Castle Point Borough Council election, 2008

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Map of the results of the 2008 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008. Castle Point UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2008 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008.

The 2008 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Castle Point Borough in England

Castle Point is a local government district with borough status in south Essex, 30 miles (48 km) east of central London. The borough comprises the towns and villages of Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley where the council has its headquarters.

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.

Essex County of England

Essex is a county in the south-east of England, north-east of London. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, the only city in the county. For government statistical purposes Essex is placed in the East of England region.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

Canvey Island Independent Party

The Canvey Island Independent Party (CIIP) is a local political party active on Canvey Island, in Essex, England. It was established in 2004 to campaign for a separate district council for Canvey Island.

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Background

14 seats were contested at the election with no election in Canvey West ward, but with a by-election being held in Canvey South at the same time as the normal election in the ward, after the Canvey Island Independent Party councillor Natalie Derby had stepped down in March 2008 due to ill health. [3] One councillor stood down at the election, Conservative Elizabeth Govier from St Georges ward. [3]

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, electoral ward is the unit used by Welsh principal councils, while the electoral division is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authorities. Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward-population counts can vary substantially. As at the end of 2014 there were 9,456 electoral wards/divisions in the UK.

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections, are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Not counting the extra by-election in Canvey South, there were 13 candidates each from the Conservative and Labour parties, 5 from the Canvey Island Independent Party, 3 each from the British National Party and the Green party and 1 from the UK Independence Party. [3]

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and its current leader is Adam Walker. A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK government. Founded in 1982, the party reached its greatest level of success in the 2000s, when it had over fifty seats in local government, one seat on the London Assembly, and two Members of the European Parliament.

Green Party of England and Wales Political party in England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. Headquartered in London, since September 2018, its co-leaders are Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley. The Green Party has one representative in the House of Commons, one in the House of Lords, and three in the European Parliament. In addition, it has various councillors in UK local government and two members of the London Assembly.

UK Independence Party British political party

The UK Independence Party is a hard Eurosceptic, right-wing political party in the United Kingdom. It currently has one representative in the House of Lords and seven Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). It has four Assembly Members (AMs) in the National Assembly for Wales and one member in the London Assembly. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two Members of Parliament and was the largest UK party in the European Parliament.

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning the seats in Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley, while the Canvey Island Independent Party won all 6 seats on Canvey Island. [4] No other party won any seats at the election, with Labour finishing behind the British National Party in 2 wards and behind the UK Independence Party in 1 ward. [4] Overall turnout at the election was 33.0%. [5]

South Benfleet a town in Essex, United Kindom

South Benfleet is a town or populous, largely modern village in the Castle Point district of Essex, 30 miles east of London. The Benfleet SS7 post town includes South Benfleet, Thundersley, New Thundersley and Hadleigh. The Battle of Benfleet took place here between the Vikings and Saxons in 894.

Hadleigh, Essex town in southeast Essex, England

Hadleigh is a town in southeast Essex, England, on the A13 between Thundersley, Benfleet and Leigh-on-Sea with a population of about 18,300. It has a squared bypass to the north.

Thundersley human settlement in United Kingdom

Thundersley is a district and an ecclesiastical parish based on a manor of early origin in the north of the Castle Point Borough, in southeast Essex, England. The settlement, between the size of a typical village and town, is clustered and sits on clay ridge shared with Basildon and Hadleigh, 31 miles east of Charing Cross, London.

Castle Point local election result 2008 [5] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 800057.152.212,075-3.6%
  Canvey Independent 600042.923.05,314+2.2%
  Labour 0000016.13,733-2.0%
  BNP 000003.6839+3.6%
  Green 000003.1722-0.7%
  UKIP 000001.9441+0.5%

Ward results

Appleton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tom Skipp1,26273.2+1.4
Labour John Trollope46226.8-1.4
Majority80046.4+2.9
Turnout 1,724
Conservative hold Swing
Boyce [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jeffrey Stanley1,21563.8-6.0
UKIP Ron Hurrell44123.1+6.3
Labour Harry Brett24913.1-0.4
Majority77440.6-12.4
Turnout 1,905
Conservative hold Swing
Canvey Island Central [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Canvey Independent John Anderson90560.3+2.0
Conservative Dorothy Best43328.8+0.4
Labour Bill Deal16410.9+0.0
Majority47231.4+1.5
Turnout 1,502
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Canvey Island East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Canvey Independent Anne Wood96259.2+10.4
Conservative Colin Maclean50831.3-5.3
Labour Katie Curtis1559.5-4.8
Majority45427.9+16.0
Turnout 1,625
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Canvey Island North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Canvey Independent Martin Tucker94751.7+0.0
Conservative Carole Cross36319.8-9.2
BNP John Morgan33818.5+18.5
Labour Jacqueline Reilly18310.0-7.0
Majority58431.9+9.2
Turnout 1,831
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Canvey Island South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Canvey Independent Brian Wood76745.0-4.7
Conservative Mark Howard54932.2-4.8
BNP Peter Barber25715.1+15.1
Labour Michael Curham1307.6-3.2
Majority21812.8+0.2
Turnout 1,703
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Canvey Island South by-election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Canvey Independent Janice Payne93055.6+5.9
Conservative Margaret Belford59635.6-1.4
Labour John Payne1468.7-2.1
Majority33420.0+7.4
Turnout 1,672
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Canvey Island Winter Gardens [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Canvey Independent Barry Dixie80359.4+3.2
Conservative Pat Haunts42231.2-0.4
Labour Margaret McArthur-Curtis1279.4-2.8
Majority38128.2+3.6
Turnout 1,352
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Cedar Hill [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Liz Wass1,10675.8+3.7
Labour Lorna Trollope35324.2-3.7
Majority75351.6+7.4
Turnout 1,459
Conservative hold Swing
St George's [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Clive Walter1,04969.1+1.2
Labour Joe Cooke46930.9-1.2
Majority58038.2+2.3
Turnout 1,518
Conservative hold Swing
St James [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Bill Sharp1,32971.2+1.6
Labour Fred Jones27114.5+0.2
Green Narine Pachy26614.3-1.8
Majority1,05856.7+3.2
Turnout 1,866
Conservative hold Swing
St Mary's [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Cross96355.6-12.7
Labour Anthony Wright52630.4-1.2
BNP Scott Smith24414.1+14.1
Majority43725.2-11.4
Turnout 1,733
Conservative hold Swing
St Peter's [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Beverley Egan1,09969.7+1.3
Labour William Emberson27517.4-0.5
Green Eileen Peck20312.9-0.7
Majority82452.3+1.8
Turnout 1,577
Conservative hold Swing
Victoria [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Enid Isaacs1,18171.3+1.8
Green Lesley Morgan25315.3+1.2
Labour Alan Curtis22313.5-2.9
Majority92856.0+2.9
Turnout 1,657
Conservative hold Swing

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  2. ↑ "Local elections: Results: Voters in the cities and the shires have their say in the ballot box". The Guardian . NewsBank. 2 May 2008.
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  4. 1 2 "Castle Point : Independents dominate Canvey". The Echo . NewsBank. 2 May 2008.
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