2008 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Elections to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election, with an additional seat in Sedgley ward following the resignation of a councillor.
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Following the election the Conservative Party held 43 seats, the Labour Party held 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats held 2 seats, and the UK Independence Party held one seat.
Candidates
editAmblecote ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Banks | 1,517 | 50.82 | ||
Labour | Stephen Sharples | 680 | 22.78 | ||
UKIP | Michael Forsyth | 530 | 17.76 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Harold Hanson | 249 | 8.34 | ||
Majority | 837 | 28.04 | |||
Turnout | 2,985 | 29.50 |
Belle Vale ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jennifer Dunn | 1,793 | 53.47 | ||
Labour | Hilary Bills | 1,037 | 30.93 | ||
UKIP | Jane Franklin | 498 | 14.85 | ||
Majority | 756 | 22.55 | |||
Turnout | 3,353 | 34.24 |
Brierley Hill ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Wilson | 963 | 36.52 | ||
Conservative | Steven Ridley | 736 | 27.91 | ||
UKIP | Paul Southall | 694 | 26.32 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Dyer | 241 | 9.14 | ||
Majority | 227 | 8.61 | |||
Turnout | 2,637 | 26.32 |
Brockmoor & Pensnett ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Greenaway | 846 | 31.91 | ||
Labour | Qadar Zada | 777 | 29.31 | ||
BNP | Stephen Tracey | 508 | 19.16 | ||
Independent | Julian Mitchell | 313 | 11.81 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Janice Porter | 204 | 7.70 | ||
Majority | 69 | 2.60 | |||
Turnout | 2,651 | 27.11 |
Castle & Priory ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Aston | 1,089 | 35.24 | ||
UKIP | Garry Butler | 257 | 8.32 | ||
Conservative | Daryl Millward | 997 | 32.27 | ||
BNP | Diane Sankey | 495 | 16.02 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Simpson | 249 | 8.06 | ||
Majority | 92 | 2.97 | |||
Turnout | 3,090 | 29.24 |
Coseley East ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Davies | 1,245 | 35.9 | ||
BNP | Kenneth Griffiths | 935 | 26.96 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Lounds | 1,026 | 29.58 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Claire O'Kane | 252 | 7.27 | ||
Majority | 219 | 6.32 | |||
Turnout | 3,468 | 36.05 |
Cradley & Foxcote ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gaye Partridge | 1,187 | 37.78 | ||
UKIP | Barry Rose | 679 | 21.61 | ||
Conservative | Glenis Simms | 1,025 | 32.62 | ||
Independent | Safeanah Yasmin | 236 | 7.51 | ||
Majority | 162 | 5.13 | |||
Turnout | 3,142 | 32 |
Gornal ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Jones | 154 | 3.5 | ||
BNP | Vicki Peace | 513 | 11.65 | ||
UKIP | Philip Rowe | 1,125 | 25.56 | ||
Conservative | David Stanley | 1,776 | 40.35 | ||
Labour | Stuart Turner | 830 | 18.86 | ||
Majority | 651 | 14.79 | |||
Turnout | 4,402 | 41.8 |
Halesowen North ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lesley Faulkner | 1,755 | 50.68 | ||
BNP | Tony Gill | 351 | 10.14 | ||
UKIP | Stuart Henley | 550 | 15.88 | ||
Labour | Richard Lloyd | 790 | 22.81 | ||
Majority | 965 | 27.87 | |||
Turnout | 3,463 | 36.22 |
Halesowen South ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Raymond Franklin | 264 | 6.73 | ||
Labour | Andrew Matthews | 734 | 18.71 | ||
BNP | Peter Morris | 342 | 8.72 | ||
Conservative | David Vickers | 2,567 | 65.45 | ||
Majority | 1,833 | 46.74 | |||
Turnout | 3,922 | 39.78 |
Hayley Green & Cradley South ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Caroline Dredge | 497 | 14.19 | ||
Labour | Michael Kelly | 797 | 22.76 | ||
Conservative | Hazel Turner | 2,189 | 62.51 | ||
Majority | 1,392 | 39.75 | |||
Turnout | 3,502 | 37.35 |
Kingswinford North & Wall Heath ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Cody | 429 | 9.61 | ||
UKIP | Martin Gallagher | 402 | 9.01 | ||
Conservative | Denise Harley | 2,003 | 44.89 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Lavender | 1610 | 36.08 | ||
Majority | 393 | 8.81 | |||
Turnout | 4,462 | 43.29 |
Kingswinford South ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Blood | 1,879 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | Stephen Haycock | 573 | 14.36 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Nicholls | 866 | 21.71 | ||
UKIP | Michael Partridge | 659 | 16.52 | ||
Majority | 1,013 | 25.39 | |||
Turnout | 3,989 | 38.29 |
Lye & Wollescote ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Barbara Deeley | 663 | 19.55 | ||
Labour | Christopher Hale | 1,010 | 29.78 | ||
Independent | Abdul Qadus | 435 | 12.83 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Turner | 1,274 | 37.57 | ||
Majority | 264 | 7.79 | |||
Turnout | 3,391 | 35.42 |
Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrew's ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Davies | 1,074 | 35.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tina Kalsi | 246 | 8.2 | ||
UKIP | Amanda Mobberley | 623 | 20.77 | ||
Labour | Mahbubur Rahman | 1,044 | 34.8 | ||
Majority | 30 | 1 | |||
Turnout | 3,000 | 28.43 |
Norton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Attwood | 2,445 | 59.91 | ||
Labour | Jacqueline Cowell | 603 | 14.78 | ||
BNP | Andrew Griffiths | 285 | 6.98 | ||
UKIP | Peter Lee | 210 | 5.15 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew McKay | 530 | 12.99 | ||
Majority | 1,842 | 45.13 | |||
Turnout | 4,081 | 42.35 |
Pedmore & Stourbridge East ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Debney | 667 | 15.98 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Hanson | 432 | 10.35 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Jones | 2,444 | 58.55 | ||
UKIP | Lynette Wragg | 616 | 14.76 | ||
Majority | 1,777 | 42.57 | |||
Turnout | 4,174 | 41.7 |
Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Cotterill | 1,376 | 42.16 | ||
BNP | Julian Griffiths | 437 | 13.39 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John White | 136 | 4.17 | ||
UKIP | Helen Wimlett | 192 | 5.88 | ||
Conservative | Michael Wood | 1,119 | 34.28 | ||
Majority | 257 | 7.88 | |||
Turnout | 3,264 | 32.17 |
Sedgley ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Robert Dudley | 784 | 12.2 | ||
Conservative | Michael Evans | 2,318 | 36.08 | ||
Labour | Parshottam Gupta | 573 | 8.92 | ||
UKIP | Dennis Partridge | 522 | 8.13 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey Perry | 1,676 | 26.09 | ||
Labour | Cicely Ann | 540 | 8.41 | ||
Majority | 1,534 and 892 | 23.88 and 13.89 | |||
Turnout | 6,424 | 37.24 |
St. James's ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Serena Craigie | 631 | 18.12 | ||
UKIP | Peter Malcolm Davis | 994 | 28.54 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Edge | 776 | 22.28 | ||
BNP | Heather Inman | 311 | 8.93 | ||
Conservative | Ian Jones | 625 | 17.94 | ||
Independent | Gurwinder Singh | 142 | 4.08 | ||
Majority | 218 | 6.26 | |||
Turnout | 3,483 | 35.16 |
St. Thomas's ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaukat Ali | 1,587 | 46.01 | ||
Independent | Tony Barnsley | 135 | 3.91 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Giovanna Faulkner | 161 | 4.67 | ||
Conservative | Louis Redding | 555 | 16.09 | ||
UKIP | Philip Wimlett | 1,006 | 29.17 | ||
Majority | 581 | 16.84 | |||
Turnout | 3,449 | 34.22 |
Upper Gornal & Woodsetton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adam Aston | 1,092 | 30.88 | ||
BNP | Kevin Inman | 870 | 24.6 | ||
Conservative | Julian Ryder | 1,574 | 44.51 | ||
Majority | 482 | 13.63 | |||
Turnout | 3,536 | 34.54 |
Wollaston & Stourbridge Town ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicolas Barlow | 1,505 | 38.75 | ||
Liberal Democrats | June Collins | 1,268 | 32.65 | ||
UKIP | Simon Davis | 326 | 8.39 | ||
Labour | Tracy Wood | 775 | 19.95 | ||
Majority | 237 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,884 | 38.23 |
Wordsley ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Bowkley | 743 | 22.87 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lois Celestine | 288 | 8.86 | ||
UKIP | Andrew Partridge | 549 | 16.9 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey Southall | 1,660 | 51.09 | ||
Majority | 917 | 28.22 | |||
Turnout | 3,249 | 33.25 |