
The2007 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members ofSouth KestevenDistrict Council inLincolnshire, England. The whole council was up for election and theConservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
The Conservatives kept a majority on the council making a net gain of one seat to have 35councillors.[2] Theindependents andLiberal Democrats also made gains at the expense ofLabour who lost five of the seven seats they were defending.[2] Overallturnout at the election was 35%,[3] up from 29.65% at thelast election in 2003.[4]
The defeated Labour candidates included the group leader John Hurst, who lost his seat inGrantham St Johns to the Conservatives, and the party's deputy leader Rob Shorrock in Earlesfield, where independent candidates took two of the three seats for theward.[5] Labour also lost seats in St Anne's ward to an independent and a Conservative, as well as a seat in Isaac Newton ward to the Conservatives, however Labour did gain a seat inHarrowby.[5] Other changes had Conservative councilcabinet member Terl Bryant lose in All Saints ward, but a Conservative candidate defeated independent councillor Angeline Percival in Glen Eden.[5]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 35 | +1 | 60.3 | 43.6 | 20,165 | -0.3 | |||
| Independent | 15 | +3 | 25.9 | 28.6 | 13,220 | +8.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 10.3 | 13.4 | 6,202 | -2.1 | |
| Labour | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 3.4 | 11.8 | 5,479 | -7.6 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 667 | +0.3 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 409 | +0.9 | |
| Organisation of Free Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 112 | +0.2 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Susan Sandall | 639 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Jalili | 533 | |||
| Conservative | David Brailsford | 378 | |||
| Conservative | Terl Bryant | 346 | |||
| Turnout | 1,896 | ||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrea Webster | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Pam Bosworth | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Chivers | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Nick Craft | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Judy Smith | 1,019 | |||
| Conservative | David Higgs | 744 | |||
| Conservative | Bob Russell | 744 | |||
| Independent | Guy Cudmore | 696 | |||
| Labour | Jean Joyce | 600 | |||
| Turnout | 3,803 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Trevor Holmes | 940 | |||
| Conservative | John Smith | 762 | |||
| Conservative | Linda Neal | 754 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Fines | 728 | |||
| Independent | Helen Powell | 608 | |||
| Independent | Derrick Crump | 332 | |||
| Turnout | 4,124 | ||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ray Auger | 969 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Joynson | 947 | |||
| Conservative | Bryan Helyar | 778 | |||
| Labour | 'Fair Deal' Phil Dilks | 652 | |||
| Turnout | 3,346 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jock Kerr | 401 | |||
| Labour | Alan Davidson | 330 | |||
| Independent | Stuart McBride | 313 | |||
| Conservative | Adam Stokes | 290 | |||
| Labour | Yvonne Gibbins | 287 | |||
| Conservative | Jean Taylor | 279 | |||
| Independent | Ken Linford | 265 | |||
| Labour | Rob Shorrock | 252 | |||
| Turnout | 2,417 | ||||
| Independentgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Independentgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Trevor Scott | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Carpenter | 434 | 63.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Owen Handford | 254 | 36.9 | ||
| Majority | 180 | 26.2 | |||
| Turnout | 688 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Maureen Spencer-Gregson | 430 | 52.5 | ||
| Independent | Angeline Percival | 389 | 47.5 | ||
| Majority | 41 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 819 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stuart Farrar | 348 | |||
| Conservative | Benjamin Newcombe-Jones | 289 | |||
| Labour | John Hurst | 279 | |||
| Independent | Paul Abraham | 241 | |||
| Labour | Steve Prince | 229 | |||
| Independent | Chris Osborne | 226 | |||
| Organisation of Free Democrats | John Andrews | 112 | |||
| Turnout | 1,724 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Parkin | 513 | |||
| Conservative | Frank Turner | 493 | |||
| Independent | Alwyn Todd | 461 | |||
| Independent | Delia Hearmon | 328 | |||
| Turnout | 1,795 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mike Taylor | 442 | |||
| Conservative | Ian Stokes | 405 | |||
| Independent | Roy Williams | 253 | |||
| Independent | Philip Burrows | 209 | |||
| Labour | Erica South | 152 | |||
| Labour | David Burling | 139 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Finch | 128 | |||
| Turnout | 1,728 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mike Williams | 556 | |||
| Labour | Ian Selby | 532 | |||
| Independent | Avril Williams | 501 | |||
| Independent | Colin Thulborn | 490 | |||
| Labour | Charmaine Morgan | 407 | |||
| Labour | John Morgan | 404 | |||
| Conservative | Alvina Newnham | 364 | |||
| Turnout | 3,254 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Martin-Mayhew | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ibis Channell | 461 | 58.6 | −2.1 | |
| Conservative | Rosemary Woolley | 326 | 41.4 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 135 | 17.2 | −4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 787 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bob Adams | 494 | 78.8 | +30.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Tanner | 133 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
| Majority | 361 | 57.6 | |||
| Turnout | 627 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Stephens | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Albert Kerr | unopposed | |||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Reg Howard | 903 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Exton | 827 | |||
| Independent | Bob Broughton | 806 | |||
| Green | Ashley Baxter | 667 | |||
| Labour | Roy Bell | 360 | |||
| Turnout | 3,563 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margery Radley | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jeff Thompson | unopposed | |||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frances Cartwright | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Wood | unopposed | |||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Rob Hearmon | 461 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Cook | 428 | |||
| Independent | Bruce Wells | 359 | |||
| Labour | Fereshteh Hurst | 269 | |||
| Labour | Alan Kane | 232 | |||
| Turnout | 1,749 | ||||
| Independentgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Bob Sandall | 522 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Joyce Gaffigan | 436 | |||
| Conservative | Shirley Chapman | 370 | |||
| Labour | Bill Turner | 355 | |||
| Conservative | Brenda Sumner | 347 | |||
| Turnout | 2,030 | ||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Dawson | 531 | |||
| Conservative | John Harvey | 500 | |||
| Conservative | Graham Wheatley | 494 | |||
| Independent | Robert Conboy | 438 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Peckett | 406 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Fitzgerald | 319 | |||
| Turnout | 2,688 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Independentgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Wheat | 568 | |||
| Conservative | Ray Wootten | 505 | |||
| Independent | Barry Phillips | 491 | |||
| Independent | Ian Mihill | 400 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin James | 249 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Judy Smith | 239 | |||
| Turnout | 2,452 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Harrish Bisnauthsing | 909 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Jalili | 838 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Brough | 811 | |||
| Conservative | David Nalson | 794 | |||
| Conservative | John Judge | 766 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Sumner | 721 | |||
| Turnout | 4,839 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Nicholson | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Reg Lovelock | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Moore | 878 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Webster | 638 | |||
| UKIP | Tom Butterfield | 409 | |||
| Turnout | 1,925 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rosemary Kaberry-Brown | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||