2008 Colchester Borough Council election information
2008 UK local government election
2008 Colchester Borough Council election
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1 May 2008 (2008-05-01)
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20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
34.5% (0.2%)
First party
Second party
Party
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Last election
30 seats, 41.8%
21 seats, 29.3%
Seats before
32
19
Seats won
7
9
Seats after
27
23
Seat change
5
4
Popular vote
13,142
13,111
Percentage
37.3%
37.2%
Swing
4.5%
7.9%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
Labour
Independent
Last election
6 seats, 16.3%
3 seats, 3.1%
Seats before
6
3
Seats won
3
1
Seats after
7
3
Seat change
1
Popular vote
4,593
1,247
Percentage
13.0%
3.5%
Swing
3.3%
0.4%
Leader of the council after election
Anne Turrell
Liberal Democrats
Map of the results of the 2008 Colchester council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008.
The 2008 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Conservative 27
Liberal Democrats 23
Labour 7
Independent 3[2]
^"Colchester". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
^"National: Full election results". The Guardian. NewsBank. 3 May 2008.
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