2008 UK local government election
The 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2007.[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives hold on to control of the council with 40 seats, as compared to 5 for Labour and 3 for the Liberal Democrats.[2] Overall turnout in the election was 36.32%.[3]
A few days after the election the new Conservative councillor for Hatfield Central, Darren Gilbert, was forced to resign after it was alleged that he had made up a claim that he had had cancer, meaning that a by-election had to be held.[4][5]
Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2008[3][6] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 40 | | | +5 | 83.3 | 59.7 | 42,477 | +5.1% |
| Labour | 5 | | | -5 | 10.4 | 19.4 | 13,810 | -5.7% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | | | 0 | 6.3 | 18.2 | 12,930 | +1.5% |
| Green | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 1,851 | -1.0% |
| BNP | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 131 | +0.2% |
Ward results
Brookmans Park and Little Heath (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Stephen Boulton | 1,708 | | |
| Conservative | Irene Dean | 1,499 | | |
| Conservative | John Dean | 1,476 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jenny Blumson | 304 | | |
| Labour | James Croft | 197 | | |
Turnout | 5,194 | 45.4 | |
Haldens (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Lauren Brown | 836 | | |
| Conservative | Howard Hughes | 781 | | |
| Conservative | Martyn Levitt | 778 | | |
| Labour | Mike Larkins | 600 | | |
| Labour | Mark Biddle | 582 | | |
| Labour | Margaret Hurst | 573 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Walkington | 220 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rhoda Brutey | 219 | | |
Turnout | 4,589 | 34.1 | |
Handside (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Helen Bromley | 1,385 | | |
| Conservative | Fiona Thomson | 1,370 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Skottowe | 1,338 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Neal | 1,283 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Quinton | 1,278 | | |
| Conservative | Tony Kingsbury | 1,221 | | |
| Labour | Peter Heyman | 167 | | |
| Labour | John Pomroy | 159 | | |
Turnout | 8,201 | 55.9 | |
Hatfield Central (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Darren Gilbert | 535 | | |
| Labour | Mike Alder | 512 | | |
| Labour | Colin Croft | 501 | | |
| Conservative | David Falco | 484 | | |
| Labour | Margaret White | 473 | | |
| Conservative | Bukky Olawoyin | 463 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Edwards | 211 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Richardson | 188 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Richardson | 177 | | |
Turnout | 3,544 | 28.5 | |
Hatfield East (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mick Long | 934 | | |
| Conservative | Bernard Sarson | 906 | | |
| Conservative | Paul Smith | 889 | | |
| Labour | Constance Elliott | 376 | | |
| Labour | Sheila Jones | 358 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lis Meyland-Smith | 348 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Brennan | 336 | | |
| Labour | Susana Tinsley | 298 | | |
Turnout | 4,445 | 33.5 | |
Hatfield South (2)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Hedges | 514 | | |
| Conservative | David Hughes | 483 | | |
| Labour | Linda Mendez | 409 | | |
| Labour | Andrew Tinsley | 344 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Archer | 157 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Griffiths | 121 | | |
Turnout | 2,028 | 28.2 | |
Hatfield Villages (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Clare Berry | 629 | | |
| Conservative | Mark Gilding | 577 | | |
| Conservative | Howard Morgan | 544 | | |
| Labour | Mel Jones | 245 | | |
| Labour | Susan Archer | 200 | | |
| Labour | Ian Scammell | 197 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Benakis | 129 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maurice Richardson | 126 | | |
Turnout | 2,647 | 25.7 | |
Hatfield West (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Nick Atkinson | 976 | | |
| Conservative | Kim Morris | 944 | | |
| Conservative | Carol Juggins | 938 | | |
| Labour | Maureen Cook | 669 | | |
| Labour | Dee Ferner | 588 | | |
| Labour | Cathy Watson | 525 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Laming | 381 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Finlay | 298 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Tidy | 272 | | |
Turnout | 5,591 | 33.5 | |
Hollybush (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lynn Chesterman | 610 | | |
| Conservative | Sarah Atkinson | 607 | | |
| Labour | Margaret Birleson | 594 | | |
| Conservative | Ronald Smith | 560 | | |
| Labour | Sue Jones | 513 | | |
| Conservative | Stuart Pile | 480 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Win Smith | 240 | | |
Turnout | 3,604 | 28.2 | |
Howlands (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Hannah Berry | 795 | | |
| Conservative | Les Page | 725 | | |
| Conservative | George Michaelides | 678 | | |
| Green | Jill Weston | 596 | | |
| Labour | Alan Chesterman | 443 | | |
| Labour | Zacha Hennessey | 384 | | |
| Labour | Brian Payne | 365 | | |
| Green | Susan Groom | 325 | | |
| Green | Ian Nendrick | 325 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynda Cowan | 168 | | |
Turnout | 4,804 | 39.2 | |
Northaw and Cuffley (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Colin Couch | 1,235 | | |
| Conservative | John Mansfield | 1,144 | | |
| Conservative | John Nicholls | 1,143 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bain | 329 | | |
Turnout | 3,851 | 36.3 | |
Panshanger (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sara Johnston | 916 | | |
| Conservative | Darren Bennett | 884 | | |
| Conservative | Roger Trigg | 844 | | |
| Labour | Brian Edwards | 346 | | |
| Green | Hollyann Holdsworth | 258 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Shirley Shaw | 247 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonquil Basch | 213 | | |
Turnout | 3,708 | 32.1 | |
Peartree (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Cowan | 516 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Lotz | 470 | | |
| Labour | Steve Roberts | 453 | | |
| Labour | Dean Milliken | 452 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Marsh | 443 | | |
| Labour | Jacqui Russell | 399 | | |
| Conservative | Christopher Hay | 397 | | |
| Conservative | Stanley Laver-Walton | 321 | | |
| Conservative | Sandra Benjamin | 310 | | |
Turnout | 3,761 | 26.9 | |
Sherrards (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alan Franey | 1,015 | | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Beckerman | 993 | | |
| Conservative | Patricia Mabbott | 993 | | |
| Labour | Bill Couzens | 470 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Arch | 393 | | |
| Labour | Tony Crump | 384 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Valerie Skottowe | 368 | | |
| Green | Bernice Dowlen | 347 | | |
Turnout | 4,963 | 43.7 | |
Welham Green (2)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Doug Berry | 754 | | |
| Conservative | Keith Pieri | 752 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Archer | 510 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Zukowskyj | 411 | | |
| BNP | Mark Fuller | 131 | | |
| Labour | Bridgit Croft | 83 | | |
Turnout | 2,641 | 49.7 | |
Welwyn East (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Julie Cragg | 1,513 | | |
| Conservative | Carl Storer | 1,457 | | |
| Conservative | Steven Markiewicz | 1,425 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janice Skidmore | 265 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | June Burnham | 250 | | |
| Labour | Julia Henderson | 226 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Burnham | 215 | | |
Turnout | 5,351 | 41.7 | |
Welwyn West (2)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Andrew Canter | 840 | | |
| Conservative | Mandy Perkins | 826 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Blackburn | 269 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Skidmore | 237 | | |
| Labour | Mbizo Mpofu | 115 | | |
Turnout | 2,287 | 39.4 | |
References
- ^ "Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Tories hold on to Welwyn Hatfield". Watford Observer. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Election Results - 1 May 2008". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ Hencke, David (10 May 2008). "New Tory councillor resigns over allegations he lied about cancer". The Guardian. p. 17.
- ^ "Tory resigns amid cancer claims". BBC News Online. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ "National: Full election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2008. p. 45.