2007 Poole Borough Council election

Elections to Poole Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007 in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 42 seats across 16 wards of this unitary authority were up for election.

There were 115 candidates nominated, comprised as follows:- 42 Conservatives, 36 Liberal Democrats, 16 Labour, 13 UK Independence Party, 5 Independents, 2 British National Party and 1 Green Party.

Election result summary

Poole Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25	2	3	-1	50.9	59.5	54,506
	Liberal Democrats	17	3	2	+1	40.5	38.2	40,956
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.9	4,182
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	3,907
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	1,835
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	878
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	836

Election results by ward

Alderney (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Trent	1,652
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Wilson	1,611
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Meachin	1,534
	Conservative	Carol Burnell	537
	Conservative	Michael Woolrych	518
	Conservative	Linda Gillard	515
	BNP	Stuart Smith	464
	UKIP	Joan Player	349
	Labour	Verity Sanderson	302
Turnout			2,900	34.86
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Branksome East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Hillman	947
	Conservative	Guy Montrose	817
	Independent	Veronica Trevett	577
	Liberal Democrats	Cathey Gardner	353
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Matthews	334
Turnout			1,689	35.71
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Branksome West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Eades	1,119
	Conservative	Joyce Lavender	1,007
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Le Poidevin	996
	Conservative	Jonathan Bagram	854
Turnout			2,108	38.90
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadstone (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Brooke	2,696
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Mason	2,314
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Martin	2,301
	Conservative	David Newell	1,872
	Conservative	Barry Smith	1,796
	Conservative	Marie Krolski-Pethen	1,587
	UKIP	Ian Critchley	307
	Independent	Roy Godfrey	272
	Independent	Brian Lloyd	235
Turnout			4,671	55.67
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Canford Cliffs (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Deas	2,610
	Conservative	May Haines	2,414
	Conservative	Niel Sorton	2,263
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Rennison	508
	UKIP	John Haywood	420
Turnout			3,119	43.27
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canford Heath East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Moore	1,221
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Curtis	1,152
	Conservative	Margaret Roebuck	410
	Conservative	Sheila Roberts	399
	UKIP	Valerie Foice	139
	Labour	Matthew Smith	83
	Labour	James Selby-Bennett	76
Turnout			1,844	34.20
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Canford Heath West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Matthews	1,100
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Allen	994
	Conservative	Bernard Broderick	757
	Conservative	Mike Walton	706
	UKIP	Jack Edwards	163
	Labour	Julie Sanderson	125
	Labour	George Inglis	113
Turnout			2,104	39.76
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Creekmoor (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Burden	1,649
	Conservative	John Rampton	1,503
	Conservative	Judy Butt	1,475
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Mackay	788
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Bates	757
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew May	753
	UKIP	John Butler	364
Turnout			2,556	35.18
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hamworthy East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gregory	805
	Conservative	Mike White	793
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Bond	494
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Fraser	377
	Labour	Darren Brown	256
	Labour	Jason Sanderson	209
Turnout			1,542	35.65
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hamworthy West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Chandler	829
	Conservative	Michael Wilkins	815
	Liberal Democrats	Lou Knight	563
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Deacon	510
	Labour	Pat Hicks	223
	Labour	Bill Duncan	198
Turnout			1,649	32.61
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Merley and Bearwood (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Maiden	2,238
	Liberal Democrats	David Brown	2,227
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Long	2,036
	Conservative	Katie Hives	1,676
	Conservative	Jonathan Pethen	1,492
	Conservative	Karen Rampton	1,475
Turnout			3,901	46.81
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Newtown (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Plummer	1,452
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clements	1,439
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Wilson	1,391
	Conservative	John Allen	854
	Conservative	Leo Belcham	809
	Conservative	Suki Tate	770
	Labour	Hazel Malcolm-Walker	322
	Labour	Ian Malcolm-Walker	287
Turnout			2,781	30.75
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oakdale (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Adams	1,584
	Conservative	David Gillard	1,484
	Conservative	Janet Walton	1,194
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Parker	572
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Perrin	926
	Liberal Democrats	Angela van Lancker	868
	Labour	Brian Ellis	413
	UKIP	Gillian Coulbeck	379
	Labour	Tony Gardner	363
	UKIP	Emma-Leigh Graham	353
	UKIP	Michael Fisher	322
	Labour	Tilak Ginige	298
Turnout			2,781	30.75
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parkstone (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Stribley	2,074
	Conservative	Don Collier	1,989
	Conservative	Tony Woodcock	1,747
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Howells	947
	Green	Jack Constantine	836
	Independent	Ian Northover	559
	BNP	Glenn Chappelle-Marriot	298
Turnout			3,352	40.51
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penn Hill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Atkinson	1,947
	Conservative	Xena Dion	1,942
	Conservative	Ronald Parker	1,911
	Liberal Democrats	Quenten Walker	900
	UKIP	Marion Wilson	472
Turnout			3,068	36.14
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Poole Town (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Evans	1,248
	Conservative	Brian Leverett	1,245
	Conservative	Chris Bulteel	1,190
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Wilson	485
	Liberal Democrats	David Parker	480
	Liberal Democrats	Anndrew Muspratt	478
	UKIP	Avril King	377
	Labour	Jennie Ellis	346
	Labour	John Hewinson	293
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	286
	UKIP	Peter Wheat	251
	Independent	Jason Jones	192
Turnout			2,481	35.40
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing