2008_Winchester_City_Council_election

2008 Winchester City Council election

2008 Winchester City Council election

Local election in England


The 2008 Winchester Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Quick Facts 19 of 57 seats to Winchester City Council 29 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

One third of the seats were being contested with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour each contesting all 19 seats.[3] The Conservatives, who ran the council since the 2006 election were defending 6 seats compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents.[4] Among the councillors who were defending seats were the Conservative council leader, George Beckett, and the Liberal Democrat group leader Therese Evans.[3] Other candidates included 2 independents, 7 from the United Kingdom Independence Party and 4 from the Green Party.[3]

The Conservatives defended their record of running the council saying that they had improved services while keeping council tax rises below the rate of inflation.[4] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats criticised the Conservatives over housing and development in the council area.[4]

During the campaign a Conservative activist in Whiteley ward, John Hall, was charged after a police investigation over electoral fraud offences.[5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives just maintain their one-seat majority after losing two seats to the Liberal Democrats in St Barnabas and Whiteley wards, but gaining one seat back in St Michael and taking one seat from an independent in Shedfield.[6]

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Ward results

Bishop's Waltham

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Boarhunt & Southwick

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Colden Common and Twyford

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Compton and Otterbourne

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Denmead

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Kings Worthy

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Littleton and Harestock

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Olivers Battery & Badger Farm

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Shedfield

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St. Barnabas

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St. Bartholomew

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St. John and All Saints

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St. Luke

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St. Michael

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St. Paul

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The Alresfords

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Whiteley

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Wickham

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Wonston and Micheldever

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References

  1. "Winchester". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  2. "National: Full election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2008. p. 45.
  3. "Winchester city council nominations". Southern Daily Echo. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. "Winchester gears up for city elections". This is Hampshire. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  5. "Man charged over election fraud". BBC News Online. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  6. "District Election Results 2008". Winchester City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
Preceded by
2007 Winchester Council election
Winchester local elections Succeeded by
2010 Winchester Council election

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