2008 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Results of the 2008 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2012. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.

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After the election the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Labour 44-1
Conservative 10+2
Independent 30
Liberal Democrat 0–1

Ward results

Ashton Hurst ward

Ashton Hurst [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Ambler 1,905 56.75
Labour Paul Dowthwaite1,12133.39
UKIP Paul Littlewood3319.86
Majority 78423.35
Turnout 3,35738
Conservative hold Swing

Ashton St. Michael's ward

Ashton St. Michael's [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Sidebottom 893 38.03
Conservative Paul Buckley88737.78
Liberal Democrats John Bartley25610.90
UKIP Richard Harrison1807.67
Green Rochelle Rolland1325.62
Majority 60.26
Turnout 2,34828
Labour hold Swing

Ashton Waterloo ward

Ashton Waterloo [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Piddington 1,152 40.52
Conservative Dot Buckley86430.39
BNP Anthony Jones47316.64
Liberal Democrats Paul Daly2308.09
Green Nigel Rolland1244.36
Majority 28810.13
Turnout 2,84334
Labour hold Swing

Audenshaw ward

Audenshaw [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Brazil 1,292 41.00
Conservative Stacey Knighton1,01332.15
BNP David Gough84626.85
Majority 2798.85
Turnout 3,15137
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Denton North East ward

Denton North East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Wareing 1,139 45.45
Conservative Georgina Greenwood91236.39
Liberal Democrats Shaun O'Rourke45518.16
Majority 2279.06
Turnout 2,50630
Labour hold Swing

Denton South ward

Denton South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Downs 1,421 57.53
Conservative Thomas Jones1,04942.47
Majority 37215.06
Turnout 2,47030
Labour hold Swing

Denton West ward

Denton West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dawson Lane 1,578 50.21
Conservative Joan Howarth1,56549.79
Majority 130.41
Turnout 3,14335
Labour hold Swing

Droylsden East ward

Droylsden East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Middleton 1,408 46.07
BNP David Lomas1,00032.72
Conservative Lee Robinson64821.20
Majority 40813.35
Turnout 3,05635
Labour hold Swing

Droylsden West ward

Droylsden West [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Cooney 1,779 58.58
Conservative Gillian Westhead65721.63
BNP Paul Hindley60119.79
Majority 1,12236.94
Turnout 3,03735
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield ward

Dukinfield [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Wild 1,266 44.70
BNP Roy West73425.92
Conservative Lynn Major58220.55
Green Martine Marshall2508.83
Majority 53218.79
Turnout 2,83232
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward

Dorothy Cartwright defected from the Conservative Party to the Labour Party in December 2010. [11]

Dukinfield / Stalybridge [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Cartwright 1,288 44.23
Labour Michael Ballagher1,02235.10
BNP Jeffrey Clayton36612.57
Green Michael Smee2368.10
Majority 2669.13
Turnout 2,91234
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hyde Godley ward

Hyde Godley [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Kitchen 1,026 42.31
Conservative Thomas Welsby73330.23
BNP Rosalind Gauci29312.08
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Ball-Foster26410.89
UKIP Duran O'Dwyer1094.49
Majority 29312.08
Turnout 2,42530
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Newton ward

Hyde Newton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Peter Robinson 1,124 36.52
BNP Nigel Byrne84627.49
Conservative John Welsh73223.78
Liberal Democrats Peter Ball-Foster37612.22
Majority 2789.03
Turnout 3,07833
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Hyde Werneth ward

Hyde Werneth [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Baines 1,821 52.04
Labour Claire Francis1,23835.38
UKIP John Cooke2597.40
Green June Gill1815.17
Majority 58316.66
Turnout 3,49941
Conservative hold Swing

Longdendale ward

Longdendale [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Sean Parker-Perry 1,316 45.57
Conservative Sue Barker1,05736.60
Green Ruth Bergan31210.80
UKIP Kevin Misell2037.03
Majority 2598.97
Turnout 2,88838
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Mossley ward

Mossley [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Roy Etchells 1,133 37.99
Labour Idu Miah91030.52
Conservative Kevin Hartley66422.27
Green Christine Clark2759.22
Majority 2237.48
Turnout 2,98237
Independent hold Swing

St Peter's ward

St Peter's [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Warren Bray 1,265 52.51
Conservative Dorothy Ward57023.66
Liberal Democrats Ian Dunlop31312.99
Green Trevor Clarke26110.83
Majority 69528.85
Turnout 2,40928
Labour hold Swing

Stalybridge North ward

Stalybridge North [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Patrick 1,159 42.70
Labour Bernard Walsh1,11541.08
Green Jean Smee2509.21
UKIP Tracy Radcliffe1907.00
Majority 441.62
Turnout 2,71430
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Stalybridge South ward

Stalybridge South [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doreen Dickinson 1,771 63.82
Labour Pauline Harrison59621.48
Green Melanie Roberts2177.82
UKIP Angela McManus1916.88
Majority 1,17542.34
Turnout 2,77533
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Election results for Ashton Hurst". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Election results for Ashton St Michael's". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Election results for Ashton Waterloo". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election results for Audenshaw". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Election results for Denton North East". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Election results for Denton South". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Election results for Denton West". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Election results for Droylsden East". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Election results for Droylsden West". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Election results for Dukinfield". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  11. ↑ Staff writer (27 December 2010). "Tameside Conservative councillor defects to Labour". BBC News . Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Election results for Dukinfield/Stalybridge". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Election results for Hyde Godley". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Election results for Hyde Newton". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  15. ↑ "Election results for Hyde Werneth". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "Election results for Longdendale". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  17. ↑ "Election results for Mossley". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  18. ↑ "Election results for St Peters". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  19. ↑ "Election results for Stalybridge North". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  20. ↑ "Election results for Stalybridge South". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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