2007 Alnwick District Council election

Elections to Alnwick District Council were held for the final time on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The council was abolished in 2009 when Northumberland County Council became a unitary authority.

Election result

Alnwick Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	11	2	2	0	36.7	41.1	7,422	+11.1
Conservative	9	7	0	+7	30.0	23.9	4,309	+19.8
Independent	8	1	8	-7	26.7	31.3	5,655	-22.4
Labour	2	0	0	0	6.7	3.0	537	-8.6
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	132	+0.1

Ward results

Alnwick Castle (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Bell	453
	Conservative	John Hope	390
	Independent	Andrew Harrington	360
	Liberal Democrats	James Reid	345
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Thompson	331
	Independent	Teresa Thompson	287
Turnout			2,166	33.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Alnwick Clayport (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Gray	254
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Blakey	194
	Independent	Kevin Thompson	150
	Conservative	Aidan Ruff	41
Turnout			639	23.8	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Alnwick Hotspur (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gordon Castle	467
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Mills	323
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Smith	226
	Independent	Geoffrey Watson	219
Turnout			1,235	37.2	+5.5
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Amble Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Audrey Jones	258
	Labour	Elizabeth Gray	210
	Independent	Katherine Bennett	191
	Independent	Thomas Evans	105
	Conservative	Elizabeth Rixon	34
	Conservative	Cynthia Sharp	22
Turnout			820	27.4	-2.6
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Amble East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Arckless	327
	Independent	John Hedley	183
	Independent	Mark Shipperlee	123
	Independent	George Smailes	112
	Conservative	Alan Downie	60
	Conservative	Charles Skipper	57
Turnout			862	28.0	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Amble West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hinson	346
	Conservative	Leslie Bilboe	178
	Independent	Carl Oliver	169
Turnout			693	31.0	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Embleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Thorp	254	53.2	+53.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lydia Cairns	223	46.8	-9.6
Majority			31	6.4	N/A
Turnout			477	66.4	+11.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Harbottle and Elsdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Bolam	256	61.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cowie	161	38.6
Majority			95	22.8
Turnout			417	54.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hedgeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Taylor	289	83.8
	Conservative	Helen Ruff	56	16.2
Majority			233	67.6
Turnout			345	47.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Lesbury (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hugh Philipson	540
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Styring	480
	Conservative	Anne Glassey	167
	UKIP	Michael Weatheritt	132
Turnout			1,319	52.8	+1.3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Longframlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Trevor Thorne	458	77.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Roxburgh	137	23.0
Majority			321	54.0
Turnout			595	60.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longhoughton with Craster and Rennington (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Grey	418
	Conservative	Thomas Spence	336
	Conservative	Dominic Coupe	289
Turnout			1,043	41.4	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Rothbury and South Rural (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dawson	722
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Bridgett	587
	Conservative	Elisabeth Bainbridge	522
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duffield	496
	Independent	Alan Renton	488
	Conservative	Ian Glendinning	476
Turnout			3,291	51.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Shilbottle (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Maria Haddow	683
	Liberal Democrats	Ether Mills	529
	Conservative	David Rixon	519
	Liberal Democrats	William Blakey	462
Turnout			2,193	46.8	+6.6
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Warkworth (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeffrey Watson	533
	Liberal Democrats	John Hobrough	416
	Independent	Alison Sharpe	326
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Cashmore	319
Turnout			1,594	47.9	+9.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Whittingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zoe Frais	197	53.4	+53.4
	Independent	John Rutherford	172	46.6	-14.4
Majority			25	6.8	N/A
Turnout			369	47.7	+8.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

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