2008 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election November 2013 August 2022 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2008 Walsall council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. The 2008 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, 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/cu.stm Walsall 2 May 2008 BBC News 21 September 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 33 Labour 18 Liberal Democrats 6 Independent 2 Democratic Labour Party 1http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2008/rp08-048.pdf Local elections 2008 12 June 2008 House of Commons Library 22 September 2011 Election result Walsall local election result 2008http://cms.walsall.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/elections/election_results/election_results_2008.htm Election results 2008 Walsall Council 21 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111118095100/http://cms.walsall.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/elections/election_results/election_results_2008.htm 18 November 2011 dead Conservative Party (UK) 12 0 0 0 60.0 51.5 28,664 +10.4% Labour Party (UK) 6 0 0 0 30.0 24.8 13,807 -4.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 0 0 0 10.0 12.2 6,767 +0.3% UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 2,600 -0.8% Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 1,922 +0.7% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 919 +0.8% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 436 -2.5% Respect Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 304 -0.8% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 203 -3.5% Ward results Aldridge Central and Southhttp://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-elections-2008/walsall/ Walsall Coventry Telegraph 22 September 2011 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Ansell 2,306 63.4 +7.7 Labour Party (UK) Derek Wigfall 507 13.9 -1.2 UK Independence Party Michael Jose 442 12.2 -6.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Royston Sheward 382 10.5 0.0 1,799 49.5 +12.5 3,637 33.6 -5.3 Conservative Party (UK) Aldridge North and Walsall Wood Conservative Party (UK) Keith Sears 2,046 70.8 +3.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Greveson 464 16.1 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) Ian Pearson 378 13.1 -3.1 1,582 54.8 +4.7 2,888 28.0 -3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Bentley and Darlaston North Labour Party (UK) Stanley Madeley 1,087 43.9 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Gurmeet Sohal 972 39.3 +5.9 UK Independence Party Malcolm Ford 198 8.0 +8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Pearce 118 4.8 -11.6 Green Party of England and Wales Stephen Brookes 78 3.2 +3.2 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Alan Paddock 21 0.8 -3.0 115 4.6 -8.4 2,474 27.8 -1.2 Labour Party (UK) Birchills-Leamore Labour Party (UK) Joan Barton 958 54.6 +5.3 Conservative Party (UK) Chad Pitt 543 31.0 +0.7 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Booker 142 8.1 +8.1 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Alan Davies 110 6.3 -1.4 415 23.7 +4.7 1,753 19.7 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) Blakenall Labour Party (UK) Ian Robertson 692 37.8 -0.4 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) David Church 622 34.0 -4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Hilda Derry 388 21.2 +6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trudy Pearce 128 7.0 +2.5 70 3.8 1,830 22.4 -5.1 Labour Party (UK) Bloxwich East Conservative Party (UK) William Tweddle 1,308 58.9 +17.1 Labour Party (UK) Angus McGhee 563 25.4 -4.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Cockayne 198 8.9 +4.8 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Stephen Baggott 151 6.8 +4.8 745 33.6 +22.0 2,220 26.0 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Bloxwich West Conservative Party (UK) Melvin Pitt 1,436 54.1 +10.2 Labour Party (UK) Robert Thomas 465 17.5 -19.9 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Michael Ross 365 13.8 +10.6 UK Independence Party Anthony Bryan 286 10.8 +1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stanley Robinson 102 3.8 -1.9 971 36.6 +30.1 2,654 27.5 -4.2 Conservative Party (UK) Brownhills Conservative Party (UK) Alan Paul 1,642 66.6 +29.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Forrest 662 26.9 -12.1 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Andrew Bradburn 160 6.5 +3.3 980 39.7 2,464 25.8 -5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Darlaston South Labour Party (UK) Graham Wilkes 775 36.8 -3.0 Conservative Party (UK) Doris Silvester 709 33.7 +20.7 Green Party of England and Wales Timothy Martin 264 12.5 +5.4 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Alan Johnston 253 12.0 +12.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Murli Sinha 105 5.0 +5.0 66 3.1 2,106 23.1 -7.6 Labour Party (UK) Paddock Conservative Party (UK) Rose Martin 2,249 65.7 +17.3 Labour Party (UK) Ann Wilson 605 17.7 -13.9 UK Independence Party Derek Bennett 310 9.1 -4.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Muhammad Miah 135 3.9 -2.2 Green Party of England and Wales Murray Abbott 122 3.6 +3.6 1,644 48.1 +21.4 3,421 35.6 -8.7 Conservative Party (UK) Palfrey Conservative Party (UK) Mohammad Munir 1,736 43.2 +5.0 Labour Party (UK) Allah Ditta 1,602 39.8 +4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Cullum 380 9.4 -2.4 Respect Party Arshad Kanwar 304 7.6 -6.7 134 3.3 +0.7 4,022 39.1 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Pelsall Conservative Party (UK) Garry Perry 2,532 79.0 +35.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Leslie Smith 331 10.3 -0.1 Labour Party (UK) Martin Harrower 276 8.6 -0.5 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Derek Roddy 67 2.1 +1.2 2,201 68.7 +41.9 3,206 35.5 -6.3 Conservative Party (UK) Pheasey Park Farm Conservative Party (UK) Adrian Andrew 1,846 64.1 +9.3 UK Independence Party Steven Grey 446 15.5 0.0 Labour Party (UK) Douglas James 430 14.9 -6.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daniel Barker 160 5.6 +1.3 1,400 48.6 +14.7 2,882 34.1 -4.9 Conservative Party (UK) Pleck Labour Party (UK) Dennis Anson 1,241 35.7 -4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Shakil Abbas 1,150 33.0 -8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammed Yaqub 709 20.4 +8.3 Independent (politician) Martin Lynch 203 5.8 +5.8 UK Independence Party Kathleen Oakley 177 5.1 -0.3 91 2.7 3,480 36.0 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) Rushall-Shelfield Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Micklewright 1,480 61.0 +18.7 Labour Party (UK) Jack Kelly 477 19.7 -3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Garfitt 302 12.4 +2.4 Green Party of England and Wales Karl Macnaughton 167 6.9 +6.9 1,003 41.3 +22.5 2,426 26.7 -7.3 Conservative Party (UK) Short Heath Liberal Democrats (UK) Doreen Shires 1,082 43.8 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Ault 731 29.6 +3.0 British National Party Malcolm Moore 436 17.6 +0.1 Labour Party (UK) Aftab Nawaz 224 9.1 -2.9 351 14.2 -3.0 2,473 28.0 -2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) St. Matthews Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Arif 1,864 51.8 +12.4 Labour Party (UK) Richard Worrall 1,184 32.9 -1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Abdul Malik 184 5.1 -6.3 UK Independence Party Timothy Melville 178 4.9 +1.2 Green Party of England and Wales Robert Bellin 146 4.1 +0.8 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Brian Powell 44 1.2 -0.9 680 18.9 +14.1 3,600 38.8 -1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Streetly Conservative Party (UK) Brian Douglas-Maul 2,575 72.5 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) Steven King 442 12.5 -5.0 UK Independence Party Dorothy Sheath 317 8.9 -2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shirley Balgobin 216 6.1 +6.1 2,133 60.1 +6.8 3,550 33.0 -4.7 Conservative Party (UK) Willenhall North Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Shires 1,332 57.6 +14.8 Conservative Party (UK) Cerwyn Edwards 455 19.7 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) Diane Coughlan 279 12.1 -7.7 UK Independence Party Elizabeth Hazell 246 10.6 -4.6 877 37.9 +17.3 2,312 24.3 -3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Willenhall South Labour Party (UK) Sean Coughlan 960 43.2 -3.2 Conservative Party (UK) Sandeep Sohal 696 31.3 +9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nadia Fazal 439 19.7 -8.5 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998) Stephanie Peart 129 5.8 +1.8 264 11.9 -6.3 2,224 20.7 -4.5 Labour Party (UK) References Category:2008 English local elections 2008 Category:2000s in the West Midlands (county)