Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008

Elections to Tameside Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Labour	44	-1
Conservative	10	+2
Independent	3	0
Liberal Democrat	0	–1

Candidates

Ashton Hurst ward

Ashton Hurst ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Ambler
	Labour	Paul Dowthwaite
	UKIP	Paul Littlewood

Ashton St. Michaels ward

Ashton St. Michaels ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	John Bartley
	Conservative	Paul Buckley
	UKIP	Richard Harrison
	Green	Rochelle Rolland
	Labour	Margaret Sidebottom

Ashton Waterloo ward

Ashton Waterloo ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dot Buckley
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Daly
	BNP	Anthony Jones
	Labour	Catherine Piddington
	Green	Nigel Rolland

Audenshaw ward

Audenshaw ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jean Brazil
	BNP	David Gough
	Conservative	Stacey Knighton

Denton North East ward

Denton North East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Georgina Greenwood
	Liberal Democrat	Shaun O'Rourke
	Labour	Martin Wareing

Denton South ward

Denton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Margaret Downs
	Conservative	Thomas Jones

Denton West ward

Denton West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Joan Howarth
	Labour	Dawson Lane

Droylsden East ward

Droylsden East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BNP	David Lomas
	Labour	Jim Middleton
	Conservative	Lee Robinson

Droylsden West ward

Droylsden West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gerald Cooney
	BNP	Paul Hindley
	Conservative	Gill Westhead

Dukinfield ward

Dukinfield ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lynn Major
	Green	Martine Marshall
	BNP	Roy West
	Labour	Brian Wild

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Ballagher
	Conservative	Dorothy Cartwright
	BNP	Jeffrey Clayton
	Green	Michael Smee

Hyde Godley ward

Hyde Godley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Ball-Foster
	BNP	Rosalind Gauci
	Labour	Joe Kitchen
	UKIP	Duran O'Dwyer
	Conservative	Thomas Welsby

Hyde Newton ward

Hyde Newton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Ball-Foster
	BNP	Nigel Byrne
	Labour Co-op	Peter Robinson
	Conservative	John Welsh

Hyde Werneth ward

Hyde Werneth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Derek Baines
	UKIP	John Cooke
	Labour	Claire Francis
	Green	June Gill

Longdendale ward

Longdendale ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sue Barker
	Green	Ruth Bergan
	UKIP	Kevin Misell
	Labour Co-op	Sean Parker-Perry

Mossley ward

Mossley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Christine Clark
	Independent	Roy Etchells
	Conservative	Kevin Hartley
	Labour	Idu Miah

St. Peter's ward

St. Peter's ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Warren Bray
	Green	Trevor Clarke
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Dunlop
	Conservative	Dorothy Ward

Stalybridge North ward

Stalybridge North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Clive Patrick
	UKIP	Tracy Radcliffe
	Green	Jean Smee
	Labour	Bernard Walsh

Stalybridge South ward

Stalybridge South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Doreen Dickinson
	Labour	Pauline Harrison
	UKIP	Angela McManus
	Green	Melanie Roberts

References

Council elections in Greater Manchester
Mayor	2017 2020
Bolton	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Bury	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Manchester	1945 1946 1947 1949 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Oldham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Rochdale	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Salford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Stockport	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Tameside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Trafford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Wigan	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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