2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

See main article: 2008 United Kingdom local elections.

Election Name:2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Country:England
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2007 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Previous Year:2007
Next Election:2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
Next Year:2010
Seats For Election:22 of 66 seats (One Third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Majority Seats:34
Turnout:36.0% (0.1%)
3Blank:Swing (pp)-->
Leader of the Council
Before Election:Steve Foulkes (Labour)
Before Party:No Overall Control
Posttitle:Leader of the Council after election
After Election:Steve Foulkes (Labour)
After Party:No Overall Control
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before2:25
Seats2:5
Seats After2:21
Seat Change2:4
Popular Vote2:22,277
Percentage2:25.6%
Swing2:3.1%
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before1:20
Seats1:11
Seats After1:24
Seat Change1:4
Popular Vote1:37,925
Percentage1:43.6%
Swing1:5.0%
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before3:19
Seats3:6
Seats After3:20
Seat Change3:1
Popular Vote3:19,624
Percentage3:22.6%
Swing3:2.6%

The 2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
24 4
21 4
20 1
1
0 1

[1]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2007.

[1] [2]

Ward results

Results compared directly with the last local election in 2007.

Bebington

[3] [4]

Bidston and St James

[5] [6]

Birkenhead and Tranmere

[7] [8] [9]

Bromborough

[10] [11] [12]

Clatterbridge

[13] [14]

Claughton

[15] [16]

Eastham

[17] [18]

Greasby, Frankby and Irby

[19] [20] [21]

Heswall

[22] [23]

Hoylake and Meols

[24] [25]

Leasowe and Moreton East

[26] [27]

Liscard

[28] [29]

Moreton West and Saughall Massie

[30] [31] [32]

New Brighton

[33] [34] [35]

Oxton

[36] [37]

Pensby and Thingwall

[38] [39]

Prenton

[40] [41] [42]

Rock Ferry

[43] [44]

Seacombe

[45] [46]

Upton

[47] [48]

Wallasey

[49] [50] [51]

West Kirby and Thurstaston

[52] [53] [54]

Changes between 2008 and 2010

Moreton West and Saughall Massie by-election 2009

[55] [56]

Other changes

Notes

• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

References

  1. Web site: Election Result for 1 May 2008 Summary . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  2. Web site: Local Election Results 2008 Wirral . Local Elections Archive Project.
  3. Web site: Election Result for Bebington ward on 1 May 2008 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  4. Web site: Councillor Sheila Clarke MBE . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  5. Web site: Election Result for Bidston and St. James ward on 1 May 2008 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  6. Web site: Councillor Jim Crabtree. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  7. Web site: Election Result for Birkenhead and Tranmere ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  8. Web site: Councillor Jean Stapleton. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  9. Web site: Councillor Alan Brighouse. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 17 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142422/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=665. dead.
  10. Web site: Election Result for Bromborough ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  11. Web site: Councillor Steve Niblock . . 17 June 2018 . 17 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180617170154/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=155 . dead .
  12. Web site: Councillor Irene Williams. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  13. Web site: Election Result for Clatterbridge ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  14. Web site: Councillor Cherry Povall, JP . 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  15. Web site: Election Result for Claughton ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  16. Web site: Councillor George Davies. 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  17. Web site: Election Result for Eastham ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  18. Web site: Councillor Phil Gilchrist. 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  19. Web site: Election Result for Greasby, Frankby and Irby ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  20. Web site: Councillor Gill Gardiner . . 5 July 2018 . 5 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180740/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=139 . dead .
  21. Web site: Councillor Wendy Clements. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  22. Web site: Election Result for Heswall ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  23. Web site: Councillor Peter Johnson . . 5 July 2018 . 5 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180457/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=176 . dead .
  24. Web site: Election Result for Hoylake and Meols ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  25. Web site: Councillor John Hale . . 5 July 2018 . 5 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180701/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=173 . dead .
  26. Web site: Election Result for Leasowe and Moreton East ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  27. Web site: Councillor Ian Lewis. 27 July 2023 . Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  28. Web site: Election Result for Liscard ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  29. Web site: Councillor James Keeley. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  30. Web site: Election Result for Moreton West and Saughall Massie ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  31. Web site: Councillor Chris Blakeley . . 5 July 2018 . 1 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901163031/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=126 . dead .
  32. Web site: Councillor Darren Dodd. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  33. Web site: Election Result for New Brighton ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  34. Web site: Councillor Sue Taylor. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  35. Web site: Councillor Pat Hackett . . 5 July 2018 . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144042/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=752 . dead .
  36. Web site: Election Result for Oxton ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  37. Web site: Councillor Pat Williams. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 5 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144020/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=133. dead.
  38. Web site: Election Result for Pensby and Thingwall ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  39. Web site: Councillor Bob Wilkins. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 5 July 2018. 5 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180610/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=134. dead.
  40. Web site: Election Result for Prenton ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  41. Web site: Councillor Ann Bridson. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 5 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144201/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=127. dead.
  42. Web site: Councillor Denise Realey. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  43. Web site: Election Result for Rock Ferry ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  44. Web site: Councillor Bill Davies. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 5 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144130/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=156. dead.
  45. Web site: Election Result for Seacombe ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  46. Web site: Councillor John Salter. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  47. Web site: Election Result for Upton ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  48. Web site: Councillor Tom Anderson. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  49. Web site: Election Result for Wallasey ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  50. Web site: Councillor Kate Wood. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 5 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144146/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=131. dead.
  51. Web site: Councillor Anne McArdle . . 5 July 2018 . 5 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180520/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=662 . dead .
  52. Web site: Election Result for West Kirby and Thurstaston ward on 1 May 2008. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  53. Web site: Councillor Geoffrey Watt. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 5 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144207/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=136. dead.
  54. Web site: Councillor Pat Cleary. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  55. Web site: Conservatives win Moreton by-election . 2009-11-27 . 2009-11-27 . Wirral Globe.
  56. Web site: Councillor Steve Williams. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
  57. News: Dunn . Justin . Manning . Craig . 18 May 2009 . BREAKING NEWS: Labour councillor Denis Knowles quits and joins Tories at Wallasey Town Hall . 28 December 2018. Wirral Globe.

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