2008 Tandridge District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2008 Tandridge District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008. Tandridge UK local election 2008 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2008 Tandridge District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008.

The 2008 Tandridge District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 31 seats, while the Liberal Democrats were the main opposition with 9 councillors. [3] This was after Liberal Democrat councillor Sakina Bradbury of Whyteleafe ward defected to the Conservatives in February 2008. [4] 14 of the 42 seats on the council were being contested by a total of 45 candidates, [5] with 3 of the sitting councillors not defending seats. [3] The Conservatives contested all 14 seats, compared to 13 Liberal Democrat candidates, 9 Labour Party, 6 UK Independence Party and 1 for the Green Party. [3]

Issues at the election included housing, with Labour calling for more affordable housing, while both the UK Independence Party and Green Party had concerns over the number of houses being built. [3] Other issues included recycling, with the Conservatives pointing to the weekly refuse collection that the council ran, council tax and leisure facilities. [3]

Election result

The Conservative party retained control of the council and made a net gain of 2 seats to have 42 councillors. [6] The Conservatives gained Queens Park and Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh from the Liberal Democrats and Valley from independent Peter Longhurst. [7] The leader of the council, Conservative Gordon Keymer, said that it had been "a good night for us". [8] However the Conservatives did lose Westway to the Liberal Democrats by 88 votes, [8] which left the Liberal Democrats with 8 seats and there was 1 independent councillor. [6] Overall turnout at the election was 42.3%. [8]

Tandridge local election result 2008 [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1131+278.658.011,577+3.2%
  Liberal Democrats 312-121.429.55,895+1.3%
  UKIP 000005.41,074-2.3%
  Labour 000004.7939-1.5%
  Independent 001-101.9387-1.2%
  Green 000000.594+0.5%

Ward results

Bletchingley and Nuffield [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marian Myland1,04965.7−1.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Fowler23514.7+0.8
UKIP Graham Bailey20713.0+0.0
Labour Rebecca Pritchard1066.6+0.7
Majority81451.0−2.3
Turnout 1,59737.3−1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Burstow, Horne and Outwood [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Jones1,25175.1+2.7
Labour Stephen Case-Green22513.5+13.5
UKIP William Nock18911.4+0.3
Majority1,02661.6+5.6
Turnout 1,66537.3+1.9
Conservative hold Swing
Godstone [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jules Gascoigne98557.9−2.2
Liberal Democrats Colin White42224.8−2.2
UKIP Helena Windsor18110.6+3.2
Labour Maxine Mathews1126.6+1.0
Majority56333.1+0.0
Turnout 1,70038.8+1.9
Conservative hold Swing
Harestone [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Cooper88074.1+8.3
Liberal Democrats Jill Elliff30725.9−3.0
Majority57348.2+11.3
Turnout 1,18740.8
Conservative hold Swing
Oxted North and Tandridge [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Keymer1,26266.7+3.0
Liberal Democrats Matthew Griffiths63033.3+4.1
Majority63233.4−1.1
Turnout 1,89244.6+2.7
Conservative hold Swing
Oxted South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Parker1,19655.6+9.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Wingate42019.5+8.6
Labour Marjory Broughton23711.0−23.6
UKIP Tony Stone2039.4+1.0
Green Michaela O'Brien944.4+4.4
Majority77636.1+24.5
Turnout 2,15049.7+0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Portley [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Turner65053.2+1.8
Conservative Peter Brent52242.7+4.3
Labour Barbara Henning504.1−0.5
Majority12810.5−2.5
Turnout 1,22238.2−3.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Queens Park [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Webster76453.0+1.3
Liberal Democrats Lucy Darlow62943.6−4.7
Labour Robin Clements493.4+3.4
Majority1359.4+6.0
Turnout 1,44253.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Valley [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Ingram41537.5+8.0
Independent Peter Longhurst31528.4+28.4
Liberal Democrats Anne Bell22220.0−35.4
UKIP Jeffrey Bolter11110.0+1.5
Labour John Ellis454.1−2.5
Majority1009.1
Turnout 1,10839.2+1.5
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Camden93046.8+3.6
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Pursehouse87344.0−0.1
UKIP Martin Haley1839.2−0.7
Majority572.8
Turnout 1,98648.7+5.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Warlingham West [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Cooley81472.3+3.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Morrow31227.7−3.0
Majority50244.6+6.0
Turnout 1,12643.4
Conservative hold Swing
Westway [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Gosling57350.8+13.0
Conservative Paul Blanchard48543.0−10.3
Labour Peter McNeil706.2−2.7
Majority887.8
Turnout 1,12838.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Whyteleafe [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Gray52653.8−6.2
Conservative Brian Jeffery40741.6+1.6
Labour John Burgess454.6+4.6
Majority11912.2−7.8
Turnout 97835.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Woldingham [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Butcher61778.6−6.2
Liberal Democrats David Martin9612.2−3.0
Independent John O'Brien729.2+9.2
Majority52166.4−3.2
Turnout 78551.6−3.7
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2008 and 2010

Godstone

Godstone By-Election 4 June 2009 [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Childs1,21664.1+6.2
Liberal Democrats Colin White68135.9+11.1
Majority53528.2−4.9
Turnout 1,89744.2+5.4
Conservative hold Swing

Whyteleafe

A by-election was held in Whyteleafe on 2 February 2010 after Liberal Democrat councillor Jeffrey Gray resigned from the council when he moved away from Tandridge. [12] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by David Lee with 57% of the vote. [12]

Whyteleafe By-Election 2 February 2010 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Lee44457.0+3.2
Conservative Chris Krishnan23630.3−11.3
UKIP Jeffrey Bolter9912.7+12.7
Majority20826.7+14.5
Turnout 77928.9−6.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Tandridge". BBC News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Full election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2008. p. 45.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Blackledge, Sam (29 April 2008). "Election – Topical issues to win Tandridge votes". Get Surrey. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "June county election challenge for Whyteleafe councillor". This is Croydon. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Election - Who's who in Surrey's 2008 elections". Get Surrey. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Keep local elections local". Local Government Association. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Local election results in Surrey". Get Surrey. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. 1 2 3 Alexander, Clare (2 May 2008). "Surrey's election results". Get Surrey. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Local Elections 2008". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Lib Dem scuppers Tories' hopes for a council clean sweep". Tandridge Mirror. 11 June 2009. p. 10 – via NewsBank.
  11. ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  12. 1 2 Blackledge, Sam (4 February 2010). "New Lib Dem councillor prepares for MP push". Get Surrey. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  13. ↑ Mead, Chris (5 February 2010). "Two Labour gains and UKIP second place surge" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
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