The 2007 Winchester Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of
Winchester
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District
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Council in
Hampshire
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,
England
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. One third of the council was up for election and the
Conservative Party
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stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
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Conservative
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29
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Liberal Democrat
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23
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Independent
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Labour 1
Campaign
19 seats were contested in the election with both the Conservatives and
Liberal Democrats putting up candidates in all of the contested
wards.
had 15 candidates, the
United Kingdom Independence Party
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6,
Green Party
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2 and there were 2
independents.
[ The Labour leader on the council, Peter Rees, stood down at the election,][
]Refuse collection
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was an important issue in the election, after the Conservative council planned to move from weekly to fortnightly collections in June for more of the council area including Swanmore, Whiteley
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and Wickham.recycling
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, but the Liberal Democrats said residents were against the move and that they would collect kitchen waste
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every week if they controlled the council.[
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Election result
The results saw the Conservatives keep a majority on the council, with the party still having 29 seats.Owslebury
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and Curdridge but lost one back in Compton and Otterbourne ward.councillor
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.[ The beneficiaries were the Liberal Democrats who gained the seats in St Luke and St John and All Saints wards.][ The Liberal Democrats thus had 23 seats after the election, but had come within 19 votes of gaining a seat from the Conservatives in Whiteley ward, which would have deprived the Conservatives of a majority.][
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Ward results
Bishop's Waltham
Colden Common and Twyford
Compton and Otterbourne
Denmead
Itchen Valley
Littleton and Harestock
Owslebury and Curdridge
St. Barnabas
St. Bartholomew
St. John and All Saints
St. Luke
St. Michael
St. Paul
Swanmore and Newton
The Alresfords
Upper Meon Valley
Whiteley
Wickham
Wonston and Micheldever
References
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2007
2007 English local elections
2000s in Hampshire