Local Election Results 2008
Tameside
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By-elections for Tameside (may be incomplete): 29th June 2006 (Denton S.; Stalybridge N.)
— 5th February 2009 (Hyde Newton)
— 30th July 2009 (Denton N.E.)
— 30th September 2010 (Longdendale)
— 20th October 2017 (Droylsden E.)
— 8th March 2018 (Droylsden E.)
— 6th September 2018 (Ashton Waterloo)
— 12th December 2019 (Denton W.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
22661 |
41.6% |
13 |
| Conservative |
19877 |
36.5% |
5 |
| British National Party |
5159 |
9.5% |
0 |
| Green Party |
2238 |
4.1% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
1894 |
3.5% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
1463 |
2.7% |
0 |
| Independent |
1133 |
2.1% |
1 |
| Richard Ambler |
C |
1905 |
56.7% |
| Paul Dowthwaite |
Lab |
1121 |
33.4% |
| Paul Littlewood |
UKIP |
331 |
9.9% |
| Margaret Sidebottom |
Lab |
893 |
38.0% |
| Paul Buckley |
C |
887 |
37.8% |
| John Bartley |
LD |
256 |
10.9% |
| Richard Harrison |
UKIP |
180 |
7.7% |
| Rochelle Rolland |
Grn |
132 |
5.6% |
| Catherine Piddington |
Lab |
1152 |
40.5% |
| Dot Buckley |
C |
864 |
30.4% |
| Anthony Jones |
BNP |
473 |
16.6% |
| Paul Daley |
LD |
230 |
8.1% |
| Nigel Rolland |
Grn |
124 |
4.4% |
| Jean Brazil |
Lab |
1292 |
41.0% |
| Stacey Knighton |
C |
1013 |
32.1% |
| David Gough |
BNP |
846 |
26.8% |
| Martin Wareing |
Lab |
1139 |
45.5% |
| Georgina Greenwood |
C |
912 |
36.4% |
| Shaun O'Rourke |
LD |
455 |
18.2% |
| Margaret Downs |
Lab |
1421 |
57.5% |
| Thomas Jones |
C |
1049 |
42.5% |
| Dawson Lane |
Lab |
1578 |
50.2% |
| Joan Howarth |
C |
1565 |
49.8% |
| Jim Middleton |
Lab |
1408 |
46.1% |
| David Lomas |
BNP |
1000 |
32.7% |
| Lee Robinson |
C |
648 |
21.2% |
| Gerald Cooney |
Lab |
1779 |
58.6% |
| Gill Westhead |
C |
657 |
21.6% |
| Paul Hindley |
BNP |
601 |
19.8% |
| Brian Wild |
Lab |
1266 |
44.7% |
| Roy West |
BNP |
734 |
25.9% |
| Lynn Major |
C |
582 |
20.6% |
| Martine Marshall |
Grn |
250 |
8.8% |
| Dorothy Cartwright |
C |
1288 |
44.2% |
| Michael Ballagher |
Lab |
1022 |
35.1% |
| Jeffrey Clayton |
BNP |
366 |
12.6% |
| Michael Smee |
Grn |
236 |
8.1% |
| Joe Kitchen |
Lab |
1026 |
42.3% |
| Thomas Welsby |
C |
733 |
30.2% |
| Rosalind Gauci |
BNP |
293 |
12.1% |
| Jennifer Ball-Foster |
LD |
264 |
10.9% |
| Duran O'Dwyer |
UKIP |
109 |
4.5% |
| Peter Robinson |
Lab |
1124 |
36.5% |
| Nigel Byrne |
BNP |
846 |
27.5% |
| John Welsh |
C |
732 |
23.8% |
| Peter Ball-Foster |
LD |
376 |
12.2% |
| Derek Baines |
C |
1821 |
52.0% |
| Claire Francis |
Lab |
1238 |
35.4% |
| John Cooke |
UKIP |
259 |
7.4% |
| June Gill |
Grn |
181 |
5.2% |
| Sean Parker-Perry |
Lab |
1316 |
45.6% |
| Sue Barker |
C |
1057 |
36.6% |
| Ruth Bergan |
Grn |
312 |
10.8% |
| Kevin Misell |
UKIP |
203 |
7.0% |
| Roy Etchells |
Ind |
1133 |
38.0% |
| Idu Miah |
Lab |
910 |
30.5% |
| Kevin Hartley |
C |
664 |
22.3% |
| Christine Clark |
Grn |
275 |
9.2% |
| Warren Bray |
Lab |
1265 |
52.5% |
| Dorothy Ward |
C |
570 |
23.7% |
| Ian Dunlop |
LD |
313 |
13.0% |
| Trevor Clarke |
Grn |
261 |
10.8% |
| Clive Patrick |
C |
1159 |
42.7% |
| Bernard Walsh |
Lab |
1115 |
41.1% |
| Jean Smee |
Grn |
250 |
9.2% |
| Tracy Radcliffe |
UKIP |
190 |
7.0% |
| Doreen Dickinson |
C |
1771 |
63.8% |
| Pauline Harrison |
Lab |
596 |
21.5% |
| Melanie Roberts |
Grn |
217 |
7.8% |
| Angela McManus |
UKIP |
191 |
6.9% |
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