2007 Kennet District Council election

2007 Kennet District Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 43 seats to Kennet District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con Ind UKIP Party Conservative Independent UKIP Last election 26 seats, 40.9% 8 seats, 17.8% 1 seat, 1.7% Seats won 33 5 2 Seat change 7 3 1 Popular vote 11,890 3,365 3,148 Percentage 47.3% 13.4% 12.5% Swing 6.4% 4.4% 10.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   DG LD Party Devizes Guardians Liberal Democrats Last election 3 seats, 7.6% 3 seats, 17.0% Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,391 3,958 Percentage 5.5% 15.7% Swing 2.1% 1.3%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Elections to Kennet District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservatives comfortably retained control, winning thirty-three of the forty-three seats available.

This was the last election of district councilors to take place in Kennet. The following year, a government review of local government determined that the four district councils of Wiltshire were to be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority with effect from 1 April 2009, when Kennet would be abolished and its councilors ' term of office would end two years early.

Elections to the new unitary authority, Wiltshire Council, took place in June 2009.

Election result

Kennet District Council elections, 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33	8	2	+6	76.7	47.3	11,890
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	2	–2	2.3	15.7	3,958
	Independent	5	1	4	–3	11.6	13.4	3,365
	UKIP	2	1	0	+1	4.7	12.5	3,148
	Devizes Guardians	2	0	1	–1	4.7	5.5	1,391
	Labour	0	0	1	–1	0	5.5	1,388

Ward results

Aldbourne

Aldbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Humphries	344	47.9
	Independent	Michael Andrew Edmonds	311	43.3
	Labour	Frank Jefferies	63	8.8
Majority			33
Turnout				51.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

All Cannings

All Cannings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Molland	461	70.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Walling	198	30.0
Majority			263
Turnout				42.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bedwyn

Bedwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stella Marion Zweck	364	57.4
	Liberal Democrats	David John Walker	270	42.6
Majority			94
Turnout				44.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bishops Cannings

Bishops Cannings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Adamson	270	47.9
	Independent	Eric Alan Clark	202	35.8
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Waters	70	12.4
	Labour	Colin Robert Hopgood	22	3.9
Majority			68
Turnout				41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bromham & Rowde

Bromham & Rowde (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Mary Giles	734
	Conservative	Philip Alfred Brown	660
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Andre Frederick Elia	332
Majority			328
Turnout				40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burbage

Burbage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart John Kennedy Wheeler	407	69.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Watson	179	30.5
Majority			228
Turnout				42.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheverell

Cheverell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Grundy	412	61.5
	UKIP	Christine Ann Cotton	258	38.5
Majority			154
Turnout				49.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Collingbourne

Collingbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Howard	332	58.6
	Independent	James Robinson	199	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Magee	36	6.3
Majority			133
Turnout				45.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Devizes East

Devizes East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Devizes Guardians	Tony Duck	706
	Conservative	Peter Evans	563
	Conservative	Julian Beinhorn	508
	Labour	Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor	450
	Conservative	Alistair Michael John Gagen	324
	Labour	Patricia Baxter	282
	Labour	Noel Woolrych	269
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Selwyn	260
	UKIP	John Charles Stott	148
Majority			58
Turnout				34.2
	Devizes Guardians hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Devizes North

Devizes North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paula Mary Winchcombe	351
	Conservative	Sue Evans	298
	Devizes Guardians	Nigel Denys Carter	245
	Liberal Democrats	Don Jones	211
	Labour	Sue Buxton	144
	Independent	Ian Richard Porter Hopkins	142
	UKIP	Ernie Giles	136
	Labour	Tim Price	123
	UKIP	John Maurice Ryan	75
Majority			53
Turnout				37.3
	Conservative gain from Devizes Guardians		Swing

Devizes South

Devizes South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Parsons	447
	Devizes Guardians	Jeff Ody	440
	Conservative	Charles Stuart Winchcombe	429
	Labour	Ray Taylor	325
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Callow	207
	Labour	Jim Thorpe	207
Majority			11
Turnout				44.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Devizes Guardians hold		Swing

Ludgershall

Ludgershall (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Beard	405
	Conservative	Chris Williams	385
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Holgate	154
	UKIP	Tony Still	143
	UKIP	Deborah Anne Holmes	140
Majority			231
Turnout				31.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marlborough East

Marlborough East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edwina Jean Fogg	481
	Liberal Democrats	Peggy Ann Dow	436
	Conservative	Marian Hannaford-Dobson	405
	Conservative	Paul Gregory Horsnall	285
	Liberal Democrats	John Alexander Kirk Wilson	235
	UKIP	Mike Bird	103
Majority			31
Turnout				35.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marlborough West

Marlborough West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicholas Fogg	770
	Conservative	Stewart Dobson	618
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Derek Castle	364
	Conservative	Stan Radnedge	359
	Independent	Anthony Richard Adrian Sycamore	348
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Pitts	328
Majority			254
Turnout				47.2
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton Lilbourne

Milton Lilbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Leonard Douglas Caldwell	321	56.7
	Independent	John Baxendale Cooke	188	33.2
	UKIP	Leonard Sydney Drew	57	10.1
Majority			133
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netheravon

Netheravon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Alan Stephen Wood	385	52.5
	Conservative	Ian Charles Duke Blair-Pilling	349	47.5
Majority			36
Turnout				49.3
	UKIP hold		Swing

Ogbourne

Ogbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Tudor Bryn Hunter	345	61.9
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Francis	212	38.1
Majority			133
Turnout				41.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Pewsey

Pewsey (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anne Hayhoe	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative	Jerry Kunkler	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Pewsey Vale

Pewsey Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Triggs	417	70.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Leighton	177	29.8
Majority			230
Turnout				42.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Potterne

Potterne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clyde Patrick George Hoddinott	316	65.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Charles Rankin	168	34.7
Majority			148
Turnout				39.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Ramsbury

Ramsbury (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian John Twigger	771
	Independent	Susan Mary Findlay	756
	UKIP	Frank Baydon Bovingdon	201
Majority			555
Turnout				41.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Roundway

Roundway (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Brewer	621
	Conservative	Laura Evelyn Mayes	589
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Callow	420
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Fell	343
	Labour	Christine Jenkins	135
Majority			169
Turnout				36.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Seend

Seend

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Lake	412	79.8
	UKIP	Bruce Wesley Cotton	104	20.2
Majority			308
Turnout				44.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shalbourne

Shalbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Newton Veasey	449	62.1
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Evans	163	22.5
	UKIP	Lincoln Vincent Williams	111	15.4
Majority			286
Turnout				47.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Lavingtons

The Lavingtons (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Elliott Gamble	550
	Conservative	Jerry Willmott	480
	UKIP	Mike Bridgeman	339
	UKIP	Wendy Watkiss	276
	Labour	Sharon Charity	249
Majority			141
Turnout				41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tidworth, Perham Down and Ludgershall South

Tidworth, Perham Down & Ludgershall South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Robert Connolly	761
	UKIP	Steven Melville Dagger	692
	Conservative	Stephen John Miles	650
	Conservative	Dottie Halfon	359
Majority			291
Turnout				23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upavon

Upavon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dominic Campbell	366	60.3
	UKIP	Brian Doherty	140	23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Phyllida Holgate	101	16.6
Majority			226
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urchfont

Urchfont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathon Seed	415	55.6
	UKIP	Steve Hamilton	331	44.4
Majority			84
Turnout				52.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Selkley

West Selkley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gretchen Rawlins	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• Kennet District Council elections