# 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

The 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2007. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

The results saw the Conservatives hold on to control of the council with 40 seats, as compared to 5 for Labour and 3 for the Liberal Democrats. Overall turnout in the election was 36.32%.
A few days after the election the new Conservative councillor for Hatfield Central, Darren Gilbert, was forced to resign after it was alleged that he had made up a claim that he had had cancer, meaning that a by-election had to be held.
Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 40 | +5 | 83.3 | 59.7 | 42,477 | +5.1% |
| Labour | 5 | -5 | 10.4 | 19.4 | 13,810 | -5.7% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 6.3 | 18.2 | 12,930 | +1.5% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 1,851 | -1.0% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 131 | +0.2% |

## Ward results

Brookmans Park and Little Heath (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Boulton | 1,708 | |
| | Conservative | Irene Dean | 1,499 | |
| | Conservative | John Dean | 1,476 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jenny Blumson | 304 | |
| | Labour | James Croft | 197 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,194 | 45.4 |
Haldens (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lauren Brown | 836 | |
| | Conservative | Howard Hughes | 781 | |
| | Conservative | Martyn Levitt | 778 | |
| | Labour | Mike Larkins | 600 | |
| | Labour | Mark Biddle | 582 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Hurst | 573 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Walkington | 220 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhoda Brutey | 219 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,589 | 34.1 |
Handside (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Helen Bromley | 1,385 | |
| | Conservative | Fiona Thomson | 1,370 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Skottowe | 1,338 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Neal | 1,283 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Quinton | 1,278 | |
| | Conservative | Tony Kingsbury | 1,221 | |
| | Labour | Peter Heyman | 167 | |
| | Labour | John Pomroy | 159 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,201 | 55.9 |
Hatfield Central (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Darren Gilbert | 535 | |
| | Labour | Mike Alder | 512 | |
| | Labour | Colin Croft | 501 | |
| | Conservative | David Falco | 484 | |
| | Labour | Margaret White | 473 | |
| | Conservative | Bukky Olawoyin | 463 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Edwards | 211 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Richardson | 188 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Richardson | 177 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,544 | 28.5 |
Hatfield East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mick Long | 934 | |
| | Conservative | Bernard Sarson | 906 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Smith | 889 | |
| | Labour | Constance Elliott | 376 | |
| | Labour | Sheila Jones | 358 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lis Meyland-Smith | 348 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Brennan | 336 | |
| | Labour | Susana Tinsley | 298 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,445 | 33.5 |
Hatfield South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Hedges | 514 | |
| | Conservative | David Hughes | 483 | |
| | Labour | Linda Mendez | 409 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Tinsley | 344 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Archer | 157 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Griffiths | 121 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,028 | 28.2 |
Hatfield Villages (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Clare Berry | 629 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Gilding | 577 | |
| | Conservative | Howard Morgan | 544 | |
| | Labour | Mel Jones | 245 | |
| | Labour | Susan Archer | 200 | |
| | Labour | Ian Scammell | 197 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Benakis | 129 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maurice Richardson | 126 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,647 | 25.7 |
Hatfield West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nick Atkinson | 976 | |
| | Conservative | Kim Morris | 944 | |
| | Conservative | Carol Juggins | 938 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Cook | 669 | |
| | Labour | Dee Ferner | 588 | |
| | Labour | Cathy Watson | 525 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Laming | 381 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Finlay | 298 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Tidy | 272 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,591 | 33.5 |
Hollybush (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lynn Chesterman | 610 | |
| | Conservative | Sarah Atkinson | 607 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Birleson | 594 | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Smith | 560 | |
| | Labour | Sue Jones | 513 | |
| | Conservative | Stuart Pile | 480 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Win Smith | 240 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,604 | 28.2 |
Howlands (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Hannah Berry | 795 | |
| | Conservative | Les Page | 725 | |
| | Conservative | George Michaelides | 678 | |
| | Green | Jill Weston | 596 | |
| | Labour | Alan Chesterman | 443 | |
| | Labour | Zacha Hennessey | 384 | |
| | Labour | Brian Payne | 365 | |
| | Green | Susan Groom | 325 | |
| | Green | Ian Nendrick | 325 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynda Cowan | 168 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,804 | 39.2 |
Northaw and Cuffley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Colin Couch | 1,235 | |
| | Conservative | John Mansfield | 1,144 | |
| | Conservative | John Nicholls | 1,143 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bain | 329 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,851 | 36.3 |
Panshanger (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sara Johnston | 916 | |
| | Conservative | Darren Bennett | 884 | |
| | Conservative | Roger Trigg | 844 | |
| | Labour | Brian Edwards | 346 | |
| | Green | Hollyann Holdsworth | 258 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Shaw | 247 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonquil Basch | 213 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,708 | 32.1 |
Peartree (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Cowan | 516 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Lotz | 470 | |
| | Labour | Steve Roberts | 453 | |
| | Labour | Dean Milliken | 452 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Marsh | 443 | |
| | Labour | Jacqui Russell | 399 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Hay | 397 | |
| | Conservative | Stanley Laver-Walton | 321 | |
| | Conservative | Sandra Benjamin | 310 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,761 | 26.9 |
Sherrards (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan Franey | 1,015 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Beckerman | 993 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Mabbott | 993 | |
| | Labour | Bill Couzens | 470 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Arch | 393 | |
| | Labour | Tony Crump | 384 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Skottowe | 368 | |
| | Green | Bernice Dowlen | 347 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,963 | 43.7 |
Welham Green (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Doug Berry | 754 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Pieri | 752 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Archer | 510 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Zukowskyj | 411 | |
| | BNP | Mark Fuller | 131 | |
| | Labour | Bridgit Croft | 83 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,641 | 49.7 |
Welwyn East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Julie Cragg | 1,513 | |
| | Conservative | Carl Storer | 1,457 | |
| | Conservative | Steven Markiewicz | 1,425 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janice Skidmore | 265 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Burnham | 250 | |
| | Labour | Julia Henderson | 226 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Burnham | 215 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,351 | 41.7 |
Welwyn West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Canter | 840 | |
| | Conservative | Mandy Perkins | 826 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Blackburn | 269 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Skidmore | 237 | |
| | Labour | Mbizo Mpofu | 115 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,287 | 39.4 |