Elections for Boston Borough Council, which covers the
Borough of Boston, were held on 3 May 2007. The
Boston Bypass Independents
The Boston Bypass Independents were elected to Boston (borough), Boston Borough Council at the 2007 United Kingdom local elections, 2007 local elections. The party campaigned on a wide range of issues but principally on the more vigorous promoti ...
won the election in a landslide victory with 25 seats, the first party ever to take overall control of the council since the borough was formed in 1973. It was a
single-issue party
Single-issue politics involves political campaigning or political support based on one essential policy area or idea.
Political expression
One weakness of such an approach is that effective political parties are usually coalitions of faction ...
campaigning on getting a bypass for Boston. All the
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
and
Liberal Democrat councillors lost their seats, with only five
Conservatives and two
Independents also elected. The turnout was 36.9%. The overall results were as follows:
Ward-by-ward results:
Ward-by-ward results
Central Ward (1 seat)
Coastal Ward (2 seats)
Fenside Ward (2 seats)
Fishtoft Ward (3 seats)
Five Village Ward (2 seats)
Frampton & Holme Ward (1 seat)
Kirton Ward (2 seats)
North Ward (2 seats)
Old Leake & Wrangle Ward (2 seats)
Pilgrim Ward (1 seat)
Skirbeck Ward (3 seats)
South Ward (1 seat)
Staniland North Ward (1 seat)
Staniland South Ward (2 seats)
Swineshead & Holland Fen Ward (2 seats)
West Ward (1 seat)
Witham Ward (2 seats)
Wyberton Ward (2 seats)
References
Election 2007: Winning Candidates (Elections)2007 Boston election resultBypass group wins race for BostonPolitical 'earthquake' shakes council
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