title: 2007 Middlesbrough Borough Council election
text: # 2007 Middlesbrough Borough Council election
  
  The 2007 Middlesbrough Borough Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect all 48 councillors, across 23 multi-member wards. to Middlesbrough Borough Council. The Labour Party retained a majority on the council.
  
  ## Overall results
  
  Middlesbrough Borough Council Election Result 2007 :
  
  | Party | Seats |
  | - | - |
  | Labour | 26 |
  | Independent | 10 |
  | Conservative | 6 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 5 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | 1 |
  
  A total of valid votes were cast and there were rejected ballots. The turnout was %.
  
  ## Council Composition
  
  After the election the composition of the council was:
  
  | 26 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Independent | Con | L | MI |
  
  Con - Conservative Party L - Liberal Democrats MI - Middlesbrough Independents
  
  ## Results by ward
  
  ### Acklam Ward
  
  Acklam :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Independent | Ron Lowes | 1,509 | 45.1 |
  | Labour | Shyamal Kumar Biswas | 783 | 23.4 |
  | Conservative | Val Finley | 555 | 16.6 |
  | Conservative | John Henzell Hemy | 500 | 14.9 |
  
  ### Ayresome Ward
  
  Ayresome :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Bernard Edward Taylor | 416 | 23.2 |
  | Independent | Barbara Dunne | 413 | 23.0 |
  | Labour | Mary Clare Bishop | 409 | 22.8 |
  | Independent | Bill Hawthorne | 408 | 22.7 |
  | Conservative | Samantha Kerr | 148 | 8.2 |
  
  ### Beckfield Ward
  
  Beckfield :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Independent | Brian Anthony Hubbard | 874 | 40.4 |
  | Independent | Peter Alexander Cox | 727 | 33.6 |
  | Labour | Bob Brady | 280 | 13.0 |
  | Labour | Dennis Burns | 225 | 10.4 |
  | Conservative | Margaret Warman | 55 | 2.5 |
  
  ### Beechwood Ward
  
  Beechwood :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Independent | Joan McTigue | 635 | 31.8 |
  | Labour | Garry Bartliff Clark | 436 | 21.9 |
  | Labour | Teresa Higgins | 381 | 19.1 |
  | Independent | Keshore Debnath | 366 | 18.3 |
  | Independent | Bill McCallum | 177 | 8.9 |
  
  ### Brookfield Ward
  
  Brookfield :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Conservative | George Rogers | 808 | 26.1 |
  | Conservative | Patricia Rogers | 663 | 21.4 |
  | Labour | Jean Sharrocks | 631 | 20.4 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Ken Hall | 613 | 19.8 |
  | Labour | Janet Elizabeth Thompson | 382 | 12.3 |
  
  ### Clairville Ward
  
  Clairville :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Bob Kerr | 563 | 42.2 |
  | Labour | Charles Michael Rooney | 451 | 33.8 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Pat Walker | 321 | 24.0 |
  
  ### Coulby Newham Ward
  
  Coulby Newham :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Paul Thompson | 979 | 21.4 |
  | Labour | John Geoffrey Cole | 887 | 19.4 |
  | Labour | Jan Brunton | 764 | 16.7 |
  | Liberal Democrats | Archie Bain | 569 | 12.5 |
  | Conservative | Joanne Daniels | 468 | 10.2 |
  | Conservative | Rachael Peacock | 387 | 8.5 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Emma Campbell | 179 | 3.9 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Jackie Campbell | 173 | 3.8 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Carol Maughan | 164 | 3.6 |
  
  ### Gresham Ward
  
  Gresham :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Ken Walker | 773 | 18.0 |
  | Labour | Tony Bishop | 753 | 17.6 |
  | Labour | Javed Ismail | 749 | 17.5 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Peter Birt | 679 | 15.8 |
  | Labour | Sajaad Khan | 679 | 15.8 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Cath Rozevskis | 652 | 15.2 |
  
  ### Hemlington Ward
  
  Hemlington :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Nicky Walker | 757 | 31.5 |
  | Labour | Jeanette Ann Walker | 747 | 31.1 |
  | Liberal Democrats | Michael Heath | 342 | 14.2 |
  | Liberal Democrats | Ron Phillips | 337 | 14.0 |
  | Conservative | Kathryn Shanley | 111 | 4.6 |
  | Conservative | Lenore Sizer | 111 | 4.6 |
  
  ### Kader Ward
  
  Kader :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Conservative | Hazel Pearson | 1,088 | 37.1 |
  | Conservative | Maureen Whatley | 836 | 28.5 |
  | Labour | Christopher John Nestor | 399 | 13.6 |
  | Labour | Daniel Howard Booth | 391 | 13.3 |
  | Liberal Democrats | David Foster | 222 | 7.6 |
  
  ### Ladgate Ward
  
  Ladgate :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | David Budd | 727 | 39.5 |
  | Labour | Michael Carr | 646 | 35.1 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | June Shippey | 466 | 25.3 |
  
  ### Linthorpe Ward
  
  Linthorpe :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Independent | Barbara Jacqueline Elder | 1,131 | 19.0 |
  | Labour | Stephen Edward Bloundele | 1,061 | 17.9 |
  | Labour | Julia Rostron | 932 | 15.7 |
  | Labour | Naveed Hussain | 870 | 14.7 |
  | Independent | John Skidmore | 738 | 12.4 |
  | Liberal Democrats | Chris McIntyre | 647 | 10.9 |
  | Conservative | Ron Darby | 559 | 9.4 |
  
  ### Marton Ward
  
  Marton :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Liberal Democrats | Tom Mawston | 903 | 38.2 |
  | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Davison | 847 | 35.9 |
  | Conservative | Susan Leyshon | 234 | 9.9 |
  | Conservative | Joanne Thistlethwaite | 229 | 9.7 |
  | Labour | Linda Wilson | 148 | 6.3 |
  
  ### Marton West Ward
  
  Marton West :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Conservative | Chris Hobson | 958 | 34.3 |
  | Conservative | Terry Ward | 859 | 30.7 |
  | Labour | David John Branson | 595 | 21.3 |
  | Liberal Democrats | Claire Lowe | 384 | 13.7 |
  
  ### Middlehaven Ward
  
  Middlehaven :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Pervaz Khan | 449 | 38.3 |
  | Labour | John McPartland | 412 | 35.1 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Alf Hannaford | 160 | 13.6 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Mark Keenan | 152 | 13.0 |
  
  ### North Ormesby and Brambles Farm Ward
  
  North Ormesby and Brambles Farm :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Allan Jones | 582 | 41.3 |
  | Labour | Eleanor Lancaster | 522 | 37.1 |
  | Conservative | Elizabeth Dawson | 186 | 13.2 |
  | New Nationalist Party | Thomas Anthony Simpson | 118 | 8.4 |
  
  ### Nunthorpe Ward
  
  Nunthorpe :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Independent | Brenda Alice Thompson | 1,057 | 32.2 |
  | Independent | Peter Sanderson | 735 | 22.4 |
  | Conservative | John Hobson | 436 | 13.3 |
  | Conservative | Caroline Fletcher | 386 | 11.8 |
  | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Earnshaw | 294 | 9.0 |
  | Labour | Martin Turner Booth | 194 | 5.9 |
  | Liberal Democrats | Jackie Simmonds | 176 | 5.4 |
  
  ### Pallister Ward
  
  Pallister :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | John Barry Coppinger | 553 | 41.0 |
  | Labour | Eddie Dryden | 481 | 35.6 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Pam Davies | 159 | 11.8 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Michael Rozevskis | 83 | 6.1 |
  | Conservative | Kerry Latham | 74 | 5.5 |
  
  ### Park Ward
  
  Park :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Liberal Democrats | Joe Michna | 1,071 | 44.6 |
  | Liberal Democrats | Frances McIntyre | 591 | 24.6 |
  | Labour | Zafar Uddin | 583 | 24.3 |
  | Conservative | Gillian Reeve | 156 | 6.5 |
  
  ### Park End Ward
  
  Park End :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Independent | Kevin John Morby | 547 | 32.1 |
  | Labour | Peter Elvyn Porley | 472 | 27.7 |
  | Labour | Mike McGee | 356 | 20.9 |
  | Independent | James Martin | 331 | 19.4 |
  
  ### Stainton and Thornton Ward
  
  Stainton and Thornton :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Liberal Democrats | Maelor Brian Williams | 535 | 64.9 |
  | Conservative | Dorothy Smith | 166 | 20.1 |
  | Labour | Richard John Speakman | 123 | 14.9 |
  
  ### Thorntree Ward
  
  Thorntree :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Peter Purvis | 414 | 32.4 |
  | Independent | Walter Ferrier | 382 | 29.9 |
  | Labour | Mick Thompson | 323 | 25.3 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Linda Walker | 90 | 7.0 |
  | Conservative | Mark Warman | 69 | 5.4 |
  
  ### University Ward
  
  University :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | Habib Rehman | 763 | 40.0 |
  | Labour | Abdul Majid | 759 | 39.8 |
  | Middlesbrough Independents | Muriel Birt | 220 | 11.5 |
  | Conservative | Gary Reidy | 164 | 8.6 |
  