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

References

Local elections in Merseyside
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Mayor of Liverpool	2012 2016
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Merseyside County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
Liverpool City Region Mayor	2017 2020
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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