397	24.5	-0.6
	Labour	Nancy Freeman	358	22.1	-1.2
Turnout			1,620	31.4	+2.9
	Halstead Residents hold
	Halstead Residents hold
	Halstead Residents hold

Halstead Trinity

Halstead Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Halstead Residents	Jacqueline Pell	604	61.4	-15.9
	Halstead Residents	Howard Messenger	461	46.9	-10.7
	Labour	Malcolm Fincken	357	36.3	+2.2
	Labour	Stuart Gilbert	291	29.6	-2.8
Turnout			983	28.4	-1.6
	Halstead Residents hold
	Halstead Residents hold

Hatfield Peveral

Hatfield Peveral

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bebb	1,006	78.0	+12.9
	Conservative	Keith Bigden	987	76.6	-0.1
	Labour	Carole Hine	283	22.0	-2.5
	Labour	Neil Coughlan	187	14.5	-6.9
Turnout			1,289	38.6	+8.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hedingham and Maplestead

Hedingham and Maplestead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jo Beavis	1,283	65.3	+3.5
	Conservative	Wendy Scattergood	1,114	56.7	+13.4
	Conservative	Fred Swallow	1,103	56.1	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bolter	726	36.9	+3.9
	Labour	Ted Snarey	326	16.6	+0.8
	Labour	John Kotz	236	12.0	-0.1
	Labour	Noel Owen	224	11.4	-8.8
Turnout			1,966	40.0	+7.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kelvedon

Kelvedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Foster	881	52.8	+10.9
	Conservative	Robert Mitchell	845	50.7	+13.2
	Labour	Ian Marshall	432	25.9	-7.2
	Labour	Terrence Lazell	335	20.1	-13.8
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	278	16.7	N/A
Turnout			1,668	43.7	-1.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Panfield

Panfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Wilkinson	630	80.5	+9.7
	Labour	Carl May-Smith	153	19.5	-9.7
Majority			477	61.0	+19.4
Turnout			783	47.8	+11.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.7

Rayne

Rayne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Banthorpe	399	58.9	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Beckett	121	17.9	-32.9
	English Democrat	Colin Morris	106	15.7	N/A
	Labour	Ken Tew	51	7.5	N/A
Majority			278	41.0	N/A
Turnout			677	41.5	-1.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	21.3

Stour Valley North

Stour Valley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Harley	650	77.8	+15.1
	Labour	Betty Kotz	186	22.2	+4.0
Majority			464	55.6	+12.0
Turnout			836	50.4	+9.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.6

Stour Valley South

Stour Valley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Shelton	555	64.5	-8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Crowe	245	28.5	N/A
	Labour	Fred Hearn	60	7.0	-19.9
Majority			310	36.0	-10.2
Turnout			860	51.0	+14.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

The Three Colnes

The Three Colnes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary O'Shea	752	50.4	N/A
	Conservative	Gabrielle Spray	686	46.0	-7.6
	Independent	Bernard Gaught	532	35.7	-24.6
	Independent	Jim Bond	487	32.6	N/A
	Labour	Dais Marshall	148	9.9	-15.7
	Labour	Holly Barlow	146	9.8	-15.0
Turnout			1,492	38.3	+6.1
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Three Fields

Three Fields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Finbow	1,066	78.6	+6.4
	Conservative	Simon Walsh	1,029	75.9	+5.2
	Labour	Corinne Green	226	16.7	-4.1
	Labour	Miles Scrivens	204	15.0	-4.9
Turnout			1,356	44.3	+7.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Upper Colne

Upper Colne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bolton	579	83.1	+16.1
	Labour	Peter Long	118	16.9	+3.5
Majority			697	66.2	+18.8
Turnout			697	42.0	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.3

Witham Chipping Hill and Central

Witham Chipping Hill and Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lager	609	43.7	+6.9
	Conservative	Sandra Howell	593	42.6	N/A
	Labour	Phil Barlow	517	37.1	+0.3
	Labour	Cynthia Woodhouse	390	28.0	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Hooper	250	17.9	-12.2
	Green	Nelson Brunton	228	16.4	-4.8
Turnout			1,393	40.5	+7.5
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Witham North

Witham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Evans	507	46.4	-9.1
	Labour	John Gyford	453	41.5	-10.8
	Conservative	Patricia Lee	406	37.2	+11.4
	Conservative	Paula Cohen	376	34.4	N/A
	Green	Nicholas Scales	225	20.6	+4.0
Turnout			1,092	32.0	+9.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Witham South

Witham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Money	829	46.7	+8.1
	Conservative	Ron Ramage	794	44.7	+7.4
	Conservative	John Elliott	771	43.4	+8.3
	Labour	Paul Heath	588	33.1	-9.9
	Labour	Jacqueline Martin	587	33.0	-10.7
	Labour	Wayne Tearle	580	32.6	-6.4
	Green	Patricia Brunton	296	16.7	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Dearlove	257	14.5	-1.9
	Green	Stephanie Bills	239	13.4	N/A
Turnout			1,777	30.9	+3.1
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Witham West

Witham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Lambourne	864	49.0	+15.3
	Conservative	Bill Rose	636	36.1	N/A
	Labour	Lucy Barlow	584	33.1	-9.1
	Labour	Kathie Tearle	561	31.8	-11.4
	Labour	Kerin Boylan	539	30.6	-14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Reekie	367	20.8	-2.5
	Green	Stephen Hicks	357	20.2	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Fleet	341	19.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Waring	341	19.3	N/A
	Green	Wendy Partridge	263	14.9	-8.6
Turnout			1,764	35.4	+10.6
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Yeldham

Yeldham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel McCrea	373	72.6	+30.1
	Labour	David Green	141	27.4	-1.8
Majority			232	45.2	+31.9
Turnout			514	33.5	-3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.0

By-elections

Braintree East

Braintree East: 9 June 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		668	50.7	+17.4
	Labour		406	30.8	-4.6
	Green		125	9.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats		119	9.0	-6.1
Majority			262	19.9
Turnout			1,318
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.0

Hatfield Peveral

Hatfield Peveral: 9 June 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		782	78.1	+0.1
	Labour		138	13.8	-8.2
	Green		81	8.1	N/A
Majority			644	64.3	+8.3
Turnout			1,001
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

Witham West

Witham West: 2 October 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		508	40.9	+1.1
	Labour		373	30.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats		182	14.7	-2.2
	Green		178	14.3	-2.1
Majority			135	10.8	N/A
Turnout			1,241
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

The Three Colnes

The Three Colnes: 4 December 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		647	77.0	+24.5
	Labour		121	14.4	+4.1
	Green		72	8.6	N/A
Majority			526	62.6	N/A
Turnout			840
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.2

Braintree South

A by-election was called due to the disqualification of Cllr Russell Wilkins (Conservative) for non-attendance.

Braintree South: 24 June 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abi Olumbori	351	33.0	+7.4
	Labour	Gordon Currie	316	29.7	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Toombs	216	20.3	-8.1
	Independent	Andy Beatty	138	13.0	N/A
	Green	Wendy Partridge	44	4.1	-6.8
Majority			35	3.3	N/A
Turnout			1,065
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

References