Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008

Elections to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election, with an additional seat in Sedgley ward following the resignation of a councillor.

Following the election the Conservative Party held 43 seats, the Labour Party held 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats held 2 seats, and the UK Independence Party held one seat.

Candidates

Amblecote ward

Amblecote ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Banks 1,517 50.82
Labour Stephen Sharples 680 22.78
UKIP Michael Forsyth 530 17.76
Liberal Democrat Harold Hanson 249 8.34
Majority 837 28.04
Turnout 2,985 29.50

Belle Vale ward

Belle Vale ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Dunn 1,793 53.47
Labour Hilary Bills 1,037 30.93
UKIP Jane Franklin 498 14.85
Majority 756 22.55
Turnout 3,353 34.24

Brierley Hill ward

Brierley Hill ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Wilson 963 36.52
Conservative Steven Ridley 736 27.91
UKIP Paul Southall 694 26.32
Liberal Democrat John Dyer 241 9.14
Majority 227 8.61
Turnout 2,637 26.32

Brockmoor & Pensnett ward

Brockmoor & Pensnett ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Greenaway 846 31.91
Labour Qadar Zada 777 29.31
BNP Stephen Tracey 508 19.16
Independent Julian Mitchell 313 11.81
Liberal Democrat Janice Porter 204 7.70
Majority 69 2.60
Turnout 2,651 27.11

Castle & Priory ward

Castle & Priory ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Aston 1,089 35.24
UKIP Garry Butler 257 8.32
Conservative Daryl Millward 997 32.27
BNP Diane Sankey 495 16.02
Liberal Democrat Lorna Simpson 249 8.06
Majority 92 2.97
Turnout 3,090 29.24

Coseley East ward

Coseley East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Davies 1,245 35.9
BNP Kenneth Griffiths 935 26.96
Conservative Stephen Lounds 1,026 29.58
Liberal Democrat Claire O'Kane 252 7.27
Majority 219 6.32
Turnout 3,468 36.05

Cradley & Foxcote ward

Cradley & Foxcote ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gaye Partridge 1,187 37.78
UKIP Barry Rose 679 21.61
Conservative Glenis Simms 1,025 32.62
Independent Safeanah Yasmin 236 7.51
Majority 162 5.13
Turnout 3,142 32

Gornal ward

Gornal ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Michael Jones 154 3.5
BNP Vicki Peace 513 11.65
UKIP Philip Rowe 1,125 25.56
Conservative David Stanley 1,776 40.35
Labour Stuart Turner 830 18.86
Majority 651 14.79
Turnout 4,402 41.8

Halesowen North ward

Halesowen North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Faulkner 1,755 50.68
BNP Tony Gill 351 10.14
UKIP Stuart Henley 550 15.88
Labour Richard Lloyd 790 22.81
Majority 965 27.87
Turnout 3,463 36.22

Halesowen South ward

Halesowen South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Raymond Franklin 264 6.73
Labour Andrew Matthews 734 18.71
BNP Peter Morris 342 8.72
Conservative David Vickers 2,567 65.45
Majority 1,833 46.74
Turnout 3,922 39.78

Hayley Green & Cradley South ward

Hayley Green & Cradley South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Caroline Dredge 497 14.19
Labour Michael Kelly 797 22.76
Conservative Hazel Turner 2,189 62.51
Majority 1,392 39.75
Turnout 3,502 37.35

Kingswinford North & Wall Heath ward

Kingswinford North & Wall Heath ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Cody 429 9.61
UKIP Martin Gallagher 402 9.01
Conservative Denise Harley 2,003 44.89
Liberal Democrat David Lavender 1610 36.08
Majority 393 8.81
Turnout 4,462 43.29

Kingswinford South ward

Kingswinford South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Blood 1,879 47.1
Labour Stephen Haycock 573 14.36
Liberal Democrat Brian Nicholls 866 21.71
UKIP Michael Partridge 659 16.52
Majority 1,013 25.39
Turnout 3,989 38.29

Lye & Wollescote ward

Lye & Wollescote ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Barbara Deeley 663 19.55
Labour Christopher Hale 1,010 29.78
Independent Abdul Qadus 435 12.83
Conservative Adrian Turner 1,274 37.57
Majority 264 7.79
Turnout 3,391 35.42

Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrew's ward

Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrew's ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Davies 1,074 35.8
Liberal Democrat Tina Kalsi 246 8.2
UKIP Amanda Mobberley 623 20.77
Labour Mahbubur Rahman 1,044 34.8
Majority 30 1
Turnout 3,000 28.43

Norton ward

Norton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Attwood 2,445 59.91
Labour Jacqueline Cowell 603 14.78
BNP Andrew Griffiths 285 6.98
UKIP Peter Lee 210 5.15
Liberal Democrat Andrew McKay 530 12.99
Majority 1,842 45.13
Turnout 4,081 42.35

Pedmore & Stourbridge East ward

Pedmore & Stourbridge East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Debney 667 15.98
Liberal Democrat Simon Hanson 432 10.35
Conservative Leslie Jones 2,444 58.55
UKIP Lynette Wragg 616 14.76
Majority 1,777 42.57
Turnout 4,174 41.7

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood ward

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bryan Cotterill 1,376 42.16
BNP Julian Griffiths 437 13.39
Liberal Democrat John White 136 4.17
UKIP Helen Wimlett 192 5.88
Conservative Michael Wood 1,119 34.28
Majority 257 7.88
Turnout 3,264 32.17

Sedgley ward

Sedgley ward (2 candidates)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Robert Dudley 784 12.2
Conservative Michael Evans 2,318 36.08
Labour Parshottam Gupta 573 8.92
UKIP Dennis Partridge 522 8.13
Conservative Geoffrey Perry 1,676 26.09
Labour Cicely Ann 540 8.41
Majority 1,534 and 892 23.88 and 13.89
Turnout 6,424 37.24

St. James's ward

St. James's ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Serena Craigie 631 18.12
UKIP Peter Malcolm Davis 994 28.54
Labour Geoffrey Edge 776 22.28
BNP Heather Inman 311 8.93
Conservative Ian Jones 625 17.94
Independent Gurwinder Singh 142 4.08
Majority 218 6.26
Turnout 3,483 35.16

St. Thomas's ward

St. Thomas's ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaukat Ali 1,587 46.01
Independent Tony Barnsley 135 3.91
Liberal Democrat Giovanna Faulkner 161 4.67
Conservative Louis Redding 555 16.09
UKIP Philip Wimlett 1,006 29.17
Majority 581 16.84
Turnout 3,449 34.22

Upper Gornal & Woodsetton ward

Upper Gornal & Woodsetton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Aston 1,092 30.88
BNP Kevin Inman 870 24.6
Conservative Julian Ryder 1,574 44.51
Majority 482 13.63
Turnout 3,536 34.54

Wollaston & Stourbridge Town ward

Wollaston & Stourbridge Town ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicolas Barlow 1,505 38.75
Liberal Democrat June Collins 1,268 32.65
UKIP Simon Davis 326 8.39
Labour Tracy Wood 775 19.95
Majority 237 6.1
Turnout 3,884 38.23

Wordsley ward

Wordsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Bowkley 743 22.87
Liberal Democrat Lois Celestine 288 8.86
UKIP Andrew Partridge 549 16.9
Conservative Geoffrey Southall 1,660 51.09
Majority 917 28.22
Turnout 3,249 33.25

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