Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008

Elections to MSefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

Election result

Sefton Local Election Result 2008
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrat 9 1 0 +1 39.13% 31.04% 21 025
  Labour 8 0 0 0 34.78% 22.98% 15 569
  Conservative 6 0 1 -1 26.09% 34.15% 23 135
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0% 7.22% 4 888
  Southport Party 0 0 0 0 0% 1.81% 1 229
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0% 1.74% 1 177
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0 0% 0.55% 373
  Green 0 0 0 0 0% 0.31% 210
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0% 0.16% 105

Wards

Ainsdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Pauline Collier 986 23.43%
UKIP John Leech 168 3.99%
Conservative Brenda Porter * 2 903 68.99%
Labour Frank Warner 223 5.30%
Turnout 4 208 43.96%
Birkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UKIP Terry Durance 394 11.51%
Liberal Democrat Richard Hands * 1 702 49.74%
Conservative Cath Regan 1 105 32.29%
Labour Frank Robinson 213 6.22%
Turnout 3 422 35%
Blundellsands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Kevin Donnellon 578 18.01%
Labour Constance McCarthy 731 22.78%
Conservative Paula Parry * 1 893 58.99%
Turnout 3 209 36.2%
Cambridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Glover * 2 076 49.39%
Labour Muriel Langley 229 5.45%
Liberal Democrat Aiden McGuire 1 889 44.94%
Turnout 4 203 45.12%
Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Brian Cook 426 17.23%
Labour Paul Cummins * 1 216 49.19%
Communist Ian Davis 60 2.43%
UKIP Joseph Nugent 315 12.74%
Liberal Democrat Carol Tonkiss 448 18.12%
Turnout 2 472 28.59%
Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Carol Gustafson * 1 030 51.22%
BNP Dean McGraine 98 4.87%
UKIP Paul Nuttall 763 37.94%
Conservative Kenneth Parry 108 5.37%
Turnout 2 011 23.33%
Dukes
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Cathine Cookson 297 8.31%
Southport Harry Forster 497 13.90%
Conservative David Pearson * 1 979 55.36%
Liberal Democrat Mary Shavaksha 790 22.10%
Turnout 3 575 37.9%
Ford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Owen Brady * 1 330 60.78%
Conservative Jessamine Hounslea 287 13.12%
BNP Michael McDermott 301 13.76%
UKIP Phillip Wordley 265 12.11%
Turnout 2 188 24.21%
Harington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alfred Doran * 2 527 67.80%
Liberal Democrat Druscilla Haydon 663 17.79%
Labour Maurice Newton 526 14.11%
Turnout 3 727 38.56%
Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Maureen Fearn * 1 404 47.12%
Labour Stephen Jowett 203 6.81%
Southport John Lee 455 15.27%
UKIP Val Pollard 100 3.36%
Conservative Anthony White 809 27.15%
Turnout 2 980 32.99%
Linacre
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Helen Barber 140 8.45%
Communist John Byrne 45 2.72%
Liberal Democrat Carol Hill 192 11.59%
Labour Doreen Kerrigan * 1 050 63.41%
UKIP Robin Thompson 219 13.22%
Turnout 1 656 21.48%
Litherland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UKIP John Bryant 458 24.96%
Labour Patricia Hardy * 1 078 58.68%
Conservative Alex McIvor 288 15.68%
Turnout 1 837 22.39%
Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat John Gibson * 1 493 40.54%
Labour Paula Gouldbourn 738 20.04%
Conservative David McIvor 1 423 38.64%
Turnout 3 683 37.72%
Meols
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Southport Margaret Brown 277 7.90%
UKIP Nigel Cecil 209 5.96%
Liberal Democrat John Dodd * 1 714 48.86%
Labour Maureen Stoker 168 4.79%
Conservative Mike Swift 1 134 32.33%
Turnout 3 508 35.69%
Molyneux
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Linda Cluskey 536 18.55%
Conservative Edwina Cook 463 16.03%
UKIP Peter Harper 514 17.79%
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Howe * 1 370 47.42%
Turnout 2 889 29.07%
Netherton and Orrell (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Jennifer Atherton 213 10.23%
Conservative Viv Becker 306 14.69%
Labour Susan Bradshaw * 982 47.14%
Labour Robert Brennan * 1 036 49.76%
UKIP Andrew Dobson 297 14.26%
UKIP Pat Gaskell 270 12.96%
Socialist Alternative Peter Glover 373 17.91%
Conservative Helen Huxley 193 9.27%
Turnout 2 083 23.65%
Norwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Tony Crabtree 744 23.21%
Liberal Democrat Ronnie Fearn * 1 735 54.13%
BNP Margaret McEllenborough 184 5.74%
Labour Michael Nolan 290 9.05%
UKIP Graham Taylor 243 7.58%
Turnout 3 205 32.4%
Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Martyn Ball 844 25.70%
Liberal Democrat Robbie Fenton * 1 805 54.96%
BNP Alan Marshman 202 6.15%
Labour Sandra Williams 418 12.73%
Turnout 3 284 33.75%
Ravenmeols
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Paul Flodman 762 23.01%
Conservative Barry Griffiths * 1 950 58.88%
Liberal Democrat Colin Trollope 384 11.59%
Green Richard Willis 210 6.34%
Turnout 3 312 35.33%
St Oswald
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Carol Atherton 179 9.13%
Liberal Democrat Linda Hough 229 11.69%
UKIP David Jones 57 2.91%
Conservative Doreen MacPherson 215 10.97%
Labour James Mahon * 1 269 64.78%
Turnout 1 959 23.21%
Sudell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UKIP Linda Harper 306 9.92%
Conservative Simon Jamieson 676 21.92%
Labour Stephen Kermode 482 15.63%
Liberal Democrat Clifford Mainey * 1 614 52.33%
Turnout 3 084 30.46%
Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Giles Blundell 762 20.87%
Liberal Democrat Anthony Hill * 2 029 55.56%
Conservative Sharon Hutchinson 646 17.69%
UKIP Mike Kelly 205 5.61%
Turnout 3 652 35.36%
Preceded by
Sefton Council election, 2007
Sefton local elections Succeeded by
Sefton Council election, 2010

References

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