2008 Coventry City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2008 Coventry election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in light red, Socialist Party in dark red.

Elections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election.

The Labour Party gained two seats (Radford, whose sitting councillor had been elected for Labour but later switched parties, and Foleshill) from the Conservative Party and the Conservatives gained one seat (Westwood) from Labour.

The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council, but remained the ruling party, with half of the seats.

Election results

Coventry Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
		9	1	2	-1	50.00	37.92	26,591	+3.85
		7	2	1	+1	38.90	35.60	24,964	-2.73
		1	0	0	0	5.55	8.07	5,661	-2.12
		1	0	0	0	5.55	2.74	1,920	+3.07
		0	0	0	0	0.00	7.90	5,535	-0.63
		0	0	0	0	0.00	5.11	3,584	+2.04
		0	0	0	0	0.00	2.66	1,865	-0.34

Council Composition

The composition of the council before and after the election can be found in the following table:

Party		Previous council	Staying councillors	Seats up for election	Election result	New council
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	28	19	10	9	27
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	23	17	6	7	24
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	2	1	1	1	2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	1	0	1	1	1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	0	0	0	0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	0	0	0	0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	0	0	0	0
Total		54	36	18	18	54

Ward results

Note: Gains and holds of wards are noted with respect to the 2006 council election except for Radford – where the seat changed hands by defection.. Percentage changes are given with respect to the 2007 council election.

Turnout figures include spoilt ballots.

Bablake ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Victor Gazey	2,546	58.74
		Bilal Akhtar	917	21.16
		Michele Jean Stone	443	10.22
		Ryan David Taylor	428	9.88
Majority			1,629	37.59
Turnout			4,334	36.33
	hold		Swing

Binley and Willenhall ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Chater	1,467	42.42
		Julia Elizabeth Lepoidevin	1,021	29.53
		Mark Badrick	437	12.64
		Brian Anthony McCarney	389	11.25
		Kenneth Christopher Jones	144	4.16
Majority			446	12.90
Turnout			3,458	28.94
	hold		Swing

Cheylesmore ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hazel Margaret Noonan	1,903	46.63
		Catherine Elizabeth Miks	1,224	29.99
		Carl Stew	385	9.44
		Terence Kenny	351	8.60
		Aisa Kara	218	5.34
Majority			679	16.64
Turnout			4,081	34.33
	hold		Swing

Earlsdon ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Allan Robert Andrews	2,515	52.31
		Christopher Nicholas Youett	1,155	24.02
		Scott Redding	698	14.52
		Napier Penlington	440	9.15
Majority			1,360	28.29
Turnout			4,808	40.36
	hold		Swing

Foleshill ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Malkiat Singh Auluck	2,180	50.57
		Shabbir Ahmed	1,885	43.72
		Penny Walker	246	5.71
Majority			295	6.84
Turnout			4,311	39.84
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Henley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ed Ruane	1,483	38.34
		Brian David Patton	950	24.56
		Val Stone	947	24.48
		Simon Bien	488	12.62
Majority			533	13.78
Turnout			3,868	30.04
	hold		Swing

Holbrook ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joe Clifford	1,821	53.45
		Hazel Ann Reece	1.077	31.61
		Simon Bien	509	14.94
Majority			744	21.84
Turnout			3,407	28.76
	hold		Swing

Longford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Arthur Duggins	1,831	53.15
		Harbans Singh Gumman	762	22.12
		Susan Gail Hillen	430	12.48
		Charles Coleman	286	8.30
		Natalia Grana	136	3.95
Majority			1,069	31.03
Turnout			3,445	27.07
	hold		Swing

Lower Stoke ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jack Harrison	1,682	44.59
		Vinod Dogra	858	22.75
		Christine Margaret Oddy	405	10.74
		Darren Thomas	359	9.52
		Christine Marion Coleman	308	8.16
		Laura Vesty	160	4.24
Majority			824	21.85
Turnout			3,772	31.18
	hold		Swing

Radford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mal Mutton	1,444	46.40
		Jane Marie Williams	796	25.58
		Thomas Paul Jones	344	11.05
		Frances Hilda Hawkey	273	8.77
		Cathy Wattebot	131	4.21
		Dave Anderson	124	3.99
Majority			648	20.82
Turnout			3,112	25.30
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Sherbourne ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gary Christopher Ridley	1,546	43.04
		Seamus Walsh	1,123	31.26
		Stella Hewison	312	8.69
		Justin Baldwin	280	7.79
		Charlotte Tittle	196	5.46
		Jason Arnold Toynbee	135	3.76
Majority			423	11.78
Turnout			3,592	29.90
	hold		Swing

St Michael's ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Dave Nellist	1,643	48.64
		Motasem Ali	1,336	39.55
		Charles Stephen Cox	399	11.81
Majority			307	9.09
Turnout			3,378	26.10
	hold		Swing

Upper Stoke ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Russell David Field	1,694	43.95
		David Stewart Welsh	1,506	39.08
		Ian Ewart Johnson	482	12.51
		Bryn Tittle	172	4.46
Majority			188	4.88
Turnout			3,854	31.39
	hold		Swing

Wainbody ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Anthony Blundell	2,470	61.05
		Randhir Kaur Auluck	755	18.66
		Vincent John McKee	468	11.57
		John Walton	353	8.72
Majority			1,715	42.39
Turnout			4,046	32.71
	hold		Swing

Westwood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Marcus Edgar Lapsa	1,713	43.16
		Dave Batten	1,389	34.99
		Matthew Mason	425	10.71
		Jacqueline Bridget Basu	277	6.98
		Jesse Meadows	165	4.16
Majority			324	8.16
Turnout			3,969	32.11
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Whoberley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Maurice James Bailey	1,586	38.28
		Bally Singh	1,372	33.12
		Brian Rees Lewis	328	7.92
		Anthony Angliss	300	7.24
		Joan Ann Griffin	222	5.36
		Gianluca Grimalda	193	4.65
		Jim Donnelly	142	3.43
Majority			214	5.17
Turnout			4,143	34.10
	hold		Swing

Woodlands ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Heather Jean Johnson	2,206	49.83
		Shagufta Hamid-Khan	791	17.88
		David Clarke	720	16.26
		Stephen Howarth	535	12.08
		Danny Foulstone	175	3.95
Majority			1,415	31.96
Turnout			4,427	35.70
	hold		Swing

Wyken ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Susanna Ella Dixon	1,879	45.66
		Faye Sweet	1,488	36.16
		Steven John Pittaway	415	10.09
		Jo Rathbone	169	4.11
		Adrian Roll	84	2.04
		Mick Noonan	80	1.94
Majority			391	9.50
Turnout			4,115	33.83
	hold		Swing