2008 Worcester City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2008 Worcester council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, independents in light grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008. Worcester UK local election 2008 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2008 Worcester council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, independents in light grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008.

The 2008 Worcester City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council as a minority administration, [3] and required one extra seat in order to win a majority. [4] They had lost their majority after Labour gained a seat from them in a by-election in 2007. [5] 12 seats were up for election with 5 Conservative, 4 Labour, 2 independent and 1 Liberal Democrat seats being contested. [6] The Conservatives only contested 10 of the 12 seats after they decided not to oppose the two independents who were up for re-election in Nunnery and St John wards, however both they and the independent councillors denied that any deal had been done. [7]

Three members of the Shadow Cabinet, including the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne, visited Worcester to campaign for the Conservatives. [8]

Election result

The results saw the council remain without any party having a majority with the Conservatives continuing to run the administration. [9] They had come within 28 votes of winning in Arboretum ward but Labour's Joy Squires held the seat. [10]

The Green Party contested ten of the twelve seats, falling back slightly overall from 9.2 to 8.5% of the vote. Its claim of 10% related to the seats it contested. While it failed to win a seat, its best results were in the Rainbow Hill and Cathedral wards, where it scored 23.3 and 18.6% respectively. [11]

Worcester Local Election Result 2008 [12]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 500041.737.47,868-5.5%
  Labour 400033.328.45,982+3.1%
  Independent 200016.710.32,164+5.5%
  Liberal Democrats 10008.310.52,215-2.5%
  Green 000008.51,790-1.2%
  BNP 000004.3899+0.6%
  UKIP 000000.7146+0.1%

Ward results

Arboretum [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joy Squires 72839.2-4.0
Conservative David Wilkinson70037.7+8.3
Liberal Democrats Ken Carpenter1578.5-4.5
Green Martin Sullivan1387.4-0.2
BNP Jack Amos1347.2+7.2
Majority281.5-12.3
Turnout 1,85741.0-1.0
Labour hold Swing
Battenhall [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Rowden1,02164.9+7.9
Labour Lian Rees34121.7+0.7
Green Jan Dyer21113.4+3.8
Majority68043.2+7.2
Turnout 1,57338.4-4.7
Conservative hold Swing
Bedwardine [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Prodger1,36963.5+7.1
Labour Christopher Winwood35016.2-4.4
Liberal Democrats Vaughan Hencher24011.1-2.7
Green Clive Matthews1989.2+0.1
Majority1,01947.3+11.5
Turnout 2,15734.5-2.8
Conservative hold Swing
Cathedral [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Lankester1,15456.0+5.0
Labour Rachel Hall52125.3+3.7
Green Louis Stephen38418.6+4.5
Majority63330.7+1.3
Turnout 2,05930.3-4.9
Conservative hold Swing
Claines [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Askin1,55153.1-1.6
Conservative Nicholas Turner1,00534.4+3.4
Green Peter Robinson1956.7+0.1
Labour Jane McCann1715.9-1.8
Majority54618.7-5.0
Turnout 2,92245.0-4.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Gorse Hill [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Berry51545.3+1.3
BNP Lee Hancock28224.8+0.3
Conservative David Nolan24321.4+6.6
Green Linda Smith988.6+3.0
Majority23320.5+1.0
Turnout 1,13827.0-6.0
Labour hold Swing
Nunnery [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Layland1,11548.1+17.4
Labour Vanessa Mann70730.5-4.7
BNP Tom Amos35315.2+2.5
Green Alexander Gwinn1416.1+0.2
Majority40817.6
Turnout 2,31639.0+0.6
Independent hold Swing
Rainbow Hill [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Gregson44344.1-4.6
Conservative Lesley Auden32732.6+12.7
Green Ruth Stafford23423.3-8.1
Majority11611.5-5.8
Turnout 1,00424.2-0.9
Labour hold Swing
St Clement [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Geraghty87651.9+2.5
Labour Richard Bird45126.7+3.7
UKIP John Butterfield1468.7+8.7
BNP Peter Beechey1307.7-8.1
Green Olaf Twiehaus845.0-6.8
Majority42525.2-1.2
Turnout 1,68737.7-1.8
Conservative hold Swing
St John [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Margaret Layland1,04953.7+37.8
Labour Richard Udall90546.3+4.0
Majority1447.4
Turnout 1,95433.9-0.6
Independent hold Swing
St Stephen [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Burton80257.7-2.3
Liberal Democrats Eddie Hartley26719.2+6.6
Labour George Squires21515.5-3.8
Green Penelope Asquith1077.7-0.5
Majority53538.5-2.2
Turnout 1,39134.3-3.1
Conservative hold Swing
Warndon [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Amos 63563.1+10.0
Conservative Robert Campbell37136.9+8.1
Majority26426.2+1.9
Turnout 1,00625.6+0.8
Labour hold Swing

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