2008 UK local government 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
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
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 |
References
- Sefton Council website
- Sefton Council Election Results