# 2008 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

The 2008 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election for the Stoke-on-Trent City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.

## Election result

Stoke-on-Trent Council Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| | Labour | 4 | 2 | 12 | -10 | | 25.1 | 14,038 |
| | Conservative | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | | 17.4 | 9,740 |
| | Independent | 4 | 3 | 2 | +1 | | 17.2 | 9,657 |
| | BNP | 3 | 3 | 1 | +2 | | 14.3 | 7,986 |
| | City Independents | 5 | 5 | - | +5 | | 12.8 | 7,186 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | | 8.4 | 4,700 |
| | Potteries Alliance | 0 | | | | | 4.3 | 2,387 |
| | Green | 0 | | | | | 0.3 | 164 |
| | Socialist Alternative | 0 | | | | | 0.2 | 130 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30.2 | 55,988 |

## Ward results

Abbey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP | Melanie Jane Baddeley | 858 | 31.0 |
| | Labour | Gary Elsby | 784 | 28.3 |
| | Conservative | Andrew John Wragg | 721 | 26.0 |
| | Independent | Paul Sutton | 244 | 8.8 |
| | Green | Barry Malpass | 164 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,771 | 30.9 |
| | BNP gain from Labour | BNP gain from Labour | Swing | |
Bentilee and Townsend :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP | Steven Reginald Batkin | 829 | 34.6 |
| | Labour | Mervin Thomas Smith | 620 | 25.9 |
| | Independent | Wendy Caroline Johnson | 320 | 13.4 |
| | Conservative | Christine Warren | 273 | 11.4 |
| | Potteries Alliance | Maurice Lewis | 177 | 7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Ford | 174 | 7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 209 | 8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,393 | 26.4 |
| | BNP gain from Labour | BNP gain from Labour | Swing | |
Berryhill and Hanley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | City Independents | John Gilbert Davis | 729 | 34.7 |
| | Labour | Terence Frederick Crowe | 654 | 31.1 |
| | Conservative | Richard John William Ibbs | 434 | 20.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Phillip Redfern | 286 | 13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | 3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,103 | 27.1 |
| | City Independents gain from Labour | City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | |
Blurton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | City Independents | Roy Stanley Naylor | 1,152 | 44.0 |
| | Labour | Michael Tappin | 776 | 29.6 |
| | Conservative | Harold Malcolm Mouat | 469 | 17.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter George Chambers | 222 | 8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,619 | 27.7 |
| | City Independents gain from Labour | City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | |
Burslem North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Conway | 1,104 | 46.7 |
| | Potteries Alliance | Malcolm Barber | 513 | 21.7 |
| | Conservative | Donald Winston Smith | 493 | 20.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sabrina Ann Bowers | 255 | 10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 591 | 25.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,365 | 26.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Burslem South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Javid Iqbal Najmi | 968 | 39.3 |
| | Potteries Alliance | Ted Owen | 688 | 27.9 |
| | Conservative | Gareth Fallows | 349 | 14.2 |
| | Independent | David Giltrap | 189 | 7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Thomas | 141 | 5.7 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Jane Mellalieu | 130 | 5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,465 | 27.9 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
Chell and Packmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | City Independents | Janine Taylor | 912 | 35.4 |
| | Independent | Angela Miller | 579 | 22.5 |
| | BNP | Craig Arthur Pond | 566 | 22.0 |
| | Labour | David Eric Roberts | 416 | 16.1 |
| | Independent | Sylvia Emily Nagington | 103 | 4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 | 12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,576 | 27.9 |
| | City Independents gain from Independent | City Independents gain from Independent | Swing | |
East Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joanne Clare Powell-Beckett | 1,146 | 43.8 |
| | Labour | Sybil Halfpenny | 713 | 27.3 |
| | Potteries Alliance | Christine Knight | 509 | 19.5 |
| | City Independents | Jackie Ward | 247 | 9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 433 | 16.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,615 | 26.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Fenton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | City Independents | Mick Bell | 1,150 | 39.3 |
| | BNP | Samuel Richard Tunstall | 779 | 26.6 |
| | Labour | Stan Bate | 578 | 19.7 |
| | Conservative | Steven John Morris | 292 | 10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Harry Grocock | 129 | 4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 371 | 12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,928 | 31.7 |
| | City Independents gain from Labour | City Independents gain from Labour | Swing | |
Hanley West and Shelton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 977 | 49.5 |
| | Labour | Marj Bate | 743 | 37.6 |
| | Independent | Jim Piper | 217 | 11.0 |
| | Independent | Marek Goslicki | 37 | 1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 234 | 11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,974 | 23.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
Hartshill and Penkhull :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Randy Conteh | 1,263 | 46.4 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Andrew Brown | 543 | 20.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Taylor | 499 | 18.3 |
| | Labour | Adam William Colclough | 415 | 15.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 720 | 26.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,720 | 30.5 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Longton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Anthony William Reynolds | 1,005 | 30.7 |
| | BNP | Pauline Smith | 844 | 25.8 |
| | Independent | Mark Leat | 578 | 17.7 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Hayward | 550 | 16.8 |
| | Independent | Roy Bennett | 292 | 8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 239 | 7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,269 | 30.9 |
| | Labour gain from BNP | Labour gain from BNP | Swing | |
Longton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bagh Ali | 1,633 | 42.0 |
| | Conservative | James Whitehurst | 797 | 20.5 |
| | BNP | Lynne Pond | 756 | 19.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Harold Jenkinson | 569 | 14.6 |
| | Independent | Rob Kettle | 132 | 3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 836 | 21.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,887 | 26.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Meir Park and Sandon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP | John William Burgess | 979 | 30.3 |
| | City Independents | Christine Follows | 909 | 28.1 |
| | Conservative | Abigail Margaret Brown | 774 | 23.9 |
| | Labour | Kath Banks | 570 | 17.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,232 | 32.4 |
| | BNP gain from Conservative | BNP gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Northwood and Birches :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Sutton | 624 | 22.9 |
| | Independent | Eve Mary Maley | 623 | 22.9 |
| | BNP | Stanley Leese | 594 | 21.8 |
| | Potteries Alliance | Reginald Booth | 500 | 18.4 |
| | Labour | Barry George Stockley | 379 | 13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,720 | 29.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
Norton and Bradeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Mick Salih | 1,225 | 44.4 |
| | Independent | Robert Douglas Hooper | 1,148 | 41.7 |
| | Labour | Richard Anthony Blake | 383 | 13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 77 | 2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,756 | 31.3 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
Stoke and Trent Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Pauline Joynson | 824 | 32.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Conrad Lubinski | 590 | 23.1 |
| | Conservative | Harold David Gregory | 424 | 16.6 |
| | Labour | Margaret Lilley | 376 | 14.7 |
| | Independent | Monica Mitchell | 298 | 11.7 |
| | Independent | Spencer Mervyn Cartlidge | 45 | 1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 234 | 9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,557 | 26.8 |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Trentham and Hanford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | City Independents | Terry Follows | 2,087 | 56.2 |
| | Conservative | Shaun Lee Bennett | 1,104 | 29.7 |
| | Labour | Alistair Scott Watson | 288 | 7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Grocock | 234 | 6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 983 | 26.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,713 | 38.1 |
| | City Independents gain from Conservative | City Independents gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Tunstall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Megan Ryan | 1,143 | 36.9 |
| | BNP | Terence Francis Cope | 813 | 26.3 |
| | Labour | Shiela Grace Pitt | 703 | 22.7 |
| | Conservative | Stewart Bertram Jones | 327 | 10.6 |
| | Independent | Albert Edwin Hurst | 110 | 3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 330 | 10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,096 | 31.4 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
Weston and Meir North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Clement Daniels | 1,044 | 32.3 |
| | BNP | Anthony Steven Tabbinor | 968 | 30.0 |
| | Labour | Ian Philip McLaughlan | 930 | 28.8 |
| | Independent | Gordon Perry | 287 | 8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | 2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,229 | 35.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |