2008 Adur District Council election

Map of the results of the 2008 Adur council election. Conservatives in blue and Residents in white.

Elections to Adur District Council in West Sussex, England were held on 1 May 2008. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council.

Four extra seats were up for election due to councillors stepping down. No seats changed parties in the election with the Conservative party remaining the dominant party on the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 26
• Independent 2
• Liberal Democrat 1

Results

Adur Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	16	0	0	0	88.9	50.5	10,064	+1.2%
	Shoreham Beach Residents Association	2	0	0	0	11.1	8.4	1,674	+2.5%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	22.9	4,571	-4.0%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	2,185	0.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	839	-2.7%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	591	+3.0%

Ward results

Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debbie Kennard	760	71.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Kimber	127	11.9
	Labour	Julie Pearce	93	8.7
	Green	Vincent Tilsley	91	8.5
Majority			633	59.1
Turnout			1,071	34
	Conservative hold		Swing

Churchill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Beresford	506
	Conservative	Ann Terry	443
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Bonnett	430
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Martin	408
	Labour	Michael Thornton	117
Turnout			1,904	30
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cokeham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Wright	563	55.2	+7.9
	Labour	Barry Mear	257	25.2	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nilda Dooraree	200	19.6	−3.7
Majority			306	30.0	+12.1
Turnout			1,020	31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Evans	481	50.5
	Labour	Sally Campbell	193	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Hilditch	176	18.5
	UKIP	Jenny Greig	102	10.7
Majority			288	30.2
Turnout			952	29
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hillside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Dunn	611	58.5	−0.8
	Labour	Barry Thompson	165	15.8	−3.2
	UKIP	Rupert Greig	149	14.3	+14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn White	119	11.4	−10.3
Majority			446	42.7	+5.1
Turnout			1,044	31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Dollemore	725	68.5	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Douch	223	21.1	−19.3
	Labour	Jean Turner	111	10.5	+10.5
Majority			502	47.4	+28.2
Turnout			1,059	33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marine (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shoreham Beach Residents Association	Liza McKinney	852
	Shoreham Beach Residents Association	Ben Stride	822
	Green	Stephen Barnes	183
	Labour	Agnes Daniel	150
	Liberal Democrats	Raj Dooraree	76
Turnout			2,083	34
	Shoreham Beach Residents Association hold		Swing
	Shorehma Beach Residents Association hold		Swing

Mash Barn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Collard	485	52.9	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Collins	259	28.3	−16.2
	UKIP	Joyce Horne	88	9.6	+9.6
	Labour	John Wales	84	9.2	+9.2
Majority			226	24.6
Turnout			916	28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peverel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carson Albury	597	59.6	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Francis	192	19.2	−9.2
	Labour	Kenneth Bashford	135	13.5	−1.8
	UKIP	Ron Horne	78	7.8	+7.8
Majority			405	40.4	+12.5
Turnout			1,002	29
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rod Hotton	514	49.7	+2.5
	Green	Susan Board	212	20.5	+0.3
	Labour	Nigel Sweet	136	13.2	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Cottrell	99	9.6	−7.1
	UKIP	Michael Henn	73	7.1	+7.1
Majority			302	29.2	+2.2
Turnout			1,034	32
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Nicolas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Coomber	697	62.4	+4.7
	Green	Martin Moyra	160	14.3	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Clarke	135	12.1	−2.0
	Labour	Simon Crisp	125	11.2	+0.7
Majority			537	48.1	+8.0
Turnout			1,117	35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laura Graysmark	522	56.5	+7.0
	Labour	Ricky Daniel	205	22.2	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Clarke	110	11.9	−5.3
	Green	Celia Behan	87	9.4	+9.4
Majority			317	34.3	+18.1
Turnout			924	31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwick Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Metcalfe	668	56.0	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Edey	169	14.2	−9.2
	Labour	Steve Carden	149	12.5	−1.1
	Green	Alan Mair	106	8.9	+8.9
	UKIP	Brian Elliott	101	8.5	+8.5
Majority			499	41.8	+2.2
Turnout			1,193	34
	Conservative hold		Swing

Widewater (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Bridges	870
	Conservative	Fred Lewis	826
	Conservative	Tony Nicklen	796
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Martin	638
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald Dolding	617
	Liberal Democrats	Cyril Cannings	593
	Labour	David Devoy	265
Turnout			4,605	37
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2008 Adur election result – BBC News
• Ward results
• Results and turnouts