St Albans City and District Council election, 2008

Map of the results of the 2008 St Albans City and District Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008.

The 2008 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

Before the election the Liberal Democrats had 29 seats, compared to 19 for the Conservatives, 8 for Labour and there were 2 Independents.^[3] 18 of the 20 wards were contested in 2008, with only Colney Heath and Sandridge wards not having an election.^[3] Each of the Liberal Democrat, Conservative, Labour and Green parties contested every seat, apart from in Redbourn where the Liberal Democrats did not put up a candidate against the sitting independent councillor Tony Swendell.^[3]

3 Liberal Democrat councillors, Brian Peyton, Brian Sinfield and Jenny Stroud, and 2 Conservative councillors, Clare Ellis and Liz Stevenson, stood down at the election.^[3] Independent, former Conservative, councillor John Newman also did not defend his seat in Harpenden West after moving to Dorset.^[3]

Election result

The Liberal Democrats regained an overall majority of 2 on the council with 30 councillors, after making a net gain of one seat.^[4]^[5] They gained seats in Batchwood, Sopwell and Verulam wards, but lost Harpenden East and Wheathampstead to the Conservatives, who increased to 22 seats on the council.^[5] The Labour party lost all of the seats they had been defending, including London Colney to the Conservatives, to fall to 5 seats on the council, while independent Tony Swendell held his seat in Redbourn.^[5] Labour blamed their defeats on voters protesting against the national Labour government.^[5] Overall turnout was 42.5%, a drop from 43.6% at the 2007 election.^[5]

Following the election the national Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg came to St Albans to celebrate the results.^[6]

St Albans local election result 2008^[7]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	10	3	2	+1	55.6	34.3	13,642	-3.5%
	Conservative	7	4	1	+3	38.9	43.2	17,184	+0.6%
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	5.6	3.2	1,258	+3.2%
	Labour	0	0	3	-3	0	12.6	5,031	-0.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	6.7	2,675	-0.1%

Ward results

Ashley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Ellis	1,016	50.0	+8.7
	Conservative	Guy Young	521	25.6	+1.3
	Labour	Alistair Cooper	272	13.4	-6.9
	Green	Graham Ward	223	11.0	-3.1
Majority			495	24.4	+7.4
Turnout			2,032	37.7	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Batchwood^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Witherick	864	39.4	+9.3
	Labour	David McManus	702	32.0	-2.6
	Conservative	Indranil Chakravorty	454	20.7	-5.0
	Green	Naomi Love	174	7.9	-1.7
Majority			162	7.4
Turnout			2,194	40.9	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Clarence^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher White	979	47.6	-6.3
	Conservative	Dursun Altun	629	30.6	+8.8
	Green	Pete Eggleston	237	11.5	-1.3
	Labour	Richard Harris	211	10.3	-1.2
Majority			350	17.0	-15.1
Turnout			2,056	43.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cunningham^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Geoff Harrison	971	49.0	-4.9
	Conservative	James Vessey	659	33.3	+5.4
	Labour	John Paton	208	10.5	-0.4
	Green	Jack Easton	143	7.2	-0.1
Majority			312	15.7	-10.3
Turnout			1,981	41.4	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Harpenden East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julie Bell	1,259	51.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Phillips	944	38.7	+0.9
	Labour	David Crew	158	6.5	-0.7
	Green	Lydia El-Khouri	81	3.3	-1.3
Majority			315	12.9	+0.4
Turnout			2,442	46.4	+1.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Harpenden North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Chambers	1,201	64.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Burrow	394	21.1	-0.1
	Labour	Rosemary Ross	142	7.6	-0.8
	Green	Annett Tate	127	6.8	+0.1
Majority			807	43.3	+0.5
Turnout			1,864	36.3	-2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stuart Roberts	1,518	75.2	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Spinks	278	13.8	+1.8
	Labour	Linda Spiri	126	6.2	-1.9
	Green	Lorna Hann	96	4.8	-1.0
Majority			1,240	61.4	-0.8
Turnout			2,018	38.4	-2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden West^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Allen Chamberlain	1,495	68.0
	Liberal Democrat	Albert Moses	418	19.0
	Labour	Benjamin Dearman	160	7.3
	Green	Tim Blackwell	125	5.7
Majority			1,077	49.0
Turnout			2,198	39.6	-4.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

London Colney^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dave Winstone	1,175	47.5	+4.0
	Labour	Chris Flynn	1,044	42.2	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Ketley	140	5.7	-5.6
	Green	Rosalind Hardy	113	4.6	+4.6
Majority			131	5.3
Turnout			2,472	36.6	+6.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Marshalswick North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Churchyard	1,174	51.4	-3.2
	Conservative	Seema Kennedy	874	38.2	+4.4
	Labour	Ruairi McCourt	128	5.6	-0.7
	Green	Rosalind Paul	109	4.8	-0.5
Majority			300	13.2	-7.6
Turnout			2,285	47.4	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marshalswick South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Melvyn Teare	1,190	47.7	-0.1
	Conservative	Sabena Khan	848	34.0	-0.2
	Labour	Anthony Nicholson	254	10.2	-0.8
	Green	Gillian Mills	202	8.1	+1.1
Majority			342	13.7	+0.1
Turnout			2,494	48.1	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Park Street^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David Yates	1,125	50.8	+1.3
	Conservative	Mary Zambra	861	38.9	+0.4
	Labour	Alex Breed	153	6.9	-0.7
	Green	Stephen Clough	74	3.3	-1.1
Majority			264	11.9	+0.9
Turnout			2,213	41.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Redbourn^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Tony Swendell	1,258	59.8	+59.8
	Conservative	Roger Gray	687	32.7	-13.7
	Labour	Richard Bruckdorfer	81	3.9	-0.5
	Green	Kate Metcalf	77	3.7	+0.1
Majority			571	27.1	+26.3
Turnout			2,103	44.8	-2.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Sopwell^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Axworthy	711	34.5	+2.3
	Labour	Janet Smith	707	34.3	-2.7
	Conservative	Mary Murphy	462	22.4	+1.7
	Green	Thomas Hardy	183	8.9	-1.2
Majority			4	0.2
Turnout			2,063	40.2	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

St Peters^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Morris	773	36.5	-3.5
	Conservative	Nadia Davies	661	31.2	+8.5
	Green	Simon Grover	362	17.1	-1.7
	Labour	Michael Jewitt	321	15.2	-4.3
Majority			112	5.3	-13.0
Turnout			2,117	38.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Stephen^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Canham	1,542	72.0	+12.9
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Allum	357	16.7	-11.8
	Labour	Janet Blackwell	153	7.1	-1.0
	Green	Lucy Eggleston	89	4.2	-0.1
Majority			1,185	55.3	+24.7
Turnout			2,141	42.7	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verulam^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Fred Wartenberg	1,273	47.5	-4.4
	Conservative	Nigel Smith	1,098	41.0	+3.3
	Green	Margaret Grover	185	6.9	+1.2
	Labour	Jill Gipps	125	4.7	+0.0
Majority			175	6.5	-7.7
Turnout			2,681	52.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Wheathampstead^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gillian Clark	1,240	50.9	+6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Edelston	1,035	42.5	-5.9
	Labour	Peter Woodhams	86	3.5	+0.3
	Green	Simon Wakeling	75	3.1	-0.7
Majority			205	8.4
Turnout			2,436	52.5	-1.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

By-elections between 2008 and 2010

A by-election was held in Harpenden South on 4 June 2009 after Conservative councillor Paul Foster resigned from the council.^[8] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Brian Ellis with a majority of 899 votes over the Labour Party.^[9]

Harpenden South by-election 4 June 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Ellis	1,602	53.5	-21.8
	Labour	Richard Lane	703	23.5	+17.2
	Liberal Democrat	Albert Moses	427	14.3	+0.5
	Green	Annett Tate	264	8.8	+4.1
Majority			899	30.0
Turnout			2,996
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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1 2 "Harpenden South Ward - 4th June 2009". St Albans City & District Council. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

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