2007 Exeter City Council election

2007 Exeter City Council election^[1]^[2]
13 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	37.9%
	Map showing the results of the 2007 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and orange shows the Liberals. Wards in white had no election.
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 2007 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2007, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.^[3]^[4]

Results summary

2007 Exeter City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	3	2	23.1	11	14	35.0	6,483	27.3	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	4		30.8	8	12	30.0	6,400	26.9	+1.7
	Conservative	4	2	30.8	6	10	25.0	7,138	30.0	-0.4
	Liberal	2		15.4	2	4	10.0	2,426	10.2	+4.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	882	3.7	-2.7
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	445	1.9	-0.3

Ward results

Alphington

Alphington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wadham	1,122	46.4%
	Conservative	Margaret Jordan	726	30.0%
	Labour	Paul Bull	360	14.9%
	Green	Andrew Bell	208	8.6%
Majority			396	16.4%
Turnout			2,416
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cowick

Cowick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Coates	638	35.7%
	Labour	Allan Hart	599	33.5%
	Liberal Democrats	John Holman	427	23.9%
	UKIP	David Challice	124	6.9%
Majority			39	2.2%
Turnout			1,788
	Conservative gain from Labour

Duryard

Duryard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Percy Prowse	619	41.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Hobden	618	41.4%
	Labour	Daniel Crawford	125	8.4%
	Green	Sam Coates	130	8.7%
Majority			1	0.1%
Turnout				1,492
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Exwick

Exwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Newton	919	39.0%
	Labour	Roy Slack	896	38.0%
	Conservative	James Moffat	311	13.2%
	UKIP	Lawrence Harper	153	6.5%
	Liberal	Janet Gale	78	3.3%
Majority			23	1.0%
Turnout			2,357
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Heavitree

Heavitree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David Morrish	1,100	61.5%
	Labour	Philip Thomas	267	14.9%
	Conservative	Louis Ten-Holter	231	12.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Thickett	116	6.5%
	UKIP	Rodney de Maine	76	4.2%
Majority			833	46.5%
Turnout			1,790
	Liberal hold

Mincinglake

Mincinglake & Whipton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dilys Baldwin	633	51.2%
	Conservative	Eileen Stockman	364	29.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Strawbridge	240	19.4%
Majority			269	21.7%
Turnout			1,237
	Labour hold

Priory

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gregory Sheldon	897	43.9%
	Conservative	David Henson	709	34.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Barrett	315	15.4%
	Liberal	Keith Danks	122	6.0%
Majority			188	9.2%
Turnout			2,043
	Labour hold

St James

St James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mitchell	653	45.2%
	Labour	Catherine Dawson	384	26.6%
	Green	Isaac Price-Sosner	205	14.2%
	Conservative	Christian May	203	14.0%
Majority			269	18.6%
Turnout			1,445
	Liberal Democrats hold

St Leonards

St Leonards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Winterbottom	945	52.2%
	Labour	Roger Spackman	396	21.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Holman	242	13.4%
	Green	Andrew Worthley	228	12.6%
Majority			549	30.3%
Turnout			1,811
	Conservative hold

St Loyes

St Loyes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Margaret Danks	724	46.4%
	Conservative	Harlene Arden	409	26.2%
	Labour	George Sterry	220	14.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Kaye	117	7.5%
	UKIP	Eric Bransden	92	5.9%
Majority			315	20.2%
Turnout			1,562
	Liberal hold

St Thomas

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Fullam	1,015	57.1%
	Labour	Richard Harris	452	25.4%
	Conservative	Patricia White	200	11.2%
	Green	Richard Timmis	111	6.2%
Majority			563	31.7%
Turnout			1,778
	Liberal Democrats hold

Topsham

Topsham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rob Newby	1,221	62.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Sutton	367	18.8%
	Labour	Christine Fullam	359	18.4%
Majority			854	43.9%
Turnout			1,947
	Conservative hold

Whipton & Barton

Whipton & Barton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hilda Sterry	895	42.5%
	Conservative	Jeremy White	562	26.7%
	Liberal	Rodney Northcott	402	19.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Stone	249	11.8%
Majority			333	15.8%
Turnout			2,108
	Labour hold

References

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