Election Results 2007

Carlisle City Council elections were held on Thursday, 3 May 2007. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm. The election count was held in Carlisle Racecourse soon after the polls closed at 10pm.

City Council elections were held in 18 of the city's 22 wards: Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Burgh, Castle, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Harraby, Irthing, Longtown & Rockcliffe, Lyne, Morton, St. Aidans, Stanwix Urban, Stanwix Rural, Upperby and Yewdale.

Total number of eligible voters 70,993 Total number of requests for postal votes 9,197

Total of number of postal votes cast 7,101 (77% of requests received)

Total number of polling stations 96 Returning Officer - Maggie Mooney (City Council Town Clerk and Chief Executive)

There was a 35.45% overall turnout (25,166 votes cast).

	Seats contested	Won
Conservative	8 seats	8 seats
Labour	8 seats	9 seats
Liberal Democrats	2 seats	1 seats
Independents	0 seats	0 seats

The composition of the Council after the 2007 election:

Conservative	19 seats
Labour	25 seats
Liberal Democrats	7 seats
Independent	1 seats

In 2006 17 seats were contested. There was a 34.6% overall turnout (25,144 votes cast).

	Seats contested	Won
Conservative	8 seats	7 seats (36.8%)
Labour	9 seats	9 seats (47.4 %)
Liberal Democrats	2 seats	3 seats (15.8%)
Independents	0 seats	0 seats (0%)

The composition of the Council after the 2006 election:

Conservative	19 seats
Labour	24 seats
Liberal Democrats	8 seats
Independent	1 seat

Carlisle City Council Elections Thursday, 3 May 2007

Ward: BELAH	Electorate: 4,734	Percentage Turnout: 40.1%

Stephen Paul Gash	English Democrats "Putting England First"	96
Thomas Emanuel Johnson	Labour	482
Wayne Newton	British National Party	96
Maureen Elizabeth Tweed Toole	Independent	399
Trish Vasey	Conservative	818

Conservative hold	Majority 336	1891 + 8

Ward: BELLE VUE	Electorate: 4,314	Percentage Turnout: 34.3%

Olive Hall	Liberal Democrat	205
Fiona Jane Robson	Conservative	621
Mary Styth	Labour	652

Labour hold	Majority 31	1478 + 4

Ward: BOTCHERBY	Electorate: 4,483	Percentage Turnout: 27.8%

Terri Cartner	Conservative	400
Karl Chappell	British National Party	217
Terry Scarborough	Labour	618

Labour hold	Majority 218	1235 + 10

Ward: BURGH	Electorate: 1,703	Percentage Turnout: 43%

John Collier	Conservative	540
Robin Angela Pearson	Labour	187

Conservative hold	Majority 353	727 + 5

Ward: CASTLE	Electorate: 4,090	Percentage Turnout: 27.6%

Steven John William Bowditch	Labour	331
Charlotte Ann Fisher	Conservative	185
Kimberly Hunter	Liberal Democrat	607

Liberal Democrat hold	Majority 276	1123 + 7

Ward: CURROCK	Electorate: 4,480	Percentage Turnout: 28.8%

Brian Allen	British National Party	309
John Thompson Hanlon	Conservative	235
Abdul Harid	Labour	571
Marjorie Jannette Richardson	Liberal Democrat	169

Labour hold	Majority 262	1284 + 6

Ward: DALSTON	Electorate: 4,770	Percentage Turnout: 41%

Nicola Francesca Clarke	Conservative	1037
Colin Drew Farmer	Liberal Democrat	598
Ann Warwick	Labour	319

Conservative hold	Majority 439	1954 + 6

Ward: DENTON HOLME	Electorate: 4,553	Percentage Turnout: 27.9%

Hugh Francis McDevitt	Labour	836
Lynn Elizabeth Fleming	Conservative	421

Labour hold	Majority 415	1257 + 14

Ward: HARRABY	Electorate: 4,782	Percentage Turnout: 36.2%

Warren Allison	Liberal Democrat	232
David Fraser	British National Party	262
Michele Dawn Gwillim	Conservative	456
Cyril Frederick Weber	Labour	776

Labour hold	Majority 320	1726 + 4

Ward: IRTHING	Electorate: 1,633	Percentage Turnout: 37.4%

Alex Wallace Faulds	Labour	127
Ray Knapton	Conservative	480

Conservative hold	Majority 353	607 + 4

Ward: LONGTOWN & ROCKLIFFE	Electorate: 3,308	Percentage Turnout: 31.3%

Robert Dodds	Labour	370
John Mallinson	Conservative	658

Conservative hold	Majority 288	1028 + 6

Ward: LYNE	Electorate: 1,597	Percentage Turnout: 41%

Jonathan Nicholas Ponton Devlin	Conservative	544
Roger Nicholson Horne	Labour	106

Conservative hold	Majority 438	650 + 6

Ward: MORTON	Electorate: 4,773	Percentage Turnout: 41.6%

John Bell	Labour	950
Lawrence Neil Fisher	Conservative	244
David McMillan	Liberal Democrat	787

Labour Gain	Majority 163	1981 + 6

Ward: ST. AIDANS	Electorate: 4,539	Percentage Turnout: 32.5%

Tony Carvell	British National Party	200
James Stephen Layden	Conservative	512
Reg Watson	Labour	750

Labour hold	Majority 238	1462 + 12

Ward: STANWIX RURAL	Electorate: 3,585	Percentage Turnout: 38.6%

James Robert Bainbridge	Conservative	1047
John Christopher Hale	Labour	300

Conservative hold	Majority 747	1347 + 11

Ward: STANWIX URBAN	Electorate: 4,703	Percentage Turnout: 39.8%

Jacquelyne Geddes	Conservative	1244
Ross Andrew Warwick	Labour	599

Conservative hold	Majority 645	1843 + 30

Ward: UPPERBY	Electorate: 4,059	Percentage Turnout: 35.4%

Mike Clarke	Conservative	215
June Martlew	Labour	677
James Ernest Osler	Liberal Democrat	371
Christine Marie Williamson	British National Party	168

Labour hold	Majority 306	1431 + 4

Ward: YEWDALE	Electorate: 4,887	Percentage Turnout: 40.4%

Gareth Michael Ellis	Conservative	978
Joseph Duncan Hendry	Labour	988

Labour hold	Majority 10	1966 + 6

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