# 2008 Hull City Council election

The 2008 Hull City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats retained control of the council with an increased majority from a situation of ruling under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 33
* Labour 19
* N.E.W. Hull Independent 3
* Conservative 2
* Independent 1
* Non-aligned 1

## Campaign

At the 2007 election the Liberal Democrats had won an overall majority of 1 but subsequently suffered 2 defections meaning that they went into the 2008 election as a minority administration. In total 81 candidates stood in the 2008 election including 20 each from the Liberal Democrats, Labour and Conservative parties. Other candidates standing in the election came from the English Democrats, Greens and United Kingdom Independence Party as well as some independents candidates. The Liberal Democrats were expected to recover seats in the election which they had lost when councillors had defected to sit as independents.

## Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats regain a majority on the council after gaining 5 seats. They won Newington and Pickering wards from Labour, as well as Beverley, Boothferry and Derringham wards from independents. Labour did make one gain in St Andrews from an independent and saw their former leader, Colin Inglis, returned to the council in Myton. The Liberal Democrats now controlled 33 seats on the council as compared to 19 for Labour. Overall turnout in the election was 25.5%.
Hull Local Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 60.0 | 41.7 | 17,142 | -4.4% |
| Labour | 7 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 35.0 | 34.1 | 14,025 | -1.9% |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 5,768 | +6.2% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4.9 | 1,998 | -0.5% |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 894 | +2.2% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 743 | -0.3% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 499 | -0.1% |
| N.E.W. Hull Independent | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Ward results

Avenue :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Graham Robinson | 1,496 | 51.7 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | Andy Dorton | 807 | 27.9 | +0.0 |
| | Green | Martin John Deane | 295 | 10.2 | −5.5 |
| | Conservative | David Triffit Whellan | 204 | 7.0 | −0.6 |
| | Independent | Ginette Andrew | 93 | 3.2 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 689 | 23.8 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,895 | 32.9 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Beverley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Elizabeth Mathieson | 1,336 | 55.3 | −17.1 |
| | Independent | Joyce Korczak Fields | 449 | 18.6 | +18.6 |
| | Labour | Mike Whiting | 346 | 14.3 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | Marc James Pooler | 221 | 9.2 | −0.3 |
| | Green | David John Allen | 62 | 2.6 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 887 | 36.7 | −20.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,414 | 35.9 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Boothferry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Gurevitch | 1,057 | 41.9 | −9.5 |
| | Labour | Mall Fields | 635 | 25.2 | −5.4 |
| | English Democrat | Graham Anthony Robinson | 331 | 13.1 | +13.1 |
| | Conservative | Karen Anne Woods | 298 | 11.8 | −0.1 |
| | Independent | Keith Toon | 118 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| | UKIP | Brian Shepherd | 85 | 3.4 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 422 | 16.7 | −4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,524 | 26.5 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from N.E.W. Hull Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from N.E.W. Hull Independent | Swing | | |
Bricknell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Percy | 1,550 | 67.1 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Helene O'Mullane | 414 | 17.9 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phillip Morrell | 234 | 10.1 | −6.5 |
| | Green | James Edward Russell | 113 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,136 | 49.2 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,311 | 36.1 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Derringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Uzzell | 846 | 40.6 | −10.9 |
| | Labour | Carol Ann Clarkson | 471 | 22.6 | +1.5 |
| | Independent | Michael Vernon Rouse-Deane | 351 | 16.9 | +8.6 |
| | UKIP | John Henry Cornforth | 227 | 10.9 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | Reg Britton | 188 | 9.0 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | 18.0 | −12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,083 | 23.7 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from N.E.W. Hull Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from N.E.W. Hull Independent | Swing | | |
Drypool :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Williams | 1,756 | 63.9 | +11.8 |
| | Labour | Dave Craker | 762 | 27.7 | −11.4 |
| | Conservative | Neil James Cropper | 229 | 8.3 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 994 | 36.2 | +23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,747 | 28.9 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Holderness :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Nicholson | 1,465 | 54.9 | −0.2 |
| | Labour | Graham Petrini | 719 | 26.9 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Rowland Brown | 340 | 12.7 | +4.2 |
| | Independent | Janet Hilda Toker | 146 | 5.5 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 746 | 27.9 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,670 | 26.8 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allen Frederick Healand | 1,584 | 53.3 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Tracy Catherine Noon | 942 | 31.7 | −7.5 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Neil Forster | 286 | 9.6 | +3.1 |
| | Independent | Mally Reeve | 160 | 5.4 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 642 | 21.6 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,972 | 31.0 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Kings Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elaine Anne Garland | 966 | 64.5 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Brian Arthur Petch | 335 | 22.4 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Allison | 197 | 13.2 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 631 | 42.1 | +8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,498 | 23.5 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Longhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Allen Hewitt | 867 | 46.7 | −9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Lefevre | 466 | 25.1 | +6.2 |
| | Independent | Peter Robert Martin | 270 | 14.5 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Ian Matthew Brown | 253 | 13.6 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 401 | 21.6 | −16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,856 | 21.7 | −1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Marfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sheila Waudby | 973 | 61.5 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Ann Hunt | 309 | 19.5 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Les Fisher | 301 | 19.0 | +8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 664 | 41.9 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,583 | 17.8 | −0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Myton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Colin Inglis | 869 | 45.1 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Josef Welton | 344 | 17.8 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Laurence Abraham | 294 | 15.2 | +6.3 |
| | UKIP | Ken Hordon | 187 | 9.7 | +6.2 |
| | Green | Susan Harr | 147 | 7.6 | +2.1 |
| | Independent | Min Benson | 87 | 4.5 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 525 | 27.2 | −8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,928 | 20.2 | −1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Craig Charles Woolmer | 962 | 47.6 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | Lynn Petrini | 743 | 36.8 | −3.9 |
| | English Democrat | Richard Howard | 192 | 9.5 | +9.5 |
| | Conservative | Pat Thompson | 124 | 6.1 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 219 | 10.8 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,021 | 24.9 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Newland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael James Ross | 720 | 55.8 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Martin Charles Mancey | 326 | 25.3 | −0.3 |
| | Green | Louise Muston | 126 | 9.8 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Mary Singleton | 118 | 9.1 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 394 | 30.5 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,290 | 21.0 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Orchard Park & Greenwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steven James Bayes | 1,011 | 65.6 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Quinn | 295 | 19.1 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | James Parker | 235 | 15.2 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 716 | 46.5 | −5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,541 | 17.3 | −0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Pickering :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Thomas | 1,247 | 46.4 | −6.4 |
| | Labour | Peter Allen | 1,001 | 37.2 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert David Brown | 223 | 8.3 | −0.1 |
| | English Democrat | Sharon Mawer | 217 | 8.1 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 246 | 9.2 | −4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,688 | 30.1 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Southcoates East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom McVie | 630 | 62.7 | +7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Ann Gurevitch | 199 | 19.8 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Colin Percy | 175 | 17.4 | +7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 431 | 42.9 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,004 | 17.7 | −0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Southcoates West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Glew | 980 | 71.3 | +15.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Godden | 212 | 15.4 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | John Francis Abbott | 182 | 13.2 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 768 | 55.9 | +21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,374 | 22.9 | +4.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
St Andrews :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Daren Russell Hale | 421 | 40.3 | +3.3 |
| | Independent | Albert Penna | 324 | 31.0 | +31.0 |
| | English Democrat | Graham Anthony Robinson | 154 | 14.7 | +14.7 |
| | Conservative | Bob Cook | 78 | 7.5 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robyn Emma Randall | 68 | 6.5 | −26.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 | 9.3 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,045 | 21.0 | −2.8 |
| | Labour gain from N.E.W. Hull Independent | Labour gain from N.E.W. Hull Independent | Swing | | |
Sutton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kalvin Glen Neal | 1,580 | 60.2 | −2.9 |
| | Labour | Kenneth William Turner | 773 | 29.4 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Gladys Airey | 272 | 10.4 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 807 | 30.7 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,625 | 27.4 | −4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
No elections were held in Bransholme East, Bransholme West and University wards.