2007 Fylde Borough Council election

The 2007 Fylde Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Fylde Borough Council in Lancashire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

Fylde Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	27			+1	52.9	48.3	23,053	-0.8%
Independent	18			+3	35.3	25.5	12,185	+5.0%
Ratepayers	4			-4	7.8	8.2	3,930	-6.4%
Liberal Democrats	2	1	1	0	3.9	13.2	6,314	+4.2%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	4.6	2,212	-2.2%

2 Independents and 2 Conservatives were uncontested.

Ward results

Map showing wards coloured by party which came top in each seat.

Ansdell

Ansdell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ben Aitken	886
	Conservative	Elizabeth Clarkson	827
	Conservative	David Eaves	810
	Ratepayer	Paula Tupling Prest	555
	Labour	Janet Sherwood	335
Turnout			3,413
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashton

Ashton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ratepayer	John Davies	698
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Ford	605
	Independent	Barbara Pagett	601
	Conservative	Colin Walton	555
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Bullick	539
	Conservative	Mike Knowles	498
	Conservative	Jon Harrison	470
Turnout			3,966
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Central

Central (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Susan Fazackerley	540
	Conservative	Fabian Craig-Wilson	516
	Conservative	Dawn Prestwich	493
	Independent	Barbara Mackenzie	480
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Ford	332
Turnout			2,361
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clifton

Clifton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Bill Thompson	840
	Conservative	Richard Fulford-Brown	739
	Independent	Ken Hopwood	725
	Conservative	Angela Fulford-Brown	710
	Labour	Gareth Nash	239
Turnout			3,253
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Elswick and Little Eccleston

Elswick and Little Eccleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Hayhurst	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Fairhaven

Fairhaven (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Cheryl Little	745
	Ratepayer	Richard Eastham	732
	Conservative	George Caldwell	578
	Conservative	Alfred Jealous	521
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Turner	405
Turnout			2,981
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Freckleton East

Freckleton East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Threlfall	628
	Independent	Kiran Mulholland	509
	Conservative	St John Greenhough	362
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Little	177
Turnout			1,676
	Independent hold		Swing

Freckleton West

Freckleton West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Trevor Fiddler	726
	Independent	Louis Rigby	701
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Winlow	130
Turnout			1,557
	Independent hold		Swing

Heyhouses

Heyhouses (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Coombes	821
	Conservative	Keith Hyde	792
	Conservative	Craig Halewood	699
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Smith	643
	Labour	David Meldrum	332
Turnout			3,287
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kilnhouse

Kilnhouse (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christine Akeroyd	621
	Conservative	Roger Small	618
	Conservative	William Prestwich	575
	Ratepayer	David Serella	503
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Fielding	394
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Marshall	373
	Labour	Peter Stephenson	203
Turnout			3,287
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkham North

Kirkham North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Elaine Silverwood	852
	Independent	John Bennett	778
	Independent	Keith Beckett	569
	Conservative	Michelle Welch	450
	Conservative	Edward Oldfield	408
	Independent	James Cameron	225
	Labour	Cecil Adkins-Farmer	141
Turnout			3,423
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Kirkham South

Kirkham South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Liz Oades	595
	Ratepayer	Peter Hardy	375
	Conservative	Barry Mitchell	189
	Conservative	Jim Proctor	139
	Labour	Vernon Allen	89
Turnout			1,387
	Independent hold		Swing

Medlar-with-Wesham

Medlar-with-Wesham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Simon Renwick	714
	Independent	Linda Nulty	519
	Independent	Alan Clayton	403
	Labour	Bill Taylor	89
Turnout			1,725
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Newton & Treales

Newton & Treales (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Heather Speak	724
	Independent	Peter Collins	696
	Labour	Dennis Davenport	168
Turnout			1,588
	Independent hold		Swing

Park

Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Patricia Fieldhouse	1,057
	Conservative	Michael Cornah	1,014
	Independent	David Chedd	872
	Liberal Democrats	John Graddon	688
	Labour	Peter Willis	327
Turnout			3,958
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Ribby with Wrea

Ribby with Wrea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Lyndsay Greening	348	54.5
	Conservative	Janet Wardell	290	45.5
Majority			58	9.0
Turnout			638
	Independent hold		Swing

Singleton & Greenhalgh

Singleton & Greenhalgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Maxine Chew	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

St John's

St John's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Tim Ashton	612
	Ratepayer	Kathleen Harper	596
	Conservative	Brenda Ackers	547
	Conservative	Raymond Norsworthy	471
	Labour	Maureen Dobson	289
Turnout			2,515
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Leonard's

St Leonard's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Karen Buckley	624
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Henshaw	600
	Conservative	Angela Jacques	567
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Henshaw	563
	Ratepayer	Des Downey	471
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Fielding	336
Turnout			3,161
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Staining & Weeton

Staining & Weeton (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Albert Pounder	uncontested
Conservative	John Singleton	uncontested
Conservative hold		Swing

Warton & Westby

Warton & Westby (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Janine Owen	836
	Conservative	Paul Rigby	572
	Conservative	Barbara Douglas	627
	Conservative	Harold Butler	556
	Independent	Michael Gilbert	398
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Taylor	309
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Winlow	121
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jewell	99
Turnout			3,692
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

Fylde 2007 election results