2007 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Tameside Council were held on 4 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result
Tameside Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 15 1 0 +1 78.9 44.7 24,054
  Conservative 2 0 0 0 10.5 28.1 15,126
  Labour Co-op 1 0 0 0 5.3 2.8 1,500
  Independent 1 0 0 0 5.3 2.4 1,267
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 3,896
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 -1 0 5.2 2,797
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 2,633
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1,128

Ward results

Ashton Hurst ward
Ashton Hurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Whitehead 1,337 39.8
Conservative Kate Scott 1,323 39.4
BNP Bev Jones 267 8.0
Liberal Democrats Cerudwen Elizabeth Lawe 219 6.5
Green Nigel Rolland 124 3.7
UKIP Paul Littlewood 86 2.6
Majority 14 0.4
Turnout 3,356 38.0
Labour hold Swing

Ashton St. Michael's ward
Ashton St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Harrison 993 42.4
Conservative Joseph Peter Schofield 773 33.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Stephen Daly 252 10.8
Green Elizabeth Blyth 175 7.5
UKIP Richard Harrison 150 6.4
Majority 220 9.4
Turnout 2,343 28.8
Labour hold Swing

Ashton Waterloo ward
Ashton Waterloo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Whiteley 1,238 42.8
Conservative Gareth Quinn 723 25.0
BNP David Jones 509 17.6
Liberal Democrats John Bartley 257 8.9
Green Andrew David Threlfall 163 5.6
Majority 515 17.8
Turnout 2,890 35.4
Labour hold Swing

Audenshaw ward
Audenshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Brelsford 1,286 47.9
Conservative Elizabeth Dawn Charlesworth 899 33.5
Liberal Democrats Allison Kay Seabourne 502 18.7
Majority 387 14.4
Turnout 2,687 31.6
Labour hold Swing

Denton North East ward
Denton North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Allison Gwynne 1,395 55.1
Conservative Georgina Helena Greenwood 719 28.4
Liberal Democrats Shaun O’Rourke 419 16.5
Majority 676 26.7
Turnout 2,533 30.6
Labour hold Swing

Denton South ward
Denton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Doubleday 1,427 57.5
Conservative Thomas Meredith Jones 672 27.1
BNP David Lomas 384 15.5
Majority 755 30.4
Turnout 2,483 29.7
Labour hold Swing

Denton West ward
Denton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brenda Warrington 1,888 60.8
Conservative Joan Mary Howarth 1,217 39.2
Majority 671 21.6
Turnout 3,105 34.4
Labour hold Swing

Droylsden East ward
Droylsden East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kieran Quinn 1,582 53.7
BNP David Gough 665 22.6
Conservative Emlyn Richard Davis 411 14.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Dunlop 287 9.7
Majority 917 31.1
Turnout 2,945 35.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Droylsden West ward
Droylsden West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Holland 1,977 66.4
BNP Paul Hindley 546 18.3
Conservative Charles Bryan Fletcher 456 15.3
Majority 1,431 48.0
Turnout 2,945 35.0
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield ward
Dukinfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Charles Taylor 1,364 50.9
BNP Roy Kevin West 520 19.4
Conservative Stacey Frances Knighton 455 17.0
Green Martine Marshall 340 12.7
Majority 844 31.5
Turnout 2,679 30.9
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward
Dukinfield / Stalybridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Jonathon Sweeton 1,299 44.9
Conservative Brian Eric Dean 1,039 35.9
UKIP Paul Kidd 283 9.8
Green Michael Smee 272 9.4
Majority 260 9.0
Turnout 2,893 34.3
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Godley ward
Hyde Godley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Bernard Sullivan 1,414 68.2
Conservative Ali Reza 658 31.8
Majority 756 36.5
Turnout 2,072 26.5
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Newton ward
Hyde Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Helen Theresa Bowden 1,252 42.0
BNP Nigel Christian Byrne 719 24.1
Conservative Thomas David Welsby 544 18.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Stanley Ball-Foster 329 11.0
Green Michelle Valentine 137 4.6
Majority 533 17.9
Turnout 2,981 33.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Hyde Werneth ward
Hyde Werneth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Stuart Bell 1,735 49.0
Labour Raja Miah 1,285 36.3
BNP Rosalind Gauci 286 8.1
UKIP John Cooke 235 6.6
Majority 450 12.7
Turnout 3,541 42.1
Conservative hold Swing

Longdendale ward
Longdendale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Neil Reynolds 1,500 54.3
Conservative Dorothy Cartwright 783 28.3
Green Melanie Roberts 250 9.0
UKIP Kevin Misell 231 8.4
Majority 717 25.9
Turnout 2,764 37.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Mossley ward
Mossley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Valerie Carter 1,267 45.6
Labour Co-op Idu Miah 1,036 37.3
Green Christine Anne Clark 475 17.1
Majority 231 8.3
Turnout 2,778 35.9
Independent hold Swing

St. Peters ward
St. Peters
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Davis 1,349 59.8
Liberal Democrats John Michael Piper 532 23.6
Conservative David Afshar 374 16.6
Majority 817 36.2
Turnout 2,255 27.4
Labour hold Swing

Stalybridge North ward
Stalybridge North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op George Roberts 1,190 46.9
Conservative Clive Alistair Patrick 920 36.3
Green Jean Margaret Smee 426 16.8
Majority 270 10.6
Turnout 2,536 28.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Stalybridge South ward
Stalybridge South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Eric Buckley 1,425 55.2
Labour Eleanor Ballagher 742 28.7
Green Jacintha Muriel Manchester 271 10.5
UKIP Angela McManus 143 5.5
Majority 683 26.5
Turnout 2,581 31.6
Conservative hold Swing

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