Local Elections 2008 - Results

Carlisle City Council election website

The new composition of the council is: Conservative 21; Labour 21; Liberal Democrat 7; Independent 1; Vacant 2.

A total of 25,425 people voted, 38.1 per cent of the electorate, up from 35.5 per cent last year.

RESULTS
Abbreviations: BNP – British National Party; Con – Conservative; Ind – Independent; Lab – Labour; Lib Dem – Liberal Democrat. Maj – majority. Sitting Carlisle city councillors are marked with an *

Belah: Stephen Gash (English Democrat), 176; David Morton (Con)*, 1,212; Elaine Thomson (Lab), 431. Con hold. Maj 781. Turnout 38.1%.

Belle Vue: Mike Clarke (Con), 682; Glen Gardner (BNP), 156; Ian Stockdale (Lab)*, 620; Louise Winspear (Lib Dem), 163. Con gain from Lab. Maj 62. Turnout 36.1%.

Botcherby: Bobby Betton (Ind), 313; John Blenkharn (Con), 443; Michael Boaden (Lab)*, 509; Karl Chappell (BNP), 145. Lab hold. Maj 66. Turnout 30.8%.

Brampton: Alex Faulds (Lab), 302; James Layden (Con), 913. Con hold. Maj 611. Turnout 34.8%.

Castle: Charlotte Arnold (Con), 206; Simon Osman (Ind), 202; Christopher Southward (Lab), 299; Jim Tootle (Lib Dem)*, 562. Lib Dem hold. Maj 263. Turnout 29.7%.

Currock: Brian Allan (BNP), 420; Lawrence Fisher (Con), 286; Colin Glover (Lab)*, 693; Olive Hall (Lib Dem), 99. Lab hold. Maj 273. Turnout 33.6%.

Dalston: Trevor Allison (Lib Dem)*, 1,151; Gareth Ellis (Con), 928; Grant Warwick (Lab), 216. Lib Dem hold. Maj 223. Turnout 47.4%.

Denton Holme: Geoffrey Prest (Con), 347; Joan Southward (Lab)*, 627; Allan Stevenson (Ind), 188; Janet Tootle (Lib Dem), 108; Rob Walker (BNP), 170. Lab hold. Maj 280. Turnout 30.7%.

Great Corby & Geltsdale: Helen Horne (Lab), 195; Doreen Parsons (Con)*, 471. Con hold. Maj 276. Turnout 39.0%.

Harraby: Joyce Chisholm (BNP), 272; Colin Farmer (Lib Dem), 171; Michele Gwillim (Con), 513; Carole Rutherford (Lab)*, 685. Lab hold. Maj 172. Turnout 34.4%.

Hayton: Harry Cain (Con), 234; William Graham (Ind)*, 674. Ind hold. Maj 440. Turnout 54.5%.

Morton: David Barnes (BNP), 466; Teresa Cartner (Con), 242; Nan Farmer (Lib Dem)*, 799; Ann Warwick (Lab), 740. Lib Dem hold. Maj 59. Turnout 47.2%.

St Aidan’s: Tony Carvell (BNP), 232; Barbara Eden (Con), 453; Paul Hendy (Lib Dem), 219; Lucy Patrick (Lab)*, 661. Lab hold. Maj 208. Turnout 34.1%.

Stanwix Urban: Deborah Clode (Lib Dem), 242; Paul Im Thurn (Lab), 511; John Stevenson (Con)*, 1,188. Con hold. Maj 677. Turnout 41.1%.

Upperby: Election postponed because of the death of the BNP candidate Les Griffiths.

Wetheral: Barry Earp (Con)*, 1,283; Roger Horne (Lab), 352. Con hold. Maj 931. Turnout 43.8%.