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Wirral Council election, 2008
Wirral Council election, 2008
Steve Foulkes Steve Foulkes
Labour Labour
2007 ← 2008-05-01)
May 1, 2008 (2008-05-01) → 2010
Elections to the council of the Metropolitan Borough of
22, one third of the councillor seats of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, England, were held on 1 May 2008. One third of
Wirral the council was up for election and the council stayed un-
der no overall control, with the Conservatives as largest
Majority Minority Third
party party party single party, but with the Labour—Liberal Democrat
coalition remaining in power.
Prior to the election, the composition of the council
Leader Jeff Green Steve Simon was
Foulkes Holbrook • Labour 25
• Conservative 21
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Democrat • Liberal Democrat 20
Summary of the Wirral local election , 2008[1][2]
election,
Leader’s seat West Kirby Claughton Prenton
& Parties Votes % +/- Before Stood Held Gain
Thurstaston Conservative 37,925 43.5% +5.0% 20 22 6 5
Last election 38.5% 28.7% 25.2% Party
Seats won 11 5 5 Labour Party 22,277 25.6% -3.1% 25 22 5 0
Liberal De- 19,624 22.5% -2.7% 19 22 5 1
Seat change +4 -4 +1
mocrats
Popular vote 37,925 22,277 19,624
Green Party 4,276 4.9% -0.5% 0 22 0 0
Percentage 43.5% 25.6% 22.5% United King- 2,127 2.4% +0.7% 0 11 0 0
Swing +5.0% -3.1% -2.7% dom Indepen-
dence Party
Total seats 24 21 20
British Na- 489 0.6% N/A 0 2 0 0
tional Party
Independent 147 0.2% -0.2% 0 1 0 0
Liberal Party 96 0.1% N/A 0 1 0 0
Independent 0 N/A N/A 1 0 0 0
Conservative
Independent 0 N/A N/A 1 0 0 0
Liberal Demo-
crat
Total 242,077 100%
Candidates
Council election results map. Blue denotes wards won by
Bebington ward
Conservative candidates, Red denotes those won by Labour Bebington ward
candidates and Gold denotes those won by Liberal
Democratic candidates. Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sheila Clarke 1,945 40.9
Council leader before election Elected Council leader
Labour Susan Percy 1,719 36.1
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UKIP Hilary Jones 479 10.1 Claughton ward
Liberal Democrat Sheena Turner 448 9.4 Claughton ward
Green Michael Harper 162 3.4 Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Davies 1,695 51.0
Bidston and St. James ward
Conservative Barbara Sin- 959 28.8
Bidston and St. James ward clair
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democ- Roy Wood 482 14.5
Labour James Crab- 1,129 54.3 -5.2% rat
tree Green James Brady 179 5.4
Conservative Christine Wil- 313 15.0 +2.4%
son Eastham ward
Liberal Democ- John Brace 266 12.8 +3.6% Eastham ward
rat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Steve McHale 236 11.3 N/A
Liberal Democ- Phillip Gilchrist 3,038 71.3
Green George Bowler 125 6 +1.0% rat
Conservative Nick Whieldon 678 15.9
Birkenhead and Tranmere ward
Labour Christopher 415 9.7
Birkenhead and Tranmere ward Lawler
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Green Brian Gibbs 132 3.1
Labour Jean Stapleton 1,278 59.6
Liberal Democrat Alan Brighouse 315 14.7 Greasby, Frankby and Irby ward
Conservative June Cowin 297 13.9 Greasby, Frankby and Irby ward
Green Cathy Page 244 11.4 Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democ- Gill Gardiner 2,329 44.5
Bromborough ward rat
Bromborough ward Conservative Wendy Cle- 2,254 43.1
ments
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Moores 493 9.4
Liberal Democ- Steve Niblock 1,496 42.7
rat Green Perle Sheldricks 145 2.8
Labour Irene Williams 817 23.3
Conservative Mark Gibson 746 21.3
Heswall ward
BNP David McLen- 253 7.2 Heswall ward
nan Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Percy Hogg 132 3.8 Conservative Peter Johnson 3,599 73.2
UKIP Timothy Pass 53 1.5 Liberal Democ- Bill Jones 513 10.4
rat
Clatterbridge ward Labour Audrey Moore 453 9.2
Clatterbridge ward Green Matthew Rossein- 219 4.5
sky
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Mike Magee 101 2.1
Conservative Cherry Povall 2,950 55.0
Liberal Democrat Robert Earl 1,566 29.2
Hoylake and Meols ward
Labour Valerie Morgan 591 11.0
Hoylake and Meols ward
Green Jim McGinley 130 2.4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Roger Jones 112 2.1
Conservative John Hale 2,762 64.7
Labour Di Christian 676 15.8
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Green Colin 468 11.0 Oxton ward
Hawksworth
Oxton ward
Liberal Democ- Alexander Clark 355 8.3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
rat
Liberal Democ- Pat Williams 1,910 53.0
rat
Leasowe and Moreton East ward
Conservative Marcus Bleasdale 748 20.8
Leasowe and Moreton East ward
Labour David Barden 614 17.0
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Catherine Wil- 179 5.0
Conservative Ian Lewis 2,025 51.3
liams
Labour Don Prout 1,373 34.8
Green Garnette Bowler 139 3.9
Liberal Democ- Gerald 222 5.6
rat Hainsworth Pensby and Thingwall ward
Green Rosemary Bland 171 4.3
Pensby and Thingwall ward
Independent Glenn Fleetwood 147 3.7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democ- Robert Wilkins 2,071 43.6
Liscard ward
rat
Liscard ward
Conservative John Meyer 1,813 38.2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cunning- 564 11.9
Conservative James Keeley 2,122 51.0 ham
Labour David Hawkins 1,369 32.9 UKIP Mike Pepler 160 3.4
UKIP Robbie Quinn 304 7.3 Green Allen Burton 135 2.8
Liberal Democ- Daniel Clein 195 4.7
rat Prenton ward
Green Jacqueline 159 3.8 Prenton ward
Smith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ann Bridson 1,836 48.3
Moreton West and Saughall Massie ward
Labour Denise Realey 905 23.8
Moreton West and Saughall Massie ward
Conservative John Gilbert 792 20.8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Mark Mitchell 154 4.1
Conservative Christopher 2,936 70.9
Blakeley Liberal Sean Keatley 96 2.5
Labour Darren Dodd 674 16.3
Rock Ferry ward
Liberal Demo- Eric Copestake 237 5.7
crat Rock Ferry ward
UKIP Lynda Williams 145 3.5 Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green James Drew 137 3.3 Labour Bill Davies 1,325 54.9
Conservative Joanne Suffield 493 20.4
New Brighton ward Liberal Democ- Peter Heppin- 354 14.7
New Brighton ward rat stall
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Green Peter Exley 228 9.4
Conservative Sue Taylor 1,994 47.3
Seacombe ward
Labour Pat Hackett 1,572 37.3
Seacombe ward
Green Rebecca Koncien- 358 8.5
zcy Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democ- Eric Fenna 278 6.6 Labour John Salter 1,188 50.8 -7.4%
rat Conservative Ann Lavin 508 21.7 +3.8%
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Preceded by Wirral local elections Succeeded by
Wirral Council election, 2007 Wirral Council election, 2010
Liberal De- Steve Pitt 282 12.1 -2.7% West Kirby and Thurstaston ward
mocrat
West Kirby and Thurstaston ward
UKIP Christopher 243 10.4 +10.4%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wellstead
Conservative Geoffrey Watt 3,047 64.5
Green Simon Wagner 107 4.6 -4.3%
Labour James Brown 616 13.0
Upton ward Liberal Democrat John Cresswell 571 12.1
Upton ward Green Patrick Cleary 312 6.6
Party Candidate Votes % ±% UKIP Philip Griffiths 171 3.6
Conservative Tom Anderson 1,861 41.9
Labour Sue Brown 1,857 41.8 References
Liberal Democ- Christopher 451 10.2 [1] "Election Result for 1 May 2008". Metropolitan
rat Beazer Borough of Wirral. http://www.wirral.gov.uk/
Green Lesley Hussen- 256 5.8 election/results/2008-05-01/. Retrieved 1
bux December 2008.
[2] "Local Election - 03 May 2007". Metropolitan
Borough of Wirral. http://www.wirral.gov.uk/
Wallasey ward members/election.asp??ward=All&date=20070503.
Wallasey ward Retrieved 1 December 2008.
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kate Wood 3,083 64.2 External links
Labour Anne McArdle 954 19.9 • Wirral Council election, 2008 - nominations
Liberal Democrat John Codling 409 8.5 • http://www.wirral.gov.uk/Election/results/
2008-05-01/
UKIP Ian Watson 180 3.7
• http://www.wirral.gov.uk/election/results/
Green Cynthia Stonall 175 3.6 2008-05-01/all.html
• http://www.wirral.gov.uk/members/
election.asp??ward=All&date=20070503
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