2008 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Sefton 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

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Sefton Local Election Result 2008
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 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

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Ainsdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats Druscilla Haydon 663 17.79%
Labour Maurice Newton 526 14.11%
Turnout 3 727 38.56%
Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats Clifford Mainey * 1 614 52.33%
Turnout 3 084 30.46%
Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Giles Blundell 762 20.87%
Liberal Democrats 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
2007 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Sefton local elections Succeeded by
2010 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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