2008_Sefton_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2008 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election

Elections to Sefton 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.

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Preceded by 2007 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election	Sefton local elections	Succeeded by 2010 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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	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

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%

Molyneux
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%

Netherton and Orrell (2)
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%

Norwood
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%

Park
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%