2008 Newcastle City Council election
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Elections were held for one-third of the 78 seats on the Newcastle City Council on 1 May 2008. The ruling Liberal Democrat Party slightly increased their majority, and the table below shows the composition of the Council Chamber following these results.[1]
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2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberal Democrats | ? | 46 | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | ? | 31 | 29 |
Results summary
[edit]2008 Newcastle City Council election[1][2][3] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 19 | 3 | 67.9 | 30 | 49 | 62.8 | 32,903 | 45.8 | ||
Labour | 9 | 2 | 32.1 | 20 | 29 | 37.2 | 22,855 | 31.8 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,666 | 13.5 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,035 | 5.6 | |||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,107 | 1.5 | |||
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 685 | 1.0 | ||
Free England | 0 | New | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 367 | 0.5 | New | |
UKIP | 0 | New | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135 | 0.2 | New | |
Communist | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 0.0 | |||
Left List | 0 | New | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 0.0 | New |
Ward results
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Tetteh, Edmund (12 June 2008). "Local elections 2008" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Newcastle City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2008 - Newcastle upon Tyne". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 22 February 2024.