# 2007 Wokingham District Council election

The 2007 Wokingham District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 43
* Liberal Democrat 11

## Election result

The results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats to increase their majority on the council. They now had 43 seats on the council after victories in Hillside and Loddon wards, with the Conservative candidate in Loddon, Kirsten Miller, being one of the youngest candidates in Wokingham at the age of 23. Overall turnout in the election was 38.8%.
Wokingham Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 14 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 77.8 | 51.5 | 18,614 | -4.8% |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 22.2 | 32.3 | 11,654 | +3.3% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 2,413 | -0.2% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 2,348 | 0.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 706 | +2.0% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 300 | 0.0% |
| Putting Local People First | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 98 | +0.3% |

## Ward results

Barkham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Pamela Stubbs | 694 | 76.4 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Wrobel | 170 | 18.7 | +3.7 |
| | UKIP | Leslie Huntley | 44 | 4.8 | −6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 524 | 57.7 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 908 | 37.8 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bulmershe & Whitegates :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Storry | 1,207 | 50.9 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | Alison Swaddle | 703 | 29.6 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Gregory Bello | 337 | 14.2 | −0.6 |
| | UKIP | Peter Jackson | 125 | 5.3 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 504 | 21.3 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,372 | 38.0 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Coronation :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Sherratt | 1,133 | 53.2 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Coling Lawley | 802 | 37.7 | +1.7 |
| | UKIP | Amy Thornton | 103 | 4.8 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Jasdip Garcha | 92 | 4.3 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 15.5 | −5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,130 | 47.3 | −5.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Emmbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Mirfin | 1,307 | 49.2 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Malvern | 892 | 33.6 | +5.1 |
| | UKIP | Ann Davis | 317 | 11.9 | +1.5 |
| | Labour | John Woodward | 138 | 5.2 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 415 | 15.6 | −10.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,654 | 43.5 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Evendons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Bowring | 1,361 | 57.8 | −0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Harley | 576 | 24.4 | −2.8 |
| | UKIP | Ian Gordon | 269 | 11.4 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | Paul Sharples | 150 | 6.4 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 785 | 33.4 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,356 | 36.4 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hawkedon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Timothy Holton | 1,210 | 59.9 | 0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Eastwell | 504 | 24.9 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Pluves | 253 | 12.5 | +3.4 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Findlay | 54 | 2.7 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 706 | 35.0 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,021 | 30.2 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hillside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman Jorgensen | 1,427 | 50.5 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hare | 1,138 | 40.3 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | David Sharp | 152 | 5.4 | −1.2 |
| | UKIP | Jeremy Allison | 106 | 3.8 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 289 | 10.2 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,823 | 42.8 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Loddon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kirsten Miller | 960 | 45.5 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phillip Challis | 891 | 42.2 | +6.5 |
| | Labour | Alberto Troccoli | 156 | 7.4 | −4.3 |
| | UKIP | Vincent Pearson | 104 | 4.9 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | 3.3 | −6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,111 | 33.2 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Maiden Erlegh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Chopping | 1,461 | 56.2 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Smith | 682 | 26.2 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Rupert | 192 | 7.4 | +0.4 |
| | Green | David Hogg | 149 | 5.7 | −0.9 |
| | UKIP | David Lamb | 115 | 4.4 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 779 | 30.0 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,599 | 35.8 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Norreys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alistair Auty | 1,455 | 59.4 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bacon | 461 | 18.8 | +1.7 |
| | Labour | Mark Squires | 252 | 10.3 | +0.3 |
| | UKIP | Keith Knight | 185 | 7.5 | −1.7 |
| | Putting Local People First | Mark Burke | 98 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 994 | 40.6 | −6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,451 | 38.3 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Shinfield North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman Gould | 327 | 56.1 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Philp | 101 | 17.3 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Keith Wilson | 91 | 15.6 | −9.9 |
| | UKIP | Peter Williams | 64 | 11.0 | +11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 226 | 38.8 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 583 | 33.0 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Shinfield South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Pollock | 1,009 | 52.6 | −13.3 |
| | Independent | Andrew Grimes | 706 | 36.8 | +36.8 |
| | Green | Marjory Bisset | 151 | 7.9 | −0.7 |
| | UKIP | Joan Huntley | 54 | 2.8 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 303 | 15.8 | −36.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,920 | 42.7 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sonning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Chapman | 875 | 76.4 | +19.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paula Dove | 165 | 14.4 | −15.3 |
| | Labour | Pippa White | 61 | 5.3 | −1.1 |
| | UKIP | Peter Armand | 45 | 3.9 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 710 | 62.0 | +34.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,146 | 48.2 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
South Lake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kay Gilder | 864 | 52.2 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Parvindar Batth | 560 | 33.8 | −4.9 |
| | UKIP | Geoffrey Bulpit | 125 | 7.6 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Roger Hayes | 106 | 6.4 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | 18.4 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,655 | 36.5 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Twyford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deirdre Tomlin | 1,263 | 60.7 | |
| | Conservative | John Jarvis | 496 | 23.8 | |
| | Labour | Roy Mantel | 255 | 12.3 | |
| | UKIP | Gerald Sleep | 66 | 3.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 767 | 36.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,080 | 47.1 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Wescott :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Julian McGhee-Sumner | 933 | 60.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gregory Newman | 366 | 23.5 | |
| | UKIP | Franklin Carstairs | 168 | 10.8 | |
| | Labour | John Baker | 88 | 5.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 567 | 36.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,555 | 38.8 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Winnersh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Armstrong | 1,185 | 47.7 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | John Green | 1,066 | 42.9 | −0.3 |
| | UKIP | Anthony Pollock | 141 | 5.7 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Anthony Skuse | 90 | 3.6 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 119 | 4.8 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,482 | 38.9 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Wokingham Without :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Perry Lewis | 1,637 | 71.6 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Bristow | 387 | 16.9 | +5.0 |
| | UKIP | Graham Widdows | 263 | 11.5 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,250 | 54.7 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,287 | 38.1 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |