2007 Redditch Borough Council election

2007 elections to Redditch Borough Council in England were held on 3 May. One third of the council was up for election and the result was that council stayed under no overall control.

Map of the results

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

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Redditch Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 5 0 0 0 50.0 41.9 8,336 +1.7%
  Labour 3 0 0 0 30.0 29.3 5,826 -5.0%
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 0 0 20.0 20.7 4,115 0.0%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 7.7 1,526 +3.0%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 98 +0.5%

Ward results

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Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Thomas 1,004 53.4 +20.8
Conservative Anita Clayton 514 27.3 −7.4
Labour Mohammad Nasir 362 19.3 −13.4
Majority 490 26.1
Turnout 1,880 46.4 +4.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Astwood Bank & Feckenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brandon Clayton 1,085 59.7 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Graham Pollard 382 21.0 +1.9
Labour John Witherspoon 350 19.3 +1.6
Majority 703 38.7 −5.3
Turnout 1,817 40.2 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing
Batchley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Cookson 837 39.7 −3.8
Conservative Gordon Craig 639 30.3 −8.2
BNP Dawn Enderby-New 424 20.1 +20.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hennessey 175 8.3 −9.7
Independent Isabel Armstrong 34 1.6 +1.6
Majority 198 9.4 +4.4
Turnout 2,109 36.1 +4.2
Labour hold Swing
Church Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robin King 824 43.6 −1.5
Conservative Betty Armstrong 690 36.5 +3.9
Liberal Democrats David Gee 377 19.9 −2.4
Majority 134 7.1 −5.4
Turnout 1,891 30.9 −1.1
Labour hold Swing
Crabbs Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jack Field 1,017 62.0 +0.4
Labour Malcolm Beaumont 401 24.5 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Cummings 222 13.5 −4.0
Majority 616 37.5 −3.2
Turnout 1,640 37.1 −0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Greenlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wanda King 766 37.4 −8.5
BNP Karl Newman 502 24.5 +24.5
Conservative Ken Banks 492 24.0 −9.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Pitt 286 14.0 −6.4
Majority 264 12.9 +0.8
Turnout 2,046 33.1 +3.0
Labour hold Swing
Headless Cross & Oakenshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carole Gandy 1,464 57.8 +5.8
Labour Alan Mason 666 26.3 +6.2
Liberal Democrats John Stanley 401 15.8 −12.0
Majority 798 31.5 +7.3
Turnout 2,531 37.4 +0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Matchborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Juliet Brunner 860 56.2
Labour Roy Vickers 446 29.2
Liberal Democrats Simone Rudge 223 14.6
Majority 414 27.0
Turnout 1,529 33.8 +0.2
Conservative hold Swing
West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kath Banks 1,085 64.7
Labour John Fisher 383 22.8
Liberal Democrats Adrian Field 209 12.5
Majority 702 41.9
Turnout 1,677 37.9 −0.1
Conservative hold Swing
Winyates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Hicks 836 30.1 +14.1
Labour Clive Cheetham 791 28.4 −2.6
BNP Maurice Field 600 21.6 −9.8
Conservative Jason Allbutt 490 17.6 −4.0
Independent Richard Armstrong 64 2.3 +2.3
Majority 45 1.7
Turnout 2,781 42.8 −1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

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