Colchester Borough Council election, 2008

Map of the results of the 2008 Colchester council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008.

The 2008 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

After the last election in 2007 the Conservatives held half of the seats on the council with 30 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 21 seats, Labour 6 seats and there were 3 independents.^[3] However, in July 2007, 2 Liberal Democrat councilors, Craig and Terry Sutton, defected to the Conservatives after falling out with the local Liberal Democrat Member of parliament Bob Russell over a new community stadium.^[4] This gave the Conservatives a majority on the council with 32 of the 60 seats.^[5]

20 seats were contested at the election, with the Conservatives defending 12 of the seats.^[6] A total of 82 candidates stood at the election, including full slates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green parties, along with one candidate from the British National Party.^[5]

Election result

The Conservatives lost their majority on the council after losing 5 seats, 4 to the Liberal Democrats and 1 to Labour.^[7] Among those who lost seats were 2 members of the Conservative council cabinet, while Craig Sutton in Berechurch lost his seat to Labour after having defected to the Conservatives from the Liberal Democrats in 2007.^[7] Conservative defeats were attributed to high levels of housebuilding in the area, with the Conservatives dropping to 27 seats, while the Liberal Democrats rose to 23 seats and Labour went up to 7 seats.^[7] Meanwhile, the British National Party came fourth in High Woods ward with 131 votes after putting up the party's first candidate for Colchester council.^[8] Overall turnout at the election was 34.5%.^[9]

Following the election the Liberal Democrat, Labour and independent groups made a deal to take control over the council from the Conservatives, with Liberal Democrat Anne Turrell becoming the new leader of the council.^[10]

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2008^[1]^[11]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	9	4	0	+4	45.0	37.2	13,111	+7.9%
	Conservative	7	0	5	-5	35.0	37.3	13,142	-4.5%
	Labour	3	1	0	+1	15.0	13.0	4,593	-3.3%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.0	3.5	1,247	+0.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	3,012	-1.0%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	131	+0.4%

Ward results

Berechurch^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kim Naish	735	37.0	-12.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Stevens	682	34.3	+8.5
	Conservative	Craig Sutton	435	21.9	+3.1
	Green	Philippa Lane	136	6.8	+1.0
Majority			53	2.7	-21.2
Turnout			1,988	33.5	+0.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	William Spyvee	1,111	45.2	+4.2
	Green	Peter Lynn	779	31.7	-0.6
	Conservative	Darius Laws	434	17.6	-2.9
	Labour	John Cooke	136	5.5	-0.7
Majority			332	13.5	+4.8
Turnout			2,460	38.1	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dedham & Langham^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Garnett	895	82.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Carolyn Catney	102	9.4	-4.9
	Labour	Andrew Maxwell	46	4.3	-2.4
	Green	Sandra Moog	38	3.5	+3.5
Majority			793	73.4	+8.8
Turnout			1,081	45.6	-8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Donyland^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Lilley	351	42.8	-1.1
	Conservative	Peter Hare	344	42.0	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Woodward	67	8.2	-1.3
	Green	Tracy Lee-Newman	58	7.1	+7.1
Majority			7	0.9	-12.6
Turnout			820	41.2	-7.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Harbour^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Justin Knight	727	59.3	-4.5
	Conservative	Barry McConnell	271	22.1	+4.0
	Labour	Michael Gilheany	141	11.5	-0.1
	Green	Stephen Ford	88	7.2	+0.8
Majority			456	37.2	-8.5
Turnout			1,227	27.7	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Highwoods^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Beverley Oxford	1,247	59.5	+6.9
	Conservative	Anne Allan	320	15.3	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Baker	237	11.3	-4.0
	BNP	Patrick Sullivan	131	6.3	+6.3
	Labour	Jordan Newell	97	4.6	-1.8
	Green	Robert Spence	63	3.0	-1.4
Majority			927	44.2	+12.9
Turnout			2,095	31.4	+0.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Lexden^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Hardy	1,079	62.3	-3.5
	Liberal Democrat	John Loxley	477	27.6	+7.8
	Green	Clare Palmer	104	6.0	+0.6
	Labour	Adam Fox	71	4.1	-1.2
Majority			602	34.8	-11.2
Turnout			1,731	41.2	-5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marks Tey^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Elizabeth Blundell	450	63.7	+2.2
	Labour	John Wood	123	17.4	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Hayes	88	12.5	-3.5
	Green	Roger Bamforth	45	6.4	+6.4
Majority			327	46.3	+0.7
Turnout			706	34.5	-6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Goss	1,500	61.1	+14.0
	Conservative	Brian Jarvis	790	32.2	-11.2
	Green	Mary Bryan	84	3.4	-0.9
	Labour	Rossanna Trudgian	83	3.4	-1.7
Majority			710	28.9	+25.1
Turnout			2,457	39.0	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

New Town^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Higgins	1,046	62.6	+7.0
	Conservative	Glenn Bath	277	16.6	-0.7
	Green	Linda Wonnacott	198	11.8	-4.3
	Labour	Luke Dopson	150	9.0	-2.0
Majority			769	46.0	+7.7
Turnout			1,671	27.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prettygate^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Beverley Davies	1,197	45.5	-8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Ost	1,167	44.3	+10.5
	Labour	Michael Dale	142	5.4	-1.6
	Green	Peter Appleton	127	4.8	-0.2
Majority			30	1.1	-19.3
Turnout			2,633	44.2	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Andrew's^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tina Dopson	837	51.2	-10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Warner	496	30.3	+11.3
	Conservative	Alexander Wilson	240	14.7	-0.4
	Green	Andrew Senter	63	3.9	-0.4
Majority			341	20.8	-21.8
Turnout			1,636	24.9	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Gaik Chiuah	1,049	56.5	+7.2
	Conservative	Stephen Levy	393	21.2	+3.0
	Labour	Robert Fisher	272	14.7	-12.3
	Green	Mervyn Carter	141	7.6	+2.1
Majority			656	35.4	+13.1
Turnout			1,855	28.7	-3.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. John's^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Smith	1,244	71.6	+9.8
	Conservative	Glenn Granger	389	22.4	-6.8
	Labour	Scott Harris	59	3.4	-1.2
	Green	Tobie Glenny	45	2.6	-1.8
Majority			855	49.2	+16.7
Turnout			1,737	42.0	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Shrub End^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David Offen	822	42.9	+8.4
	Conservative	Roger Buston	811	42.3	+3.8
	Labour	Bruce Tuxford	196	10.2	-11.5
	Green	Walter Schwarz	89	4.6	-0.8
Majority			11	0.6
Turnout			1,918	30.0	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Stanway^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Sykes	1,118	45.6	-6.6
	Conservative	Andrew Ellis	1,063	43.3	+4.7
	Labour	Carole Spademan	176	7.2	+1.1
	Green	Pamela Nelson	96	3.9	+0.7
Majority			55	2.2	-11.4
Turnout			2,453	38.8	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Tiptree^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Martin	1,116	60.5	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Longman	345	18.7	+10.4
	Labour	Audrey Spencer	242	13.1	-5.1
	Green	Katherine Bamforth	142	7.7	-0.4
Majority			771	41.8	-5.4
Turnout			1,845	30.4	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Mersea^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Bouckley	1,583	77.7	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Stevens	195	9.6	-0.3
	Labour	Barbara Nichols	139	6.8	-1.9
	Green	Beverley Maltby	120	5.9	-1.4
Majority			1,388	68.1	+3.8
Turnout			2,037	34.5	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Cross^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Manning	506	48.4	+5.9
	Conservative	Eugene Kraft	377	36.1	-3.8
	Green	Maria Iacovou	83	7.9	-1.0
	Labour	Janet Smith	79	7.6	-1.0
Majority			129	12.3	+9.7
Turnout			1,045	29.7	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Wivenhoe Quay^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ann Quarrie	678	36.8	+1.1
	Labour	Josephine Richardson	518	28.1	-7.8
	Green	Christopher Fox	513	27.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Claire Rodgers	132	7.2	-0.9
Majority			160	8.7
Turnout			1,841	43.8	-0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2008 and 2010

A by-election took place in Birch and Winstree ward on the 4 December 2008 after the death of the Conservative councillor Peter Crowe.^[12] Andrew Ellis retained the seat for the Conservatives by a majority of 322 votes.^[12]

Birch and Winstree By-Election 4 December 2008^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Ellis	745	58.1	-12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Longman	423	33.0	+14.1
	Labour	James Spencer	83	6.5	+0.4
	Green	Katherine Bamforth	32	2.5	-2.5
Majority			322	25.1
Turnout			1,283	29.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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↑ "National: Full election results". The Guardian. NewsBank. 3 May 2008. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Colchester". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
↑ Wilkin, Chris (11 July 2007). "Colchester: Lib Dems furious at pair's defection to the Tories". The Echo. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
1 2 "Colchester: BNP candidate stands for election". Daily Gazette. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
↑ Parkes, Tom (1 May 2008). "Colchester : Town goes to the polls". The Gazette. NewsBank. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 Parkes, Tom (2 May 2008). "Colchester: Tories lose control of council". Daily Gazette. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
↑ "North Essex: BNP pledges more candidates". The Gazette. NewsBank. 6 May 2008. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Hore, James (2 May 2008). "Colchester election results in full". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
↑ Orrell, Helen (12 May 2008). "Colchester : names of council cabinet unveiled". The Gazette. NewsBank. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Declaration of result of poll". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
1 2 3 "Colchester: Andrew Ellis wins Birch and Winstree by-election". Daily Gazette. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 30 May 2014.

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