# 2007 Redditch Borough Council election

2007 elections to Redditch Borough Council in England were held on 3 May. One third of the council was up for election and the result was that council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 14
* Conservative 11
* Liberal Democrat 3
* British National Party 1

## Election result

Redditch Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 41.9 | 8,336 | +1.7% |
| Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 29.3 | 5,826 | -5.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 4,115 | 0.0% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 1,526 | +3.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 98 | +0.5% |

## Ward results

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Thomas | 1,004 | 53.4 | +20.8 |
| | Conservative | Anita Clayton | 514 | 27.3 | −7.4 |
| | Labour | Mohammad Nasir | 362 | 19.3 | −13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 490 | 26.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,880 | 46.4 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Astwood Bank & Feckenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brandon Clayton | 1,085 | 59.7 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Pollard | 382 | 21.0 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | John Witherspoon | 350 | 19.3 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 703 | 38.7 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,817 | 40.2 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Batchley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Cookson | 837 | 39.7 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Craig | 639 | 30.3 | −8.2 |
| | BNP | Dawn Enderby-New | 424 | 20.1 | +20.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hennessey | 175 | 8.3 | −9.7 |
| | Independent | Isabel Armstrong | 34 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | 9.4 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,109 | 36.1 | +4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Church Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robin King | 824 | 43.6 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Betty Armstrong | 690 | 36.5 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Gee | 377 | 19.9 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 7.1 | −5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,891 | 30.9 | −1.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Crabbs Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jack Field | 1,017 | 62.0 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Beaumont | 401 | 24.5 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Cummings | 222 | 13.5 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 616 | 37.5 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,640 | 37.1 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Greenlands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Wanda King | 766 | 37.4 | −8.5 |
| | BNP | Karl Newman | 502 | 24.5 | +24.5 |
| | Conservative | Ken Banks | 492 | 24.0 | −9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Pitt | 286 | 14.0 | −6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 12.9 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,046 | 33.1 | +3.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Headless Cross & Oakenshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carole Gandy | 1,464 | 57.8 | +5.8 |
| | Labour | Alan Mason | 666 | 26.3 | +6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Stanley | 401 | 15.8 | −12.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 798 | 31.5 | +7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,531 | 37.4 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Matchborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Juliet Brunner | 860 | 56.2 | |
| | Labour | Roy Vickers | 446 | 29.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simone Rudge | 223 | 14.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 414 | 27.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,529 | 33.8 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kath Banks | 1,085 | 64.7 | |
| | Labour | John Fisher | 383 | 22.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Field | 209 | 12.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 702 | 41.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,677 | 37.9 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Winyates :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Hicks | 836 | 30.1 | +14.1 |
| | Labour | Clive Cheetham | 791 | 28.4 | −2.6 |
| | BNP | Maurice Field | 600 | 21.6 | −9.8 |
| | Conservative | Jason Allbutt | 490 | 17.6 | −4.0 |
| | Independent | Richard Armstrong | 64 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | 1.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,781 | 42.8 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |