2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
1 May 2008 (2008-05-01)
22 of 66 seats (one third)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.0% (0.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jeff Green Steve Foulkes Simon Holbrook
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat West Kirby
and
Thurstaston
Claughton
Prenton
Last election 7 seats,
38.6%		 8 seats,
28.7%		 7 seats,
25.2%
Seats before 20 25 19
Seats won 11 5 6
Seats after 24 21 20
Seat change 4 4 1
Popular vote 37,925 22,277 19,624
Percentage 43.6% 25.6% 22.6%
Swing 5.0% 3.1% 2.6%
Map of results of 2008 election
Leader of the Council before election

Steve Foulkes (Labour)
No Overall Control

 Leader of the Council after election

Steve Foulkes (Labour)
No Overall Control

The 2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members to the Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Conservative244
Labour214
Liberal Democrat201
Ind. Conservative1
Ind. Lib Dem01

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