2008_Liverpool_City_Council_election

2008 Liverpool City Council election

2008 UK local government election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. (30 seats plus 1 in a by-election)

Quick Facts 30 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 30 wards 46 seats needed for a majority ...

After the election, the composition of the council was

More information Party, Seats ...

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"Belle Vale". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Central". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Childwall". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Clubmoor". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"County". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Cressington". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Croxteth". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Everton". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Fazakerley". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Greenbank". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Kensington & Fairfield". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Kirkdale". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Knotty Ash". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Norris Green". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Old Swan". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Picton". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Princes Park". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Riverside". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"St Michael's". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Speke-Garston". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Tuebrook & Stoneycroft". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Warbreck". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Wavertree". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"West Derby". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Woolton". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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"Yew Tree". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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	Seats	±
Liberal Democrat	??	-5
Labour	??	+4
Liberal Party	3	0
Green	??	+1

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	13	0	5	-5	42%	34%	31,085
Labour	16	4	0	+4	52%	41%	35,082
Liberal	1	0	0	0	3.2%	7.6%	6,874
Green	1	1	0	+1	3.2%	6.7%	6,045
Conservative	0	0	0	0	0%	8.5%	7,724
BNP	0	0	0	0	0%	3.4%	3,063
Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.74%	635
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0%	0.08%	70
United Socialist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.078%	67
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0%	0.067%	58

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Flo Clucas *	1,605	48.56	+3.74
	Conservative	Adam Ernest Marsden	737	22.30	+4.20
	Labour	Colin McAlley	684	20.70	+0.30
	Green	Margaret Williams	171	5.17	+0.07
	Liberal	Christopher Hulme	108	3.27	-0.93
Majority			868
Registered electors			10,942
Turnout			3,305	30%
Rejected ballots			11
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Dowling	1,521	52%
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Quinn *	1,077	37%
	Liberal	Stephen Houghland	133	4.5%
	Conservative	Francis Stevens	97	3.3%
	Green	Jean Hill	96	3.3%
	Independent	Michael McDonough	27	0.91
Majority			444
Registered electors			10,153
Turnout			2,951	29%
Rejected ballots			10
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Claire Wilner	1,673	46%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Marshall *	1,383	38%
	BNP	Peter Michael Molloy	336	9.2%
	Conservative	Jack Stallworthy	111	3%
	Green	Mark Bowman	78	2.1%
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	67	1.8%
Majority			291
Registered electors			11,024
Turnout			3,648	33%
Rejected ballots			11
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2008_Liverpool_City_Council_election

2008 Liverpool City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Allerton & Hunts Cross

Anfield

Belle Vale

Central

Childwall

Church

Clubmoor

County

Cressington

Croxteth

Everton

Fazakerley

Greenbank

Kensington & Fairfield

Kirkdale

Knotty Ash

Mossley Hill

Norris Green

Old Swan

Picton

Princes Park

Riverside

St Michael's

Speke-Garston

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft

Warbreck

Wavertree

West Derby

Woolton

Yew Tree

By Elections

Fazakerley, 18 February 2010

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Banks	722	61%
	Liberal Democrats	James Murray	157	13%
	Green	Michael Cotgreave	134	11%
	Conservative	Gregg Watson	118	10%
	Liberal	Lisa Gaskell	44	3.7%
Majority			534
Registered electors			12,248
Turnout			1,175	9.6%
Rejected ballots			6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Clein *	1,925	56%
	Labour	Peter Dowling	711	21%
	Conservative	Chris Lighten	490	14%
	Green	Geoff Bunn	202	5.8%
	Liberal	Philip Daley	140	4%
Majority			1,435
Registered electors			11,082
Turnout			3,468	31%
Rejected ballots			14
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Erica Kemp *	2,330	60%
	Labour	David Shepherd	522	13%
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	360	9.3%
	Green	Eleanor Martin	286	7.4%
	Independent	Jeffrey Berman	273	7%
	Liberal	James MacGregor	100	2.6%
Majority			1,970
Registered electors			1,699
Turnout			3,871	36%
Rejected ballots			10
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jim Noakes	1,341	48%
	Liberal	Dennis Gaskell	859	31%
	BNP	Peter Squire	358	12%
	Conservative	Gwynneth Hicklin	150	5.4%
	Green	Eleanor Pontin	68	2.4%
	Independent	Maggie Stewart	18	0.6%
Majority			482
Registered electors			11,282
Turnout			2794	24.77
Rejected ballots			9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Fielding *	1,196	43%
	Labour	Gerard Woodhouse	1,189	42%
	BNP	Peter Stafford	200	7%
	UKIP	Colin Windever	70	2.5%
	Conservative	Paul Barber	66	2.4%
	Green	Tony Jones	48	1.7%
	Liberal	Roger Webb	32	1.1%
Majority			7
Registered electors			10,126
Turnout			2,801	28%
Rejected ballots			3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Keaveney	1,812	50%
	Labour	Anna Briggs	792	22%
	Conservative	Paul Athans	638	18%
	Green	Martin Randall	262	7.3%
	Liberal	John Pagan	108	3%
Majority			1,020
Registered electors			11,192
Turnout			3,612	32%
Rejected ballots			9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rose Bailey *	1,810	52%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Geoghegan	1,245	36%
	Independent	Ken Stewart	171	4.9%
	BNP	George Muse	109	3.1%
	Conservative	Diane Westwell	88	2.5%
	Green	Don Ross	77	2.2%
Majority			565
Registered electors			10,496
Turnout			3,500	33%
Rejected ballots			8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Prendergast *	1,678	72%
	BNP	Jackie Stafford	222	9.5%
	Conservative	Mark Cotterell	130	5.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Rainford	120	5.2%
	Green	Peter North	102	4.4%
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	78	3.4%
Majority			1,456
Registered electors			10,101
Turnout			2,330	23%
Rejected ballots			7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Spriggs *	1,811	58%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Seddon	608	19%
	BNP	Peter Stafford	440	14%
	Conservative	Denise Nuttall	154	4.9%
	Liberal	Jane Canning	68	2.2%
	Green	Ralf Ganza	64	2%
Majority			1,203
Registered electors			11,377
Turnout			3,145	28%
Rejected ballots			9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Clein *	1,180	48%
	Labour	Christopher Helm	564	23%
	Green	Martin Dobson	498	20%
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	165	6.7%
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	52	2.1%
Majority			544
Registered electors			10,561
Turnout			2,459	23%
Rejected ballots			11
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kirkdale - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Hanson *	1,971	40%
	Labour	Beatrice Fraenkel	1,737	36%
	BNP	Steven Greenhalgh	389	8%
	Independent	Will Thomson	146	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Bradley	144	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Morrison	107	2.2%
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	96	2%
	Green	Alison Edis	95	2%
	Conservative	Alma McGing	95	2%
	Conservative	John Watson	61	1.3%
	Liberal	Damien Daly	46	0.94%
Majority			1,582
Registered electors			11,512
Turnout			4,887	21%
Rejected ballots			9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liam Robinson	1.411	48%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Doran *	1,214	41%
	Green	Janet Bunn	144	4.9%
	Conservative	Nigel Barber	93	3.1%
	Liberal	Karen Williams	85	2.9%
Majority			197
Registered electors			9,438
Turnout			2,947	31%
Rejected ballots			8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Irving *	1,642	46%
	Labour	Anthony Conception	1,607	45%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood	185	5.2%
	Green	James Munro	128	3.6%
Majority			35
Registered electors			10,0083
Turnout			3,562	35%
Rejected ballots			11
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynnie Williams	1,445	45%
	Labour	Matthew Garlick	650	20%
	Conservative	Giselle McDonald	570	18%
	Green	Robert Smith	403	13%
	Liberal	David Wood	140	4%
Majority			795
Registered electors			10,515
Turnout			3,208	31%
Rejected ballots			9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Francis Cooke *	1,520	64%
	BNP	John Edgar	303	13%
	Liberal	Vera Phillips	258	11%
	Conservative	Michael Lind	148	6.3%
	Green	Thomas Crone	70	3%
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	58	2.4%
Majority			1,217
Registered electors			10,519
Turnout			2,357	22%
Rejected ballots			3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Millar	1,372	45%
	Labour	Allen Hammond	824	27%
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	321	10%
	BNP	Steven McEllenborough	300	9.7%
	Green	Paul Grimes	130	4.2%
	Conservative	Lauren Graham	127	4.1%
Majority			548
Registered electors			11,559
Turnout			3,074	27%
Rejected ballots			5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Makinson *	1,262	48%
	Labour	Timothy Beaumont	1,015	39%
	Green	Laurence Wilson	150	5.7%
	Liberal	Griffith Parry	109	4.1%
	Conservative	Ann Temple	99	3.8%
Majority			247
Registered electors			10,906
Turnout			2,635	24%
Rejected ballots			12
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Timothy Moore	1,227	49%
	Liberal Democrats	Mumin Khan	714	29%
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	318	13%
	Conservative	Catherine Hirst	163	6.5%
	Liberal	Michael Williams	74	3%
Majority			513
Registered electors			10,049
Turnout			2,496	25%
Rejected ballots			17
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Munby *	1,838	73%
	Liberal Democrats	Conor McDonald	202	8%
	Conservative	Emlyn Williams	189	7.5%
	Green	William Ward	184	7.3%
	Liberal	John Graves	102	4%
Majority			1,636
Registered electors			10,771
Turnout			2,515	23%
Rejected ballots			10
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Sarah Jennings	1,309	43%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Allen *	1,128	37%
	Labour	Nicholas Mutize	485	16%
	Conservative	David Patmore	149	4.9%
Majority			181
Registered electors			9,706
Turnout			3,071	32%
Rejected ballots			13
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Strickland *	1,866	63%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Wilson	479	16%
	BNP	Jane Greenhalgh	208	7%
	Conservative	Brenda Coppell	171	5.8%
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	128	4.4%
	Green	Fiona Coyne	93	3.2%
Majority			1,387
Registered electors			12,699
Turnout			2,945	23%
Rejected ballots			6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Steve Radford *	2,128	72%
	Labour	Robert Millington	484	16%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Dadswell	135	4.6%
	Green	Jennifer Brown	92	3.1%
	Conservative	George Powell	99	3.4%
Majority			1,644
Registered electors			10,843
Turnout			2,938	27%
Rejected ballots			12
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard McLinden	1,852	58%
	Liberal	George Roberts	724	23%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Roberts	724	23%
	BNP	Carol Kilkenny	198	6.2%
	Conservative	Mark Rea	154	4.9%
	Green	Raphael Levy	99	3.1%
Majority			1,128
Registered electors			11,207
Turnout			3,173	28%
Rejected ballots			5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Warren Bradley *	2,223	69%
	Labour	Nicholas Wallace	508	16%
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	297	9.2%
	Conservative	David Grundy	171	5.3%
	Liberal	Charles Mayes	46	1.4%
Majority			1,715
Registered electors			10,607
Turnout			3,245	31%
Rejected ballots			9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	1,244	37%
	Labour	Brenda McGrath	863	26%
	Liberal	Ann Hines *	731	22%
	Conservative	Neil Wilson	338	10%
	Green	Kim Graham	160	4.8%
Majority			381
Registered electors			11,144
Turnout			3,336	30%
Rejected ballots			16
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Collinge *	1,771	46%
	Conservative	Richard Downey	1,254	33%
	Labour	Laurence Freeman	572	15%
	Green	Alexander Rudkin	161	4.2%
	Liberal	Maria Langley	58	1.5%
Majority			517
Registered electors			10,468
Turnout			3,816	36%
Rejected ballots			10
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Prince	1,370	49%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Airey	820	30%
	Conservative	June Brandwood	345	12%
	Green	Peter Cranie	125	4.5%
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	112	4%
Majority			550
Registered electors			11,173
Turnout			2,772	25%
Rejected ballots			18
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Louise Ashton-Armstrong	1,525	58%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Charles Seddon	807	30%
	BNP	Peter James Stafford	234	8.8%
	Green	Alexander Rudkin	84	3.2%
Majority			718
Registered electors			11,310
Turnout			2,650
	Labour hold		Swing