2008 Portsmouth City Council election

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The 2008 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council (14 seats) was up for election using the first-past-the-post voting system. The Conservatives won a majority of the seats being contested, while the council remained in no overall control.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was: [1]

Election result

NB: All comparisons are to the 2004 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 830+357.144.319,182+6.3
  Liberal Democrats 602-142.935.315,294-4.0
  Labour 001-1013.25,726-7.5
  English Democrat 000004.21,821+4.2
  Independent 000001.3551+1.3
  Green 000001.2507-0.1
  UKIP 000000.4175+0.4
 Senate Party000000.157+0.1

Ward results

NB: All comparisons are to the 2004 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.

Baffins
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Fleming1,49441.2+8.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Andrewes1,46340.7−5.9
Labour Victoria Fry2938.1−3.7
English Democrat Alan Wakeford2055.7+5.7
Green Sarah Coote1564.5−4.3
Majority 310.5
Turnout 3,62534.7−2.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 7.2% LD to Con
Central Southsea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Ireland1,29640.9+1.9
Conservative Massoud Esmaili1,02432.3−2.6
Labour John Ferrett3139.8−16.3
Green Betty Burns2477.8+7.8
Independent John Molyneux1595.0+5.0
Independent Alan Evens1133.6+3.6
Majority 2728.6+4.5
Turnout 3,16733.0−6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 2.3% Con to LD
Charles Dickens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Foster1,04645.0−7.4
Conservative Stephen Rogers49621.3+4.4
Labour Keith Crabbe42618.3−12.4
English Democrat David Farley1827.8+7.8
Independent Lee Sprake1727.4+7.4
Majority 55023.7+2.0
Turnout 2,32723.6−3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 5.9% LD to Con
Copnor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Hey1,43447.6−1.8
Liberal Democrats Phil Smith92330.7+2.2
Labour Terence O'Brien35511.8−10.3
English Democrat David Knight2949.8+9.8
Majority 51116.9−4.0
Turnout 3,01130.8−1.1
Conservative hold Swing 2.0% Con to LD
Cosham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Henderson1,74956.1+12.0
Labour Andrew Silvester65721.3−13.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Webb37112.1−9.4
English Democrat David Ward2417.8+7.8
Senate PartyStephen Holland571.9+1.9
Majority 1,09234.8+25.2
Turnout 3,07931.5−5.6
Conservative hold Swing 12.6% Lab to Con
Drayton and Farlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Wemyss2,53260.1+13.4
Liberal Democrats Patrick Whittle1,11526.5−15.9
Labour Peter Lipscombe2977.1−3.9
English Democrat Clive Percy2586.1+6.1
Majority 1,41733.6+29.3
Turnout 4,21342.5−5.5
Conservative hold Swing 14.7% LD to Con
Eastney and Craneswater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Buggy1,55946.7+1.1
Conservative Gerry Oldfield1,54546.3+8.5
Labour Geoff Wade2206.7−2.6
Majority 140.4−7.4
Turnout 3,33736.4−3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 3.7% LD to Con
Fratton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Fuller1,32655.6+2.5
Conservative Angus Ross62326.4+4.6
Labour Simon Bramwell2219.3−5.4
English Democrat Piers Goodwin2058.6+8.6
Majority 70329.5−1.8
Turnout 2,38324.8−4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 1.1% LD to Con
Hilsea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donna Jones 1,80460.7+9.4
Labour Michelle Treacher56218.9−7.4
Liberal Democrats Fred Holliday35712.0−10.3
English Democrat Matthew Clark2438.2+8.2
Majority 1,24241.8+8.7
Turnout 2,97330.4−2.7
Conservative hold Swing 8.4% Lab to Con
Milton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Dinenage1,83548.1+17.2
Liberal Democrats Alexander Bentley1,58441.8−11.0
Labour Ken Ferrett2155.6−10.7
UKIP Robbie Robinson1754.6+4.6
Majority 2516.3
Turnout 3,81939.9+3.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 14.1% LD to Con
Nelson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Williams84431.3−2.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Miles-Knight78529.1+3.0
Labour Sarah Cook76628.4−11.5
English Democrat Kevin Baker1937.2+7.2
Green Calum Kennedy1043.9+3.9
Majority 592.2
Turnout 2,69427.2−0.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 4.4% Lab to Con
Paulsgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Blake1,23650.2+9.9
Labour Graham Heaney96339.3−0.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Winnington25110.2−9.5
Majority 27311.1+10.8
Turnout 2,46125.5−0.8
Conservative hold Swing 5.3% Lab to Con
St Jude
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Mason1,26546.6−3.3
Conservative Terry Judkins1,15342.5+2.9
Labour Alwin Oliver1846.8−3.7
Independent Mark Austin1073.9+3.9
Majority 1124.1−6.2
Turnout 2,71433.1−2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 3.1% LD to Con
St Thomas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paula Riches1,44246.1−0.2
Conservative Sandra Stockdale1,41345.2+2.6
Labour John Spiegelhalter2548.1−3.0
Majority 290.9−2.8
Turnout 3,12832.7−6.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 1.2% LD to Con

References

  1. "Political composition of the council". Portsmouth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.

Portsmouth City Council – 2008 local election results Archived 27 April 2012 at the UK Government Web Archive

Preceded by
2007 Portsmouth City Council election
Portsmouth City Council elections Succeeded by
2010 Portsmouth City Council election