2008 Gloucester City Council election

2008 Gloucester City Council election

1 May 2008 (2008-05-01)
12 seats of 36 on council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Paul James Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 15 9 12 Seats after 17 8 11 Seat change 2 1 1

The 2008 Gloucester City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. Twelve of the 36 seats on the council were up for election, ten of which were the usual nominal third of the council. The other two were by-elections, being one in Barnwood ward (following the resignation of Phil Taylor of the Liberal Democrats) and the other in Barton and Tredworth ward (following the resignation of Carol Francis of Labour). The council remained under no overall control. Paul James continued to serve as leader of the council after the election, leading a minority Conservative administration.

Results

Gloucester City Council election, 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	2		+2		44
	Liberal Democrats	4		1	-1		32
	Labour	2		1	-1		19
	Independent	2					2
	UKIP	0					2
	Green	0					1

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Taylor	1,649	66
	Labour	Bernard James Mundy	411	16
	Liberal Democrats	John McFeely	305	12
	UKIP	Danny Sparkes	145	6
Turnout			2510
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barnwood

Barnwood 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lise Noakes	1,311	47
	Liberal Democrats	John David McLellan	1,285	46
	Conservative	Eileen Margaret Barnes	1,158	41
	Liberal Democrats	Val O'Connor	1,034	37
	Labour	Jean Grigg	260	9
	Labour	John Garwood	223	8
Turnout			2800
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Barton and Tredworth

Barton and Tredworth 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Usman Gani Bhaimia	937	40
	Conservative	Yakub Pandor	899	38
	Labour	Sonia Louise Friend	767	32
	Labour	Shaun James Shute	604	26
	Conservative	Tarren Anne Randle	495	21
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Bryan Ronald Horton	463	20
	Green	Jennifer Maureen Hume	164	7
Turnout			2362
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elmbridge

Elmbridge 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Angela Jones	940	55
	Conservative	Vic Rice	590	34
	Labour	David Hitchings	184	11
Turnout			1714
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange

Grange 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Morgan	1,042	64
	Labour	Matthew William Gilson	357	22
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Norman Daws	14	34
Turnout			1636
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hucclecote

Hucclecote 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David John Brown	1,636	57
	Conservative	Brian Stanley Edge	1015	36
	Labour	Roger Alfred James Mills	206	7
Turnout			2857
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Longlevens

Longlevens 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Porter	1,819	52
	Liberal Democrats	Di Phillips	1537	44
	Labour	Steve Richards	172	5
Turnout			3528
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Matson and Robinswood

Matson and Robinswood 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Denise Smith	982	42
	Conservative	Ruth Lesley Jacobs	896	38
	UKIP	Mike Smith	243	10
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathon Christopher Trigg	237	10
Turnout			2358
	Labour hold		Swing

Moreland

Moreland 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Anthony Hobbs	772	40
	Conservative	Lyn Cinderey	729	38
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew George Meads	155	8
	Green	Bryan John Meloy	130	7
	UKIP	Richard John Edwards	122	6
Turnout			1908
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuffley

Tuffley 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Charles Dee	781	44
	Independent	Phil Jordan	594	33
	Labour	Steve Lugg	327	18
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Power	74	4
Turnout			1776
	Conservative hold		Swing