Derby City Council election, 2008

Derby Council election, 2008

3 May 2007

1/3 of 51 seats to Derby City Council 26 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrat	Conservative	Labour
Last election	3	8	8
Seats before	3	8	8
Seats won	8	5	4
Seat change	+5	-3	-4
Popular vote	19,374	21,139	16,869
Percentage	32.3	35.2	28.1
Swing	+3.5	+3.2	-6.1

Leader before election

No overall control

Elected Leader

No overall control

The 2008 Derby City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1] Overall turnout was 34.6%.^[2]^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Campaign

Since the 2006 election the Labour party had been running the council in an agreement with the Conservatives and both parties did not rule out continuing this arrangement after the election.^[5] However, a major issue in the election was a proposal by the Labour party to close 10 play areas across Derby in order to save money, which were opposed by the Conservatives.^[5] The arrangement was also strained by the defection of 2 Labour councillors, Hardial Dhamrait and Amar Nath, to the Conservatives since the 2007 election.^[6] Other changes since 2007 included Labour councillor Prem Chera becoming an independent, and independent Frank Leeming joining the Conservatives.^[6] This meant that before the election there were 21 Labour, 14 Conservative, 13 Liberal Democrat and 2 independent councillors.^[6]

In all 61 candidates stood in the election, with 17 seats being contested.^[7] Of those 17 seats Labour were defending 8, the Conservatives 6 and the Liberal Democrats 3.^[6]

The leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron, visited Derby to support the local party on 3 April and described it as a "key battleground".^[5]

Election result

The Liberal Democrats gained 5 seats to move from third largest group on the council to become the largest party, overtaking the Labour and Conservative parties.^[3]^[8] Liberal Democrat gains were recorded in Abbey, Arboretum and Mackworth wards from Labour, and in Blagreaves and Oakwood wards from the Conservatives.^[9]^[10] Meanwhile, Labour recovered a seat in Sinfin which they had lost when Hardial Dhamrait had defected to the Conservatives.^[9] However, Labour also two seats in Chaddesden and Chellaston to the Conservatives.^[10]

Following the elections the three parties held discussions to decide who would run the council for the next two years.^[11] On 6 May the Conservatives decided that they would not agree any deal with the other two parties and would sit in opposition, with Conservative councillors feeling that the previous agreement with Labour had meant they did not make gains as the party had done nationally.^[11] The Liberal Democrats and Labour then planned to hold talks, with Labour abandoning their previous proposals to introduce congestion charging in Derby, and parking meters in Littleover.^[12] However, the Liberal Democrats decided they would prefer to run the council as a minority rather than reach an agreement with Labour. At the council meeting on 21 May the Liberal Democrat leader, Hilary Jones, was elected leader of the council by 19 votes to 17 after the Conservatives abstained.^[13]

Derby Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	8	5	0	+5	47.1	32.3	19,374	+3.5%
	Conservative	5	2	3	-1	29.4	35.2	21,139	+3.2%
	Labour	4	1	5	-4	23.5	28.1	16,869	-6.1%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1,217	+2.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	1,152	-1.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	319	-0.8%

Ward results

Abbey^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Batey	1,443	47.9	+3.8
	Labour	Asaf Afzal	1,056	35.1	-3.9
	Conservative	Jasvinder Rai	335	11.1	-0.6
	Independent	Norman Clayton	166	5.5	+0.2
	Independent	Masadiq Hussain	8	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Raja Mehmood	3	0.1	+0.1
Majority			387	12.8	+7.7
Turnout			3,011	31.1	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Allestree^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Hickson	3,234	62.6	-2.0
	Labour	John Whitby	739	14.3	-4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Deena Smith	633	12.2	-4.1
	BNP	Glynn Cooper	563	10.9	+10.9
Majority			2,495	48.3	+2.8
Turnout			5,169	47.4	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alvaston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Graves	1,228	38.3	-7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Naveed Hussain	913	28.5	-6.3
	Conservative	Brenda Longworth	843	26.3	+6.5
	Independent	Gillian Elks	221	6.9	+6.9
Majority			315	9.8	-0.8
Turnout			3,205	29.3	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Arboretum^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Farhatullah Khan	1,710	46.1	+9.0
	Labour	Shiraz Khan	1,624	43.8	-5.3
	Conservative	David Jennings	374	10.1	+3.3
Majority			86	2.3
Turnout			3,708	35.4	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Blagreaves^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Harjinder Naitta	2,006	50.6	+5.3
	Conservative	Lisa Marshall	1,047	26.4	+7.4
	Labour	John Heavey	909	22.9	-8.1
Majority			959	24.2	+9.9
Turnout			3,962	41.6	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Boulton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Leeming	1,607	51.5	+30.8
	Labour	Joseph Russo	1,129	36.2	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Connolly	386	12.4	+0.6
Majority			478	15.3
Turnout			3,122	31.0	-0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chaddesden^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Marshall	1,441	39.6	-6.5
	Labour	John Ahern	1,161	31.9	-10.7
	BNP	Paul Hilliard	654	18.0	+18.0
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Ashburner	285	7.8	-3.5
	Independent	Charles McLynn	96	2.6	+2.6
Majority			280	7.7	+4.2
Turnout			3,637	36.3	+2.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chellaston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Holmes	1,921	49.0	+3.1
	Labour	Mark Tittley	1,830	46.7	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ajit Atwal	166	4.2	-2.1
Majority			91	2.3	-0.9
Turnout			3,917	35.9	-1.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Darley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Finbar Richards	1,331	36.7	+4.9
	Conservative	Lorraine Radford	1,069	29.5	+3.2
	Labour	Christopher Wynn	905	25.0	-7.7
	Green	Jane Temple	319	8.8	-0.4
Majority			262	7.2
Turnout			3,624	33.9	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Derwent^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Redfern	919	39.9	-10.6
	Conservative	Patrick Fullerton	708	30.7	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Leigh Alcock	353	15.3	+4.4
	Independent	William Wright	325	14.1	+1.2
Majority			211	9.2	-15.5
Turnout			2,305	23.6	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Littleover^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Allen	2,429	60.8	+5.6
	Conservative	Tarlochan Dard	1,132	28.3	-2.9
	Labour	Linda Winter	435	10.9	-2.7
Majority			1,297	32.5	+8.5
Turnout			3,996	39.7	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Mackworth^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Derrick Tuplin	1,553	52.9	+27.1
	Labour	Richard Gerrard	778	26.5	-22.2
	Conservative	Andrew Hill	603	20.6	-4.9
Majority			775	26.4
Turnout			2,934	30.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Mickleover^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Jones	2,411	53.0	-2.5
	Conservative	Philip Lucas	1,738	38.2	+2.0
	Labour	Josephine Drummond	402	8.8	+0.4
Majority			673	14.8	-4.5
Turnout			4,551	41.6	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Normanton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hardyal Dhindsa	1,399	40.6	-8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Shayad Mahmood	1,276	37.0	-5.0
	Conservative	Jarnail Birring	775	22.5	+13.2
Majority			123	3.6	-3.1
Turnout			3,450	33.5	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Oakwood^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Franklyn Harwood	1,733	51.9	+44.0
	Conservative	Hardial Dhamrait	974	29.2	-15.7
	Labour	Martina Longworth	632	18.9	-4.6
Majority			759	22.7
Turnout			3,339	33.2	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Sinfin^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bhagat Shanker	973	37.1	-18.5
	Conservative	Michael Cook	941	35.9	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Noble	374	14.3	-5.3
	Independent	Michael Whitehead	333	12.7	+12.7
Majority			32	1.2	-29.5
Turnout			2,621	27.3	+2.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Spondon^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evonne Williams	2,397	68.1	+3.6
	Labour	Anne MacDonald	750	21.3	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Simon King	372	10.6	+0.2
Majority			1,647	46.8	+7.3
Turnout			3,519	36.3	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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1 2 "Liberal Democrat gains in Derby". BBC News Online. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
↑ "Local elections: Results: Voters in the cities and the shires have their say in the ballot box". The Guardian. 2008-05-02. p. 7. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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1 2 3 4 "Party time as the big three get set for the elections". Derby Evening Telegraph. 2008-04-14. p. 12. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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↑ "We have the most council seats - it's time to give us voice on the cabinet". Derby Evening Telegraph. 2008-05-02. p. 2. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 "Enthusiasm of young candidates seals victories on a stunning night for the liberal democrat party". Derby Evening Telegraph. 2008-05-02. p. 4. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 "Election joy for lib dems". Derby Evening Telegraph. 2008-05-02. p. 1. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 Green, Kirsty (2008-05-07). "Lib dems poised to run city". Derby Evening Telegraph. p. 2. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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↑ Green, Kirsty (2008-05-22). "Lib dems reveal 5 top aims". Derby Evening Telegraph. p. 1. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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