2007 UK local government election
The 2007 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Mid Sussex District Council in England.[1][2] It was held on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
2007 Mid Sussex District Council election[1][2][3] |
Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 30 | 2 | 55.5 | 48.7 | 41,197 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 23 | 1 | 42.6 | 39.8 | 33,681 | |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2,500 | |
| Independents | 0 | | 0.0 | 4.3 | 3,605 | |
| Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3,387 | |
| UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 178 | |
Ward results
Ardingly and Balcombe
Ardingly and Balcombe (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Gary Marsh* | 934 | 54.4 | -18.2 |
| Conservative | Andrew Macnaughton* | 879 | | |
| Green | Claire Green | 396 | 23.1 | +23.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Betty Davies | 387 | 22.5 | -4.9 |
Turnout | | 35.6 | |
Registered electors | 3,943 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ashurst Wood
Ashurst Wood (1 seat)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barnett* | 459 | 53.4 | -14.1 |
| Conservative | John Saull | 338 | 39.3 | +6.8 |
| UKIP | Nick Chadburn | 62 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
Turnout | | 41.4 | |
Registered electors | 2,087 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bolney
Bolney (1 seat)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Susan Seward* | 577 | 66.2 | -8.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Davies | 179 | 20.5 | +6.7 |
| UKIP | Peter Hopgood | 116 | 13.3 | +13.3 |
Turnout | | 42.8 | |
Registered electors | 2,048 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Burgess Hill Dunstall
Burgess Hill Dunstall (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Andrew Barrett-Miles* | 832 | 67.3 | +13.6 |
| Conservative | Jacqui Landriani | 774 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Bliss | 405 | 32.7 | -13.6 |
Turnout | | 32.2 | |
Registered electors | 3,681 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Burgess Hill Franklands
Burgess Hill Franklands (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Ross* | 922 | 50.8 | -5.3 |
| Conservative | Julian Thorpe | 894 | 49.2 | +5.3 |
| Conservative | Iain Andrews | 850 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janice Henwood | 832 | | |
Turnout | | 48.7 | |
Registered electors | 3,743 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Burgess Hill Leylands
Burgess Hill Leylands (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Jones* | 842 | 54.1 | -17.1 |
| Conservative | Pru Moore | 714 | 45.9 | +17.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Loosen | 689 | | |
Turnout | | 40.3 | |
Registered electors | 3,687 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Burgess Hill Meeds
Burgess Hill Meeds (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Dumbovic* | 806 | 61.8 | -4.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Cutler* | 740 | | |
| Conservative | Steve Bell | 498 | 38.2 | +4.7 |
| Conservative | Clare Penn-Sayers | 328 | | |
Turnout | | 39.2 | |
Registered electors | 3,392 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Burgess Hill St. Andrews
Burgess Hill St. Andrews (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | David Shevels* | 750 | 55.5 | -7.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Diane Shevels* | 709 | | |
| Conservative | Peter Burgess | 485 | 35.9 | -1.0 |
| Conservative | Margaret Rumbold | 462 | | |
| Labour | David Boot | 116 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
Turnout | | 38.8 | |
Registered electors | 3,454 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Burgess Hill Victoria
Burgess Hill Victoria (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mandy Thomas-Atkin | 728 | 51.4 | +12.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen Balsdon | 687 | 48.6 | -12.6 |
| Conservative | Julian Wadey | 681 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Knight* | 680 | | |
Turnout | | 38.2 | |
Registered electors | 3,874 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Copthorne and Worth
Copthorne and Worth (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mike Livesey | 961 | 74.8 | |
| Conservative | Sophia Harrison* | 936 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anna Hodgetts | 184 | 14.3 | |
| Green | Philip Smith | 139 | 10.8 | |
Turnout | | 33.8 | |
Registered electors | 3,708 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Crawley Down and Turners Hill
Crawley Down and Turners Hill (3 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Hatswell | 1,279 | 50.5 | +7.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Pearce | 1,210 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Watts | 1,154 | | |
| Conservative | Phillip Coote* | 758 | 29.9 | -26.9 |
| Conservative | Sonia Lee | 699 | | |
| Conservative | Neville Walker | 637 | | |
| Green | Barrie Weller | 206 | 8.1 | +8.1 |
| Independent | Eric Saunders | 152 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
| Labour | Alison Cornell | 137 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
Turnout | | 41.1 | |
Registered electors | 5,465 | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Cuckfield
Cuckfield (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Edward King* | 962 | 65.7 | +10.5 |
| Conservative | Brenda Binge* | 945 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Maher | 502 | 34.3 | +12.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Marianne Griffin | 451 | | |
Turnout | | 42.5 | |
Registered electors | 3,638 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
East Grinstead Ashplats
East Grinstead Ashplats (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Liz Bennett | 645 | 41.7 | -2.9 |
| Conservative | Peter Reed | 600 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Johnson* | 556 | 35.9 | -19.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Lord* | 548 | | |
| Independent | Emma Baldry | 346 | 22.4 | +22.4 |
Turnout | | 36.8 | |
Registered electors | 3,917 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
East Grinstead Baldwins
East Grinstead Baldwins (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Bernard Gillbard* | 727 | 44.4 | -13.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Brock | 561 | | |
| Conservative | Margaret Belsey | 494 | 30.2 | -11.8 |
| Green | Nick Gibson | 415 | 25.4 | +25.4 |
| Conservative | Julian Walden | 380 | | |
Turnout | | 36.9 | |
Registered electors | 3,793 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
East Grinstead Herontye
East Grinstead Herontye (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Dixon* | 899 | 52.1 | +1.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Jerrey | 808 | | |
| Conservative | Edward Belsey | 702 | 40.7 | -9.1 |
| Conservative | Nicolette Owden | 630 | | |
| Independent | Bernard Conn | 125 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
Turnout | | 43.0 | |
Registered electors | 3,689 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
East Grinstead Imberhorne
East Grinstead Imberhorne (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Heidi Brunsdon | 995 | 66.9 | +9.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Glynn* | 986 | | |
| Conservative | Sara Ball | 404 | 27.2 | -15.4 |
| Conservative | Brian Sparkes | 368 | | |
| Independent | Jack Hill | 89 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
Turnout | | 46.5 | |
Registered electors | 3,218 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
East Grinstead Town
East Grinstead Town (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | James Joyce-Nelson* | 712 | 58.4 | -2.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Matthews* | 687 | | |
| Conservative | Sonia Everett | 420 | 34.5 | -4.8 |
| Conservative | David Oldbury | 414 | | |
| Independent | John Ablett | 87 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
Turnout | | 35.5 | |
Registered electors | 3,426 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hassocks
Hassocks (3 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Hatton | 1,358 | 41.3 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Marples* | 1,205 | 36.6 | |
| Conservative | Peter Martin* | 1,202 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Cumberland | 1,178 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kristian Berggreen | 1,142 | | |
| Conservative | Patrick Shanahan* | 1,138 | | |
| Independent | Noel Thomas | 568 | 17.3 | |
| Independent | David Hammond | 324 | | |
| Labour | Jenny Epstein | 157 | 4.8 | |
| Labour | Maurice Epstein | 135 | | |
| Labour | Stephen Lewis | 116 | | |
Turnout | | 53.3 | |
Registered electors | 5,665 | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Haywords Heath Ashenground
Haywords Heath Ashenground (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Bates* | 941 | 61.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Hall* | 923 | | |
| Conservative | Katy Bourne | 597 | 38.8 | |
| Conservative | Benedict White | 536 | | |
Turnout | | 41.2 | |
Registered electors | 3,879 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Haywards Heath Bentswood
Haywards heath Bentswood (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Fisher | 558 | 35.5 | |
| Labour | Paddy Henry* | 555 | 35.3 | |
| Labour | Richard Goddard* | 502 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Lucraft | 468 | | |
| Conservative | Charlie de Mierre | 459 | 29.2 | |
| Conservative | Lalaine Jones | 437 | | |
Turnout | | 40.6 | |
Registered electors | 3,828 | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Haywards Heath Franklands
Haywards Heath Franklands (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Clive Chapman* | 756 | 49.1 | |
| Conservative | Garry Wall | 675 | | |
| Independent | Mike Bright | 420 | 27.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Cooper | 239 | 15.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Victoria Jones | 226 | | |
| Labour | Derek Davies | 125 | 8.1 | |
Turnout | | 37.6 | |
Registered electors | 3,519 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Haywards Heath Heath
Haywards Heath Heath (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Margaret Baker | 974 | 54.5 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Ash-Edwards | 922 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Brown* | 813 | 45.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Wilkins* | 762 | | |
Turnout | | 46.0 | |
Registered electors | 3,915 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Haywards Heath Lucastes
Haywards Heath Lucastes (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Belsey | 686 | 37.2 | |
| Conservative | Jane Keel | 649 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Irene Balls | 583 | 31.6 | |
| Independent | Terry Gillard* | 574 | 31.1 | |
| Independent | Derek Bookes* | 522 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Ng | 510 | | |
Turnout | | 48.0 | |
Registered electors | 3,757 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
High Weald
High Weald (2 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Chris Hersey* | 989 | 55.0 | |
| Conservative | James Temple-Smithson | 973 | | |
| Green | Paul Brown | 524 | 29.1 | |
| Green | Catherine Edminson | 507 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christian Thal-Jantzen | 286 | 15.9 | |
Turnout | | 45.0 | |
Registered electors | 3,920 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hurstpierpoint and Downs
Hurstpierpoint and Downs (3 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Susanna Kemp* | 1,292 | 40.4 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Maidment | 1,270 | | |
| Conservative | Gina Field | 1,206 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rodney Jackson | 857 | 26.8 | |
| Green | Mike Airey | 746 | 23.3 | |
| Labour | Ann Morgan | 303 | 9.5 | |
| Labour | Len Morgan | 186 | | |
| Labour | Malcolm Uhlhorn | 168 | | |
Turnout | | 42.9 | |
Registered electors | 5,509 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lindfield
Lindfield (3 seats)[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Christopher Snowling* | 1,447 | 49.3 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Hersey* | 1,434 | | |
| Conservative | Andrew Lea | 1,421 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Lucraft | 634 | 21.6 | |
| Green | Peter Wemyss-Gorman | 454 | 15.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew McLean | 451 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Thorogood | 406 | | |
| Independent | Mike Allen | 398 | 13.6 | |
Turnout | | 43.4 | |
Registered electors | 5,429 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2007" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Sussex". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ {{title=Results of the English Shire District Elections 1973-2012|url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Mid-Sussex.pdf%7C