# 2008 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2008 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third 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 33
* Labour 18
* Liberal Democrats 6
* Independent 2
* Democratic Labour Party 1

## Election result

Walsall Local Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 51.5 | 28,664 | +10.4% |
| Labour | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 24.8 | 13,807 | -4.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 6,767 | +0.3% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 2,600 | -0.8% |
| Democratic Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 1,922 | +0.7% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 919 | +0.8% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 436 | -2.5% |
| Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 304 | -0.8% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 203 | -3.5% |

## Ward results

Aldridge Central and South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Ansell | 2,306 | 63.4 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | Derek Wigfall | 507 | 13.9 | −1.2 |
| | UKIP | Michael Jose | 442 | 12.2 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Royston Sheward | 382 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,799 | 49.5 | +12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,637 | 33.6 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Aldridge North and Walsall Wood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Sears | 2,046 | 70.8 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Greveson | 464 | 16.1 | −0.8 |
| | Labour | Ian Pearson | 378 | 13.1 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,582 | 54.8 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,888 | 28.0 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bentley and Darlaston North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stanley Madeley | 1,087 | 43.9 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Gurmeet Sohal | 972 | 39.3 | +5.9 |
| | UKIP | Malcolm Ford | 198 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Pearce | 118 | 4.8 | −11.6 |
| | Green | Stephen Brookes | 78 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| | Democratic Labour | Alan Paddock | 21 | 0.8 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 4.6 | −8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,474 | 27.8 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Birchills-Leamore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Barton | 958 | 54.6 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Chad Pitt | 543 | 31.0 | +0.7 |
| | Green | Paul Booker | 142 | 8.1 | +8.1 |
| | Democratic Labour | Alan Davies | 110 | 6.3 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 415 | 23.7 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,753 | 19.7 | −4.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Blakenall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Robertson | 692 | 37.8 | −0.4 |
| | Democratic Labour | David Church | 622 | 34.0 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | Hilda Derry | 388 | 21.2 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trudy Pearce | 128 | 7.0 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,830 | 22.4 | −5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bloxwich East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Tweddle | 1,308 | 58.9 | +17.1 |
| | Labour | Angus McGhee | 563 | 25.4 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Cockayne | 198 | 8.9 | +4.8 |
| | Democratic Labour | Stephen Baggott | 151 | 6.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 745 | 33.6 | +22.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,220 | 26.0 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bloxwich West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Melvin Pitt | 1,436 | 54.1 | +10.2 |
| | Labour | Robert Thomas | 465 | 17.5 | −19.9 |
| | Democratic Labour | Michael Ross | 365 | 13.8 | +10.6 |
| | UKIP | Anthony Bryan | 286 | 10.8 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stanley Robinson | 102 | 3.8 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 971 | 36.6 | +30.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,654 | 27.5 | −4.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Brownhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Paul | 1,642 | 66.6 | +29.6 |
| | Labour | Paul Forrest | 662 | 26.9 | −12.1 |
| | Democratic Labour | Andrew Bradburn | 160 | 6.5 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 980 | 39.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,464 | 25.8 | −5.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Darlaston South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Graham Wilkes | 775 | 36.8 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Doris Silvester | 709 | 33.7 | +20.7 |
| | Green | Timothy Martin | 264 | 12.5 | +5.4 |
| | Democratic Labour | Alan Johnston | 253 | 12.0 | +12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Murli Sinha | 105 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66 | 3.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,106 | 23.1 | −7.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Paddock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rose Martin | 2,249 | 65.7 | +17.3 |
| | Labour | Ann Wilson | 605 | 17.7 | −13.9 |
| | UKIP | Derek Bennett | 310 | 9.1 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Muhammad Miah | 135 | 3.9 | −2.2 |
| | Green | Murray Abbott | 122 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,644 | 48.1 | +21.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,421 | 35.6 | −8.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Palfrey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Munir | 1,736 | 43.2 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Allah Ditta | 1,602 | 39.8 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Cullum | 380 | 9.4 | −2.4 |
| | Respect | Arshad Kanwar | 304 | 7.6 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 3.3 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,022 | 39.1 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pelsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Garry Perry | 2,532 | 79.0 | +35.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Smith | 331 | 10.3 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | Martin Harrower | 276 | 8.6 | −0.5 |
| | Democratic Labour | Derek Roddy | 67 | 2.1 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,201 | 68.7 | +41.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,206 | 35.5 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pheasey Park Farm :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Adrian Andrew | 1,846 | 64.1 | +9.3 |
| | UKIP | Steven Grey | 446 | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| | Labour | Douglas James | 430 | 14.9 | −6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Barker | 160 | 5.6 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,400 | 48.6 | +14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,882 | 34.1 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pleck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dennis Anson | 1,241 | 35.7 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | Shakil Abbas | 1,150 | 33.0 | −8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Yaqub | 709 | 20.4 | +8.3 |
| | Independent | Martin Lynch | 203 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
| | UKIP | Kathleen Oakley | 177 | 5.1 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 91 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,480 | 36.0 | −2.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Rushall-Shelfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Catherine Micklewright | 1,480 | 61.0 | +18.7 |
| | Labour | Jack Kelly | 477 | 19.7 | −3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Garfitt | 302 | 12.4 | +2.4 |
| | Green | Karl Macnaughton | 167 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,003 | 41.3 | +22.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,426 | 26.7 | −7.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Short Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Shires | 1,082 | 43.8 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative | Ann Ault | 731 | 29.6 | +3.0 |
| | BNP | Malcolm Moore | 436 | 17.6 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | Aftab Nawaz | 224 | 9.1 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 351 | 14.2 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,473 | 28.0 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
St. Matthews :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Arif | 1,864 | 51.8 | +12.4 |
| | Labour | Richard Worrall | 1,184 | 32.9 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abdul Malik | 184 | 5.1 | −6.3 |
| | UKIP | Timothy Melville | 178 | 4.9 | +1.2 |
| | Green | Robert Bellin | 146 | 4.1 | +0.8 |
| | Democratic Labour | Brian Powell | 44 | 1.2 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 680 | 18.9 | +14.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,600 | 38.8 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Streetly :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Douglas-Maul | 2,575 | 72.5 | +1.7 |
| | Labour | Steven King | 442 | 12.5 | −5.0 |
| | UKIP | Dorothy Sheath | 317 | 8.9 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Balgobin | 216 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,133 | 60.1 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,550 | 33.0 | −4.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Willenhall North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Shires | 1,332 | 57.6 | +14.8 |
| | Conservative | Cerwyn Edwards | 455 | 19.7 | −2.5 |
| | Labour | Diane Coughlan | 279 | 12.1 | −7.7 |
| | UKIP | Elizabeth Hazell | 246 | 10.6 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 877 | 37.9 | +17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,312 | 24.3 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Willenhall South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sean Coughlan | 960 | 43.2 | −3.2 |
| | Conservative | Sandeep Sohal | 696 | 31.3 | +9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nadia Fazal | 439 | 19.7 | −8.5 |
| | Democratic Labour | Stephanie Peart | 129 | 5.8 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 11.9 | −6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,224 | 20.7 | −4.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |