2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

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22 of 66 seats (one third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.0% (0.1%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jeff Green Steve Foulkes Simon Holbrook Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat West Kirby and Thurstaston Claughton Prenton Last election 7 seats, 38.6% 8 seats, 28.7% 7 seats, 25.2% Seats before 20 25 19 Seats won 11 5 6 Seats after 24 21 20 Seat change 4 4 1 Popular vote 37,925 22,277 19,624 Percentage 43.6% 25.6% 22.6% Swing 5.0% 3.1% 2.6%
Map of results of 2008 election
Leader of the Council before election Steve Foulkes (Labour) No Overall Control Leader of the Council after election Steve Foulkes (Labour) No Overall Control

The 2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members to the Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. ^[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Conservative	24	4
	Labour	21	4
	Liberal Democrat	20	1
	Ind. Conservative	1
	Ind. Lib Dem	0	1

^[1]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2007.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2008
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	22	11	5	1	4	50.0	43.6	37,925	5.0
	Labour	22	5	0	4	4	22.7	25.6	22,277	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	22	6	1	0	1	27.3	22.6	19,624	2.6
	Green	22	0	0	0		0.0	4.9	4,267	0.5
	UKIP	11	0	0	0		0.0	2.4	2,127	0.7
	BNP	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	489	N/A
	Independent	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	147	0.2
	Liberal	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	96	N/A
	Ind. Lib Dem	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	N/A

^{[1] [2]}

Ward results

Results compared directly with the last local election in 2007.
Note: Italics denote the sitting councillor, bold denotes the winning candidate (and party).

Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Clarke	1,945	40.9	10.0
	Labour	Susan Percy	1,719	36.2	7.5
	UKIP	Hilary Jones	479	10.1	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sheena Turner	448	9.4	2.1
	Green	Michael Harper	162	3.4	0.3
Majority			226	4.7	N/A
Registered electors			11,858
Turnout				40.1	1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.8

^{[3] [4]}

Bidston and St James

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Bidston and St James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Crabtree	1,129	54.6	5.1
	Conservative	Christine Wilson	313	15.1	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Brace	266	12.9	3.6
	BNP	Steve McHale	236	11.4	N/A
	Green	George Bowler	125	6.0	1.0

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