2007 United Kingdom local elections

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2007 United Kingdom local elections
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All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 45 out of 46 unitary authorities,
231 out of 238 English districts, all 32 Scottish council areas, and 3 directly elected mayors
  First party Second party
  David Cameron Tony Blair
Leader David Cameron Tony Blair
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 6 December 2005 21 July 1994
Percentage 40% 27%
Swing Increase1% Increase1%
Councils 165 36
Councils +/- Increase39 Decrease18
Councillors 5,458 2,225
Councillors +/- Increase932 Decrease665
  Third party Fourth party
  Menzies Campbell Alex Salmond
Leader Menzies Campbell Alex Salmond
Party Liberal Democrats SNP
Leader since 2 March 2006 3 September 2004
Percentage 26% —
Swing Increase1% —
Councils 23 0
Councils +/- Decrease4 Decrease1
Councillors 2,337 363
Councillors +/- Decrease255 Increase182
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Entrance to a polling station in the market town of Haverhill, Suffolk on 3 May 2007. The posters on the left are lists of the candidates in wards contested (St Edmundsbury BC and Haverhill TC) and information about rules and laws about voting.
A polling station in a temporary cabin in position in the South of Coventry for the UK council elections on 3 May 2007.

The 2007 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 3 May 2007. These elections took place in most of England and all of Scotland. There were no local government elections in Wales though the Welsh Assembly had a general election on the same day. There were no local government elections in Northern Ireland. Just over half of English councils and almost all the Scottish councils began the counts on Friday, rather than Thursday night, because of more complex arrangements regarding postal votes.

These elections were a landmark in the United Kingdom as it was the first time that 18- to 20-year-olds could stand as candidates for council seats. The change was due to an alteration of the Electoral Administration Act. At least fourteen 18- to 20-year-olds are known to have stood as candidates for council seats[1] and as a result William Lloyd became the youngest person to be elected to official office in Britain. There were also a number of councils which used new voting methods such as internet and telephone voting in addition to the traditional methods of polling stations and postal votes.

These were the final elections to be overseen by Labour leader and prime minister Tony Blair, who resigned the following month after a decade as prime minister to be succeeded by chancellor Gordon Brown. His party only finished in second place with a narrow lead over the third-placed Liberal Democrats, whose leader Menzies Campbell would also resign later in the year, while it was a strong showing for the Conservatives under David Cameron.

Summary of results

There was a suggestion in February 2006 that many of the 2007 local elections in England would be cancelled due to a reform of local government.[2] However, since then possible reforms are still in the consultation stage and no decisions have yet been made.

312 English district councils, nearly all districts in England held some form of election – either thirds or full – on Thursday, 3 May 2007.

The final results are summarised below; firstly, with a table ranked by the party with the greatest number of councillors elected.

Party Councils Councillors
Number Change Number Change
Conservative 165 Increase39 5,458 Increase932
Liberal Democrats 23 Decrease4 2,337 Decrease255
Labour 36 Decrease18 2,225 Decrease665
SNP 0 Decrease1 363 Increase182
Residents 1 Steady 67 Decrease19
Green 0 Steady 62 Increase17
BNP 0 Steady 10 Increase1
Liberal 0 Steady 9 Decrease1
Scottish Green 0 Steady 8 Increase8
Mebyon Kernow 0 Steady 7 Increase1
UKIP 0 Steady 5 Decrease1
Health Concern 0 Steady 4 Increase1
Respect 0 Steady 3 Steady
Solidarity 0 Steady 1 Increase1
Scottish Socialist 0 Steady 0 Decrease1
Socialist Alternative 0 Steady 0 Decrease1
Other 4 Steady 949 Decrease162
No overall control 85 Decrease27 n/a n/a

Source BBC BBC NEWS | Politics | Vote 2007 | English councils map

England

All 36 English Metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

Council Previous control Result Details
Barnsley Labour Labour hold Details
Birmingham No overall control No overall control hold Details
Bolton No overall control No overall control hold Details
Bradford No overall control No overall control hold Details
Bury No overall control No overall control hold Details
Calderdale No overall control No overall control hold Details
Coventry Conservative Conservative hold Details
Doncaster No overall control No overall control hold Details
Dudley Conservative Conservative hold Details
Gateshead Labour Labour hold Details
Kirklees No overall control No overall control hold Details
Knowsley Labour Labour hold Details
Leeds No overall control No overall control hold Details
Liverpool Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Manchester Labour Labour hold Details
Newcastle upon Tyne Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
North Tyneside No overall control No overall control hold Details
Oldham Labour No overall control Details
Rochdale No overall control Liberal Democrats gain Details
Rotherham Labour Labour hold Details
Salford Labour Labour hold Details
Sandwell Labour Labour hold Details
Sefton No overall control No overall control hold Details
Sheffield Labour No overall control gain Details
Solihull Conservative No overall control gain Details
South Tyneside Labour Labour hold Details
St Helens No overall control No overall control hold Details
Stockport Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Sunderland Labour Labour hold Details
Tameside Labour Labour hold Details
Trafford Conservative Conservative hold Details
Wakefield Labour Labour hold Details
Walsall Conservative Conservative hold Details
Wigan Labour Labour hold Details
Wirral No overall control No overall control hold Details
Wolverhampton Labour Labour hold Details


Whole council

In 25 English unitary authorities the whole council was up for election.

Council Previous control Result Details
Bath and North East Somerset No overall control No overall control hold Details
Blackpool Labour Conservative gain Details
Bournemouth Liberal Democrats Conservative gain Details
Bracknell Forest Conservative Conservative hold Details
Brighton & Hove No overall control No overall control hold Details
Darlington Labour Labour hold Details
East Riding of Yorkshire No overall control Conservative gain Details
Herefordshire No overall control Conservative gain Details
Leicester No overall control Labour gain Details
Luton No overall control Labour gain Details
Medway Conservative Conservative hold Details
Middlesbrough Labour Labour hold Details
North Lincolnshire Conservative Labour gain Details
North Somerset No overall control Conservative gain Details
Nottingham Labour Labour hold Details
Poole Conservative Conservative hold Details
Redcar and Cleveland No overall control No overall control hold Details
Rutland Conservative Conservative hold Details
South Gloucestershire No overall control No overall control hold Details
Stockton-on-Tees No overall control No overall control hold Details
Telford and Wrekin No overall control No overall control hold Details
Torbay Liberal Democrats Conservative gain Details
West Berkshire Conservative Conservative hold Details
Windsor and Maidenhead Liberal Democrats Conservative gain Details
York Liberal Democrats No overall control gain Details

Third of council

In 20 English unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election.

Council Previous control Result Details
Blackburn with Darwen Labour No overall control gain Details
Bristol No overall control No overall control hold Details
Derby No overall control No overall control hold Details
Halton Labour Labour hold Details
Hartlepool Labour Labour hold Details
Kingston upon Hull No overall control Liberal Democrats gain Details
Milton Keynes No overall control No overall control hold Details
North East Lincolnshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
Peterborough Conservative Conservative hold Details
Plymouth No overall control Conservative gain Details
Portsmouth No overall control No overall control hold Details
Reading Labour Labour hold Details
Slough No overall control No overall control hold Details
Southampton No overall control No overall control hold Details
Southend-on-Sea Conservative Conservative hold Details
Stoke-on-Trent No overall control No overall control hold Details
Swindon Conservative Conservative hold Details
Thurrock Conservative No overall control Details
Warrington No overall control No overall control hold Details
Wokingham Conservative Conservative hold Details


District councils

Whole council

In 153 English district authorities the whole council was up for election.[3]

Council Previous control Result Details
Allerdale No overall control No overall control hold Details
Alnwick No overall control No overall control hold Details
Arun Conservative Conservative hold Details
Ashfield Labour No overall control Details
Ashford Conservative Conservative hold Details
Aylesbury Vale Conservative Conservative hold Details
Babergh No overall control No overall control hold Details
Berwick-upon-Tweed No overall control No overall control hold Details
Blaby Conservative Conservative hold Details
Blyth Valley Labour Labour hold Details
Bolsover Labour Labour hold Details
Boston No overall control Boston Bypass Independents gain Details
Braintree No overall control Conservative gain Details
Breckland Conservative Conservative hold Details
Bridgnorth No overall control No overall control hold Details
Broadland Conservative Conservative hold Details
Bromsgrove Conservative Conservative hold Details
Broxtowe No overall control No overall control hold Details
Canterbury No overall control Conservative gain Details
Caradon No overall control Liberal Democrats gain Details
Carrick Liberal Democrats No overall control Details
Castle Morpeth No overall control No overall control hold Details
Charnwood No overall control Conservative gain Details
Chelmsford Conservative Conservative hold Details
Chester-le-Street Labour Labour hold Details
Chesterfield Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Chichester Conservative Conservative hold Details
Chiltern Conservative Conservative hold Details
Christchurch Conservative Conservative hold Details
Copeland Labour Labour hold Details
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Third of council

In 78 English district authorities one third of the council was up for election.

Council Previous control Result Details
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Mayoral elections

Council Independent Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Green Elected Result
Bedford 15,967 10,710 4,757 10,551 1,538 Frank Branston Independent hold
Mansfield 13,756 2,770 8,774 1,944 1,489 Tony Egginton Independent hold
Middlesbrough 17,455 1,733 3,539 7,026 no candidate Ray Mallon Independent hold

Scotland

The time allocated for running scripts has expired. All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election - all Scottish councils are unitary authorities. These local elections were held on the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. They were the first election for local government in mainland Great Britain to use the Single transferable vote (the system is used in Northern Ireland), as implemented by the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.[4]

Summary of results

Party Councils - majority Councils - in coalition/minority Councillors
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 2 11 348
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 0 12 166
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 0 8 143
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 0 0 8
Scottish Socialist Party 0 0 1
Solidarity 0 0 1
Other 3 9 193
No overall control 27 - -

Councils

The notional results in the following table are based on a document that John Curtice and Stephen Herbert (Professors at the University of Strathclyde) produced on 3 June 2005, calculating the effect of the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote on the 2003 Scottish Local Elections.[5]

Council 2003 result
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Aberdeenshire The time allocated for running scripts has expired. (LD + Ind) NOC The time allocated for running scripts has expired. (LD + Con) Details
Angus The time allocated for running scripts has expired. NOC The time allocated for running scripts has expired. (Ind + Con + LD + Lab) Details
Argyll and Bute The time allocated for running scripts has expired. Independent The time allocated for running scripts has expired. (Ind + SNP) Details
Clackmannanshire The time allocated for running scripts has expired. NOC The time allocated for running scripts has expired. (Lab minority) Details
Dumfries and Galloway The time allocated for running scripts has expired. (Lab[6]) NOC The time allocated for running scripts has expired. (Con + LD) Details
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Pre-election predictions

A Newsnight poll by the analysts Rallings and Thrasher some days before the election predicted the following results for the English council elections:

Con 38% (Conservatives gaining 330 seats and losing 2% of the vote on 2006)

Lab 24% (Labour losing 500 seats and losing 2% of the vote on 2006)

LD 29% (Liberal Democrats gaining 110 seats and gaining 2% of the vote on 2006)

However, these predictions, as in 2006, were largely inaccurate, underestimating Conservative support and grossly overestimating the Lib Dems' performance. However, it did accurately predict the number of seats Labour would lose.

Notes and references

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  6. ^ Labour minority control. The council was previously run by a coalition of Scottish Liberal Democrats, Independents and the SNP.
  7. ^ Liberal Democrats lack a majority (LD: 12 councillors; opposition: 12 councillors)
  8. ^ Labour lack a majority, after by election loss to Scottish National Party (Lab: 29 councillors; opposition: 29 councillors)
  9. ^ Labour minority administration
  10. ^ Conservative and Unionist control, on a cut of the cards (Con: 15 councillors; opposition: 15 councillors)
  11. ^ Labour lack a majority, after by election loss to Scottish National Party (Lab: 11 councillors; opposition: 11 councillors)

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