New Political Makeup for May 2007

There was a gain of seven seats for Conservative with Labour losing six and others losing one. The Liberal Democrats retained there one seat:

Seats In Detail
Party	2003	+/-	2007
Conservative	35	+7	42
Labour	8	-7	1
Liberal Democrat	1	0	1
Others	5	0	5

Election Information

Full district and parish elections were held on Thursday 3 May 2007.

All 25 Wards for the 49 Council seats will be contested. Wards either have one, two or three members representing them depending on the number of registered voters.

The 2003 election resulted in the Council having:

35 Conservative Councillors
Eight Labour *
One Liberal-Democrat
Four Independent
One Freedom Party

* This number was reduced to six Members due to the sad deaths of a Councillor in December 2006 and March 2007. Both seats were filled on 3 May 2007. See the vacancy notices below.

There were six uncontested Wards.

For the full results click on the link below.

All 27 Parishes were up for election. Some Parishes are broken up into several wards due to their size.

For general information on how you can stand for the district or parish council look under how to become a candidate or click on the link to the Department of Constitutional Affairs (the Government Department responsible for electoral matters) or under the Electoral Commission’s website.

You can also print a booklet published by the Electoral Commission on what Parishes Councils do and the role of a Parish Councillor. Click on the link below to view this booklet.

The Electoral Commission has provided an easy step by step guide for candidates and election agents which is available free of charge. A copy can be downloaded from the their website under Elections 2007. This will be issued to all District Council candidates with the nomination pack.

There were sixteen contested District Wards where elections took place on 3^rd May.

The Wards where the candidates were uncontested, and were declared elected unopposed were:

Essington
Himley and Swindon
Pattingham and Patshull
Penkridge NE and Acton Trussell
Penkridge West
Perton Dippons
Trysull and Seisdon
Wheaton Aston, Bishopswood and Lapley
Wombourne North and Lower Penn

Details of the candidates elected uncontested can be viewed by clicking on uncontested District Wards link below. There were a total of fourteen candidates (thirteen Conservative and one Independent).

There were originally eighteen parish areas contested, though this reduced to sixteen after the withdrawals deadline on 11th April:

Bilbrook - Lane Green, West and East Wards
Blymhill & Weston U Lizard - Weston U Lizard Ward
Codsall North and South
Essington Central
Featherstone- Featherstone Ward
Hilton**
Kinver - Dunsley, Potters Cross and Stourton Wards
Lower Penn*
Pattingham and Patshull - Pattingham Ward
Perton East and Lakeside
Trysull and Seisdon - Seisdon Ward*
Wombourne South West Ward

*Candidates from Lower Penn Parish and from the Parish of Trysull and Seisdon (Seisdon Ward) withdrew on 11th April so elections in these 2 areas did NOT take place.

**Hilton Parish will no longer have an election on 3rd May due to the sad death of candidate Stuart Michael. Mr Michael was also a candidate on the uncontested Featherstone Parish (Brinsford Ward) though this was not a contested election.

To view the Results of the uncontested Parishes, click on the link below.

To view who stood in the District Wards for election on 3rd May, and to also see the polling station(s) for each Ward, click on the link to the Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations below. There is also a link to the contested Parish areas on polling day.

FEATHERSTONE AND SHARESHILL DISTRICT WARD AND HILTON PARISH COUNCIL - 21st JUNE 2007

This Ward and Parish Council Election were postponed from 3rd May. The election timetable and Notices of Election for the District Ward and Hilton Parish can be viewed as links below.

Councillors for Hilton Parish Council were declared elected uncontested as only seven candidate nominations were received for the seven seats. To view who was elected click on the uncontested notice below.

Results of the Featherstone & Shareshill District Election can be viewed by clicking on the link below.