2007 Brentwood Borough Council election

Elections to Brentwood Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Brentwood Borough Council Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	2	0	+2	66.6	54.0	9,707	-5.2
Liberal Democrats	3	0	2	-2	16.6	32.7	5,869	+3.6
Labour	1	0	0	0	8.3	8.3	1,499	-0.4
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	504	+2.8
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	392	-0.9

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Brentwood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Reg Straw	866	48.6	+10.4
	Conservative	Cheralyn Lewis	764	42.9	-7.8
	Labour	Julie Morrissey	151	8.5	-2.6
Majority			102	5.7	-6.7
Turnout			1,811	40.1	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-6.7

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Brentwood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Le-Surf	608	41.4	+0.7
	Conservative	Tony Williams	597	40.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Howe	262	17.9	-2.4
Majority			11	0.7	-0.9
Turnout			1,467	37.6	-5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Brentwood West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Chilvers	866	52.0	+8.0
	Conservative	Michael Golding	722	43.4	-0.8
	Labour	Peter Mayo	77	4.6	-0.8
Majority			144	8.6	+2.1
Turnout			1,665	38.7	-4.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.1

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Brizes & Doddinghurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Sparling	868	50.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Brown	579	33.6	-3.1
	UKIP	Yvonne Maguire	204	11.8	0.4
	Labour	Barrie Wickerson	74	4.3	0.8
Majority			289	16.8	-20.2
Turnout			1,725	37.55	-6.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+27.5

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon MacLellan	854	76.5	-11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Carter	193	17.3	+11.7
	Labour	Robert Gow	69	6.2	0.1
Majority			661	59.2	-22.9
Turnout			1,116	39.2	-8.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Hutton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hossack	584	63.0	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Davis	257	27.7	-6.8
	Labour	Richard Enever	86	9.3	+3.4
Majority			327	35.3	10.2
Turnout			927	32.94	-8.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.7

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Hutton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dudley Payne	552	47.6	-12.7
	Independent	Graham Soames	504	43.5	+43.5
	Labour	Charles Bisson	103	8.9	0.1
Majority			48	4.1	-25.1
Turnout			1,159	37.94	-9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-28.3

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Noelle Hones	1,102	52.8	-12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Dale	717	34.4	+15.5
	UKIP	Janette Gulleford	188	9.0	-0.2
	Labour	Jane Winter	80	3.8	-3.1
Majority			385	18.4	-37.3
Turnout			2,087	44.84	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.4

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Pilgrims Hatch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mathew Aspinell	1,010	57.8	+5.5
	Conservative	Paula Sparling	670	38.4	+2.0
	Labour	Michele Wigram	66	3.8	-7.1
Majority			340	19.5	14.6
Turnout			1,746	39.1	-4.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.8

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Shenfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Baker	1,254	77.7	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Long	281	17.4	-0.1
	Labour	Ian Wands	79	4.9	-0.6
Majority			973	60.3	0.8
Turnout			1,361	39.4	-6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.3

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Tipps Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Madeline Henwood	828	71.2	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Davies	269	23.1	-8.8
	Labour	Paul Skingley	66	5.7	-1.0
Majority			559	48.1	18.6
Turnout			1,163	39.56	-6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+18.6

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2007: Warley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Lloyd	882	50.6	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Hubbard	771	44.2	+8.3
	Labour	Richard Margrave	91	5.2	-4.3
Majority			111	6.4	-10.0
Turnout			1,744	41.0	-4.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+3.4

Ward	Party	Incumbent Elected	Incumbent	Standing again?
Brentwood North	Liberal Democrats	2003	Reginald Straw	Re-elected
Brentwood South	Labour	2003	David Hann	No
Brentwood West	Liberal Democrats	2003	Allan Wheatley	No
Brizes & Doddinghurst	Liberal Democrats	2003	Colin Brown	Yes
Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon	Conservative	2003	Gordon MacLellan	Re-elected
Hutton East	Conservative	2003	Christopher Hossack	Re-elected
Hutton North	Conservative	2003	Dudley Payne	Re-elected
Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing	Conservative	2003	Sarah Courage	No
Pilgrims Hatch	Liberal Democrats	2003	Charles Myers	No
Shenfield	Conservative	2003	Philip Baker	Re-elected
Tipps Cross	Conservative	2003	Madeline Henwood	Re-elected
Warley	Liberal Democrats	2003	Jill Hubbard	Yes