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14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 37.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2008 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows
Labour seats, blue shows the
Conservatives, yellow shows the
Liberal Democrats and orange shows the
Liberals. Wards in white had no election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Exeter City Council election took place on 1 May 2008, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control. [3] [4]
2008 Exeter City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 | 42.9 | 7 | 13 | 32.5 | 6,923 | 27.3 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | 4 | 2 | 28.6 | 8 | 12 | 30.0 | 8,793 | 34.6 | +4.6 | |
Labour | 3 | 3 | 21.4 | 8 | 11 | 27.5 | 6,942 | 27.3 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal | 1 | 7.1 | 3 | 4 | 10.0 | 1,454 | 5.7 | -4.5 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 747 | 2.9 | -0.8 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 529 | 2.1 | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Newcombe | 911 | 39.0% | |
Conservative | Margaret Jordan | 836 | 35.8% | |
Labour | Brett Crane | 265 | 11.3% | |
UKIP | Laura Moralee | 174 | 7.4% | |
Green | Andrew Bell | 152 | 6.5% | |
Majority | 75 | 3.2% | ||
Turnout | 2,338 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Hannaford | 907 | 38.8% | |
Labour | Hazel Slack | 887 | 38.0% | |
Conservative | James Moffat | 384 | 16.4% | |
UKIP | Richard Timmis | 158 | 6.8% | |
Majority | 20 | 0.9% | ||
Turnout | 2,336 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Branston | 730 | 54.7% | |
Conservative | Dale Woolner | 269 | 20.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Pettinger | 200 | 15.0% | |
Green | Susannah Cornwall | 136 | 10.2% | |
Majority | 461 | 34.5% | ||
Turnout | 1,335 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Hobden | 894 | 45.0% | |
Conservative | Gabriella Dudley | 792 | 39.9% | |
Labour | Andrew Dean | 203 | 10.2% | |
Green | Peter Gove | 96 | 4.8% | |
Majority | 102 | 5.1% | ||
Turnout | 1,985 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cynthia Thompson | 993 | 43.8% | |
Labour | Valerie Dixon | 910 | 40.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Northcott | 212 | 9.4% | |
Liberal | Tessa Barrett | 151 | 6.7% | |
Majority | 83 | 3.7% | ||
Turnout | 2,266 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Taghdissian | 672 | 43.6% | |
Labour | Rachel Lyons | 567 | 36.8% | |
Liberal Democrats | Larissa Rowe | 301 | 19.5% | |
Majority | 105 | 6.8% | ||
Turnout | 1,540 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marcel Choules | 1,009 | 46.2% | |
Conservative | Lesley Luke | 715 | 32.7% | |
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Barrett | 364 | 16.7% | |
Liberal | Keith Danks | 98 | 4.5% | |
Majority | 294 | 13.5% | ||
Turnout | 2,186 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Philip Brock | 613 | 52.6% | |
Conservative | Benjamin Corbridge | 248 | 21.3% | |
Labour | Philip Thomas | 227 | 19.5% | |
UKIP | Keith Crawford | 77 | 6.6% | |
Majority | 365 | 31.3% | ||
Turnout | 1,165 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Natalie Cole | 531 | 39.4% | |
Labour | Paul Bull | 384 | 28.5% | |
Conservative | Tarasyn Whitehead-Patey | 216 | 16.0% | |
Green | Isaac Price-Sosner | 174 | 12.9% | |
UKIP | Michael Wilcox | 43 | 3.2% | |
Majority | 147 | 10.9% | ||
Turnout | 1,348 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Shiel | 935 | 57.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Jerry Fox | 261 | 16.0% | |
Labour | Pamela Holman | 249 | 15.2% | |
Green | Adrian Worthley | 189 | 11.6% | |
Majority | 674 | 41.2% | ||
Turnout | 1,634 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joan Morrish | 917 | 53.8% | |
Conservative | David Henson | 582 | 34.2% | |
Labour | George Sterry | 121 | 7.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruairi Fullam | 84 | 4.9% | |
Majority | 335 | 19.6% | ||
Turnout | 1,704 | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Hannaford | 958 | 61.5% | |
Labour | Richard Harris | 314 | 20.2% | |
Conservative | Patricia White | 208 | 13.4% | |
UKIP | Alison Timmis | 77 | 4.9% | |
Majority | 644 | 41.3% | ||
Turnout | 1,557 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Starling | 1,284 | 63.8% | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Williams | 428 | 21.3% | |
Labour | Rachel Sutton | 302 | 15.0% | |
Majority | 856 | 42.5% | ||
Turnout | 2,014 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Wardle | 774 | 39.1% | |
Conservative | Jeremy White | 659 | 33.3% | |
Liberal | Nigel Harry | 288 | 14.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Thickett | 259 | 13.1% | |
Majority | 115 | 5.8% | ||
Turnout | 1,980 | |||
Labour hold |