2008 Crawley Borough Council election

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2008 Crawley Borough Council election [1]
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13 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before22123
Seats won940
Seats after2692
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote11,4837,3291,674
Percentage52.0%33.2%7.6%
Crawley UK local election 2008 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2008 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2008 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council. [2]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results

Bewbush

Bewbush [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Marion Ayling 710 48.0%
Conservative Alex Maple42929.0%
BNP Linda Atkinson23115.6%
Justice PartyArshad Khan1087.3%
Majority28119.0%
Turnout 1,478
Labour hold

Broadfield North

Broadfield North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Brian Quinn 622 51.6%
Conservative David Bowen47239.1%
Liberal Democrats Robert Huston1129.3%
Majority15012.5%
Turnout 1,206
Labour hold

Broadfield South

Broadfield South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Lee Gilroy 668 57.0%
Labour Ian Irvine50343.0%
Majority16514.0%
Turnout 1,171
Conservative hold

Gossops Green

Gossops Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Beryl Mecrow 766 48.0%
Labour Chris Mullins49831.2%
BNP Dennis Kenealy24215.2%
Liberal Democrats Gomeze Clayton895.6%
Majority26816.8%
Turnout 1,595
Conservative hold

Ifield

Ifield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ali Burke 984 42.7%
Labour John Stanley74832.4%
BNP George Baldwin36315.7%
Liberal Democrats Edward Arnold2119.2%
Majority23610.3%
Turnout 2,306
Conservative gain from Labour

Langley Green

Langley Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Brenda Smith 954 52.1%
Conservative Tony Pushpanathan72239.4%
Liberal Democrats Muhammed Musoke1568.5%
Majority23212.7%
Turnout 1,832
Labour hold

Maidenbower

Maidenbower [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jennifer Millar-Smith 1,552 82.4%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Osborne1668.8%
Labour Raj Sharma1668.8%
Majority1,38673.6%
Turnout 1,884
Conservative hold

Pound Hill North

Pound Hill North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Keith Brockwell 1,349 72.6%
Liberal Democrats Eddie Reay26714.4%
Labour Thakordas Patel24213.0%
Majority1,08258.2%
Turnout 1,858
Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Bob Lanzer 1,482 68.7%
Labour Colin Moffatt29313.6%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Wickins1969.1%
BNP Vernon Atkinson1868.6%
Majority1,18955.1%
Turnout 2,157
Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Sukhjit Kaur 1,040 48.4%
Labour Stephen Joyce78636.6%
Liberal Democrats Darren Wise32315.0%
Majority25411.8%
Turnout 2,149
Conservative gain from Labour

Three Bridges

Three Bridges [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Brenda Burgess 893 54.4%
Labour Chris Oxlade59636.3%
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Hoverd1549.4%
Majority29718.1%
Turnout 1,643
Conservative hold

Tilgate

Tilgate [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Lawrence Taylor 725 44.6%
Labour Geraint Thomas62738.6%
BNP Richard Trower27416.9%
Majority986.0%
Turnout 1,626
Conservative gain from Labour

West Green

West Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bert Crane 584 50.1%
Conservative Tina Belben40134.4%
BNP Stuart Minihane18015.5%
Majority18315.7%
Turnout 1,165
Labour hold

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2008". Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. ↑ "Elections 2008: Crawley". BBC News Online . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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