2008 Crawley Borough Council election

The 2008 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[2]

2008 Crawley Borough Council election[1]
1 May 2008
13 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 22 12 3
Seats won 9 4 0
Seats after 26 9 2
Seat change Increase4 Decrease3 Decrease1
Popular vote 11,483 7,329 1,674
Percentage 52.0% 33.2% 7.6%
Map showing the results of the 2008 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results

Bewbush
Bewbush[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Marion Ayling 710 48.0%
Conservative Alex Maple 429 29.0%
BNP Linda Atkinson 231 15.6%
Justice Party Arshad Khan 108 7.3%
Majority 281 19.0%
Turnout 1,478
Labour hold

Broadfield North
Broadfield North[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Brian Quinn 622 51.6%
Conservative David Bowen 472 39.1%
Liberal Democrats Robert Huston 112 9.3%
Majority 150 12.5%
Turnout 1,206
Labour hold

Broadfield South
Broadfield South[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Lee Gilroy 668 57.0%
Labour Ian Irvine 503 43.0%
Majority 165 14.0%
Turnout 1,171
Conservative hold

Gossops Green
Gossops Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Beryl Mecrow 766 48.0%
Labour Chris Mullins 498 31.2%
BNP Dennis Kenealy 242 15.2%
Liberal Democrats Gomeze Clayton 89 5.6%
Majority 268 16.8%
Turnout 1,595
Conservative hold

Ifield
Ifield[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ali Burke 984 42.7%
Labour John Stanley 748 32.4%
BNP George Baldwin 363 15.7%
Liberal Democrats Edward Arnold 211 9.2%
Majority 236 10.3%
Turnout 2,306
Conservative gain from Labour

Langley Green
Langley Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Brenda Smith 954 52.1%
Conservative Tony Pushpanathan 722 39.4%
Liberal Democrats Muhammed Musoke 156 8.5%
Majority 232 12.7%
Turnout 1,832
Labour hold

Maidenbower
Maidenbower[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Jennifer Millar-Smith 1,552 82.4%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Osborne 166 8.8%
Labour Raj Sharma 166 8.8%
Majority 1,386 73.6%
Turnout 1,884
Conservative hold

Pound Hill North
Pound Hill North[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Keith Brockwell 1,349 72.6%
Liberal Democrats Eddie Reay 267 14.4%
Labour Thakordas Patel 242 13.0%
Majority 1,082 58.2%
Turnout 1,858
Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth
Pound Hill South and Worth[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Bob Lanzer 1,482 68.7%
Labour Colin Moffatt 293 13.6%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Wickins 196 9.1%
BNP Vernon Atkinson 186 8.6%
Majority 1,189 55.1%
Turnout 2,157
Conservative hold

Southgate
Southgate[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sukhjit Kaur 1,040 48.4%
Labour Stephen Joyce 786 36.6%
Liberal Democrats Darren Wise 323 15.0%
Majority 254 11.8%
Turnout 2,149
Conservative gain from Labour

Three Bridges
Three Bridges[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Brenda Burgess 893 54.4%
Labour Chris Oxlade 596 36.3%
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Hoverd 154 9.4%
Majority 297 18.1%
Turnout 1,643
Conservative hold

Tilgate
Tilgate[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Lawrence Taylor 725 44.6%
Labour Geraint Thomas 627 38.6%
BNP Richard Trower 274 16.9%
Majority 98 6.0%
Turnout 1,626
Conservative gain from Labour

West Green
West Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Bert Crane 584 50.1%
Conservative Tina Belben 401 34.4%
BNP Stuart Minihane 180 15.5%
Majority 183 15.7%
Turnout 1,165
Labour hold

References
  1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2008". Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. "Elections 2008: Crawley". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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