2007 – 3rd May – Kenilworth Town Council Elections

Abbey (5 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes
*Ann Blacklock	Lib-Dems	1405
*Michael Francis Coker	Conservative	1390
*George Reginald Illingworth	Conservative	1288
Daphne Rose Harrison	Conservative	1224
*Patrick Joseph Ryan	Lib-Dems	1170
Katherine Sara Dickson	Lib-Dems	1152
Thomas Anthony Dalton	Conservative	1135
Alan Rickers	Conservative	1130
John Richard Whitehouse	Lib-Dems	1063
Susan Helen Edwards	Lib-Dems	1036

Turnout 51%

Electorate 5136

Ballot Papers Issued 2625 (23 Spoilt)

Park Hill (6 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes
*David John Shilton	Conservative	1673
*Felicity Gena Bunker	Conservative	1611
Andrew James Mobbs	Conservative	1528
*Spencer Charlton Harrison	Conservative	1506
Patricia May Cain	Conservative	1482
*Ursula Stella Durrant	Conservative	1443
*Alison Rita Margaret Tyler	Lib-Dems	1018
*Douglas Alan Golby	Lib-Dems	1006
Kevin Holt	Lib-Dems	918
Eric Lewis Deal	Lib-Dems	891
Mary Latham Harrison	Lib-Dems	860
Ian Malcolm Fenwick	Lib-Dems	843
Maureen Teresa Hazelwood	Labour	310

Turnout 45%

Electorate 6375

Ballot Papers Issued 2889 (15 Spoilt)

St John’s (6 seats)

Candidate	Party	Votes
*Richard Ivor Graham Davies	Conservative	1686
*Pauline Winifred Edwards	Conservative	1674
*John Edmond Hatfield	Conservative	1656
*Alan James Lancaster Cockburn	Conservative	1635
*Norman John Vincent	Conservative	1577
*Susan Vera Howell	Conservative	1567
Richard Guy Dickson	Lib-Dems	777
Richard Sweeney	Lib-Dems	707
John Steven Wilson	Lib-Dems	687
Peter Joseph Sheils	Labour	630
Matthew John Feeley	Labour	613
Robin Rain Winn	Labour	588
George Albert Jones	BNP	294

Turnout 49%

Electorate 5850

Ballot Papers Issued 2847 (25 Spoilt)

TORIES DOMINATE – AFTER TECHNICAL HITCH

Following gremlins with the new electronic counting system, in which two counts had to be abandoned, the counting in the end, had to be done the good old fashioned-way – manually. This delayed the results by a several days, the count began on Thursday night – 3rd May – but didn’t end until Tuesday 7th May.

The Conservatives stormed to a convincing victory over their rivals, with a 13-seat-majority. They totally dominated St Johns and Park Hill, taking all 12 seats. In Abbey they got three from five seats, the other two went to the Lib-Dems, Ann Blacklock and Pat Ryan. Overall the Lib-Dems lost three seats, leaving them with only two seats on the council. Doug Golby lost his seat in Park Hill which he had held since 1995. Also in Park Hill, Alison Tyler, failed to retain her seat having been elected in the 2004 by-election.

Although switching from the Lib-Dems to the Tories, Dave Shilton still retained his seat on the council, coming top-of-the-pile in Park Hill. The other eleven Tories who stood for re-election were all successful, including Susan Howell who retained her seat following her by-election victory last year. New faces on the Tory benches include, Andrew Mobbs, Patricia Cain and Daphne Harrison. Michael Coker said he was delighted at the results, the Liberal Democrats were virtually wiped-out with the exception of Ann Blacklock and Pat Ryan, who we are glad to see elected as he is to become the Mayor next week. It will be two or three days before we celebrate, we have a lot of hard work to do.

Independent member, Trevor Martin of Kenilworth Regeneration, who was elected to the council four years ago, did not seek re-election.

Kenilworth Town Councillors

15 Conservative (Coker, Cockburn, Davies, Edwards, Hatfield, Vincent, Howell, Shilton, Bunker, Mobbs, Harrison, Cain, Durrant, Illingworth, Harrison)

2 Lib-Dems (Blacklock, Ryan)

Mayors