2008 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2008 Sandwell council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Sandwell UK local election 2008 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2008 Sandwell council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2008 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election Labour ran the council with 52 of the 72 seats, compared to 11 for the Conservatives, 5 Liberal Democrats, 2 British National Party and 2 independents. [3] This meant the Conservatives could not gain control of the council whatever the results, despite Labour defending 17 of the 24 seats being contested. [3] Other candidates in the election included 12 from the British National Party, 7 from the Green Party and 1 Socialist Labour Party candidate in Oldbury ward. [3]

Election result

The results saw Labour remain in control of the council with 49 seats, but the Conservatives made a net gain of 3 to move to 14 seats. [4] [5] The Conservatives gained 4 of the 17 seats Labour had been defending, in the wards of Bristnall, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, Princes End and Wednesbury South. [6] However Labour did take 1 seat back from the Conservatives in St Pauls ward. [6] Labour put the results down to them keeping council tax levels low and improving services, however the Conservatives said they were moving forward in "a traditional Labour stronghold". [6]

The Liberal Democrats held the 2 seats they had been defending in Great Barr with Yew Tree and Newton wards to stay on 5 seats, [6] [5] while neither the Greens or the British National Party won any seats. [6] The British National Party share of the vote in the 12 seats they contested, [6] dropped to 17% from the 33% they had won in the 2006 election. [7]

Sandwell Local Election Result 2008 [8] [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1414-358.343.830,195-1.3%
  Conservative 841+333.336.124,881+8.8%
  Liberal Democrats 20008.39.86,780-1.4%
  BNP 000008.45,755-6.8%
  Green 000001.51,006+0.8%
  Socialist Labour 000000.3216+0.3%
  Independent 000000.184-0.4%

Ward results

Abbey [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Gieszcykiewicz-Jaron1,57151.7-2.8
Conservative Ewart Johnson91630.2+8.7
Liberal Democrats David Nikel34211.3-12.7
Green Patricia Thompson2096.9+6.9
Majority65521.6-8.8
Turnout 3,038
Labour hold Swing
Blackheath [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Docker1,49754.0+21.2
Labour Robert Hamblett1,01636.7-6.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Johns2589.3+9.3
Majority48117.3
Turnout 2,771
Conservative hold Swing
Bristnall [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Grainger1,30646.7+5.4
Labour Malcolm Bridges1,23544.1-1.1
Liberal Democrats Emma Underhill2589.2-4.3
Majority712.6
Turnout 2,799
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Charlemont with Grove Vale [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Nock1,63548.3+10.8
Labour Ralph Perkins66419.6-5.3
BNP Arthur Copson57116.9-3.4
Liberal Democrats Michaela Allcock36210.7-6.6
Green John Macefield1554.6+4.6
Majority97128.7+16.1
Turnout 3,387
Conservative hold Swing
Cradley Heath and Old Hill [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Bowler1,43053.9+23.8
Labour Margaret James1,22446.1+1.0
Majority2067.8
Turnout 2,654
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Friar Park [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Lewis1,02744.9+3.2
Conservative Thomas Nelson69130.2+8.1
BNP Gordon Howells42718.7-12.3
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Brayshaw1406.1+0.9
Majority33614.7+4.0
Turnout 2,285
Labour hold Swing
Great Barr with Yew Tree [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sadie Smith1,21836.0+3.5
Labour Roy Melia90526.7+1.0
Conservative Robert White71521.1+1.0
BNP Terence Lewin54716.2-5.5
Majority3139.2+2.4
Turnout 3,385
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Great Bridge [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Rowley1,22045.0-0.3
BNP Jennifer Howells71126.2-3.9
Conservative Heather Gibson62923.2+6.3
Liberal Democrats Nigel Richards1545.7+2.4
Majority50918.8+3.6
Turnout 2,714
Labour hold Swing
Greets Green and Lyng [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Edwards1,25951.3+3.8
Conservative Elaine Fitzpatrick59224.1+3.8
BNP David Howells42217.2-7.8
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Jones1807.3+0.2
Majority66727.2+4.8
Turnout 2,453
Labour hold Swing
Hateley Heath [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Sandars1,24545.9-2.8
Conservative Stephanie Page70626.0+12.4
BNP James Vaughan51218.9-10.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Roebuck2509.2+0.9
Majority53919.9+0.7
Turnout 2,713
Labour hold Swing
Langley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pauline Hinton1,27147.6+0.3
Conservative Ronald Griffiths89733.6+9.9
BNP Victoria Montgomery36413.6-8.1
Liberal Democrats Ronald Hackett1375.1-2.3
Majority37414.0-9.6
Turnout 2,669
Labour hold Swing
Newton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Underhill1,31045.4+3.1
Conservative Valerie Ward76326.4+3.0
Labour Shirley Hosell71924.9-9.4
Green David Hawkins943.3+3.3
Majority54719.0+11.0
Turnout 2,886
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Old Warley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Pawlowski1,49445.6+4.8
Labour Susan Crumpton1,26938.8-7.0
Liberal Democrats Baden Smith35911.0-2.4
Green Aldo Mussi1514.6+4.6
Majority2256.8
Turnout 3,273
Conservative hold Swing
Oldbury [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Downing1,72051.0-13.4
Conservative Abdul Qayyum1,17334.8-0.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Mitchener2657.9+7.9
Socialist Labour Maureen Matthews2166.4+6.4
Majority54716.2-12.6
Turnout 3,374
Labour hold Swing
Princes End [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beatrice Owen97446.0+26.2
Labour Delia Edwards71833.9-1.8
BNP Karen Parkes42720.2-14.7
Majority25612.1
Turnout 2,119
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Rowley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iris Boucher1,16945.5-6.6
Conservative Wayne Nicholas89634.9+8.7
BNP John Salvage38415.0-1.9
Green Vicky Dunn1184.6-0.3
Majority27310.6-15.3
Turnout 2,567
Labour hold Swing
St Paul's [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paramjit Randhawa2,03152.6-8.2
Conservative Mohammed Sakhi1,49738.8-0.4
Liberal Democrats Thomas Underhill2496.4+6.4
Independent Roshan Randhawa842.2+2.2
Majority53413.8-7.8
Turnout 3,861
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Smethwick [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Horton1,62059.0+5.4
Conservative William Shipman75827.6+0.7
Liberal Democrats Roger Prior36913.4-6.1
Majority86231.4+4.8
Turnout 2,747
Labour hold Swing
Soho and Victoria [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Darren Cooper1,97270.9+15.3
Liberal Democrats Kezia Malton44115.9-16.3
Conservative Robert Lawrence36713.2+3.2
Majority1,53155.1+31.7
Turnout 2,780
Labour hold Swing
Tipton Green [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Jones1,37347.7+0.6
Conservative Sandra Vickers68423.8+7.4
BNP Keith Woodhouse53218.5-10.4
Liberal Democrats Joanne Arnold28910.0+2.5
Majority68923.9+5.7
Turnout 2,878
Labour hold Swing
Tividale [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maria Crompton1,48556.3+14.7
Conservative Jack Sabharwal1,15543.8+25.8
Majority33012.5+0.7
Turnout 2,640
Labour hold Swing
Wednesbury North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Archer2,11579.3+23.4
Labour Babubhai Patel55320.7-5.3
Majority1,56258.5+28.6
Turnout 2,668
Conservative hold Swing
Wednesbury South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Middleton1,21540.8+11.1
Labour Robert Evans1,14438.4-2.3
BNP Lee Bissell46715.7-8.1
Green Colin Bye1515.1+5.1
Majority712.4
Turnout 2,977
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
West Bromwich Central [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kim Wilkinson1,78554.4-0.9
Conservative Margaret Macklin77623.7-7.3
BNP John Howells39111.9+11.9
Liberal Democrats Russell George1996.1-7.6
Green Brian Thompson1283.9+3.9
Majority1,00930.8+6.5
Turnout 3,279
Labour hold Swing

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