2007 Luton Borough Council election

2007 Luton Borough Council election
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 48 seats to Luton Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 26 17
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 43,648 36,737
Percentage 38.0% 31.9%
Swing 3.0% 6.0%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Conservative Independent
Seats won 5 0
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 26,645 1,437
Percentage 23.2% 1.2%
Swing 0.8% 3.0%
Control before election


No overall control

Control after election


Labour

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

Summary

Election result

2007 Luton Borough Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 48 26 4 1 3 54.2 38.0 43,648 +3.0
  Liberal Democrats 48 17 0 3 3 35.4 31.9 36,737 –6.0
  Conservative 42 5 1 0 1 10.4 23.2 26,645 +0.8
  Respect 4 0 0 0 0.0 2.4 2,786 N/A
  Independent 2 0 0 1 1 0.0 1.2 1,437 –3.0
  Green 7 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 1,359 +1.0
  UKIP 6 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 1,156 +0.7
  BNP 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 890 N/A
  English Democrat 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 263 N/A
  Vote Liberty 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 80 N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Barnfield

Barnfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Neale 1,074 42.7 –12.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Pantling* 1,050 41.7 –7.1
Conservative John Young 665 26.4 –12.0
Conservative Sean Connley 639 25.4 –8.4
Independent Andrew Cook 501 19.9 N/A
Labour Peter Campbell 288 11.4 –4.3
Labour Bryan Davey 269 10.7 –3.7
UKIP Judy King 137 5.4 N/A
Green Simon Hall 124 4.9 N/A
Turnout ~2,518 45.9 +12.1
Registered electors 5,486
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Biscot

Biscot (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tahir Khan 1,479 37.0 +4.7
Labour Mohammad Ayub 1,370 34.2 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Qurban Hussain* 1,273 31.8 –16.5
Labour Akbar Khan 1,266 31.6 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Haji Abid* 1,262 31.5 –16.1
Liberal Democrats Masood Akhtar 1,152 28.8 –15.8
Conservative Ali Islam 753 18.8 +6.8
Respect Mobeen Qureshi 667 16.7 N/A
Respect Stephen Coghlan 621 15.5 N/A
Conservative Mohammed Ijaz 377 9.4 –1.0
Turnout ~4,002 43.1 +6.8
Registered electors 9,286
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Bramingham

Bramingham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gilbert Campbell* 1,130 63.0 +10.1
Conservative Katie Foord 1,124 62.6 +9.9
Labour Peter Blanking 412 23.0 –4.9
Labour Greg Burton 398 22.2 –3.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Lincoln 213 11.9 –5.1
Liberal Democrats Brenda Siederer 181 10.1 –5.9
Green Jean Parker 128 7.1 N/A
Turnout ~1,795 33.5 +7.1
Registered electors 5,357
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Challney

Challney (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Mead* 1,348 39.4 –4.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Strange* 1,309 38.2 –4.6
Labour Kamal Mallik 1,245 36.4 +8.7
Labour Akbar Khan 1,227 35.8 +9.8
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Yasin 1,163 34.0 –7.7
Labour Afsar Roden 1,114 32.5 +8.9
Conservative Mark Punter 603 17.6 –2.0
Conservative Victor Samson 582 17.0 –2.0
Conservative Bashir Hafeez 498 14.5 –4.2
Turnout ~3,425 38.3 +6.0
Registered electors 8,942
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Crawley

Crawley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Franks* 1,137 63.4 –5.2
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Patterson* 969 54.1 –10.2
Labour Wendy Armstrong 452 25.2 +6.3
Labour Tahir Malik 305 17.0 +1.8
Green Denis Parker 247 13.8 N/A
Turnout ~1,793 33.6 +4.7
Registered electors 5,335
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Dallow

Dallow (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Ashraf* 1,448 36.5 +1.3
Labour Mohammed Farooq* 1,244 31.3 +2.4
Labour Abdur Raquib 1,106 27.8 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Ashuk Ahmed 946 23.8 –1.3
Independent Bashir Mohammed* 936 23.6 –7.0
Liberal Democrats Asif Masood 912 23.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Munir Khan 890 22.4 +4.1
Respect Tahir Raza 820 17.1 N/A
Respect Lesley Smith 678 12.4 N/A
Conservative Mohammed Choudhury 493 12.4 +2.6
Conservative Jamshed Ali 388 9.8 +0.5
Conservative Nasreen Imtiaz 381 9.6 +1.2
Turnout ~3,972 39.7 +8.0
Registered electors 10,004
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Independent

Farley

Farley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robin Harris 1,429 53.6 –3.2
Labour Sian Timoney 1,412 52.9 –3.5
Labour Mahmood Hussain* 1,378 51.6 –2.9
Conservative Kevin Drew 469 17.6 –1.7
Conservative Rex Catlin 439 16.5 –1.1
BNP Robert Sheddock 357 13.4 N/A
Conservative John Sentinella 345 12.9 –4.5
Green Tracy Finlan 235 8.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Joyce Felmingham 205 7.7 –8.3
UKIP Frank Herlock 182 6.4 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Anne Mead 170 6.4 –8.1
UKIP Charles Lawman 158 5.9 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Hasmita Soni 150 5.6 –7.0
Turnout ~2,668 34.0 +9.2
Registered electors 7,847
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

High Town

High Town (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqui Burnett 672 39.4 –4.0
Labour Lakhbir Singh* 617 36.2 +2.9
Conservative Meherban Khan 592 34.7 +3.7
Conservative Nicholas Morgan 563 33.0 +2.1
Green Melanie Parker 248 14.6 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Ruth Fisher 195 11.4 –2.4
Liberal Democrats Bill Cole 191 11.2 +1.2
Turnout ~1,704 29.7 +3.3
Registered electors 5,737
Labour hold
Labour hold

Icknield

Icknield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Garrett* 1,383 62.3 +5.7
Conservative John Titmuss* 1,328 59.9 +5.0
Labour Rachel Hopkins 437 19.7 –7.0
Liberal Democrats David Chapman 385 17.4 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Edmunds 332 15.0 +1.9
Labour Malik Ditta 267 12.0 –14.0
Turnout ~2,219 37.3 +7.8
Registered electors 5,948
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Leagrave

Leagrave (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Roden* 1,401 49.4 +5.3
Labour Desline Stewart* 1,381 48.6 +9.5
Labour Waheed Akbar 1,333 47.0 +8.6
Conservative Dean Fryer-Saxby 992 34.9 +1.8
Conservative Polly Fryer-Saxby 949 33.4 +0.7
Conservative John Heredia 904 31.8 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Tony Farrow 310 10.9 –8.7
Liberal Democrats Edwin Hird 273 9.6 –9.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Richardson 267 9.4 –6.8
Turnout ~2,839 33.8 +12.1
Registered electors 8,399
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lewsey

Lewsey (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Shaw* 1,287 50.5 –1.7
Labour Joan Bailey* 1,231 48.3 –2.4
Labour Hazel Simmons* 1,152 45.2 –2.3
Conservative Alan Hamilton 586 23.0 –0.9
Conservative Simidele Adedeji 428 16.8 –5.3
Conservative Kaj Debnath 426 16.7 –4.8
Liberal Democrats Allan Mwango 415 16.3 –3.1
Liberal Democrats Moazzem Hussain 374 14.7 –2.2
Liberal Democrats Ghazala Khan 336 13.2 –3.4
Green David Nash 253 9.9 N/A
Turnout ~2,547 28.5 +6.6
Registered electors 8,936
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Limbury

Limbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norris Bullock* 859 37.4 –4.0
Conservative Margaret Simons 844 36.8 +0.4
Labour Klazina Coleman 816 35.6 –2.6
Conservative Wan Jan 687 29.9 –3.2
English Democrat Nick Capp 263 11.5 N/A
UKIP Colin Brown 214 9.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Roberts 176 7.7 –3.8
Liberal Democrats Sharon Virgo 143 6.2 –5.3
UKIP Stephen Wildman 138 6.0 N/A
Green Malcolm Bailey 124 5.4 N/A
Turnout ~2,294 39.9 +9.5
Registered electors 5,749
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Northwell

Northwell (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Davis 745 47.5 –3.8
Labour Don Worlding 680 43.4 –2.0
Conservative David Duckwork 411 26.2 +5.3
Conservative Babtunde Akinfisoye 369 23.5 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Farid Ahmed 312 19.9 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Zia 226 14.4 –0.8
Vote Liberty Eileen Mahrra 50 3.2 N/A
Vote Liberty Reginder Mahrra 30 1.9 –4.3
Turnout ~1,567 26.8 +8.8
Registered electors 5,847
Labour hold
Labour hold

Round Green

Round Green (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Skelpelhorn* 1,550 52.0 –1.7
Liberal Democrats Sid Rutstein 1,393 46.7 –5.6
Liberal Democrats Chris Smith 1,359 45.6 –6.1
Labour Roger Berry 758 25.4 –2.6
Labour Diane McKenzie 698 23.4 –3.0
Labour Johnny Boyle 659 22.1 –2.6
Conservative Mary Thomas 569 19.1 +3.0
BNP Chris Brennan 533 17.9 N/A
Turnout ~2,982 36.3 +6.3
Registered electors 8,215
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Saints

Saints (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Riaz* 1,903 50.0 +11.5
Labour Raja Saleem* 1,841 48.4 +13.1
Labour Morel Benard 1,751 46.0 +14.4
Liberal Democrats Jahangir Khan 975 25.6 +4.0
Conservative Saeed Akhtar 877 23.0 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Arif 794 20.9 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Syed Shaheed 778 20.4 +2.3
Conservative Dick Joyce 724 19.0 +5.0
Conservative Jay Bhikha 557 14.6 N/A
Turnout ~3,806 42.1 +9.7
Registered electors 9,041
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

South

South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynda Ireland* 840 45.0 –0.3
Labour Dave Taylor 734 39.3 –6.0
Labour Michelle Kiansumba 657 35.2 –9.9
Conservative Michael Curtis 619 33.1 +9.5
Conservative Deborah Engel 610 32.7 +13.5
Conservative Roy Shyamal 447 23.9 +7.3
Green Marc Schiemann 266 14.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Martin Howes 249 13.3 –4.1
Liberal Democrats Julian Wates 221 11.8 –3.8
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Zia 162 8.7 –6.0
Turnout ~1,867 24.6 +7.5
Registered electors 7,591
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stopsley

Stopsley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jenny Davies* 1,443 61.4 –5.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Dolling* 1,345 57.3 –4.4
Conservative Anthony Skeath 518 22.1 –0.5
Conservative Colin Willison 518 22.1 +1.7
Labour Russell Blake 342 14.6 +1.1
Labour Nick Murray 327 13.9 +5.2
Turnout ~2,349 43.4 +3.4
Registered electors 5,412
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Sundon Park

Sundon Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Doris Hinkley* 1,272 56.3 –2.8
Liberal Democrats Anna Pederson* 1,124 49.8 –4.0
Labour Walter Cooney 648 28.7 –0.8
Labour Brian Ellis 541 24.0 –4.2
Conservative Jonathan Titmus 331 14.7 +5.9
Conservative Karl Rachwal 298 13.2 +4.7
Turnout ~2,258 39.9 +4.7
Registered electors 5,659
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Wigmore

Wigmore (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roy Davies* 1,714 59.4 –8.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Chapman* 1,591 55.1 –10.6
Liberal Democrats Mick Siederer 1,428 49.5 –12.7
Conservative Geoffrey Dillingham 618 21.4 +5.9
Conservative Jean Ashby 611 21.2 +6.0
Labour Paul Castleman 432 15.0 ±0.0
Labour Maureen McGarvie 412 14.3 +1.0
Labour Alex Flegman 385 13.3 +0.5
UKIP Lance Richardson 327 11.3 +8.4
Turnout ~2,258 34.0 +7.0
Registered electors 8,489
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

References

  1. ^ "Luton Borough Council Election Results 1973-1995" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
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