# 2007 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election

The 2007 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.

## Election result

The results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council from the Liberal Democrats after gaining 19 seats, 18 of them from the Liberal Democrats. This meant the Conservatives held 36 seats, compared to 16 for the Liberal Democrats. Among the Liberal Democrats who were defeated was the leader of the council, Mary Rose Gliksten, who was defeated in Castle Without ward. Meanwhile, the British National Party, who were standing 4 candidates for the council for the first time, failed to win any seats, but won more votes than the Labour party in the wards they were contesting.
Windsor and Maidenhead Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 36 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 63.2 | 53.0 | 55,333 | +15.2% |
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | 0 | 18 | -18 | 28.1 | 35.6 | 37,178 | -13.4% |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4,739 | -0.3% |
| OWRA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 1,491 | -0.4% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 3,866 | -2.3% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1,340 | +1.3% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 449 | +0.4% |

## Ward results

Ascot and Cheapside (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Hilton | 1,087 | | |
| | Conservative | Duncan McBride | 969 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hirak Chakravarty | 245 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Watts | 216 | | |
| | UKIP | Murray Barter | 175 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,692 | 39.2 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Belmont (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Baskerville | 1,224 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Mackay | 1,147 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rajiv Chelani | 1,133 | | |
| | Conservative | Philip Love | 1,060 | | |
| | Conservative | Marion Mills | 1,005 | | |
| | Conservative | Susan Kindeleit | 986 | | |
| | Labour | Jennifer Cooper | 175 | | |
| | UKIP | Richard Wells | 165 | | |
| | Labour | Elaine Percival | 129 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,024 | 46.4 | +7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bisham and Cookham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Kellaway | 1,361 | | |
| | Conservative | John Stretton | 1,339 | | |
| | Conservative | MJ Saunders | 1,288 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mandy Brar | 1,226 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Ricardo | 1,019 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Cubley | 970 | | |
| | Labour | Paul Percival | 135 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,338 | 50.6 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Boyn Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Holness | 1,192 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norma Herdson | 1,109 | | |
| | Conservative | Christian Harris | 1,090 | | |
| | Conservative | Paul Lion | 1,081 | | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Moore | 1,045 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Howes | 1,033 | | |
| | Labour | Robert Barclay | 184 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,734 | 48.3 | +11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Bray (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Burbage | 1,391 | | |
| | Conservative | Leo Walters | 1,390 | | |
| | Conservative | Barry Thompson | 1,380 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Janikoun | 413 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Singh | 412 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Bagri | 383 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,369 | 36.6 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Castle Without (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Elisabeth Barton | 936 | | |
| | Conservative | Catherine Batchelor | 935 | | |
| | Conservative | Sue Evans | 854 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Eglise | 713 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Gliksten | 704 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Foster | 662 | | |
| | Labour | Ann Matthews | 138 | | |
| | Labour | Antony Matthews | 128 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,070 | 41.9 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Clewer East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eileen Quick | 912 | | |
| | Conservative | Tom Bursnall | 898 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee Hibbard | 579 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Thompson | 578 | | |
| | Labour | Janet Milward | 90 | | |
| | Labour | Susan Denegri | 85 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,142 | 47.5 | +9.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Clewer North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Cynthia Endacott | 1,216 | | |
| | Independent | John Penfold | 1,085 | | |
| | Independent | John Fido | 1,040 | | |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 645 | | |
| | Conservative | Peter Bellini | 630 | | |
| | Conservative | Vivian Falzon | 600 | | |
| | BNP | Paul Hanson | 402 | | |
| | BNP | Matthew Tait | 336 | | |
| | Labour | Linda Ayres | 233 | | |
| | Labour | Marc Green | 221 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,408 | 44.0 | +12.4 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Clewer South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Evans | 784 | | |
| | Conservative | Simon Meadowcroft | 744 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Fagence | 522 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Wood | 506 | | |
| | Labour | Eddie Bell | 127 | | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Coles | 122 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,805 | 40.3 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Cox Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vicky Howes | 1,019 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bruce Adams | 1,000 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emrys Richards | 966 | | |
| | Conservative | Jo Close | 905 | | |
| | Conservative | George Bathurst | 778 | | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Cross | 742 | | |
| | BNP | John Coombes | 391 | | |
| | Labour | Ian Harvey | 144 | | |
| | Labour | Robert Horner | 122 | | |
| | Labour | Judith Percival | 115 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,182 | 40.8 | +6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Datchet (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jesse Grey | 948 | | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hawkes | 906 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Moray Barclay | 211 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Hedley | 187 | | |
| | Labour | Jenny Ward | 150 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Ward | 110 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,512 | 37.8 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Eton and Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Liam Maxwell | 283 | 52.9 | +18.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Pratt | 198 | 37.0 | −21.3 |
| | Labour | George Davidson | 54 | 10.1 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 85 | 15.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 535 | 38.6 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Eton Wick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Smith | 452 | 63.4 | +26.3 |
| | UKIP | Ken Wight | 109 | 15.3 | +15.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Battison | 77 | 10.8 | +10.8 |
| | Labour | Paul Crossland | 75 | 10.5 | −52.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 343 | 48.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 713 | 41.6 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Furze Platt (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Stock | 1,192 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Humaira Javed | 1,132 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Pitteway | 1,113 | | |
| | Conservative | Clifford Baker | 863 | | |
| | Conservative | Susan Maskell | 826 | | |
| | Conservative | Penny Baker | 775 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,901 | 42.7 | +5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Horton and Wraysbury (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Rayner | 1,303 | | |
| | Conservative | John Lenton | 1,201 | | |
| | Independent | Ewan Larcombe | 410 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Jackson | 92 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Pritchett | 66 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,072 | 44.0 | +9.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Hurley and Walthams (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Maureen Hunt | 1,096 | | |
| | Conservative | Paul Etherington | 1,029 | | |
| | Conservative | Hazel Wilson | 928 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Iles | 842 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Addiscott | 768 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Mullen | 732 | | |
| | Labour | Patrick McDonald | 207 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,602 | 45.5 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Maidenhead Riverside (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pam Proctor | 1,094 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Napier | 1,066 | | |
| | Conservative | Simon Dudley | 1,048 | | |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Ilyas | 998 | | |
| | Conservative | Tom Denniford | 990 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Tisi | 851 | | |
| | Independent | Andrew Jenner | 448 | | |
| | Independent | Claire Huntley | 270 | | |
| | Independent | Helen Hyman | 270 | | |
| | Labour | Pamela Kennedy | 126 | | |
| | Labour | Mohammed Shafiq | 73 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,234 | 49.7 | +7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Oldfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Derek Wilson | 1,197 | | |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Kemp | 1,186 | | |
| | Conservative | Asghar Majeed | 1,113 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hyde | 642 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gail Dorrington | 611 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Langdown | 539 | | |
| | Labour | Kathleen Cutting | 186 | | |
| | Labour | Nigel Smith | 135 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,609 | 38.3 | +10.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Old Windsor (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | OWRA | Malcolm Beer | 783 | | |
| | OWRA | Eric Wiles | 708 | | |
| | Conservative | Allen Cottee | 442 | | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Hawkes | 396 | | |
| | Labour | Roy Reeves | 109 | | |
| | Labour | Ahamedlebbe Mashoor | 90 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,528 | 35.1 | +4.6 |
| | OWRA hold | OWRA hold | Swing | | |
| | OWRA hold | OWRA hold | Swing | | |
Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Bicknell | 1,098 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Gard | 1,046 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Scott | 596 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beverley Green | 575 | | |
| | Labour | Brent Curless | 72 | | |
| | Labour | Andrew Gittens | 69 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,456 | 49.3 | +12.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Pinkneys Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathy Newbound | 1,405 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Werner | 1,254 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wilson Hendry | 1,192 | | |
| | Conservative | Charles Hollingsworth | 1,007 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Hogg | 996 | | |
| | Conservative | Howard McBrien | 892 | | |
| | BNP | Joanne Stevens | 211 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,957 | 49.8 | +10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Sunningdale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christine Bateson | 1,183 | | |
| | Conservative | Sayonara Luxton | 1,090 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Wilson | 173 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Elliot | 161 | | |
| | Labour | Ajay Nehra | 99 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,706 | 39.4 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sunninghill and South Ascot (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alison Knight | 1,076 | | |
| | Conservative | John Story | 1,072 | | |
| | Conservative | Lynda Yong | 1,058 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Enid Cross | 542 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Grant-Adamson | 455 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Pope | 441 | | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Yates | 163 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,807 | 37.2 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |