Local Election Results 2008
Cheshire West and Chester
Whole council up for election. Initially this was a shadow unitary council which took over functions from Cheshire County Council, Chester City Council, Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council and Vale Royal Borough Council on 1 April 2009. The wards used are the same as the Cheshire County Council divisions with each ward electing three councillors.
EDP = English Democrats Party
Other results for Cheshire West and Chester:
2011
2015
2019
2023
By-elections for Cheshire West and Chester (may be incomplete): 18th October 2011 (Ellesmere Port Town)
— 20th July 2014 (Boughton; Winnington & Castle)
— 20th April 2017 (Blacon)
— 3rd May 2018 (Ellesmere Port Town)
— 6th May 2021 (Frodsham; Neston)
— 2nd May 2024 (Wolverham)
— 4th July 2024 (Northwich Leftwich)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
47208 |
48.3% |
55 |
| Labour |
21424 |
21.9% |
13 |
| Liberal Democrat |
20377 |
20.9% |
4 |
| UK Independence Party |
2911 |
3.0% |
0 |
| Independent |
2233 |
2.3% |
0 |
| Green Party |
1584 |
1.6% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
1038 |
1.1% |
0 |
| British National Party |
880 |
0.9% |
0 |
| Herbert Manley |
C |
2353 |
57.9% |
| Keith Musgrave |
C |
2309 |
|
| Jan Mashlan |
C |
2203 |
|
| Arthur Wood |
LD |
1136 |
28.0% |
| Katherine Green |
Lab |
574 |
14.1% |
| Derek Bowden |
Lab |
533 |
|
| Robert Harmston |
Lab |
506 |
|
| Reggie Jones |
Lab |
1417 |
50.8% |
| Marie Nelson |
Lab |
1364 |
|
| Alex Tate |
Lab |
1188 |
|
| Charlie Powell |
C |
904 |
32.4% |
| Robert Blacker |
C |
885 |
|
| Neil Sullivan |
C |
826 |
|
| David Evans |
UKIP |
238 |
8.5% |
| Timothy Longman |
LD |
232 |
8.3% |
| Sandy Clyne |
LD |
225 |
|
| Allan Weddell |
UKIP |
214 |
|
| Kenn Hodd |
LD |
193 |
|
| Mark Williams |
C |
2576 |
46.6% |
| Pamela Hall |
C |
2535 |
|
| Keith Board |
C |
2448 |
|
| Mia Jones |
LD |
1519 |
27.5% |
| James Latham |
LD |
1505 |
|
| Lizzie Jewkes |
LD |
1172 |
|
| Sara Barnsley |
Lab |
472 |
8.5% |
| Peter Barnard |
Lab |
411 |
|
| Linda Webb |
Lab |
386 |
|
| Peter Lowe |
UKIP |
362 |
6.5% |
| Jane Fisher |
Grn |
309 |
5.6% |
| Ed Abrams |
EDP |
290 |
5.2% |
| Michael Roberts |
UKIP |
270 |
|
| Neil Ritchie |
C |
2770 |
61.6% |
| Michael Jones |
C |
2640 |
|
| Ann Wright |
C |
2637 |
|
| Paul Roberts |
LD |
1018 |
22.6% |
| David Evans |
LD |
691 |
|
| Gillian Jordan |
LD |
674 |
|
| David Roberts |
EDP |
281 |
6.2% |
| Nicholas Dixon |
Lab |
237 |
5.3% |
| Anna Bunt |
Lab |
222 |
|
| Noel Hutchinson |
Lab |
194 |
|
| Geoffrey Stevenson |
UKIP |
192 |
4.3% |
| Derek Bateman |
Lab |
1178 |
43.0% |
| Lynn Clare |
Lab |
1083 |
|
| Justin Madders |
Lab |
1021 |
|
| Jonathan Starkey |
Ind |
596 |
21.8% |
| Graham Heatley |
C |
499 |
18.2% |
| Henny Moore |
Ind |
477 |
|
| Maurice Brookes |
EDP |
467 |
17.0% |
| Anne Hughes |
C |
460 |
|
| John Wilson |
Ind |
442 |
|
| Thomas Hughes |
C |
440 |
|
| Richard Lowe |
C |
1407 |
39.0% |
| Tom Parry |
C |
1396 |
|
| Max Drury |
C |
1358 |
|
| Sandra Rudd |
Lab |
1270 |
35.2% |
| Bob Rudd |
Lab |
1259 |
|
| Brendan Doyle |
Lab |
1229 |
|
| David Mead |
LD |
765 |
21.2% |
| Neil Christian |
LD |
652 |
|
| David Simpson |
LD |
594 |
|
| David Scott |
UKIP |
166 |
4.6% |
| Andrew Needham |
C |
2739 |
56.1% |
| Barbara Roberts |
C |
2620 |
|
| John Grimshaw |
C |
2558 |
|
| Val Godfrey |
LD |
1704 |
34.9% |
| David Speak |
Lab |
440 |
9.0% |
| Mark Green |
Lab |
418 |
|
| Nonny Shearer |
Lab |
410 |
|
| Leslie Ford |
C |
2303 |
47.4% |
| Andrew Dawson |
C |
2254 |
|
| Mark Ingram |
C |
2182 |
|
| Brian Lloyd |
Lab |
1389 |
28.6% |
| John Beech |
Lab |
1149 |
|
| Alec Robertson |
Lab |
1036 |
|
| Joan Laming |
LD |
641 |
13.2% |
| Frank Pennington |
Ind |
528 |
10.9% |
| Tom Reynolds |
Ind |
395 |
|
| Brian Bailey |
C |
3185 |
57.7% |
| Hugo Deynem |
C |
3154 |
|
| Stuart Parker |
C |
3098 |
|
| Alison Anson |
LD |
1254 |
22.7% |
| Raymond Williams |
LD |
1234 |
|
| Harry Ziman |
LD |
1156 |
|
| Paul Cornwell |
Lab |
477 |
8.6% |
| Tony Pegrum |
Lab |
440 |
|
| Stephen Davies |
Lab |
430 |
|
| Tom Barker |
Grn |
353 |
6.4% |
| John Lodge |
UKIP |
248 |
4.5% |
| Tony Sherlock |
Lab |
1290 |
45.2% |
| Angela Claydon |
Lab |
1272 |
|
| Pat Merrick |
Lab |
1101 |
|
| Michael English |
C |
1062 |
37.2% |
| Graham Howell |
C |
1022 |
|
| Susie Knapton-McMillan |
C |
880 |
|
| Kate Pemberton |
LD |
505 |
17.7% |
| Linda Cooper |
C |
1992 |
52.8% |
| Brian Anderson |
C |
1932 |
|
| Katherine Lord |
C |
1855 |
|
| Mark Henesy |
Lab |
1174 |
31.1% |
| Brian Jones |
Lab |
1157 |
|
| Peter Robson |
Lab |
1046 |
|
| Hilary Chrusciezl |
LD |
604 |
16.0% |
| John Ebo |
C |
1706 |
37.8% |
| Adrian Walmsley |
C |
1604 |
|
| Bob Thompson |
LD |
1548 |
34.3% |
| David Hull |
LD |
1546 |
|
| Ruth Childlow |
LD |
1545 |
|
| Margaret Parker |
C |
1545 |
|
| Alex Black |
Lab |
704 |
15.6% |
| Janet Black |
Lab |
645 |
|
| Philip Tate |
Lab |
498 |
|
| Diana Wilderspin-Jones |
Grn |
382 |
8.5% |
| Stephen Nichols |
UKIP |
168 |
3.7% |
| Myles Hogg |
C |
2531 |
61.3% |
| Gareth Anderson |
C |
2411 |
|
| Graham Smith |
C |
2293 |
|
| Catherine Sherlock |
Lab |
664 |
16.1% |
| Ted Lloyd |
Lab |
637 |
|
| Jamie Merrick |
Lab |
598 |
|
| Graham Handley |
LD |
580 |
14.1% |
| Geoffrey Gregory |
UKIP |
352 |
8.5% |
| Malcolm Byram |
C |
1971 |
50.6% |
| Norman Wright |
C |
1969 |
|
| Keith Wilson |
C |
1696 |
|
| Charles Garton |
LD |
1398 |
35.9% |
| Annie Makepeace |
LD |
1237 |
|
| John Turnbull |
LD |
1137 |
|
| Jeff Langham |
Lab |
525 |
13.5% |
| Gill Gough |
Lab |
440 |
|
| Danny Maguire |
Lab |
385 |
|
| Eleanor Johnson |
C |
2737 |
66.2% |
| Brian Crowe |
C |
2724 |
|
| Andrew Storrar |
C |
2694 |
|
| Tony Mills |
Lab |
667 |
16.1% |
| Richard Small |
Lab |
658 |
|
| Christine Lloyd |
Lab |
649 |
|
| David Robinson |
LD |
435 |
10.5% |
| Kurt Jewkes |
LD |
367 |
|
| Sian Jorgensen |
LD |
323 |
|
| Nicholas Nichols |
UKIP |
294 |
7.1% |
| Andrew Pettigrew |
UKIP |
251 |
|
| Brenda Dowding |
C |
2549 |
48.3% |
| William Mealor |
C |
2509 |
|
| Kay Loch |
C |
2353 |
|
| Louise Gittins |
Lab |
1267 |
24.0% |
| Andy Williams |
Lab |
1174 |
|
| Derek Gaskell |
LD |
1105 |
20.9% |
| Abdul Jilani |
Lab |
1095 |
|
| Tom Marlow |
LD |
998 |
|
| Michael Shipman |
LD |
830 |
|
| Henry Crocker |
UKIP |
361 |
6.8% |
| George Miller |
C |
1562 |
46.0% |
| Terry Birtwistle |
C |
1469 |
|
| Mark Stocks |
C |
1312 |
|
| Tony Lawrenson |
Lab |
920 |
27.1% |
| George Mainwaring |
Lab |
864 |
|
| Steve Gough |
Lab |
856 |
|
| Jon Westerby |
BNP |
529 |
15.6% |
| Wendy Jones |
LD |
388 |
11.4% |
| Brian Plant |
LD |
323 |
|
| Helen Weltman |
C |
1529 |
40.5% |
| Katie Birtwistle |
C |
1526 |
|
| Simon McDonald |
C |
1473 |
|
| Helen Burder |
Lab |
1015 |
26.9% |
| Arthur Neil |
Lab |
939 |
|
| Paul Dolan |
Lab |
898 |
|
| Glyn Roberts |
LD |
694 |
18.4% |
| Howard Thorp |
Grn |
540 |
14.3% |
| Jo Gaskill |
LD |
537 |
|
| Richard Short |
C |
3149 |
56.3% |
| Arthur Harada |
C |
3093 |
|
| Razia Daniels |
C |
3063 |
|
| Ruth Davidson |
Lab |
1523 |
27.2% |
| Jane Mercer |
Lab |
1360 |
|
| Jason Stiles |
Lab |
1265 |
|
| Annie Mead |
LD |
573 |
10.2% |
| Wendy Moore |
UKIP |
349 |
6.2% |
| Kimberley Anderson |
C |
1425 |
43.6% |
| Paul Donovan |
Lab |
1324 |
40.6% |
| Robert Crompton |
C |
1314 |
|
| Nicholas Hebson |
C |
1279 |
|
| Cherie Hill |
Lab |
1148 |
|
| Sue Pugh |
Lab |
1121 |
|
| Joanna Pemberton |
LD |
516 |
15.8% |
| Jill Houlbrook |
C |
2598 |
56.3% |
| Pat Lott |
C |
2411 |
|
| Hilarie McNae |
C |
2398 |
|
| Rob Jordan |
LD |
1137 |
24.6% |
| Michael Main |
LD |
1076 |
|
| Vera Roberts |
LD |
822 |
|
| Gerald Grant |
Lab |
701 |
15.2% |
| Peter Black |
Lab |
655 |
|
| Mil Williams |
Lab |
596 |
|
| John Moore |
UKIP |
181 |
3.9% |
| Ralph Oultram |
C |
1927 |
45.0% |
| Lynn Riley |
C |
1668 |
|
| Alan McKie |
C |
1617 |
|
| Nora Dolphin |
Ind |
1109 |
25.9% |
| Frank Dolphin |
Ind |
1009 |
|
| Doug Shingler |
Ind |
893 |
|
| Brian Jamieson |
Lab |
622 |
14.5% |
| Ailsa Gaskill-Jones |
LD |
621 |
14.5% |
| Graham Clark |
Lab |
575 |
|
| Eira Bowden |
Lab |
523 |
|
| John Freeman |
Ind |
453 |
|
| George England |
LD |
341 |
|
| Andrew Hyde |
LD |
265 |
|
| Pamela Booher |
Lab |
993 |
37.1% |
| Brian Clarke |
Lab |
971 |
|
| Donald Beckett |
Lab |
955 |
|
| Jon Jones |
C |
894 |
33.4% |
| Frank Middleton |
C |
849 |
|
| Saundra Middleton |
C |
828 |
|
| Des Worthington |
LD |
793 |
29.6% |
| Pete Gannon |
LD |
747 |
|
| Bev Theron |
LD |
687 |
|
| Bob Barton |
LD |
1211 |
40.6% |
| Charlie Parkinson |
LD |
1152 |
|
| Malcolm Gaskill |
LD |
1137 |
|
| Ann Lacey |
C |
840 |
28.2% |
| Bill Hall |
C |
834 |
|
| Deborah Deynem |
C |
655 |
|
| Tom Blackmore |
Lab |
581 |
19.5% |
| Jill McQuaid |
Lab |
552 |
|
| Derek Wright |
Lab |
515 |
|
| Phillip Williams |
BNP |
351 |
11.8% |
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