2008 South Lakeland District Council election
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All 51 seats to South Lakeland District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Seats won 36 14 1
Popular vote 24,355 16,100 1,387
Percentage 57.9% 38.3% 3.3%
Map showing the results of the 2008 South Lakeland District Council elections by ward. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red.
Council control before election

Liberal Democrats

 Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

The 2008 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2007 reducing the number of seats by 1.[1] The Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.[2]

Background

Since the last election in 2007 boundary changes had taken place reducing the number of seats from 52 to 51.[3] Among the changes made was the combining of the Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale wards.[3]

Before the election the Liberal Democrats ran the council with 31 seats, compared to 16 for the Conservatives, 2 for Labour, 1 Green Party and 1 independent.[4] Among the sitting councillors to stand down at the election was the only independent David Foot.[3]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats increase their majority on the council finishing the election up on 36 councillors.[3] This came at the expense of the Conservatives who dropped to 14 seats and Labour who lost 1 of their 2 councillors.[3] Meanwhile, the Green Party also lost their only seat in Kendal Far Cross.[5]

Party Previous council New council +/-
Liberal Democrats 33 36 Increase3
Conservatives 17 14 Decrease3
Labour 2 1 Steady
Green 1 0 Steady
Independent 1 0 Steady
Total 51 51
Working majority  12   21 
South Lakeland Local Election Result 2008[1][6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 36 +4 70.6 57.4 30,627 +0.4%
  Conservative 14 -2 27.5 39.6 21,111 -1.2%
  Labour 1 -1 2.0 2.6 1,387 +2.3%
  Green 0 -1 0 0.4 228 -0.2%
  Independent 0 -1 0 0 0 0

Ward results

Ambleside & Grasmere (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Rees* 1,140 66.9
Liberal Democrats David Vatcher* 1,113 65.3
Conservative Brian Barton 542 31.8
Conservative Tim Brown 518 30.4
Majority 571 33.5
Turnout 1,704 42.6
Arnside & Beetham (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pru Jupe* 1,337 60.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Stewart* 1,292 58.2
Conservative Peter Fisher 845 38.1
Conservative Sue Blonsky 836 37.7
Majority 447 20.1
Turnout 2,220 62.7
Broughton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joss Curwen* 667 63.6
Liberal Democrats Barry Rabone 382 36.4
Majority 285 27.2
Turnout 1,049 56.9
Burneside[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Frank Hodson* 578 74.7
Conservative Eric Wright 196 25.3
Majority 382 49.4
Turnout 774 48.4
Burton & Holme (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Bingham* 1,132 67.2
Conservative Brian Cooper 916 54.4
Liberal Democrats Geoff Johnston 597 35.4
Liberal Democrats Scott Chandler 524 31.1
Majority 319 19.0
Turnout 1,685 57.1
Cartmel & Grange West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Wilson 617 65.4
Conservative Steve Chambers 326 34.6
Majority 291 30.9
Turnout 943 61.2
Coniston & Crake Valley[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Hall* 518 64.0
Liberal Democrats John Hemingway 291 36.0
Majority 227 28.1
Turnout 809 59.3
Crooklands[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Eccles* 803 70.4
Conservative Rob Cocker* 338 29.6
Majority 465 40.8
Turnout 1,141 64.8
Grange North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Wearing* 580 62.8
Liberal Democrats Russell Boardman 344 37.2
Majority 236 25.5
Turnout 924 49.4
Grange South[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Harvey* 501 50.5
Liberal Democrats Anluise Hamilton-Bruce 492 49.5
Majority 9 0.9
Turnout 993 62.6
Hawkshead[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Davies 486 53.5
Conservative Claire Salisbury 422 46.5
Majority 64 7.0
Turnout 908 60.4
Holker[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Maureen Nicholson 471 56.1
Conservative Ruth Airey 368 43.9
Majority 103 12.3
Turnout 839 52.8
Kendal Castle[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sonia Lawson* 617 69.3
Conservative James Alexander 273 30.7
Majority 344 38.7
Turnout 890 56.7
Kendal Far Cross[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Graham* 478 65.1
Conservative Lyndsay Slater 147 20.0
Green Enda Farrell* 109 14.9
Majority 331 45.1
Turnout 734 44.6
Kendal Fell[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Little* 508 70.4
Conservative Diana Crewdson 133 18.4
Labour Lois Sparling 81 11.2
Majority 375 51.9
Turnout 722 44.0
Kendal Heron Hill[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Shine* 640 77.6
Conservative Ian Tomlinson 185 22.4
Majority 455 55.2
Turnout 825 54.2
Kendal Highgate[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Hogg 537 82.9
Conservative Deborah Huck 111 17.1
Majority 426 65.7
Turnout 648 39.7
Kendal Kirkland[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julie Dawson 412 68.4
Labour Robert Rothwell 112 18.6
Conservative Elizabeth Cartmell 78 13.0
Majority 300 49.8
Turnout 602 36.2
Kendal Mintsfeet[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Brook* 587 82.0
Conservative Margaret Williams 129 18.0
Majority 458 64.0
Turnout 716 45.3
Kendal Nether[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Feeney-Johnson* 702 85.2
Conservative William Parker 122 14.8
Majority 580 70.4
Turnout 824 49.2
Kendal Oxenholme & Natland[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Gray* 596 68.2
Conservative Nigel Byrom 278 31.8
Majority 318 36.4
Turnout 874 54.1
Kendal Parks[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brendon Jameson* 568 79.4
Conservative Peter Birchall 147 20.6
Majority 421 58.9
Turnout 715 41.8
Kendal Romney[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Vincent* 615 80.2
Conservative Pam Flitcroft 152 19.8
Majority 463 60.4
Turnout 767 45.4
Kendal Stonecross[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Emmott* 743 82.9
Conservative Jack Tomlinson 153 17.1
Majority 590 65.8
Turnout 896 55.2
Kendal Strickland[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Coleman* 611 83.9
Conservative Kate Williams 117 16.1
Majority 494 67.9
Turnout 728 48.8
Kendal Underley[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gwen Murfin* 541 69.1
Labour Paul Braithwaite 125 16.0
Conservative Alan Price 117 14.9
Majority 416 53.1
Turnout 783 47.2
Levens[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Woof* 737 64.1
Conservative Alisa Hulme 412 35.9
Majority 325 28.3
Turnout 1,149 67.2
Low Furness[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Airey 415 51.8
Liberal Democrats Ray Beecham 343 42.8
Green Jo-Anna Duncalf 43 5.4
Majority 72 9.0
Turnout 801 54.4
Lyth Valley[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rosie Ballantyne-Smith 585 55.6
Conservative Robin Brown* 467 44.4
Majority 118 11.2
Turnout 1,052 57.6
Mid Furness (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Cooper 969 62.7
Liberal Democrats Jane Carson 925 59.9
Conservative Wendy Barry 539 34.9
Conservative Anne Fisher 404 26.1
Labour Bharath Rajan 88 5.7
Majority 386 25.0
Turnout 1,545 48.6
Milnthorpe[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Baverstock 681 75.4
Conservative Mike Coyle 222 24.6
Majority 459 50.8
Turnout 903 54.1
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Lancaster* 1,432 52.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Woof 1,274 46.5
Liberal Democrats Ian McPherson 1,245 45.4
Conservative Rodger Read* 1,210 44.1
Liberal Democrats Fenner Pearson 1,183 43.1
Conservative Anne Fenwick 1,127 41.1
Majority 35 1.3
Turnout 2,742 56.6
Staveley-in-Cartmel[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Leal 462 52.6
Conservative Ted Walsh 416 47.4
Majority 46 5.2
Turnout 878 55.7
Staveley-in-Westmorland[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stan Collins* 724 80.1
Conservative Angela Wright 180 19.9
Majority 544 60.2
Turnout 904 53.4
Ulverston Central[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Bishop-Rowe* 292 57.4
Labour Roy Gill 159 31.2
Liberal Democrats John Humberstone 58 11.4
Majority 133 26.1
Turnout 509 33.0
Ulverston East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Wilson 208 44.2
Conservative Peter Hornby 189 40.1
Liberal Democrats Ronald Edmondson 74 15.7
Majority 19 4.0
Turnout 471 29.4
Ulverston North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Hodgson* 388 55.3
Labour Joan Casson 166 23.6
Green Simon Filmore 76 10.8
Liberal Democrats Charley Darbishire 72 10.3
Majority 222 31.6
Turnout 702 46.8
Ulverston South[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Wilkinson* 398 64.9
Labour Judith Pickthall 133 21.7
Liberal Democrats Celia Birchall 82 13.4
Majority 265 43.2
Turnout 613 40.9
Ulverston Town[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jamie Samson 208 43.5
Labour Colin Williams 204 42.7
Liberal Democrats Barbara Rabone 66 13.8
Majority 4 0.8
Turnout 478 32.9
Ulverston West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janette Jenkinson* 448 70.0
Labour Colin Pickthall 111 17.3
Liberal Democrats Loraine Birchall 81 12.7
Majority 337 52.7
Turnout 640 41.2
Whinfell[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Thornton* 488 62.2
Conservative Mel Mackie 297 37.8
Majority 191 24.3
Turnout 785 52.3
Windermere Applethwaite & Troutbeck[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Stephenson 518 54.0
Conservative Michael Nicholson 442 46.0
Majority 76 7.9
Turnout 960 56.1
Windermere Bowness North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Stephenson* 654 74.2
Conservative Stephen Hall 227 25.8
Majority 427 48.5
Turnout 881 51.9
Windermere Bowness South[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Williams* 433 65.2
Liberal Democrats Dyan Jones 231 34.8
Majority 202 30.4
Turnout 664 41.9
Windermere Town[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kath Atkinson* 553 82.4
Conservative Enid Robinson 118 17.6
Majority 435 64.8
Turnout 671 41.1

References

  1. ^ a b "South Lakeland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2008" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e "South Lakes election results". Lancaster Guardian. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  4. ^ Barber, Caroline (11 April 2008). "All seats up for grabs in council election". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  5. ^ Orr, Daniel (2 May 2008). "Liberal Democrats dominate elections". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at "South Lakeland District Council elections, 1 May 2008" (PDF). South Lakeland District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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