# 2007 Castle Point Borough Council election

The 2007 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, 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 26
* Canvey Island Independent Party 15

## Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 26 councillors, but lost 3 seats to the Canvey Island Independent Party. The Conservatives held all 8 seats in Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley, but won only 1 of the 6 seats on Canvey Island. On Canvey Island the Canvey Island Independent Party took the other 5 seats to have 15 councillors, gaining 3 from the Conservatives, as well as defeating the only Labour councillor on the council.
Castle Point local election result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 64.3 | 55.8 | 12,428 | +5.7% |
| CIIP | 5 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 35.7 | 20.8 | 4,637 | +1.5% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18.1 | 4,035 | -3.8% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 852 | -2.9% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 309 | +1.4% |

## Ward results

Appleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eoin Egan | 1,189 | 71.8 | +6.5 |
| | Labour | Lorna Trollope | 468 | 28.2 | −6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 721 | 43.5 | +12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,657 | 31.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Boyce :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Wendy Goodwin | 1,285 | 69.8 | +6.4 |
| | UKIP | Ron Hurrell | 309 | 16.8 | +16.8 |
| | Labour | Tony Wright | 248 | 13.5 | −6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 976 | 53.0 | +9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,842 | 35.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Canvey Island Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CIIP | Dave Blackwell | 958 | 58.3 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Carol Day | 466 | 28.4 | −1.1 |
| | Labour | Bill Deal | 179 | 10.9 | −4.4 |
| | Green | Irene Willis | 40 | 2.4 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 492 | 29.9 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,643 | 32.2 | |
| | CIIP hold | CIIP hold | Swing | | |
Canvey Island East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CIIP | Lee Barrett | 833 | 48.8 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Geoff Coates | 630 | 36.9 | +6.2 |
| | Labour | Jackie Reilly | 245 | 14.3 | −7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 203 | 11.9 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,708 | 33.9 | |
| | CIIP gain from Conservative | CIIP gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Canvey Island North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CIIP | Grace Watson | 878 | 51.7 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Pat Haunts | 493 | 29.0 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | Mark Reilly | 289 | 17.0 | −4.4 |
| | Green | Miles Willis | 38 | 2.2 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | 22.7 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,698 | 32.1 | |
| | CIIP gain from Labour | CIIP gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Canvey Island South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CIIP | Natalie Darby | 822 | 49.7 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Howard | 613 | 37.0 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | Daniel Curtis | 179 | 10.8 | −8.9 |
| | Green | Christopher Keene | 41 | 2.5 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 209 | 12.6 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,655 | 32.6 | |
| | CIIP gain from Conservative | CIIP gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Canvey Island West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ray Howard | 772 | 60.7 | +17.2 |
| | CIIP | Rod Cowley | 405 | 31.9 | −9.4 |
| | Labour | John Payne | 94 | 7.4 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 367 | 28.9 | +26.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,271 | 34.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Canvey Island Winter Gardens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CIIP | Neville Watson | 741 | 56.2 | +7.3 |
| | Conservative | Norman Bambridge | 417 | 31.6 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Curtis McArthur | 161 | 12.2 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 | 24.6 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,319 | 25.8 | |
| | CIIP gain from Conservative | CIIP gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Cedar Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Burch | 1,057 | 72.1 | +5.9 |
| | Labour | Harry Brett | 409 | 27.9 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 648 | 44.2 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,466 | 32.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jackie Govier | 920 | 67.9 | +13.9 |
| | Labour | Joe Cooke | 434 | 32.1 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 486 | 35.9 | +15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,354 | 29.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman Ladzrie | 1,269 | 69.6 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Nanine Pachy | 294 | 16.1 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Fred Jones | 261 | 14.3 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 975 | 53.5 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,824 | 35.4 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kate Meager | 1,129 | 68.3 | +13.9 |
| | Labour | Brian Wilson | 524 | 31.7 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 605 | 36.6 | +13.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,653 | 33.8 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bill Dick | 1,026 | 68.4 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | John Trollope | 269 | 17.9 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Eileen Peck | 204 | 13.6 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 757 | 50.5 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,499 | 29.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Riley | 1,162 | 69.5 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | Bob Peters | 275 | 16.4 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Douglas Copping | 235 | 14.1 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 887 | 53.1 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,672 | 35.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2007 and 2008

Two by-elections were held in St Marys ward on 20 December 2007 after the resignation of Conservative councillors Alan and Kate Meager. One seat was held for the Conservatives by Alf Partridge with 509 votes, while the other seat was gained for Labour by Brian Wilson with 480 votes.
St Marys by-election 20 December 2007 (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alf Partridge | 509 | | |
| | Labour | Brian Wilson | 480 | | |
| | Conservative | Mark Howard | 461 | | |
| | Labour | Tony Wright | 456 | | |
| | BNP | John Barber | 253 | | |
| | BNP | John Morgan | 234 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,393 | 24.8 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |