2008 Cherwell District Council election

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Results of the 2008 Cherwell District Council election

The 2008 Cherwell District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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The results saw the Conservatives win all of the seats that were contested in the election in a clean sweep. [2] They gained 2 seats from Labour to have 44 of the 50 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats were not defending any seats in the election. [2] [3] In Banbury Neithrop ward, Martin Weir, a former Labour Party member who joined the Conservatives earlier in the year, defeated his former colleague and mayor Surinder Dhesi to take the seat. [4] The other gain came in Banbury Ruscote, with the defeats for Labour being blamed on the national political situation. [2] The results meant that Labour were reduced to holding only 2 seats on the council behind the Liberal Democrats on 4. [5]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Cherwell Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1820+2100.067.016,341+10.0
  Labour 002-20.019.04,637+0.1
  Liberal Democrats 00000.014.03,420-6.5

Ward results

Adderbury [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rick Atkinson68275.1+13.7
Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Yardley22624.9−13.7
Majority 45650.2+27.4
Turnout 90839.0
Conservative hold Swing
Banbury Calthorpe [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alastair Milne Home88475.9+11.1
Labour Mary Ross28024.1+2.5
Majority 60451.8+8.6
Turnout 1,16428.0
Conservative hold Swing
Banbury Easington [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fred Blackwell1,53477.9+16.8
Labour Roy Mold43522.1+2.6
Majority 1,09955.8+14.2
Turnout 1,96933.7−1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Banbury Grimsbury & Castle [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Bonner1,07562.0+0.3
Labour Henry Goodman49528.6−9.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Chadwick1639.4+9.4
Majority 58033.4+10.0
Turnout 1,73324.5−1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Banbury Hardwick (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Donaldson975
Conservative Anthony Ilott836
Labour Sean Woodcock281
Labour Sandra Mold260
Liberal Democrats Anthony Burns233
Turnout 2,58524.2+0.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Banbury Neithrop [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Weir70056.1+6.6
Labour Surinder Dhesi54843.9+11.8
Majority 15212.2−5.2
Turnout 1,24828.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Banbury Ruscote [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Tompson75152.0+2.9
Labour Patrick Cartledge69448.0+11.4
Majority 574.0−8.5
Turnout 1,44525.3−1.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bicester East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lawrie Stratford87770.3+10.1
Labour Chris Bream20816.7−8.1
Liberal Democrats Bruce Shakespeare16313.1−1.9
Majority 66953.6+18.2
Turnout 1,24828.3−1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Bicester North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Mawer93973.2+2.2
Liberal Democrats Steve Creed17813.9−1.2
Labour John Darbyshire16512.9−1.0
Majority 76159.3+3.4
Turnout 1,28226.7+1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Bicester South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dan Sames82760.1+10.1
Liberal Democrats Neil Walton54839.9−10.1
Majority 27920.2
Turnout 1,37537.4+5.1
Conservative hold Swing
Bicester Town [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Debbie Pickford77465.5+7.0
Labour Mary Lynch20917.7−5.4
Liberal Democrats John Willett19916.8−1.6
Majority 56547.8+12.4
Turnout 1,18230.5+0.2
Conservative hold Swing
Bicester West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Russell Hurle1,17568.0+21.0
Labour John Broad55332.0−21.0
Majority 62236.0
Turnout 1,72831.1−5.0
Conservative hold Swing
Bloxham & Bodicote [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynda Thirzie Smart1,33873.4+2.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Davis48426.6−2.8
Majority 85446.8+5.6
Turnout 1,82239.7
Conservative hold Swing
Caversfield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Fulljames51076.9+5.3
Liberal Democrats Andy Murray10015.1−13.3
Labour Alan Hasted538.0+8.0
Majority 41061.8+18.6
Turnout 66334.9
Conservative hold Swing
Kidlington South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maurice Billington1,36957.1+12.8
Liberal Democrats Doug Williamson69529.0−3.9
Labour David James33313.9−8.9
Majority 67428.1+16.7
Turnout 2,39738.0+2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Launton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hughesunopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Yarnton, Gosford & Water Eaton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Stevens1,09566.4−3.2
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Wilson-Higgins43126.1−4.3
Labour Martin Keighery1237.5+7.5
Majority 66440.3+1.1
Turnout 1,64944.7+8.2
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Cherwell". BBC News. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Election: Bleak day for Labour". thisisoxfordshire. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Tories wiped from Oxford council". BBC News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Former mayor loses seats". Banbury Guardian. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Live election results". Banbury Guardian. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "National: Full election results". The Guardian . 3 May 2008. p. 45.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Cherwell District Council Election Results 2008". Cherwell District Council. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
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