| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Ongoing | no |
| Previous election | 2007 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous year | 2007 |
| Election date | 1 May 2008 |
| Next election | 2010 Manchester City Council election |
| Next year | 2010 |
| Seats for election | 32 of 96 seats on Manchester City Council |
| Majority seats | 49 |
| Party 1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats before 1 | 61 |
| Seats 1 | 19 |
| Percentage 1 | 43.0% |
| Popular vote 1 | 39,300 |
| Seats after 1 | 61 |
| Party 2 | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats before 2 | 33 |
| Seats 2 | 13 |
| Percentage 2 | 30.4% |
| Popular vote 2 | 27,773 |
| Seats after 2 | 34 |
| Seat change 2 | 1 |
| Before election | Richard Leese |
| Before party | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle | Leader following election |
| After election | Richard Leese |
| After party | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election[1] - every ward of the city returned one councillor at this election out of the three councillors a ward in the city has.
Four national political parties - the Conservative Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Green Party - each stood a candidate in every ward in this election. There were candidates from other political parties standing in some of the wards, but there were no independent candidates standing for election this year in the city.
The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. The Green Party lost their only seat in Hulme to Labour, and the Conservatives failed to gain their first elected councillor, though became the third party on the council due to having one councillor through an earlier defection. The Liberal Democrats, who had suffered two defections since the last election - firstly the aforementioned Tory defection, and another to Labour - gained two councillors (in Miles Platting & Newton Heath and Northenden) but lost one (in Longsight) to Labour.
Voting took place between 7am and 10pm on Thursday 1 May 2008 and counting took place that night at the Town Hall. Overall turnout fell slightly to 27%.[2][3]
Election result
Changes compared to the 2007 election.
Ward results
Below is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. The winning candidate per ward is in bold.
References
- ^ "Vote 2008: Manchester". BBC. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2008". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ "Local Election Archive: 2008 - Manchester". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-17.