2007 Hart District Council election

2007 Hart District Council election
12 of 35 seats to Hart District Council; 18 seats needed for a majority
	Results by Ward
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 2007 Hart Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative 15
Liberal Democrat 12
Community Campaign (Hart) 6
Independent 2^[2]

Election result

The results saw the council remain without any party having a majority.^[3] The Conservatives remained the largest party with 15 seats despite losing 1 seat to the Community Campaign (Hart) (CCH).^[4] Christopher Axam gained Fleet Courtmoor for the CCH after winning 828 votes, compared to 758 for the Conservatives.^[5] This meant the CCH had 6 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats held the seats they had been defending to remain with 12 councillors.^[3] Overall turnout in the election was 35.85%.^[6]

Following the election a Conservative bid to take control of the council failed with the existing Liberal Democrat, Community Campaign (Hart) and Independent coalition continuing after a 20-15 vote.^[7]

Hart Local Election Result 2007^[2]^[6]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	5	0	1	-1	41.7	50.8	8,595	+7.9%
Liberal Democrats	5	0	0	0	41.7	33.0	5,587	+6.5%
CCH	2	1	0	+1	16.7	10.6	1,791	-5.0%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	492	+0.7%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	405	+0.7%
Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	42	+0.2%

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley

Blackwater and Hawley^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Neighbour	834	57.4	-2.6
	Conservative	Vivienne Gascoigne	619	42.6	+6.0
Majority			215	14.8	-8.6
Turnout			1,453	42.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Church Crookham West

Church Crookham West^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCH	Jennifer Radley	963	67.6	-1.6
	Conservative	Eleanor Whyte	462	32.4	+5.0
Majority			501	35.2	-6.6
Turnout			1,425	37.7	-1.1
	CCH hold		Swing

Eversley

Eversley^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hugo Eastwood	704	87.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Clark	101	12.5
Majority			603	75.0
Turnout			805	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fleet Courtmoor

Fleet Courtmoor^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCH	Christopher Axam	828	48.3	+48.3
	Conservative	Christopher Butler	758	44.2	-4.7
	Labour	Sheila Stone	87	5.1	+5.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Alan Hope	42	2.4	+2.4
Majority			70	4.1
Turnout			1,715	46.1	+2.3
	CCH gain from Conservative		Swing

Fleet North

Fleet North^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Barrell	874	59.9	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Van Dolen	584	40.1	-4.1
Majority			290	19.9	+8.2
Turnout			1,458	30.4	-3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frogmore and Darby Green

Frogmore and Darby Green^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Street	744	61.9	-8.8
	Conservative	Richard Fielden	354	29.5	+6.3
	Labour	Joyce Still	103	8.6	+2.5
Majority			390	32.5	-15.0
Turnout			1,201	29.9	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hartley Wintney

Hartley Wintney^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara-Lea Kinnell	859	55.7	+55.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Griffin	461	29.9	+3.5
	BNP	Roger Robertson	222	14.4	-4.8
Majority			398	25.8
Turnout			1,542	39.7	-4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hook

Hook^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Henderson	1,460	71.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	572	28.1	+1.5
Majority			888	43.7	-3.0
Turnout			2,032	33.3	-0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Odiham

Odiham^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Crookes	1,268	83.6	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Carter	249	16.4	-7.7
Majority			1,019	67.2	+20.5
Turnout			1,517	40.9	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yateley East

Yateley East^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Cockarill	745	57.0	+1.4
	Conservative	Edward Dawson	470	35.9	+4.8
	Labour	John Davies	93	7.1	-0.5
Majority			275	21.0	-3.6
Turnout			1,308	32.6	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yateley North

Yateley North^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Simpson	744	60.3	-5.2
	Conservative	James Lawrence	423	34.3	+4.0
	Labour	David Jenkins	67	5.4	+1.2
Majority			321	26.0	-9.3
Turnout			1,234	32.3	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yateley West^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Myra Billings	553	45.3	-12.4
	Conservative	Edward Bromhead	344	28.2	-4.3
	BNP	Geoffrey Crompton	183	15.0	+15.0
	Labour	Mary Jenkins	142	11.6	+1.8
Majority			209	17.1	-8.0
Turnout			1,222	31.5	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

Preceded by 2006 Hart Council election	Hart local elections	Succeeded by 2008 Hart Council election

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