# 2007 Scarborough Borough Council election

The 2007 Scarborough Borough Council elections to the Scarborough Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. Overall turnout was 36%.

## Election result

Scarborough Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 23 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 46.0 | 39.7 | 20,436 | -1.4% |
| Independent | 15 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 30.0 | 30.7 | 15,803 | +3.8% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 12.0 | 13.7 | 7,068 | +1.0% |
| Labour | 4 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 3,127 | -11.3% |
| Green | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 3,866 | +6.0% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 798 | +1.5% |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 250 | +0.5% |
| North Yorkshire Coast Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 138 | +0.3% |
3 Conservative candidates were uncontested.

## Ward results

Castle (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Janet Jefferson | 677 | 66.0 |
| | Conservative | Rosalyn Fox | 306 | 29.8 |
| | Green | Jason Mullen | 282 | 27.5 |
| | Labour | Michelle Andrew | 266 | 25.9 |
| | Green | Peter Redwood | 127 | 12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,028 | 32 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Cayton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Blackburn | 944 | 68.4 |
| | Conservative | Mary Preston | 764 | 55.3 |
| | Independent | Henry Rowlands | 598 | 43.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,394 | 39 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Billing | 259 | 31.5 |
| | Labour | Eric Broadbent | 240 | 29.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Hopkinson | 220 | 26.8 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Henderson | 168 | 20.4 |
| | Independent | Alison Lee | 158 | 19.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Walker | 141 | 17.2 |
| | Green | Sarah Priestley | 140 | 17.0 |
| | BNP | Patricia Scott | 120 | 14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 823 | 25 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Danby (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Herbert Tindall | Unopposed | N/A | ±0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Uncontested | N/A | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Derwent Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Jeffels | 858 | 52.3 | +52.3 |
| | Independent | Michael Jay-Hanmer | 743 | 45.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Peter Bull | 708 | 43.1 | +43.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Lockwood | 286 | 17.4 | N/A |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Mavis Clayton | 237 | 14.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,646 | 45 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Eastfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian O'Flynn | 771 | 71.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Simpson | 673 | 62.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Evans | 517 | 48.0 |
| | Labour | Bernard Pearson | 229 | 21.2 |
| | Labour | Tracey Asford | 214 | 19.9 |
| | Conservative | Carol Hill | 158 | 14.7 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Vickers | 132 | 12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,083 | 27 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
Esk Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Timothy Lawn | 1,069 | 65.3 | +65.3 |
| | Conservative | James Preston | 884 | 54.0 | +54.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Peirson | 645 | 39.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | Brian Crinion | 317 | 19.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,637 | 46 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Falsgrave Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patricia Marsburg | 481 | 45.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Riley | 311 | 29.1 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Kelly | 272 | 25.4 |
| | Green | Katherine White | 223 | 20.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Ellis | 193 | 18.0 |
| | Independent | Kevin Scott | 187 | 17.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,070 | 30 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |
Filey (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Michael Cockerill | 1,080 | 52.8 |
| | Conservative | Colin Haddington | 903 | 44.2 |
| | Independent | Samuel Cross | 869 | 42.5 |
| | Independent | Gordon Johnson | 641 | 31.4 |
| | Conservative | Rodney Cartwright | 621 | 30.4 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Dickenson | 491 | 24.0 |
| | BNP | Kevan Foulds | 340 | 16.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,058 | 37 |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Fylingdales (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Mortimer | 461 | 65.9 | +65.9 |
| | Independent | Lynn Horsman | 239 | 34.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 707 | 39 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hertford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Godfrey Allanson | 732 | 47.3 |
| | Conservative | David Chambers | 709 | 45.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff | 591 | 38.2 |
| | Green | Nicholas Harvey | 508 | 32.8 |
| | BNP | Louise Scott | 212 | 13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,550 | 37 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Lindhead (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Backhouse | 578 | 64.2 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Pitts | 323 | 35.8 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 905 | 51 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mayfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Booth | Unopposed | N/A |
| | Conservative | Jane Kenyon | Unopposed | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Uncontested | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Mulgrave (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Armsby | 637 | 54.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Marie Harland | 528 | 44.8 | +44.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Stonehouse | 442 | 37.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Beryl Christon | 438 | 37.2 | +37.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,180 | 40 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Newby (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Brian Watson | 995 | 52.6 |
| | Independent | Cecil Ridley | 813 | 42.9 |
| | Conservative | Hazel Lynskey | 723 | 38.2 |
| | Conservative | Cherry Smith | 639 | 33.8 |
| | Labour | Mary Budda | 466 | 24.6 |
| | Independent | John Pinder | 362 | 19.1 |
| | Green | Gaynor Ayres | 339 | 17.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,893 | 37 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
North Bay (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Bonnie Purchon | 388 | 41.1 |
| | Independent | Guy Smith | 368 | 38.9 |
| | Conservative | Eric Smith | 351 | 37.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Kelly | 286 | 30.3 |
| | Green | Christopher Nelson | 214 | 22.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 947 | 29 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Northstead (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Peter Popple | 664 | 61.4 |
| | Independent | Norman Murphy | 467 | 43.2 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Blackburn | 288 | 26.6 |
| | Green | Paul Johnston | 220 | 20.4 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Montgomery | 218 | 20.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,083 | 34 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Ramshill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Svetlana Rodgers | 322 | 34.1 |
| | Conservative | Eileen Vickers | 294 | 31.2 |
| | Independent | Graeme Walker | 285 | 30.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Southward | 275 | 29.2 |
| | Green | Norman Oldham | 242 | 25.7 |
| | North Yorkshire Coast Party | Colin Wigglesworth | 138 | 14.6 |
| | Independent | Peter Wright | 134 | 14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 950 | 31 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Derek Bastiman | 944 | 59.1 |
| | Conservative | John Flinton | 756 | 47.3 |
| | Independent | Russell Bradley | 533 | 33.4 |
| | Independent | Thomas Miller | 500 | 31.3 |
| | Green | Phillip Wall | 245 | 15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,599 | 47 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
Seamer (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Helen Mallory | 635 | 44.8 |
| | Conservative | Lucy Haycock | 593 | 41.9 |
| | Independent | Roxanne Murphy | 564 | 39.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hamish Harron | 378 | 26.7 |
| | Independent | John Keith | 346 | 24.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,423 | 38 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Stepney (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Jonathan Dixon | 670 | 51.5 |
| | Green | Dilys Cluer | 477 | 36.7 |
| | Conservative | Heather Phillips | 313 | 24.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alezandra Bartlett-Cook | 234 | 18.0 |
| | Labour | Ian Stubbs | 206 | 15.8 |
| | Labour | Alan Oxley | 181 | 13.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roderick Rodgers | 174 | 13.4 |
| | BNP | Alan Foulds | 126 | 9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,302 | 38 |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | |
Streonshalh (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Broadley | 659 | 72.2 |
| | Independent | Dorothy Clegg | 466 | 51.0 |
| | Conservative | Steven Leadley | 275 | 30.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 920 | 26 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | |
Weaponness (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Penny Marsden | 762 | 55.7 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Fox | 594 | 43.4 |
| | Independent | Charles Smith | 546 | 39.9 |
| | Conservative | Edward Sulman | 437 | 31.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Grant | 188 | 13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,371 | 44 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Whitby West Cliff (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Plant | 640 | 64.6 |
| | Independent | Michael Ward | 451 | 45.5 |
| | Conservative | Ian Gregson | 427 | 43.1 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Juliet Boddington | 250 | 25.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 991 | 30 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | |
Woodlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | William Chatt | 482 | 50.7 |
| | Labour | Phillip McDonald | 367 | 38.6 |
| | Independent | Garry Unsworth | 294 | 30.9 |
| | Conservative | Josaphine O'Leary | 242 | 25.4 |
| | Green | Christopher Phillips | 179 | 18.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 953 | 29 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |