2008_Castle_Point_Borough_Council_election

2008 Castle Point Borough Council election

2008 Castle Point Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election


The 2008 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2008 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

14 seats were contested at the election with no election in Canvey West ward, but with a by-election being held in Canvey South at the same time as the normal election in the ward, after the Canvey Island Independent Party councillor Natalie Derby had stepped down in March 2008 due to ill health.[3] One councillor stood down at the election, Conservative Elizabeth Govier from St Georges ward.[3]

Not counting the extra by-election in Canvey South, there were 13 candidates each from the Conservative and Labour parties, 5 from the Canvey Island Independent Party, 3 each from the British National Party and the Green party and 1 from the UK Independence Party.[3]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning the seats in Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley, while the Canvey Island Independent Party won all 6 seats on Canvey Island.[4] No other party won any seats at the election, with Labour finishing behind the British National Party in 2 wards and behind the UK Independence Party in 1 ward.[4] Overall turnout at the election was 33.0%.[5]

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References

  1. "Castle Point". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. "Local elections: Results: Voters in the cities and the shires have their say in the ballot box". The Guardian. NewsBank. 2 May 2008.
  3. Legge, Katherine (4 April 2008). "Castle Point election candidates". The Echo. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. "Castle Point : Independents dominate Canvey". The Echo. NewsBank. 2 May 2008.
  5. "Election Results 2008". Castle Point Borough Council. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  6. "Local elections Results". The Times. NewsBank. 2 May 2008. p. 28.

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