2007 Exeter City Council election

2007 Exeter City Council election [1][2]
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13 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.9%
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 16 12
Seats won 3 4
Seats after 14 12
Seat change Decrease2 Steady
Popular vote 6,491 6,392
Percentage 27.3% 26.9%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Conservative Liberal
Last election 8 4
Seats won 4 2
Seats after 10 4
Seat change Increase2 Steady
Popular vote 7,138 2,426
Percentage 30.0% 10.2%
Map showing the results of the 2007 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and orange shows the Liberals. Wards in white had no election.
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

The 2007 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2007, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.[3][4]

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Exeter City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. pp. 11–12.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2007). Local Elections Handbook 2007 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 10.
  3. ^ "English local elections 2007". BBC News.
  4. ^ "Local elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. p. 18.