2008_Southend-on-Sea_Council_election

2008 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

2008 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election


The 2008 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary 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]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 29 seats, compared to 10 for the Liberal Democrats, 7 Labour and 5 independents.[3] The election was seen as being the closest for years with the other parties needing to gain 4 seats from the Conservatives to deprive them of a majority.[3]

There was a record number of candidates in the election, with St Luke's ward having 7 candidates and the British National Party putting up candidates in every ward for the first time.[4]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 34%.[2]

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References

  1. "Southend-On-Sea". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  2. "Local Election Results 2008". Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  3. "Southend: Parties' election predictions". Echo. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  4. "Southend Council election candidates". Echo. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  5. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2010. [dead link]

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