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2008 Northumberland County Council election

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2008 Northumberland County Council election^[1]

← 2005

1 May 2008 (2008-05-01)

2013 →

All 67 seats
toNorthumberland County Council
34 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

41.2%

	First party	Second party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Last election	14	14
Seats won	26	17
Seat change	12	3
Popular vote	36,586	29,777
Percentage	36.5%	29.7%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Labour	Independent
Last election	35	4
Seats won	17	7
Seat change	18	3
Popular vote	22,257	11,031
Percentage	22.2%	11.0%

Map of the results of the 2008 local election.

Control of Council before election

Labour Party

Control of Council after election

No overall control

Local electionstoNorthumberland County Council, a county council in the north east of England, were held on 1 May 2008, resulting in a council with no overall control and with Liberal Democrat members forming the largest political group on the new unitary authority Council.^[2]

Results[edit]

Northumberland County Council election, 2008^[3]
	Seats	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	26	36.5	36,586
Conservative	17	29.7	29,777
Labour	17	22.2	22,257
Independent	7	11.0	11,077
Green	0	0.4	425
UKIP	0	0.2	159
BNP	0	0.1	88

References[edit]

^ "Local Election Summaries 2008". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

^ "Councillors". Northumberland County Council. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2008 - Northumberland". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

External links[edit]

Northumberland County Council

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