2007 Allerdale Borough Council election

Elections to Allerdale Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

Results

Allerdale Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	21	1	7	-6	37.5	45.3	17,350	+1.3%
Conservative	19	5	1	+4	33.9	21.1	8,076	+1.5%
Independent	12	4	1	+3	21.4	25.5	9,775	+2.4%
Liberal Democrats	4	1	2	-1	7.1	4.1	1,579	-8.3%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	1,102	+2.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	405	+1.1%

9 Conservative, 4 Labour, 1 Independent and 1 Liberal Democrat candidates were unopposed.

By ward

All Saints Cockermouth (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Smith	874
	Conservative	Samuel Standage	767
	Conservative	Stephen Coates	745
	Labour	Christine Smith	695
	Conservative	Alan Tyson	666
	Labour	Jonathon Nagle	642
Turnout			4,389	49	+13
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Aspatria (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Wilson	490
	Independent	Audrey Tinnion	483
	Labour	Gerald Sewell	424
	Labour	Henry Barker	318
Turnout			1,715	38	−2
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Boltons
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Mumberson	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Broughton St Bridgets (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eric Nicholson	659
	Labour	John Ardron	638
	Conservative	Adrian Davis-Johnston	637
	Labour	Ken McDonald	523
	BNP	Nigel Williamson	137
Turnout			2,594	47
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Christchurch Cockermouth (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Jackson	673
	Conservative	Les Lytollis	571
	Labour	Isabel Burns	360
	Labour	Phil Graham	320
Turnout			1,924	36	+4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clifton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather McIntosh	290	51.6	+18.6
	Labour	Maureen Rourke	272	48.4	−18.6
Majority			18	3.2
Turnout			562	49	+3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Crummock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Milburn	458	68.3
	Green	Jill Perry	213	31.7
Majority			245	36.6
Turnout			671	53	+4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dalton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Garrard	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derwent Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Heslop	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ellen (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Louise Bell	401
	Labour	John Colhoun	338
	Conservative	Tony North	229
	Independent	David Thomas	197
	Green	Geoff Smith	192
Turnout			1,357	36
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ellenborough Maryport (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janice Wood	635
	Labour	Martin Wood	580
	BNP	Martin Wingfield	342
Turnout			1,557	35
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ewanrigg Maryport (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carl Holding	610
	Labour	Carni McCarron-Holmes	572
	BNP	Tina Wingfield	276
Turnout			1,458	37
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Flimby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kendall	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Harrington Workington (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Francis	610
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Caine	594
	Labour	Merjorie Rae	534
	Independent	Hilary Harrington	363
Turnout			2,101	40	+6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Markley	324	73.1	+35.8
	Labour	Mark Hayhurst	119	26.7	+1.6
Majority			205	46.4	+34.2
Turnout			443	34	+4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keswick (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Denstone Kemp	uncontested
Conservative	Ron Munby	uncontested
Liberal Democrats	David Robinson	uncontested
Labour hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marsh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vaughan Hodgson	uncontested
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Moorclose Workington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bales	602
	Labour	Nik Hardy	546
	Independent	Joseph Robertson	522
	Labour	Phil Tibble	403
Turnout			2,073	55	+31
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Moss Bay Workington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Cannon	507
	Labour	Carole Armstrong	439
	Labour	Bill Bacon	432
	Independent	John Bracken	430
Turnout			1,808	27	+2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherhall Maryport (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Jeffrey Gardner	uncontested
Labour	Angela Kendall	uncontested
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Seaton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Trevor Fee	1,074
	Independent	Joseph Sandwith	941
	Independent	Miriam Gainford	777
	Labour	Jim Musgrave	478
	Labour	Celia Tibble	468
Turnout			3,738	40	+3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Silloth (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bill Jefferson	683
	Independent	Margaret Snaith	597
	Labour	Jonathon Wood	185
Turnout			1,465	37
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Solway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lister	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Johns Workington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Holliday	788
	Conservative	Mike Davidson	780
	Conservative	John Heathcote	698
	Conservative	Richard Jones	591
	Labour	Joan Wright	560
	Labour	Konrad Hansen	418
Turnout			3,835	37	+9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Michaels Workington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Humes	648
	Labour	Alan Barry	639
	Independent	Jean Macleod	637
	Labour	Mary Bainbridge	612
	Independent	Eddie Woodthorpe	486
Turnout			3,022	24	−9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Stainburn Workington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Hardon	278	57.6
	Labour	Ted Routledge	120	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	Marl Lancaster	85	17.6
Majority			158	32.8
Turnout			483	35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wampool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Moffat	uncontested
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Warnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Fairbairn	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waver
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hunter	uncontested
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Wharrels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Mounsey	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wigton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Scott	821
	Independent	Binky Armstrong	756
	Labour	John Crouch	650
	Independent	Alan Hortin	518
	BNP	Paul Stafford	347
Turnout			3,092	34	−1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing