United Kingdom local elections, 2008
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| United Kingdom local elections, 2008 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils |
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| 1 May 2008 | |||||||
| Majority Party | Minority Party | Third Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | David Cameron | Nick Clegg | Gordon Brown | ||||
| Party | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Labour | ||||
| Leader since | 6 December 2005 | 18 December 2007 | 24 June 2007 | ||||
| Last election | 40% | 26% | 27% | ||||
| Percentage | 44% | 25% | 24% | ||||
| Councils | 65 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| Councils +/– | +12 | +1 | –9 | ||||
| Councillors | 3,154 | 1,805 | 2,368 | ||||
| Councillors +/– | +256 | +34 | –331
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The 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. These elections took place in 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils.[1]
There were also extra-ordinary elections held for four of the new unitary authorities being created, in Northumberland, County Durham and Cheshire (two councils - Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester).[2] Scheduled elections for Penwith in Cornwall, Shrewsbury & Atcham in Shropshire, Bedford and South Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire and five district councils in Cheshire were cancelled, due to the up-coming unitary authorities being established in those counties.
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[edit] Summary of results
| Party | Councillors | Councils | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/- | Total | +/- | Total | ||
| Conservative Party | +257 | 3,155 | +12 | 65 | |
| Labour Party | -334 | 2,365 | -9 | 18 | |
| Liberal Democrat | +33 | 1,804 | +1 | 12 | |
| Plaid Cymru | +31 | 205 | -1 | 0 | |
| Green Party | +5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Residents | -11 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| British National Party | +10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | -2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Health Concern | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom Independence Party | +3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Respect – The Unity Coalition | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Party (England and Wales) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | +4 | 716 | 0 | 0 | |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | -3 | 64 | |
[edit] Metropolitan boroughs
All 36 English metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
[edit] Unitary Authorities
[edit] Existing councils
In 19 English unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election.
[edit] New councils
Elections were held in three of the current non-metropolitan counties of Cheshire, County Durham and Northumberland for four new unitary authorities to be established in 2009. These councils will be "shadow councils" until then.
| Council | Result | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East | Conservative | Details | |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Conservative | Details | |
| Durham | Labour | ||
| Northumberland | No overall control | ||
[edit] District councils
[edit] Whole council
In 4 English district authorities the whole council was up for election following ward boundary changes.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow-in-Furness | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Basingstoke and Deane | No overall control | Conservative gain | |||
| South Lakeland | Liberal Democrat | Liberal Democrat hold | |||
| Welwyn Hatfield | Conservative | Conservative hold | |||
[edit] Half of council
In 7 English district authorities half of the council was up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Cheltenham | No overall control | No overall control hold | |||
| Fareham | Conservative | Conservative hold | |||
| Gosport | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Hastings | No overall control | No overall control hold | |||
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | Labour | Conservative gain | |||
| Oxford | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
[edit] Third of council
In 67 English district authorities a third of the council was up for election.
Key: Labour control Conservative control No Overall Control
In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.
[edit] Welsh councils
[edit] See also
[edit] References
| Preceded by United Kingdom local elections, 2007 |
UK local elections | Succeeded by United Kingdom local elections, 2009 |
