Liverpool City Council election, 2008
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. (30 seats plus 1 in a by-election)
Before the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 2008 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Liberal Democrat |
13 |
|
|
|
41.9% |
33.97% |
31,264 |
|
|
Labour |
16 |
|
|
|
51.6% |
40.00% |
36,818 |
|
|
Liberal |
1 |
|
|
|
3.2% |
6.74% |
6,874 |
|
|
Green |
1 |
|
|
|
3.2% |
6.67% |
|
|
|
Conservative |
0 |
|
|
|
0% |
8.38% |
7,715 |
|
|
BNP |
0 |
|
|
|
0% |
3.33% |
|
|
|
Independent |
0 |
|
|
|
0% |
0.69% |
|
|
|
UKIP |
0 |
|
|
|
0% |
0.08% |
|
|
|
Socialist Labour |
0 |
|
|
|
0% |
0.06% |
|
|
|
United Socialist |
0 |
|
|
|
0% |
0.07% |
|
|
Ward results
* - Existing Councillor
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Allerton & Hunts Cross |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Flo Clucas * |
1605 |
48.56 |
+3.74 |
|
Conservative |
Adam Ernest Marsden |
737 |
22.30 |
+4.20 |
|
Labour |
Colin McAlley |
684 |
20.70 |
+0.30 |
|
Green |
Margaret Williams |
171 |
5.17 |
+0.07 |
|
Liberal |
Christopher Hulme |
108 |
3.27 |
-0.93 |
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3305 |
30.20 |
|
Anfield |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Brian Dowling |
1521 |
51.54 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robbie Quinn * |
1077 |
36.50 |
|
|
Liberal |
Stephen Houghland |
133 |
4.51 |
|
|
Conservative |
Francis Stevens |
97 |
3.29 |
|
|
Green |
Jean Hill |
96 |
3.25 |
|
|
Independent |
Michael McDonough |
27 |
0.91 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2951 |
29.07 |
|
Central |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Christine Banks (PARTY) |
722 |
61.45 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
James Murray |
157 |
13.36 |
|
|
Green |
Michael Cotgreave |
134 |
11.40 |
|
|
Conservative |
Gregg Watson |
118 |
10.04 |
|
|
Liberal |
Lisa Gaskell |
44 |
3.74 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
1175 |
9.59 |
|
Childwall |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Eddie Clein * |
1925 |
55.51 |
|
|
Labour |
Peter Dowling |
711 |
20.50 |
|
|
Conservative |
Chris Lighten |
490 |
14.13 |
|
|
Green |
Geoff Bunn |
202 |
5.82 |
|
|
Liberal |
Philip Daley |
140 |
4.04 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3468 |
31.29 |
|
Church |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Erica Kemp * |
2330 |
60.19 |
|
|
Labour |
David Shepherd |
522 |
13.48 |
|
|
Conservative |
Norman Coppell |
360 |
9.30 |
|
|
Green |
Eleanor Martin |
286 |
7.39 |
|
|
Independent |
Jeffrey Berman |
273 |
7.05 |
|
|
Liberal |
James MacGregor |
100 |
2.58 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3871 |
36.18 |
|
Clubmoor |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Jim Noakes |
1341 |
48.00 |
|
|
Liberal |
Dennis Gaskell |
859 |
30.74 |
|
|
BNP |
Peter Squire |
358 |
12.81 |
|
|
Conservative |
Gwynneth Hicklin |
150 |
5.37 |
|
|
Green |
Eleanor Pontin |
68 |
2.43 |
|
|
Independent |
Maggie Stewart |
18 |
0.64 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2794 |
24.77 |
|
County |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Marilyn Fielding * |
1196 |
42.70 |
|
|
Labour |
Gerard Woodhouse |
1189 |
42.45 |
|
|
BNP |
Peter Stafford |
200 |
7.14 |
|
|
UKIP |
Colin Windever |
70 |
2.50 |
|
|
Conservative |
Paul Barber |
66 |
2.36 |
|
|
Green |
Tony Jones |
48 |
1.71 |
|
|
Liberal |
Roger Webb |
32 |
1.14 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2801 |
27.66 |
|
Cressington |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paula Keaveney (PARTY) |
1812 |
50.17 |
|
|
Labour |
Anna Briggs |
792 |
21.93 |
|
|
Conservative |
Paul Athans |
638 |
17.66 |
|
|
Green |
Martin Randall |
262 |
7.25 |
|
|
Liberal |
John Pagan |
108 |
2.99 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3612 |
32.27 |
|
Croxteth |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Rose Bailey |
1810 |
51.71 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Geoghegan |
1245 |
35.57 |
|
|
Independent |
Ken Stewart |
171 |
4.89 |
|
|
BNP |
George Muse |
109 |
3.11 |
|
|
Conservative |
Diane Westwell |
88 |
2.51 |
|
|
Green |
Don Ross |
77 |
2.20 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3500 |
33.35 |
|
Everton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Frank Prendergast * |
1678 |
72.02 |
|
|
BNP |
Jackie Stafford |
222 |
9.53 |
|
|
Conservative |
Mark Cottrell |
130 |
5.58 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Rainford |
120 |
5.15 |
|
|
Green |
Peter North |
102 |
4.38 |
|
|
Liberal |
Linda Roberts |
78 |
3.35 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2330 |
23.07 |
|
Fazakerley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Jack Spriggs * |
1811 |
57.58 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Graham Seddon |
608 |
19.33 |
|
|
BNP |
Peter Stafford |
440 |
13.99 |
|
|
Conservative |
Denise Nuttall |
154 |
4.90 |
|
|
Liberal |
Jane Canning |
68 |
2.16 |
|
|
Green |
Ralf Ganza |
64 |
2.03 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3145 |
27.64 |
|
Greenbank |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Janet Clein * |
1180 |
47.99 |
|
|
Labour |
Christopher Helm |
564 |
22.94 |
|
|
Green |
Martin Dobson |
498 |
20.25 |
|
|
Conservative |
Ann Nugent |
165 |
6.71 |
|
|
Liberal |
Susan O'Brien |
52 |
2.11 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2459 |
23.28 |
|
Kensington & Fairfield |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Liam Robinson |
1411 |
47.88 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Francis Doran * |
1214 |
41.19 |
|
|
Green |
Janet Bunn |
144 |
4.89 |
|
|
Conservative |
Nigel Barber |
93 |
3.16 |
|
|
Liberal |
Karen Wiiliams |
85 |
2.88 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2947 |
31.22 |
|
Kirkdale(2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Joseph Hanson |
1971 |
40.33 |
|
|
Labour |
Beatrice Fraenkel |
1737 |
35.54 |
|
|
BNP |
Steven Greenhalgh |
389 |
7.96 |
|
|
Independent |
Will Thomson |
146 |
2.99 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Pauline Bradley |
144 |
2.95 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Thomas Morrison |
107 |
2.19 |
|
|
Green |
Jonathan Clatworthy |
96 |
1.96 |
|
|
Green |
Alison Edis |
95 |
1.94 |
|
|
Conservative |
Alma McGing |
95 |
1.94 |
|
|
Conservative |
John Watson |
61 |
1.25 |
|
|
Liberal |
Damien Daly |
46 |
0.94 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
4887 |
21.23 |
|
Knotty Ash |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Irving * |
1642 |
46.10 |
|
|
Labour |
Anthony Conception |
1607 |
45.12 |
|
|
Conservative |
Geoffrey Brandwood |
185 |
5.19 |
|
|
Green |
James Munro |
128 |
3.59 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3562 |
35.33 |
|
Old Swan |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gary Millar |
1372 |
44.63 |
|
|
Labour |
Allen Hammond |
824 |
26.81 |
|
|
Liberal |
Edith Bamford |
321 |
10.44 |
|
|
BNP |
Steven McEllenborough |
300 |
9.76 |
|
|
Green |
Paul Grimes |
130 |
4.23 |
|
|
Conservative |
Lauren Graham |
127 |
4.13 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3074 |
26.59 |
|
Picton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Makinson * |
1262 |
47.89 |
|
|
Labour |
Timothy Beaumont |
1015 |
38.52 |
|
|
Green |
Laurence Wilson |
150 |
5.69 |
|
|
Liberal |
Griffith Parry |
109 |
4.14 |
|
|
Conservative |
Ann Temple |
99 |
3.76 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2635 |
24.16 |
|
Riverside |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Stephen Munby * |
1838 |
73.08 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Conor McDonald |
202 |
8.03 |
|
|
Conservative |
Emlyn Williams |
189 |
7.51 |
|
|
Green |
William Ward |
184 |
7.32 |
|
|
Liberal |
John Graves |
102 |
4.06 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2515 |
23.35 |
|
St Michaels |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Green |
Sarah Jennings |
1309 |
42.62 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Elaine Allen * |
1128 |
36.73 |
|
|
Labour |
Nicholas Mutize |
485 |
15.79 |
|
|
Conservative |
David Patmore |
149 |
4.85 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3071 |
31.64 |
|
Speke-Garston |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Colin Strickland * |
1866 |
63.36 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jackie Wilson |
479 |
16.26 |
|
|
BNP |
Jane Greenhalgh |
208 |
7.06 |
|
|
Conservative |
Brenda Coppell |
171 |
5.81 |
|
|
Liberal |
Irene Mayes |
128 |
4.35 |
|
|
Green |
Fiona Coyne |
93 |
3.16 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2945 |
23.19 |
|
Tuebrook & Stoneycroft |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Steve Radford * |
2128 |
72.43 |
|
|
Labour |
Robert Millington |
484 |
16.47 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kathryn Dadswell |
135 |
4.59 |
|
|
Green |
Jennifer Brown |
92 |
3.13 |
|
|
Conservative |
George Powell |
99 |
3.37 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2938 |
27.10 |
|
Warbreck |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Richard McLinden |
1852 |
58.37 |
|
|
Liberal |
George Roberts |
724 |
22.82 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Richard Roberts |
724 |
22.82 |
|
|
BNP |
Carol Kilkenny |
198 |
6.24 |
|
|
Conservative |
Mark Rea |
154 |
4.85 |
|
|
Green |
Raphael Levy |
99 |
3.12 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3173 |
28.31 |
|
Wavertree |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Warren Bradley * |
2223 |
68.51 |
|
|
Labour |
Nicholas Wallace |
508 |
15.65 |
|
|
Green |
Julie Birch-Holt |
297 |
9.15 |
|
|
Conservative |
David Grundy |
171 |
5.27 |
|
|
Liberal |
Charles Mayes |
46 |
1.42 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3245 |
30.59 |
|
Woolton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barbara Collinge * |
1771 |
46.41 |
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Downey |
1254 |
32.86 |
|
|
Labour |
Laurence Freeman |
572 |
14.99 |
|
|
Green |
Alexander Rudkin |
161 |
4.22 |
|
|
Liberal |
Maria Langley |
58 |
1.52 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
3816 |
36.45 |
|
Yew Tree |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Prince |
1370 |
49.42 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gary Airey |
820 |
29.58 |
|
|
Conservative |
June Brandwood |
345 |
12.45 |
|
|
Green |
Peter Cranie |
125 |
4.51 |
|
|
Liberal |
Tracey Hawksford |
112 |
4.04 |
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2772 |
24.81 |
|