# 2007 Ashfield District Council election

The 2007 Ashfield District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

## Election result

The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council, after a net loss of 8 seats saw them reduced to 9 councillors. Among the defeated Labour councillors were 2 members of the cabinet, Jessie Parker in Sutton-in-Ashfield North and Stephen Mays in Underwood. There were 12 independent councillors elected, but it was the Liberal Democrats who made big progress, gaining 8 seats to move level with Labour on 9 seats. One of the Liberal Democrat winners, Helen Smith, became one of the youngest councillors in the country at the age of 19 after gaining a seat in Woodhouse ward.
Ashfield Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Independent | 12 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 36.4 | 27.7 | 17,694 | -7.1% |
| Labour | 9 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 27.3 | 28.6 | 18,262 | -23.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 27.3 | 25.3 | 16,177 | +25.3% |
| Conservative | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9.1 | 12.6 | 8,083 | +5.3% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 1,990 | +3.1% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1,308 | -2.5% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 349 | +0.5% |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 78 | +0.1% |

## Ward results

Hucknall Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Robert Spray | 1,056 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Riley | 879 |
| | Labour | Trevor Locke | 602 |
| | Labour | Keith Northeast | 592 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Toseland | 396 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Briggs | 244 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,769 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Hucknall East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Robert Rankin | 744 |
| | Labour | David Shaw | 528 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Thorpe | 504 |
| | Green | Timothy Welton | 484 |
| | UKIP | Albert Inskip | 349 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Jones | 178 |
| | Green | David Lowe | 176 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Mullaney | 168 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,131 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Hucknall North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Dymock | 673 |
| | Labour | John Wilmott | 666 |
| | Conservative | Robert Copley | 644 |
| | Independent | Robert Gow | 542 |
| | Labour | David Hughes | 521 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Haworth | 372 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicole Knight | 337 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,755 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Hucknall West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Austin Rathe | 1,281 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Toseland | 1,236 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Bradshaw | 1,103 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Rostance | 901 |
| | Conservative | Rodney Allen | 786 |
| | Labour | James Blagden | 533 |
| | Labour | Ian Briggs | 497 |
| | Labour | Mireille Hughes | 464 |
| | BNP | Susan Gamble | 330 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,131 |
| | 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 |
Jacksdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Mays | 368 | 46.5 | −29.7 |
| | Independent | Clifford Perry | 231 | 29.2 | +5.4 |
| | BNP | Darran Burke | 192 | 24.3 | +24.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | 17.3 | −35.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 791 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Rachel Madden | 774 |
| | Independent | Antony Brown | 703 |
| | Labour | Alan Howlett | 672 |
| | BNP | Trevor Bradford | 534 |
| | Independent | Paul Rockley | 525 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,208 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
Kirkby-in-Ashfield East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Wendy Harvey | 784 |
| | Labour | Warren Nuttall | 405 |
| | BNP | Paul Gamble | 383 |
| | Independent | Harald Greasley | 369 |
| | Labour | Beverly Meszaros | 334 |
| | Independent | Linda Barsby | 281 |
| | Independent | Terry Sadler | 174 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,730 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Kirkby-in-Ashfield West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Baird | 861 |
| | Labour | John Knight | 472 |
| | BNP | Michael Clarke | 372 |
| | Independent | David Spalding | 348 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Mullaney | 250 |
| | Independent | Sheila Humphreys | 232 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Zadrozny | 177 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,712 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Selston (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Selston Area Independents Putting People First | Beverley Turner | 1,402 | 42.8 |
| | Selston Area Independents Putting People First | Samuel Wilson | 1,114 | 34.0 |
| | Labour | Edward Llewellyn-Jones | 391 | 11.9 |
| | Independent | David Sewell | 366 | 11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,273 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Sutton-In-Ashfield Central (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Bulmer | 1,040 |
| | Labour | Margaret Thorpe | 979 |
| | Labour | Christine Wakefield | 919 |
| | Independent | John Ross | 753 |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Baker | 642 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Knight | 633 |
| | Conservative | Christine Vernon | 595 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Zadrozny | 536 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,097 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Sutton-In-Ashfield East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Anthony Wallis | 996 |
| | Independent | David Parker | 978 |
| | Labour | May Barsby | 975 |
| | Labour | Steven Carroll | 915 |
| | Labour | Kier Barsby | 868 |
| | Conservative | Mavis Allen | 739 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Mitchell | 713 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brenda Zadrozny | 460 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,644 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Sutton-In-Ashfield North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jason Zadrozny | 2,094 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee Cooper | 1,920 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Mullaney | 1,757 |
| | Labour | Ivan Pitchford | 536 |
| | Labour | Melanie Darrington | 508 |
| | Labour | Jessie Parker | 506 |
| | Conservative | John Baker | 329 |
| | Conservative | Michael Halls | 313 |
| | Independent | Alfred Thorpe | 230 |
| | Conservative | Eugene Di Villa | 219 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,412 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Sutton-In-Ashfield West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Ramon Buttery | 1,359 |
| | Independent | Roy Adkins | 1,119 |
| | Independent | Diane Lowe | 1,006 |
| | Independent | David Shooter | 845 |
| | Labour | Christine Kirkham | 748 |
| | Labour | Terence Keetley | 747 |
| | Labour | Ian Stokes | 644 |
| | Conservative | Peter Thorpe | 619 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,087 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
Underwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Sears-Piccavey | 538 | 48.5 |
| | Labour | Stephen Mays | 206 | 18.6 |
| | BNP | Jane Clarke | 179 | 16.1 |
| | Independent | Diane Doran | 109 | 9.8 |
| | English Democrat | Anthony Ellis | 78 | 7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 332 | 29.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,110 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
Woodhouse (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Theaker | 964 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Smith | 820 |
| | Labour | Pamela Lewis | 572 |
| | Labour | Linda Ward | 550 |
| | Green | Mark Harrison | 351 |
| | Green | Ann Hilton | 297 |
| | Independent | Petro Clarke | 295 |
| | Independent | Glenn Baird | 242 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,091 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Green | Liberal Democrats gain from Green | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Green | Liberal Democrats gain from Green | Swing |