2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

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Results of the 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

The 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2007. [1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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Election result

The results saw the Conservatives hold on to control of the council with 40 seats, as compared to 5 for Labour and 3 for the Liberal Democrats. [2] Overall turnout in the election was 36.32%. [3]

A few days after the election the new Conservative councillor for Hatfield Central, Darren Gilbert, was forced to resign after it was alleged that he had made up a claim that he had had cancer, meaning that a by-election had to be held. [4] [5]

Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2008 [3] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 40+583.359.742,477+5.1%
  Labour 5-510.419.413,810-5.7%
  Liberal Democrats 306.318.212,930+1.5%
  Green 0002.61,851-1.0%
  BNP 0000.2131+0.2%

Ward results

Brookmans Park and Little Heath (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Boulton1,708
Conservative Irene Dean1,499
Conservative John Dean1,476
Liberal Democrats Jenny Blumson304
Labour James Croft197
Turnout 5,19445.4
Haldens (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lauren Brown836
Conservative Howard Hughes781
Conservative Martyn Levitt778
Labour Mike Larkins600
Labour Mark Biddle582
Labour Margaret Hurst573
Liberal Democrats Edward Walkington220
Liberal Democrats Rhoda Brutey219
Turnout 4,58934.1
Handside (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Bromley1,385
Conservative Fiona Thomson1,370
Liberal Democrats Tony Skottowe1,338
Liberal Democrats Adam Neal1,283
Liberal Democrats Nigel Quinton1,278
Conservative Tony Kingsbury1,221
Labour Peter Heyman167
Labour John Pomroy159
Turnout 8,20155.9
Hatfield Central (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darren Gilbert535
Labour Mike Alder512
Labour Colin Croft501
Conservative David Falco484
Labour Margaret White473
Conservative Bukky Olawoyin463
Liberal Democrats Adam Edwards211
Liberal Democrats Heather Richardson188
Liberal Democrats Karen Richardson177
Turnout 3,54428.5
Hatfield East (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mick Long934
Conservative Bernard Sarson906
Conservative Paul Smith889
Labour Constance Elliott376
Labour Sheila Jones358
Liberal Democrats Lis Meyland-Smith348
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Brennan336
Labour Susana Tinsley298
Turnout 4,44533.5
Hatfield South (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Hedges514
Conservative David Hughes483
Labour Linda Mendez409
Labour Andrew Tinsley344
Liberal Democrats Sheila Archer157
Liberal Democrats Richard Griffiths121
Turnout 2,02828.2
Hatfield Villages (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clare Berry629
Conservative Mark Gilding577
Conservative Howard Morgan544
Labour Mel Jones245
Labour Susan Archer200
Labour Ian Scammell197
Liberal Democrats Alex Benakis129
Liberal Democrats Maurice Richardson126
Turnout 2,64725.7
Hatfield West (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Atkinson976
Conservative Kim Morris944
Conservative Carol Juggins938
Labour Maureen Cook669
Labour Dee Ferner588
Labour Cathy Watson525
Liberal Democrats Hazel Laming381
Liberal Democrats James Finlay298
Liberal Democrats Sheila Tidy272
Turnout 5,59133.5
Hollybush (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Chesterman610
Conservative Sarah Atkinson607
Labour Margaret Birleson594
Conservative Ronald Smith560
Labour Sue Jones513
Conservative Stuart Pile480
Liberal Democrats Win Smith240
Turnout 3,60428.2
Howlands (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hannah Berry795
Conservative Les Page725
Conservative George Michaelides678
Green Jill Weston596
Labour Alan Chesterman443
Labour Zacha Hennessey384
Labour Brian Payne365
Green Susan Groom325
Green Ian Nendrick325
Liberal Democrats Lynda Cowan168
Turnout 4,80439.2
Northaw and Cuffley (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Couch1,235
Conservative John Mansfield1,144
Conservative John Nicholls1,143
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bain329
Turnout 3,85136.3
Panshanger (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sara Johnston916
Conservative Darren Bennett884
Conservative Roger Trigg844
Labour Brian Edwards346
Green Hollyann Holdsworth258
Liberal Democrats Shirley Shaw247
Liberal Democrats Jonquil Basch213
Turnout 3,70832.1
Peartree (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Cowan516
Liberal Democrats Louise Lotz470
Labour Steve Roberts453
Labour Dean Milliken452
Liberal Democrats Frank Marsh443
Labour Jacqui Russell399
Conservative Christopher Hay397
Conservative Stanley Laver-Walton321
Conservative Sandra Benjamin310
Turnout 3,76126.9
Sherrards (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Franey1,015
Conservative Jonathan Beckerman993
Conservative Patricia Mabbott993
Labour Bill Couzens470
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Arch393
Labour Tony Crump384
Liberal Democrats Valerie Skottowe368
Green Bernice Dowlen347
Turnout 4,96343.7
Welham Green (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doug Berry754
Conservative Keith Pieri752
Liberal Democrats Simon Archer510
Liberal Democrats Paul Zukowskyj411
BNP Mark Fuller131
Labour Bridgit Croft83
Turnout 2,64149.7
Welwyn East (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Cragg1,513
Conservative Carl Storer1,457
Conservative Steven Markiewicz1,425
Liberal Democrats Janice Skidmore265
Liberal Democrats June Burnham250
Labour Julia Henderson226
Liberal Democrats Jack Burnham215
Turnout 5,35141.7
Welwyn West (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Canter840
Conservative Mandy Perkins826
Liberal Democrats John Blackburn269
Liberal Democrats Ian Skidmore237
Labour Mbizo Mpofu115
Turnout 2,28739.4

References

  1. ↑ "Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Tories hold on to Welwyn Hatfield". Watford Observer . 2 May 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Election Results - 1 May 2008". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Hencke, David (10 May 2008). "New Tory councillor resigns over allegations he lied about cancer". The Guardian. p. 17.
  5. ↑ "Tory resigns amid cancer claims". BBC News. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "National: Full election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2008. p. 45.
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