2008 Cherwell District Council election

2008 UK local government election November 2013 November 2023 thumb|Results of the 2008 Cherwell District Council election The 2008 Cherwell District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/38ub.stm Cherwell 2009-10-25 BBC News 19 April 2008 The results saw the Conservatives win all of the seats that were contested in the election in a clean sweep. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2244665.election-bleak-day-labour/ Election: Bleak day for Labour 2009-10-25 2 May 2008 thisisoxfordshire They gained 2 seats from Labour to have 44 of the 50 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats were not defending any seats in the election. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/7379092.stm Tories wiped from Oxford council 2009-10-25 2 May 2008 BBC News In Banbury Neithrop ward, Martin Weir, a former Labour Party member who joined the Conservatives earlier in the year, defeated his former colleague and mayor Surinder Dhesi to take the seat. http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/Former-mayor-loses-seat.4046102.jp Former mayor loses seats 2009-10-25 2 May 2008 Banbury Guardian August 2026 InternetArchiveBot The other gain came in Banbury Ruscote, with the defeats for Labour being blamed on the national political situation. The results meant that Labour were reduced to holding only 2 seats on the council behind the Liberal Democrats on 4. http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/Live-election-results.4042871.jp Live election results 2009-10-25 1 May 2008 Banbury Guardian 4 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080504072032/http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/Live-election-results.4042871.jp dead After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 44 Liberal Democrat 4 Labour 2 National: Full election results The Guardian 45 3 May 2008 Election result Cherwell local election result 2008 Conservative Party (UK) 18 2 0 +2 100.0 67.0 16,341 +10.0 Labour Party (UK) 0 0 2 -2 0.0 19.0 4,637 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 14.0 3,420 -6.5 Ward results Adderbury http://www.cherwell.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3240 Cherwell District Council Election Results 2008 2009-10-25 Cherwell District Council https://web.archive.org/web/20110722195518/http://www.cherwell.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3240 22 July 2011 dead Conservative Party (UK) Rick Atkinson 682 75.1 +13.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elisabeth Yardley 226 24.9 -13.7 456 50.2 +27.4 908 39.0 Conservative Party (UK) Banbury Calthorpe Conservative Party (UK) Alastair Milne Home 884 75.9 +11.1 Labour Party (UK) Mary Ross 280 24.1 +2.5 604 51.8 +8.6 1,164 28.0 Conservative Party (UK) Banbury Easington Conservative Party (UK) Fred Blackwell 1,534 77.9 +16.8 Labour Party (UK) Roy Mold 435 22.1 +2.6 1,099 55.8 +14.2 1,969 33.7 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Banbury Grimsbury & Castle Conservative Party (UK) Ann Bonner 1,075 62.0 +0.3 Labour Party (UK) Henry Goodman 495 28.6 -9.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Chadwick 163 9.4 +9.4 580 33.4 +10.0 1,733 24.5 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Banbury Hardwick (2) Conservative Party (UK) John Donaldson 975 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Ilott 836 Labour Party (UK) Sean Woodcock 281 Labour Party (UK) Sandra Mold 260 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Burns 233 2,585 24.2 +0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Banbury Neithrop Conservative Party (UK) Martin Weir 700 56.1 +6.6 Labour Party (UK) Surinder Dhesi 548 43.9 +11.8 152 12.2 -5.2 1,248 28.8 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Banbury Ruscote Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Tompson 751 52.0 +2.9 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Cartledge 694 48.0 +11.4 57 4.0 -8.5 1,445 25.3 -1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bicester East Conservative Party (UK) Lawrie Stratford 877 70.3 +10.1 Labour Party (UK) Chris Bream 208 16.7 -8.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bruce Shakespeare 163 13.1 -1.9 669 53.6 +18.2 1,248 28.3 -1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Bicester North Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Mawer 939 73.2 +2.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steve Creed 178 13.9 -1.2 Labour Party (UK) John Darbyshire 165 12.9 -1.0 761 59.3 +3.4 1,282 26.7 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Bicester South Conservative Party (UK) Dan Sames 827 60.1 +10.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Walton 548 39.9 -10.1 279 20.2 1,375 37.4 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Bicester Town Conservative Party (UK) Debbie Pickford 774 65.5 +7.0 Labour Party (UK) Mary Lynch 209 17.7 -5.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Willett 199 16.8 -1.6 565 47.8 +12.4 1,182 30.5 +0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Bicester West Conservative Party (UK) Russell Hurle 1,175 68.0 +21.0 Labour Party (UK) John Broad 553 32.0 -21.0 622 36.0 1,728 31.1 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Bloxham & Bodicote Conservative Party (UK) Lynda Thirzie Smart 1,338 73.4 +2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Davis 484 26.6 -2.8 854 46.8 +5.6 1,822 39.7 Conservative Party (UK) Caversfield Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Fulljames 510 76.9 +5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andy Murray 100 15.1 -13.3 Labour Party (UK) Alan Hasted 53 8.0 +8.0 410 61.8 +18.6 663 34.9 Conservative Party (UK) Kidlington South Conservative Party (UK) Maurice Billington 1,369 57.1 +12.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doug Williamson 695 29.0 -3.9 Labour Party (UK) David James 333 13.9 -8.9 674 28.1 +16.7 2,397 38.0 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Launton Conservative Party (UK) David Hughes unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Yarnton, Gosford & Water Eaton Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Stevens 1,095 66.4 -3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Suzanne Wilson-Higgins 431 26.1 -4.3 Labour Party (UK) Martin Keighery 123 7.5 +7.5 664 40.3 +1.1 1,649 44.7 +8.2 Conservative Party (UK) References Cherwell 2008 Category:2000s in Oxfordshire