2008 Liverpool City Council election

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2008 Liverpool City Council election
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31 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 30 wards plus one by-election
46 seats needed for a majority
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2008 local election results in Liverpool

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. (30 seats plus 1 in a by-election)

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

PartySeats  ±  
Liberal Democrat  ??-5
Labour  ??+4
Liberal Party 30
Green  ??+1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1305-542%34%31,085
  Labour 1640+452%41%35,082
  Liberal 10003.2%7.6%6,874
  Green 110+13.2%6.7%6,045
  Conservative 00000%8.5%7,724
  BNP 00000%3.4%3,063
  Independent 00000%0.74%635
  UKIP 00000%0.08%70
  United Socialist 00000%0.078%67
  Socialist Labour 00000%0.067%58

Ward results

* – Councillor standing for re-election.

Allerton & Hunts Cross

Allerton & Hunts Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Flo Clucas *1,60548.56+3.74
Conservative Adam Ernest Marsden73722.30+4.20
Labour Colin McAlley68420.70+0.30
Green Margaret Williams1715.17+0.07
Liberal Christopher Hulme1083.27−0.93
Majority868
Registered electors 10,942
Turnout 3,30530%
Rejected ballots11
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[1]

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Dowling1,52152%
Liberal Democrats Robbie Quinn *1,07737%
Liberal Stephen Houghland1334.5%
Conservative Francis Stevens973.3%
Green Jean Hill963.3%
Independent Michael McDonough270.91
Majority444
Registered electors 10,153
Turnout 2,95129%
Rejected ballots10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[2]

Belle Vale

Belle Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Wilner1,67346%
Liberal Democrats Tom Marshall *1,38338%
BNP Peter Michael Molloy3369.2%
Conservative Jack Stallworthy1113%
Green Mark Bowman782.1%
United Socialist Paul Filby671.8%
Majority291
Registered electors 11,024
Turnout 3,64833%
Rejected ballots11
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

[3]

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Banks72261%
Liberal Democrats James Murray15713%
Green Michael Cotgreave13411%
Conservative Gregg Watson11810%
Liberal Lisa Gaskell443.7%
Majority534
Registered electors 12,248
Turnout 1,1759.6%
Rejected ballots6
Labour hold Swing

[4]

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eddie Clein *1,92556%
Labour Peter Dowling71121%
Conservative Chris Lighten49014%
Green Geoff Bunn2025.8%
Liberal Philip Daley1404%
Majority1,435
Registered electors 11,082
Turnout 3,46831%
Rejected ballots14
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[5]

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Erica Kemp *2,33060%
Labour David Shepherd52213%
Conservative Norman Coppell3609.3%
Green Eleanor Martin2867.4%
Independent Jeffrey Berman2737%
Liberal James MacGregor1002.6%
Majority1,970
Registered electors 1,699
Turnout 3,87136%
Rejected ballots10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[6]

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Noakes1,34148%
Liberal Dennis Gaskell85931%
BNP Peter Squire35812%
Conservative Gwynneth Hicklin1505.4%
Green Eleanor Pontin682.4%
Independent Maggie Stewart180.6%
Majority482
Registered electors 11,282
Turnout 279424.77
Rejected ballots9
Labour hold Swing

[7]

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Fielding *1,19643%
Labour Gerard Woodhouse1,18942%
BNP Peter Stafford2007%
UKIP Colin Windever702.5%
Conservative Paul Barber662.4%
Green Tony Jones481.7%
Liberal Roger Webb321.1%
Majority7
Registered electors 10,126
Turnout 2,80128%
Rejected ballots3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[8]

Cressington

Cressington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paula Keaveney1,81250%
Labour Anna Briggs79222%
Conservative Paul Athans63818%
Green Martin Randall2627.3%
Liberal John Pagan1083%
Majority1,020
Registered electors 11,192
Turnout 3,61232%
Rejected ballots9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[9]

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rose Bailey *1,81052%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Geoghegan1,24536%
Independent Ken Stewart1714.9%
BNP George Muse1093.1%
Conservative Diane Westwell882.5%
Green Don Ross772.2%
Majority565
Registered electors 10,496
Turnout 3,50033%
Rejected ballots8
Labour hold Swing

[10]

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Prendergast *1,67872%
BNP Jackie Stafford2229.5%
Conservative Mark Cotterell1305.6%
Liberal Democrats Peter Rainford1205.2%
Green Peter North1024.4%
Liberal Linda Roberts783.4%
Majority1,456
Registered electors 10,101
Turnout 2,33023%
Rejected ballots7
Labour hold Swing

[11]

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Spriggs *1,81158%
Liberal Democrats Graham Seddon60819%
BNP Peter Stafford44014%
Conservative Denise Nuttall1544.9%
Liberal Jane Canning682.2%
Green Ralf Ganza642%
Majority1,203
Registered electors 11,377
Turnout 3,14528%
Rejected ballots9
Labour hold Swing

[12]

Greenbank

Greenbank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Clein *1,18048%
Labour Christopher Helm56423%
Green Martin Dobson49820%
Conservative Ann Nugent1656.7%
Liberal Susan O'Brien522.1%
Majority544
Registered electors 10,561
Turnout 2,45923%
Rejected ballots11
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[13]

Kensington & Fairfield

Kensington & Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liam Robinson1.41148%
Liberal Democrats Francis Doran *1,21441%
Green Janet Bunn1444.9%
Conservative Nigel Barber933.1%
Liberal Karen Williams852.9%
Majority197
Registered electors 9,438
Turnout 2,94731%
Rejected ballots8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

[14]

Kirkdale

Kirkdale – 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Hanson *1,97140%
Labour Beatrice Fraenkel1,73736%
BNP Steven Greenhalgh3898%
Independent Will Thomson1463%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bradley1443%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Morrison1072.2%
Green Jonathan Clatworthy962%
Green Alison Edis952%
Conservative Alma McGing952%
Conservative John Watson611.3%
Liberal Damien Daly460.94%
Majority1,582
Registered electors 11,512
Turnout 4,88721%
Rejected ballots9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

[15]

Knotty Ash

Knotty Ash
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Irving *1,64246%
Labour Anthony Conception1,60745%
Conservative Geoffrey Brandwood1855.2%
Green James Munro1283.6%
Majority35
Registered electors 10,0083
Turnout 3,56235%
Rejected ballots11
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[16]

Mossley Hill

Mossley Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynnie Williams1,44545%
Labour Matthew Garlick65020%
Conservative Giselle McDonald57018%
Green Robert Smith40313%
Liberal David Wood1404%
Majority795
Registered electors 10,515
Turnout 3,20831%
Rejected ballots9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[17]

Norris Green

Norris Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Cooke *1,52064%
BNP John Edgar30313%
Liberal Vera Phillips25811%
Conservative Michael Lind1486.3%
Green Thomas Crone703%
Socialist Labour Kai Anderson582.4%
Majority1,217
Registered electors 10,519
Turnout 2,35722%
Rejected ballots3
Labour hold Swing

[18]

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Millar1,37245%
Labour Allen Hammond82427%
Liberal Edith Bamford32110%
BNP Steven McEllenborough3009.7%
Green Paul Grimes1304.2%
Conservative Lauren Graham1274.1%
Majority548
Registered electors 11,559
Turnout 3,07427%
Rejected ballots5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[19]

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Makinson *1,26248%
Labour Timothy Beaumont1,01539%
Green Laurence Wilson1505.7%
Liberal Griffith Parry1094.1%
Conservative Ann Temple993.8%
Majority247
Registered electors 10,906
Turnout 2,63524%
Rejected ballots12
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[20]

Princes Park

Princes Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Timothy Moore1,22749%
Liberal Democrats Mumin Khan71429%
Green Rebecca Lawson31813%
Conservative Catherine Hirst1636.5%
Liberal Michael Williams743%
Majority513
Registered electors 10,049
Turnout 2,49625%
Rejected ballots17
Labour hold Swing

[21]

Riverside

Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Munby *1,83873%
Liberal Democrats Conor McDonald2028%
Conservative Emlyn Williams1897.5%
Green William Ward1847.3%
Liberal John Graves1024%
Majority1,636
Registered electors 10,771
Turnout 2,51523%
Rejected ballots10
Labour hold Swing

[22]

St Michael's

St Michaels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sarah Jennings1,30943%
Liberal Democrats Elaine Allen *1,12837%
Labour Nicholas Mutize48516%
Conservative David Patmore1494.9%
Majority181
Registered electors 9,706
Turnout 3,07132%
Rejected ballots13
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

[23]

Speke-Garston

Speke-Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Strickland *1,86663%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Wilson47916%
BNP Jane Greenhalgh2087%
Conservative Brenda Coppell1715.8%
Liberal Irene Mayes1284.4%
Green Fiona Coyne933.2%
Majority1,387
Registered electors 12,699
Turnout 2,94523%
Rejected ballots6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

[24]

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Steve Radford *2,12872%
Labour Robert Millington48416%
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Dadswell1354.6%
Green Jennifer Brown923.1%
Conservative George Powell993.4%
Majority1,644
Registered electors 10,843
Turnout 2,93827%
Rejected ballots12
Liberal hold Swing

[25]

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard McLinden1,85258%
Liberal George Roberts72423%
Liberal Democrats Richard Roberts72423%
BNP Carol Kilkenny1986.2%
Conservative Mark Rea1544.9%
Green Raphael Levy993.1%
Majority1,128
Registered electors 11,207
Turnout 3,17328%
Rejected ballots5
Labour hold Swing

[26]

Wavertree

Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Warren Bradley *2,22369%
Labour Nicholas Wallace50816%
Green Julie Birch-Holt2979.2%
Conservative David Grundy1715.3%
Liberal Charles Mayes461.4%
Majority1,715
Registered electors 10,607
Turnout 3,24531%
Rejected ballots9
Liberal hold Swing

[27]

West Derby

West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Hulme1,24437%
Labour Brenda McGrath86326%
Liberal Ann Hines *73122%
Conservative Neil Wilson33810%
Green Kim Graham1604.8%
Majority381
Registered electors 11,144
Turnout 3,33630%
Rejected ballots16
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[28]

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Collinge *1,77146%
Conservative Richard Downey1,25433%
Labour Laurence Freeman57215%
Green Alexander Rudkin1614.2%
Liberal Maria Langley581.5%
Majority517
Registered electors 10,468
Turnout 3,81636%
Rejected ballots10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

[29]

Yew Tree

Yew Tree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Prince1,37049%
Liberal Democrats Gary Airey82030%
Conservative June Brandwood34512%
Green Peter Cranie1254.5%
Liberal Tracey Hawksford1124%
Majority550
Registered electors 11,173
Turnout 2,77225%
Rejected ballots18
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

[30] [31]

By Elections

Fazakerley, 18 February 2010

Caused by the death of Councillor Jack Spriggs (Labour, elected 1 May 2008).

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louise Ashton-Armstrong1,52558%
Liberal Democrats Graham Charles Seddon80730%
BNP Peter James Stafford2348.8%
Green Alexander Rudkin843.2%
Majority718
Registered electors 11,310
Turnout 2,650
Labour hold Swing

[32]

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