2008 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

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Results by ward. Stoke-on-Trent City Council election, 2008.svg
Results by ward.

The 2008 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election for the Stoke-on-Trent City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

Stoke-on-Trent Council Election Result 2008 [1] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4212-1025.114,038
  Conservative 221+117.49,740
  Independent 432+117.29,657
  BNP 331+214.37,986
  City Independents 55-+512.87,186
  Liberal Democrats 221+18.44,700
 Potteries Alliance04.32,387
  Green 00.3164
  Socialist Alternative 00.2130
Turnout 30.255,988

Ward results

Abbey Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Melanie Jane Baddeley85831.0
Labour Gary Elsby78428.3
Conservative Andrew John Wragg72126.0
Independent Paul Sutton2448.8
Green Barry Malpass1645.9
Majority742.7
Turnout 2,77130.9
BNP gain from Labour Swing
Bentilee and Townsend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Steven Reginald Batkin82934.6
Labour Mervin Thomas Smith62025.9
Independent Wendy Caroline Johnson32013.4
Conservative Christine Warren27311.4
Potteries AllianceMaurice Lewis1777.4
Liberal Democrats Susan Ford1747.3
Majority2098.7
Turnout 2,39326.4
BNP gain from Labour Swing
Berryhill and Hanley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents John Gilbert Davis72934.7
Labour Terence Frederick Crowe65431.1
Conservative Richard John William Ibbs43420.6
Liberal Democrats John Phillip Redfern28613.6
Majority753.6
Turnout 2,10327.1
City Independents gain from Labour Swing
Blurton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Roy Stanley Naylor1,15244.0
Labour Michael Tappin77629.6
Conservative Harold Malcolm Mouat46917.9
Liberal Democrats Peter George Chambers2228.5
Majority37614.3
Turnout 2,61927.7
City Independents gain from Labour Swing
Burslem North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Conway1,10446.7
Potteries AllianceMalcolm Barber51321.7
Conservative Donald Winston Smith49320.8
Liberal Democrats Sabrina Ann Bowers25510.8
Majority59125.0
Turnout 2,36526.2
Labour hold Swing
Burslem South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Javid Iqbal Najmi96839.3
Potteries AllianceTed Owen68827.9
Conservative Gareth Fallows34914.2
Independent David Giltrap1897.7
Liberal Democrats Diane Thomas1415.7
Socialist Alternative Jane Mellalieu1305.3
Majority28011.4
Turnout 2,46527.9
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Chell and Packmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Janine Taylor91235.4
Independent Angela Miller57922.5
BNP Craig Arthur Pond56622.0
Labour David Eric Roberts41616.1
Independent Sylvia Emily Nagington1034.0
Majority33312.9
Turnout 2,57627.9
City Independents gain from Independent Swing
East Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joanne Clare Powell-Beckett1,14643.8
Labour Sybil Halfpenny71327.3
Potteries AllianceChristine Knight50919.5
City Independents Jackie Ward2479.4
Majority43316.6
Turnout 2,61526.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Fenton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Mick Bell1,15039.3
BNP Samuel Richard Tunstall77926.6
Labour Stan Bate57819.7
Conservative Steven John Morris29210.0
Liberal Democrats Thomas Harry Grocock1294.4
Majority37112.7
Turnout 2,92831.7
City Independents gain from Labour Swing
Hanley West and Shelton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Zulfiqar Ali97749.5
Labour Marj Bate74337.6
Independent Jim Piper21711.0
Independent Marek Goslicki371.9
Majority23411.9
Turnout 1,97423.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Hartshill and Penkhull
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Randy Conteh1,26346.4
Conservative Stephen Andrew Brown54320.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Taylor49918.3
Labour Adam William Colclough41515.3
Majority72026.5
Turnout 2,72030.5
Independent hold Swing
Longton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Anthony William Reynolds1,00530.7
BNP Pauline Smith84425.8
Independent Mark Leat57817.7
Conservative Alexander Hayward55016.8
Independent Roy Bennett2928.9
Majority2397.3
Turnout 3,26930.9
Labour gain from BNP Swing
Longton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bagh Ali1,63342.0
Conservative James Whitehurst79720.5
BNP Lynne Pond75619.4
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Harold Jenkinson56914.6
Independent Rob Kettle1323.4
Majority83621.5
Turnout 3,88726.4
Labour hold Swing
Meir Park and Sandon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP John William Burgess97930.3
City Independents Christine Follows90928.1
Conservative Abigail Margaret Brown77423.9
Labour Kath Banks57017.6
Majority702.2
Turnout 3,23232.4
BNP gain from Conservative Swing
Northwood and Birches
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Sutton62422.9
Independent Eve Mary Maley62322.9
BNP Stanley Leese59421.8
Potteries AllianceReginald Booth50018.4
Labour Barry George Stockley37913.9
Majority10.0
Turnout 2,72029.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Norton and Bradeley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mick Salih1,22544.4
Independent Robert Douglas Hooper1,14841.7
Labour Richard Anthony Blake38313.9
Majority772.8
Turnout 2,75631.3
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Stoke and Trent Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pauline Joynson82432.2
Liberal Democrats Conrad Lubinski59023.1
Conservative Harold David Gregory42416.6
Labour Margaret Lilley37614.7
Independent Monica Mitchell29811.7
Independent Spencer Mervyn Cartlidge451.8
Majority2349.2
Turnout 2,55726.8
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Trentham and Hanford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
City Independents Terry Follows2,08756.2
Conservative Shaun Lee Bennett1,10429.7
Labour Alistair Scott Watson2887.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Grocock2346.3
Majority98326.5
Turnout 3,71338.1
City Independents gain from Conservative Swing
Tunstall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Megan Ryan1,14336.9
BNP Terence Francis Cope81326.3
Labour Shiela Grace Pitt70322.7
Conservative Stewart Bertram Jones32710.6
Independent Albert Edwin Hurst1103.6
Majority33010.7
Turnout 3,09631.4
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Weston and Meir North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Clement Daniels1,04432.3
BNP Anthony Steven Tabbinor96830.0
Labour Ian Philip McLaughlan93028.8
Independent Gordon Perry2878.9
Majority762.4
Turnout 3,22935.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. "Stoke-on-Trent City Council Election Results 1996-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. "Local Election Results 2008 - Stoke-on-Trent". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 February 2024.