2007 Castle Point Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2007 Castle Point Borough Council election.Conservativein blue andCanvey Island Independent Partyin light grey.

The2007 Castle Point Borough Council electiontook place on 3 May 2007 to elect members ofCastle PointBoroughCouncil inEssex,England.One third of the council was up for election and theConservative partystayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative26
• Canvey Island Independent Party15

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 26councillors,but lost 3 seats to theCanvey Island Independent Party.The Conservatives held all 8 seats inBenfleet,HadleighandThundersley,but won only 1 of the 6 seats onCanvey 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		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eoin Egan	1,189	71.8	+6.5
	Labour	Lorna Trollope	468	28.2	−6.5
Majority			721	43.5	+12.9
Turnout			1,657	31.9
	Conservativehold		Swing

Boyce

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			976	53.0	+9.7
Turnout			1,842	35.9
	Conservativehold		Swing

Canvey Island Central

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			492	29.9	+7.4
Turnout			1,643	32.2
	CIIPhold		Swing

Canvey Island East

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			203	11.9	−1.5
Turnout			1,708	33.9
	CIIPgainfromConservative		Swing

Canvey Island North

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			385	22.7	−2.2
Turnout			1,698	32.1
	CIIPgainfromLabour		Swing

Canvey Island South

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			209	12.6	+0.5
Turnout			1,655	32.6
	CIIPgainfromConservative		Swing

Canvey Island West

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			367	28.9	+26.7
Turnout			1,271	34.5
	Conservativehold		Swing

Canvey Island Winter Gardens

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			324	24.6	+6.3
Turnout			1,319	25.8
	CIIPgainfromConservative		Swing

Cedar Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Burch	1,057	72.1	+5.9
	Labour	Harry Brett	409	27.9	−5.9
Majority			648	44.2	+11.9
Turnout			1,466	32.0
	Conservativehold		Swing

St George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Govier	920	67.9	+13.9
	Labour	Joe Cooke	434	32.1	−1.5
Majority			486	35.9	+15.5
Turnout			1,354	29.5
	Conservativehold		Swing

St James'

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			975	53.5	+4.1
Turnout			1,824	35.4
	Conservativehold		Swing

St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kate Meager	1,129	68.3	+13.9
	Labour	Brian Wilson	524	31.7	+0.1
Majority			605	36.6	+13.9
Turnout			1,653	33.8
	Conservativehold		Swing

St Peter's

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			757	50.5	+4.5
Turnout			1,499	29.7
	Conservativehold		Swing

Victoria

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			887	53.1	+5.7
Turnout			1,672	35.9
	Conservativehold		Swing

By-elections between 2007 and 2008

Twoby-electionswere 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		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			2,393	24.8	−9.0
	Conservativehold		Swing
	LabourgainfromConservative		Swing