Birmingham Council election, 2008

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Elections to Birmingham City Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 49
• Labour 36
• Liberal Democrat 32
• Respect – The Unity Coalition 3

Contents 1 Ward results 1.1 Acocks Green ward 1.2 Aston ward 1.3 Bartley Green ward 1.4 Billesley ward 1.5 Bordesley Green ward 1.6 Bournville ward 1.7 Brandwood ward 1.8 Edgbaston ward 1.9 Erdington ward 1.10 Hall Green ward 1.11 Handsworth Wood ward 1.12 Harborne ward 1.13 Hodge Hill ward 1.14 Kings Norton ward 1.15 Kingstanding ward 1.16 Ladywood ward 1.17 Longbridge ward 1.18 Lozells And East Handsworth ward 1.19 Moseley And Kings Heath ward 1.20 Nechells ward 1.21 Northfield ward 1.22 Oscott ward 1.23 Perry Barr ward 1.24 Quinton ward 1.25 Selly Oak ward 1.26 Shard End ward 1.27 Sheldon ward 1.28 Soho ward 1.29 South Yardley ward 1.30 Sparkbrook ward 1.31 Springfield ward 1.32 Stechford And Yardley North ward 1.33 Stockland Green ward 1.34 Sutton Four Oaks ward 1.35 Sutton New Hall ward 1.36 Sutton Trinity ward 1.37 Sutton Vesey ward 1.38 Tyburn ward 1.39 Washwood Heath ward 1.40 Weoley ward 2 References

[edit] Ward results

[edit] Acocks Green ward

Acocks Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Amanda Baker
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Harmer
	Conservative	Emma Mahay
	Labour	John O'Shea
	British National Party	Tanya Whitehead

[edit] Aston ward

Aston ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UK Independence	Abdul Azad
	Respect	Abdul Aziz
	British National Party	Alan Chamberlain
	Green	David Goley
	Labour	Amjad Hussain
	Liberal Democrat	Ayoub Khan
	Conservative	Olam Nyeko

[edit] Bartley Green ward

Bartley Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Barton
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Garrett
	Labour	Tom Guise
	British National Party	Terrence Larkin
	Green	James Robertson

[edit] Billesley ward

Billesley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	British National Party	Michael Bell
	Conservative	Leonard Gregory
	Green	Catherine Manhood
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Wagg
	Labour	Martin Welds

[edit] Bordesley Green ward

Bordesley Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Hazel Clawley
	Labour	Zafar Dad
	British National Party	Graham Jones
	Liberal Democrat	Shaukat Khan
	Conservative	Mary Storer

[edit] Bournville ward

Bournville ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Dawkins
	Liberal Democrat	Victoria Marsom
	Labour	Nathan Matthew
	Green	Joe Rooney
	British National Party	Steven Thomas

[edit] Brandwood ward

Brandwood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Burfoot
	Independent	Frank Chance
	Green	Anna Masters
	British National Party	Lynette Orton
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Peace
	Conservative	Neville Summerfield

[edit] Edgbaston ward

Edgbaston ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deirdre Alden
	British National Party	Stuart Bates
	Green	Becki Cox
	Labour	Rod Dungate
	UK Independence	Frank Jones
	Independent	Abhay Patekar
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Ritchie

[edit] Erdington ward

Erdington ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Beauchamp
	British National Party	Simon Briscoe
	Labour	Christopher Hillcox
	UK Independence	Umar Malik
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Mills
	Green	Mark Oley

[edit] Hall Green ward

Hall Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Burden
	Conservative	Bob Harvey
	UK Independence	John Ison
	British National Party	Wendy Lawrie
	Green	Sarah Minchin
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Wilkes

[edit] Handsworth Wood ward

Handsworth Wood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurdial Atwal
	British National Party	Paul Billingham
	Green	Eric Fairclough
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Jolliffe
	Conservative	Mahindarpal Singh
	Socialist Labour	John Tyrrell

[edit] Harborne ward

Harborne ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Alden
	British National Party	Howard Hamilton
	Labour	John Priest
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Sagier
	UK Independence	Edward Siddall-Jones
	Green	Phil Simpson

[edit] Hodge Hill ward

Hodge Hill ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	British National Party	Denis Adams
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Barnsley
	Green	Lydia Bradshaw
	Conservative	Wilf Holland
	UK Independence	Peter Johnson
	Labour Co-op	Anita Ward

[edit] Kings Norton ward

Kings Norton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	British National Party	Malcolm Doughty
	Green	Steven Heywood
	Conservative	Geoffrey Sutton
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Taylor
	Labour	Amy Watson

[edit] Kingstanding ward

Kingstanding ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	British National Party	David Campion
	Liberal Democrat	Hubert Duffy
	Labour	Catharine Grundy
	Conservative	Gary Sambrook
	Green	Geoff Tapalu
	National Front	Terry Williams

[edit] Ladywood ward

Ladywood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ransford Clarkson
	Green	Damien Duff
	Labour	Kathleen Hartley
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Jeffers
	UK Independence	Mark Nattrass
	British National Party	Lee Saunders

[edit] Longbridge ward

Longbridge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Bedser
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Hannon
	Green	Marle Van
	British National Party	Elizabeth Wainwright
	Conservative	Ken Wood

[edit] Lozells And East Handsworth ward

Lozells And East Handsworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ahsan Raghib
	Labour	Don Brown
	Green	Ankaret Harmer
	Liberal Democrat	Sabirul Islam
	Community Independent	Raja Khan
	Conservative	Zaweed Khan
	British National Party	Zane Patchell

[edit] Moseley And Kings Heath ward

Moseley And Kings Heath ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UK Independence	Alan Blumenthal
	Green	Alan Clawley
	Respect	Ray Gaston
	Labour	Jane Howell
	Conservative	Maura Judges
	British National Party	Peter Lawrie
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Mullaney

[edit] Nechells ward

Nechells ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tahir Ali
	Green	Janet Assheton
	Respect	Mushtaq Hussain
	Liberal Democrat	Nazir Hussain
	UK Independence	Afshar Nazemi
	British National Party	Darren Potter
	Conservative	Fitzroy Stevenson

[edit] Northfield ward

Northfield ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Coulson
	Conservative	Les Lawrence
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Moles
	British National Party	Leslie Orton
	Green	Susan Pearce

[edit] Oscott ward

Oscott ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cotton
	Green	Harry Eyles
	Conservative	Graham Green
	Liberal Democrat	James Hamilton
	British National Party	Wilfred Palmer

[edit] Perry Barr ward

Perry Barr ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Allen
	Conservative	Mark Haddon
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Hassall
	British National Party	Susan Morris
	Green	Lester Mundy

[edit] Quinton ward

Quinton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Badley
	Green	Peter Beck
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Garrett
	British National Party	Josephine Larkin
	Conservative	Peter Smallbone

[edit] Selly Oak ward

Selly Oak ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Dow
	Conservative	Andrew Hardie
	British National Party	Trevor Shearer
	Green	Peter Tinsley
	Labour	David Williams

[edit] Shard End ward

Shard End ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Barber
	Labour	Marjorie Bridle
	Conservative	Jessie Holland
	British National Party	Richard Lumby
	National Front	Mark Neary
	Green	John Read

[edit] Sheldon ward

Sheldon ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Anderson
	Conservative	Hannah Axford
	British National Party	Robert Devenport
	Labour	Karen McCarthy
	National Front	Paul Morris
	Green	Elinor Stanton

[edit] Soho ward

Soho ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	British National Party	Darren Allen
	Green	Huw Davies
	Liberal Democrat	Morriam Jan
	Socialist Labour	Sheera Johal
	Labour	Chaman Lal
	Conservative	David Williams-Masinda

[edit] South Yardley ward

South Yardley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Axford
	National Front	Adrian Davidson
	Liberal Democrat	Daphne Gaved
	Labour	Brendan O'Brien
	British National Party	John Pugh
	Green	Rianne Ten Veen

[edit] Sparkbrook ward

Sparkbrook ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Charles Alldrick
	Labour	Mohammed Azim
	British National Party	Arthur Botterill
	Conservative	Guy Hordern
	Community Independent	Talib Hussain
	Respect	Nahim Khan
	Liberal Democrat	Farah Naz

[edit] Springfield ward

Springfield ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akhlaq Ahmed
	Liberal Democrat	Jerry Evans
	Respect	Salma Iqbal
	British National Party	Michael Jones
	Conservative	Sam Pearce
	Green	Sandra Taylor

[edit] Stechford And Yardley North ward

Stechford And Yardley North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bliss
	Conservative	Robert Clark
	UK Independence	Graham Duffen
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Eustace
	British National Party	Richard Morris
	Green	Edith Roberts

[edit] Stockland Green ward

Stockland Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Franklyn Aaron
	Conservative	Matt Bennett
	Green	John Bentley
	British National Party	Carl Brisker
	Labour	Penny Holbrook

[edit] Sutton Four Oaks ward

Sutton Four Oaks ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	British National Party	Maureen Davies
	Conservative	Peter Howard
	Green	Karl Macnaughton
	UK Independence	Brendan Padmore
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Pearson
	Labour	Manish Puri

[edit] Sutton New Hall ward

Sutton New Hall ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	British National Party	Karl Benton
	Conservative	Dennis Birbeck
	Labour	Elizabeth Dowd
	Green	Jim Orford
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Woods

[edit] Sutton Trinity ward

Sutton Trinity ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Barley
	Green	Ulla Grant
	British National Party	Karen Lawrie
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Parker
	Conservative	Philip Parkin
	UK Independence	Ray Skett

[edit] Sutton Vesey ward

Sutton Vesey ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Cornish
	British National Party	Gemma Orton
	Labour	Robert Pocock
	UK Independence	Stephen Shorrock
	Green	Annabel Smith
	Liberal Democrat	Sidney Woods

[edit] Tyburn ward

Tyburn ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tamara Bolger
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Holtom
	Labour	Des Hughes
	Conservative	Derek Johnson
	British National Party	Ben Lumby
	Independent	Sallyann Rose

[edit] Washwood Heath ward

Washwood Heath ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steven Austin
	British National Party	James Gibson
	Liberal Democrat	Tariq Khan
	Labour	Mohammed Rasib
	Conservative	Ron Storer

[edit] Weoley ward

Weoley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mina Coalter
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Davies
	Labour Co-op	Jan Drinkwater
	Conservative	Eddie Freeman
	British National Party	Roy Orton

[edit] References

• Birmingham City Council election service (with links to results)
• 2008 Birmingham Council election (BBC)
• Conservative gains in Birmingham
• Tory-Lib Dem alliance holds firm in Birmingham
• Conservatives come out on top in Birmingham
• Birmingham City Council election candidates revealed
• Row over Tory candidate leaflet
• Birmingham local election results

Preceded by Birmingham Council election, 2007

Birmingham local elections

Succeeded by Birmingham Council election, 2010