# 2007 Havant Borough Council election

The 2007 Havant Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, 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 31
* Labour 4
* Liberal Democrats 3

## Background

Before the election the Conservatives had 30 councillors, while both the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats had 4 seats. There was no election in the 4 Leigh Park wards in 2007 and as a result Labour was not defending any of their 4 seats on the council, while the Conservatives were defending 8 of the 10 seats that were contested.

## Election result

The Conservatives won 9 of the 10 seats contested, taking 1 seat from the Liberal Democrats. This took the Conservatives to 31 seats on the council, which the Conservative council leader David Gillett said he believed was "the largest Conservative majority on the south coast". The only seat not won by the Conservatives was in Bedhampton where the Liberal Democrats held on by a majority of 319 votes. Overall turnout at the elections was 35.2%.
Havant local election result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 90.0 | 57.5 | 14,660 | +3.7% |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 10.0 | 23.3 | 5,949 | -0.8% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 1,621 | -6.9% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 1,454 | +5.7% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 1,079 | -3.1% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 523 | +1.2% |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 197 | +0.2% |

## Ward results
### Bedhampton

Bedhampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Buckley | 1,351 | 48.3 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Galloway | 1,032 | 36.9 | −9.2 |
| | Labour | Anne Edwards | 145 | 5.2 | −1.0 |
| | English Democrat | George Herbert | 120 | 4.3 | −2.3 |
| | UKIP | Ray Finch | 90 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| | Green | Karen Griffiths | 60 | 2.1 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 319 | 11.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,798 | 40.7 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Cowplain

Cowplain :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Smallcorn | 1,708 | 74.5 | +14.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Bolt | 401 | 17.5 | −2.9 |
| | Labour | Kim Vassallo | 184 | 8.0 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,307 | 57.0 | +16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,293 | 31.0 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Emsworth

Emsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Virginia Wilson-Smith | 1,999 | 57.4 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Benzie | 834 | 24.0 | −3.1 |
| | Labour | Barry Gardner | 238 | 6.8 | +0.6 |
| | Green | Ellie Dawes | 218 | 6.3 | −1.2 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Harris | 193 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,165 | 33.5 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,482 | 45.2 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hart Plain

Hart Plain :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gerald Shimbart | 1,216 | 58.5 | +10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Jacobs | 861 | 41.5 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 355 | 17.1 | +7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,077 | 28.2 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Hayling East

Hayling East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dave Collins | 1,463 | 60.7 | −2.4 |
| | Independent | Nigel Brown | 491 | 20.4 | +20.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janis Shawashi | 319 | 13.2 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Ann Gleed | 139 | 5.8 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 972 | 40.3 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,412 | 33.7 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hayling West

Hayling West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andy Lenaghan | 1,818 | 63.3 | −4.8 |
| | Independent | Jim Phillips | 550 | 19.2 | +19.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Causer | 254 | 8.8 | −4.6 |
| | UKIP | Russell Thomas | 127 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| | Green | Gill Leek | 122 | 4.2 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,268 | 44.2 | −10.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,871 | 42.0 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Purbrook

Purbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hilary Farrow | 1,216 | 54.3 | −9.2 |
| | Independent | Steve Long | 413 | 18.4 | +18.4 |
| | Labour | Nicola Potts | 252 | 11.2 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Moore-Blunt | 219 | 9.8 | −4.2 |
| | Green | Julie Blenkham | 141 | 6.3 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 803 | 35.8 | −13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,241 | 31.2 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St Faiths

St Faiths :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ray Bolton | 1,425 | 48.3 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ray Cobbett | 900 | 30.5 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | Ralph Cousins | 229 | 7.8 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Tim Dawes | 207 | 7.0 | −6.0 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Little | 113 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| | English Democrat | Grant Greenham | 77 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 525 | 17.8 | −8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,951 | 42.8 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Stakes

Stakes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cyril Hilton | 922 | 51.6 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Bazley | 339 | 19.0 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | Barry Steel | 335 | 18.7 | −0.3 |
| | Green | Wendy Smith | 192 | 10.7 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 583 | 32.6 | −2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,788 | 24.1 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waterloo

Waterloo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Buckley | 1,861 | 72.4 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Briggs | 471 | 18.3 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | William Gilchrist | 238 | 9.3 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,390 | 54.1 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,570 | 34.0 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |