2007 Shepway District Council election

District Council elections were held in Shepway in 2007.

Results

Shepway District Council Election Results 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	34	17	1	+16	74
	Liberal Democrats	10	6	8	-2	22
	People First Party	2	0	8	-8	4
	Shepway Independents	0	0	2	-2	0
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0

By ward

'* denotes sitting Councillor. Elected Councillors marked (E)

Elham Valley Division

Elham and Stelling Minnis 3 May 2007 Elham Valley Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Carr (E)	619
	Independent	Andrew Barchi	155
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Matthews	109
Majority			464
Turnout			890	53.58
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Carol Crees had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. She sought re-election in Folkestone East ward.

Folkestone North East Division

Folkestone East(2 members) 3 May 2007 Folkestone North East Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan North *(E)	345
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Dunning (E)	319
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Salmon	313
	Conservative	Gordon Williams	297
	People First Party	Janet Kay Andrews *	276
	People First Party	Carolyn Court Crees *	226
	Labour	Jo Knight	93
	Labour	Stevie Makins	83
Majority			6
Turnout			1043	34.35
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cllr Alan North had gained the seat for the Conservatives at a by-election in 2004. Janet Andrews had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Carol Crees has been elected as a Lib Dem in Elham and Stelling Minnis ward in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Cllr Tony Dunning now sits as a Conservative.

Folkestone Foord(2 members) 3 May 2007 Folkestone North East Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People First Party	Brian William Copping *(E)	555
	People First Party	Paul Albert Roy Marsh *(E)	532
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Speller	416
	Liberal Democrats	Alex McNeice	386
	Conservative	Cherilyn Williams	149
	Conservative	John Worthy	124
Majority			116
Turnout			1145	34.58
	People First Party gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	People First Party gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Cllrs Paul Marsh and Brian Copping were both elected as Lib Dems in 2003 and defected to People First in 2004.

Folkestone Park (3 members) 3 May 2007 Folkestone North East Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Beaumont *(E)	684
	Conservative	David Johnson (E)	624
	Conservative	Dick Pascoe (E)	614
	Conservative	John Collier	594
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Barrett	581
	Liberal Democrats	Bev Rolfe	555
	Independent	Ann Elizabeth Berry	384
	Shepway Independents	Edwina Boyt	293
	People First Party	Patricia Copping	174
	Shepway Independents	Martin Highland	135
	People First Party	William John Fagg	122
	UKIP	Carol Lynn Sacre	111
	People First Party	Richard Eric Green	104
Majority			20
Turnout			1793	39.24
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Folkestone South Division

Folkestone Harbour (2 members) 3 May 2007 Folkestone South Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Jane Sanger (E)	499
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Wallace (E)	496
	Conservative	George Burr	236
	Conservative	Alice Monk	215
	People First Party	Kim Culshaw *	160
	People First Party	Michael Edward Edson	143
	BNP	Derek James	139
	BNP	Harry Herbert John Williams	126
	Labour	Paul Bingham	114
	Labour	Wendy Mitchell	102
Majority			239
Turnout			1168	36.16
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kim Culshaw had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Cllrs Emily Sanger and Sue Wallace now sit as Conservatives.

Folkestone Harvey Central (2 members) 3 May 2007 Folkestone South Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Barker *(E)	581
	Conservative	Philip Martin *(E)	487
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Mark Fuller	465
	Liberal Democrats	Troy Peter Scaum	400
Majority			22
Turnout			1087	31.51
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Richard Green had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003, before defecting to People First and then Greens 4 Shepway in 2004 and then standing down from the council. He stood for election in Folkestone Park on the People First platform. Cllr Philip Martin had gained the seat for the Conservatives in the ensuing by-election.

Folkestone Harvey West(2 members) 3 May 2007 Folkestone South Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Bunting *(E)	865
	Conservative	Rory Cassian Love *(E)	861
	Shepway Independents	Rachael Sophia Jessie Bailey	209
	Shepway Independents	Roy Edward Brightman	198
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lee	181
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Robertson-Ritchie	178
	UKIP	Margaret Rita Kendall	94
Majority			652
Turnout			1349	41.93
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Folkestone West Division

Folkestone Cheriton (3 members) 3 May 2007 Folkestone West Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Gane *(E)	725
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Carroll (E)	711
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Prater (E)	673
	Conservative	Geoffrey Boot	433
	Conservative	Suzie Boot	432
	Conservative	Harvey Marshall	420
	People First Party	Trevor Buss *	366
	People First Party	Linda Cufley *	328
	People First Party	Paul Stevens	298
Majority			240
Turnout			1587	34.10
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trevor Buss and Linda Cufley had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Cllr Peter Gane now sits as a Conservative.

Folkestone Morehall(2 members) 3 May 2007 Folkestone West Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom McNeice (E)	571
	Conservative	Peter Monk (E)	537
	Conservative	Rodica Wheeler	527
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Edward Briddock	496
	Labour	Chris Walters	123
	Labour	Pam Stevens	90
Majority			10
Turnout			1255	41.56
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tony Baker had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2003, but defected to Independent in 2004 and did not seek re-election. Gary George had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2003, but defected to People First in 2004 and did not seek re-election.

Folkestone Sandgate(2 members) 3 May 2007 Folkestone West Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bliss *(E)	613
	Conservative	Jan Holben (E)	591
	Independent	Joy Fiona MacMillan *	370
	Independent	Jonathan Greenwall	327
	Liberal Democrats	Elma Vera Crocker	142
	Liberal Democrats	Season Prater	138
Majority			221
Turnout			1134	36.23
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Joy MacMillan had been elected as a Conservative but resigned the whip in 2006 and sought re-election as an Independent

Hythe Division

Hythe Central (3 members) 3 May 2007 Hythe Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Dearden (E)	1147
	Conservative	Alan Ewart-James (E)	1120
	Conservative	Michael Lyons (E)	1080
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Arthur Matthews *	565
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel George Matthews	512
	Liberal Democrats	June Margaret Nolan *	473
	Independent	Martin Keith Ross	419
	Independent	Franca Ross	419
	Independent	Adrian Joseph Gilbert Metherell	389
Majority			515
Turnout			2163	47.37
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wendy Harris had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but defected to the Green Party in 2004. She did not seek re-election.

Romney Marsh Division

Dymchurch & St Mary's Bay (3 members) 3 May 2007 Romney Marsh Division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Clifton-Holt (E)	985
	Conservative	Russel Tilson (E)	846
	Conservative	Olwyn Williams (E)	799
	Shepway Independents	Tom Gibbs	562
	Liberal Democrats	Julie White *	474
	Shepway Independents	Ian Barry Meyers	456
	Shepway Independents	Michael Hewton	439
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Wright	431
	People First Party	Shirley Maile *	290
	People First Party	Nicholas Day	196
Majority			239
Turnout			2042	39.89
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Terry Preston and Shirley Maile had defected from Lib Dem to People First in 2004.