2008 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

The 2008 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election for the Stoke-on-Trent City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Stoke-on-Trent Council Election Result 2008^[1]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	4	2	12	-10	25.1	14,038
	Conservative	2	2	1	+1	17.4	9,740
	Independent	4	3	2	+1	17.2	9,657
	BNP	3	3	1	+2	14.3	7,986
	City Independents	5	5	-	+5	12.8	7,186
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	1	+1	8.4	4,700
	Potteries Alliance	0				4.3	2,387
	Green	0				0.3	164
	Socialist Alternative	0				0.2	130
Turnout						30.2	55,988

Ward results

Abbey Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BNP	Melanie Jane Baddeley	858	31.0
	Labour	Gary Elsby	784	28.3
	Conservative	Andrew John Wragg	721	26.0
	Independent	Paul Sutton	244	8.8
	Green	Barry Malpass	164	5.9
Majority			74	2.7
Turnout			2,771	30.9
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Bentilee and Townsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BNP	Steven Reginald Batkin	829	34.6
	Labour	Mervin Thomas Smith	620	25.9
	Independent	Wendy Caroline Johnson	320	13.4
	Conservative	Christine Warren	273	11.4
	Potteries Alliance	Maurice Lewis	177	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ford	174	7.3
Majority			209	8.7
Turnout			2,393	26.4
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Berryhill and Hanley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	John Gilbert Davis	729	34.7
	Labour	Terence Frederick Crowe	654	31.1
	Conservative	Richard John William Ibbs	434	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Phillip Redfern	286	13.6
Majority			75	3.6
Turnout			2,103	27.1
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Blurton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independent	Roy Stanley Naylor	1,152	44.0
	Labour	Michael Tappin	776	29.6
	Conservative	Harold Malcolm Mouat	469	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter George Chambers	222	8.5
Majority			376	14.3
Turnout			2,619	27.7
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Burslem North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Conway	1,104	46.7
	Potteries Alliance	Malcolm Barber	513	21.7
	Conservative	Donald Winston Smith	493	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sabrina Ann Bowers	255	10.8
Majority			591	25.0
Turnout			2,365	26.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Burslem South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Javid Iqbal Najmi	968	39.3
	Potteries Alliance	Ted Owen	688	27.9
	Conservative	Gareth Fallows	349	14.2
	Independent	David Giltrap	189	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Thomas	141	5.7
	Socialist Alternative	Jane Mellalieu	130	5.3
Majority			280	11.4
Turnout			2,465	27.9
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Chell and Packmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independent	Janine Taylor	912	35.4
	Independent	Angela Miller	579	22.5
	BNP	Craig Arthur Pond	566	22.0
	Labour	David Eric Roberts	416	16.1
	Independent	Sylvia Emily Nagington	103	4.0
Majority			333	12.9
Turnout			2,576	27.9
	City Independent gain from Independent		Swing

East Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joanne Clare Powell-Beckett	1,146	43.8
	Labour	Sybil Halfpenny	713	27.3
	Potteries Alliance	Christine Knight	509	19.5
	City Independent	Jackie Ward	247	9.4
Majority			433	16.6
Turnout			2,615	26.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Fenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independent	Mick Bell	1,150	39.3
	BNP	Samuel Richard Tunstall	779	26.6
	Labour	Stan Bate	578	19.7
	Conservative	Steven John Morris	292	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Harry Grocock	129	4.4
Majority			371	12.7
Turnout			2,928	31.7
	City Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Hanley West and Shelton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Zulfiqar Ali	977	49.5
	Labour	Marj Bate	743	37.6
	Independent	Jim Piper	217	11.0
	Independent	Marek Goslicki	37	1.9
Majority			234	11.9
Turnout			1,974	23.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Hartshill and Penkhull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Randy Conteh	1,263	46.4
	Conservative	Stephen Andrew Brown	543	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Taylor	499	18.3
	Labour	Adam William Colclough	415	15.3
Majority			720	26.5
Turnout			2,720	30.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Longton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Anthony William Reynolds	1,005	30.7
	BNP	Pauline Smith	844	25.8
	Independent	Mark Leat	578	17.7
	Conservative	Alexander Hayward	550	16.8
	Independent	Roy Bennett	292	8.9
Majority			239	7.3
Turnout			3,269	30.9
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Longton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bagh Ali	1,633	42.0
	Conservative	James Whitehurst	797	20.5
	BNP	Lynne Pond	756	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Harold Jenkinson	569	14.6
	Independent	Rob Kettle	132	3.4
Majority			836	21.5
Turnout			3,887	26.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Meir Park and Sandon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BNP	John William Burgess	979	30.3
	City Independent	Christine Follows	909	28.1
	Conservative	Abigail Margaret Brown	774	23.9
	Labour	Kath Banks	570	17.6
Majority			70	2.2
Turnout			3,232	32.4
	BNP gain from Conservative		Swing

Northwood and Birches
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Sutton	624	22.9
	Independent	Eve Mary Maley	623	22.9
	BNP	Stanley Leese	594	21.8
	Potteries Alliance	Reginald Booth	500	18.4
	Labour	Barry George Stockley	379	13.9
Majority			1	0.0
Turnout			2,720	29.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Norton and Bradeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mick Salih	1,225	44.4
	Independent	Robert Douglas Hooper	1,148	41.7
	Labour	Richard Anthony Blake	383	13.9
Majority			77	2.8
Turnout			2,756	31.3
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Stoke and Trent Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Pauline Joynson	824	32.2
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Lubinski	590	23.1
	Conservative	Harold David Gregory	424	16.6
	Labour	Margaret Lilley	376	14.7
	Independent	Monica Mitchell	298	11.7
	Independent	Spencer Mervyn Cartlidge	45	1.8
Majority			234	9.2
Turnout			2,557	26.8
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Trentham and Hanford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independent	Terry Follows	2,087	56.2
	Conservative	Shaun Lee Bennett	1,104	29.7
	Labour	Alistair Scott Watson	288	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Grocock	234	6.3
Majority			983	26.5
Turnout			3,713	38.1
	City Independents gain from Conservative		Swing

Tunstall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Megan Ryan	1,143	36.9
	BNP	Terence Francis Cope	813	26.3
	Labour	Shiela Grace Pitt	703	22.7
	Conservative	Stewart Bertram Jones	327	10.6
	Independent	Albert Edwin Hurst	110	3.6
Majority			330	10.7
Turnout			3,096	31.4
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Weston and Meir North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Clement Daniels	1,044	32.3
	BNP	Anthony Steven Tabbinor	968	30.0
	Labour	Ian Philip McLaughlan	930	28.8
	Independent	Gordon Perry	287	8.9
Majority			76	2.4
Turnout			3,229	35.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ "Stoke-on-Trent City Council Election Results 1996-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "Local Election Results 2008 - Stoke-on-Trent". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[1] "Stoke-on-Trent City Council Election Results 1996-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[2] "Local Election Results 2008 - Stoke-on-Trent". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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