2008 Winchester City Council election

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2008 Winchester City Council election
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  2007 1 May 2008 2010  

19 of 57 seats to Winchester City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independent
Seats before23294
Seats won1261
Seats after24293
Popular vote15,51114,6091,225
Percentage46.0%43.3%3.6%

Winchester 2008 election map.svg
Results by Ward

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2008 Winchester Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, 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

One third of the seats were being contested with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour each contesting all 19 seats. [3] The Conservatives, who ran the council since the 2006 election were defending 6 seats compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. [4] Among the councillors who were defending seats were the Conservative council leader, George Beckett, and the Liberal Democrat group leader Therese Evans. [3] Other candidates included 2 independents, 7 from the United Kingdom Independence Party and 4 from the Green Party. [3]

The Conservatives defended their record of running the council saying that they had improved services while keeping council tax rises below the rate of inflation. [4] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats criticised the Conservatives over housing and development in the council area. [4]

During the campaign a Conservative activist in Whiteley ward, John Hall, was charged after a police investigation over electoral fraud offences. [5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives just maintain their one-seat majority after losing two seats to the Liberal Democrats in St Barnabas and Whiteley wards, but gaining one seat back in St Michael and taking one seat from an independent in Shedfield. [6]

Winchester Local Election Result 2008 [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1221+163.246.015,511+6.2%
  Conservative 622031.643.314,609-7.0%
  Independent 101-15.33.61,225+0.3%
  Labour 000004.41,492+0.0%
  Green 000001.4456+0.8%
  UKIP 000001.3451-0.2%

Ward results

Bishop's Waltham

Bishop's Waltham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jean Hammerton83238.9−7.7
Conservative Michael North65030.4−6.7
Liberal Democrats Brandy Blunt55325.9+13.7
UKIP William McNally572.7+2.7
Labour David Picton-Jones472.2−1.8
Majority1828.5−1.0
Turnout 2,13941.1
Independent hold Swing

Boarhunt & Southwick

Boarhunt & Southwick [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cooper29450.4+0.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Nicholls27346.8+7.3
Labour James Ross162.7−1.2
Majority213.6−7.0
Turnout 58358.4−0.3
Conservative hold Swing

Colden Common and Twyford

Colden Common and Twyford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Mason1,11853.0−6.0
Conservative Sue Evershed94244.6+6.0
Labour Timothy Curran512.4+0.0
Majority1768.4−12.0
Turnout 2,11150.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Compton and Otterbourne

Compton and Otterbourne [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Beckett95451.7+7.6
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Hudson82044.4−6.0
UKIP Christopher Barton-Briddon482.6−2.0
Labour Clare McKenna231.2+0.3
Majority1347.3
Turnout 1,84557.7
Conservative hold Swing

Denmead

Denmead [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Read1,61178.1−2.4
Liberal Democrats Anne Stoneham37918.4−1.1
Labour Michael Chaplin733.5+3.5
Majority1,23259.7−1.3
Turnout 2,06339.7
Conservative hold Swing

Kings Worthy

Kings Worthy [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Johnston93853.8+9.3
Conservative John White74742.9−8.1
Labour Elaine Fullaway583.3−1.2
Majority19110.9
Turnout 1,74351.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Littleton and Harestock

Littleton and Harestock [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jacey Jackson97059.9+2.1
Conservative Patrick Cunningham62738.7−1.7
Labour Brian Fullaway231.4−0.4
Majority34321.2+3.8
Turnout 1,62057.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Spender1,25168.0+19.3
Conservative Sally Owen49727.0−21.2
Green Jim Kirkpatrick593.2+3.2
Labour John Elliot-Smith341.8−1.3
Majority75441.0+40.5
Turnout 1,84156.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Shedfield

Shedfield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Gemmell69550.1+5.6
Independent Stuart Jones39328.3−9.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Toole17012.2+12.2
Labour Patricia Hayward664.8−0.8
UKIP Douglas Reed644.6+4.6
Majority30221.8+15.3
Turnout 1,38844.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

St. Barnabas

St. Barnabas [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Allan Mitchell1,40153.3+10.2
Conservative Anne Saunders1,15744.0−5.6
Labour Adrian Field722.7−0.2
Majority2449.3
Turnout 2,63055.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

St. Bartholomew

St. Bartholomew [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jim Maynard1,08551.7−2.7
Conservative Miff Kayum71133.9−3.6
Green Jo Woodman1637.8+7.8
Labour Denis Archdeacon984.7+0.3
UKIP Lawrence Hole422.0+2.0
Majority37417.8+0.9
Turnout 2,09943.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. John and All Saints

St. John and All Saints [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Higgins61139.8−3.5
Labour Antony De Peyer45829.8+4.5
Conservative Ann Jones39025.4−2.5
UKIP Geoffrey Barrett785.1+1.6
Majority15310.0−5.4
Turnout 1,53732.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Luke

St. Luke [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lucille Thompson79252.4−0.7
Conservative Rob Ducker54235.8+2.6
Labour Patrick Davies17811.8+2.6
Majority25016.6−3.3
Turnout 1,51236.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Michael

St. Michael [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Sanders1,16651.6−7.1
Liberal Democrats Lynda Banister90039.8+6.4
Green Alison Craig994.4+4.4
Labour Albert Edwards632.8−2.0
UKIP David Abbott331.5−1.6
Majority26611.8−13.5
Turnout 2,26148.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

St. Paul

St. Paul [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ray Love95357.7−1.2
Conservative Kathleen Jeffreys48929.6−7.2
Green Bridget Leyden1358.2+8.2
Labour Tessa Valentine744.5+0.2
Majority46428.1+6.0
Turnout 1,65136.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The Alresfords

The Alresfords [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Cook1,50557.8+28.0
Conservative Barbara Jeffs92335.5−19.2
UKIP David Samuel1295.0−3.7
Labour Robin Atkins451.7−5.0
Majority58222.3
Turnout 2,60253.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whiteley

Whiteley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vivian Achwal55153.5+6.0
Conservative Mark Wheeler45944.6−4.9
Labour Barry Jones201.9−1.1
Majority928.9
Turnout 1,03045.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Wickham

Wickham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Therese Evans85764.8+3.7
Conservative Karen Jeffreys44233.4−3.2
Labour Andrew Rudge231.7−0.6
Majority41531.4+6.9
Turnout 1,32243.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wonston and Micheldever

Wonston and Micheldever [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Lipscomb1,31374.3+11.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Hobson38421.7−5.6
Labour Nigel Lickley704.0+0.1
Majority92952.6+16.6
Turnout 1,76742.3
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Winchester". BBC News. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  2. "National: Full election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2008. p. 45.
  3. 1 2 3 "Winchester city council nominations". Southern Daily Echo . 8 April 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Winchester gears up for city elections". This is Hampshire. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  5. "Man charged over election fraud". BBC News. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  6. "Election 2008: Tories cling on to power in Winchester district". The News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "District Election Results 2008". Winchester City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
Preceded by
2007 Winchester Council election
Winchester local elections Succeeded by
2010 Winchester Council election