2007 Tendring District Council election

Elections to Tendring District Council were held on 5 May 2007 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party remained the largest party.

2007 Tendring District Council election

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All 60 seats to Tendring District Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Tendring First Labour Last election 25 seats, 36.0% N/A 11 seats, 21.0% Seats before 25 11 Seats won 28 10 6 Seat change 3 10 5 Popular vote 16,912 5,064 6,470 Percentage 39.8% 11.9% 15.2% Swing 3.8% N/A 5.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberal Democrats Community Representative Independent Last election 13 seats, 21.7% 4 seats, 8.7% 4 seats, 6.2% Seats before 13 4 4 Seats won 6 5 3 Seat change 7 1 1 Popular vote 6,269 2,534 3,381 Percentage 14.8% 6.0% 8.0% Swing 6.9% 2.7% 1.8%   Seventh party   Party Holland Residents Last election 3 seats, 3.1% Seats before 3 Seats won 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,316 Percentage 3.1% Swing 0.0%
Results of the 2007 Tendring District Council election
Majority party before election No overall control Majority party after election No overall control

Results summary

Tendring District Council election, 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	0	0	3		39.8	16,912	+3.8
	Tendring First	10	0	0	10		11.9	5,064	N/A
	Labour	6	0	0	5		15.2	6,470	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	0	7		14.8	6,269	-6.9
	Community Representative	5	0	0	1		6.0	2,534	-2.7
	Independent	3	0	0	1		8.0	3,381	-1.8
	Holland Residents	2	0	0	1		3.1	1,316	+0.0
	UKIP	0	0	0			0.7	296	-0.2
	Green	0	0	0			0.5	214	-1.3

Ward results

Alresford

Alresford ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Scott	403	53.4
	Conservative	Laurence Franklin	277	36.7
	Labour	Terry Ripo	75	9.9
Turnout			755	44.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Alton Park

Alton Park ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hughes	453	50.4
	Labour	Delia Aldis	446	49.6
	Labour	Mark Morley-Souter	425
	Conservative	Brian Pennell	387
Turnout			899	26.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ardleigh & Little Bromley

Ardleigh & Little Bromley ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Stock	434	68.9
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Potter	128	20.3
	Labour	Vincent Campbell	68	10.8
Turnout			630	35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beaumont & Thorpe

Beaumont & Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	José Powell	399	55.5
	Conservative	Dawn Skeels	320	44.5
	Independent hold		Swing
Turnout			719	39.3

Bockings Elm

Bockings Elm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Shearing	604	45.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Whitson	541
	Conservative	Siggy Challinor	497	37.6
	Conservative	Trevor Durham	486
	Labour	Richard Aldis	221	16.7
	Labour	Graham Caines	221
Turnout			1,322	37.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Patten	350	44.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark de Roy	244	31.3
	Green	Michael Mealing	130	16.7
	Labour	Wilf Rose	55	7.1
Turnout			779	43.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Graham Steady	1,682	37.3
	Conservative	Alan Goggin	1,597	35.5
	Conservative	Vivien Chapman	1,016
	Liberal Democrats	David Dixon	743	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Russell	586
	Labour	Philip Shirley	482	10.7
	Conservative	Patrick Wilde	350
Turnout			2,907	42.5
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bursville

Bursville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Sambridge	549	65.7
	Tendring First	Mavis Balbirnie	105	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Harrison	99	11.9
	Labour	Eve Casey	82	9.8
Turnout			835	46.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frinton

Frinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Watling	1,010	57.4
	Conservative	Nick Turner	954
	Tendring First	Terry Allen	751	42.6
	Tendring First	Jack Robertson	656
Turnout			1,761	50.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Golf Green

Golf Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Representative	Roy Smith	815	51.7
	Community Representative	Kevin Watson	652
	Labour	Maurice Alexander	458	29.0
	Labour	Dan Casey	400
	Conservative	Cherie Clark	304	19.3
	Conservative	Brian McCann	293
Turnout			1,577	39.7
	Community Representative hold		Swing
	Community Representative hold		Swing

Great & Little Oakley

Great & Little Oakley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tanya Ferguson	303	49.4
	Labour	Malcolm Bell	130	21.2
	Tendring First	David Turner	125	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bensilum	55	9.0
Turnout			613	35.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Bentley

Great Bentley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda McWilliams	509	58.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Taylor	280	32.1
	Green	Oliver King	84	9.6
Turnout			873	49.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hamford

Hamford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tendring First	Iris Johnson	834	45.9
	Tendring First	Anne Hockridge	712
	Conservative	Charles Braithwaite	620	34.1
	Independent	Geoff Francis	207	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Harrison	157	8.6
Turnout			1,818	43.1
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing

Harwich East

Harwich East ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Payne	272	41.5
	Community Representative Party	M. Gardener	261	39.8
	Conservative	Emily van der Bijl	123	18.8
Turnout			656	34.5

Harwich East Central

Harwich East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Calver	538	38.1
	Labour	D. McLeod	516
	Conservative	B. Howlett	482	34.2
	Conservative	B. Brown	439
	Community Representative Party	F. Leeks	244	17.3
	Community Representative Party	M. Donn	231
	Liberal Democrats	K. Tully	147	10.4
Turnout			1,411	37.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Harwich West

Harwich West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Double	451	28.7
	Conservative	Ricky Callender	405	25.7
	Conservative	J. Firth	384
	Labour	H. Markham-Lee	353
	Community Representative Party	B. Cunnew	321	20.4
	Community Representative Party	L. Donn	297
	Independent	L. Glenn	247	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	T. McCartney	149	9.5
Turnout			1,326	34.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harwich West Central

Harwich West Central ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Representative Party	Steven Henderson	611	46.7
	Community Representative Party	David Rutson	554
	Labour	V. Williams	360	27.5
	Labour	J. Thurlow	352
	Conservative	C. Callender	336	25.7
	Conservative	P. Southgate	287
Turnout			1,307	36.1
	Community Representative hold		Swing
	Community Representative hold		Swing

Haven

Haven

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joy Broderick	472	53.6
	Holland Residents Association	M. Vaughn-Chatfield	408	46.4
Turnout			880	48.3
	Conservative gain from Ratepayer		Swing

Holland & Kirby

Holland & Kirby ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tendring First	Mark Cossens	0	0
	Tendring First	Robert Bucke	0	0
Turnout			0	0
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing

Homelands

Homelands ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tendring First	D. Lines	460	61.1
	Labour	D. Hebborn	149	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	R. Kent	144	19.1
Turnout			783	45.7
	Tendring First hold		Swing

Lawford

Lawford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Candy	522	44.0
	Conservative	Valerie Gugliemli	519
	Liberal Democrats	T. Hunter	256	21.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Kelly	251
	UKIP	D.MacDonald	182	15.3
	Labour	S. Turner	182	15.3
	Labour	Z. Double	178
	Community Representative Party	D. Smy	45	3.8
Turnout			1,187	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Little Clacton & Weeley

Little Clacton & Weeley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Skeels	514	32.5
	Tendring First	Peter Balbernie	500	31.6
	Conservative	I. Wicks	428
	Tendring First	B. Leatherdale	423
	Labour	J. Bloomfield	239	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	M. Brown	211	13.4
	Labour	Tony Sargent	205
	Liberal Democrats	R. Hunn	168
	UKIP	A. Olford	116	7.3
Turnout			1,580	38.3
	Tendring First hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Tendring First		Swing

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carlo Guglielmi	634	46.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Dew	600	43.8
	Conservative	P. Maher	586
	Liberal Democrats	J. Carter	518
	Labour	L. Armstrong	135	9.9
	Labour	John Ford	120
Turnout			1,378	38.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Peter Bruff

Peter Bruff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Shearing	400	36.5
	Conservative	Mitch Mitchell	353	32.2
	Conservative	Pam Sambridge	326
	Liberal Democrats	J. Augrandjean	332
	Independent	P. Sherman	189	17.2
	Labour	J. Rigby	155	14.1
	Labour	Anne Alexander	141
Turnout			1,097	30.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pier

Pier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Honeywood	376	40.7
	Conservative	Sue Honeywood	359
	Tendring First	A. Oxley	280	30.3
	Tendring First	R. Stephenson	254
	Labour	Kevin Colman	240	26.0
	Labour	Roy Raby	209
	Independent	C. Humphrey	27	2.9
Turnout			923	26.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Tendring First		Swing

Ramsey & Parkeston

Ramsey & Parkeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Representative Party	J. Brown	237	40.2
	Labour	G. Elmer	187	31.7
	Conservative	M. Curme	168	28.0
Turnout			589	32.4
	Community Representative gain from Labour		Swing

Rush Green

Rush Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Danny Mayzes	554	60.2
	Conservative	Stephen Mayzes	509
	Labour	Clive Baker	360	39.8
	Labour	Ken Aldis	359
Turnout			914	28.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Bartholomews

St. Bartholomews

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Holland Residents	M. Bragg	908	53.7
	Holland Residents	K. King	853
	Conservative	L. Mead	783	46.3
	Conservative	H. Morrison	778
Turnout			1,761	46.3
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

St. James

St. James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Griffiths	727	53.1
	Conservative	G. Downing	671
	Tendring First	S. Marcus	280	20.5
	Tendring First	L. Allen	250
	Labour	David Bolton	195	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	C. Jarvis	166	12.1
Turnout			1,368	37.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Johns

St. Johns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Halliday	558	41.2
	Liberal Democrats	J. Cripps	538	39.7
	Liberal Democrats	B. Gooch	472
	Conservative	S. Wilde	464
	Labour	Linda Jacobs	258	19.1
Turnout			1,354	35.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Marys

St. Marys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Fawcett	421	32.4
	Labour	Ian Beckett	419	32.2
	Conservative	J. Chittock	400
	Labour	Norman Jacobs	362
	Liberal Democrats	C. Hursey-Clifford	337	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hales	263
	Independent	John Hones	123	9.5
Turnout			1,300	33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Osyth & Point Clear

St. Osyth & Point Clear

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Walker	507	38.2
	Independent	M. Talbot	507	38.2
	Independent	J. White	506
	Conservative	H. Turner	433
	Labour	J. Ward	313	23.6
	Labour	Tracey Osben	308
Turnout			1,327	36.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

St. Pauls

St. Pauls

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tendring First	Pierre Oxley	1,106	71.5
	Tendring First	D. Oxley	1,086
	Conservative	C. Jessop	440	28.5
	Conservative	M. Woods	384
Turnout			1,546	42.5
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Heaney	957	71.7
	Conservative	P. Scott	847
	Liberal Democrats	P. Redding	378	28.3
Turnout			1,335	35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walton

Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tendring First	J. King	623	50.9
	Tendring First	C. Turner	609
	Conservative	S. Craig	370	30.3
	Conservative	D. Miles	354
	Liberal Democrats	K. Gurney	230	18.8
Turnout			1,083	36.6
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing
	Tendring First gain from Conservative		Swing