Election Results 2008

Carlisle City Council elections were held on Thursday, 1 May 2008. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm. The election count was held at the Sands Centre soon after the polls closed at 10pm.

City Council elections were held in 16 of the city's 22 wards: Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Brampton, Castle, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Great Corby and Geltsdale, Harraby, Hayton, Morton, St. Aidans, Stanwix Urban, Wetheral and Yewdale.

The Carlisle City Council election in the Upperby ward has been delayed until Thursday, 12 June.

Total number of eligible voters 66,650 (not including Upperby)

Total number of requests for postal votes 9,236 (not including Upperby)

Total of number of postal votes cast 6,932 ( 75.1% of requests received)

Total number of polling stations 81 (not including Upperby)

Returning Officer - Maggie Mooney (City Council Town Clerk and Chief Executive)

There was a 38.1% overall turnout (25,425 votes cast).

The composition of the Council after the 2008 election:

Conservative	21 seats
Labour	21 seats
Liberal Democrats	7 seats
Independent	1 seats
vacant	2 seats

The composition of the Council after the 2007 election:

Conservative	19 seats
Labour	25 seats
Liberal Democrats	7 seats
Independent	1 seat

Carlisle City Council Elections Thursday, 1 May 2008

Ward: BELAH	Electorate: 4,786	Percentage Turnout: 38.1%

Stephen Paul Gash	English Democrats "Putting England First"	176
David Douglass Morton	Conservative	1,212
Elaine Mary Thomson	Labour	431

Conservative hold	Majority 781	1,819 + 6 spoilt votes = 1,825

Ward: BELLE VUE	Electorate: 4,503	Percentage Turnout: 36.1%

Mike Clarke	Conservative	682
Glen Gardner	British National Party	156
Ian Stockdale	Labour	620
Louise Winspear	Liberal Democrat	163

Conservative gain	Majority 62	1,621 + 5 spoilt votes = 1,626

Ward: BOTCHERBY	Electorate: 4,599	Percentage Turnout: 30.8%

Bobby Betton	Independent	313
John Martyn William Blenkharn	Conservative	443
Michael William Boaden	Labour	509
Karl Chappell	British National Party	145

Labour hold	Majority 66	1,410 + 5 spoilt votes = 1,415

Ward: BRAMPTON	Electorate: 3,507	Percentage Turnout: 34.8%

Alex Wallace Faulds	Labour	302
James Stephen Layden	Conservative	913

Conservative hold	Majority 611	1,215 + 7 spoilt votes = 1,222

Ward: CASTLE	Electorate: 4,305	Percentage Turnout: 29.7%

Charlotte Ann Arnold	Conservative	206
Simon Christopher Osman	Independent	202
Christopher John Southward	Labour	299
Jim Tootle	Liberal Democrat	562

Liberal Democrat hold	Majority 263	1,269 + 8 spoilt votes = 1,277

Ward: CURROCK	Electorate: 4,463	Percentage Turnout: 33.6%

Brian Allan	British National Party	420
Lawrence Neil Fisher	Conservative	286
Colin William Glover	Labour	693
Olive Hall	Liberal Democrat	99

Labour hold	Majority 273	1,498 + 3 spoilt votes = 1,501

Ward: DALSTON	Electorate: 4,852	Percentage Turnout: 47.4%

Trevor Allison	Liberal Democrat	1,151
Gareth Michael Ellis	Conservative	928
Grant Christopher Warwick	Labour	216

Liberal Democrat hold	Majority 223	2,295 + 5 spoilt votes = 2,300

Ward: DENTON HOLME	Electorate: 4,712	Percentage Turnout: 30.7%

Geoffrey Roland Prest	Conservative	347
Joan Southward	Labour	627
Allan Stevenson		188
Janet Elizabeth Tootle	Liberal Democrat	108
Rob Walker	British National Party	170

Labour hold	Majority 280	1,440 + 8 spoilt votes = 1,448

Ward: GREAT CORBY and GELTSDALE	Electorate: 1,717	Percentage Turnout: 39.0%

Helen Marion Horne	Labour	195
Doreen Heather Parsons	Conservative	471

Conservative hold	Majority 276	666 + 4 spoilt votes = 670

Ward: HARRABY	Electorate: 4,786	Percentage Turnout: 34.4%

Joyce Carolyne Chisholm	British National Party	272
Colin Drew Farmer	Liberal Democrat	171
Michele Dawn Gwillim	Conservative	513
Carole Ann Rutherford	Labour	685

Labour hold	Majority 172	1,641 + 4 spoilt votes = 1,645

Ward: HAYTON	Electorate: 1,667	Percentage Turnout: 54.5%

Harry Newton Cain	Conservative	234
William James Graham	Independent	674

Independent hold	Majority 440	908 + 1 spoilt vote = 909

Ward: MORTON	Electorate: 4,767	Percentage Turnout: 47.2%

David George Baxter Barnes	British National Party	466
Teresa Elaine Cartner	Conservative	242
Nan Farmer	Liberal Democrat	799
Ann Warwick	Labour	740

Liberal Democrat hold	Majority 59	2,247 + 1 spoilt vote = 2,248

Ward: ST. AIDANS	Electorate: 4,598	Percentage Turnout: 34.1%

Tony Carvell	British National Party	232
Barbara Eden	Conservative	453
Paul Hendy	Liberal Democrat	219
Lucy Patrick	Labour	661

Labour hold	Majority 208	1,565 + 4 spoilt votes = 1,569

Ward: STANWIX URBAN	Electorate: 4,738	Percentage Turnout: 41.1%

Deborah Clode	Liberal Democrat	242
Richard Paul Im Thurn	Labour	511
Andrew John Stevenson	Conservative	1,188

Conservative hold	Majority 677	1,941 + 8 spoilt votes = 1,949

Ward: WETHERAL	Electorate: 3,752	Percentage Turnout: 43.8%

Barry Ogilvie Earp	Conservative	1,283
Roger Nicholson Horne	Labour	352

Conservative hold	Majority 931	1,635 + 9 spoilt votes = 1,644

Ward: YEWDALE	Electorate: 4,898	Percentage Turnout: 44.4%

Steven John William Bowditch	Labour	903
Michael James Elliott	British National Party	326
Fiona Jane Robson	Conservative	945

Conservative gain	Majority 42	2,174 + 3 spoilt votes = 2,177

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