# 2007 Poole Borough Council election

Elections to Poole Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007 in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 42 seats across 16 wards of this unitary authority were up for election.
There were 115 candidates nominated, comprised as follows:- 42 Conservatives, 36 Liberal Democrats, 16 Labour, 13 UK Independence Party, 5 Independents, 2 British National Party and 1 Green Party.

## Election result summary

Poole Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 25 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 50.9 | 59.5 | 54,506 |
| Liberal Democrats | 17 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 40.5 | 38.2 | 40,956 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 4,182 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 3,907 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1,835 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 878 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 836 |

## Election results by ward

Alderney (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Trent | 1,652 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lindsay Wilson | 1,611 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Meachin | 1,534 | |
| | Conservative | Carol Burnell | 537 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Woolrych | 518 | |
| | Conservative | Linda Gillard | 515 | |
| | BNP | Stuart Smith | 464 | |
| | UKIP | Joan Player | 349 | |
| | Labour | Verity Sanderson | 302 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,900 | 34.86 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Branksome East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mary Hillman | 947 | |
| | Conservative | Guy Montrose | 817 | |
| | Independent | Veronica Trevett | 577 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cathey Gardner | 353 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Matthews | 334 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,689 | 35.71 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Branksome West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Eades | 1,119 | |
| | Conservative | Joyce Lavender | 1,007 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Le Poidevin | 996 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Bagram | 854 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,108 | 38.90 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Broadstone (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Brooke | 2,696 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Mason | 2,314 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Martin | 2,301 | |
| | Conservative | David Newell | 1,872 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Smith | 1,796 | |
| | Conservative | Marie Krolski-Pethen | 1,587 | |
| | UKIP | Ian Critchley | 307 | |
| | Independent | Roy Godfrey | 272 | |
| | Independent | Brian Lloyd | 235 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,671 | 55.67 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Canford Cliffs (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Carol Deas | 2,610 | |
| | Conservative | May Haines | 2,414 | |
| | Conservative | Niel Sorton | 2,263 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Rennison | 508 | |
| | UKIP | John Haywood | 420 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,119 | 43.27 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Canford Heath East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Moore | 1,221 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Curtis | 1,152 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Roebuck | 410 | |
| | Conservative | Sheila Roberts | 399 | |
| | UKIP | Valerie Foice | 139 | |
| | Labour | Matthew Smith | 83 | |
| | Labour | James Selby-Bennett | 76 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,844 | 34.20 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Canford Heath West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Matthews | 1,100 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Allen | 994 | |
| | Conservative | Bernard Broderick | 757 | |
| | Conservative | Mike Walton | 706 | |
| | UKIP | Jack Edwards | 163 | |
| | Labour | Julie Sanderson | 125 | |
| | Labour | George Inglis | 113 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,104 | 39.76 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Creekmoor (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Leslie Burden | 1,649 | |
| | Conservative | John Rampton | 1,503 | |
| | Conservative | Judy Butt | 1,475 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rory Mackay | 788 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Bates | 757 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew May | 753 | |
| | UKIP | John Butler | 364 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,556 | 35.18 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hamworthy East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger Gregory | 805 | |
| | Conservative | Mike White | 793 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Bond | 494 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Fraser | 377 | |
| | Labour | Darren Brown | 256 | |
| | Labour | Jason Sanderson | 209 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,542 | 35.65 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hamworthy West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Graham Chandler | 829 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Wilkins | 815 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lou Knight | 563 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Deacon | 510 | |
| | Labour | Pat Hicks | 223 | |
| | Labour | Bill Duncan | 198 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,649 | 32.61 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Merley and Bearwood (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Maiden | 2,238 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Brown | 2,227 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daphne Long | 2,036 | |
| | Conservative | Katie Hives | 1,676 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Pethen | 1,492 | |
| | Conservative | Karen Rampton | 1,475 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,901 | 46.81 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Newtown (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Plummer | 1,452 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Clements | 1,439 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Wilson | 1,391 | |
| | Conservative | John Allen | 854 | |
| | Conservative | Leo Belcham | 809 | |
| | Conservative | Suki Tate | 770 | |
| | Labour | Hazel Malcolm-Walker | 322 | |
| | Labour | Ian Malcolm-Walker | 287 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,781 | 30.75 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Oakdale (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Adams | 1,584 | |
| | Conservative | David Gillard | 1,484 | |
| | Conservative | Janet Walton | 1,194 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christina Parker | 572 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Perrin | 926 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela van Lancker | 868 | |
| | Labour | Brian Ellis | 413 | |
| | UKIP | Gillian Coulbeck | 379 | |
| | Labour | Tony Gardner | 363 | |
| | UKIP | Emma-Leigh Graham | 353 | |
| | UKIP | Michael Fisher | 322 | |
| | Labour | Tilak Ginige | 298 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,781 | 30.75 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Parkstone (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anne Stribley | 2,074 | |
| | Conservative | Don Collier | 1,989 | |
| | Conservative | Tony Woodcock | 1,747 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Howells | 947 | |
| | Green | Jack Constantine | 836 | |
| | Independent | Ian Northover | 559 | |
| | BNP | Glenn Chappelle-Marriot | 298 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,352 | 40.51 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Penn Hill (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elaine Atkinson | 1,947 | |
| | Conservative | Xena Dion | 1,942 | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Parker | 1,911 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Quenten Walker | 900 | |
| | UKIP | Marion Wilson | 472 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,068 | 36.14 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Poole Town (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Carol Evans | 1,248 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Leverett | 1,245 | |
| | Conservative | Chris Bulteel | 1,190 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Wilson | 485 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Parker | 480 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anndrew Muspratt | 478 | |
| | UKIP | Avril King | 377 | |
| | Labour | Jennie Ellis | 346 | |
| | Labour | John Hewinson | 293 | |
| | UKIP | Andrew Smith | 286 | |
| | UKIP | Peter Wheat | 251 | |
| | Independent | Jason Jones | 192 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,481 | 35.40 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |