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% |
| |
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|
| Stephen Paul Gash |
English Democrats "Putting England First" |
176 |
| David Douglass Morton |
Conservative |
1,212 |
| Elaine Mary Thomson |
Labour |
431 |
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|
| 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 |
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|
| Conservative gain |
Majority 62 |
1,621 + 5 spoilt votes = 1,626 |
| Ward: BOTCHERBY |
Electorate: 4,599 |
Percentage Turnout: 30.8% |
| |
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|
| Bobby Betton |
Independent |
313 |
| John Martyn William Blenkharn |
Conservative |
443 |
| Michael William Boaden |
Labour |
509 |
| Karl Chappell |
British National Party |
145 |
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|
| 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 |
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|
| Conservative hold |
Majority 611 |
1,215 + 7 spoilt votes = 1,222 |
| Ward: CASTLE |
Electorate: 4,305 |
Percentage Turnout: 29.7% |
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|
| Charlotte Ann Arnold |
Conservative |
206 |
| Simon Christopher Osman |
Independent |
202 |
| Christopher John Southward |
Labour |
299 |
| Jim Tootle |
Liberal Democrat |
562 |
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|
|
| 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 |
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|
| Labour hold |
Majority 273 |
1,498 + 3 spoilt votes = 1,501 |
| Ward: DALSTON |
Electorate: 4,852 |
Percentage Turnout: 47.4% |
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|
|
| 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% |
| |
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|
| Geoffrey Roland Prest |
Conservative |
347 |
| Joan Southward |
Labour |
627 |
| Allan Stevenson |
|
188 |
| Janet Elizabeth Tootle |
Liberal Democrat |
108 |
| Rob Walker |
British National Party |
170 |
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|
| 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 |
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|
| Conservative hold |
Majority 276 |
666 + 4 spoilt votes = 670 |
| Ward: HARRABY |
Electorate: 4,786 |
Percentage Turnout: 34.4% |
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| Joyce Carolyne Chisholm |
British National Party |
272 |
| Colin Drew Farmer |
Liberal Democrat |
171 |
| Michele Dawn Gwillim |
Conservative |
513 |
| Carole Ann Rutherford |
Labour |
685 |
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|
| Labour hold |
Majority 172 |
1,641 + 4 spoilt votes = 1,645 |
| Ward: HAYTON |
Electorate: 1,667 |
Percentage Turnout: 54.5% |
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|
| Harry Newton Cain |
Conservative |
234 |
| William James Graham |
Independent |
674 |
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|
| Independent hold |
Majority 440 |
908 + 1 spoilt vote = 909 |
| Ward: MORTON |
Electorate: 4,767 |
Percentage Turnout: 47.2% |
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| David George Baxter Barnes |
British National Party |
466 |
| Teresa Elaine Cartner |
Conservative |
242 |
| Nan Farmer |
Liberal Democrat |
799 |
| Ann Warwick |
Labour |
740 |
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|
| Liberal Democrat hold |
Majority 59 |
2,247 + 1 spoilt vote = 2,248 |
| Ward: ST. AIDANS |
Electorate: 4,598 |
Percentage Turnout: 34.1% |
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| Tony Carvell |
British National Party |
232 |
| Barbara Eden |
Conservative |
453 |
| Paul Hendy |
Liberal Democrat |
219 |
| Lucy Patrick |
Labour |
661 |
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|
| Labour hold |
Majority 208 |
1,565 + 4 spoilt votes = 1,569 |
| Ward: STANWIX URBAN |
Electorate: 4,738 |
Percentage Turnout: 41.1% |
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|
| Deborah Clode |
Liberal Democrat |
242 |
| Richard Paul Im Thurn |
Labour |
511 |
| Andrew John Stevenson |
Conservative |
1,188 |
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|
| Conservative hold |
Majority 677 |
1,941 + 8 spoilt votes = 1,949 |
| Ward: WETHERAL |
Electorate: 3,752 |
Percentage Turnout: 43.8% |
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|
| Barry Ogilvie Earp |
Conservative |
1,283 |
| Roger Nicholson Horne |
Labour |
352 |
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|
| Conservative hold |
Majority 931 |
1,635 + 9 spoilt votes = 1,644 |
| Ward: YEWDALE |
Electorate: 4,898 |
Percentage Turnout: 44.4% |
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|
| Steven John William Bowditch |
Labour |
903 |
| Michael James Elliott |
British National Party |
326 |
| Fiona Jane Robson |
Conservative |
945 |
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|
| Conservative gain |
Majority 42 |
2,174 + 3 spoilt votes = 2,177 |