2008 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Elections to MSefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 9 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 39.13% | 31.04% | 21 025 | ||
Labour | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.78% | 22.98% | 15 569 | ||
Conservative | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 26.09% | 34.15% | 23 135 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 7.22% | 4 888 | ||
Southport Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.81% | 1 229 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.74% | 1 177 | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.55% | 373 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.31% | 210 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.16% | 105 |
Wards
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Collier | 986 | 23.43% | ||
UKIP | John Leech | 168 | 3.99% | ||
Conservative | Brenda Porter * | 2 903 | 68.99% | ||
Labour | Frank Warner | 223 | 5.30% | ||
Turnout | 4 208 | 43.96% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Terry Durance | 394 | 11.51% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Hands * | 1 702 | 49.74% | ||
Conservative | Cath Regan | 1 105 | 32.29% | ||
Labour | Frank Robinson | 213 | 6.22% | ||
Turnout | 3 422 | 35% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Donnellon | 578 | 18.01% | ||
Labour | Constance McCarthy | 731 | 22.78% | ||
Conservative | Paula Parry * | 1 893 | 58.99% | ||
Turnout | 3 209 | 36.2% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Glover * | 2 076 | 49.39% | ||
Labour | Muriel Langley | 229 | 5.45% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Aiden McGuire | 1 889 | 44.94% | ||
Turnout | 4 203 | 45.12% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Cook | 426 | 17.23% | ||
Labour | Paul Cummins * | 1 216 | 49.19% | ||
Communist | Ian Davis | 60 | 2.43% | ||
UKIP | Joseph Nugent | 315 | 12.74% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Carol Tonkiss | 448 | 18.12% | ||
Turnout | 2 472 | 28.59% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carol Gustafson * | 1 030 | 51.22% | ||
BNP | Dean McGraine | 98 | 4.87% | ||
UKIP | Paul Nuttall | 763 | 37.94% | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Parry | 108 | 5.37% | ||
Turnout | 2 011 | 23.33% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cathine Cookson | 297 | 8.31% | ||
Southport | Harry Forster | 497 | 13.90% | ||
Conservative | David Pearson * | 1 979 | 55.36% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Shavaksha | 790 | 22.10% | ||
Turnout | 3 575 | 37.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Owen Brady * | 1 330 | 60.78% | ||
Conservative | Jessamine Hounslea | 287 | 13.12% | ||
BNP | Michael McDermott | 301 | 13.76% | ||
UKIP | Phillip Wordley | 265 | 12.11% | ||
Turnout | 2 188 | 24.21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Doran * | 2 527 | 67.80% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Druscilla Haydon | 663 | 17.79% | ||
Labour | Maurice Newton | 526 | 14.11% | ||
Turnout | 3 727 | 38.56% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Maureen Fearn * | 1 404 | 47.12% | ||
Labour | Stephen Jowett | 203 | 6.81% | ||
Southport | John Lee | 455 | 15.27% | ||
UKIP | Val Pollard | 100 | 3.36% | ||
Conservative | Anthony White | 809 | 27.15% | ||
Turnout | 2 980 | 32.99% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Helen Barber | 140 | 8.45% | ||
Communist | John Byrne | 45 | 2.72% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Carol Hill | 192 | 11.59% | ||
Labour | Doreen Kerrigan * | 1 050 | 63.41% | ||
UKIP | Robin Thompson | 219 | 13.22% | ||
Turnout | 1 656 | 21.48% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | John Bryant | 458 | 24.96% | ||
Labour | Patricia Hardy * | 1 078 | 58.68% | ||
Conservative | Alex McIvor | 288 | 15.68% | ||
Turnout | 1 837 | 22.39% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Gibson * | 1 493 | 40.54% | ||
Labour | Paula Gouldbourn | 738 | 20.04% | ||
Conservative | David McIvor | 1 423 | 38.64% | ||
Turnout | 3 683 | 37.72% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southport | Margaret Brown | 277 | 7.90% | ||
UKIP | Nigel Cecil | 209 | 5.96% | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Dodd * | 1 714 | 48.86% | ||
Labour | Maureen Stoker | 168 | 4.79% | ||
Conservative | Mike Swift | 1 134 | 32.33% | ||
Turnout | 3 508 | 35.69% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Cluskey | 536 | 18.55% | ||
Conservative | Edwina Cook | 463 | 16.03% | ||
UKIP | Peter Harper | 514 | 17.79% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Howe * | 1 370 | 47.42% | ||
Turnout | 2 889 | 29.07% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Jennifer Atherton | 213 | 10.23% | ||
Conservative | Viv Becker | 306 | 14.69% | ||
Labour | Susan Bradshaw * | 982 | 47.14% | ||
Labour | Robert Brennan * | 1 036 | 49.76% | ||
UKIP | Andrew Dobson | 297 | 14.26% | ||
UKIP | Pat Gaskell | 270 | 12.96% | ||
Socialist Alternative | Peter Glover | 373 | 17.91% | ||
Conservative | Helen Huxley | 193 | 9.27% | ||
Turnout | 2 083 | 23.65% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Crabtree | 744 | 23.21% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ronnie Fearn * | 1 735 | 54.13% | ||
BNP | Margaret McEllenborough | 184 | 5.74% | ||
Labour | Michael Nolan | 290 | 9.05% | ||
UKIP | Graham Taylor | 243 | 7.58% | ||
Turnout | 3 205 | 32.4% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martyn Ball | 844 | 25.70% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robbie Fenton * | 1 805 | 54.96% | ||
BNP | Alan Marshman | 202 | 6.15% | ||
Labour | Sandra Williams | 418 | 12.73% | ||
Turnout | 3 284 | 33.75% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Flodman | 762 | 23.01% | ||
Conservative | Barry Griffiths * | 1 950 | 58.88% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Trollope | 384 | 11.59% | ||
Green | Richard Willis | 210 | 6.34% | ||
Turnout | 3 312 | 35.33% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Carol Atherton | 179 | 9.13% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Linda Hough | 229 | 11.69% | ||
UKIP | David Jones | 57 | 2.91% | ||
Conservative | Doreen MacPherson | 215 | 10.97% | ||
Labour | James Mahon * | 1 269 | 64.78% | ||
Turnout | 1 959 | 23.21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Linda Harper | 306 | 9.92% | ||
Conservative | Simon Jamieson | 676 | 21.92% | ||
Labour | Stephen Kermode | 482 | 15.63% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Clifford Mainey * | 1 614 | 52.33% | ||
Turnout | 3 084 | 30.46% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Giles Blundell | 762 | 20.87% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hill * | 2 029 | 55.56% | ||
Conservative | Sharon Hutchinson | 646 | 17.69% | ||
UKIP | Mike Kelly | 205 | 5.61% | ||
Turnout | 3 652 | 35.36% |
Preceded by Sefton Council election, 2007 |
Sefton local elections | Succeeded by Sefton Council election, 2010 |