The 2008 Cherwell District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
The results saw the Conservatives win all of the seats that were contested in the election in a clean sweep.[2] They gained 2 seats from Labour to have 44 of the 50 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats were not defending any seats in the election.[2][3] In Banbury Neithrop ward, Martin Weir, a former Labour party member who joined the Conservatives earlier in the year, defeated his former colleague and mayor Surinder Dhesi to take the seat.[4] The other gain came in Banbury Ruscote, with the defeats for Labour being blamed on the national political situation.[2] The results meant that Labour were reduced to holding only 2 seats on the council behind the Liberal Democrats on 4.[5]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 18 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100 | 67.0 | 16,341 | +10.0% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 19.0 | 4,637 | +0.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 3,420 | -6.5% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rick Atkinson | 682 | 75.1 | +13.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elisabeth Yardley | 226 | 24.9 | −13.7 | |
Majority | 456 | 50.2 | +27.4 | ||
Turnout | 908 | 39.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alastair Milne Home | 884 | 75.9 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Mary Ross | 280 | 24.1 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 604 | 51.8 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,164 | 28.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fred Blackwell | 1,534 | 77.9 | +16.8 | |
Labour | Roy Mold | 435 | 22.1 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 1,099 | 55.8 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,969 | 33.7 | −1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ann Bonner | 1,075 | 62.0 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Henry Goodman | 495 | 28.6 | −9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Chadwick | 163 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 580 | 33.4 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,733 | 24.5 | −1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Donaldson | 975 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Ilott | 836 | |||
Labour | Sean Woodcock | 281 | |||
Labour | Sandra Mold | 260 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Burns | 233 | |||
Turnout | 2,585 | 24.2 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Weir | 700 | 56.1 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Surinder Dhesi | 548 | 43.9 | +11.8 | |
Majority | 152 | 12.2 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,248 | 28.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Tompson | 751 | 52.0 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Patrick Cartledge | 694 | 48.0 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 57 | 4.0 | −8.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,445 | 25.3 | −1.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lawrie Stratford | 877 | 70.3 | +10.1 | |
Labour | Chris Bream | 208 | 16.7 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Shakespeare | 163 | 13.1 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 669 | 53.6 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,248 | 28.3 | −1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Mawer | 939 | 73.2 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Creed | 178 | 13.9 | −1.2 | |
Labour | John Darbyshire | 165 | 12.9 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 761 | 59.3 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,282 | 26.7 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dan Sames | 827 | 60.1 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Walton | 548 | 39.9 | −10.1 | |
Majority | 279 | 20.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,375 | 37.4 | +5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Debbie Pickford | 774 | 65.5 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Mary Lynch | 209 | 17.7 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Willett | 199 | 16.8 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 565 | 47.8 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,182 | 30.5 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Hurle | 1,175 | 68.0 | +21.0 | |
Labour | John Broad | 553 | 32.0 | −21.0 | |
Majority | 622 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,728 | 31.1 | −5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lynda Thirzie Smart | 1,338 | 73.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Davis | 484 | 26.6 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 854 | 46.8 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,822 | 39.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Catherine Fulljames | 510 | 76.9 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Murray | 100 | 15.1 | −13.3 | |
Labour | Alan Hasted | 53 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 410 | 61.8 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 663 | 34.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Billington | 1,369 | 57.1 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Doug Williamson | 695 | 29.0 | −3.9 | |
Labour | David James | 333 | 13.9 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 674 | 28.1 | +16.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,397 | 38.0 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Hughes | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Stevens | 1,095 | 66.4 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Wilson-Higgins | 431 | 26.1 | −4.3 | |
Labour | Martin Keighery | 123 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 664 | 40.3 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,649 | 44.7 | +8.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cherwell". BBC News. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ a b c "Election: Bleak day for Labour". thisisoxfordshire. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Tories wiped from Oxford council". BBC News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "Former mayor loses seats". Banbury Guardian. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "Live election results". Banbury Guardian. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "National: Full election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2008. p. 45.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Cherwell District Council Election Results 2008". Cherwell District Council. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.