2008 Maidstone Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|Results of the 2008 Maidstone District Council election thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2008 Maidstone council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008. The 2008 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/29uh.stm Maidstone BBC News 8 March 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 29 Liberal Democrat 20 Independent 5 Labour 1National: Full election results 3 May 2008 The Guardian 45 Background Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 27 seats, but did not have a majority.http://www.kentnews.co.uk/default.aspx?page=12&terms=12504&domain=http://www.kentnews.co.uk Voters head to the polls in local elections 1 May 2008 kentnews.co.uk 10 March 2011April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes The council however was run by a coalition of the other groups, with the Liberal Democrats leading an alliance with Labour and the independents. Between them these groups had 28 seats, until the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Peter Hooper, after he was arrested in relation to a computer-related crime, left them with the same number of seats as the Conservatives. 19 seats were being contested in the election, with the Conservatives defending 8 and the Liberal Democrats 7. Election result The results saw the Conservatives gain a majority of the council after making a net gain of 2 seats, in what was the first time any party had a majority on the council for 25 years.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7378982.stm Tories take control in Maidstone 2 May 2008 BBC News 9 March 2011 The Conservatives went up to 29 seats, while the Liberal Democrats dropped one seat to 20. The Labour group leader Morel D'Souza was defeated in Fant ward and his party was reduced to just 1 seat. Meanwhile, the independents went up by 1 seat to have 5 seats on the council. Overall turnout in the election was 35.58%.http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Election%20Results%202008.pdf Election Results 2008 Maidstone Borough Council 8 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111002104913/http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Election%20Results%202008.pdf 2 October 2011 dead Maidstone local election result 2008Local elections 08 nationwide results 3 May 2008 The Times London 14 Conservative Party (UK) 10 3 1 +2 52.6 49.7 16,328 +0.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) 7 0 1 -1 36.8 32.7 10,732 -0.5% Independent (politician) 2 1 0 +1 10.5 4.0 1,311 -1.4% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 2 -2 0 6.7 2,215 +0.8% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 1,981 +0.7% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 263 +0.8% Ward results Allington Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Robertson 1,437 59.6 -4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Jeff Curwood 724 30.0 +1.2 Labour Party (UK) Marianna Poliszczuk 108 4.5 -2.8 United Kingdom Independence Party Gareth Kendall 86 3.6 +3.6 Green Party of England and Wales Amanda Evans 57 2.4 +2.4 713 29.6 -5.5 2,412 42.9 +0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barming Independent (politician) Fay Gooch 552 51.9 +51.9 Conservative Party (UK) Cass Jappie 474 44.5 -40.2 Labour Party (UK) Wendy Hollands 38 3.6 -2.6 78 7.4 1,064 54.2 +0.3 Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK) Bearsted Conservative Party (UK) Richard Ash 1,937 74.7 +4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steven Hunter 481 18.5 +0.0 Green Party of England and Wales Ian McDonald 176 6.8 -4.5 1,456 56.1 +4.5 2,594 39.7 -3.2 Conservative Party (UK) Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton Independent (politician) Mike Fitzgerald 759 89.9 +19.8 United Kingdom Independence Party Keith Woollven 85 10.1 +10.1 674 79.9 +35.6 844 42.0 -8.0 Independent (politician) Boxley Conservative Party (UK) Wendy Hinder 1,607 78.8 +11.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Doherty 321 15.7 -9.6 Green Party of England and Wales Patricia Marchant 111 5.7 +5.7 1,286 63.1 +21.3 2,039 31.4 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Bridge Conservative Party (UK) James Ross 671 44.8 +3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Pickett 640 42.7 -7.8 Labour Party (UK) Sally Willcox 100 6.7 +6.7 Green Party of England and Wales Angela Wooi 88 5.9 -2.2 31 2.1 1,499 35.3 +0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Coxheath and Hunton Conservative Party (UK) John Wilson 1,354 50.9 +3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Moira Walter 1,206 45.4 -2.4 Labour Party (UK) Michael Casserley 99 3.7 -1.3 148 5.5 2,659 48.3 +0.6 Conservative Party (UK) East Liberal Democrats (UK) Patrick Sellar 1,331 56.7 +2.6 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Winstanley 879 37.4 +1.8 Green Party of England and Wales James Shalice 139 5.9 +2.1 452 19.2 +0.7 2,349 37.3 -4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Fant Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Paine 679 33.3 +9.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Fran Smith 562 27.6 -12.6 Labour Party (UK) Morel D'Souza 470 23.1 +10.4 Green Party of England and Wales Stuart Jeffery 326 16.0 -1.8 117 5.7 2,037 32.7 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Headcorn Conservative Party (UK) Richard Thick 1,164 66.7 +5.8 Green Party of England and Wales Penny Kemp 581 33.3 -5.8 583 33.4 +11.5 1,745 45.2 +3.3 Conservative Party (UK) Heath Liberal Democrats (UK) Bryan Vizzard 562 45.4 -3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Mears 518 41.8 -1.2 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Coates 83 6.7 -1.5 Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Waldie 75 6.1 +6.1 44 3.6 -2.2 1,238 30.2 -3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) High Street Liberal Democrats (UK) Denise Joy 738 43.9 -2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Butcher 611 36.3 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) Richard Coates 152 9.0 -2.2 United Kingdom Independence Party John Stanford 92 5.5 +5.5 Green Party of England and Wales Wendy Lewis 89 5.3 -3.8 127 7.6 -6.3 1,682 28.6 +0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marden and Yalding Conservative Party (UK) John Verrall 1,506 72.9 +10.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Samme 320 15.5 -4.5 Labour Party (UK) Edith Davis 240 11.6 +1.4 1,186 57.4 +14.7 2,066 35.2 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) North Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Paterson 1,012 59.4 +5.4 Conservative Party (UK) Jeff Tree 552 32.4 +4.6 Green Party of England and Wales Derek Eagle 141 8.3 +0.2 460 27.0 +0.7 1,705 29.3 -2.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) North Downs Conservative Party (UK) Daphne Parvin 599 76.9 +17.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Watson 96 12.3 -2.9 Green Party of England and Wales Sarah Goodwin 84 10.8 +10.8 503 64.6 +20.5 779 39.2 -6.3 Conservative Party (UK) Park Wood Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Field 447 54.1 +20.0 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Yates 258 31.2 +0.3 Labour Party (UK) Liz Stevens 122 14.8 -20.1 189 22.9 827 24.5 -4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shepway North Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Garland 1,091 60.6 +6.8 Labour Party (UK) Gill Annan 375 20.8 +1.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Batt 220 12.2 +1.3 Green Party of England and Wales Stephen Muggeridge 114 6.3 -0.2 716 39.8 +5.5 1,800 28.7 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Shepway South Conservative Party (UK) Bob Hinder 525 51.9 +15.9 Labour Party (UK) Ken Stevens 324 32.0 -5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Maria Sotelo-Moratinos 163 16.1 +3.0 201 19.9 1,012 23.7 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) South Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Chittenden 1,196 48.2 Conservative Party (UK) Scott Hahnefeld 1,179 47.6 Labour Party (UK) John Randall 104 4.2 17 0.6 2,479 41.6 +0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) References Category:2008 English local elections 2008 Category:2000s in Kent