2008 Cheshire West and Chester Council election

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Cheshire West and Chester Council Election, 2008
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1 May 2008 2011  

All 72 seats on Cheshire West and Chester Council
37 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won55134
Popular vote136,48759,85143,543
Percentage54.0%23.7%17.2%

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Results of the 2008 Cheshire West and Chester Council election

Elections to the newly created Cheshire West and Chester Council took place on 1 May 2008. Elections occurred in all 24 wards, with each ward returning 3 councillors to the council. The wards are identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.

Contents

From May 2008 until April 2009, the elected members formed a "shadow" council, which made preparations for the changeover from the county and borough structure to the new unitary authority structure. [1] Thereafter, the members would serve for two years from May 2009. The next elections were held in May 2011. [2]

Results summary

Seats
  1. Conservative (76.4%)
  2. Labour (18.1%)
  3. Liberal Democrats (5.6%)

Results by ward

Abbey

Abbey (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert Manley2353
Conservative Keith Musgrave2309
Conservative Jan Mashlan2203
Liberal Democrats Arthur Wood1136
Labour Katherine Green574
Labour Derek Bowden533
Labour Robert Harmston506

Blacon

Blacon (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reggie Jones1417
Labour Marie Nelson1364
Labour Alex Tate1188
Conservative Charlie Powell904
Conservative Robert Blacker885
Conservative Neil Sullivan826
UKIP David Evans238
Liberal Democrats Timothy Longman232
Liberal Democrats Sandy Clyne225
UKIP Allan Weddell214
Liberal Democrats Kenn Hodd193

Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross

Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Williams2576
Conservative Pamela Hall2535
Conservative Keith Board2448
Liberal Democrats Mia Jones1519
Liberal Democrats James Latham1505
Liberal Democrats Lizzie Jewkes1172
Labour Sara Barnsley472
Labour Peter Barnard411
Labour Linda Webb386
UKIP Peter Lowe362
Green Jane Fisher309
English Democrat Ed Abrams290
UKIP Michael Roberts270

Broxton

Broxton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Ritchie2770
Conservative Michael Jones2640
Conservative Ann Wright2637
Liberal Democrats Paul Roberts1018
Liberal Democrats David Evans691
Liberal Democrats Gillian Jordan674
English Democrat David Roberts281
Labour Nicholas Dixon237
Labour Anna Bunt222
Labour Noel Hutchinson194
UKIP Geoffrey Stevenson192

Central and Westminster

Central and Westminster (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Bateman1178
Labour Lynn Clare1083
Labour Justin Madders 1021
Independent Jonathan Starkey596
Conservative Graham Heatley499
Independent Henny Moore477
English Democrat Maurice Brookes467
Conservative Anne Hughes460
Independent John Wilson442
Conservative Thomas Hughes440

City

City (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Lowe1407
Conservative Tom Parry1396
Conservative Max Drury1358
Labour Sandra Rudd1270
Labour Bob Rudd1259
Labour Brendan Doyle1229
Liberal Democrats David Mead765
Liberal Democrats Neil Christian652
Liberal Democrats David Simpson594
UKIP David Scott166

Eddisbury

Eddisbury (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Needham2739
Conservative Barbara Roberts2620
Conservative John Grimshaw2558
Liberal Democrats Val Godfrey1704
Labour David Speak440
Labour Mark Green418
Labour Nonny Shearer410

Frodsham and Helsby

Frodsham and Helsby (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Ford2303
Conservative Andrew Dawson2254
Conservative Mark Ingram2182
Labour Brian Lloyd1389
Labour John Beech1149
Labour Alec Robertson1036
Liberal Democrats Joan Laming641
Independent Frank Pennington528
Independent Tom Reynolds395

Gowy

Gowy (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Bailey3185
Conservative Hugo Deynem3154
Conservative Stuart Parker3098
Liberal Democrats Alison Anson1254
Liberal Democrats Raymond Williams1234
Liberal Democrats Harry Ziman1156
Labour Paul Cornwell477
Labour Tony Pegrum440
Labour Stephen Davies430
Green Tom Barker353
UKIP John Lodge248

Grange and Rossmore

Grange and Rossmore (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Sherlock1290
Labour Angela Claydon1272
Labour Pat Merrick1101
Conservative Michael English1062
Conservative Graham Howell1022
Conservative Susie Knapton-McMillan880
Liberal Democrats Kate Pemberton505

Groves and Whitby

Groves and Whitby (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Cooper1992
Conservative Brian Anderson1932
Conservative Katherine Lord1855
Labour Mark Henesy1174
Labour Brian Jones1157
Labour Peter Robson1046
Liberal Democrats Hilary Chrusciezl604

Hoole and Newton

Hoole and Newton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ebo1706
Conservative Adrian Walmsley1604
Liberal Democrats Bob Thompson1548
Liberal Democrats David Hull1546
Liberal Democrats Ruth Chidlow1545
Conservative Margaret Parker1545
Labour Alex Black704
Labour Janet Black645
Labour Philip Tate498
Green Diana Wilderspin-Jones382
UKIP Stephen Nichols168

Ledsham and Willaston

Ledsham and Willaston (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Myles Hogg2531
Conservative Gareth Anderson2411
Conservative Graham Smith2293
Labour Catherine Sherlock664
Labour Ted Lloyd637
Labour Jamie Merrick598
Liberal Democrats Graham Handley580
UKIP Geoffrey Gregory352

Marbury

Marbury (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Byram1971
Conservative Norman Wright1969
Conservative Keith Wilson1696
Liberal Democrats Charles Garton1398
Liberal Democrats Annie Makepeace1237
Liberal Democrats John Turnbull1137
Labour Jeff Langham525
Labour Gill Gough440
Labour Danny Maguire385

Mickle Trafford

Mickle Trafford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eleanor Johnson2737
Conservative Brian Crowe2724
Conservative Andrew Storrar2694
Labour Tony Mills667
Labour Richard Small658
Labour Christine Lloyd649
Liberal Democrats David Robinson435
Liberal Democrats Kurt Jewkes367
Liberal Democrats Sian Jorgensen323
UKIP Nicholas Nichols294
UKIP Andrew Pettigrew251

Neston and Parkgate

Neston and Parkgate (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Dowding2549
Conservative Kay Loch2353
Conservative William Mealor2509
Labour Louise Gittins1267
Labour Andy Williams1174
Liberal Democrats Derek Gaskell1105
Labour Abdul Jilani1095
Liberal Democrats Tom Marlow998
Liberal Democrats Michael Shipman830
UKIP Henry Crocker361

Northwich East and Shakerley

Northwich East and Shakerley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Miller1562
Conservative Terry Birtwistle1469
Conservative Mark Stocks1312
Labour Tony Lawrenson920
Labour George Mainwaring864
Labour Steve Gough856
BNP Jon Westerby529
Liberal Democrats Wendy Jones388
Liberal Democrats Brian Plant323

Northwich West

Northwich West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Weltman1529
Conservative Kate Birtwistle1526
Conservative Simon McDonald1473
Labour Helen Burder1015
Labour Arthur Neil939
Labour Paul Dolan898
Liberal Democrats Glyn Roberts694
Green Howard Thorp540
Liberal Democrats Jo Gaskill537

Overleigh

Overleigh (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Short3149
Conservative Arthur Harada3093
Conservative Razia Daniels3063
Labour Ruth Davidson1523
Labour Jane Mercer1360
Labour Jason Stiles1265
Liberal Democrats Annie Mead573
UKIP Wendy Moore349

Sutton and Manor

Sutton and Manor (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kimberley Anderson1425
Labour Paul Donovan1324
Conservative Robert Crompton1314
Conservative Nicholas Hebson1279
Labour Cherie Hill1148
Labour Sue Pugh1121
Liberal Democrats Joanna Pemberton516

Upton

Upton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jill Houlbrook2598
Conservative Pat Lott2411
Conservative Hilarie McNae2398
Liberal Democrats Rob Jordan1137
Liberal Democrats Michael Main1076
Liberal Democrats Vera Roberts822
Labour Gerald Grant701
Labour Peter Black655
Labour Mil Williams596
UKIP John Moore181

Weaver

Weaver ward (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ralph Oultram1927
Conservative Lynn Riley1668
Conservative Alan McKie1617
Independent Nora Dolphin1109
Independent Frank Dolphin1009
Independent Doug Shingler893
Labour Brian Jamieson622
Liberal Democrats Ailsa Gaskill-Jones621
Labour Graham Clark575
Labour Eira Bowden523
Independent John Freeman453
Liberal Democrats George England341
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hyde265

Winsford North and East

Winsford North and East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pamela Booher993
Labour Brian Clarke971
Labour Donald Beckett955
Conservative Jon Jones894
Conservative Frank Middleton849
Conservative Saundra Middleton828
Liberal Democrats Des Worthington793
Liberal Democrats Pete Gannon747
Liberal Democrats Bev Theron687

Winsford South and West

Winsford South and West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bob Barton1211
Liberal Democrats Charlie Parkinson1152
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Gaskill1137
Conservative Ann Lacey840
Conservative Bill Hall834
Conservative Deborah Deynem655
Labour Tom Blackmore581
Labour Jill McQuaid552
Labour Derek Wright515
BNP Philip Williams351

References

  1. "Use Your Three Votes" [ permanent dead link ]
  2. Democracy in Cheshire West Archived 1 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Elections 2008 - Cheshire West & Chester". BBC News . Retrieved 13 January 2023.