United Kingdom local elections, 2008
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The 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. These elections took place in 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils.[1]
There were also extraordinary elections held for four of the new unitary authorities being created, in Northumberland, County Durham and Cheshire (two councils - Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester).[2] Scheduled elections for Penwith in Cornwall, Shrewsbury & Atcham in Shropshire, Bedford and South Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire and five district councils in Cheshire were cancelled, due to the up-coming unitary authorities being established in those counties.
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[edit] Summary of results
| Party | Councillors | Councils | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/- | Total | +/- | Total | ||
| Conservative | +257 | 3,155 | +12 | 65 | |
| Labour | -334 | 2,365 | -9 | 18 | |
| Liberal Democrat | +33 | 1,804 | +1 | 12 | |
| Plaid Cymru | +31 | 205 | -1 | 0 | |
| Green | +5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Residents | -11 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| BNP | +10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal | -2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Health Concern | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| UKIP | +3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Respect – The Unity Coalition | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | +4 | 716 | 0 | 0 | |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | -3 | 64 | |
[edit] Metropolitan boroughs
All 36 English metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
[edit] Unitary authorities
[edit] Existing councils
In 19 English unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election.
[edit] New councils
Elections were held in three of the current non-metropolitan counties of Cheshire, County Durham and Northumberland for four new unitary authorities which were established in 2009. These councils were "shadow councils" until then.
| Council | Result | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East | Conservative | Details | |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Conservative | Details | |
| Durham | Labour | Details | |
| Northumberland | No overall control | ||
[edit] District councils
[edit] Whole council
In 4 English district authorities the whole council was up for election following ward boundary changes.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
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| Barrow-in-Furness | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Basingstoke and Deane | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details | ||
| South Lakeland | Liberal Democrat | Liberal Democrat hold | Details | ||
| Welwyn Hatfield | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
[edit] Half of council
In 7 English district authorities, half of the council was up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
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| Adur | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Cheltenham | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Fareham | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Gosport | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Hastings | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | Labour | Conservative gain | Details | ||
| Oxford | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
[edit] Third of council
In 67 English district authorities, a third of the council was up for election.
[edit] Welsh councils
Key:
In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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