Derby City Council election, 2008

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Derby Council election, 2008
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1/3 of 51 seats to Derby City Council
26 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal Democrat Conservative Labour
Last election388
Seats before388
Seats won854
Seat change+5-3-4
Popular vote19,37421,13916,869
Percentage32.335.228.1
Swing+3.5+3.2-6.1
Leader before election


No overall control

Elected Leader


No overall control

The 2008 Derby City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1] Overall turnout was 34.6%. [2] [3]

Derby City and Unitary authority area in England

Derby is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, of which it was traditionally the county town. At the 2011 census, the population was 248,700. Derby gained city status in 1977.

Derby City Council local government authority for Derby in England

Derby City Council is the local government unitary authority for Derby, a city in the East Midlands region of England. It is composed of 51 councillors, three for each of the 17 electoral wards of Derby. Currently there is no overall control of the council, with the Labour Party being the biggest party. The acting council chief executive is Christine Durrant. Carole Mills will take over as Chief Executive from August 2018.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

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.

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.

Campaign

Since the 2006 election the Labour party had been running the council in an agreement with the Conservatives and both parties did not rule out continuing this arrangement after the election. [5] However, a major issue in the election was a proposal by the Labour party to close 10 play areas across Derby in order to save money, which were opposed by the Conservatives. [5] The arrangement was also strained by the defection of 2 Labour councillors, Hardial Dhamrait and Amar Nath, to the Conservatives since the 2007 election. [6] Other changes since 2007 included Labour councillor Prem Chera becoming an independent, and independent Frank Leeming joining the Conservatives. [6] This meant that before the election there were 21 Labour, 14 Conservative, 13 Liberal Democrat and 2 independent councillors. [6]

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

In all 61 candidates stood in the election, with 17 seats being contested. [7] Of those 17 seats Labour were defending 8, the Conservatives 6 and the Liberal Democrats 3. [6]

The leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron, visited Derby to support the local party on 3 April and described it as a "key battleground". [5]

David Cameron former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

David William Donald Cameron is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He identifies as a one-nation conservative, and has been associated with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies.

Election result

The Liberal Democrats gained 5 seats to move from third largest group on the council to become the largest party, overtaking the Labour and Conservative parties. [3] [8] Liberal Democrat gains were recorded in Abbey, Arboretum and Mackworth wards from Labour, and in Blagreaves and Oakwood wards from the Conservatives. [9] [10] Meanwhile, Labour recovered a seat in Sinfin which they had lost when Hardial Dhamrait had defected to the Conservatives. [9] However, Labour also two seats in Chaddesden and Chellaston to the Conservatives. [10]

Sinfin

Sinfin is a suburb and ward of the city of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southwest of the city centre on Derby's southern outskirts. The ward, which includes Osmaston as well as Sinfin itself, had a population of 15,128 in 2011. Historically, Sinfin and Osmaston were separate villages before being swallowed up by the expansion of Derby. Osmaston is characterised by inter-war housing developments while much of the housing in Sinfin is postwar. Between the two suburbs lies a more industrialised area dominated by the Rolls-Royce works.

Chaddesden Suburb of Derby, UK

Chaddesden, also known locally as Chad, is a large residential suburb of Derby, United Kingdom. Historically a separate village centred on Chaddesden Hall and the 14th century St. Mary's Church, the area was significantly expanded by 20th century housing developments, and was incorporated into Derby in 1968.

Chellaston human settlement in United Kingdom

Chellaston is a suburb in the south of the City of Derby, which is in the East Midlands of England. It is on a natural hill, and has recently expanded due to several new housing estates.

Following the elections the three parties held discussions to decide who would run the council for the next two years. [11] On 6 May the Conservatives decided that they would not agree any deal with the other two parties and would sit in opposition, with Conservative councillors feeling that the previous agreement with Labour had meant they did not make gains as the party had done nationally. [11] The Liberal Democrats and Labour then planned to hold talks, with Labour abandoning their previous proposals to introduce congestion charging in Derby, and parking meters in Littleover. [12] However, the Liberal Democrats decided they would prefer to run the council as a minority rather than reach an agreement with Labour. At the council meeting on 21 May the Liberal Democrat leader, Hilary Jones, was elected leader of the council by 19 votes to 17 after the Conservatives abstained. [13]

Derby Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 850+547.132.319,374+3.5%
  Conservative 523-129.435.221,139+3.2%
  Labour 415-423.528.116,869-6.1%
  BNP 000002.01,217+2.0%
  Independent 000001.91,152-1.8%
  Green 000000.5319-0.8%

Ward results

Abbey [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Batey1,44347.9+3.8
Labour Asaf Afzal1,05635.1-3.9
Conservative Jasvinder Rai33511.1-0.6
Independent Norman Clayton1665.5+0.2
Independent Masadiq Hussain80.3+0.3
Independent Raja Mehmood30.1+0.1
Majority38712.8+7.7
Turnout 3,01131.1+1.7
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Allestree [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Philip Hickson3,23462.6-2.0
Labour John Whitby73914.3-4.8
Liberal Democrat Deena Smith63312.2-4.1
BNP Glynn Cooper56310.9+10.9
Majority2,49548.3+2.8
Turnout 5,16947.4+2.0
Conservative hold Swing
Alvaston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alan Graves1,22838.3-7.1
Liberal Democrat Naveed Hussain91328.5-6.3
Conservative Brenda Longworth84326.3+6.5
Independent Gillian Elks2216.9+6.9
Majority3159.8-0.8
Turnout 3,20529.3-1.0
Labour hold Swing
Arboretum [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Farhatullah Khan1,71046.1+9.0
Labour Shiraz Khan1,62443.8-5.3
Conservative David Jennings37410.1+3.3
Majority862.3
Turnout 3,70835.4-2.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Blagreaves [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Harjinder Naitta2,00650.6+5.3
Conservative Lisa Marshall1,04726.4+7.4
Labour John Heavey90922.9-8.1
Majority95924.2+9.9
Turnout 3,96241.6-1.5
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Boulton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Graham Leeming1,60751.5+30.8
Labour Joseph Russo1,12936.2-3.8
Liberal Democrat Stephen Connolly38612.4+0.6
Majority47815.3
Turnout 3,12231.0-0.4
Conservative hold Swing
Chaddesden [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sean Marshall1,44139.6-6.5
Labour John Ahern1,16131.9-10.7
BNP Paul Hilliard65418.0+18.0
Liberal Democrat Eric Ashburner2857.8-3.5
Independent Charles McLynn962.6+2.6
Majority2807.7+4.2
Turnout 3,63736.3+2.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Chellaston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Matthew Holmes1,92149.0+3.1
Labour Mark Tittley1,83046.7+4.0
Liberal Democrat Ajit Atwal1664.2-2.1
Majority912.3-0.9
Turnout 3,91735.9-1.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Darley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Finbar Richards1,33136.7+4.9
Conservative Lorraine Radford1,06929.5+3.2
Labour Christopher Wynn90525.0-7.7
Green Jane Temple3198.8-0.4
Majority2627.2
Turnout 3,62433.9-6.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Derwent [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Margaret Redfern91939.9-10.6
Conservative Patrick Fullerton70830.7+4.9
Liberal Democrat Leigh Alcock35315.3+4.4
Independent William Wright32514.1+1.2
Majority2119.2-15.5
Turnout 2,30523.6+0.2
Labour hold Swing
Littleover [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Leslie Allen2,42960.8+5.6
Conservative Tarlochan Dard1,13228.3-2.9
Labour Linda Winter43510.9-2.7
Majority1,29732.5+8.5
Turnout 3,99639.7-2.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Mackworth [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Derrick Tuplin1,55352.9+27.1
Labour Richard Gerrard77826.5-22.2
Conservative Andrew Hill60320.6-4.9
Majority77526.4
Turnout 2,93430.1+1.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Mickleover [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Hilary Jones2,41153.0-2.5
Conservative Philip Lucas1,73838.2+2.0
Labour Josephine Drummond4028.8+0.4
Majority67314.8-4.5
Turnout 4,55141.6-3.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Normanton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Hardyal Dhindsa1,39940.6-8.1
Liberal Democrat Shayad Mahmood1,27637.0-5.0
Conservative Jarnail Birring77522.5+13.2
Majority1233.6-3.1
Turnout 3,45033.5-0.7
Labour hold Swing
Oakwood [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Franklyn Harwood1,73351.9+44.0
Conservative Hardial Dhamrait97429.2-15.7
Labour Martina Longworth63218.9-4.6
Majority75922.7
Turnout 3,33933.2+3.3
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Sinfin [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Bhagat Shanker97337.1-18.5
Conservative Michael Cook94135.9+11.0
Liberal Democrat Louise Noble37414.3-5.3
Independent Michael Whitehead33312.7+12.7
Majority321.2-29.5
Turnout 2,62127.3+2.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Spondon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Evonne Williams2,39768.1+3.6
Labour Anne MacDonald75021.3-3.7
Liberal Democrat Simon King37210.6+0.2
Majority1,64746.8+7.3
Turnout 3,51936.3-1.0
Conservative hold Swing

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