Stoke-on-Trent City Council election, 2008
Elections to Stoke-on-Trent City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.
Election result
Stoke-on-Trent Council Election Result 2008 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
4 |
2 |
12 |
-10 |
|
25.1 |
14,038 |
|
|
Conservative |
2 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
|
17.4 |
9,740 |
|
|
Independent |
4 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
|
17.2 |
9,657 |
|
|
BNP |
3 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
|
14.3 |
7,986 |
|
|
City Independents |
5 |
5 |
- |
+5 |
|
12.8 |
7,186 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
2 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
|
8.4 |
4,700 |
|
|
Potteries Alliance |
0 |
|
|
|
|
4.3 |
2,387 |
|
|
Green |
0 |
|
|
|
|
0.3 |
164 |
|
|
Socialist Alternative |
0 |
|
|
|
|
0.2 |
130 |
|
Turnout |
30.2 |
55,988 |
|
Ward results
Abbey Green |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
BNP |
Melanie Jane Baddeley |
858 |
31.0 |
|
|
Labour |
Gary Elsby |
784 |
28.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Andrew John Wragg |
721 |
26.0 |
|
|
Independent |
Paul Sutton |
244 |
8.8 |
|
|
Green |
Barry Malpass |
164 |
5.9 |
|
Majority |
74 |
2.7 |
|
Turnout |
2,771 |
30.9 |
|
|
BNP gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Bentilee and Townsend |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
BNP |
Steven Reginald Batkin |
829 |
34.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Mervin Thomas Smith |
620 |
25.9 |
|
|
Independent |
Wendy Caroline Johnson |
320 |
13.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Christine Warren |
273 |
11.4 |
|
|
Potteries Alliance |
Maurice Lewis |
177 |
7.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Susan Ford |
174 |
7.3 |
|
Majority |
209 |
8.7 |
|
Turnout |
2,393 |
26.4 |
|
|
BNP gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Berryhill and Hanley East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
City Independents |
John Gilbert Davis |
729 |
34.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Terence Frederick Crowe |
654 |
31.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Richard John William Ibbs |
434 |
20.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Phillip Redfern |
286 |
13.6 |
|
Majority |
75 |
3.6 |
|
Turnout |
2,103 |
27.1 |
|
|
Template:City Independents/meta/shortname gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Blurton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
City Independent |
Roy Stanley Naylor |
1,152 |
44.0 |
|
|
Labour |
Michael Tappin |
776 |
29.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
Harold Malcolm Mouat |
469 |
17.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter George Chambers |
222 |
8.5 |
|
Majority |
376 |
14.3 |
|
Turnout |
2,619 |
27.7 |
|
|
Template:City Independents/meta/shortname gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Chell and Packmoor |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
City Independent |
Janine Taylor |
912 |
35.4 |
|
|
Independent |
Angela Miller |
579 |
22.5 |
|
|
BNP |
Craig Arthur Pond |
566 |
22.0 |
|
|
Labour |
David Eric Roberts |
416 |
16.1 |
|
|
Independent |
Sylvia Emily Nagington |
103 |
4.0 |
|
Majority |
333 |
12.9 |
|
Turnout |
2,576 |
27.9 |
|
|
Template:City Independent/meta/shortname gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
East Valley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Joanne Clare Powell-Beckett |
1,146 |
43.8 |
|
|
Labour |
Sybil Halfpenny |
713 |
27.3 |
|
|
Potteries Alliance |
Christine Knight |
509 |
19.5 |
|
|
City Independent |
Jackie Ward |
247 |
9.4 |
|
Majority |
433 |
16.6 |
|
Turnout |
2,615 |
26.3 |
|
|
Conservative gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Fenton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
City Independent |
Mick Bell |
1,150 |
39.3 |
|
|
BNP |
Samuel Richard Tunstall |
779 |
26.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Stan Bate |
578 |
19.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Steven John Morris |
292 |
10.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Thomas Harry Grocock |
129 |
4.4 |
|
Majority |
371 |
12.7 |
|
Turnout |
2,928 |
31.7 |
|
|
Template:City Independent/meta/shortname gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Hartshill and Penkhull |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Randy Conteh |
1,263 |
46.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Stephen Andrew Brown |
543 |
20.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jonathan Taylor |
499 |
18.3 |
|
|
Labour |
Adam William Colclough |
415 |
15.3 |
|
Majority |
720 |
26.5 |
|
Turnout |
2,720 |
30.5 |
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Longton North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Thomas Anthony William Reynolds |
1,005 |
30.7 |
|
|
BNP |
Pauline Smith |
844 |
25.8 |
|
|
Independent |
Mark Leat |
578 |
17.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Alexander Hayward |
550 |
16.8 |
|
|
Independent |
Roy Bennett |
292 |
8.9 |
|
Majority |
239 |
7.3 |
|
Turnout |
3,269 |
30.9 |
|
|
Labour gain from BNP |
Swing |
|
|
Meir Park and Sandon |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
BNP |
John William Burgess |
979 |
30.3 |
|
|
City Independent |
Christine Follows |
909 |
28.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Abigail Margaret Brown |
774 |
23.9 |
|
|
Labour |
Kath Banks |
570 |
17.6 |
|
Majority |
70 |
2.2 |
|
Turnout |
3,232 |
32.4 |
|
|
BNP gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
Northwood and Birches |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Dave Sutton |
624 |
22.9 |
|
|
Independent |
Eve Mary Maley |
623 |
22.9 |
|
|
BNP |
Stanley Leese |
594 |
21.8 |
|
|
Potteries Alliance |
Reginald Booth |
500 |
18.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Barry George Stockley |
379 |
13.9 |
|
Majority |
1 |
0.0 |
|
Turnout |
2,720 |
29.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Norton and Bradeley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Mick Salih |
1,225 |
44.4 |
|
|
Independent |
Robert Douglas Hooper |
1,148 |
41.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Richard Anthony Blake |
383 |
13.9 |
|
Majority |
77 |
2.8 |
|
Turnout |
2,756 |
31.3 |
|
|
Independent gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Stoke and Trent Vale |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Pauline Joynson |
824 |
32.2 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Conrad Lubinski |
590 |
23.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Harold David Gregory |
424 |
16.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Margaret Lilley |
376 |
14.7 |
|
|
Independent |
Monica Mitchell |
298 |
11.7 |
|
|
Independent |
Spencer Mervyn Cartlidge |
45 |
1.8 |
|
Majority |
234 |
9.2 |
|
Turnout |
2,557 |
26.8 |
|
|
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
Trentham and Hanford |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
City Independent |
Terry Follows |
2,087 |
56.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Shaun Lee Bennett |
1,104 |
29.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Alistair Scott Watson |
288 |
7.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christine Grocock |
234 |
6.3 |
|
Majority |
983 |
26.5 |
|
Turnout |
3,713 |
38.1 |
|
|
Template:City Independents/meta/shortname gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
Tunstall |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Megan Ryan |
1,143 |
36.9 |
|
|
BNP |
Terence Francis Cope |
813 |
26.3 |
|
|
Labour |
Shiela Grace Pitt |
703 |
22.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Stewart Bertram Jones |
327 |
10.6 |
|
|
Independent |
Albert Edwin Hurst |
110 |
3.6 |
|
Majority |
330 |
10.7 |
|
Turnout |
3,096 |
31.4 |
|
|
Independent gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Weston and Meir North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Clement Daniels |
1,044 |
32.3 |
|
|
BNP |
Anthony Steven Tabbinor |
968 |
30.0 |
|
|
Labour |
Ian Philip McLaughlan |
930 |
28.8 |
|
|
Independent |
Gordon Perry |
287 |
8.9 |
|
Majority |
76 |
2.4 |
|
Turnout |
3,229 |
35.2 |
|
|
Conservative gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|