St Helens Council election, 2008

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Elections to St Helens Council were held on 1st May, 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

[edit] Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Ward 1,335
Conservative Michael Hodgson 1292
Liberal Democrat Richard Gadsden 574
Blackbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Smith 1,207
Liberal Democrat Ruth Smith 1016
Conservative Judith Collins 381
Bold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Marise Roberts 974
Labour Tom Hargreaves 984
Conservative Charmain Pyke 198
British National Party Carl Telford 218
Earlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leon McGuire 1,242
Liberal Democrat David Smith 951
Conservative Brian Honey 196
Eccleston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Teresa Sims 2,606
Conservative Kathleen Barton 549
Labour Pat Ireland 417
Haydock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Stephen Broughton 1,087
Labour James Caunce 1,390
Conservative Anthony Rigby 299
British National Party Karen Smith 278
Moss Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Carole Kavanagh 1,911
Labour Jeffrey Fletcher 864
Conservative Elizabeth Black 285
Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Suzanne Knight 2,028
Labour Graham Barr 605
Conservative Margaret Harvey 293
Parr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Pinder 1,252
Liberal Democrat Josephine Ellison 506
Conservative Madeleine Wilcock 212
Rainford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Betty Lowe 1,938
Labour David Wood 562
Liberal Democrat Frederick Barrett 184
Rainhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
British National Party Frances Chesney 299
Labour Michael Doyle 1,740
Conservative Helen Smith 877
Liberal Democrat Christina Duncan 455
Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
British National Party John Chesney 273
Liberal Democrat Brian Spencer 1,826
Labour Derek Maylor 686
Conservative Pauline Wilcock 158
Thatto Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Seddon 1,328
Liberal Democrat Carol Pearl 581
British National Party Paul Telford 284
Conservative Barbara Woodcock 301
Town Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat John Beirne 1,193
Labour Geoff Almond 876
British National Party Damian Smith 237
Conservative Jill Jones 134
West Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robbie Ayres 1,493
Liberal Democrat David Evans 814
Conservative Richard Barton 329
British National Party John Swindells 331
Windle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wally Ashcroft 1,466
Labour Lynn Glover 750
Liberal Democrat Noreen Knowles 346


Preceded by
St Helens Council election, 2007		 St Helens local elections Succeeded by
St Helens Council election, 2010