Tandridge District Council election, 2008
The 2008 Tandridge District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Campaign
Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 31 seats, while the Liberal Democrats were the main opposition with 9 councillors.[3] This was after Liberal Democrat councillor Sakina Bradbury of Whyteleafe ward defected to the Conservatives in February 2008.[4] 14 of the 42 seats on the council were being contested by a total of 45 candidates,[5] with 3 of the sitting councillors not defending seats.[3] The Conservatives contested all 14 seats, compared to 13 Liberal Democrat candidates, 9 Labour party, 6 UK Independence Party and 1 for the Green Party.[3]
Issues at the election included housing, with Labour calling for more affordable housing, while both the UK Independence Party and Green Party had concerns over the number of houses being built.[3] Other issues included recycling, with the Conservatives pointing to the weekly refuse collection that the council ran, council tax and leisure facilities.[3]
Election result
The Conservative party retained control of the council and made a net gain of 2 seats to have 42 councillors.[6] The Conservatives gained Queens Park and Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh from the Liberal Democrats and Valley from independent Peter Longhurst.[7] The leader of the council, Conservative Gordon Keymer, said that it had been "a good night for us".[8] However the Conservatives did lose Westway to the Liberal Democrats by 88 votes,[8] which left the Liberal Democrats with 8 seats and there was 1 independent councillor.[6] Overall turnout at the election was 42.3%.[8]
Tandridge local election result 2008[9][6] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 11 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 78.6 | 58.0 | 11,577 | +3.2% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 21.4 | 29.5 | 5,895 | +1.3% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 1,074 | -2.3% | ||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 939 | -1.5% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.9 | 387 | -1.2% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 94 | +0.5% | ||
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marian Myland | 1,049 | 65.7 | -1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Fowler | 235 | 14.7 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Graham Bailey | 207 | 13.0 | +0.0 | |
Labour | Rebecca Pritchard | 106 | 6.6 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 814 | 51.0 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,597 | 37.3 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Jones | 1,251 | 75.1 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Stephen Case-Green | 225 | 13.5 | +13.5 | |
UKIP | William Nock | 189 | 11.4 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,026 | 61.6 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,665 | 37.3 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jules Gascoigne | 985 | 57.9 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Colin White | 422 | 24.8 | -2.2 | |
UKIP | Helena Windsor | 181 | 10.6 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Maxine Mathews | 112 | 6.6 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 563 | 33.1 | +0.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,700 | 38.8 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Cooper | 880 | 74.1 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jill Elliff | 307 | 25.9 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 573 | 48.2 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,187 | 40.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Keymer | 1,262 | 66.7 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Matthew Griffiths | 630 | 33.3 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 632 | 33.4 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,892 | 44.6 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liz Parker | 1,196 | 55.6 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Wingate | 420 | 19.5 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Marjory Broughton | 237 | 11.0 | -23.6 | |
UKIP | Tony Stone | 203 | 9.4 | +1.0 | |
Green | Michaela O'Brien | 94 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 776 | 36.1 | +24.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,150 | 49.7 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Hilary Turner | 650 | 53.2 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Brent | 522 | 42.7 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Barbara Henning | 50 | 4.1 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 128 | 10.5 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,222 | 38.2 | -3.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeremy Webster | 764 | 53.0 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Lucy Darlow | 629 | 43.6 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Robin Clements | 49 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 135 | 9.4 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,442 | 53.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Ingram | 415 | 37.5 | +8.0 | |
Independent | Peter Longhurst | 315 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Anne Bell | 222 | 20.0 | -35.4 | |
UKIP | Jeffrey Bolter | 111 | 10.0 | +1.5 | |
Labour | John Ellis | 45 | 4.1 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 100 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,108 | 39.2 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Camden | 930 | 46.8 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jeremy Pursehouse | 873 | 44.0 | -0.1 | |
UKIP | Martin Haley | 183 | 9.2 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 57 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,986 | 48.7 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Cooley | 814 | 72.3 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sarah Morrow | 312 | 27.7 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 502 | 44.6 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,126 | 43.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Gosling | 573 | 50.8 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | Paul Blanchard | 485 | 43.0 | -10.3 | |
Labour | Peter McNeil | 70 | 6.2 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 88 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,128 | 38.0 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Jeffrey Gray | 526 | 53.8 | -6.2 | |
Conservative | Brian Jeffery | 407 | 41.6 | +1.6 | |
Labour | John Burgess | 45 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 119 | 12.2 | -7.8 | ||
Turnout | 978 | 35.7 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Butcher | 617 | 78.6 | -6.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Martin | 96 | 12.2 | -3.0 | |
Independent | John O'Brien | 72 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 521 | 66.4 | -3.2 | ||
Turnout | 785 | 51.6 | -3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By-elections between 2008 and 2010
Godstone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nick Childs | 1,216 | 64.1 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Colin White | 681 | 35.9 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 535 | 28.2 | -4.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,897 | 44.2 | +5.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Whyteleafe
A by-election was held in Whyteleafe on 2 February 2010 after Liberal Democrat councillor Jeffrey Gray resigned from the council when he moved away from Tandridge.[12] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by David Lee with 57% of the vote.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | David Lee | 444 | 57.0 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Chris Krishnan | 236 | 30.3 | -11.3 | |
UKIP | Jeffrey Bolter | 99 | 12.7 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 208 | 26.7 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | 779 | 28.9 | -6.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Tandridge". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Full election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2008. p. 45.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Blackledge, Sam (29 April 2008). "Election - Topical issues to win Tandridge votes". Get Surrey. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "June county election challenge for Whyteleafe councillor". This is Croydon. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ↑ "Election - Who's who in Surrey's 2008 elections". Get Surrey. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- 1 2 3 "'Keep local elections local'". Local Government Association. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Local election results in Surrey". Get Surrey. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- 1 2 3 Alexander, Clare (2 May 2008). "Surrey's election results". Get Surrey. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Local Elections 2008". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Lib Dem scuppers Tories' hopes for a council clean sweep". Tandridge Mirror. NewsBank. 11 June 2009. p. 10.
- ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- 1 2 Blackledge, Sam (4 February 2010). "New Lib Dem councillor prepares for MP push". Get Surrey. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ Mead, Chris (5 February 2010). "Two Labour gains and UKIP second place surge". The Independent. Retrieved 6 January 2012.