2008 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

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

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

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Walsall local election result 2008 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1200060.051.528,664+10.4%
  Labour 600030.024.813,807-4.5%
  Liberal Democrats 200010.012.26,767+0.3%
  UKIP 000004.72,600-0.8%
  Democratic Labour 000003.51,922+0.7%
  Green 000001.7919+0.8%
  BNP 000000.8436-2.5%
  Respect 000000.5304-0.8%
  Independent 000000.4203-3.5%

Ward results

Aldridge Central and South [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Ansell2,30663.4+7.7
Labour Derek Wigfall50713.9−1.2
UKIP Michael Jose44212.2−6.5
Liberal Democrats Royston Sheward38210.50.0
Majority 1,79949.5+12.5
Turnout 3,63733.6−5.3
Conservative hold Swing
Aldridge North and Walsall Wood [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Sears2,04670.8+3.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Greveson46416.1−0.8
Labour Ian Pearson37813.1−3.1
Majority 1,58254.8+4.7
Turnout 2,88828.0−3.6
Conservative hold Swing
Bentley and Darlaston North [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Madeley1,08743.9−2.5
Conservative Gurmeet Sohal97239.3+5.9
UKIP Malcolm Ford1988.0+8.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Pearce1184.8−11.6
Green Stephen Brookes783.2+3.2
Democratic Labour Alan Paddock210.8−3.0
Majority 1154.6−8.4
Turnout 2,47427.8−1.2
Labour hold Swing
Birchills-Leamore [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Barton95854.6+5.3
Conservative Chad Pitt54331.0+0.7
Green Paul Booker1428.1+8.1
Democratic Labour Alan Davies1106.3−1.4
Majority 41523.7+4.7
Turnout 1,75319.7−4.7
Labour hold Swing
Blakenall [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Robertson69237.8−0.4
Democratic Labour David Church62234.0−4.8
Conservative Hilda Derry38821.2+6.7
Liberal Democrats Trudy Pearce1287.0+2.5
Majority 703.8
Turnout 1,83022.4−5.1
Labour hold Swing
Bloxwich East [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Tweddle1,30858.9+17.1
Labour Angus McGhee56325.4−4.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Cockayne1988.9+4.8
Democratic Labour Stephen Baggott1516.8+4.8
Majority 74533.6+22.0
Turnout 2,22026.0−3.7
Conservative hold Swing
Bloxwich West [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Melvin Pitt1,43654.1+10.2
Labour Robert Thomas46517.5−19.9
Democratic Labour Michael Ross36513.8+10.6
UKIP Anthony Bryan28610.8+1.0
Liberal Democrats Stanley Robinson1023.8−1.9
Majority 97136.6+30.1
Turnout 2,65427.5−4.2
Conservative hold Swing
Brownhills [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Paul1,64266.6+29.6
Labour Paul Forrest66226.9−12.1
Democratic Labour Andrew Bradburn1606.5+3.3
Majority 98039.7
Turnout 2,46425.8−5.7
Conservative hold Swing
Darlaston South [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Wilkes77536.8−3.0
Conservative Doris Silvester70933.7+20.7
Green Timothy Martin26412.5+5.4
Democratic Labour Alan Johnston25312.0+12.0
Liberal Democrats Murli Sinha1055.0+5.0
Majority 663.1
Turnout 2,10623.1−7.6
Labour hold Swing
Paddock [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rose Martin2,24965.7+17.3
Labour Ann Wilson60517.7−13.9
UKIP Derek Bennett3109.1−4.8
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Miah1353.9−2.2
Green Murray Abbott1223.6+3.6
Majority 1,64448.1+21.4
Turnout 3,42135.6−8.7
Conservative hold Swing
Palfrey [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammad Munir1,73643.2+5.0
Labour Allah Ditta1,60239.8+4.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Cullum3809.4−2.4
Respect Arshad Kanwar3047.6−6.7
Majority 1343.3+0.7
Turnout 4,02239.1−2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Pelsall [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Garry Perry2,53279.0+35.2
Liberal Democrats Leslie Smith33110.3−0.1
Labour Martin Harrower2768.6−0.5
Democratic Labour Derek Roddy672.1+1.2
Majority 2,20168.7+41.9
Turnout 3,20635.5−6.3
Conservative hold Swing
Pheasey Park Farm [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Andrew1,84664.1+9.3
UKIP Steven Grey44615.50.0
Labour Douglas James43014.9−6.0
Liberal Democrats Daniel Barker1605.6+1.3
Majority 1,40048.6+14.7
Turnout 2,88234.1−4.9
Conservative hold Swing
Pleck [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Anson1,24135.7−4.3
Conservative Shakil Abbas1,15033.0−8.0
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Yaqub70920.4+8.3
Independent Martin Lynch2035.8+5.8
UKIP Kathleen Oakley1775.1−0.3
Majority 912.7
Turnout 3,48036.0−2.5
Labour hold Swing
Rushall-Shelfield [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Micklewright1,48061.0+18.7
Labour Jack Kelly47719.7−3.8
Liberal Democrats John Garfitt30212.4+2.4
Green Karl Macnaughton1676.9+6.9
Majority 1,00341.3+22.5
Turnout 2,42626.7−7.3
Conservative hold Swing
Short Heath [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Doreen Shires1,08243.8−0.1
Conservative Ann Ault73129.6+3.0
BNP Malcolm Moore43617.6+0.1
Labour Aftab Nawaz2249.1−2.9
Majority 35114.2−3.0
Turnout 2,47328.0−2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St. Matthews [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Arif1,86451.8+12.4
Labour Richard Worrall1,18432.9−1.7
Liberal Democrats Abdul Malik1845.1−6.3
UKIP Timothy Melville1784.9+1.2
Green Robert Bellin1464.1+0.8
Democratic Labour Brian Powell441.2−0.9
Majority 68018.9+14.1
Turnout 3,60038.8−1.7
Conservative hold Swing
Streetly [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Douglas-Maul2,57572.5+1.7
Labour Steven King44212.5−5.0
UKIP Dorothy Sheath3178.9−2.8
Liberal Democrats Shirley Balgobin2166.1+6.1
Majority 2,13360.1+6.8
Turnout 3,55033.0−4.7
Conservative hold Swing
Willenhall North [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Shires1,33257.6+14.8
Conservative Cerwyn Edwards45519.7−2.5
Labour Diane Coughlan27912.1−7.7
UKIP Elizabeth Hazell24610.6−4.6
Majority 87737.9+17.3
Turnout 2,31224.3−3.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Willenhall South [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Coughlan96043.2−3.2
Conservative Sandeep Sohal69631.3+9.8
Liberal Democrats Nadia Fazal43919.7−8.5
Democratic Labour Stephanie Peart1295.8+1.8
Majority 26411.9−6.3
Turnout 2,22420.7−4.5
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. "Walsall". BBC News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local elections 2008" (PDF). House of Commons Library . 12 June 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Election results 2008". Walsall Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Walsall". Coventry Telegraph . Retrieved 22 September 2011.