2008_Walsall_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election
2008 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
2008 UK local government election
The 2008 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, 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:
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 51.5 | 28,664 | +10.4% | |
Labour | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 24.8 | 13,807 | -4.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 6,767 | +0.3% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 2,600 | -0.8% | |
Democratic Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 1,922 | +0.7% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 919 | +0.8% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 436 | -2.5% | |
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 304 | -0.8% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 203 | -3.5% | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Ansell | 2,306 | 63.4 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Derek Wigfall | 507 | 13.9 | -1.2 | |
UKIP | Michael Jose | 442 | 12.2 | -6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Royston Sheward | 382 | 10.5 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 1,799 | 49.5 | +12.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,637 | 33.6 | -5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Sears | 2,046 | 70.8 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Greveson | 464 | 16.1 | -0.8 | |
Labour | Ian Pearson | 378 | 13.1 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 1,582 | 54.8 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,888 | 28.0 | -3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stanley Madeley | 1,087 | 43.9 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | Gurmeet Sohal | 972 | 39.3 | +5.9 | |
UKIP | Malcolm Ford | 198 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Pearce | 118 | 4.8 | -11.6 | |
Green | Stephen Brookes | 78 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Democratic Labour | Alan Paddock | 21 | 0.8 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 115 | 4.6 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,474 | 27.8 | -1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Barton | 958 | 54.6 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Chad Pitt | 543 | 31.0 | +0.7 | |
Green | Paul Booker | 142 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
Democratic Labour | Alan Davies | 110 | 6.3 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 415 | 23.7 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,753 | 19.7 | -4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Robertson | 692 | 37.8 | -0.4 | |
Democratic Labour | David Church | 622 | 34.0 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Hilda Derry | 388 | 21.2 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trudy Pearce | 128 | 7.0 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 70 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,830 | 22.4 | -5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Tweddle | 1,308 | 58.9 | +17.1 | |
Labour | Angus McGhee | 563 | 25.4 | -4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Cockayne | 198 | 8.9 | +4.8 | |
Democratic Labour | Stephen Baggott | 151 | 6.8 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 745 | 33.6 | +22.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,220 | 26.0 | -3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Melvin Pitt | 1,436 | 54.1 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Robert Thomas | 465 | 17.5 | -19.9 | |
Democratic Labour | Michael Ross | 365 | 13.8 | +10.6 | |
UKIP | Anthony Bryan | 286 | 10.8 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stanley Robinson | 102 | 3.8 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 971 | 36.6 | +30.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,654 | 27.5 | -4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Paul | 1,642 | 66.6 | +29.6 | |
Labour | Paul Forrest | 662 | 26.9 | -12.1 | |
Democratic Labour | Andrew Bradburn | 160 | 6.5 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 980 | 39.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,464 | 25.8 | -5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Wilkes | 775 | 36.8 | -3.0 | |
Conservative | Doris Silvester | 709 | 33.7 | +20.7 | |
Green | Timothy Martin | 264 | 12.5 | +5.4 | |
Democratic Labour | Alan Johnston | 253 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Murli Sinha | 105 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 66 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,106 | 23.1 | -7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rose Martin | 2,249 | 65.7 | +17.3 | |
Labour | Ann Wilson | 605 | 17.7 | -13.9 | |
UKIP | Derek Bennett | 310 | 9.1 | -4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Muhammad Miah | 135 | 3.9 | -2.2 | |
Green | Murray Abbott | 122 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 1,644 | 48.1 | +21.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,421 | 35.6 | -8.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mohammad Munir | 1,736 | 43.2 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Allah Ditta | 1,602 | 39.8 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Cullum | 380 | 9.4 | -2.4 | |
Respect | Arshad Kanwar | 304 | 7.6 | -6.7 | |
Majority | 134 | 3.3 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,022 | 39.1 | -2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Garry Perry | 2,532 | 79.0 | +35.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Smith | 331 | 10.3 | -0.1 | |
Labour | Martin Harrower | 276 | 8.6 | -0.5 | |
Democratic Labour | Derek Roddy | 67 | 2.1 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 2,201 | 68.7 | +41.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,206 | 35.5 | -6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Adrian Andrew | 1,846 | 64.1 | +9.3 | |
UKIP | Steven Grey | 446 | 15.5 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Douglas James | 430 | 14.9 | -6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Barker | 160 | 5.6 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 1,400 | 48.6 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,882 | 34.1 | -4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dennis Anson | 1,241 | 35.7 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | Shakil Abbas | 1,150 | 33.0 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Yaqub | 709 | 20.4 | +8.3 | |
Independent | Martin Lynch | 203 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
UKIP | Kathleen Oakley | 177 | 5.1 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 91 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,480 | 36.0 | -2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Catherine Micklewright | 1,480 | 61.0 | +18.7 | |
Labour | Jack Kelly | 477 | 19.7 | -3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Garfitt | 302 | 12.4 | +2.4 | |
Green | Karl Macnaughton | 167 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 1,003 | 41.3 | +22.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,426 | 26.7 | -7.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Doreen Shires | 1,082 | 43.8 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | Ann Ault | 731 | 29.6 | +3.0 | |
BNP | Malcolm Moore | 436 | 17.6 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Aftab Nawaz | 224 | 9.1 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 351 | 14.2 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,473 | 28.0 | -2.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mohammed Arif | 1,864 | 51.8 | +12.4 | |
Labour | Richard Worrall | 1,184 | 32.9 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Abdul Malik | 184 | 5.1 | -6.3 | |
UKIP | Timothy Melville | 178 | 4.9 | +1.2 | |
Green | Robert Bellin | 146 | 4.1 | +0.8 | |
Democratic Labour | Brian Powell | 44 | 1.2 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 680 | 18.9 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,600 | 38.8 | -1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Douglas-Maul | 2,575 | 72.5 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Steven King | 442 | 12.5 | -5.0 | |
UKIP | Dorothy Sheath | 317 | 8.9 | -2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Balgobin | 216 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 2,133 | 60.1 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,550 | 33.0 | -4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Shires | 1,332 | 57.6 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Cerwyn Edwards | 455 | 19.7 | -2.5 | |
Labour | Diane Coughlan | 279 | 12.1 | -7.7 | |
UKIP | Elizabeth Hazell | 246 | 10.6 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 877 | 37.9 | +17.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,312 | 24.3 | -3.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sean Coughlan | 960 | 43.2 | -3.2 | |
Conservative | Sandeep Sohal | 696 | 31.3 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nadia Fazal | 439 | 19.7 | -8.5 | |
Democratic Labour | Stephanie Peart | 129 | 5.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 264 | 11.9 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,224 | 20.7 | -4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Local elections 2008" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- "Election results 2008". Walsall Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- "Walsall". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 22 September 2011.