Local Election Results 2008
Stoke-on-Trent
One-third of council up for election.
CityInd = City Independent
Pot = Potteries Alliance
Other results for Stoke-on-Trent:2002200320042006200720102011201520192023
By-elections for Stoke-on-Trent (may be incomplete): 18th September 2003 (Abbey Green) — 22nd July 2004 (Burslem S.) — 3rd March 2005 (East Valley) — 26th July 2012 (Springfields & Trent Vale) — 14th November 2013 (Baddeley, Milton & Norton) — 6th May 2021 (Moorcroft) — 1st July 2021 (Penkhull & Stoke) — 22nd September 2022 (Bentilee & Ubberley) — 2nd May 2024 (Meir N.) — 15th May 2025 (Birches Head & Northwood)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
|---|
| Labour | 14038 | 25.1% | 4 |
| Conservative | 9740 | 17.4% | 2 |
| Independent | 9657 | 17.2% | 4 |
| British National Party | 7986 | 14.3% | 3 |
| City Independent | 7186 | 12.8% | 5 |
| Liberal Democrat | 4700 | 8.4% | 2 |
| Potteries Alliance | 2387 | 4.3% | 0 |
| Green Party | 164 | 0.3% | 0 |
| Socialist Alternative | 130 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Melanie Baddeley | BNP | 858 | 31.0% |
|---|
| Gary Elsby | Lab | 784 | 28.3% |
|---|
| Andrew Wragg | C | 721 | 26.0% |
|---|
| Paul Sutton | Ind | 244 | 8.8% |
|---|
| Barry Malpass | Grn | 164 | 5.9% |
|---|
| Steven Batkin | BNP | 829 | 34.6% |
|---|
| Mervin Smith | Lab | 620 | 25.9% |
|---|
| Wendy Johnson | Ind | 320 | 13.4% |
|---|
| Christine Warren | C | 273 | 11.4% |
|---|
| Maurice Lewis | Pot | 177 | 7.4% |
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| Susan Ford | LD | 174 | 7.3% |
|---|
| John Davis | CityInd | 729 | 34.7% |
|---|
| Terence Crowe | Lab | 654 | 31.1% |
|---|
| Richard Ibbs | C | 434 | 20.6% |
|---|
| John Redfern | LD | 286 | 13.6% |
|---|
| Roy Naylor | CityInd | 1152 | 44.0% |
|---|
| Michael Tappin | Lab | 776 | 29.6% |
|---|
| Harold Mouat | C | 469 | 17.9% |
|---|
| Peter Chambers | LD | 222 | 8.5% |
|---|
| David Conway | Lab | 1104 | 46.7% |
|---|
| Malcolm Barber | Pot | 513 | 21.7% |
|---|
| Donald Smith | C | 493 | 20.8% |
|---|
| Sabrina Bowers | LD | 255 | 10.8% |
|---|
| Javid Najmi | Lab | 968 | 39.3% |
|---|
| Ted Owen | Pot | 688 | 27.9% |
|---|
| Gareth Fallows | C | 349 | 14.2% |
|---|
| David Giltrap | Ind | 189 | 7.7% |
|---|
| Diane Thomas | LD | 141 | 5.7% |
|---|
| Jane Mellalieu | SocAlt | 130 | 5.3% |
|---|
| Janine Taylor | CityInd | 912 | 35.4% |
|---|
| Angela Miller | Ind | 579 | 22.5% |
|---|
| Craig Pond | BNP | 566 | 22.0% |
|---|
| David Roberts | Lab | 416 | 16.1% |
|---|
| Sylvia Nagington | Ind | 103 | 4.0% |
|---|
| Joanne Powell-Beckett | C | 1146 | 43.8% |
|---|
| Sybil Halfpenny | Lab | 713 | 27.3% |
|---|
| Christine Knight | Pot | 509 | 19.5% |
|---|
| Jackie Ward | CityInd | 247 | 9.4% |
|---|
| Mick Bell | CityInd | 1150 | 39.3% |
|---|
| Samuel Tunstall | BNP | 779 | 26.6% |
|---|
| Stan Bate | Lab | 578 | 19.7% |
|---|
| Steven Morris | C | 292 | 10.0% |
|---|
| Thomas Grocock | LD | 129 | 4.4% |
|---|
| Zulfiqar Ali | LD | 977 | 49.5% |
|---|
| Marj Bate | Lab | 743 | 37.6% |
|---|
| Jim Piper | Ind | 217 | 11.0% |
|---|
| Marek Goslicki | Ind | 37 | 1.9% |
|---|
| Randy Conteh | Ind | 1263 | 46.4% |
|---|
| Stephen Brown | C | 543 | 20.0% |
|---|
| Jonathan Taylor | LD | 499 | 18.3% |
|---|
| Adam Colclough | Lab | 415 | 15.3% |
|---|
| Thomas Reynolds | Lab | 1005 | 30.7% |
|---|
| Pauline Smith | BNP | 844 | 25.8% |
|---|
| Mark Leat | Ind | 578 | 17.7% |
|---|
| Alexander Hayward | C | 550 | 16.8% |
|---|
| Roy Bennett | Ind | 292 | 8.9% |
|---|
| Bagh Ali | Lab | 1633 | 42.0% |
|---|
| James Whitehurst | C | 797 | 20.5% |
|---|
| Lynne Pond | BNP | 756 | 19.4% |
|---|
| Geoffrey Jenkinson | LD | 569 | 14.6% |
|---|
| Rob Kettle | Ind | 132 | 3.4% |
|---|
| John Burgess | BNP | 979 | 30.3% |
|---|
| Christine Follows | CityInd | 909 | 28.1% |
|---|
| Abigail Brown | C | 774 | 23.9% |
|---|
| Kath Banks | Lab | 570 | 17.6% |
|---|
| Dave Sutton | LD | 624 | 22.9% |
|---|
| Eve Maley | Ind | 623 | 22.9% |
|---|
| Stanley Leese | BNP | 594 | 21.8% |
|---|
| Reginald Booth | Pot | 500 | 18.4% |
|---|
| Barry Stockley | Lab | 379 | 13.9% |
|---|
| Mick Salih | Ind | 1225 | 44.4% |
|---|
| Robert Hooper | Ind | 1148 | 41.7% |
|---|
| Richard Blake | Lab | 383 | 13.9% |
|---|
| Pauline Joynson | Ind | 824 | 32.2% |
|---|
| Conrad Lubinski | LD | 590 | 23.1% |
|---|
| Harold Gregory | C | 424 | 16.6% |
|---|
| Margaret Lilley | Lab | 376 | 14.7% |
|---|
| Monica Mitchell | Ind | 298 | 11.7% |
|---|
| Spencer Cartlidge | Ind | 45 | 1.8% |
|---|
| Terry Follows | CityInd | 2087 | 56.2% |
|---|
| Shaun Bennett | C | 1104 | 29.7% |
|---|
| Alastair Watson | Lab | 288 | 7.8% |
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| Christine Grocock | LD | 234 | 6.3% |
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| Megan Ryan | Ind | 1143 | 36.9% |
|---|
| Terence Cope | BNP | 813 | 26.3% |
|---|
| Sheila Pitt | Lab | 703 | 22.7% |
|---|
| Stewart Jones | C | 327 | 10.6% |
|---|
| Albert Hurst | Ind | 110 | 3.6% |
|---|
| John Daniels | C | 1044 | 32.3% |
|---|
| Anthony Tabbinor | BNP | 968 | 30.0% |
|---|
| Ian McLaughlin | Lab | 930 | 28.8% |
|---|
| Gordon Perry | Ind | 287 | 8.9% |
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