Tamworth Council election, 2008

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Elections to Tamworth Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1] Overall turnout was 29.97%.^[2]

The results in Tamworth were one of the first local election results to be declared and saw just one seat change hands. The Conservative party gained Galscote ward from the Labour and consolidated their dominance of the council.^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Tamworth Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	9	1	0	+1	90.0	49.5	8,477	+4.5%
	Labour	1	0	1	-1	10.0	36.7	6,285	-1.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	1,072	-2.6%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	981	-0.4%
	British National Party	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	293	-0.5%

[edit] Ward results

Amington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn Rowe	887	48.7	+5.5
	Labour	Mark Fielding	680	37.3	-1.6
	Independent	James Mckay	255	14.0	-3.9
Majority			207	11.4	+7.1
Turnout			1,822	30.1	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Pritchard	785	50.1	+1.3
	Labour	John Harper	587	37.4	+1.6
	Independent	Kevin Harcourt-Taylor	196	12.5	-2.9
Majority			198	12.7	-0.3
Turnout			1,568	28.6	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bolehall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Faulkner	864	54.9	-3.1
	Conservative	Simon Clements	710	45.1	+3.1
Majority			154	9.8	-6.2
Turnout			1,574	28.6	-2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chippy Lees	963	52.6	+5.0
	Labour	Garry Hirons	651	35.6	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Pinkett	216	11.8	-2.4
Majority			312	17.0	+7.6
Turnout			1,830	33.6	-0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Glascote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicola Annandale	675	51.6	+25.0
	Labour	Dennis Powick	634	48.4	+15.9
Majority			41	3.2
Turnout			1,309	24.3	-1.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Mercian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Munn	763	40.2	+3.7
	Labour	Neil Fuller	526	27.7	-1.3
	Independent	Richard Kingstone	403	21.3	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Blake	204	10.8	-1.4
Majority			237	12.5	+5.0
Turnout			1,896	36.3	-1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Cook	1,053	51.3	-1.6
	Labour	Mike Cooke	728	35.4	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Blake	273	13.3	-1.6
Majority			325	15.9	-4.8
Turnout			2,054	37.2	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonydelph
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Danny Cook	689	47.8	+9.2
	Labour	Margaret Clarke	458	31.8	-4.5
	British National Party	Lynne Smith	293	20.3	-4.8
Majority			231	16.0	+13.7
Turnout			1,440	25.0	-2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Pinner	1,017	57.3	+3.1
	Labour	David Foster	471	26.5	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Jones	288	16.2	+2.3
Majority			546	30.8	+8.5
Turnout			1,776	30.2	-3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilnecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Oates	935	50.8	-2.9
	Labour	Kenneth Lewis	686	37.3	-9.0
	Independent	Andrew Whiles	218	11.9	+11.9
Majority			249	13.5	+6.1
Turnout			1,839	27.1	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing