St Helens Council election, 2008

Elections to St Helens Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 23
• Liberal Democrat 19
• Conservative 6

Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Ward	1,335
	Conservative	Michael Hodgson	1292
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Gadsden	574

Blackbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Smith	1,207
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Smith	1016
	Conservative	Judith Collins	381

Bold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marise Roberts	974
	Labour	Tom Hargreaves	984
	Conservative	Charmain Pyke	198
	BNP	Carl Telford	218

Earlestown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leon McGuire	1,242
	Liberal Democrat	David Smith	951
	Conservative	Brian Honey	196

Eccleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Teresa Sims	2,606
	Conservative	Kathleen Barton	549
	Labour	Pat Ireland	417

Haydock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Broughton	1,087
	Labour	James Caunce	1,390
	Conservative	Anthony Rigby	299
	BNP	Karen Smith	278

Moss Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Carole Kavanagh	1,911
	Labour	Jeffrey Fletcher	864
	Conservative	Elizabeth Black	285

Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Suzanne Knight	2,028
	Labour	Graham Barr	605
	Conservative	Margaret Harvey	293

Parr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Pinder	1,252
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Ellison	506
	Conservative	Madeleine Wilcock	212

Rainford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Betty Lowe	1,938
	Labour	David Wood	562
	Liberal Democrat	Frederick Barrett	184

Rainhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Frances Chesney	299
	Labour	Michael Doyle	1,740
	Conservative	Helen Smith	877
	Liberal Democrat	Christina Duncan	455

Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	John Chesney	273
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Spencer	1,826
	Labour	Derek Maylor	686
	Conservative	Pauline Wilcock	158

Thatto Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Seddon	1,328
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Pearl	581
	BNP	Paul Telford	284
	Conservative	Barbara Woodcock	301

Town Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Beirne	1,193
	Labour	Geoff Almond	876
	BNP	Damian Smith	237
	Conservative	Jill Jones	134

West Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robbie Ayres	1,493
	Liberal Democrat	David Evans	814
	Conservative	Richard Barton	329
	BNP	John Swindells	331

Windle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wally Ashcroft	1,466
	Labour	Lynn Glover	750
	Liberal Democrat	Noreen Knowles	346

References

Preceded by St Helens Council election, 2007

St Helens local elections

Succeeded by St Helens Council election, 2010