# 2008 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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

## Election result

Sefton Local Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 39.13% | 31.04% | 21 025 |
| Labour | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.78% | 22.98% | 15 569 |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 26.09% | 34.15% | 23 135 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 7.22% | 4 888 |
| Southport Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.81% | 1 229 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.74% | 1 177 |
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.55% | 373 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.31% | 210 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.16% | 105 |

## Wards

Ainsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Collier | 986 | 23.43% |
| | UKIP | John Leech | 168 | 3.99% |
| | Conservative | Brenda Porter * | 2 903 | 68.99% |
| | Labour | Frank Warner | 223 | 5.30% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4 208 | 43.96% |
Birkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Terry Durance | 394 | 11.51% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Hands * | 1 702 | 49.74% |
| | Conservative | Cath Regan | 1 105 | 32.29% |
| | Labour | Frank Robinson | 213 | 6.22% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 422 | 35% |
Blundellsands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Donnellon | 578 | 18.01% |
| | Labour | Constance McCarthy | 731 | 22.78% |
| | Conservative | Paula Parry * | 1 893 | 58.99% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 209 | 36.2% |
Cambridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Glover * | 2 076 | 49.39% |
| | Labour | Muriel Langley | 229 | 5.45% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aiden McGuire | 1 889 | 44.94% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4 203 | 45.12% |
Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Cook | 426 | 17.23% |
| | Labour | Paul Cummins * | 1 216 | 49.19% |
| | Communist | Ian Davis | 60 | 2.43% |
| | UKIP | Joseph Nugent | 315 | 12.74% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Tonkiss | 448 | 18.12% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2 472 | 28.59% |
Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Carol Gustafson * | 1 030 | 51.22% |
| | BNP | Dean McGraine | 98 | 4.87% |
| | UKIP | Paul Nuttall | 763 | 37.94% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Parry | 108 | 5.37% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2 011 | 23.33% |
Dukes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Cathine Cookson | 297 | 8.31% |
| | Southport | Harry Forster | 497 | 13.90% |
| | Conservative | David Pearson * | 1 979 | 55.36% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Shavaksha | 790 | 22.10% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 575 | 37.9% |
Ford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Owen Brady * | 1 330 | 60.78% |
| | Conservative | Jessamine Hounslea | 287 | 13.12% |
| | BNP | Michael McDermott | 301 | 13.76% |
| | UKIP | Phillip Wordley | 265 | 12.11% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2 188 | 24.21% |
Harington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alfred Doran * | 2 527 | 67.80% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Druscilla Haydon | 663 | 17.79% |
| | Labour | Maurice Newton | 526 | 14.11% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 727 | 38.56% |
Kew :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Fearn * | 1 404 | 47.12% |
| | Labour | Stephen Jowett | 203 | 6.81% |
| | Southport | John Lee | 455 | 15.27% |
| | UKIP | Val Pollard | 100 | 3.36% |
| | Conservative | Anthony White | 809 | 27.15% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2 980 | 32.99% |
Linacre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Helen Barber | 140 | 8.45% |
| | Communist | John Byrne | 45 | 2.72% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Hill | 192 | 11.59% |
| | Labour | Doreen Kerrigan * | 1 050 | 63.41% |
| | UKIP | Robin Thompson | 219 | 13.22% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1 656 | 21.48% |
Litherland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | John Bryant | 458 | 24.96% |
| | Labour | Patricia Hardy * | 1 078 | 58.68% |
| | Conservative | Alex McIvor | 288 | 15.68% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1 837 | 22.39% |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Gibson * | 1 493 | 40.54% |
| | Labour | Paula Gouldbourn | 738 | 20.04% |
| | Conservative | David McIvor | 1 423 | 38.64% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 683 | 37.72% |
Meols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Southport | Margaret Brown | 277 | 7.90% |
| | UKIP | Nigel Cecil | 209 | 5.96% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Dodd * | 1 714 | 48.86% |
| | Labour | Maureen Stoker | 168 | 4.79% |
| | Conservative | Mike Swift | 1 134 | 32.33% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 508 | 35.69% |
Molyneux :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda Cluskey | 536 | 18.55% |
| | Conservative | Edwina Cook | 463 | 16.03% |
| | UKIP | Peter Harper | 514 | 17.79% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Howe * | 1 370 | 47.42% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2 889 | 29.07% |
Netherton and Orrell (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP | Jennifer Atherton | 213 | 10.23% |
| | Conservative | Viv Becker | 306 | 14.69% |
| | Labour | Susan Bradshaw * | 982 | 47.14% |
| | Labour | Robert Brennan * | 1 036 | 49.76% |
| | UKIP | Andrew Dobson | 297 | 14.26% |
| | UKIP | Pat Gaskell | 270 | 12.96% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Peter Glover | 373 | 17.91% |
| | Conservative | Helen Huxley | 193 | 9.27% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2 083 | 23.65% |
Norwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tony Crabtree | 744 | 23.21% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronnie Fearn * | 1 735 | 54.13% |
| | BNP | Margaret McEllenborough | 184 | 5.74% |
| | Labour | Michael Nolan | 290 | 9.05% |
| | UKIP | Graham Taylor | 243 | 7.58% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 205 | 32.4% |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Martyn Ball | 844 | 25.70% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robbie Fenton * | 1 805 | 54.96% |
| | BNP | Alan Marshman | 202 | 6.15% |
| | Labour | Sandra Williams | 418 | 12.73% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 284 | 33.75% |
Ravenmeols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Flodman | 762 | 23.01% |
| | Conservative | Barry Griffiths * | 1 950 | 58.88% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Trollope | 384 | 11.59% |
| | Green | Richard Willis | 210 | 6.34% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 312 | 35.33% |
St Oswald :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP | Carol Atherton | 179 | 9.13% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Hough | 229 | 11.69% |
| | UKIP | David Jones | 57 | 2.91% |
| | Conservative | Doreen MacPherson | 215 | 10.97% |
| | Labour | James Mahon * | 1 269 | 64.78% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1 959 | 23.21% |
Sudell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Linda Harper | 306 | 9.92% |
| | Conservative | Simon Jamieson | 676 | 21.92% |
| | Labour | Stephen Kermode | 482 | 15.63% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clifford Mainey * | 1 614 | 52.33% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 084 | 30.46% |
Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Giles Blundell | 762 | 20.87% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hill * | 2 029 | 55.56% |
| | Conservative | Sharon Hutchinson | 646 | 17.69% |
| | UKIP | Mike Kelly | 205 | 5.61% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3 652 | 35.36% |
| Preceded by 2007 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election | Sefton local elections | Succeeded by 2010 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election |