
The2007 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members ofWindsor and MaidenheadUnitary Council inBerkshire, England. The whole council was up for election and theConservative Party gained overall control of the council from theLiberal Democrats.[1]
The results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council from the Liberal Democrats after gaining 19 seats, 18 of them from the Liberal Democrats.[2] This meant the Conservatives held 36 seats, compared to 16 for the Liberal Democrats.[3] Among the Liberal Democrats who were defeated was the leader of the council,Mary Rose Gliksten, who was defeated inCastle Withoutward.[3] Meanwhile, theBritish National Party, who were standing 4 candidates for the council for the first time, failed to win any seats, but won more votes than theLabour Party in the wards they were contesting.[3][4]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 36 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 63.2 | 53.0 | 55,333 | +15.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | 0 | 18 | -18 | 28.1 | 35.6 | 37,178 | -13.4 | |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4,739 | -0.3 | |
| OWRA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 1,491 | -0.4 | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3,866 | -2.3 | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1,340 | +1.3 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 449 | +0.4 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Hilton | 1,087 | |||
| Conservative | Duncan McBride | 969 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Hirak Chakravarty | 245 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Watts | 216 | |||
| UKIP | Murray Barter | 175 | |||
| Turnout | 2,692 | 39.2 | +8.9 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Baskerville | 1,224 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Mackay | 1,147 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rajiv Chelani | 1,133 | |||
| Conservative | Philip Love | 1,060 | |||
| Conservative | Marion Mills | 1,005 | |||
| Conservative | Susan Kindeleit | 986 | |||
| Labour | Jennifer Cooper | 175 | |||
| UKIP | Richard Wells | 165 | |||
| Labour | Elaine Percival | 129 | |||
| Turnout | 7,024 | 46.4 | +7.3 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Kellaway | 1,361 | |||
| Conservative | John Stretton | 1,339 | |||
| Conservative | MJ Saunders | 1,288 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mandy Brar | 1,226 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Ricardo | 1,019 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Cubley | 970 | |||
| Labour | Paul Percival | 135 | |||
| Turnout | 7,338 | 50.6 | +9.7 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Holness | 1,192 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Norma Herdson | 1,109 | |||
| Conservative | Christian Harris | 1,090 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Lion | 1,081 | |||
| Conservative | Gillian Moore | 1,045 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Howes | 1,033 | |||
| Labour | Robert Barclay | 184 | |||
| Turnout | 6,734 | 48.3 | +11.6 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Burbage | 1,391 | |||
| Conservative | Leo Walters | 1,390 | |||
| Conservative | Barry Thompson | 1,380 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Janikoun | 413 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Singh | 412 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Bagri | 383 | |||
| Turnout | 5,369 | 36.6 | +8.2 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Elisabeth Barton | 936 | |||
| Conservative | Catherine Batchelor | 935 | |||
| Conservative | Sue Evans | 854 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Eglise | 713 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Gliksten | 704 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Foster | 662 | |||
| Labour | Ann Matthews | 138 | |||
| Labour | Antony Matthews | 128 | |||
| Turnout | 5,070 | 41.9 | +10.5 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Eileen Quick | 912 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Bursnall | 898 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lee Hibbard | 579 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Thompson | 578 | |||
| Labour | Janet Milward | 90 | |||
| Labour | Susan Denegri | 85 | |||
| Turnout | 3,142 | 47.5 | +9.4 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Cynthia Endacott | 1,216 | |||
| Independent | John Penfold | 1,085 | |||
| Independent | John Fido | 1,040 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Smith | 645 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Bellini | 630 | |||
| Conservative | Vivian Falzon | 600 | |||
| BNP | Paul Hanson | 402 | |||
| BNP | Matthew Tait | 336 | |||
| Labour | Linda Ayres | 233 | |||
| Labour | Marc Green | 221 | |||
| Turnout | 6,408 | 44.0 | +12.4 | ||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Evans | 784 | |||
| Conservative | Simon Meadowcroft | 744 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Fagence | 522 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Antony Wood | 506 | |||
| Labour | Eddie Bell | 127 | |||
| Labour | Kenneth Coles | 122 | |||
| Turnout | 2,805 | 40.3 | +12.7 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Vicky Howes | 1,019 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Bruce Adams | 1,000 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Emrys Richards | 966 | |||
| Conservative | Jo Close | 905 | |||
| Conservative | George Bathurst | 778 | |||
| Conservative | Anthony Cross | 742 | |||
| BNP | John Coombes | 391 | |||
| Labour | Ian Harvey | 144 | |||
| Labour | Robert Horner | 122 | |||
| Labour | Judith Percival | 115 | |||
| Turnout | 6,182 | 40.8 | +6.5 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jesse Grey | 948 | |||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Hawkes | 906 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Moray Barclay | 211 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Bryan Hedley | 187 | |||
| Labour | Jenny Ward | 150 | |||
| Labour | Peter Ward | 110 | |||
| Turnout | 2,512 | 37.8 | +8.1 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liam Maxwell | 283 | 52.9 | +18.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Pratt | 198 | 37.0 | −21.3 | |
| Labour | George Davidson | 54 | 10.1 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 85 | 15.9 | |||
| Turnout | 535 | 38.6 | +8.9 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephen Smith | 452 | 63.4 | +26.3 | |
| UKIP | Ken Wight | 109 | 15.3 | +15.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Battison | 77 | 10.8 | +10.8 | |
| Labour | Paul Crossland | 75 | 10.5 | −52.4 | |
| Majority | 343 | 48.1 | |||
| Turnout | 713 | 41.6 | −0.4 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Stock | 1,192 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Humaira Javed | 1,132 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Pitteway | 1,113 | |||
| Conservative | Clifford Baker | 863 | |||
| Conservative | Susan Maskell | 826 | |||
| Conservative | Penny Baker | 775 | |||
| Turnout | 5,901 | 42.7 | +5.0 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Rayner | 1,303 | |||
| Conservative | John Lenton | 1,201 | |||
| Independent | Ewan Larcombe | 410 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Jackson | 92 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Pritchett | 66 | |||
| Turnout | 3,072 | 44.0 | +9.3 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Maureen Hunt | 1,096 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Etherington | 1,029 | |||
| Conservative | Hazel Wilson | 928 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Iles | 842 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Addiscott | 768 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Joseph Mullen | 732 | |||
| Labour | Patrick McDonald | 207 | |||
| Turnout | 5,602 | 45.5 | +1.5 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Pam Proctor | 1,094 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Napier | 1,066 | |||
| Conservative | Simon Dudley | 1,048 | |||
| Conservative | Mohammed Ilyas | 998 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Denniford | 990 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Tisi | 851 | |||
| Independent | Andrew Jenner | 448 | |||
| Independent | Claire Huntley | 270 | |||
| Independent | Helen Hyman | 270 | |||
| Labour | Pamela Kennedy | 126 | |||
| Labour | Mohammed Shafiq | 73 | |||
| Turnout | 7,234 | 49.7 | +7.9 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Derek Wilson | 1,197 | |||
| Conservative | Dorothy Kemp | 1,186 | |||
| Conservative | Asghar Majeed | 1,113 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hyde | 642 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gail Dorrington | 611 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Langdown | 539 | |||
| Labour | Kathleen Cutting | 186 | |||
| Labour | Nigel Smith | 135 | |||
| Turnout | 5,609 | 38.3 | +10.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWRA | Malcolm Beer | 783 | |||
| OWRA | Eric Wiles | 708 | |||
| Conservative | Allen Cottee | 442 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Hawkes | 396 | |||
| Labour | Roy Reeves | 109 | |||
| Labour | Ahamedlebbe Mashoor | 90 | |||
| Turnout | 2,528 | 35.1 | +4.6 | ||
| OWRAhold | Swing | ||||
| OWRAhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Bicknell | 1,098 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Gard | 1,046 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Scott | 596 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Beverley Green | 575 | |||
| Labour | Brent Curless | 72 | |||
| Labour | Andrew Gittens | 69 | |||
| Turnout | 3,456 | 49.3 | +12.0 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kathy Newbound | 1,405 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Werner | 1,254 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Wilson Hendry | 1,192 | |||
| Conservative | Charles Hollingsworth | 1,007 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Hogg | 996 | |||
| Conservative | Howard McBrien | 892 | |||
| BNP | Joanne Stevens | 211 | |||
| Turnout | 6,957 | 49.8 | +10.9 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christine Bateson | 1,183 | |||
| Conservative | Sayonara Luxton | 1,090 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Wilson | 173 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Elliot | 161 | |||
| Labour | Ajay Nehra | 99 | |||
| Turnout | 2,706 | 39.4 | +7.6 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alison Knight | 1,076 | |||
| Conservative | John Story | 1,072 | |||
| Conservative | Lynda Yong | 1,058 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Enid Cross | 542 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Grant-Adamson | 455 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Pope | 441 | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth Yates | 163 | |||
| Turnout | 4,807 | 37.2 | +2.8 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||