Sefton Council election, 2008

Elections to Sefton 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

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 9
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 39.13%
votes % = 31.04%
votes = 21 025
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 8
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 34.78%
votes % = 22.98%
votes = 15 569
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 26.09%
votes % = 34.15%
votes = 23 135
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0%
votes % = 7.22%
votes = 4 888
plus/minus = Election Summary
party = Southport Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0%
votes % = 1.81%
votes = 1 229
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0%
votes % = 1.74%
votes = 1 177
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Socialist Party (England and Wales)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0%
votes % = 0.55%
votes = 373
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Green Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0%
votes % = 0.31%
votes = 210
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0%
votes % = 0.16%
votes = 105
plus/minus =

Wards

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pauline Collier
votes = 986
percentage = 23.43%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Leech
votes = 168
percentage = 3.99%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brenda Porter *
votes = 2 903
percentage = 68.99%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Warner
votes = 223
percentage = 5.30%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4 208
percentage = 43.96%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Terry Durance
votes = 394
percentage = 11.51%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Hands *
votes = 1 702
percentage = 49.74%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Cath Regan
votes = 1 105
percentage = 32.29%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Robinson
votes = 213
percentage = 6.22%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 422
percentage = 35%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kevin Donnellon
votes = 578
percentage = 18.01%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Constance McCarthy
votes = 731
percentage = 22.78%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paula Parry *
votes = 1 893
percentage = 58.99%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 209
percentage = 36.2%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Glover *
votes = 2 076
percentage = 49.39%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Muriel Langley
votes = 229
percentage = 5.45%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Aiden McGuire
votes = 1 889
percentage = 44.94%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4 203
percentage = 45.12%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Cook
votes = 426
percentage = 17.23%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Cummins *
votes = 1 216
percentage = 49.19%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Ian Davis
votes = 60
percentage = 2.43%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Joseph Nugent
votes = 315
percentage = 12.74%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Carol Tonkiss
votes = 448
percentage = 18.12%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2 472
percentage = 28.59%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carol Gustafson *
votes = 1 030
percentage = 51.22%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Dean McGraine
votes = 98
percentage = 4.87%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Paul Nuttall
votes = 763
percentage = 37.94%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Parry
votes = 108
percentage = 5.37%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2 011
percentage = 23.33%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cathine Cookson
votes = 297
percentage = 8.31%
change = Election box candidate
party = Southport
candidate = Harry Forster
votes = 497
percentage = 13.90%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Pearson *
votes = 1 979
percentage = 55.36%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Shavaksha
votes = 790
percentage = 22.10%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 575
percentage = 37.9%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Owen Brady *
votes = 1 330
percentage = 60.78%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jessamine Hounslea
votes = 287
percentage = 13.12%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Michael McDermott
votes = 301
percentage = 13.76%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Phillip Wordley
votes = 265
percentage = 12.11%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2 188
percentage = 24.21%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alfred Doran *
votes = 2 527
percentage = 67.80%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Druscilla Haydon
votes = 663
percentage = 17.79%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maurice Newton
votes = 526
percentage = 14.11%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 727
percentage = 38.56%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Maureen Fearn *
votes = 1 404
percentage = 47.12%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Jowett
votes = 203
percentage = 6.81%
change = Election box candidate
party = Southport
candidate = John Lee
votes = 455
percentage = 15.27%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Val Pollard
votes = 100
percentage = 3.36%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony White
votes = 809
percentage = 27.15%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2 980
percentage = 32.99%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Helen Barber
votes = 140
percentage = 8.45%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Britain
candidate = John Byrne
votes = 45
percentage = 2.72%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Carol Hill
votes = 192
percentage = 11.59%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Doreen Kerrigan *
votes = 1 050
percentage = 63.41%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Robin Thompson
votes = 219
percentage = 13.22%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1 656
percentage = 21.48%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Bryant
votes = 458
percentage = 24.96%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Hardy *
votes = 1 078
percentage = 58.68%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alex McIvor
votes = 288
percentage = 15.68%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1 837
percentage = 22.39%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Gibson *
votes = 1 493
percentage = 40.54%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paula Gouldbourn
votes = 738
percentage = 20.04%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David McIvor
votes = 1 423
percentage = 38.64%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 683
percentage = 37.72%
change =

Election box candidate
party = Southport
candidate = Margaret Brown
votes = 277
percentage = 7.90%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Nigel Cecil
votes = 209
percentage = 5.96%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Dodd *
votes = 1 714
percentage = 48.86%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Stoker
votes = 168
percentage = 4.79%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mike Swift
votes = 1 134
percentage = 32.33%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 508
percentage = 35.69%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Cluskey
votes = 536
percentage = 18.55%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edwina Cook
votes = 463
percentage = 16.03%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter Harper
votes = 514
percentage = 17.79%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Howe *
votes = 1 370
percentage = 47.42%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2 889
percentage = 29.07%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Jennifer Atherton
votes = 213
percentage = 10.23%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Viv Becker
votes = 306
percentage = 14.69%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Bradshaw *
votes = 982
percentage = 47.14%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Brennan *
votes = 1 036
percentage = 49.76%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Andrew Dobson
votes = 297
percentage = 14.26%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Pat Gaskell
votes = 270
percentage = 12.96%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Party (England and Wales)
candidate = Peter Glover
votes = 373
percentage = 17.91%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Helen Huxley
votes = 193
percentage = 9.27%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2 083
percentage = 23.65%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Crabtree
votes = 744
percentage = 23.21%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ronnie Fearn *
votes = 1 735
percentage = 54.13%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Margaret McEllenborough
votes = 184
percentage = 5.74%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Nolan
votes = 290
percentage = 9.05%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Graham Taylor
votes = 243
percentage = 7.58%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 205
percentage = 32.4%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martyn Ball
votes = 844
percentage = 25.70%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robbie Fenton *
votes = 1 805
percentage = 54.96%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Alan Marshman
votes = 202
percentage = 6.15%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sandra Williams
votes = 418
percentage = 12.73%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 284
percentage = 33.75%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Flodman
votes = 762
percentage = 23.01%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Griffiths *
votes = 1 950
percentage = 58.88%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Colin Trollope
votes = 384
percentage = 11.59%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Richard Willis
votes = 210
percentage = 6.34%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 312
percentage = 35.33%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Carol Atherton
votes = 179
percentage = 9.13%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Linda Hough
votes = 229
percentage = 11.69%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = David Jones
votes = 57
percentage = 2.91%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Doreen MacPherson
votes = 215
percentage = 10.97%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Mahon *
votes = 1 269
percentage = 64.78%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1 959
percentage = 23.21%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Linda Harper
votes = 306
percentage = 9.92%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Jamieson
votes = 676
percentage = 21.92%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Kermode
votes = 482
percentage = 15.63%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clifford Mainey *
votes = 1 614
percentage = 52.33%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 084
percentage = 30.46%
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Giles Blundell
votes = 762
percentage = 20.87%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anthony Hill *
votes = 2 029
percentage = 55.56%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sharon Hutchinson
votes = 646
percentage = 17.69%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Mike Kelly
votes = 205
percentage = 5.61%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3 652
percentage = 35.36%
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sequence
prev=Sefton Council election, 2007
list=Sefton local elections
next=Sefton Council election, 2010

References

* [http://www.sefton.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=8454/ Sefton Council website]
* [http://seftonmaps.sefton.gov.uk/Elections/Results2008// Sefton Council Election Results]