2008 Cheshire West and Chester Council election

Main article: 2008 United Kingdom local elections

Elections to the newly created Cheshire West and Chester Council took place on 1 May 2008. Elections occurred in all 24 wards, with each ward returning 3 councillors to the council. The wards are identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.

Cheshire West and Chester Council Election, 2008

1 May 2008
All 72 seats on Cheshire West and Chester Council 37 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats won 55 13 4 Popular vote 136,487 59,851 43,543 Percentage 54.0% 23.7% 17.2%

From May 2008 until April 2009, the elected members formed a "shadow" council, which made preparations for the changeover from the county and borough structure to the new unitary authority structure. Thereafter, the members would serve for two years from May 2009. The next elections were held in May 2011.

Results summary

Seats

  Conservative (76.4%)

  Labour (18.1%)

  Liberal Democrats (5.6%)

Vote share

  Conservative (54%)

  Labour (23.7%)

  Liberal Democrats (17.2%)

  UKIP (1.4%)

  Green (0.6%)

  English Democrats (0.4%)

  BNP (0.3%)

  Independent and others (2.3%)

The Conservative Party took control of the council, with a majority of 38 councillors.

After the election, the composition of the council was;

• Conservative 55
• Labour 13
• Liberal Democrat 4

Cheshire West and Chester Council election – 2008 – summary

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	55				76.4	54.0	136,487
	Labour	13				18.1	23.7	59,851
	Liberal Democrats	4				5.6	17.2	43,543
	UKIP	0				0.0	1.4	3,646
	Green	0				0.0	0.6	1,584
	English Democrat	0				0.0	0.4	1038
	BNP	0				0.0	0.3	880
	Independent and others	0				0.0	2.3	5,902

Results by ward

Abbey

Abbey (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Manley	2353
	Conservative	Keith Musgrave	2309
	Conservative	Jan Mashlan	2203
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Wood	1136
	Labour	Katherine Green	574
	Labour	Derek Bowden	533
	Labour	Robert Harmston	506

Blacon

Blacon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reggie Jones	1417
	Labour	Marie Nelson	1364
	Labour	Alex Tate	1188
	Conservative	Charlie Powell	904
	Conservative	Robert Blacker	885
	Conservative	Neil Sullivan	826
	UKIP	David Evans	238
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Longman	232
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Clyne	225
	UKIP	Allan Weddell	214
	Liberal Democrats	Kenn Hodd	193

Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross

Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Williams	2576
	Conservative	Pamela Hall	2535
	Conservative	Keith Board	2448
	Liberal Democrats	Mia Jones	1519
	Liberal Democrats	James Latham	1505
	Liberal Democrats	Lizzie Jewkes	1172
	Labour	Sara Barnsley	472
	Labour	Peter Barnard	411
	Labour	Linda Webb	386
	UKIP	Peter Lowe	362
	Green	Jane Fisher	309
	English Democrat	Ed Abrams	290
	UKIP	Michael Roberts	270

Broxton

Broxton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Ritchie	2770
	Conservative	Michael Jones	2640
	Conservative	Ann Wright	2637
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Roberts	1018
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	691
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Jordan	674
	English Democrat	David Roberts	281
	Labour	Nicholas Dixon	237
	Labour	Anna Bunt	222
	Labour	Noel Hutchinson	194
	UKIP	Geoffrey Stevenson	192

Central and Westminster

Central and Westminster (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Bateman	1178
	Labour	Lynn Clare	1083
	Labour	Justin Madders	1021
	Independent	Jonathan Starkey	596
	Conservative	Graham Heatley	499
	Independent	Henny Moore	477
	English Democrat	Maurice Brookes	467
	Conservative	Anne Hughes	460
	Independent	John Wilson	442
	Conservative	Thomas Hughes	440

City

City (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Lowe	1407
	Conservative	Tom Parry	1396
	Conservative	Max Drury	1358
	Labour	Sandra Rudd	1270
	Labour	Bob Rudd	1259
	Labour	Brendan Doyle	1229
	Liberal Democrats	David Mead	765
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Christian	652
	Liberal Democrats	David Simpson	594
	UKIP	David Scott	166

Eddisbury

Eddisbury (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Needham	2739
	Conservative	Barbara Roberts	2620
	Conservative	John Grimshaw	2558
	Liberal Democrats	Val Godfrey	1704
	Labour	David Speak	440
	Labour	Mark Green	418
	Labour	Nonny Shearer	410

Frodsham and Helsby

Frodsham and Helsby (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Ford	2303
	Conservative	Andrew Dawson	2254
	Conservative	Mark Ingram	2182
	Labour	Brian Lloyd	1389
	Labour	John Beech	1149
	Labour	Alec Robertson	1036
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Laming	641
	Independent	Frank Pennington	528
	Independent	Tom Reynolds	395

Gowy

Gowy (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Bailey	3185
	Conservative	Hugo Deynem	3154
	Conservative	Stuart Parker	3098
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Anson	1254
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Williams	1234
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Ziman	1156
	Labour	Paul Cornwell	477
	Labour	Tony Pegrum	440
	Labour	Stephen Davies	430
	Green	Tom Barker	353
	UKIP	John Lodge	248

Grange and Rossmore

Grange and Rossmore (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Sherlock	1290
	Labour	Angela Claydon	1272
	Labour	Pat Merrick	1101
	Conservative	Michael English	1062
	Conservative	Graham Howell	1022
	Conservative	Susie Knapton-McMillan	880
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Pemberton	505

Groves and Whitby

Groves and Whitby (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Cooper	1992
	Conservative	Brian Anderson	1932
	Conservative	Katherine Lord	1855
	Labour	Mark Henesy	1174
	Labour	Brian Jones	1157
	Labour	Peter Robson	1046
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Chrusciezl	604

Hoole and Newton

Hoole and Newton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ebo	1706
	Conservative	Adrian Walmsley	1604
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Thompson	1548
	Liberal Democrats	David Hull	1546
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Chidlow	1545
	Conservative	Margaret Parker	1545
	Labour	Alex Black	704
	Labour	Janet Black	645
	Labour	Philip Tate	498
	Green	Diana Wilderspin-Jones	382
	UKIP	Stephen Nichols	168

Ledsham and Willaston

Ledsham and Willaston (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Myles Hogg	2531
	Conservative	Gareth Anderson	2411
	Conservative	Graham Smith	2293
	Labour	Catherine Sherlock	664
	Labour	Ted Lloyd	637
	Labour	Jamie Merrick	598
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Handley	580
	UKIP	Geoffrey Gregory	352

Marbury

Marbury (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Byram	1971
	Conservative	Norman Wright	1969
	Conservative	Keith Wilson	1696
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Garton	1398
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Makepeace	1237
	Liberal Democrats	John Turnbull	1137
	Labour	Jeff Langham	525
	Labour	Gill Gough	440
	Labour	Danny Maguire	385

Mickle Trafford

Mickle Trafford (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eleanor Johnson	2737
	Conservative	Brian Crowe	2724
	Conservative	Andrew Storrar	2694
	Labour	Tony Mills	667
	Labour	Richard Small	658
	Labour	Christine Lloyd	649
	Liberal Democrats	David Robinson	435
	Liberal Democrats	Kurt Jewkes	367
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Jorgensen	323
	UKIP	Nicholas Nichols	294
	UKIP	Andrew Pettigrew	251

Neston and Parkgate

Neston and Parkgate (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Dowding	2549
	Conservative	Kay Loch	2353
	Conservative	William Mealor	2509
	Labour	Louise Gittins	1267
	Labour	Andy Williams	1174
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Gaskell	1105
	Labour	Abdul Jilani	1095
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Marlow	998
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Shipman	830
	UKIP	Henry Crocker	361

Northwich East and Shakerley

Northwich East and Shakerley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Miller	1562
	Conservative	Terry Birtwistle	1469
	Conservative	Mark Stocks	1312
	Labour	Tony Lawrenson	920
	Labour	George Mainwaring	864
	Labour	Steve Gough	856
	BNP	Jon Westerby	529
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Jones	388
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Plant	323

Northwich West

Northwich West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Weltman	1529
	Conservative	Kate Birtwistle	1526
	Conservative	Simon McDonald	1473
	Labour	Helen Burder	1015
	Labour	Arthur Neil	939
	Labour	Paul Dolan	898
	Liberal Democrats	Glyn Roberts	694
	Green	Howard Thorp	540
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Gaskill	537

Overleigh

Overleigh (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Short	3149
	Conservative	Arthur Harada	3093
	Conservative	Razia Daniels	3063
	Labour	Ruth Davidson	1523
	Labour	Jane Mercer	1360
	Labour	Jason Stiles	1265
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Mead	573
	UKIP	Wendy Moore	349

Sutton and Manor

Sutton and Manor (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kimberley Anderson	1425
	Labour	Paul Donovan	1324
	Conservative	Robert Crompton	1314
	Conservative	Nicholas Hebson	1279
	Labour	Cherie Hill	1148
	Labour	Sue Pugh	1121
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Pemberton	516

Upton

Upton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Houlbrook	2598
	Conservative	Pat Lott	2411
	Conservative	Hilarie McNae	2398
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Jordan	1137
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Main	1076
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Roberts	822
	Labour	Gerald Grant	701
	Labour	Peter Black	655
	Labour	Mil Williams	596
	UKIP	John Moore	181

Weaver

Weaver ward (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Oultram	1927
	Conservative	Lynn Riley	1668
	Conservative	Alan McKie	1617
	Independent	Nora Dolphin	1109
	Independent	Frank Dolphin	1009
	Independent	Doug Shingler	893
	Labour	Brian Jamieson	622
	Liberal Democrats	Ailsa Gaskill-Jones	621
	Labour	Graham Clark	575
	Labour	Eira Bowden	523
	Independent	John Freeman	453
	Liberal Democrats	George England	341
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hyde	265

Winsford North and East

Winsford North and East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Booher	993
	Labour	Brian Clarke	971
	Labour	Donald Beckett	955
	Conservative	Jon Jones	894
	Conservative	Frank Middleton	849
	Conservative	Saundra Middleton	828
	Liberal Democrats	Des Worthington	793
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Gannon	747
	Liberal Democrats	Bev Theron	687

Winsford South and West

Winsford South and West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Barton	1211
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Parkinson	1152
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Gaskill	1137
	Conservative	Ann Lacey	840
	Conservative	Bill Hall	834
	Conservative	Deborah Deynem	655
	Labour	Tom Blackmore	581
	Labour	Jill McQuaid	552
	Labour	Derek Wright	515
	BNP	Philip Williams	351

External links

• Cheshire West and Chester 2008 election nominations