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Local Election Results 2008

Stoke-on-Trent

One-third of council up for election.

CityInd = City Independent
Pot = Potteries Alliance

Other results for Stoke-on-Trent: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2015 2019 2023
By-elections for Stoke-on-Trent (may be incomplete): 18th September 2003 (Abbey Green) — 22nd July 2004 (Burslem S.) — 3rd March 2005 (East Valley) — 26th July 2012 (Springfields & Trent Vale) — 14th November 2013 (Baddeley, Milton & Norton) — 6th May 2021 (Moorcroft) — 1st July 2021 (Penkhull & Stoke) — 22nd September 2022 (Bentilee & Ubberley) — 2nd May 2024 (Meir N.)

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Consolidated results — Stoke-on-Trent 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 14038 25.1% 4
Conservative 9740 17.4% 2
Independent 9657 17.2% 4
British National Party 7986 14.3% 3
City Independent 7186 12.8% 5
Liberal Democrat 4700 8.4% 2
Potteries Alliance 2387 4.3% 0
Green Party 164 0.3% 0
Socialist Alternative 130 0.2% 0

Abbey Green [BNP gain from Lab]

Melanie Baddeley BNP 858 31.0%
Gary Elsby Lab 784 28.3%
Andrew Wragg C 721 26.0%
Paul Sutton Ind 244 8.8%
Barry Malpass Grn 164 5.9%

Bentilee and Townsend [BNP gain from Lab]

Steven Batkin BNP 829 34.6%
Mervin Smith Lab 620 25.9%
Wendy Johnson Ind 320 13.4%
Christine Warren C 273 11.4%
Maurice Lewis Pot 177 7.4%
Susan Ford LD 174 7.3%

Berryhill and Hanley East [CityInd gain from Lab]

John Davis CityInd 729 34.7%
Terence Crowe Lab 654 31.1%
Richard Ibbs C 434 20.6%
John Redfern LD 286 13.6%

Blurton [CityInd gain from Lab]

Roy Naylor CityInd 1152 44.0%
Michael Tappin Lab 776 29.6%
Harold Mouat C 469 17.9%
Peter Chambers LD 222 8.5%

Burslem North

David Conway Lab 1104 46.7%
Malcolm Barber Pot 513 21.7%
Donald Smith C 493 20.8%
Sabrina Bowers LD 255 10.8%

Burslem South [Lab gain from Ind]

Javid Najmi Lab 968 39.3%
Ted Owen Pot 688 27.9%
Gareth Fallows C 349 14.2%
David Giltrap Ind 189 7.7%
Diane Thomas LD 141 5.7%
Jane Mellalieu SocAlt 130 5.3%

Chell and Packmoor [CityInd gain from Ind]

Janine Taylor CityInd 912 35.4%
Angela Miller Ind 579 22.5%
Craig Pond BNP 566 22.0%
David Roberts Lab 416 16.1%
Sylvia Nagington Ind 103 4.0%

East Valley [C gain from Lab]

Joanne Powell-Beckett C 1146 43.8%
Sybil Halfpenny Lab 713 27.3%
Christine Knight Pot 509 19.5%
Jackie Ward CityInd 247 9.4%

Fenton [CityInd gain from Lab]

Mick Bell CityInd 1150 39.3%
Samuel Tunstall BNP 779 26.6%
Stan Bate Lab 578 19.7%
Steven Morris C 292 10.0%
Thomas Grocock LD 129 4.4%

Hanley West and Shelton [LD gain from Lab]

Zulfiqar Ali LD 977 49.5%
Marj Bate Lab 743 37.6%
Jim Piper Ind 217 11.0%
Marek Goslicki Ind 37 1.9%

Hartshill and Penkhull

Randy Conteh Ind 1263 46.4%
Stephen Brown C 543 20.0%
Jonathan Taylor LD 499 18.3%
Adam Colclough Lab 415 15.3%

Longton North [Lab gain from BNP]

Thomas Reynolds Lab 1005 30.7%
Pauline Smith BNP 844 25.8%
Mark Leat Ind 578 17.7%
Alexander Hayward C 550 16.8%
Roy Bennett Ind 292 8.9%

Longton South

Bagh Ali Lab 1633 42.0%
James Whitehurst C 797 20.5%
Lynne Pond BNP 756 19.4%
Geoffrey Jenkinson LD 569 14.6%
Rob Kettle Ind 132 3.4%

Meir Park and Sandon [BNP gain from C]

John Burgess BNP 979 30.3%
Christine Follows CityInd 909 28.1%
Abigail Brown C 774 23.9%
Kath Banks Lab 570 17.6%

Northwood and Birches Head [LD gain from Lab]

Dave Sutton LD 624 22.9%
Eve Maley Ind 623 22.9%
Stanley Leese BNP 594 21.8%
Reginald Booth Pot 500 18.4%
Barry Stockley Lab 379 13.9%

Norton and Bradeley [Ind gain from Lab]

Mick Salih Ind 1225 44.4%
Robert Hooper Ind 1148 41.7%
Richard Blake Lab 383 13.9%

Stoke and Trent Vale [Ind gain from LD]

Pauline Joynson Ind 824 32.2%
Conrad Lubinski LD 590 23.1%
Harold Gregory C 424 16.6%
Margaret Lilley Lab 376 14.7%
Monica Mitchell Ind 298 11.7%
Spencer Cartlidge Ind 45 1.8%

Trentham and Hanford [CityInd gain from C]

Terry Follows CityInd 2087 56.2%
Shaun Bennett C 1104 29.7%
Alastair Watson Lab 288 7.8%
Christine Grocock LD 234 6.3%

Tunstall [Ind gain from Lab]

Megan Ryan Ind 1143 36.9%
Terence Cope BNP 813 26.3%
Sheila Pitt Lab 703 22.7%
Stewart Jones C 327 10.6%
Albert Hurst Ind 110 3.6%

Weston and Meir North [C gain from Lab]

John Daniels C 1044 32.3%
Anthony Tabbinor BNP 968 30.0%
Ian McLaughlin Lab 930 28.8%
Gordon Perry Ind 287 8.9%

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