Leeds City Council election, 2008
The Leeds City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. Prior to the election Hyde Park & Woodhouse councillor, Kabeer Hussain, had defected from Liberal Democrats to Independent and Lib Dem-turn-Independent, Brian Jennings, joined the Conservatives. Alongside the third of the council up for election was a double vacancy in Calverley & Farsley. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat-Morley Borough Independent Coalition remained in power. Voter turnout was 35.8%.[1][2][3][4]
Election result
Leeds Local Election Result 2008[1][2][4] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 | 28.8 | 56,124 | -3.7% | ||
Conservative | 9 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 26.5 | 30.7 | 59,722 | +3.7% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 9 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 26.5 | 19.1 | 37,216 | -0.6% | ||
Morley Borough Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 6,379 | +0.6% | ||
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 7,449 | -0.1% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 22,094 | +0.2% | ||
Alliance for Green Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1,945 | +0.1% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,808 | +0.0% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1,532 | -0.0% | ||
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 276 | -0.2% | ||
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[1][2]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 43 | 43 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 23 | 24 | |||
Conservative | 23 | 22 | |||
Morley Borough Independent | 5 | 5 | |||
Green | 3 | 3 | |||
BNP | 1 | 1 | |||
Independent | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | -13 | -13 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Anderson | 4,377 | 57.6 | +5.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christina Shaw | 2,020 | 26.6 | -3.4 | |
Labour | Doreen Illingworth | 727 | 9.6 | -2.5 | |
BNP | Jason Harland | 269 | 3.5 | -0.1 | |
Green | Paul Marchant | 202 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 2,357 | 31.0 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,595 | 47.6 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronnie Feldman | 4,059 | 56.8 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Doug Masterton | 1,390 | 19.5 | -2.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Clay | 1,041 | 14.6 | -0.9 | |
UKIP | Warren Hendon | 250 | 3.5 | -0.9 | |
BNP | Christine Whitaker | 228 | 3.2 | -0.3 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Brian Jackson | 174 | 2.4 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 2,669 | 37.4 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,142 | 40.7 | -2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karen Renshaw | 1,696 | 29.8 | -5.5 | |
BNP | Joanna Beverley | 1,685 | 29.6 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Billy Flynn | 1,298 | 22.8 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Stewart McArdle | 420 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Philip Moore | 396 | 7.0 | -3.2 | |
UKIP | David Daniel | 201 | 3.5 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.2 | -7.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,696 | 35.5 | -0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alison Lowe | 2,104 | 42.9 | -3.1 | |
Conservative | Jeremy Kapp | 915 | 18.7 | +2.2 | |
BNP | Shaun Fitzpatrick | 753 | 15.4 | +2.2 | |
Green | Michael Croke | 616 | 12.6 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Lovell | 512 | 10.4 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 1,189 | 24.3 | -6.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,900 | 28.0 | -0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Gabriel | 1,841 | 41.7 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Winfield | 1,002 | 22.7 | +3.8 | |
BNP | Dean Taylor | 663 | 15.0 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Fuller | 462 | 10.5 | -2.1 | |
Green | Julie Cuthbert | 237 | 5.4 | -0.3 | |
UKIP | Wilfred Woodhouse | 207 | 4.7 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 839 | 19.0 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,412 | 28.5 | -2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Atkinson | 2,019 | 42.2 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Michael Best | 1,069 | 22.4 | +6.5 | |
BNP | David Gatenby | 628 | 13.1 | -5.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Adam Slack | 541 | 11.3 | -0.3 | |
English Democrat | Dean Locke | 276 | 5.8 | -0.5 | |
Green | Pamela Brown | 248 | 5.2 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 950 | 19.9 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,781 | 28.9 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Ralph Pryke | 1,852 | 41.8 | -6.4 | |
Labour | Danial Adilypour | 1,330 | 30.0 | +0.0 | |
BNP | Mark Collett | 919 | 20.7 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Caroline Anderson | 241 | 5.4 | +2.0 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Allan House | 93 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 522 | 11.8 | -6.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,435 | 29.4 | -2.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Carter | 4,283 | 60.2 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Joseph Marjoram | 3,159 | |||
Labour | Lorraine Hoy | 1,327 | 18.7 | -4.5 | |
Labour | Andrew Jarosz | 1,262 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Kate Arbuckle | 836 | 11.8 | +0.7 | |
BNP | Jane Hollings | 666 | 9.4 | -3.0 | |
BNP | Robert Leary | 637 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Chris Read | 613 | |||
Majority | 2,956 | 41.6 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,112 | 37.0 | -4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eileen Taylor | 2,415 | 44.2 | -7.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Altaf Hussein | 1,222 | 22.4 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Simon Baker | 794 | 14.5 | +1.0 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Beverley Samuels | 496 | 9.1 | -0.3 | |
Green | Mark Elliot | 359 | 6.6 | -1.0 | |
BNP | David Whitaker | 177 | 3.2 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 1,193 | 21.8 | -15.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,463 | 31.6 | -2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Nash | 1,697 | 46.8 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Simon Harley | 538 | 14.8 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Pip Sadler | 488 | 13.5 | -1.1 | |
BNP | John Atkinson | 436 | 12.0 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Muserat Sujawal | 272 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Green | Andy Parnham | 193 | 5.3 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 1,159 | 32.0 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,624 | 19.7 | -2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Suzi Armitage | 2,368 | 36.8 | -4.9 | |
Conservative | David Schofield | 2,233 | 34.7 | +3.1 | |
BNP | John Douglas | 979 | 15.2 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Norman | 577 | 9.0 | -3.4 | |
UKIP | Darren Oddy | 276 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 135 | 2.1 | -8.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,433 | 38.0 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | David Blackburn | 2,556 | 44.6 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Stephen Towler | 1,264 | 22.0 | -5.9 | |
Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 859 | 15.0 | +3.7 | |
BNP | Helen Foster | 793 | 13.8 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Taylor | 233 | 4.1 | -0.6 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Declan Normaschild | 28 | 0.5 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1,292 | 22.5 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,733 | 32.5 | -1.0 | ||
Green hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrea McKenna | 3,004 | 42.6 | -11.7 | |
Conservative | Louise Turner | 2,768 | 39.2 | +7.1 | |
BNP | Winnifred Mowbray | 752 | 10.7 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Jacques | 535 | 7.6 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 236 | 3.3 | -18.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,059 | 44.7 | -4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Alan Taylor | 2,584 | 42.9 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Kamila Maqsood | 2,551 | 42.3 | -8.5 | |
BNP | Darran Smith | 389 | 6.5 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Beatrice Greenwood | 217 | 3.6 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Katie Wheatley | 110 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Green | Martin Reed | 94 | 1.6 | +0.0 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Azar Iqbal | 83 | 1.4 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 33 | 0.5 | -12.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,028 | 38.2 | -4.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Latty | 3,456 | 50.8 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Mike King | 1,664 | 24.5 | -4.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Cindy Cleasby | 834 | 12.3 | -0.1 | |
BNP | Wayne Taylor | 436 | 6.4 | +0.5 | |
Green | Colin Avison | 347 | 5.1 | +0.1 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Gareth Christie | 62 | 0.9 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,792 | 26.4 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,799 | 40.3 | -0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ann Castle | 4,940 | 73.3 | +5.2 | |
Labour | David Nagle | 734 | 10.9 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Benjamin Chapman | 426 | 6.3 | -0.6 | |
BNP | Martin Gibson | 376 | 5.6 | -1.0 | |
Green | Patricia Capstick | 210 | 3.1 | -1.4 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Fiona Christie | 53 | 0.8 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 4,206 | 62.4 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,739 | 45.9 | -0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Jamie Matthews | 1,021 | 41.2 | -6.6 | |
Labour | Mohammed Azam | 730 | 29.5 | +6.6 | |
Green | Tim Sunderland | 344 | 13.9 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Michael Horwood | 318 | 12.8 | +3.4 | |
BNP | Lawrence Hansard | 40 | 1.6 | -0.1 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Sequoyah de Souza Vigneswaren | 25 | 1.0 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 291 | 11.7 | -13.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,478 | 19.7 | +1.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -6.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Chris Townsley | 3,321 | 45.9 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Hardcastle | 2,746 | 37.9 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Nigel Gill | 563 | 7.8 | -3.9 | |
BNP | Ian Asquith | 339 | 4.7 | +0.1 | |
Green | Ian Asquith | 272 | 3.8 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 575 | 7.9 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,241 | 41.9 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Penny Ewens | 1,206 | 40.6 | -3.2 | |
Labour | Gerry Harper | 1,142 | 38.5 | +5.8 | |
Green | Kate Bisson | 299 | 10.1 | -0.4 | |
Conservative | Syprian Pitkin | 219 | 7.4 | +1.1 | |
BNP | Bernard Allen | 102 | 3.4 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 64 | 2.2 | -8.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,968 | 19.9 | -1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Hyde | 2,576 | 49.8 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Donald Townsley | 767 | 14.8 | +1.3 | |
BNP | Mark Powell | 723 | 14.0 | -2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sadie Fisher | 530 | 10.2 | -5.3 | |
UKIP | Adam Douglas | 454 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Simon Fearn | 122 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 1,809 | 35.0 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,172 | 31.4 | -0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Parker | 3,048 | 50.6 | -5.3 | |
Conservative | Tina Phillips | 1,720 | 28.5 | +5.2 | |
BNP | Peter Maverick | 751 | 12.5 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John MacArthur | 506 | 8.4 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 1,328 | 22.0 | -10.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,025 | 37.8 | -1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lucinda Yeadon | 1,981 | 39.4 | -4.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ruth Coleman | 1,844 | 36.6 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Philip Smith | 495 | 9.8 | +2.5 | |
BNP | Tony Thackwray | 376 | 7.5 | +0.0 | |
Green | Anne-Marie Hill | 337 | 6.7 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 137 | 2.7 | -6.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,033 | 30.1 | -1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoff Driver | 1,960 | 38.3 | -8.3 | |
BNP | Kevin Meeson | 1,911 | 37.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Alastair Gunn | 724 | 14.2 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christine Golton | 517 | 10.1 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 49 | 1.0 | -11.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,112 | 29.4 | -2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Mark Harris | 2,813 | 41.3 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Linda Cullen | 1,756 | 25.8 | -5.4 | |
Conservative | Amy Smith | 1,597 | 23.5 | +2.5 | |
BNP | Anthony Brown | 267 | 3.9 | +0.8 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Michael Davies | 242 | 3.6 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Jeff Miles | 131 | 1.9 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 1,057 | 15.5 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,806 | 39.6 | -5.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independent | Robert Finnigan | 3,665 | 51.7 | +10.7 | |
BNP | Tom Redmond | 1,388 | 19.6 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Neil Dawson | 955 | 13.5 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | Neil Hunt | 861 | 12.1 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Jennings | 224 | 3.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 2,277 | 32.1 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,388 | 40.2 | -3.1 | ||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independent | Judith Elliott | 2,714 | 43.8 | +7.9 | |
BNP | Mike Mee | 1,779 | 28.7 | -0.3 | |
Labour | Alec Hudson | 832 | 13.4 | -7.4 | |
Conservative | Mark Holmes | 517 | 8.3 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nathan Fossey | 202 | 3.3 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Charles Slingsby | 158 | 2.5 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 935 | 15.1 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,202 | 37.7 | -4.0 | ||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Graham Kirkland | 2,951 | 38.8 | -5.3 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Creek | 2,139 | 28.2 | +5.2 | |
Labour | John Eveleigh | 1,716 | 22.6 | -0.8 | |
BNP | Richard Warrington | 382 | 5.0 | +0.4 | |
Green | David Webb | 232 | 3.1 | -0.3 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Francis Denning | 177 | 2.3 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 812 | 10.7 | -10.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,597 | 44.2 | -1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Josie Jarosz | 2,530 | 39.0 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | Jason Aldiss | 2,220 | 34.2 | +1.8 | |
BNP | John Hirst | 857 | 13.2 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gregory Hall | 580 | 8.9 | +2.2 | |
Green | Irene Dracup | 303 | 4.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 310 | 4.8 | -4.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,490 | 37.8 | -3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Don Wilson | 2,534 | 43.5 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Karen Bruce | 1,954 | 33.6 | -3.0 | |
Conservative | Mathew Robinson | 706 | 12.1 | +1.3 | |
BNP | Robert Peel | 625 | 10.7 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 580 | 10.0 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,819 | 37.6 | -0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Lobley | 3,337 | 47.0 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Sharon Hamilton | 2,145 | 30.2 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sean Brawley | 820 | 11.5 | -1.0 | |
Green | Colin Johnston | 294 | 4.1 | -4.0 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Malcolm Christie | 281 | 4.0 | +1.0 | |
BNP | Mark Ferguson | 228 | 3.2 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 1,192 | 16.8 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,105 | 41.4 | -2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hyde | 2,386 | 33.9 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Jeff Coupar | 2,083 | 29.6 | -4.4 | |
BNP | Peter Hollings | 1,560 | 22.2 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Norman | 521 | 7.4 | -2.7 | |
Independent | David Gale | 487 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 303 | 4.3 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,037 | 44.0 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Ben Chastney | 2,436 | 41.3 | -6.2 | |
Conservative | Brian Jennings | 1,713 | 29.0 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Rosie Pickard | 952 | 16.1 | +2.3 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 306 | 5.2 | -2.1 | |
BNP | Sharon Knight | 302 | 5.1 | +0.6 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Trevor Bavage | 109 | 1.8 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Alan Procter | 67 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Ercan Hayirioglu | 18 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 723 | 12.2 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,903 | 34.9 | -0.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | -5.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Wilkinson | 4,208 | 64.6 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Jolene Cassell | 1,070 | 16.4 | -2.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Kate Gagen | 631 | 9.7 | -0.5 | |
BNP | David Craven | 315 | 4.8 | -0.7 | |
UKIP | Tony Robson | 289 | 4.4 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 3,138 | 48.2 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,513 | 42.2 | -1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
By-elections between 2008 and 2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Andy Parnham | 1,183 | 27.1 | -17.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rosie Spencer | 1,151 | 26.3 | +22.2 | |
Labour | Stephen Towler | 1,009 | 23.1 | +1.1 | |
BNP | Peter Hollings | 556 | 12.7 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 428 | 9.8 | -5.2 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Michael Davies | 45 | 1.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 32 | 0.8 | -21.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,372 | 24.8 | -7.7 | ||
Green hold | Swing | -19.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Schofield | 1,785 | 28.0 | -5.9 | |
BNP | Tom Redmond | 1,502 | 23.6 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Danny Adilypour | 1,476 | 23.2 | -6.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Dowling | 1,468 | 23.1 | +15.6 | |
Green | Christopher Foren | 137 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 283 | 4.4 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,368 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -2.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Harper | 1,054 | 47.8 | +9.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mike Taylor | 671 | 30.5 | -10.1 | |
Conservative | Yasser Khalid | 188 | 8.5 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Adele Beeson | 150 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Green | Christopher Foren | 140 | 6.4 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 383 | 17.3 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,203 | 14.8 | -5.1 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +9.7 | |||
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