# 2007 Eastleigh Borough Council election

Elections to Eastleigh Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 37
* Conservative 5
* Labour 2

## Election result

Eastleigh Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 13 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 92.9 | 50.8 | 13,718 | +2.3% |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7.1 | 12.3 | 3,326 | +0.7% |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 29.1 | 7,855 | -4.9% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 1,924 | +1.8% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 143 | +0.5% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 31 | -0.6% |

## Ward results

Bishopstoke East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Roling | 860 | 53.1 | +26.5 |
| | Conservative | Edward Law | 366 | 22.6 | −7.7 |
| | Labour | Wendy Borrill | 226 | 14.0 | −1.4 |
| | UKIP | Vivienne Young | 167 | 10.3 | −7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 494 | 30.5 | +24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,619 | 36.9 | −5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bishopstoke West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Thornton | 785 | 42.8 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Sue Toher | 684 | 37.3 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Tristan Rhodes | 228 | 12.4 | +1.0 |
| | UKIP | Steve Challis | 139 | 7.6 | −6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 101 | 5.5 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,836 | 44.2 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Burlesdon & Old Netley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tonia Craig | 1,092 | 57.2 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | John Milne | 594 | 31.1 | −4.9 |
| | UKIP | Neil Smith | 131 | 6.9 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Pat Moran | 92 | 4.8 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 498 | 26.5 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,909 | 33.5 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Eastleigh Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Moore | 970 | 38.1 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Quane | 657 | 25.8 | |
| | Labour | Christine Hadley | 587 | 23.1 | |
| | UKIP | Paul Webber | 155 | 6.1 | |
| | Green | Sarah Goode | 143 | 5.6 | |
| | Independent | Alan Sneddon | 31 | 1.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 313 | 12.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,543 | 33.7 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Eastleigh North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Wall | 1,136 | 54.9 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Chris Melton | 483 | 23.4 | −2.0 |
| | Labour | Ted White | 246 | 11.9 | −1.5 |
| | UKIP | Caroline Bradbeer | 203 | 9.8 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 653 | 31.5 | +5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,068 | 34.1 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Eastleigh South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Norgate | 772 | 34.4 | −8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Kyrle | 766 | 34.2 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Ross | 525 | 23.4 | +10.3 |
| | UKIP | Ann Bays | 180 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.2 | −8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,243 | 38.4 | −0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Fair Oak & Horton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Smith | 1,358 | 53.2 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Chris Rhodes | 890 | 34.9 | −4.9 |
| | Labour | John Sorley | 156 | 6.1 | −1.3 |
| | UKIP | Hugh McGuinness | 149 | 5.8 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 468 | 18.3 | +11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,553 | 38.5 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hamble-le-Rice & Butlocks Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Cross | 1,052 | 53.3 | +15.2 |
| | Conservative | David Meffett | 750 | 38.0 | −10.0 |
| | UKIP | Beryl Humphrey | 100 | 5.1 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | Elsie Truscott | 70 | 3.5 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 302 | 15.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,972 | 45.4 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Hedge End Grange Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Pretty | 882 | 60.6 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Philp | 473 | 32.5 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Kevin Butt | 54 | 3.7 | +0.9 |
| | UKIP | Simon Young | 46 | 3.2 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 409 | 28.1 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,455 | 26.1 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hedge End St Johns :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Hughes | 1,338 | 52.2 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Jerry Hall | 922 | 36.0 | −3.5 |
| | UKIP | Michale O'Donoghue | 214 | 8.3 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Kosted | 89 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 416 | 16.2 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,563 | 43.8 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hedge End Wildern :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Day | 764 | 51.2 | −7.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hudson | 563 | 37.7 | +2.7 |
| | UKIP | Elizabeth McKay | 103 | 6.9 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Bill Luffman | 62 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 201 | 13.5 | −10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,492 | 36.3 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Netley Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Luke McNulty | 885 | 59.5 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Queen | 377 | 25.4 | +10.9 |
| | UKIP | Fred Estall | 137 | 9.2 | −4.3 |
| | Labour | Gwyneth Hubert | 88 | 5.9 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 508 | 34.1 | −16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,487 | 37.2 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
West End North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Noyce | 904 | 55.1 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Steven Broomfield | 560 | 34.1 | −1.7 |
| | Labour | Pat Rose | 99 | 6.0 | −0.2 |
| | UKIP | Dan Bradbeer | 77 | 4.7 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 344 | 21.0 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,640 | 41.8 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
West End South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Goodall | 926 | 57.3 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Reggie Campbell | 467 | 28.9 | −1.4 |
| | UKIP | Peter Stewart | 123 | 7.6 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Daniel Clarke | 101 | 6.2 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 459 | 28.4 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,617 | 35.6 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |