View text source at Wikipedia

2007 Breckland District Council election

2007 Breckland District Council election
← 2003 3 May 2007 2011 →
All 54 council seats
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election 42 8 4
Seats won 48 3 3
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 5 Decrease 1
Popular vote 15,617 4,834 3,044
Percentage 54.5% 16.9% 10.8%
Swing Increase 2.5 Decrease 6.2 Increase 0.8
Party before election

Conservative

 Elected Party

Conservative

The 2007 Breckland District Council election was part of the UK's 2007 local elections. All 54 seats were up for election. The Conservatives retained control of the council, increasing their already sizeable majority by six seats despite only a modest rise in vote share.

This was the first election in which UKIP stood candidates in Breckland. The Liberal Party meanwhile failed to stand any candidates at this election, and has not done so since.

Summary of results

[edit]
Breckland Council election result 2007[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 48 6 0 +6 88.8 54.5 15617 +2.5
  Labour 3 0 5 -5 5.5 16.9 4834 -6.2
  Independent 3 1 2 -1 5.5 10.6 3044 +0.8
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 9.6 2755 +2.5
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 7.3 2080 +1.9
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 330 +1.2
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.4

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Election results by party". Andrew Teale.