2008_Hastings_Council_election

2008 Hastings Borough Council election

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The 2008 Hastings Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hastings Borough Council in East Sussex, England. Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

Map of the results of the 2008 Hastings council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	1	0	+1	50.0	42.5	9,530	+3.3%
Labour	7	2	1	+1	43.8	34.7	7,786	+1.1%
Liberal Democrats	1	0	2	-2	6.3	19.0	4,266	-3.4%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	472	+0.0%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	268	+1.2%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	120	+0.5%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Cooke	983	64.4	+3.4
	Labour	John Leahy	288	18.9	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Roscoe	255	16.7	+2.0
Majority			695	45.5	+8.8
Turnout			1,526	34.7	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Vallery	683	51.0	+4.4
	Labour	Georgiana De Lussy	509	38.0	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Wilfrid Pickard	148	11.0	-4.3
Majority			174	13.0	+4.5
Turnout			1,340	37.6	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dominic Sabetian	794	53.2	+0.9
	Conservative	Michelle Green	508	34.0	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Maloney	191	12.8	-4.0
Majority			286	19.2	-2.3
Turnout			1,493	41.2	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Barlow	718	46.5	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	286	18.5	-20.3
	Conservative	Lee Allane	246	15.9	-0.9
	Independent	Andy Dumas	168	10.9	+10.9
	BNP	Mick Turner	83	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Bob Stewart	43	2.8	+2.8
Majority			432	28.0
Turnout			1,544	36.7	+0.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Webb	568	46.5	+2.0
	Conservative	Simon Corello	327	26.8	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brett McLean	188	15.4	-12.4
	BNP	Frank Swaine	81	6.6	+6.6
	Independent	David Knight	57	4.7	+4.7
Majority			241	19.7	+3.0
Turnout			1,221	31.4	-1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Pragnell	835	48.9	-11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Williams	521	30.5	+10.4
	Labour	Nigel Sinden	231	13.5	-5.6
	UKIP	Diane Granger	120	7.0	+7.0
Majority			314	18.4	-22.3
Turnout			1,707	45.4	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Forward	526	37.1	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Bond	457	32.2	+12.4
	Conservative	Cath Burrows	435	30.7	-15.5
Majority			69	4.9
Turnout			1,418	36.7	-5.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Soan	427	41.1	-3.9
	Conservative	Amanda Charlesworth	324	31.2	+11.3
	BNP	Victoria Britton	161	15.5	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Lauder	128	12.3	+0.5
Majority			103	9.9	-15.2
Turnout			1,040	25.1	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Charlesworth	868	62.9	+1.8
	Labour	Ken Maitland	309	22.4	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Dormer	203	14.7	-4.7
Majority			559	40.5	-1.1
Turnout			1,380	34.7	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stevens	634	35.0	-1.6
	Conservative	Stuart Padget	633	34.9	+4.5
	Labour	Kate Francis	547	30.2	-2.8
Majority			1	0.1	-3.5
Turnout			1,814	42.8	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Bird	626	50.3	+11.6
	Labour	Richard Street	434	34.9	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Scott	184	14.8	-15.7
Majority			192	15.4	+7.5
Turnout			1,244	34.3	-2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Lock	628	47.3	+4.1
	Labour	Bruce Dowling	520	39.1	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Beaumont	181	13.6	-8.5
Majority			108	8.1	-0.4
Turnout			1,329	33.3	-6.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Lock	994	58.5	+6.3
	Labour	Jonathan Lee	412	24.2	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Willard	293	17.2	-3.3
Majority			582	34.3	+9.4
Turnout			1,699	50.1	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Chowney	372	37.0
	Conservative	Kate Walsgrove	279	27.7
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Modlinger	208	20.7
	BNP	Nick Prince	147	14.6
Majority			93	9.3
Turnout			1,006	29.5	-5.1
	Labour hold		Swing

West St Leonards^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Beaver	663	48.5	+5.5
	Labour	Mike Turner	517	37.8	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tricia Kennelly	186	13.6	-9.2
Majority			146	10.7	+1.9
Turnout			1,366	35.8	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wishing Tree^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Scott	614	46.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Jason Perry	498	37.9	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Wilcock	203	15.4	-10.6
Majority			116	8.8	-9.8
Turnout			1,315	36.3	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing