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 |
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