Liverpool Council election, 2008

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. (30 seats plus 1 in a by-election)

Before the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 47
• Labour 35
• Liberal 4
• Green 1
• Independent 1
• Vacant 2

[edit] Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	13					33.97
	Labour	16					40.00
	Liberal	1					6.74
	Green	1					6.67
	Conservative	0					8.38	7715
	British National Party	0					3.33
	Independent	0					0.69
	UK Independence	0					0.08
	Socialist Labour	0					0.06
	United Socialist	0					0.07

[edit] Ward results

* - Existing Councillor ^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Allerton & Hunts Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Flo Clucas *	1605	48.56
	Labour	Colin McAlley	684	20.70
	Conservative	Adam Ernest Marsden	737	22.30
	Green	Margaret Williams	171	5.17
	Liberal	Christopher Hulme	108	3.27
Majority
Turnout			3305	30.20

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robbie Quinn *	1077	36.50
	Labour	Brian Dowling	1521	51.54
	Liberal	Stephen Houghland	133	4.51
	Green	Jean Hill	96	3.25
	Conservative	Francis Stevens	97	3.29
	Independent	Michael McDonough	27	0.91
Majority
Turnout			2951	29.07

Belle Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Wilner	1673	45.86
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Marshall *	1383	37.91
	Conservative	Jack Stallworthy	111	3.04
	British National Party	Peter Michael Molloy	336	9.21
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	67	1.84
	Green	Mark Bowman	78	2.14
Majority
Turnout			3648	33.09

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Banks (PARTY)	722	61.45
	Liberal Democrat	James Murray	157	13.36
	Green	Michael Cotgreave	134	11.40
	Conservative	Gregg Watson	118	10.04
	Liberal	Lisa Gaskell	44	3.74
Majority
Turnout			1175	9.59

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eddie Clein *	1925	55.51
	Labour	Peter Dowling	711	20.50
	Conservative	Chris Lighten	490	14.13
	Green	Geoff Bunn	202	5.82
	Liberal	Philip Daley	140	4.04
Majority
Turnout			3468	31.29

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Erica Kemp *	2330	60.19
	Labour	David Shepherd	522	13.48
	Green	Eleanor Martin	286	7.39
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	360	9.30
	Independent	Jeffrey Berman	273	7.05
	Liberal	James MacGregor	100	2.58
Majority
Turnout			3871	36.18

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Noakes	1341	48.00
	Green	Eleanor Pontin	68	2.43
	Liberal	Dennis Gaskell	859	30.74
	Conservative	Gwynneth Hicklin	150	5.37
	British National Party	Peter Squire	358	12.81
	Independent	Maggie Stewart	18	0.64
Majority
Turnout			2794	24.77

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marilyn Fielding *	1196	42.70
	Labour	Gerard Woodhouse	1189	42.45
	Green	Tony Jones	48	1.71
	Liberal	Roger Webb	32	1.14
	Conservative	Paul Barber	66	2.36
	British National Party	Peter Stafford	200	7.14
	UK Independence	Colin Windever	70	2.50
Majority
Turnout			2801	27.66

Cressington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Keaveney (PARTY)	1812	50.17
	Labour	Anna Briggs	792	21.93
	Green	Martin Randall	262	7.25
	Liberal	John Pagan	108	2.99
	Conservative	Paul Athans	638	17.66
Majority
Turnout			3612	32.27

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Geoghegan	1245	35.57
	Labour	Rose Bailey	1810	51.71
	Green	Don Ross	77	2.20
	Conservative	Diane Westwell	88	2.51
	British National Party	George Muse	109	3.11
	Independent	Ken Stewart	171	4.89
Majority
Turnout			3500	33.35

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Rainford	120	5.15
	Labour	Frank Prendergast *	1678	72.02
	Green	Peter North	102	4.38
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	78	3.35
	Conservative	Mark Cottrell	130	5.58
	British National Party	Jackie Stafford	222	9.53
Majority
Turnout			2330	23.07

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Seddon	608	19.33
	Labour	Jack Spriggs *	1811	57.58
	Green	Ralf Ganza	64	2.03
	Liberal	Jane Canning	68	2.16
	Conservative	Denise Nuttall	154	4.90
	British National Party	Peter Stafford	440	13.99
Majority
Turnout			3145	27.64

Greenbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Clein *	1180	47.99
	Labour	Christopher Helm	564	22.94
	Green	Martin Dobson	498	20.25
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	52	2.11
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	165	6.71
Majority
Turnout			2459	23.28

Kensington & Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Doran *	1214	41.19
	Labour	Liam Robinson	1411	47.88
	Green	Janet Bunn	144	4.89
	Liberal	Karen Wiiliams	85	2.88
	Conservative	Nigel Barber	93	3.16
Majority
Turnout			2947	31.22

Kirkdale(2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Bradley	144	2.95
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Morrison	107	2.19
	Labour	Beatrice Fraenkel	1737	35.54
	Labour	Joseph Hanson	1971	40.33
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	96	1.96
	Green	Alison Edis	95	1.94
	Liberal	Damien Daly	46	0.94
	Conservative	Alma McGing	95	1.94
	Conservative	John Watson	61	1.25
	British National Party	Steven Greenhalgh	389	7.96
	Independent	Will Thomson	146	2.99
Majority
Turnout			4887	21.23

Knotty Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Irving *	1642	46.10
	Labour	Anthony Conception	1607	45.12
	Green	James Munro	128	3.59
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood	185	5.19
Majority
Turnout			3562	35.33

Mossley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lynnie Williams	1445	45.04
	Labour	Matthew Garlick	650	20.26
	Green	Robert Smith	403	12.56
	Liberal	David Wood	140	4.36
	Conservative	Giselle McDonald	570	17.77
Majority
Turnout			3208	30.51

Norris Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Cooke *	1520	64.49
	Green	Thomas Crone	70	2.97
	Liberal	Vera Phillips	258	10.95
	Conservative	Michael Lind	148	6.28
	British National Party	John Edgar	303	12.86
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	58	2.46
Majority
Turnout			2357	22.41

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Millar	1372	44.63
	Labour	Allen Hammond	824	26.81
	Green	Paul Grimes	130	4.23
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	321	10.44
	Conservative	Lauren Graham	127	4.13
	British National Party	Steven McEllenborough	300	9.76
Majority
Turnout			3074	26.59

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Makinson *	1262	47.89
	Labour	Timothy Beaumont	1015	38.52
	Green	Laurence Wilson	150	5.69
	Liberal	Griffith Parry	109	4.14
	Conservative	Ann Temple	99	3.76
Majority
Turnout			2635	24.16

Princes Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mumin Khan	714	28.61
	Labour	Timothy Moore	1227	49.16
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	318	12.74
	Liberal	Michael Williams	74	2.96
	Conservative	Catherine Hirst	163	6.53
Majority
Turnout			2496	24.84

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Conor McDonald	202	8.03
	Labour	Stephen Munby *	1838	73.08
	Green	William Ward	184	7.32
	Liberal	John Graves	102	4.06
	Conservative	Emlyn Williams	189	7.51
Majority
Turnout			2515	23.35

St Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Allen *	1128	36.73
	Labour	Nicholas Mutize	485	15.79
	Green	Sarah Jennings	1309	42.62
	Conservative	David Patmore	149	4.85
Majority
Turnout			3071	31.64

Speke-Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jackie Wilson	479	16.26
	Labour	Colin Strickland *	1866	63.36
	Green	Fiona Coyne	93	3.16
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	128	4.35
	Conservative	Brenda Coppell	171	5.81
	British National Party	Jane Greenhalgh	208	7.06
Majority
Turnout			2945	23.19

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kathryn Dadswell	135	4.59
	Labour	Robert Millington	484	16.47
	Green	Jennifer Brown	92	3.13
	Liberal	Steve Radford *	2128	72.43
	Conservative	George Powell	99	3.37
Majority
Turnout			2938	27.10

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Roberts	724	22.82
	Labour	Richard McLinden	1852	58.37
	Green	Raphael Levy	99	3.12
	Liberal	George Roberts	724	22.82
	Conservative	Mark Rea	154	4.85
	British National Party	Carol Kilkenny	198	6.24
Majority
Turnout			3173	28.31

Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Warren Bradley *	2223	68.51
	Labour	Nicholas Wallace	508	15.65
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	297	9.15
	Liberal	Charles Mayes	46	1.42
	Conservative	David Grundy	171	5.27
Majority
Turnout			3245	30.59

West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	1244	37.29
	Labour	Brenda McGrath	863	25.87
	Green	Kim Graham	160	4.80
	Liberal	Ann Hines *	731	21.91
	Conservative	Neil Wilson	338	10.13
Majority
Turnout			3336	29.94

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Collinge *	1771	46.41
	Labour	Laurence Freeman	572	14.99
	Green	Alexander Rudkin	161	4.22
	Liberal	Maria Langley	58	1.52
	Conservative	Richard Downey	1254	32.86
Majority
Turnout			3816	36.45

Yew Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Airey	820	29.58
	Labour	John Prince	1370	49.42
	Green	Peter Cranie	125	4.51
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	112	4.04
	Conservative	June Brandwood	345	12.45
Majority
Turnout			2772	24.81

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