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Local Election Results 2008

Sandwell

Other results for Sandwell: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022
By-elections for Sandwell (may be incomplete): 19th September 2002 (Smethwick) — 25th November 2004 (Old Warley) — 28th June 2007 (Charlemont with Grove Vale) — 6th December 2007 (Princes End) — 24th January 2008 (Newton) — 1st October 2009 (Wednesbury S.) — 18th November 2010 (Wednesbury N.) — 9th July 2015 (Newton) — 10th September 2015 (Blackheath) — 15th July 2021 (Tividale) — 27th October 2022 (Wednesbury S.)

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Consolidated results — Sandwell 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 30195 43.7% 14
Conservative 24881 36.0% 8
Liberal Democrat 6906 10.0% 2
British National Party 5755 8.3% 0
Green Party 1006 1.5% 0
Socialist Labour Party 216 0.3% 0
Independent 84 0.1% 0

Abbey

Ann Gieszczykiewicz-Jaron Lab 1571 51.7%
Ewart Johnson C 916 30.2%
David Nikel LD 342 11.3%
Patricia Thompson Grn 209 6.9%

Blackheath

Mary Docker C 1497 54.0%
Robert Hamblett Lab 1016 36.7%
Robert Johns LD 258 9.3%

Bristnall [C gain from Lab]

Terence Grainger C 1306 45.6%
Malcolm Bridges Lab 1235 43.2%
Emma Underhill LD 321 11.2%

Charlemont with Grove Vale

Raymond Nock C 1635 48.3%
Ralph Perkins Lab 664 19.6%
Arthur Copson BNP 571 16.9%
Michaela Allcock LD 362 10.7%
John Macefield Grn 155 4.6%

Cradley Heath and Old Hill [C gain from Lab]

Elizabeth Bowler C 1430 53.9%
Margaret James Lab 1224 46.1%

Friar Park

Geoffrey Lewis Lab 1027 44.9%
Thomas Nelson C 691 30.2%
Gordon Howells BNP 427 18.7%
Dorothy Brayshaw LD 140 6.1%

Great Barr with Yew Tree

Sadie Smith LD 1281 37.2%
Roy Melia Lab 905 26.2%
Robert White C 715 20.7%
Terence Lewin BNP 547 15.9%

Great Bridge

Derek Rowley Lab 1220 45.0%
Jennifer Howells BNP 711 26.2%
Heather Gibson C 629 23.2%
Nigel Richards LD 154 5.7%

Greets Green and Lyng

John Edwards Lab 1259 51.3%
Elaine Fitzpatrick C 592 24.1%
David Howells BNP 422 17.2%
Dorothy Jones LD 180 7.3%

Hateley Heath

Paul Sandars Lab 1245 45.9%
Stephanie Page C 706 26.0%
James Vaughan BNP 512 18.9%
Martin Roebuck LD 250 9.2%

Langley

Pauline Hinton Lab 1271 47.6%
Ronald Griffiths C 897 33.6%
Victoria Montgomery BNP 364 13.6%
Ronald Hackett LD 137 5.1%

Newton

Joyce Underhill LD 1310 45.4%
Valerie Ward C 763 26.4%
Shirley Hosell Lab 719 24.9%
David Hawkins Grn 94 3.3%

Old Warley

Leslie Pawlowski C 1494 45.6%
Susan Crumpton Lab 1269 38.8%
Baden Smith LD 359 11.0%
Aldo Mussi Grn 151 4.6%

Oldbury

Susan Downing Lab 1720 51.0%
Abdul Qayyum C 1173 34.8%
Richard Mitchener LD 265 7.9%
Maureen Matthews SocLab 216 6.4%

Princes End [C gain from BNP]

Beatrice Owen C 974 46.0%
Delia Edwards Lab 718 33.9%
Karen Parkes BNP 427 20.2%

Rowley

Iris Boucher Lab 1169 45.5%
Wayne Nicholas C 896 34.9%
John Salvage BNP 384 15.0%
Vicky Dunn Grn 118 4.6%

St Pauls [Lab gain from C]

Paramjit Kaur Randhawa Lab 2031 52.6%
Mohammed Sakhi C 1497 38.8%
Thomas Underhill LD 249 6.4%
Roshan Randhawa Ind 84 2.2%

Smethwick

Linda Horton Lab 1620 59.0%
William Shipman C 758 27.6%
Roger Prior LD 369 13.4%

Soho and Victoria

Darren Cooper Lab 1972 70.9%
Kezia Malton LD 441 15.9%
Robert Lawrence C 367 13.2%

Tipton Green

Ian Jones Lab 1373 47.7%
Sandra Vickers C 684 23.8%
Keith Woodhouse BNP 532 18.5%
Joanne Arnold LD 289 10.0%

Tividale

Maria Crompton Lab 1485 56.3%
Jack Sabharwal C 1155 43.8%

Wednesbury North

William Archer C 2115 79.3%
Babubhai Patel Lab 553 20.7%

Wednesbury South [C gain from Lab]

Michael Middleton C 1215 40.8%
Robert Evans Lab 1144 38.4%
Lee Bissell BNP 467 15.7%
Colin Bye Grn 151 5.1%

West Bromwich Central

Kim Wilkinson Lab 1785 54.4%
Margaret Macklin C 776 23.7%
John Howells BNP 391 11.9%
Russell George LD 199 6.1%
Brian Thompson Grn 128 3.9%

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