Election Name: | 2007 Bath and North East Somerset Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 Bath and North East Somerset Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | 2011 Bath and North East Somerset Council election |
Next Year: | 2011 |
Seats For Election: | All 65 seats to Bath and North East Somerset Council |
Majority Seats: | 33 |
Image1: | Con |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 26 seats, 41.9% |
Seats1: | 31 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Popular Vote1: | 43,648 |
Percentage1: | 43.2% |
Swing1: | 1.3% |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election2: | 29 seats, 36.5% |
Seats2: | 26 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 32,889 |
Percentage2: | 32.5% |
Swing2: | 4.0% |
Image4: | Lab |
Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election4: | 6 seats, 13.6% |
Seats4: | 5 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 11,208 |
Percentage4: | 11.1% |
Swing4: | 2.5% |
Image5: | Ind |
Party5: | Independent (politician) |
Last Election5: | 4 seats, 5.4% |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 7,037 |
Percentage5: | 7.0% |
Swing5: | 1.6% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | No overall control (Lib Dem - (Con Coalition) |
After Election: | No overall control (Con minority) |
Elections were held on 3 May 2007 to elect 65 local councillors for Bath and North East Somerset Council. The results are show below.Following the elections, a Conservative minority administration was formed.[1] Cllr Francine Haeberling became leader of the council. This replaced the previous Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition.
The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2003 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).