- Derby Council election, 2008
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The 2008 Derby Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Derby Unitary Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1] Overall turnout was 34.6%.[2][3]
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Liberal Democrat 18
- Labour 17
- Conservative 14
- Independent 2[4]
Contents
Campaign
Since the 2006 election the Labour party had been running the council in an agreement with the Conservatives and both parties did not rule out continuing this arrangement after the election.[5] However a major issue in the election was a proposal by the Labour party to close 10 play areas across Derby in order to save money, which were opposed by the Conservatives.[5] The arrangement was also strained by the defection of 2 Labour councillors, Hardial Dhamrait and Amar Nath, to the Conservatives since the 2007 election.[6] Other changes since 2007 included Labour councillor Prem Chera becoming an independent, and independent Frank Leeming joining the Conservatives.[6] This meant that before the election there were 21 Labour, 14 Conservative, 13 Liberal Democrat and 2 independent councillors.[6]
In all 61 candidates stood in the election, with 17 seats being contested.[7] Of those 17 seats Labour were defending 8, the Conservatives 6 and the Liberal Democrats 3.[6]
The leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron, visited Derby to support the local party on 3 April and described it as a "key battleground".[5]
Election result
The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain 5 seats to move from third largest group on the council to become the largest party, overtaking the Labour and Conservative parties.[3][8] Liberal Democrat gains were recorded in Abbey, Arboretum and Mackworth wards from Labour, and in Blagreaves and Oakwood wards from the Conservatives.[9][10] Meanwhile Labour recovered a seat in Sinfin which they had lost when Hardial Dhamrait had defected to the Conservatives.[9] However Labour also two seats in Chaddesden and Chellaston to the Conservatives.[10]
Following the elections the three parties held discussions to decide who would run the council for the next two years.[11] On the 6 May the Conservatives decided that they would not agree any deal with the other two parties and would sit in opposition, with Conservative councillors feeling that the previous agreement with Labour had meant they did not make gains as the party had done nationally.[11] The Liberal Democrats and Labour then planned to hold talks, with Labour abandoning their previous proposals to introduce congestion charging in Derby, and parking meters in Littleover.[12] However the Liberal Democrats decided they would prefer to run the council as a minority rather than reach an agreement with Labour. At the council meeting on the 21 May the Liberal Democrat leader, Hilary Jones, was elected leader of the council by 19 votes to 17 after the Conservatives abstained.[13]
Derby Local Election Result 2008 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Liberal Democrat 8 5 0 +5 47.1 32.3 19,374 +3.5% Conservative 5 2 3 -1 29.4 35.2 21,139 +3.2% Labour 4 1 5 -4 23.5 28.1 16,869 -6.1% BNP 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1,217 +2.0% Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 1,152 -1.8% Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 319 -0.8% Ward results
Abbey[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat David Batey 1,443 47.9 +3.8 Labour Asaf Afzal 1,056 35.1 -3.9 Conservative Jasvinder Rai 335 11.1 -0.6 Independent Norman Clayton 166 5.5 +0.2 Independent Masadiq Hussain 8 0.3 +0.3 Independent Raja Mehmood 3 0.1 +0.1 Majority 387 12.8 +7.7 Turnout 3,011 31.1 +1.7 Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing Allestree[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Philip Hickson 3,234 62.6 -2.0 Labour John Whitby 739 14.3 -4.8 Liberal Democrat Deena Smith 633 12.2 -4.1 BNP Glynn Cooper 563 10.9 +10.9 Majority 2,495 48.3 +2.8 Turnout 5,169 47.4 +2.0 Conservative hold Swing Alvaston[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Alan Graves 1,228 38.3 -7.1 Liberal Democrat Naveed Hussain 913 28.5 -6.3 Conservative Brenda Longworth 843 26.3 +6.5 Independent Gillian Elks 221 6.9 +6.9 Majority 315 9.8 -0.8 Turnout 3,205 29.3 -1.0 Labour hold Swing Arboretum[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Farhatullah Khan 1,710 46.1 +9.0 Labour Shiraz Khan 1,624 43.8 -5.3 Conservative David Jennings 374 10.1 +3.3 Majority 86 2.3 Turnout 3,708 35.4 -2.0 Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing Blagreaves[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Harjinder Naitta 2,006 50.6 +5.3 Conservative Lisa Marshall 1,047 26.4 +7.4 Labour John Heavey 909 22.9 -8.1 Majority 959 24.2 +9.9 Turnout 3,962 41.6 -1.5 Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Boulton[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Graham Leeming 1,607 51.5 +30.8 Labour Joseph Russo 1,129 36.2 -3.8 Liberal Democrat Stephen Connolly 386 12.4 +0.6 Majority 478 15.3 Turnout 3,122 31.0 -0.4 Conservative hold Swing Chaddesden[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sean Marshall 1,441 39.6 -6.5 Labour John Ahern 1,161 31.9 -10.7 BNP Paul Hilliard 654 18.0 +18.0 Liberal Democrat Eric Ashburner 285 7.8 -3.5 Independent Charles McLynn 96 2.6 +2.6 Majority 280 7.7 +4.2 Turnout 3,637 36.3 +2.1 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Chellaston[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Matthew Holmes 1,921 49.0 +3.1 Labour Mark Tittley 1,830 46.7 +4.0 Liberal Democrat Ajit Atwal 166 4.2 -2.1 Majority 91 2.3 -0.9 Turnout 3,917 35.9 -1.3 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Darley[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Finbar Richards 1,331 36.7 +4.9 Conservative Lorraine Radford 1,069 29.5 +3.2 Labour Christopher Wynn 905 25.0 -7.7 Green Jane Temple 319 8.8 -0.4 Majority 262 7.2 Turnout 3,624 33.9 -6.1 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Derwent[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Margaret Redfern 919 39.9 -10.6 Conservative Patrick Fullerton 708 30.7 +4.9 Liberal Democrat Leigh Alcock 353 15.3 +4.4 Independent William Wright 325 14.1 +1.2 Majority 211 9.2 -15.5 Turnout 2,305 23.6 +0.2 Labour hold Swing Littleover[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Leslie Allen 2,429 60.8 +5.6 Conservative Tarlochan Dard 1,132 28.3 -2.9 Labour Linda Winter 435 10.9 -2.7 Majority 1,297 32.5 +8.5 Turnout 3,996 39.7 -2.6 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Mackworth[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Derrick Tuplin 1,553 52.9 +27.1 Labour Richard Gerrard 778 26.5 -22.2 Conservative Andrew Hill 603 20.6 -4.9 Majority 775 26.4 Turnout 2,934 30.1 +1.0 Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing Mickleover[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Hilary Jones 2,411 53.0 -2.5 Conservative Philip Lucas 1,738 38.2 +2.0 Labour Josephine Drummond 402 8.8 +0.4 Majority 673 14.8 -4.5 Turnout 4,551 41.6 -3.4 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Normanton[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Hardyal Dhindsa 1,399 40.6 -8.1 Liberal Democrat Shayad Mahmood 1,276 37.0 -5.0 Conservative Jarnail Birring 775 22.5 +13.2 Majority 123 3.6 -3.1 Turnout 3,450 33.5 -0.7 Labour hold Swing Oakwood[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Franklyn Harwood 1,733 51.9 +44.0 Conservative Hardial Dhamrait 974 29.2 -15.7 Labour Martina Longworth 632 18.9 -4.6 Majority 759 22.7 Turnout 3,339 33.2 +3.3 Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Sinfin[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Bhagat Shanker 973 37.1 -18.5 Conservative Michael Cook 941 35.9 +11.0 Liberal Democrat Louise Noble 374 14.3 -5.3 Independent Michael Whitehead 333 12.7 +12.7 Majority 32 1.2 -29.5 Turnout 2,621 27.3 +2.5 Labour gain from Conservative Swing Spondon[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Evonne Williams 2,397 68.1 +3.6 Labour Anne MacDonald 750 21.3 -3.7 Liberal Democrat Simon King 372 10.6 +0.2 Majority 1,647 46.8 +7.3 Turnout 3,519 36.3 -1.0 Conservative hold Swing References
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