2008 United Kingdom local elections

none February 2022 March 2012 2008 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom parliamentary 2007 United Kingdom local elections 2007 2009 United Kingdom local elections 2009 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 23 out of 50 unitary authorities,78 out of 238 English districts, all 22 Welsh principal councils, and 1 directly elected mayor 1 May 2008 Councils Councils +/– Councillors Councillors +/– Davidcameron (cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 4 David Cameron 6 December 2005 Conservative Party (UK) 44% 4% 65 12 3,154 256 Gordon Brown official (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Gordon Brown 24 June 2007 Labour Party (UK) 24% 3% 18 9 2,368 331 Nick Clegg by the 2009 budget cropped.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Nick Clegg 18 December 2007 Liberal Democrats (UK) 25% 1% 12 1 1,805 34 United Kingdom local elections, 2008.svg 300px Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. The 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. These elections took place in 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils.http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/elec2008.htm Trailer – Local Elections May 2008 13 May 2007 2 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090802022428/http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/elec2008.htm dead There were also extraordinary elections held for four of the new unitary authorities being created, in Northumberland, County Durham and Cheshire (two councils – Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester).http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/16287 Green light for five flagship Unitary Councils 5 December 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20080421115058/http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/16287 21 April 2008 dead Scheduled elections for Penwith in Cornwall, Shrewsbury and Atcham in Shropshire, Bedford and South Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire and five district councils in Cheshire were cancelled, due to the up-coming unitary authorities being established in those counties. The Labour Party finished in 3rd place by vote share, trailing the Conservatives by 20%, the largest such margin ever between the two main parties. Aside from the strong showing for David Cameron's Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Lib Dems each made net gains of over 30 seats and the BNP made 10 net gains to finish with over 30 seats. The strong showing for the Conservatives and the disappointing showing by Labour reflected the change in the political mood of Britain at the time, where the Labour government, now led by prime minister Gordon Brown, had suffered a slump in popularity due to the 2008 financial crisis and economic fears which were affecting Britain at the time. Results Party Councillors Councils Number Change Number Change Conservative Party (UK)3,1552576512 Labour Party (UK)2,365334189 Liberal Democrats (UK)1,80433121 Plaid Cymru2053101 Green Party of England and Wales4750 Residents Association43110 British National Party37100 Liberal Party (UK, 1989)2020 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern100 UK Independence Party830 RESPECT The Unity Coalition410 Socialist Party (England and Wales)20 Others71640 No overall controln/an/a643 England Metropolitan boroughs All 36 English metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Barnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Birmingham No overall control No overall control holdDetails Bolton No overall control No overall control holdDetails Bradford No overall control No overall control holdDetails Bury No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Calderdale No overall control No overall control holdDetails Coventry Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Doncaster No overall control No overall control holdDetails Dudley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Gateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Kirklees No overall control No overall control holdDetails Knowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Leeds No overall control No overall control holdDetails Liverpool Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails Manchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Newcastle upon Tyne Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails North Tyneside No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Oldham Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Rochdale Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails Rotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Salford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Sandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Sefton No overall control No overall control holdDetails Sheffield No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetails Solihull No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails South Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails St Helens No overall control No overall control holdDetails Stockport Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails Sunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Tameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Trafford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Wakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Walsall Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Wigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Wirral No overall control No overall control holdDetails Wolverhampton Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Unitary authorities Existing councils In 19 English unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Blackburn with Darwen No overall control No overall control holdDetails Derby No overall control No overall control holdDetails Halton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Hartlepool Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Kingston upon Hull No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetails Milton Keynes No overall control No overall control holdDetails North East Lincolnshire No overall control No overall control holdDetails Peterborough Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Plymouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Portsmouth No overall control No overall control holdDetails Reading Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Slough No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetails Southampton No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Southend-on-Sea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Stoke-on-Trent No overall control No overall control holdDetails Swindon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Thurrock No overall control No overall control holdDetails Warrington No overall control No overall control holdDetails Wokingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails New councils Elections were held in three of the current non-metropolitan counties of Cheshire, County Durham and Northumberland for four new unitary authorities which were established in 2009. These councils were "shadow councils" until then. Council Result Details Cheshire East Conservative Party (UK)Details Cheshire West and Chester Conservative Party (UK)Details Durham Labour Party (UK)Details Northumberland No overall controlDetails District councils Whole council In 4 English district authorities the whole council was up for election following ward boundary changes. Council Previous control Result Details Barrow-in-Furness No overall control No overall control holdDetails Basingstoke and Deane No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails South Lakeland Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails Welwyn Hatfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Half of council In 7 English district authorities, half of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Adur Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Cheltenham No overall control No overall control holdDetails Fareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Gosport No overall control No overall control holdDetails Hastings No overall control No overall control holdDetails Nuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Oxford No overall control No overall control holdDetails Third of council In 67 English district authorities, a third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Amber Valley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Basildon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Bassetlaw Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Brentwood Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Broxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Burnley No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetails Cambridge Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails Cannock Chase No overall control No overall control holdDetails Carlisle No overall control No overall control holdDetails Castle Point Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Cherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Chorley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Colchester Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Craven No overall control No overall control holdDetails Crawley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Daventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Eastleigh Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails Elmbridge No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Epping Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Exeter No overall control No overall control holdDetails Gloucester No overall control No overall control holdDetails Great Yarmouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Harlow No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Harrogate No overall control No overall control holdDetails Hart No overall control No overall control holdDetails Havant Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Hertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Huntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Hyndburn Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Ipswich No overall control No overall control holdDetails Lincoln Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Maidstone No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Mole Valley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Newcastle-under-Lyme No overall control No overall control holdDetails North Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Norwich No overall control No overall control holdDetails Pendle Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetails Preston No overall control No overall control holdDetails Purbeck No overall control No overall control holdDetails Redditch No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Reigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Rochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Rossendale No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Rugby Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Runnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Rushmoor Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails South Cambridgeshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails St Albans No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetails Stevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Stratford-on-Avon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Stroud Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Swale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Tamworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Tandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Three Rivers Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails Tunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Watford Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails Waveney Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails West Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails West Lindsey Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails West Oxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Weymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetails Winchester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Woking Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Worcester No overall control No overall control holdDetails Worthing Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Wyre Forest No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Mayoral elections Local Authority Previous Mayor Mayor-elect DetailsLondon Labour Party (UK)Ken Livingstone (Labour) Conservative Party (UK)Boris Johnson (Conservative) gainDetails Wales 2008 Welsh local elections thumb|500px|Map showing council control (left) and ward control (right). In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Blaenau Gwent Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Bridgend No overall control No overall control holdDetails Caerphilly Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Cardiff No overall control No overall control holdDetails Carmarthenshire No overall control No overall control holdDetails Ceredigion No overall control No overall control holdDetails Conwy No overall control No overall control holdDetails Denbighshire No overall control No overall control holdDetails Flintshire Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Gwynedd Plaid Cymru No overall control gainDetails Isle of Anglesey Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails Merthyr Tydfil Labour Party (UK) Independent politician gainDetails Monmouthshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Neath Port Talbot Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Newport Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Pembrokeshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails Powys Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails Rhondda Cynon Taff Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Swansea No overall control No overall control holdDetails Torfaen Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Vale of Glamorgan No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Wrexham No overall control No overall control holdDetails See also 2008 London mayoral election 2008 London Assembly election References Category:2008 elections in the United Kingdom Category:David Cameron Category:Nick Clegg Category:Premiership of Gordon Brown Category:Impacts of the Iraq War