2007 Boston Borough Council election
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Elections for Boston Borough Council, which covers the Borough of Boston, were held on 3 May 2007. The Boston Bypass Independents won the election in a landslide victory with 25 seats, the first party ever to take overall control of the council since the borough was formed in 1973. It was a single-issue party campaigning on getting a bypass for Boston. All the Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors lost their seats, with only five Conservatives and two Independents also elected. The turnout was 36.9%. The overall results were as follows:
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Boston Borough Council elections 2007: summary results | ||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | % votes | Seats | Change | |
Boston Bypass Independents | 32 | 16,294 | 52.1 | 25 | +25 | |
Conservative | 21 | 7,376 | 23.5 | 5 | -7 | |
Labour | 13 | 2,378 | 7.6 | 0 | -11 | |
Independent | 5 | 2,341 | 7.5 | 2 | -3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1,537 | 4.9 | 0 | -4 | |
UKIP | 8 | 1,137 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | |
BNP | 1 | 194 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | |
English Democrat | 1 | 76 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 85 | 31,333 | 32 |
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Ward-by-ward results: