2008 Fareham Borough Council election

2008 Fareham Borough Council election

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15 of 31 seats to Fareham Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 22 9 Seats won 12 3 Seat change Popular vote 21,206 9,481 Percentage 60.8% 27.2% Swing 9.0% 9.8%
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]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 22
• Liberal Democrat 9 ^[2]

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]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	0	0	0	80.0	60.8	21,206	+9.0%
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0	0	20.0	27.2	9,481	-9.8%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	6.8	2,355	-1.3%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	470	+1.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	436	-0.4%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	422	+0.8%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	323	-0.1%
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	167	+0.5%

Ward results

Fareham East

Fareham East ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Katrina Trott	1,143	48.7	-1.7
	Conservative	Keith Barton	1,063	45.3	+2.4
	Labour	Stuart Rose	140	6.0	-0.8
Majority			80	3.4	-4.1
Turnout			2,346	41.2	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fareham North

Fareham North ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bryant	1,714	72.3	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Baker	304	12.8	-3.2
	Labour	Alan Mayes	178	7.5	-0.1
	Green	David Harrison	175	7.4	-2.4
Majority			1,410	59.5	+8.9
Turnout			2,371	41.9	-0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fareham North West

Fareham North West ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Dunn	1,020	52.9	-11.1
	Conservative	Sheila Tavendale	778	40.3	+12.0
	Labour	Angela Carr	131	6.8	-0.9
Majority			242	12.5	-23.2
Turnout			1,929	35.4	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fareham South

Fareham South ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Howard	1,015	59.2	+8.2
	Labour	James Carr	291	17.0	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rowena Leonard	270	15.8	-13.7
	Green	John Vivian	138	8.1	+8.1
Majority			724	42.2	+20.7
Turnout			1,714	33.0	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fareham West

Fareham West ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Harrison	1,715	68.4	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Tims	331	13.2	-6.8
	UKIP	Steve Richards	318	12.7	+12.7
	Labour	Cameron Crouchman	144	5.7	-3.0
Majority			1,384	55.2	+3.9
Turnout			2,508	46.0	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hill Head

Hill Head ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Knight	2,133	74.1	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Abrams	599	20.8	-4.0
	Labour	Wendy Ledger	145	5.0	-0.7
Majority			1,534	53.3	+15.2
Turnout			2,877	48.5	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Locks Heath

Locks Heath ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Godrich	1,344	60.4	-4.9
	Independent	Ed Lait	470	21.1	+21.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Savage	278	12.5	-13.4
	Labour	Nicholas Knight	134	6.0	-2.8
Majority			874	39.3	0.0
Turnout			2,226	39.7	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park Gate

Park Gate ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marian Ellerton	1,447	76.0	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Haysom	299	15.7	-2.6
	Labour	Joanne Carr	157	8.3	-1.8
Majority			1,148	60.3	+7.0
Turnout			1,903	32.9	-1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portchester East

Portchester East ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Norris	1,802	51.4
	Conservative	Charles Livingstone	1,055	30.1
	Labour	Richard Ryan	326	9.3
	BNP	Roger Knight	323	9.2
Majority			747	21.3
Turnout			3,506	40.0	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Portchester West

Portchester West ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Walker	1,410	60.2	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Bender	609	26.0	-13.8
	English Democrat	Alan Chapman	167	7.1	+7.1
	Labour	Leslie Ricketts	156	6.7	-0.6
Majority			801	34.2	+26.9
Turnout			2,342	40.8	-3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sarisbury

Sarisbury ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Swanbrow	1,657	81.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Savage	262	12.9	+2.3
	Labour	Brenda Caines	112	5.5	+1.4
Majority			1,395	68.7	-1.0
Turnout			2,031	39.2	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stubbington

Stubbington ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Mandry	1,485	55.3	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Lewis	1,111	41.3	-7.4
	Labour	Simon Brown	91	3.4	-1.7
Majority			374	14.0
Turnout			2,687	47.1	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Titchfield

Titchfield ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tiffany Harper	1,599	72.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Chaloner	318	14.3	-4.0
	Labour	Michael Prior	177	8.0	-3.6
	Green	Peter Doggett	123	5.5	+5.5
Majority			1,281	57.8	+5.9
Turnout			2,217	39.1	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Evans	1,022	50.5	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Englefield	944	46.6	-7.4
	Labour	Andrew Mooney	59	2.9	-2.3
Majority			78	3.9
Turnout			2,025	38.5	-1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warsash

Warsash ^{[6] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Nadolski	1,769	81.2	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Herron	191	8.8	-3.3
	Labour	Nicola Moore	114	5.2	-0.4
	UKIP	John Clayden	104	4.8	+4.8
Majority			1,578	72.5	+8.7
Turnout			2,178	40.1	-0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Fareham". BBC News Online . Retrieved 19 November 2010.
2. "National: Full election results". The Guardian . 3 May 2008. p. 45.
3. "The issues in Fareham and Gosport". Southern Daily Echo. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
4. "Fareham remains true blue". Southern Daily Echo. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
5. "Election 2008: Fareham Tories celebrate raising game without any gains". The News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
6. "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 . 2 May 2008. p. 28.
8. "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