2007 Suffolk Coastal District Council election

2007 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 55 seats to Suffolk Coastal District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats won 45 9 1
Seat change 2 1 1
Popular vote 37,928 16,969 7,397
Percentage 57.6% 25.8% 11.2%
Swing 7.8% 6.2% 2.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2007 Suffolk Coastal District Council election.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

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

Summary

Election result

2007 Suffolk Coastal District Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 55 45 3 1 2 81.8 57.6 37,928 +7.8
  Liberal Democrats 39 9 1 2 1 16.4 25.8 16,969 –6.2
  Labour 28 1 0 1 1 1.8 11.2 7,397 –2.6
  Green 10 0 0 0 0.0 3.5 2,275 +0.4
  Independent 3 0 0 0 0.0 1.8 1,153 +1.2
  UKIP 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 70 N/A
  BNP 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 55 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.

Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marianne Fellowes 960 64.2
Conservative Roger Warren* 783 52.4
Liberal Democrats Jill Hubbard 513 34.3
Liberal Democrats Nicola Pilkington 402 26.9
Turnout ~1,495 52.4
Registered electors 2,853
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Earl Soham

Earl Soham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Snell 499 62.1
Liberal Democrats Ron Else 305 37.9
Majority 194 24.1
Turnout 804 49.4
Registered electors 1,661
Conservative hold Swing

Farlingaye

Farlingaye
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diana Ball* 331 53.5
Conservative Paul Callaghan* 234 37.8
Labour John White 54 8.7
Majority 97 15.7
Turnout 619 40.7
Registered electors 1,532
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Felixstowe East

Felixstowe East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Doreen Savage* 1,170 71.5
Conservative Christopher Slemmings* 1,107 67.7
Liberal Democrats Bernard Price 323 19.7
Labour Hattie Bennett 255 15.6
Labour Margaret Ridout 183 11.2
Turnout ~1,636 49.2
Registered electors 3,325
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe North

Felixstowe North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Deacon* 596 44.8
Conservative Angel Goodwin 591 44.4
Conservative Jan Garfield 558 41.9
Labour David Rowe 467 35.1
Green Jonathan Mulberg 202 15.2
Turnout ~1,331 41.6
Registered electors 3,200
Labour hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe South

Felixstowe South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Sennington* 654 49.2
Conservative Peter Coleman 628 47.3
Liberal Democrats Pam Dangerfield 544 41.0
Liberal Democrats David Miller 497 37.4
Labour Jane Bignell 124 9.3
Labour Alan Dunn 115 8.7
Turnout ~1,328 41.5
Registered electors 3,200
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe South East

Felixstowe South East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Smith* 971 62.3
Conservative Henryk Gorski 959 61.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Yates 355 22.8
Labour Heather Mullen 296 19.0
Labour John Mullen 271 17.4
Turnout ~1,559 43.7
Registered electors 3,567
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe West

Felixstowe West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Dangerfield* 783 49.9
Liberal Democrats Sandra Bryant 761 48.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Ninnmey* 737 47.0
Conservative Stuart Bird 406 25.9
Conservative David Bentinck* 386 24.6
Conservative Vanessa Wedge 363 23.2
Labour Catherine Knight 346 22.1
Labour Dennis Carpenter 333 21.2
Labour Brendan Lambe 322 20.5
Turnout ~1,568 32.5
Registered electors 4,824
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Framlingham

Framlingham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Winter Rose* 891 64.1
Conservative Colin Walker 741 53.3
Green Eddie Thompson 395 28.4
Labour John Clough 295 21.2
Labour Edna Salmon 162 11.6
Turnout ~1,391 39.9
Registered electors 3,486
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Grundisburgh

Grundisburgh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ivan Jowers* 518 64.6
Liberal Democrats Gez Hughes 204 25.4
Labour Peter Stone 80 10.0
Majority 314 39.2
Turnout 802 43.8
Registered electors 1,839
Conservative hold Swing

Hacheston

Hacheston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Hart* 472 55.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Houseley 266 31.2
Green Rachel Fulcher 114 13.4
Majority 206 24.2
Turnout 852 52.7
Registered electors 1,636
Conservative hold Swing

Hollesley With Eyke

Hollesley With Eyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rhona Sturrock* 443 69.1
Independent Tony Wooderson 198 30.9
Majority 245 38.2
Turnout 641 40.6
Registered electors 1,626
Conservative hold Swing

Kesgrave East

Kesgrave East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Klaschka* 995 53.8
Conservative Sally Ogden 738 39.9
Conservative Mary Neale 629 34.0
Liberal Democrats John Briggs 461 24.9
Labour Nikki Goodchild 432 23.4
Independent Luke Payne 374 20.2
Labour Stephen Connelly 294 15.9
Labour Stan Robinson 201 10.9
Turnout ~1,850 29.3
Registered electors 6,314
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kesgrave West

Kesgrave West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debbie McCallum 626 60.0
Conservative Martin Grimwood* 567 54.3
Liberal Democrats Veronica Read* 423 40.5
Liberal Democrats Esther Smith 313 30.0
Turnout ~1,044 34.8
Registered electors 3,001
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold

Kyson

Kyson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Les Binns* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,580
Conservative hold

Leiston

Leiston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Geater* 768 43.3
Conservative Trevor Hawkins* 676 38.1
Conservative Andrew Nunn* 657 37.0
Independent Tony Cooper 581 32.7
Liberal Democrats Jacqui Morrissey 520 29.3
Labour Terry Hodgson 512 28.8
Liberal Democrats Raymond Andrews 409 23.0
Green David Riebold 331 18.6
Turnout ~1,775 37.7
Registered electors 4,707
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Martlesham

Martlesham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Kelso* 867 48.4
Conservative Chris Blundell 828 46.2
Liberal Democrats Jan Dooley 579 32.3
Conservative Terence Eastman 558 31.1
Green John Forbes 274 15.3
Green David Keeble 224 12.5
Turnout ~1,792 46.3
Registered electors 3,870
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Melton & Ufford

Melton & Ufford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Bond 990 62.2
Conservative Jim Bidwell* 985 61.9
Liberal Democrats Deborah Dann 486 30.5
Liberal Democrats Victor Harrup 317 19.9
Labour Roy Burgon 231 14.5
Turnout ~1,592 42.3
Registered electors 3,763
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Nacton

Nacton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Veronica Falconer* 1,001 68.6
Conservative Patricia O'Brien* 966 66.2
Liberal Democrats John Ball 422 28.9
Turnout ~1,459 39.8
Registered electors 3,666
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Orford & Tunstall

Orford & Tunstall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Herring* 484 59.8
Green Richard Roberts 182 22.5
Liberal Democrats Hugh Pilkington 143 17.7
Majority 302 37.3
Turnout 809 56.0
Registered electors 1,453
Conservative hold Swing

Otley

Otley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Bellfield* 561 68.0
Green Peter Ward 138 16.7
Liberal Democrats Muffy Booth 126 15.3
Majority 423 51.3
Turnout 825 46.9
Registered electors 1,768
Conservative hold Swing

Peasenhall

Peasenhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Burroughes* 509 61.9
Green Marion Gaze 313 38.1
Majority 196 23.8
Turnout 822 48.9
Registered electors 1,693
Conservative hold Swing

Rendlesham

Rendlesham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phillip Dunnett* 437 65.5
Liberal Democrats Barry Halliday 230 34.5
Majority 207 31.0
Turnout 667 34.4
Registered electors 1,952
Conservative hold Swing

Riverside

Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjamin Redsell 467 54.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Craig-Bennett 208 24.3
Green Anthony Taylor 102 11.9
Labour Howard Needham 80 9.3
Majority 259 30.2
Turnout 857 55.0
Registered electors 1,569
Conservative hold Swing

Rushmere St. Andrew

Rushmere St. Andrew (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis Gooch* 1,264 65.7
Conservative Gordon Laing* 1,237 64.3
Conservative Robert Whiting* 1,217 63.3
Liberal Democrats Phil Archer 533 27.7
Liberal Democrats Trevor Jolly 483 25.1
Liberal Democrats David Houseley 292 15.2
Labour Christopher Towndrow 260 13.5
Turnout ~1,924 40.4
Registered electors 4,762
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Saxmundham

Saxmundham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Batho* 805 55.6
Liberal Democrats Marian Andrews* 692 47.8
Conservative Richard Smith 590 40.7
Liberal Democrats Keith Dickerson 523 36.1
Turnout ~1,448 39.1
Registered electors 3,704
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Seckford

Seckford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cliff Cocker* 405 54.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Whitaker 336 45.3
Majority 69 9.3
Turnout 741 52.0
Registered electors 1,437
Conservative hold Swing

Snape

Snape
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Fidler* 415 60.0
Liberal Democrats Winifred Moss 277 40.0
Majority 138 19.9
Turnout 692 44.4
Registered electors 1,575
Conservative hold Swing

Sutton

Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Block* 484 61.9
Conservative John Pratt 298 38.1
Majority 186 23.8
Turnout 782 48.5
Registered electors 1,616
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Trimleys With Kirton

Trimleys With Kirton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Kerry 1,116 55.5
Conservative Graham Harding 1,108 55.1
Conservative Sherrie Green* 1,082 53.8
Liberal Democrats Doreen Rayner 454 22.6
Liberal Democrats Timothy Macy 408 20.3
Labour Neville Mayes 395 19.7
Labour Peter Waller 372 18.5
Labour Margaret Morris 328 16.3
Turnout ~2,010 37.3
Registered electors 5,389
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative hold

Walberswick & Wenhaston

Walberswick & Wenhaston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Keable 574 72.1
Labour David Tytler 222 27.9
Majority 352 44.2
Turnout 796 51.7
Registered electors 1,573
Conservative hold Swing

Wickham Market

Wickham Market
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bryan Hall* 411 60.2
Conservative Diane Smith 150 22.0
UKIP John West 70 10.2
Labour Val Pizzey 52 7.6
Majority 261 38.2
Turnout 683 40.8
Registered electors 1,683
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Witnesham

Witnesham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kate Waddell 562 82.5
Labour Anthony Scott 119 17.5
Majority 443 65.1
Turnout 681 42.5
Registered electors 1,620
Conservative hold Swing

Yoxford

Yoxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Slater* 551 58.9
Conservative Rae Leighton* 329 35.2
BNP Paul Goodchild 55 5.9
Majority 222 23.7
Turnout 935 57.8
Registered electors 1,624
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

By-elections

Witnesham By-Election 31 July 2008[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Hudson 316 53.7 −28.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Houseley 272 46.3 +46.3
Majority 44 7.4
Turnout 588 36.2
Conservative hold Swing
Woodbridge Riverside By-Election 18 September 2008[5][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Holdcroft 313 46.0 −8.5
Liberal Democrats Guy Jewers 254 37.4 +13.1
Green Anthony Taylor 57 8.4 −3.5
Labour Roy Burgon 56 8.2 −1.1
Majority 59 8.6
Turnout 680 42.9
Conservative hold Swing
Felixstowe South East By-Election 4 June 2009[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jan Garfield 856 49.2 −10.6
Liberal Democrats Bernard Price 693 39.9 +18.0
Labour Margaret Morris 190 10.9 −7.3
Majority 163 9.3
Turnout 1,739
Conservative hold Swing
Walberswick and Wenhaston By-Election 9 July 2009[7][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Austin 316 66.0 −6.1
Green John Barrett 163 34.0 +34.0
Majority 153 32.0
Turnout 479 30.5
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Suffolk Coastal District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. pp. 13–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Witnesham by-election – 31 July 2008". Suffolk Coastal District Council. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "By-elections". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Woodbridge by-elections – 18 September 2008". Suffolk Coastal District Council. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  6. ^ "Election Results". Felixstowe TV. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  7. ^ "Walberswick and Wenhaston by-election, 9 July 2009". Suffolk Coastal District Council. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
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