Local Election Results 2008
Plymouth
One-third of council up for election. No election this year in Drake.
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By-elections for Plymouth (may be incomplete): 22nd June 2006 (Southway)
— 3rd September 2009 (Ham)
— 27th June 2013 (Southway)
— 26th July 2018 (Stoke)
— 12th January 2023 (Moor View; Plympton Chaddlewood)
— 15th June 2023 (Efford & Lipson)
— 27th July 2023 (Plymstock Dunstone; St Peter & the Waterfront)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
28041 |
47.3% |
14 |
| Labour |
16063 |
27.1% |
5 |
| Liberal Democrat |
8115 |
13.7% |
0 |
| Green Party |
2710 |
4.6% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
2655 |
4.5% |
0 |
| Independent |
1173 |
2.0% |
0 |
| British National Party |
571 |
1.0% |
0 |
| Jack Thompson |
C |
1717 |
53.8% |
| Chris Mavin |
Lab |
987 |
30.9% |
| Tracy Lang |
LD |
488 |
15.3% |
| Richard Ball |
C |
1947 |
57.6% |
| Emma Swann |
LD |
478 |
14.1% |
| Ross Burns |
Lab |
470 |
13.9% |
| Josie Bannon |
Grn |
252 |
7.5% |
| Andrew Leigh |
UKIP |
234 |
6.9% |
| Nicola Wildy |
Lab |
1050 |
41.8% |
| Betty Gray |
C |
954 |
38.0% |
| Charles Earl |
LD |
310 |
12.3% |
| Colin Bannon |
Grn |
198 |
7.9% |
| Brian Vincent |
Lab |
1366 |
44.5% |
| Mary Orchard |
C |
1055 |
34.3% |
| Simon Hayes |
LD |
387 |
12.6% |
| Colin Trier |
Grn |
265 |
8.6% |
| Peter Brookshaw |
C |
1828 |
47.2% |
| John Smith |
Lab |
861 |
22.2% |
| Lee Finn |
Ind |
682 |
17.6% |
| Laura Walker |
LD |
333 |
8.6% |
| Raymond Delamare |
Grn |
170 |
4.4% |
| Chris Pattison |
Lab |
1207 |
41.3% |
| Frederick Brimacombe |
C |
1158 |
39.6% |
| Stephen Goldthorpe |
LD |
387 |
13.2% |
| Andrew Pratt |
Grn |
173 |
5.9% |
| Peter Smith |
Lab |
1135 |
41.4% |
| Paul Rielly |
C |
935 |
34.1% |
| Gillian Hirst |
LD |
433 |
15.8% |
| Nicholas Byrne |
Grn |
241 |
8.8% |
| Edward Delbridge |
C |
1453 |
43.7% |
| Paul Hutchings |
Lab |
1153 |
34.7% |
| David Jolly |
LD |
311 |
9.4% |
| Richard Barrett |
UKIP |
297 |
8.9% |
| Nicola Bannon |
Grn |
111 |
3.3% |
| Patricia Nicholson |
C |
2036 |
55.1% |
| John Sewell |
Lab |
626 |
17.0% |
| Don Allen |
Grn |
521 |
14.1% |
| Deborah Earl |
LD |
510 |
13.8% |
| David Salter |
C |
1133 |
60.0% |
| Pauline Murphy |
Lab |
300 |
15.9% |
| Jonathan Frost |
UKIP |
233 |
12.3% |
| Steve Barton |
LD |
223 |
11.8% |
| John Lock |
C |
1499 |
60.4% |
| Valerie Burns |
Lab |
391 |
15.8% |
| Wesley Rowe |
LD |
347 |
14.0% |
| John Roberts |
UKIP |
243 |
9.8% |
| Samantha Leaves |
C |
2283 |
61.3% |
| Darren Jones |
Lab |
461 |
12.4% |
| Liz Barton |
LD |
385 |
10.3% |
| James Sanderson |
Ind |
304 |
8.2% |
| Hugh Williams |
UKIP |
291 |
7.8% |
| Kevin Wigens |
C |
2300 |
59.2% |
| Stephen Kearney |
LD |
636 |
16.4% |
| Mike Fox |
Lab |
477 |
12.3% |
| Alan Skuse |
UKIP |
417 |
10.7% |
| Bruce Abbott |
Ind |
53 |
1.4% |
| Michael Leaves |
C |
1962 |
54.5% |
| Julia Olsen |
LD |
686 |
19.0% |
| Roger Bullock |
UKIP |
508 |
14.1% |
| Steven Lemin |
Lab |
447 |
12.4% |
| Gloria Bragg |
C |
1003 |
36.5% |
| Margaret Storer |
Lab |
983 |
35.7% |
| Ray McSweeney |
LD |
559 |
20.3% |
| Roger Creagh-Osborne |
Grn |
205 |
7.5% |
| Sally Stephens |
C |
1064 |
36.6% |
| Valentine Hiromeris |
Lab |
995 |
34.2% |
| Christina MacCullie |
LD |
264 |
9.1% |
| Michael Antonucci |
BNP |
233 |
8.0% |
| Sean O'Kane |
UKIP |
216 |
7.4% |
| Jo Jo |
Ind |
134 |
4.6% |
| Peter Berrow |
C |
1318 |
38.8% |
| Alan Weekes |
Lab |
1155 |
34.0% |
| Jane Barwick |
LD |
583 |
17.2% |
| Lawrence Miller |
BNP |
338 |
10.0% |
| David Reynolds |
C |
1500 |
46.3% |
| David Haydon |
Lab |
1014 |
31.3% |
| Kirsty Barwick |
LD |
382 |
11.8% |
| Wendy Miller |
Grn |
347 |
10.7% |
| Eddie Rennie |
Lab |
985 |
36.0% |
| Edmund Shillabeer |
C |
896 |
32.7% |
| Peter York |
LD |
413 |
15.1% |
| Tean Mitchell |
Grn |
227 |
8.3% |
| Jonquil Webber |
UKIP |
216 |
7.9% |
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