2008 UK local government election
2008 Liverpool City Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png)
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30 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 30 wards 46 seats needed for a majority |
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2008 local election results in Liverpool 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)
After the election, the composition of the council was
Party | Seats | ± |
| Liberal Democrat | ?? | -5 |
| Labour | ?? | +4 |
| Liberal Party | 3 | 0 |
| Green | ?? | +1 |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 2008 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 13 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 42% | 34% | 31,085 | |
| Labour | 16 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 52% | 41% | 35,082 | |
| Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2% | 7.6% | 6,874 | |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3.2% | 6.7% | 6,045 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 8.5% | 7,724 | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3.4% | 3,063 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.74% | 635 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.08% | 70 | |
| United Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.078% | 67 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.067% | 58 | |
Ward results
* - Councillor standing for re-election.
Allerton & Hunts Cross
Allerton & Hunts Cross Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Flo Clucas * | 1,605 | 48.56 | +3.74 |
| Conservative | Adam Ernest Marsden | 737 | 22.30 | +4.20 |
| Labour | Colin McAlley | 684 | 20.70 | +0.30 |
| Green | Margaret Williams | 171 | 5.17 | +0.07 |
| Liberal | Christopher Hulme | 108 | 3.27 | -0.93 |
Majority | 868 | | |
Registered electors | 10,942 | | |
Turnout | 3,305 | 30% | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[1]
Anfield
Anfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Brian Dowling | 1,521 | 52% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robbie Quinn * | 1,077 | 37% | |
| Liberal | Stephen Houghland | 133 | 4.5% | |
| Conservative | Francis Stevens | 97 | 3.3% | |
| Green | Jean Hill | 96 | 3.3% | |
| Independent | Michael McDonough | 27 | 0.91 | |
Majority | 444 | | |
Registered electors | 10,153 | | |
Turnout | 2,951 | 29% | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[2]
Belle Vale
Belle Vale Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Claire Wilner | 1,673 | 46% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Marshall * | 1,383 | 38% | |
| BNP | Peter Michael Molloy | 336 | 9.2% | |
| Conservative | Jack Stallworthy | 111 | 3% | |
| Green | Mark Bowman | 78 | 2.1% | |
| United Socialist | Paul Filby | 67 | 1.8% | |
Majority | 291 | | |
Registered electors | 11,024 | | |
Turnout | 3,648 | 33% | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | | |
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
[3]
Central
Central Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Christine Banks | 722 | 61% | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Murray | 157 | 13% | |
| Green | Michael Cotgreave | 134 | 11% | |
| Conservative | Gregg Watson | 118 | 10% | |
| Liberal | Lisa Gaskell | 44 | 3.7% | |
Majority | 534 | | |
Registered electors | 12,248 | | |
Turnout | 1,175 | 9.6% | |
Rejected ballots | 6 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[4]
Childwall
Childwall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Eddie Clein * | 1,925 | 56% | |
| Labour | Peter Dowling | 711 | 21% | |
| Conservative | Chris Lighten | 490 | 14% | |
| Green | Geoff Bunn | 202 | 5.8% | |
| Liberal | Philip Daley | 140 | 4% | |
Majority | 1,435 | | |
Registered electors | 11,082 | | |
Turnout | 3,468 | 31% | |
Rejected ballots | 14 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[5]
Church
Church Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Erica Kemp * | 2,330 | 60% | |
| Labour | David Shepherd | 522 | 13% | |
| Conservative | Norman Coppell | 360 | 9.3% | |
| Green | Eleanor Martin | 286 | 7.4% | |
| Independent | Jeffrey Berman | 273 | 7% | |
| Liberal | James MacGregor | 100 | 2.6% | |
Majority | 1,970 | | |
Registered electors | 1,699 | | |
Turnout | 3,871 | 36% | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[6]
Clubmoor
Clubmoor Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jim Noakes | 1,341 | 48% | |
| Liberal | Dennis Gaskell | 859 | 31% | |
| BNP | Peter Squire | 358 | 12% | |
| Conservative | Gwynneth Hicklin | 150 | 5.4% | |
| Green | Eleanor Pontin | 68 | 2.4% | |
| Independent | Maggie Stewart | 18 | 0.6% | |
Majority | 482 | | |
Registered electors | 11,282 | | |
Turnout | 2794 | 24.77 | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[7]
County
County Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Fielding * | 1,196 | 43% | |
| Labour | Gerard Woodhouse | 1,189 | 42% | |
| BNP | Peter Stafford | 200 | 7% | |
| UKIP | Colin Windever | 70 | 2.5% | |
| Conservative | Paul Barber | 66 | 2.4% | |
| Green | Tony Jones | 48 | 1.7% | |
| Liberal | Roger Webb | 32 | 1.1% | |
Majority | 7 | | |
Registered electors | 10,126 | | |
Turnout | 2,801 | 28% | |
Rejected ballots | 3 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[8]
Cressington
Cressington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Paula Keaveney | 1,812 | 50% | |
| Labour | Anna Briggs | 792 | 22% | |
| Conservative | Paul Athans | 638 | 18% | |
| Green | Martin Randall | 262 | 7.3% | |
| Liberal | John Pagan | 108 | 3% | |
Majority | 1,020 | | |
Registered electors | 11,192 | | |
Turnout | 3,612 | 32% | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[9]
Croxteth
Croxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Rose Bailey * | 1,810 | 52% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Geoghegan | 1,245 | 36% | |
| Independent | Ken Stewart | 171 | 4.9% | |
| BNP | George Muse | 109 | 3.1% | |
| Conservative | Diane Westwell | 88 | 2.5% | |
| Green | Don Ross | 77 | 2.2% | |
Majority | 565 | | |
Registered electors | 10,496 | | |
Turnout | 3,500 | 33% | |
Rejected ballots | 8 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[10]
Everton
Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Frank Prendergast * | 1,678 | 72% | |
| BNP | Jackie Stafford | 222 | 9.5% | |
| Conservative | Mark Cotterell | 130 | 5.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Rainford | 120 | 5.2% | |
| Green | Peter North | 102 | 4.4% | |
| Liberal | Linda Roberts | 78 | 3.4% | |
Majority | 1,456 | | |
Registered electors | 10,101 | | |
Turnout | 2,330 | 23% | |
Rejected ballots | 7 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[11]
Fazakerley
Fazakerley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jack Spriggs * | 1,811 | 58% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Seddon | 608 | 19% | |
| BNP | Peter Stafford | 440 | 14% | |
| Conservative | Denise Nuttall | 154 | 4.9% | |
| Liberal | Jane Canning | 68 | 2.2% | |
| Green | Ralf Ganza | 64 | 2% | |
Majority | 1,203 | | |
Registered electors | 11,377 | | |
Turnout | 3,145 | 28% | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[12]
Greenbank
Greenbank Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Clein * | 1,180 | 48% | |
| Labour | Christopher Helm | 564 | 23% | |
| Green | Martin Dobson | 498 | 20% | |
| Conservative | Ann Nugent | 165 | 6.7% | |
| Liberal | Susan O'Brien | 52 | 2.1% | |
Majority | 544 | | |
Registered electors | 10,561 | | |
Turnout | 2,459 | 23% | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[13]
Kensington & Fairfield
Kensington & Fairfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Liam Robinson | 1.411 | 48% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Francis Doran * | 1,214 | 41% | |
| Green | Janet Bunn | 144 | 4.9% | |
| Conservative | Nigel Barber | 93 | 3.1% | |
| Liberal | Karen Williams | 85 | 2.9% | |
Majority | 197 | | |
Registered electors | 9,438 | | |
Turnout | 2,947 | 31% | |
Rejected ballots | 8 | | |
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
[14]
Kirkdale
Kirkdale - 2 seats Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Joseph Hanson * | 1,971 | 40% | |
| Labour | Beatrice Fraenkel | 1,737 | 36% | |
| BNP | Steven Greenhalgh | 389 | 8% | |
| Independent | Will Thomson | 146 | 3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Bradley | 144 | 3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Morrison | 107 | 2.2% | |
| Green | Jonathan Clatworthy | 96 | 2% | |
| Green | Alison Edis | 95 | 2% | |
| Conservative | Alma McGing | 95 | 2% | |
| Conservative | John Watson | 61 | 1.3% | |
| Liberal | Damien Daly | 46 | 0.94% | |
Majority | 1,582 | | |
Registered electors | 11,512 | | |
Turnout | 4,887 | 21% | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[15]
Knotty Ash
Knotty Ash Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | David Irving * | 1,642 | 46% | |
| Labour | Anthony Conception | 1,607 | 45% | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Brandwood | 185 | 5.2% | |
| Green | James Munro | 128 | 3.6% | |
Majority | 35 | | |
Registered electors | 10,0083 | | |
Turnout | 3,562 | 35% | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[16]
Mossley Hill
Mossley Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynnie Williams | 1,445 | 45% | |
| Labour | Matthew Garlick | 650 | 20% | |
| Conservative | Giselle McDonald | 570 | 18% | |
| Green | Robert Smith | 403 | 13% | |
| Liberal | David Wood | 140 | 4% | |
Majority | 795 | | |
Registered electors | 10,515 | | |
Turnout | 3,208 | 31% | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[17]
Norris Green
Norris Green Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Francis Cooke * | 1,520 | 64% | |
| BNP | John Edgar | 303 | 13% | |
| Liberal | Vera Phillips | 258 | 11% | |
| Conservative | Michael Lind | 148 | 6.3% | |
| Green | Thomas Crone | 70 | 3% | |
| Socialist Labour | Kai Anderson | 58 | 2.4% | |
Majority | 1,217 | | |
Registered electors | 10,519 | | |
Turnout | 2,357 | 22% | |
Rejected ballots | 3 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[18]
Old Swan
Old Swan Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Millar | 1,372 | 45% | |
| Labour | Allen Hammond | 824 | 27% | |
| Liberal | Edith Bamford | 321 | 10% | |
| BNP | Steven McEllenborough | 300 | 9.7% | |
| Green | Paul Grimes | 130 | 4.2% | |
| Conservative | Lauren Graham | 127 | 4.1% | |
Majority | 548 | | |
Registered electors | 11,559 | | |
Turnout | 3,074 | 27% | |
Rejected ballots | 5 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[19]
Picton
Picton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Makinson * | 1,262 | 48% | |
| Labour | Timothy Beaumont | 1,015 | 39% | |
| Green | Laurence Wilson | 150 | 5.7% | |
| Liberal | Griffith Parry | 109 | 4.1% | |
| Conservative | Ann Temple | 99 | 3.8% | |
Majority | 247 | | |
Registered electors | 10,906 | | |
Turnout | 2,635 | 24% | |
Rejected ballots | 12 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[20]
Princes Park
Princes Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Timothy Moore | 1,227 | 49% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mumin Khan | 714 | 29% | |
| Green | Rebecca Lawson | 318 | 13% | |
| Conservative | Catherine Hirst | 163 | 6.5% | |
| Liberal | Michael Williams | 74 | 3% | |
Majority | 513 | | |
Registered electors | 10,049 | | |
Turnout | 2,496 | 25% | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[21]
Riverside
Riverside Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen Munby * | 1,838 | 73% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Conor McDonald | 202 | 8% | |
| Conservative | Emlyn Williams | 189 | 7.5% | |
| Green | William Ward | 184 | 7.3% | |
| Liberal | John Graves | 102 | 4% | |
Majority | 1,636 | | |
Registered electors | 10,771 | | |
Turnout | 2,515 | 23% | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[22]
St Michael's
St Michaels Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Green | Sarah Jennings | 1,309 | 43% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elaine Allen * | 1,128 | 37% | |
| Labour | Nicholas Mutize | 485 | 16% | |
| Conservative | David Patmore | 149 | 4.9% | |
Majority | 181 | | |
Registered electors | 9,706 | | |
Turnout | 3,071 | 32% | |
Rejected ballots | 13 | | |
| Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
[23]
Speke-Garston
Speke-Garston Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Colin Strickland * | 1,866 | 63% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jackie Wilson | 479 | 16% | |
| BNP | Jane Greenhalgh | 208 | 7% | |
| Conservative | Brenda Coppell | 171 | 5.8% | |
| Liberal | Irene Mayes | 128 | 4.4% | |
| Green | Fiona Coyne | 93 | 3.2% | |
Majority | 1,387 | | |
Registered electors | 12,699 | | |
Turnout | 2,945 | 23% | |
Rejected ballots | 6 | | |
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
[24]
Tuebrook & Stoneycroft
[25]
Warbreck
Warbreck Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Richard McLinden | 1,852 | 58% | |
| Liberal | George Roberts | 724 | 23% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Roberts | 724 | 23% | |
| BNP | Carol Kilkenny | 198 | 6.2% | |
| Conservative | Mark Rea | 154 | 4.9% | |
| Green | Raphael Levy | 99 | 3.1% | |
Majority | 1,128 | | |
Registered electors | 11,207 | | |
Turnout | 3,173 | 28% | |
Rejected ballots | 5 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[26]
Wavertree
Wavertree Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Warren Bradley * | 2,223 | 69% | |
| Labour | Nicholas Wallace | 508 | 16% | |
| Green | Julie Birch-Holt | 297 | 9.2% | |
| Conservative | David Grundy | 171 | 5.3% | |
| Liberal | Charles Mayes | 46 | 1.4% | |
Majority | 1,715 | | |
Registered electors | 10,607 | | |
Turnout | 3,245 | 31% | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
[27]
West Derby
West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Hulme | 1,244 | 37% | |
| Labour | Brenda McGrath | 863 | 26% | |
| Liberal | Ann Hines * | 731 | 22% | |
| Conservative | Neil Wilson | 338 | 10% | |
| Green | Kim Graham | 160 | 4.8% | |
Majority | 381 | | |
Registered electors | 11,144 | | |
Turnout | 3,336 | 30% | |
Rejected ballots | 16 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[28]
Woolton
Woolton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Collinge * | 1,771 | 46% | |
| Conservative | Richard Downey | 1,254 | 33% | |
| Labour | Laurence Freeman | 572 | 15% | |
| Green | Alexander Rudkin | 161 | 4.2% | |
| Liberal | Maria Langley | 58 | 1.5% | |
Majority | 517 | | |
Registered electors | 10,468 | | |
Turnout | 3,816 | 36% | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
[29]
Yew Tree
Yew Tree Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Prince | 1,370 | 49% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Airey | 820 | 30% | |
| Conservative | June Brandwood | 345 | 12% | |
| Green | Peter Cranie | 125 | 4.5% | |
| Liberal | Tracey Hawksford | 112 | 4% | |
Majority | 550 | | |
Registered electors | 11,173 | | |
Turnout | 2,772 | 25% | |
Rejected ballots | 18 | | |
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
[30] [31]
By Elections
Fazakerley, 18 February 2010
Caused by the death of Councillor Jack Spriggs (Labour, elected 1 May 2008).
Fazakerley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Louise Ashton-Armstrong | 1,525 | 58% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Charles Seddon | 807 | 30% | |
| BNP | Peter James Stafford | 234 | 8.8% | |
| Green | Alexander Rudkin | 84 | 3.2% | |
Majority | 718 | | |
Registered electors | 11,310 | | |
Turnout | 2,650 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[32]
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- ^ "Riverside". Liverpool City Council elections 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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