2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2008 Great Yarmouth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008. The 2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, 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/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/33ud.stm Great Yarmouth BBC News 8 September 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 24 Labour 15http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2008/rp08-048.pdf Local elections 2008 12 June 2008 House of Commons Library 9 September 2011 Background 13 seats were contested at the election with both the Conservative and Labour parties contesting every seat, while the Liberal Democrats had nominated candidates for 6 seats, the United Kingdom Independence Party 3 and the Green Party 2 seats.http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/use_your_vote_1_494500 Use your vote 24 April 2008 Great Yarmouth Mercury 9 September 2011 Election result The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council after gaining two seats from Labour.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/7375523.stm Green Party key gains in Norwich 2 May 2008 BBC News 9 September 2011 This took the Conservatives' tally to 24 seats, compared to 15 for Labour,http://www.eastcoastlive.co.uk/news/info.php?refnum=1988 Labour leader's election defeat 2 May 2008 East Coast Live 9 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120329233840/http://www.eastcoastlive.co.uk/news/info.php?refnum=1988 29 March 2012 dead while none of the other parties who contested the election won any seats.http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/shock_result_leaves_labour_feeling_blue_1_494622 Shock result leaves Labour feeling blue 8 May 2008 Great Yarmouth Mercury 9 September 2011 The overall turnout at the election was 30.02%,http://www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk/gybc-election-results-08.pdf Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections - 1 May 2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council 8 September 2011 27 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110927092304/http://www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk/gybc-election-results-08.pdf dead slightly down on the over 31% in 2007.http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/the_battle_for_local_issues_1_494636 The battle for local issues 8 May 2008 Great Yarmouth Mercury 9 September 2011 One of the two Conservatives gains came in Bradwell North, where the leader of the Labour group on the council, Trevor Wainwright, lost by 48 votes. Wainwright put his defeat down to national issues and in particular the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax. The other Conservative gain came in Magdalen ward where councillor Colleen Walker was defeated by Patricia Page by 64 votes. Among those to hold their seats were the Conservative leader of the council Barry Coleman and the Conservative mayor Paul Garrod. Coleman agreed that national events had affected the election saying "You can't help but think national issues came into play in this vote". Following the election Mick Castle returned as leader of the Labour group on the council, after previously having been group leader from 2004 to 2006. Great Yarmouth local election result 2008 Conservative Party (UK) 9 2 0 +2 69.2 54.7 9,393 +1.7% Labour Party (UK) 4 0 2 -2 30.8 34.3 5,899 -1.7% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 1,053 +3.5% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 467 -0.6% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 370 -1.3% Ward results Bradwell North Conservative Party (UK) Alan Grey 761 47.0 -9.6 Labour Party (UK) Trevor Wainwright 713 44.0 +0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Loades 146 9.0 +9.0 48 3.0 -10.2 1,620 32.7 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bradwell South and Hopton Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Ames 814 48.0 -5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Aleck Buchanan 381 22.5 +22.5 Labour Party (UK) Joanne Vriesema 325 19.2 -8.7 United Kingdom Independence Party Colin Aldred 177 10.4 -8.5 433 25.5 +0.2 1,697 33.8 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Central and Northgate Labour Party (UK) Michael Taylor 636 43.1 +0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Garrod 560 38.0 +6.4 United Kingdom Independence Party Gabriele Baugh 143 9.7 -0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Harris 135 9.2 -0.4 76 5.2 -5.5 1,474 26.7 -1.7 Labour Party (UK) Claydon Labour Party (UK) Anthony Blyth 704 45.1 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Greenacre 604 38.7 -3.0 Green Party of England and Wales Ralph Woodcock 252 16.2 +1.7 100 6.4 +4.2 1,560 28.4 -1.8 Labour Party (UK) East Flegg Conservative Party (UK) George Jermany 930 66.9 -7.4 Labour Party (UK) Jamie Smith 242 17.4 -8.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rodney Cole 218 15.7 +15.7 688 49.5 +0.9 1,390 36.4 -0.4 Conservative Party (UK) Gorleston Conservative Party (UK) Bertie Collins 991 76.6 +25.8 Labour Party (UK) Rex Tyrrell 303 23.4 +8.0 688 53.2 +36.1 1,294 32.8 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) Magdalen Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Page 816 52.0 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) Colleen Walker 752 48.0 -3.8 64 4.0 1,568 30.6 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Nelson Labour Party (UK) Michael Jeal 487 45.3 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Joy Cosaitis 377 35.1 +7.8 Green Party of England and Wales Anne Purchase-Walker 118 11.0 +3.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Dyer 93 8.7 +8.7 110 10.2 -4.9 1,075 19.3 -4.3 Labour Party (UK) Ormesby Conservative Party (UK) Charles Reynolds 997 79.9 +11.2 Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Livingstone 251 20.1 +1.6 746 59.8 +9.5 1,248 36.2 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) St Andrews Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Cook 619 62.6 +14.2 Labour Party (UK) Gary Fox 370 37.4 +0.7 249 25.2 +13.5 989 28.5 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) Southtown and Cobholm Labour Party (UK) Penelope Linden 334 46.1 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) James Dinsdale 163 22.5 -7.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Paul Baugh 147 20.3 +1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Brookshaw 80 11.0 +11.0 171 23.6 +8.9 724 20.5 -2.4 Labour Party (UK) West Flegg Conservative Party (UK) Barry Coleman 1,068 79.0 +3.6 Labour Party (UK) Katie James 284 21.0 -3.6 784 58.0 +7.1 1,352 34.4 -1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Yarmouth North Conservative Party (UK) Paul Garrod 693 58.2 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) Charles Marsden 498 41.8 -3.8 195 16.4 +7.6 1,191 34.6 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:2008 English local elections 2008 Category:2000s in Norfolk