Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election, 2008
The 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2007.[1] The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives hold on to control of the council with 40 seats, as compared to 5 for Labour and 3 for the Liberal Democrats.[2] Overall turnout in the election was 36.32%.[3]
A few days after the election the new Conservative councillor for Hatfield Central, Darren Gilbert, was forced to resign after it was alleged that he had made up a claim that he had had cancer, meaning that a by-election had to be held.[4][5]
Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2008[3][6] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 40 | +5 | 83.3 | 59.7 | 42,477 | +5.1% | ||||
Labour | 5 | -5 | 10.4 | 19.4 | 13,810 | -5.7% | ||||
Liberal Democrat | 3 | 0 | 6.3 | 18.2 | 12,930 | +1.5% | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 1,851 | -1.0% | ||||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 131 | +0.2% | ||||
Ward results
Brookmans Park and Little Heath (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Stephen Boulton | 1,708 | |||
Conservative | Irene Dean | 1,499 | |||
Conservative | John Dean | 1,476 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jenny Blumson | 304 | |||
Labour | James Croft | 197 | |||
Turnout | 5,194 | 45.4 | |||
Haldens (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Lauren Brown | 836 | |||
Conservative | Howard Hughes | 781 | |||
Conservative | Martyn Levitt | 778 | |||
Labour | Mike Larkins | 600 | |||
Labour | Mark Biddle | 582 | |||
Labour | Margaret Hurst | 573 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Edward Walkington | 220 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Rhoda Brutey | 219 | |||
Turnout | 4,589 | 34.1 | |||
Handside (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Helen Bromley | 1,385 | |||
Conservative | Fiona Thomson | 1,370 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Tony Skottowe | 1,338 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Adam Neal | 1,283 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nigel Quinton | 1,278 | |||
Conservative | Tony Kingsbury | 1,221 | |||
Labour | Peter Heyman | 167 | |||
Labour | John Pomroy | 159 | |||
Turnout | 8,201 | 55.9 | |||
Hatfield Central (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Darren Gilbert | 535 | |||
Labour | Mike Alder | 512 | |||
Labour | Colin Croft | 501 | |||
Conservative | David Falco | 484 | |||
Labour | Margaret White | 473 | |||
Conservative | Bukky Olawoyin | 463 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Adam Edwards | 211 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Heather Richardson | 188 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Karen Richardson | 177 | |||
Turnout | 3,544 | 28.5 | |||
Hatfield East (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Mick Long | 934 | |||
Conservative | Bernard Sarson | 906 | |||
Conservative | Paul Smith | 889 | |||
Labour | Constance Elliott | 376 | |||
Labour | Sheila Jones | 358 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Lis Meyland-Smith | 348 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jacqueline Brennan | 336 | |||
Labour | Susana Tinsley | 298 | |||
Turnout | 4,445 | 33.5 | |||
Hatfield South (2)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Richard Hedges | 514 | |||
Conservative | David Hughes | 483 | |||
Labour | Linda Mendez | 409 | |||
Labour | Andrew Tinsley | 344 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sheila Archer | 157 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Griffiths | 121 | |||
Turnout | 2,028 | 28.2 | |||
Hatfield Villages (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Clare Berry | 629 | |||
Conservative | Mark Gilding | 577 | |||
Conservative | Howard Morgan | 544 | |||
Labour | Mel Jones | 245 | |||
Labour | Susan Archer | 200 | |||
Labour | Ian Scammell | 197 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alex Benakis | 129 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Maurice Richardson | 126 | |||
Turnout | 2,647 | 25.7 | |||
Hatfield West (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Nick Atkinson | 976 | |||
Conservative | Kim Morris | 944 | |||
Conservative | Carol Juggins | 938 | |||
Labour | Maureen Cook | 669 | |||
Labour | Dee Ferner | 588 | |||
Labour | Cathy Watson | 525 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Hazel Laming | 381 | |||
Liberal Democrat | James Finlay | 298 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sheila Tidy | 272 | |||
Turnout | 5,591 | 33.5 | |||
Hollybush (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Lynn Chesterman | 610 | |||
Conservative | Sarah Atkinson | 607 | |||
Labour | Margaret Birleson | 594 | |||
Conservative | Ronald Smith | 560 | |||
Labour | Sue Jones | 513 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Pile | 480 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Win Smith | 240 | |||
Turnout | 3,604 | 28.2 | |||
Howlands (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hannah Berry | 795 | |||
Conservative | Les Page | 725 | |||
Conservative | George Michaelides | 678 | |||
Green | Jill Weston | 596 | |||
Labour | Alan Chesterman | 443 | |||
Labour | Zacha Hennessey | 384 | |||
Labour | Brian Payne | 365 | |||
Green | Susan Groom | 325 | |||
Green | Ian Nendrick | 325 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Lynda Cowan | 168 | |||
Turnout | 4,804 | 39.2 | |||
Northaw and Cuffley (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Colin Couch | 1,235 | |||
Conservative | John Mansfield | 1,144 | |||
Conservative | John Nicholls | 1,143 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nigel Bain | 329 | |||
Turnout | 3,851 | 36.3 | |||
Panshanger (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sara Johnston | 916 | |||
Conservative | Darren Bennett | 884 | |||
Conservative | Roger Trigg | 844 | |||
Labour | Brian Edwards | 346 | |||
Green | Hollyann Holdsworth | 258 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Shirley Shaw | 247 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jonquil Basch | 213 | |||
Turnout | 3,708 | 32.1 | |||
Peartree (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Cowan | 516 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Louise Lotz | 470 | |||
Labour | Steve Roberts | 453 | |||
Labour | Dean Milliken | 452 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Frank Marsh | 443 | |||
Labour | Jacqui Russell | 399 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Hay | 397 | |||
Conservative | Stanley Laver-Walton | 321 | |||
Conservative | Sandra Benjamin | 310 | |||
Turnout | 3,761 | 26.9 | |||
Sherrards (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Alan Franey | 1,015 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Beckerman | 993 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Mabbott | 993 | |||
Labour | Bill Couzens | 470 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Arch | 393 | |||
Labour | Tony Crump | 384 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Valerie Skottowe | 368 | |||
Green | Bernice Dowlen | 347 | |||
Turnout | 4,963 | 43.7 | |||
Welham Green (2)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Doug Berry | 754 | |||
Conservative | Keith Pieri | 752 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Simon Archer | 510 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Zukowskyj | 411 | |||
BNP | Mark Fuller | 131 | |||
Labour | Bridgit Croft | 83 | |||
Turnout | 2,641 | 49.7 | |||
Welwyn East (3)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Julie Cragg | 1,513 | |||
Conservative | Carl Storer | 1,457 | |||
Conservative | Steven Markiewicz | 1,425 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Janice Skidmore | 265 | |||
Liberal Democrat | June Burnham | 250 | |||
Labour | Julia Henderson | 226 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jack Burnham | 215 | |||
Turnout | 5,351 | 41.7 | |||
Welwyn West (2)[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Andrew Canter | 840 | |||
Conservative | Mandy Perkins | 826 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Blackburn | 269 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ian Skidmore | 237 | |||
Labour | Mbizo Mpofu | 115 | |||
Turnout | 2,287 | 39.4 | |||
References
- ↑ "Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tories hold on to Welwyn Hatfield". Watford Observer. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 "Election Results - 1 May 2008". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ↑ Hencke, David (2008-05-10). "New Tory councillor resigns over allegations he lied about cancer". The Guardian. p. 17.
- ↑ "Tory resigns amid cancer claims". BBC News Online. 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
- ↑ "National: Full election results". The Guardian. 2008-05-03. p. 45.
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