Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election
Table title:
Moss Bank
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal Democrat </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > David Kent </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,480 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 53.9 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8.6 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jeffrey Fletcher </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,011 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 36.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +8.6 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Conservative </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Madeleine Wilcock </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 111 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4.0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5.3 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Green </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > David Rothwell </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 73 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +2.7 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Christopher Hackett </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 71 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.6 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +2.6 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 469 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17.1 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17.1 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,746 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 31.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3.5 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Liberal Democrat hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What are the names of the two top candidates in the 2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, and how large was the majority in terms of number of votes?
Answer:
The 2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election seat was held by the Liberal Democrat David Kent with a majority of 469 votes over Labour's Jeffrey Fletcher.