# 2008 Fareham Borough Council election

The 2008 Fareham Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 22
* Liberal Democrat 9

## Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives held 22 seats compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats, with the Conservatives having run the council for the previous 9 years. Other candidates stood from the Labour Party, Green Party, United Kingdom Independence Party, British National Party and the English Democrats Party, but the election was seen as being mainly between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pledged to improve parking in Fareham, oppose a proposed gravel extraction site and build less new houses. The Conservatives defended their record in control of the council pointing to low council tax rates, extra hours of free bus travel for pensioners and recycling at 46% of waste. However the Liberal Democrats promised to revert to weekly rubbish collection instead of the fortnightly service that was introduced in 2005, improve street cleaning and scrap a fee for calling out pest controllers.

## Election result

The results saw no seats change hands with the Conservatives keeping control with a majority of 13. The Conservatives held 12 seats, many with increased majorities, the Liberal Democrats held 3, while Labour failed to win any seats and came last in many wards. The largest majority was in Sarisbury where the Conservatives won over 82% of the vote, while the closest results came in Stubbington and Fareham East, with the Liberal Democrats holding Fareham East by 80 votes after a recount. The only ward to see a new councillor was Titchfield where Conservative Tiffany Harper replaced Francis Devonshire, who stepped down at the election. Overall turnout in the election was 40.25%.
Fareham Local Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 60.8 | 21,206 | +9.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 27.2 | 9,481 | -9.8% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 2,355 | -1.3% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 470 | +1.3% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 436 | -0.4% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 422 | +0.8% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 323 | -0.1% |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 167 | +0.5% |

## Ward results
### Fareham East

Fareham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katrina Trott | 1,143 | 48.7 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Keith Barton | 1,063 | 45.3 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | Stuart Rose | 140 | 6.0 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 80 | 3.4 | −4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,346 | 41.2 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Fareham North

Fareham North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Bryant | 1,714 | 72.3 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Baker | 304 | 12.8 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Alan Mayes | 178 | 7.5 | −0.1 |
| | Green | David Harrison | 175 | 7.4 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,410 | 59.5 | +8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,371 | 41.9 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Fareham North West

Fareham North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Dunn | 1,020 | 52.9 | −11.1 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Tavendale | 778 | 40.3 | +12.0 |
| | Labour | Angela Carr | 131 | 6.8 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 242 | 12.5 | −23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,929 | 35.4 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Fareham South

Fareham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Trevor Howard | 1,015 | 59.2 | +8.2 |
| | Labour | James Carr | 291 | 17.0 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rowena Leonard | 270 | 15.8 | −13.7 |
| | Green | John Vivian | 138 | 8.1 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 724 | 42.2 | +20.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,714 | 33.0 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Fareham West

Fareham West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Diana Harrison | 1,715 | 68.4 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Tims | 331 | 13.2 | −6.8 |
| | UKIP | Steve Richards | 318 | 12.7 | +12.7 |
| | Labour | Cameron Crouchman | 144 | 5.7 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,384 | 55.2 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,508 | 46.0 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hill Head

Hill Head :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tim Knight | 2,133 | 74.1 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Abrams | 599 | 20.8 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Wendy Ledger | 145 | 5.0 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,534 | 53.3 | +15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,877 | 48.5 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Locks Heath

Locks Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ruth Godrich | 1,344 | 60.4 | −4.9 |
| | Independent | Ed Lait | 470 | 21.1 | +21.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Savage | 278 | 12.5 | −13.4 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Knight | 134 | 6.0 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 874 | 39.3 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,226 | 39.7 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Park Gate

Park Gate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marian Ellerton | 1,447 | 76.0 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Haysom | 299 | 15.7 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | Joanne Carr | 157 | 8.3 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,148 | 60.3 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,903 | 32.9 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Portchester East

Portchester East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Norris | 1,802 | 51.4 | |
| | Conservative | Charles Livingstone | 1,055 | 30.1 | |
| | Labour | Richard Ryan | 326 | 9.3 | |
| | BNP | Roger Knight | 323 | 9.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 747 | 21.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,506 | 40.0 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Portchester West

Portchester West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nick Walker | 1,410 | 60.2 | +13.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Bender | 609 | 26.0 | −13.8 |
| | English Democrat | Alan Chapman | 167 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
| | Labour | Leslie Ricketts | 156 | 6.7 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 801 | 34.2 | +26.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,342 | 40.8 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Sarisbury

Sarisbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Swanbrow | 1,657 | 81.6 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Savage | 262 | 12.9 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | Brenda Caines | 112 | 5.5 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,395 | 68.7 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,031 | 39.2 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Stubbington

Stubbington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kay Mandry | 1,485 | 55.3 | +9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Craig Lewis | 1,111 | 41.3 | −7.4 |
| | Labour | Simon Brown | 91 | 3.4 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 374 | 14.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,687 | 47.1 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Titchfield

Titchfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tiffany Harper | 1,599 | 72.1 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Chaloner | 318 | 14.3 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Michael Prior | 177 | 8.0 | −3.6 |
| | Green | Peter Doggett | 123 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,281 | 57.8 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,217 | 39.1 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Evans | 1,022 | 50.5 | +9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Englefield | 944 | 46.6 | −7.4 |
| | Labour | Andrew Mooney | 59 | 2.9 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | 3.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,025 | 38.5 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Warsash

Warsash :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mary Nadolski | 1,769 | 81.2 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alice Herron | 191 | 8.8 | −3.3 |
| | Labour | Nicola Moore | 114 | 5.2 | −0.4 |
| | UKIP | John Clayden | 104 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,578 | 72.5 | +8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,178 | 40.1 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |