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2008 Manchester City Council election
2008 UK local government election
2008 UK local government election
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | United Kingdom |
| flag_image | Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg |
| type | parliamentary |
| vote_type | Popular |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 2007 Manchester City Council election |
| previous_year | 2007 |
| election_date | |
| next_election | 2010 Manchester City Council election |
| next_year | 2010 |
| seats_for_election | 32 of 96 seats on Manchester City Council |
| majority_seats | 49 |
| party1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| seats_before1 | 61 |
| seats1 | 19 |
| percentage1 | 43.0% |
| popular_vote1 | 39,300 |
| seats_after1 | 61 |
| seat_change1 | |
| party2 | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| seats_before2 | 33 |
| seats2 | 13 |
| percentage2 | 30.4% |
| popular_vote2 | 27,773 |
| seats_after2 | 34 |
| seat_change2 | 1 |
| map_image | |
| map_size | 300px |
| map_caption | Map of the results of the 2008 Manchester City council election, with Labour in red and the Liberal Democrats in yellow. |
| title | Leader |
| before_election | Richard Leese |
| before_party | Labour Party (UK) |
| posttitle | Leader following election |
| after_election | Richard Leese |
| after_party | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election - every ward of the city returned one councillor at this election out of the three councillors a ward in the city has.
Four national political parties - the Conservative Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Green Party - each stood a candidate in every ward in this election. There were candidates from other political parties standing in some of the wards, but there were no independent candidates standing for election this year in the city.
The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. The Green Party lost their only seat in Hulme to Labour, and the Conservatives failed to gain their first elected councillor, though became the third party on the council due to having one councillor through an earlier defection. The Liberal Democrats, who had suffered two defections since the last election - firstly the aforementioned Tory defection, and another to Labour - gained two councillors (in Miles Platting & Newton Heath and Northenden) but lost one (in Longsight) to Labour.
Voting took place between 7am and 10pm on Thursday 1 May 2008 and counting took place that night at the Town Hall. Overall turnout fell slightly to 27%.
Election result
Changes compared to the 2007 election. |seats % = 59.4 |total seats % = 62.5 |votes % = 43.0 |plus/minus = 2.4 |seats % = 40.6 |total seats % = 35.4 |votes % = 30.4 |plus/minus = 1.4 |seats % = 0.0 |total seats % = 1.1 |votes % = 14.2 |plus/minus = 3.2 |seats % = 0.0 |total seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 8.3 |plus/minus = 0.1 |seats % = 0.0 |total seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.9 |plus/minus = 0.8 |seats % = 0.0 |total seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.6 |plus/minus = 0.1 |seats % = 0.0 |total seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.6 |plus/minus = N/A |seats % = 0.0 |total seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = 0.7 |seats % = 0.0 |total seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus =
Ward results
Below is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. The winning candidate per ward is in bold.
Ancoats and Clayton
Ardwick
Baguley
Bradford
Brooklands
Burnage
Charlestown
Cheetham
Chorlton
Chorlton Park
City Centre
Crumpsall
Didsbury East
Didsbury West
Fallowfield
Gorton North
Gorton South
Harpurhey
Higher Blackley
Hulme
Levenshulme
Longsight
Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Moss Side
Moston
Northenden
Old Moat
Rusholme
Sharston
Whalley Range
Withington
Woodhouse Park
By-elections between 2008 and 2010
References
References
- "Vote 2008: Manchester". [[BBC]].
- "Local Election Results 2008". manchester.gov.uk.
- "Local Election Archive: 2008 - Manchester". andrewteale.me.uk.
- "By-election results: 2006–2011". manchester.gov.uk.
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