2008 Liverpool City Council election
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)
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2008 local election results in Liverpool
After the election, the composition of the council was
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | ?? | -5 | |
Labour | ?? | +4 | |
Liberal Party | 3 | 0 | |
Green | ?? | +1 | |
Election result
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
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Kirkdale
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
St Michael's
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Tuebrook & Stoneycroft
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Steve Radford * | 2,128 | 72% | ||
Labour | Robert Millington | 484 | 16% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Dadswell | 135 | 4.6% | ||
Green | Jennifer Brown | 92 | 3.1% | ||
Conservative | George Powell | 99 | 3.4% | ||
Majority | 1,644 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,843 | ||||
Turnout | 2,938 | 27% | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
By Elections
Fazakerley, 18 February 2010
Caused by the death of Councillor Jack Spriggs (Labour, elected 1 May 2008).
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 | ||||
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