2008 Castle Point Borough Council election

The 2008 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2008 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

14 seats were contested at the election with no election in Canvey West ward, but with a by-election being held in Canvey South at the same time as the normal election in the ward, after the Canvey Island Independent Party councillor Natalie Derby had stepped down in March 2008 due to ill health.[3] One councillor stood down at the election, Conservative Elizabeth Govier from St Georges ward.[3]

Not counting the extra by-election in Canvey South, there were 13 candidates each from the Conservative and Labour parties, 5 from the Canvey Island Independent Party, 3 each from the British National Party and the Green party and 1 from the UK Independence Party.[3]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning the seats in Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley, while the Canvey Island Independent Party won all 6 seats on Canvey Island.[4] No other party won any seats at the election, with Labour finishing behind the British National Party in 2 wards and behind the UK Independence Party in 1 ward.[4] Overall turnout at the election was 33.0%.[5]

Castle Point local election result 2008[5][6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 8 0 0 0 57.1 52.2 12,075 -3.6%
  Canvey Independent 6 0 0 0 42.9 23.0 5,314 +2.2%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 16.1 3,733 -2.0%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 839 +3.6%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 722 -0.7%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 441 +0.5%

Ward results
Appleton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Skipp 1,262 73.2 +1.4
Labour John Trollope 462 26.8 -1.4
Majority 800 46.4 +2.9
Turnout 1,724
Conservative hold Swing
Boyce[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Stanley 1,215 63.8 -6.0
UKIP Ron Hurrell 441 23.1 +6.3
Labour Harry Brett 249 13.1 -0.4
Majority 774 40.6 -12.4
Turnout 1,905
Conservative hold Swing
Canvey Island Central[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Canvey Independent John Anderson 905 60.3 +2.0
Conservative Dorothy Best 433 28.8 +0.4
Labour Bill Deal 164 10.9 +0.0
Majority 472 31.4 +1.5
Turnout 1,502
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Canvey Island East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Canvey Independent Anne Wood 962 59.2 +10.4
Conservative Colin Maclean 508 31.3 -5.3
Labour Katie Curtis 155 9.5 -4.8
Majority 454 27.9 +16.0
Turnout 1,625
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Canvey Island North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Canvey Independent Martin Tucker 947 51.7 +0.0
Conservative Carole Cross 363 19.8 -9.2
BNP John Morgan 338 18.5 +18.5
Labour Jacqueline Reilly 183 10.0 -7.0
Majority 584 31.9 +9.2
Turnout 1,831
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Canvey Island South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Canvey Independent Brian Wood 767 45.0 -4.7
Conservative Mark Howard 549 32.2 -4.8
BNP Peter Barber 257 15.1 +15.1
Labour Michael Curham 130 7.6 -3.2
Majority 218 12.8 +0.2
Turnout 1,703
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Canvey Island South by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Canvey Independent Janice Payne 930 55.6 +5.9
Conservative Margaret Belford 596 35.6 -1.4
Labour John Payne 146 8.7 -2.1
Majority 334 20.0 +7.4
Turnout 1,672
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Canvey Island Winter Gardens[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Canvey Independent Barry Dixie 803 59.4 +3.2
Conservative Pat Haunts 422 31.2 -0.4
Labour Margaret McArthur-Curtis 127 9.4 -2.8
Majority 381 28.2 +3.6
Turnout 1,352
Canvey Independent hold Swing
Cedar Hill[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Liz Wass 1,106 75.8 +3.7
Labour Lorna Trollope 353 24.2 -3.7
Majority 753 51.6 +7.4
Turnout 1,459
Conservative hold Swing
St George's[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clive Walter 1,049 69.1 +1.2
Labour Joe Cooke 469 30.9 -1.2
Majority 580 38.2 +2.3
Turnout 1,518
Conservative hold Swing
St James[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Sharp 1,329 71.2 +1.6
Labour Fred Jones 271 14.5 +0.2
Green Narine Pachy 266 14.3 -1.8
Majority 1,058 56.7 +3.2
Turnout 1,866
Conservative hold Swing
St Mary's[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cross 963 55.6 -12.7
Labour Anthony Wright 526 30.4 -1.2
BNP Scott Smith 244 14.1 +14.1
Majority 437 25.2 -11.4
Turnout 1,733
Conservative hold Swing
St Peter's[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beverley Egan 1,099 69.7 +1.3
Labour William Emberson 275 17.4 -0.5
Green Eileen Peck 203 12.9 -0.7
Majority 824 52.3 +1.8
Turnout 1,577
Conservative hold Swing
Victoria[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Enid Isaacs 1,181 71.3 +1.8
Green Lesley Morgan 253 15.3 +1.2
Labour Alan Curtis 223 13.5 -2.9
Majority 928 56.0 +2.9
Turnout 1,657
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Castle Point". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. "Local elections: Results: Voters in the cities and the shires have their say in the ballot box". The Guardian. NewsBank. 2 May 2008.
  3. Legge, Katherine (4 April 2008). "Castle Point election candidates". The Echo. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. "Castle Point : Independents dominate Canvey". The Echo. NewsBank. 2 May 2008.
  5. "Election Results 2008". Castle Point Borough Council. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  6. "Local elections Results". The Times. NewsBank. 2 May 2008. p. 28.
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