Wolverhampton City Council election, 2008
Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 1 May 2008 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour group lost overall control after losing eight seats across the City.
Turnout across the City was 34.6%, with variations in turnout ranging from 22.1% in the Bushbury South & Low Hill ward up to 45.4% in Tettenhall Wightwick.
Following the election, an alliance between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups was formed, ending 14 years of Labour Party rule.
Composition
Due to the only Liberal Councillor officially joining the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Democrats had increased their number of Councillors in 2007 from 3 to 4.
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:
Following the election, the composition of the council is:
Election result
Wolverhampton Local Election Result 2008 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 28 | 0 | -8 | -8 | 46 | 34.4 | 21300 | -3244 | ||
Conservative | 27 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 45 | 48.2 | 29833 | +5763 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8 | 15.6 | 9630 | +482 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1158 | -1964 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 340 | -252 | ||
Equal Parenting Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 101 | +101 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1808 | ||
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Thomas Turner | 1168 | 47.2 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Nick Thompson | 969 | 39.1 | +13.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Cockayne | 339 | 13.7 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 199 | 7.98 | |||
Turnout | 2476 | 26.2 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Gillian Fellows | 1272 | 44.6 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Trudy Bowen | 1180 | 41.4 | -3.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alexandra Lawrence | 209 | 7.3 | -1.4 | |
Green | Edward Clarke | 189 | 6.6 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 92 | 3.21 | |||
Turnout | 2850 | 31.8 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 5.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Rowley | 1855 | 56.7 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | Avtar Sidhu | 1218 | 37.2 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Frances Heap | 198 | 6.1 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 637 | 19.5 | |||
Turnout | 3271 | 37.9 | -1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Carl Husted | 1723 | 47.9 | +9.9 | |
Labour | Paula Brookfield | 1024 | 28.5 | +1.1 | |
BNP | Simon Patten | 580 | 16.1 | -6.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Susan Bem | 269 | 7.5 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 699 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 3596 | 39.0 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Peter Bilson | 982 | 48.0 | -7.8 | |
Conservative | Annette Pugh | 751 | 36.7 | +13.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Jenkins | 311 | 15.2 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 231 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 2044 | 22.1 | -1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Stephen Hall | 1309 | 46.6 | +25.7 | |
Labour | Patricia Byrne | 975 | 34.7 | -11.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Darren Friel | 528 | 18.8 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 334 | 11.9 | |||
Turnout | 2812 | 31.5 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 18.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Bishan Dass | 1546 | 58.5 | -8.6 | |
Conservative | Ranjit Kaur | 648 | 24.5 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Roger Gray | 448 | 17.0 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 898 | 34.0 | |||
Turnout | 2642 | 28.2 | -2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | James Wilson | 1536 | 49.7 | +18.5 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Foster | 1239 | 40.1 | -2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Birch | 316 | 10.2 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 297 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 3091 | 34.0 | -1.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 10.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | John Reynolds | 1603 | 49.5 | -7.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Armstrong | 1227 | 37.9 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bryan Lewis | 409 | 12.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 376 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 3239 | 36.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Margaret Findlay | 1063 | 54.1 | +29.9 | |
Labour | Milkinderpal Jaspal | 903 | 45.9 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 160 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 1966 | 25.7 | -2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 13.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Pask | 2391 | 67.7 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Navjit Rana | 677 | 19.2 | -3.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Edward Pringle | 466 | 13.2 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 1714 | 48.5 | |||
Turnout | 3534 | 37.5 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | 4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Jennifer Brewer | 1591 | 51.1 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Christine Irvine | 1277 | 41.0 | -1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Steatham | 247 | 7.9 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 314 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 3115 | 34.0 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | Claire Darke | 1490 | 42.0 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Jennifer Cromie | 1117 | 31.5 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Arun Photay | 940 | 26.5 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 373 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 3547 | 41.7 | -2.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Patricia Bradley | 2731 | 66.1 | +19.0 | |
Labour | Ricky Chima | 946 | 22.9 | -7.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | June Hemsley | 452 | 10.9 | -11.6 | |
Majority | 1785 | 43.2 | |||
Turnout | 4129 | 41.2 | -1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 13.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | Richard Whitehouse | 1987 | 64.3 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Mangoo Mal | 583 | 18.9 | -7.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Dobb | 519 | 16.8 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 1404 | 45.5 | |||
Turnout | 3089 | 34.8 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Lawrence | 964 | 44.7 | -11.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Zahid Shah | 811 | 37.6 | +18.0 | |
Conservative | Catherine Bisbey | 381 | 17.7 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 153 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 2156 | 29.9 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Davis | 2822 | 73.9 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Julie Hodgkiss | 643 | 16.8 | -1.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Fellows | 352 | 9.2 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 2179 | 57.1 | |||
Turnout | 3817 | 41.3 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.2% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joan Stevenson | 3149 | 76.0 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Jagnandan Ghera | 491 | 11.9 | -3.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sarah Sinclair | 401 | 9.7 | +1.2 | |
Equal Parenting Alliance | Raymond Barry | 101 | 2.4 | ||
Majority | 2658 | 64.2 | |||
Turnout | 4142 | 45.4 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hazel Keirle | 1699 | 45.2 | +10.5 | |
Labour | Philip Bateman | 1296 | 34.5 | +4.7 | |
BNP | Dennis Organ | 578 | 15.4 | -6.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Colin Ross | 186 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 403 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 3759 | 41.5 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Simon Jevon | 1894 | 61.4 | +18.4 | |
Labour | Helen King | 831 | 26.9 | -10.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Carole Jenkins | 211 | 6.8 | +0.3 | |
Green | Stuart Hinde | 151 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 1063 | 34.4 | |||
Turnout | 3087 | 35.5 | -1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 14.5 | |||