2007 Crawley Borough Council election

The 2007 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative regained overall control of the council, which they had won at the last election only for it to later fall under no overall control.[2]

2007 Crawley Borough Council election[1]

3 May 2007

13 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	19	16	2
Seats before	18	16	3
Seats won	10	2	1
Seats after	22	12	3
Seat change	4	4
Popular vote	10,827	6,471	3,160
Percentage	48.4%	28.9%	14.1%

Map showing the results the 2007 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives and yellow shows the Liberal Democrats. Wards in grey had no election.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was

Ward results

Bewbush

Bewbush[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Cheshire	776	55.4%
	Conservative	Alex Maple	403	28.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Muhammed Musoke	130	9.3%
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	92	6.6%
Majority			373	26.6%
Turnout			1,401
	Labour hold

Furnace Green (2)

Furnace Green (2)[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Duncan Crow	1,062	28.5%
Conservative	Carol Eade	1,018	27.3%
Labour	Andrew Skudder	494	13.2%
Labour	TP Patel	450	12.1%
Liberal Democrats	Darren Wise	293	7.9%
BNP	Vernon Atkinson	228	6.1%
Green	Ben Liles	185	5.0%
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Gossops Green

Gossops Green[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Blake	736	48.5%
	Labour	Chris Mullins	586	38.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Scott	197	13.0%
Majority			150	9.9%
Turnout			1,519
	Conservative hold

Ifield

Ifield[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel Kavanagh	885	37.3%
	Labour	John Stanley	826	34.8%
	BNP	George Baldwin	309	13.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Arnold	233	9.8%
	Independent	Richard Symonds	87	3.7%
	Independent	Daniel Capstick-Bedson	32	1.3%
Majority			59	2.5%
Turnout			2,372
	Conservative gain from Labour

Langley Green

Langley Green[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Shreeves	780	45.4%
	Conservative	Sukhjit Kaur	632	36.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Osborne	307	17.9%
Majority			148	8.6%
Turnout			1,719
	Labour hold

Maidenbower

Maidenbower[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lenny Walker	1,439	78.8%
	Labour	Ron Finch	224	12.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Wickins	164	9.0%
Majority			1,215	66.5%
Turnout			1,827
	Conservative hold

Northgate

Northgate[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Seekings	538	45.5%
	Labour	Bill Ward	288	24.3%
	Conservative	Charles Skinner	210	17.8%
	English Democrat	Mark Taylor	112	9.5%
	Green	Derek Hardman	35	3.0%
Majority			250	21.1%
Turnout			1,183
	Liberal Democrats hold

Pound Hill North

Pound Hill North[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sally Blake	1,297
	Labour	Jasmine Samson	296	15.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Ferguson	276	14.8%
Majority			1,001	53.6%
Turnout			1,869
	Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Claire Denman	1,454	67.4%
	Labour	Colin Moffatt	382	17.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Reay	321	14.9%
Majority			1,072	49.7%
Turnout			2,157
	Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jarnail Singh	900	38.9%
	Labour	Ian Irvine	721	31.1%
	Liberal Democrats	James Cotter	289	12.5%
	BNP	Kevin Watt	235	10.1%
	Green	Malcolm Liles	171	7.4%
Majority			179	7.7%
Turnout			2,316
	Conservative gain from Labour

Three Bridges

Three Bridges[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Burgess	905	47.3%
	Labour	Daryl English	549	28.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Hamilton	289	15.1%
	English Democrat	Mark Langston	91	4.8%
	Green	Maris Liles	80	4.2%
Majority			356	18.6%
Turnout			1,914
	Conservative gain from Labour

Tilgate

Tilgate[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Boxall	904	49.2%
	Labour	Jayne Skudder	549	29.9%
	BNP	Richard Trower	213	11.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger McMurray	123	6.7%
	Green	Vikki Dore	50	2.7%
Majority			355	19.3%
Turnout			1,839
	Conservative gain from Labour

References

Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2007". Local Elections Archive Project.
"English local elections 2007". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

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