2008 Fareham Borough Council election

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2008 Fareham Borough Council election
  2006 1 May 2008 2010  

15 of 31 seats to Fareham Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before229
Seats won123
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote21,2069,481
Percentage60.8%27.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg9.0%Decrease2.svg9.8%

Fareham UK local election 2008 map.svg

Council control before election

Conservatives

Council control after election

Conservatives

The 2008 Fareham Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives held 22 seats compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats, with the Conservatives having run the council for the previous 9 years. [3] Other candidates stood from the Labour Party, Green Party, United Kingdom Independence Party, British National Party and the English Democrats Party, but the election was seen as being mainly between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. [3]

Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pledged to improve parking in Fareham, oppose a proposed gravel extraction site and build less new houses. [3] The Conservatives defended their record in control of the council pointing to low council tax rates, extra hours of free bus travel for pensioners and recycling at 46% of waste. [3] However the Liberal Democrats promised to revert to weekly rubbish collection instead of the fortnightly service that was introduced in 2005, improve street cleaning and scrap a fee for calling out pest controllers. [3]

Election result

The results saw no seats change hands with the Conservatives keeping control with a majority of 13. [4] The Conservatives held 12 seats, many with increased majorities, the Liberal Democrats held 3, while Labour failed to win any seats and came last in many wards. [5] The largest majority was in Sarisbury where the Conservatives won over 82% of the vote, while the closest results came in Stubbington and Fareham East, with the Liberal Democrats holding Fareham East by 80 votes after a recount. [4] The only ward to see a new councillor was Titchfield where Conservative Tiffany Harper replaced Francis Devonshire, who stepped down at the election. [5] Overall turnout in the election was 40.25%. [6]

Fareham Local Election Result 2008 [6] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1200080.060.821,206+9.0%
  Liberal Democrats 300020.027.29,481-9.8%
  Labour 000006.82,355-1.3%
  Independent 000001.3470+1.3%
  Green 000001.3436-0.4%
  UKIP 000001.2422+0.8%
  BNP 000000.9323-0.1%
  English Democrat 000000.5167+0.5%

Ward results

Fareham East

Fareham East [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Katrina Trott1,14348.7−1.7
Conservative Keith Barton1,06345.3+2.4
Labour Stuart Rose1406.0−0.8
Majority803.4−4.1
Turnout 2,34641.2−0.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fareham North

Fareham North [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Bryant1,71472.3+5.7
Liberal Democrats Doreen Baker30412.8−3.2
Labour Alan Mayes1787.5−0.1
Green David Harrison1757.4−2.4
Majority1,41059.5+8.9
Turnout 2,37141.9−0.1
Conservative hold Swing

Fareham North West

Fareham North West [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Dunn1,02052.9−11.1
Conservative Sheila Tavendale77840.3+12.0
Labour Angela Carr1316.8−0.9
Majority24212.5−23.2
Turnout 1,92935.4−0.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fareham South

Fareham South [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Howard1,01559.2+8.2
Labour James Carr29117.0−2.5
Liberal Democrats Rowena Leonard27015.8−13.7
Green John Vivian1388.1+8.1
Majority72442.2+20.7
Turnout 1,71433.0−0.8
Conservative hold Swing

Fareham West

Fareham West [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Harrison1,71568.4−2.9
Liberal Democrats John Tims33113.2−6.8
UKIP Steve Richards31812.7+12.7
Labour Cameron Crouchman1445.7−3.0
Majority1,38455.2+3.9
Turnout 2,50846.0+0.1
Conservative hold Swing

Hill Head

Hill Head [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Knight2,13374.1+11.2
Liberal Democrats Sandra Abrams59920.8−4.0
Labour Wendy Ledger1455.0−0.7
Majority1,53453.3+15.2
Turnout 2,87748.5+2.6
Conservative hold Swing

Locks Heath

Locks Heath [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ruth Godrich1,34460.4−4.9
Independent Ed Lait47021.1+21.1
Liberal Democrats David Savage27812.5−13.4
Labour Nicholas Knight1346.0−2.8
Majority87439.30.0
Turnout 2,22639.7+1.4
Conservative hold Swing

Park Gate

Park Gate [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marian Ellerton1,44776.0+4.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Haysom29915.7−2.6
Labour Joanne Carr1578.3−1.8
Majority1,14860.3+7.0
Turnout 1,90332.9−1.5
Conservative hold Swing

Portchester East

Portchester East [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Norris1,80251.4
Conservative Charles Livingstone1,05530.1
Labour Richard Ryan3269.3
BNP Roger Knight3239.2
Majority74721.3
Turnout 3,50640.0−4.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Portchester West

Portchester West [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Walker1,41060.2+13.1
Liberal Democrats Carol Bender60926.0−13.8
English Democrat Alan Chapman1677.1+7.1
Labour Leslie Ricketts1566.7−0.6
Majority80134.2+26.9
Turnout 2,34240.8−3.8
Conservative hold Swing

Sarisbury

Sarisbury [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Swanbrow1,65781.6+1.3
Liberal Democrats Christine Savage26212.9+2.3
Labour Brenda Caines1125.5+1.4
Majority1,39568.7−1.0
Turnout 2,03139.2+0.9
Conservative hold Swing

Stubbington

Stubbington [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kay Mandry1,48555.3+9.2
Liberal Democrats Craig Lewis1,11141.3−7.4
Labour Simon Brown913.4−1.7
Majority37414.0
Turnout 2,68747.1+1.6
Conservative hold Swing

Titchfield

Titchfield [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tiffany Harper1,59972.1+2.0
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Chaloner31814.3−4.0
Labour Michael Prior1778.0−3.6
Green Peter Doggett1235.5+5.5
Majority1,28157.8+5.9
Turnout 2,21739.1+0.2
Conservative hold Swing

Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Evans1,02250.5+9.7
Liberal Democrats Sharon Englefield94446.6−7.4
Labour Andrew Mooney592.9−2.3
Majority783.9
Turnout 2,02538.5−1.5
Conservative hold Swing

Warsash

Warsash [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Nadolski1,76981.2+5.2
Liberal Democrats Alice Herron1918.8−3.3
Labour Nicola Moore1145.2−0.4
UKIP John Clayden1044.8+4.8
Majority1,57872.5+8.7
Turnout 2,17840.1−0.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Fareham". BBC News. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  2. "National: Full election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2008. p. 45.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "The issues in Fareham and Gosport". Southern Daily Echo. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Fareham remains true blue". Southern Daily Echo. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Election 2008: Fareham Tories celebrate raising game without any gains". The News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Election of borough councillors : 1 May 2008" (PDF). Fareham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  7. "Local elections Results". The Times. London. 2 May 2008. p. 28.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "2008 Fareham - results". The News. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
Preceded by
2006 Fareham Council election
Fareham local elections Succeeded by
2010 Fareham Council election