2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election
# 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election

The 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

* Conservative 39
* Liberal Democrats 11
* Independent 2

## Background

19 seats on the council were contested at the election, with the Conservatives controlling the council before the election with 40 of the 52 seats. A number of sitting councillors stood down at the election including Conservatives Jean Chandler (Fenstanton ward) and Nick Guyatt, and Liberal Democrat Shirley Menczer (Brampton ward).

As well as candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, there were also Green Party candidates in the 3 Huntingdon wards, a British National Party candidate in St Neots Eynesbury and a UK Independence Party candidate in Upwood and The Raveleys. Meanwhile, the only councillor to have served since the council was founded in 1974, Conservative Mike Newman, stood again in Somersham ward.

## Election result

The Conservatives suffered a net loss of 1 seat, after losing 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats, but also gaining 1 seat. This meant the Conservatives stayed in control of the council with 39 councillors, compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. One of the 2 Liberal Democrat gains came in Huntingdon North, where 19-year-old Sam Kemp took the seat by 19 votes from Conservative Maggie Wheeler.

Huntingdonshire local election result 2007 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conservative | 14 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 73.7 | 57.9 | 16,894 | +2.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 26.3 | 31.4 | 9,168 | -1.2% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 2,347 | -0.4% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 299 | +1.0% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 280 | +1.0% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 166 | +0.6% |

## Ward results

Brampton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Jordan | 1,237 | 50.8 | |
| | Conservative | Jane King | 1,123 | 46.1 | |
| | Labour | Sybil Tuckwood | 77 | 3.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 114 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,437 | 51.7 | -4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

Earith :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Philip Godfrey | 1,157 | 71.7 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leona Graham-Elen | 361 | 22.4 | -2.3 |
| | Labour | Cindy Cochrane | 95 | 5.9 | -0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 796 | 49.3 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,613 | 34.9 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Ellington :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Baker | 747 | 57.1 | -2.3 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Cawley | 561 | 42.9 | +6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 186 | 14.2 | -8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,308 | 57.9 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

Elton and Folksworth :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Mac McGuire | 690 | 83.4 | +10.6 |
| | Labour | Mary Howell | 137 | 16.6 | +8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 553 | 66.9 | +13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 827 | 39.9 | -2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Fenstanton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Paul Dakers | 442 | 48.2 | -2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Saunderson | 430 | 46.9 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | Angela Richards | 45 | 4.9 | -1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 1.3 | -5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 917 | 37.7 | -2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Gransden and The Offords :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Barbara Boddington | 1,106 | 75.7 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Hayward | 355 | 24.3 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 751 | 51.4 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,461 | 41.1 | -0.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Huntingdon East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Mike Simpson | 1,173 | 49.1 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Fleming | 901 | 37.7 | -12.4 |
| | Labour | David King | 188 | 7.9 | -1.4 |
| | Green | Tony Staples | 125 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 11.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,387 | 36.1 | -3.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Huntingdon North :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Kemp | 376 | 37.7 | |
| | Conservative | Maggie Wheeler | 357 | 35.8 | |
| | Labour | Ann Beevor | 202 | 20.3 | |
| | Green | John Clare | 62 | 6.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 1.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 997 | 27.3 | -0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

Huntingdon West :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Tom Sanderson | 974 | 70.2 | +6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Burrell | 209 | 15.1 | -11.4 |
| | Labour | David Brown | 112 | 8.1 | -2.0 |
| | Green | Karen How | 93 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 765 | 55.1 | +18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,388 | 32.2 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Kimbolton and Staughton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Gray | 985 | 73.8 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Benford | 314 | 23.5 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Patrick Kadewere | 36 | 2.7 | -3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 671 | 50.3 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,335 | 54.0 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Ramsey :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ross Muir | 1,050 | 58.0 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Dutton | 620 | 34.3 | -16.1 |
| | Labour | Susan Coomey | 140 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 430 | 23.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,810 | 28.6 | -4.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Somersham :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Michael Newman | 1,140 | 66.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Hulme | 483 | 28.0 | |
| | Labour | Karen Webb | 103 | 6.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 657 | 38.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,726 | 38.0 | -8.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

St Neots Eaton Ford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | David Harty | 1,102 | 56.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Land | 755 | 38.4 | |
| | Labour | John Watson | 110 | 5.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 347 | 17.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,967 | 37.3 | -4.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

St Neots Eaton Socon :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Thorpe | 671 | 47.5 | |
| | Conservative | Mandy Thomas | 659 | 46.7 | |
| | Labour | Graham Hitchings | 82 | 5.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,412 | 33.9 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

St Neots Eynesbury :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Paul Ursell | 905 | 41.2 | -7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Collins | 791 | 36.0 | -4.6 |
| | BNP | Nicholas Smith | 299 | 13.6 | +13.6 |
| | Labour | Bill O'Connor | 201 | 9.2 | -1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 114 | 5.2 | -3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,196 | 30.0 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

St Neots Priory Park :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kendal Cooper | 742 | 47.4 | -6.5 |
| | Conservative | Paula Longford | 726 | 46.4 | +8.0 |
| | Labour | Richard Allen | 96 | 6.1 | -1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16 | 1.0 | -14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,564 | 35.1 | -0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

Stilton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Peter Mitchell | 743 | 81.3 | +17.4 |
| | Labour | Margaret Cochrane | 171 | 18.7 | +9.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 572 | 62.6 | +25.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 914 | 39.9 | -6.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Upwood and The Raveleys :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Terry Bell | 453 | 54.6 | +5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Worgan | 176 | 21.2 | -24.2 |
| | UKIP | Robert Brown | 166 | 20.0 | +20.0 |
| | Labour | Graeme Watkins | 34 | 4.1 | -1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 33.4 | +30.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 829 | 33.2 | -7.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Yaxley and Farcet :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Eric Butler | 1,548 | 74.9 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | Kevin Goddard | 518 | 25.1 | -7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,030 | 49.9 | +14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,066 | 27.6 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
