Election Name: | 2008 Crawley Borough Council election[1] |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2007 Crawley Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2007 |
Next Election: | 2010 Crawley Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2010 |
Seats For Election: | 13 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
Election Date: | 1 May 2008 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 22 |
Seats1: | 9 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 11,483 |
Percentage1: | 52.0% |
Seats After1: | 26 |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 12 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 7,329 |
Percentage2: | 33.2% |
Seats After2: | 9 |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 3 |
Seats3: | 0 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 1,674 |
Percentage3: | 7.6% |
Seats After3: | 2 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
The 2008 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[2]
After the election, the composition of the council was: