Liverpool City Council election, 2008

2008 local election results in Liverpool

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)

Before the election, the composition of the council was

Liberal Democrat 47
Labour 35
Liberal 4
Green 1
Independent 1
Vacant 2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	13				41.9%	33.97%	31,264
	Labour	16				51.6%	40.00%	36,818
	Liberal	1				3.2%	6.74%	6,874
	Green	1				3.2%	6.67%
	Conservative	0				0%	8.38%	7,715
	BNP	0				0%	3.33%
	Independent	0				0%	0.69%
	UKIP	0				0%	0.08%
	Socialist Labour	0				0%	0.06%
	United Socialist	0				0%	0.07%

Ward results

* - Existing Councillor

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Allerton & Hunts Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Flo Clucas *	1605	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
Turnout			3305	30.20

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Dowling	1521	51.54
	Liberal Democrat	Robbie Quinn *	1077	36.50
	Liberal	Stephen Houghland	133	4.51
	Conservative	Francis Stevens	97	3.29
	Green	Jean Hill	96	3.25
	Independent	Michael McDonough	27	0.91
Majority
Turnout			2951	29.07

Belle Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Wilner	1673	45.86
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Marshall *	1383	37.91
	BNP	Peter Michael Molloy	336	9.21
	Conservative	Jack Stallworthy	111	3.04
	Green	Mark Bowman	78	2.14
	United Socialist	Paul Filby	67	1.84
Majority
Turnout			3648	33.09

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Banks ^(PARTY)	722	61.45
	Liberal Democrat	James Murray	157	13.36
	Green	Michael Cotgreave	134	11.40
	Conservative	Gregg Watson	118	10.04
	Liberal	Lisa Gaskell	44	3.74
Majority
Turnout			1175	9.59

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eddie Clein *	1925	55.51
	Labour	Peter Dowling	711	20.50
	Conservative	Chris Lighten	490	14.13
	Green	Geoff Bunn	202	5.82
	Liberal	Philip Daley	140	4.04
Majority
Turnout			3468	31.29

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Erica Kemp *	2330	60.19
	Labour	David Shepherd	522	13.48
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	360	9.30
	Green	Eleanor Martin	286	7.39
	Independent	Jeffrey Berman	273	7.05
	Liberal	James MacGregor	100	2.58
Majority
Turnout			3871	36.18

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Noakes	1341	48.00
	Liberal	Dennis Gaskell	859	30.74
	BNP	Peter Squire	358	12.81
	Conservative	Gwynneth Hicklin	150	5.37
	Green	Eleanor Pontin	68	2.43
	Independent	Maggie Stewart	18	0.64
Majority
Turnout			2794	24.77

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marilyn Fielding *	1196	42.70
	Labour	Gerard Woodhouse	1189	42.45
	BNP	Peter Stafford	200	7.14
	UKIP	Colin Windever	70	2.50
	Conservative	Paul Barber	66	2.36
	Green	Tony Jones	48	1.71
	Liberal	Roger Webb	32	1.14
Majority
Turnout			2801	27.66

Cressington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Keaveney ^(PARTY)	1812	50.17
	Labour	Anna Briggs	792	21.93
	Conservative	Paul Athans	638	17.66
	Green	Martin Randall	262	7.25
	Liberal	John Pagan	108	2.99
Majority
Turnout			3612	32.27

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Bailey	1810	51.71
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Geoghegan	1245	35.57
	Independent	Ken Stewart	171	4.89
	BNP	George Muse	109	3.11
	Conservative	Diane Westwell	88	2.51
	Green	Don Ross	77	2.20
Majority
Turnout			3500	33.35

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Prendergast *	1678	72.02
	BNP	Jackie Stafford	222	9.53
	Conservative	Mark Cottrell	130	5.58
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Rainford	120	5.15
	Green	Peter North	102	4.38
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	78	3.35
Majority
Turnout			2330	23.07

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Spriggs *	1811	57.58
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Seddon	608	19.33
	BNP	Peter Stafford	440	13.99
	Conservative	Denise Nuttall	154	4.90
	Liberal	Jane Canning	68	2.16
	Green	Ralf Ganza	64	2.03
Majority
Turnout			3145	27.64

Greenbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Clein *	1180	47.99
	Labour	Christopher Helm	564	22.94
	Green	Martin Dobson	498	20.25
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	165	6.71
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	52	2.11
Majority
Turnout			2459	23.28

Kensington & Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Robinson	1411	47.88
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Doran *	1214	41.19
	Green	Janet Bunn	144	4.89
	Conservative	Nigel Barber	93	3.16
	Liberal	Karen Wiiliams	85	2.88
Majority
Turnout			2947	31.22

Kirkdale(2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Hanson	1971	40.33
	Labour	Beatrice Fraenkel	1737	35.54
	BNP	Steven Greenhalgh	389	7.96
	Independent	Will Thomson	146	2.99
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Bradley	144	2.95
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Morrison	107	2.19
	Green	Jonathan Clatworthy	96	1.96
	Green	Alison Edis	95	1.94
	Conservative	Alma McGing	95	1.94
	Conservative	John Watson	61	1.25
	Liberal	Damien Daly	46	0.94
Majority
Turnout			4887	21.23

Knotty Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Irving *	1642	46.10
	Labour	Anthony Conception	1607	45.12
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood	185	5.19
	Green	James Munro	128	3.59
Majority
Turnout			3562	35.33

Mossley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lynnie Williams	1445	45.04
	Labour	Matthew Garlick	650	20.26
	Conservative	Giselle McDonald	570	17.77
	Green	Robert Smith	403	12.56
	Liberal	David Wood	140	4.36
Majority
Turnout			3208	30.51

Norris Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Cooke *	1520	64.49
	BNP	John Edgar	303	12.86
	Liberal	Vera Phillips	258	10.95
	Conservative	Michael Lind	148	6.28
	Green	Thomas Crone	70	2.97
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	58	2.46
Majority
Turnout			2357	22.41

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Millar	1372	44.63
	Labour	Allen Hammond	824	26.81
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	321	10.44
	BNP	Steven McEllenborough	300	9.76
	Green	Paul Grimes	130	4.23
	Conservative	Lauren Graham	127	4.13
Majority
Turnout			3074	26.59

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Makinson *	1262	47.89
	Labour	Timothy Beaumont	1015	38.52
	Green	Laurence Wilson	150	5.69
	Liberal	Griffith Parry	109	4.14
	Conservative	Ann Temple	99	3.76
Majority
Turnout			2635	24.16

Princes Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Moore	1227	49.16
	Liberal Democrat	Mumin Khan	714	28.61
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	318	12.74
	Conservative	Catherine Hirst	163	6.53
	Liberal	Michael Williams	74	2.96
Majority
Turnout			2496	24.84

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Munby *	1838	73.08
	Liberal Democrat	Conor McDonald	202	8.03
	Conservative	Emlyn Williams	189	7.51
	Green	William Ward	184	7.32
	Liberal	John Graves	102	4.06
Majority
Turnout			2515	23.35

St Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sarah Jennings	1309	42.62
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Allen *	1128	36.73
	Labour	Nicholas Mutize	485	15.79
	Conservative	David Patmore	149	4.85
Majority
Turnout			3071	31.64

Speke-Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Strickland *	1866	63.36
	Liberal Democrat	Jackie Wilson	479	16.26
	BNP	Jane Greenhalgh	208	7.06
	Conservative	Brenda Coppell	171	5.81
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	128	4.35
	Green	Fiona Coyne	93	3.16
Majority
Turnout			2945	23.19

Tuebrook & Stoneycroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Radford *	2128	72.43
	Labour	Robert Millington	484	16.47
	Liberal Democrat	Kathryn Dadswell	135	4.59
	Green	Jennifer Brown	92	3.13
	Conservative	George Powell	99	3.37
Majority
Turnout			2938	27.10

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard McLinden	1852	58.37
	Liberal	George Roberts	724	22.82
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Roberts	724	22.82
	BNP	Carol Kilkenny	198	6.24
	Conservative	Mark Rea	154	4.85
	Green	Raphael Levy	99	3.12
Majority
Turnout			3173	28.31

Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Warren Bradley *	2223	68.51
	Labour	Nicholas Wallace	508	15.65
	Green	Julie Birch-Holt	297	9.15
	Conservative	David Grundy	171	5.27
	Liberal	Charles Mayes	46	1.42
Majority
Turnout			3245	30.59

West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hulme	1244	37.29
	Labour	Brenda McGrath	863	25.87
	Liberal	Ann Hines *	731	21.91
	Conservative	Neil Wilson	338	10.13
	Green	Kim Graham	160	4.80
Majority
Turnout			3336	29.94

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Collinge *	1771	46.41
	Conservative	Richard Downey	1254	32.86
	Labour	Laurence Freeman	572	14.99
	Green	Alexander Rudkin	161	4.22
	Liberal	Maria Langley	58	1.52
Majority
Turnout			3816	36.45

Yew Tree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Prince	1370	49.42
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Airey	820	29.58
	Conservative	June Brandwood	345	12.45
	Green	Peter Cranie	125	4.51
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	112	4.04
Majority
Turnout			2772	24.81

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