# 2007 South Staffordshire District Council election

The 2007 South Staffordshire District Council election to the South Staffordshire District Council took place in May 2007, with the Featherstone and Shareshill Ward results delayed following the death of a candidate. All 49 seats were up for election, 41 of which went to Conservative Party candidates. 13 of the 14 seats won unopposed went to Conservatives.

## Election result

South Staffordshire District Council Election, 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 41 | 83.68% | 60.10% | 24,125 |
| Labour | 1 | 2.05% | 16.83% | 6,756 |
| Labour Co-op | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0 |
| [[Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrats]] | 1 | 2.05% | 3.26% | 1,309 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0% | 2.07% | 833 |
| Independent | 6 | 12.25% | 17.72% | 7,114 |

## Ward results

Billbrook Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Gregory | 400 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Mackie | 698 | |
| | Conservative | Sonja Marie Oatley | 703 | |
| | Labour | Joseph Tomlinson | 339 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,401 | 65.47% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,140 | 34% |
Brewood and Coven Ward (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Andy Ball | 1,128 | 24.31% |
| | Conservative | Ivor Clay | 992 | 21.38% |
| | Conservative | Michael Robert Hampson | 1,018 | 21.94% |
| | Conservative | Anne Holmes | 989 | 21.32% |
| | Labour | Lena Holmes | 514 | 11.08% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,999 | 64.62% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,641 | 38% |
Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mike Boyle | 393 | 25.10% |
| | Conservative | Alita Ann Caine | 405 | 25.82% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Peter Caine | 400 | 25.50% |
| | Labour | Mac Harris | 371 | 23.65% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 805 | 51.31% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,569 | 30% |
Cheslyn Hay South Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Bill Craddock | 469 | 24.16% |
| | Labour | Joseph Colin Davison | 369 | 19% |
| | Conservative | David Heseltine | 495 | 25.49% |
| | Conservative | Bernard Williams | 609 | 31.36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,104 | 56.90% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,942 | 31% |
Codsall North Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Pat Campbell | 979 | 41.10% |
| | Independent | John Evans | 943 | 39.56% |
| | Labour | Davyd Williams | 245 | 10.28% |
| | Labour | Trefor John Williams | 217 | 9.11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,922 | 80.63% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,384 | 38% |
Codsall South Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Mike Lynch | 286 | 13% |
| | Conservative | Robert James Marshall | 856 | 38.90% |
| | Conservative | John Kirkland Michell | 862 | 39.17% |
| | Labour | Judith Williams | 197 | 8.96% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,718 | 78.10% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,201 | 38% |
Essington Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | David John Clifft | unopposed | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Griffin | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 50% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Featherstone and Shareshill Ward(2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Frank William Beardsmore | 383 | 19.29% |
| | Labour | Alex Brindle | 168 | 8.46% |
| | Labour | John Brindle | 242 | 12.19% |
| | Independent | Bob Cope | 557 | 28% |
| | UKIP | Steve Hollis | 115 | 5.79% |
| | Conservative | Mike Lawrence | 310 | 15.61% |
| | Conservative | Jan Tate | 211 | 10.63% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 940 | 47.34% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,986 | 27.80% |
Great Wyrley Landywood Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Christopher Jones | 373 | 18.60% |
| | Conservative | Ray Perry | 614 | 30.61% |
| | Conservative | Kath Williams | 640 | 31.91% |
| | Labour | Brian Wood | 379 | 18.90% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,254 | 62.52% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,006 | 28% |
Great Wyrley Town Ward (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Paul Bates | 1,016 | 25.55% |
| | Conservative | Janet Ann Johnson | 1,052 | 26.46% |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Lowe | 405 | |
| | Labour | Tom Lowe | 387 | 9.74% |
| | Conservative | Kath Perry | 1,117 | 28.09% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,185 | 80.10% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,977 | 32% |
Himley and Swindon Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger Lees | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Huntington and Hatherton Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jeff Ashley | 363 | 24.49% |
| | Labour | Lyndon Jones | 326 | 21.99% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Williams | 435 | 29.34% |
| | Labour | Frank Wilson | 359 | 24.21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 722 | 48.69% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,483 | 24% |
Kinver Ward (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Davies | 977 | 18.25% |
| | Conservative | Brian Robert Edwards | 1,305 | 24.37% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Gosling | 1,002 | |
| | Conservative | Julian Hall | 976 | 18.71% |
| | Independent | Ena Doreen Ray | 1,096 | 20.47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,258 | 60.83% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,356 | 38% |
Pattingham and Patshull Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joan Millicent Burton | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Penkridge North East and Acton Trussell Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Isabel Ford | unopposed | |
| | Conservative | Graham Spandler | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Penkridge South East Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger Holt | 811 | 38.88% |
| | Labour | Trudie McGuinness | 369 | 17.69% |
| | Conservative | Christine Jane Raven | 906 | 43.44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,717 | 82.32% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,086 | 35% |
Penkridge West Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Donald Edwin Cartwright | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Perton Dippons Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Keith James | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Perton East Ward (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Penny Allen | 293 | 42.28% |
| | Conservative | David John Billson | 367 | 52.96% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Albert Smith | 33 | 4.77% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 367 | 52.96% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 693 | 39% |
Perton Lakeside Ward (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Alan Keith Black | 426 | 11.91% |
| | Independent | Anthony Bourke | 537 | 15.01% |
| | Independent | Cyril Bromley | 146 | 4.08% |
| | Independent | Pamela Bromley | 163 | 4.56% |
| | Conservative | David Michael Fereday | 579 | 16.18% |
| | Conservative | Rita Ann Helestine | 590 | 16.49% |
| | Independent | Angie James | 506 | 14.14% |
| | Labour | Kevin McElduff | 165 | 4.62% |
| | Conservative | Roy Edward Moreton | 556 | 15.54% |
| | Independent | Patricia Norah Pitt | 467 | 13.05% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,245 | 62.73% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,579 | 30% |
Trysull and Seisdon (1 Councillor) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert James McCardle | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Wheaton Aston, Bishops Wood and Lapley Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Cox | unopposed | |
| | Conservative | Roy Wright | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Wombourne North and Lower Penn Ward (3 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan George Hinton | unopposed | |
| | Conservative | Robert Frederick Reade | unopposed | |
| | Conservative | Joan Williams | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 100% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Wombourne South East Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Gordon Fanthom | 432 | 23.33% |
| | Conservative | Carol Timms | 784 | 42.34% |
| | Conservative | Reginald Williams | 636 | 34.35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,420 | 76.68% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,852 | 38% |
Wombourne South West Ward (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mary Bond | 633 | 37.55% |
| | Conservative | Betty Heath | 604 | 35.83% |
| | Labour | Shirley Jones | 175 | 10.38% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Sadler | 274 | 16.26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,237 | 73.37% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,686 | 27% |