2007 Ashfield District Council election

The 2007 Ashfield District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

Election result

The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council, after a net loss of 8 seats saw them reduced to 9 councillors.^[2] Among the defeated Labour councillors were 2 members of the cabinet, Jessie Parker in Sutton-in-Ashfield North and Stephen Mays in Underwood.^[2] There were 12 independent councillors elected, but it was the Liberal Democrats who made big progress, gaining 8 seats to move level with Labour on 9 seats.^[2] One of the Liberal Democrat winners, Helen Smith, became one of the youngest councillors in the country at the age of 19 after gaining a seat in Woodhouse ward.^[2]

Ashfield Local Election Result 2007^[1]^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	12	2	3	-1	36.4	27.7	17,694	-7.1%
Labour	9	2	10	-8	27.3	28.6	18,262	-23.4%
Liberal Democrats	9	8	0	+8	27.3	25.3	16,177	+25.3%
Conservative	3	3	0	+3	9.1	12.6	8,083	+5.3%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	1,990	+3.1%
Green	0	0	2	-2	0	2.0	1,308	-2.5%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	349	+0.5%
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	78	+0.1%

Ward results

Hucknall Central (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Robert Spray	1,056
	Conservative	Gordon Riley	879
	Labour	Trevor Locke	602
	Labour	Keith Northeast	592
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Toseland	396
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Briggs	244
Turnout			3,769
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hucknall East (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Rankin	744
	Labour	David Shaw	528
	Labour	Geoffrey Thorpe	504
	Green	Timothy Welton	484
	UKIP	Albert Inskip	349
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Jones	178
	Green	David Lowe	176
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Mullaney	168
Turnout			3,131
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hucknall North (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Dymock	673
	Labour	John Wilmott	666
	Conservative	Robert Copley	644
	Independent	Robert Gow	542
	Labour	David Hughes	521
	Liberal Democrats	David Haworth	372
	Liberal Democrats	Nicole Knight	337
Turnout			3,755
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hucknall West (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Austin Rathe	1,281
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Toseland	1,236
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Bradshaw	1,103
	Conservative	Kevin Rostance	901
	Conservative	Rodney Allen	786
	Labour	James Blagden	533
	Labour	Ian Briggs	497
	Labour	Mireille Hughes	464
	BNP	Susan Gamble	330
Turnout			7,131
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Jacksdale^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Mays	368	46.5	−29.7
	Independent	Clifford Perry	231	29.2	+5.4
	BNP	Darran Burke	192	24.3	+24.3
Majority			137	17.3	−35.0
Turnout			791
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Rachel Madden	774
	Independent	Antony Brown	703
	Labour	Alan Howlett	672
	BNP	Trevor Bradford	534
	Independent	Paul Rockley	525
Turnout			3,208
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Kirkby-in-Ashfield East (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Wendy Harvey	784
	Labour	Warren Nuttall	405
	BNP	Paul Gamble	383
	Independent	Harald Greasley	369
	Labour	Beverly Meszaros	334
	Independent	Linda Barsby	281
	Independent	Terry Sadler	174
Turnout			2,730
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Kirkby-in-Ashfield West (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Baird	861
	Labour	John Knight	472
	BNP	Michael Clarke	372
	Independent	David Spalding	348
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Mullaney	250
	Independent	Sheila Humphreys	232
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Zadrozny	177
Turnout			2,712
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Selston (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Selston Area Independents Putting People First	Beverley Turner	1,402	42.8
	Selston Area Independents Putting People First	Samuel Wilson	1,114	34.0
	Labour	Edward Llewellyn-Jones	391	11.9
	Independent	David Sewell	366	11.2
Turnout			3,273
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Sutton-In-Ashfield Central (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Bulmer	1,040
	Labour	Margaret Thorpe	979
	Labour	Christine Wakefield	919
	Independent	John Ross	753
	Conservative	Sylvia Baker	642
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Knight	633
	Conservative	Christine Vernon	595
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Zadrozny	536
Turnout			6,097
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton-In-Ashfield East (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Anthony Wallis	996
	Independent	David Parker	978
	Labour	May Barsby	975
	Labour	Steven Carroll	915
	Labour	Kier Barsby	868
	Conservative	Mavis Allen	739
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Mitchell	713
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Zadrozny	460
Turnout			6,644
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton-In-Ashfield North (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Zadrozny	2,094
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Cooper	1,920
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mullaney	1,757
	Labour	Ivan Pitchford	536
	Labour	Melanie Darrington	508
	Labour	Jessie Parker	506
	Conservative	John Baker	329
	Conservative	Michael Halls	313
	Independent	Alfred Thorpe	230
	Conservative	Eugene Di Villa	219
Turnout			8,412
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Sutton-In-Ashfield West (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ramon Buttery	1,359
	Independent	Roy Adkins	1,119
	Independent	Diane Lowe	1,006
	Independent	David Shooter	845
	Labour	Christine Kirkham	748
	Labour	Terence Keetley	747
	Labour	Ian Stokes	644
	Conservative	Peter Thorpe	619
Turnout			7,087
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Underwood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sears-Piccavey	538	48.5
	Labour	Stephen Mays	206	18.6
	BNP	Jane Clarke	179	16.1
	Independent	Diane Doran	109	9.8
	English Democrat	Anthony Ellis	78	7.0
Majority			332	29.9
Turnout			1,110
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Woodhouse (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Theaker	964
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Smith	820
	Labour	Pamela Lewis	572
	Labour	Linda Ward	550
	Green	Mark Harrison	351
	Green	Ann Hilton	297
	Independent	Petro Clarke	295
	Independent	Glenn Baird	242
Turnout			4,091
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "Ashfield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Labour loses control of Ashfield". Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Elections - Results May 2007". Ashfield District Council. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

[lose-1] "Ashfield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

[labour-2] "Labour loses control of Ashfield". Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Elections - Results May 2007". Ashfield District Council. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

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