2007 Chichester District Council election

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control with an increased majority.

2007 Chichester District Council election

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All 48 seats to Chichester District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
PartyConservativeLiberal Democrats
Last election2621
Seats won3411
Seat changeIncrease8Decrease10
Popular vote32,61120,005
Percentage52.9%32.5%

Map showing the results of the 2007 Chichester District Council elections by ward.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Election result

Chichester District Council Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
 Conservative34113+870.852.932,611+8.4
 Liberal Democrats11110-922.932.520,005-5.5
 Independent321+16.29.55,850+7.2
 Labour000002.61,595-6.6
 UKIP000002.21,336-2.6
 BNP000000.4247+0.4

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

The +/- in seats is calculated after any by-election results since the last full council election.The +/- in vote % is calculated from the % at the last full council election.

34113
ConservativeLiberal DemocratI.

Ward results

Bosham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDavid John Myers84833.4
ConservativeMyles Antony Cullen84633.4
IndependentCliff Archer62824.8
UKIPAlicia Ruth Denny1134.5
UKIPDouglas Denny1014.0
Turnout147143.2
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative holdSwing
Boxgrove (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeHenry Potter55968.3
Liberal DemocratsJake Wright26031.8
Turnout81947.4
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
Bury (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSusan Eileen Wade-Weeks43955.3
IndependentSusan Mary Hallock35544.7
Turnout79444.6
Conservative holdSwing
Chichester East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsQuentin Robson Cox77719.4
Liberal DemocratsAnthony John French76819.2
Liberal DemocratsSusan Fairley75418.8
ConservativeHilary Anne Flynn54113.5
ConservativePaul Newton-Lewis54113.5
ConservativeRobert Pettigrew42210.5
LabourJune Mary Leonard2085.2
Turnout155526.8
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Chichester North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDerek Charles James105517.2
ConservativeStuart Ian King100616.4
ConservativeNicholas Roberts96915.8
Liberal DemocratsPatricia Hooley94015.3
Liberal DemocratsRichard Edward Plowman92515.0
Liberal DemocratsEdith Pingree89114.5
UKIPMichael Mason1913.1
LabourJanet Cynthia Miller1732.8
Turnout215547.1
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
Chichester South (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsAnne Mary Dorothy Scicluna81217.4
ConservativePam Dignum72515.6
Liberal DemocratsAlan David Chaplin69014.8
Liberal DemocratsDavid John Siggs68714.7
ConservativeBarbara Joan Rees66314.2
ConservativeEstelle Flora Strong65114.0
UKIPNigel Degge Wilmot Sitwell2325.0
LabourMalcolm John Few1994.3
Turnout169633.9
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Chichester West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsMichael Raymond Shone64922.4
Liberal DemocratsClare Margaret Apel64622.2
ConservativeMartyn John Bell55419.1
ConservativeMargaret Whitehead50917.5
BNPAndrew Emerson1374.7
BNPRay Lewis Fallick1103.8
LabourJohn Baker1023.5
LabourCatherine Mair Beach1023.5
UKIPJames McCulloch963.3
Turnout150739.6
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Donnington (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn Ridd52867.4
Liberal DemocratsAlan George Wells25632.7
Turnout78443.6
Conservative holdSwing
Easebourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeElizabeth Hamilton57678.8
Liberal DemocratsArely Green15921.6
Turnout73539.0
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
East Wittering (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSevey Mastronardi57521.6
ConservativePeter Clementson57421.6
IndependentBob Norris51719.4
Liberal DemocratsMary Ellen Green49118.5
Liberal DemocratsSimon Green38114.3
LabourPatrick Joseph O'Sullivan1224.6
Turnout153138.1
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative gain from IndependentSwing
Fernhurst (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeHeather Penelope Caird99734.3
ConservativeNorma Graves64522.2
IndependentAndrew Moncrieff55719.2
Liberal DemocratsJeremy Spencer Bonnett36212.5
Liberal DemocratsDavid Dennis Martin-Jenkins34711.9
Turnout156840.3
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
Fishbourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsAdrian Geoffrey Frank Moss67473.0
ConservativeAnn Myers24927.0
Turnout92351.9
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Funtington (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJulie Tassell72676.4
Liberal DemocratsJohn Cooper Rankin22424.0
Turnout95044.4
Conservative holdSwing
Harting (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentAndrew Michael Shaxson60972.4
ConservativeSarah Elizabeth Baker23228.0
Turnout84149.7
Independent holdSwing
Lavant (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsAndrew Robert Homan Smith36259.7
ConservativeJohn Elliott24440.3
Turnout60636.6
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Midhurst (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeNick Thomas80530.4
ConservativeBrian John Weekes79930.2
Liberal DemocratsJudith Russell Fowler56521.4
Liberal DemocratsLavinia Mary Harvey47718.0
Turnout137634.9
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative holdSwing
North Mundham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsStephen Quigley43662.1
ConservativeJane Kilby26637.9
Turnout70241.3
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Petworth (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJanet Elizabeth Duncton105339.1
ConservativeEileen Lintill95235.3
Liberal DemocratsLiz Jenkins37313.8
Liberal DemocratsCatherine Gillian Alderson Perschke31811.8
Turnout144638.2
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative holdSwing
Plaistow (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeBrian James Hooton102639.8
ConservativePaul Mackey97737.9
Liberal DemocratsKaren Elizabeth Bonnett28811.2
Liberal DemocratsRaymond Ernest John Cooper28711.1
Turnout136436.8
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative holdSwing
Rogate (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Ernest Delacour Mason69573.2
Liberal DemocratsKevin George Campbell25526.8
Turnout95047.4
Conservative holdSwing
Selsey North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMelva Kathleen Bateman88015.8
ConservativeJohn Charles Patrick Connor83515.0
ConservativeBev Tinson79614.3
IndependentKenneth Frederick George Codd5549.9
IndependentDee Caldwell4968.9
IndependentLinda Irene Bowman4948.9
Liberal DemocratsJacq Cook3766.7
Liberal DemocratsJane-Marie McQueen3005.4
Liberal DemocratsLibby Kendall2744.9
UKIPAndrew Edward Wilkinson1743.1
LabourMargaret Dyer1472.6
LabourSidney William Arthur Hoy1342.4
LabourMicheline Margaret Lawson1212.2
Turnout198938.2
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
Selsey South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentFred Robertson61721.7
IndependentRoland O'Brien54119.0
ConservativeAlbert Edward Vines53818.9
ConservativeJohn Thomas Curtis53118.7
UKIPBernard Arthur Smith1786.3
Liberal DemocratsJenny Graves1625.7
Liberal DemocratsJohn Edward Shade1144.0
LabourIan Bell883.1
LabourWendy Virginia Pengelly722.5
Turnout148441.3
Independent gain from ConservativeSwing
Independent gain from ConservativeSwing
Sidlesham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePatricia Mary Tull39353.8
Liberal DemocratsDiana Joy Pound33846.2
Turnout73140.0
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
Southbourne (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeGraham Hamilton Hicks97018.6
ConservativeRobert James Hayes96118.4
ConservativeMary Marrs91317.5
Liberal DemocratsBarbara Gowlett82815.9
Liberal DemocratsRoger Gowlett82715.9
Liberal DemocratsPhilip Charles MacDougall71613.7
Turnout186233.8
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
Conservative holdSwing
Stedham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn Lorraine Cherry65980.3
Liberal DemocratsTeresa Eleanor Campbell16219.7
Turnout82145.2
Conservative holdSwing
Tangmere (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsChris Punnett33551.4
ConservativeBrenda Atlee31748.6
Turnout65236.4
Liberal Democrats gain from ConservativeSwing
Westbourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMaureen Eleanor Elliott44572.1
Liberal DemocratsStephanie Myra Cecil17227.9
Turnout61736.4
Conservative holdSwing
West Wittering (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePieter Montyn109632.9
ConservativePeter Edward Jones103030.9
IndependentDavid Hopson48214.5
Liberal DemocratsRoger Walter Tilbury34710.4
UKIPRoger Lewis Wilson2517.5
LabourGordon Trevor Churchill1273.8
Turnout182345.6
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative holdSwing
Wisborough Green (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Harry Field (Re-elected Unopposed)n/an/a
Conservative holdSwing

By-Election results

See Chichester local elections for by-election results since this Council election.