2008 Castle Point Borough Council election

The 2008 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Map of the results of the 2008 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 25
• Canvey Island Independent Party 15
• Labour 1^[2]

Background

14 seats were contested at the election with no election in Canvey West ward, but with a by-election being held in Canvey South at the same time as the normal election in the ward, after the Canvey Island Independent Party councillor Natalie Derby had stepped down in March 2008 due to ill health.^[3] One councillor stood down at the election, Conservative Elizabeth Govier from St Georges ward.^[3]

Not counting the extra by-election in Canvey South, there were 13 candidates each from the Conservative and Labour parties, 5 from the Canvey Island Independent Party, 3 each from the British National Party and the Green Party and 1 from the UK Independence Party.^[3]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning the seats in Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley, while the Canvey Island Independent Party won all 6 seats on Canvey Island.^[4] No other party won any seats at the election, with Labour finishing behind the British National Party in 2 wards and behind the UK Independence Party in 1 ward.^[4] Overall turnout at the election was 33.0%.^[5]

Castle Point local election result 2008^[5][6]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	0	0	0	57.1	52.2	12,075	-3.6
	CIIP	6	0	0	0	42.9	23.0	5,314	+2.2
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	16.1	3,733	-2.0
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.6	839	+3.6
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.1	722	-0.7
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	441	+0.5

Ward results

Appleton^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Skipp	1,262	73.2	+1.4
	Labour	John Trollope	462	26.8	−1.4
Majority			800	46.4	+2.9
Turnout			1,724
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boyce^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Stanley	1,215	63.8	−6.0
	UKIP	Ron Hurrell	441	23.1	+6.3
	Labour	Harry Brett	249	13.1	−0.4
Majority			774	40.6	−12.4
Turnout			1,905
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Central^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	John Anderson	905	60.3	+2.0
	Conservative	Dorothy Best	433	28.8	+0.4
	Labour	Bill Deal	164	10.9	+0.0
Majority			472	31.4	+1.5
Turnout			1,502
	CIIP hold		Swing

Canvey Island East^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Anne Wood	962	59.2	+10.4
	Conservative	Colin Maclean	508	31.3	−5.3
	Labour	Katie Curtis	155	9.5	−4.8
Majority			454	27.9	+16.0
Turnout			1,625
	CIIP hold		Swing

Canvey Island North^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Martin Tucker	947	51.7	+0.0
	Conservative	Carole Cross	363	19.8	−9.2
	BNP	John Morgan	338	18.5	+18.5
	Labour	Jacqueline Reilly	183	10.0	−7.0
Majority			584	31.9	+9.2
Turnout			1,831
	CIIP hold		Swing

Canvey Island South^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Brian Wood	767	45.0	−4.7
	Conservative	Mark Howard	549	32.2	−4.8
	BNP	Peter Barber	257	15.1	+15.1
	Labour	Michael Curham	130	7.6	−3.2
Majority			218	12.8	+0.2
Turnout			1,703
	CIIP hold		Swing

Canvey Island South by-election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Janice Payne	930	55.6	+5.9
	Conservative	Margaret Belford	596	35.6	−1.4
	Labour	John Payne	146	8.7	−2.1
Majority			334	20.0	+7.4
Turnout			1,672
	CIIP hold		Swing

Canvey Island Winter Gardens^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Barry Dixie	803	59.4	+3.2
	Conservative	Pat Haunts	422	31.2	−0.4
	Labour	Margaret McArthur-Curtis	127	9.4	−2.8
Majority			381	28.2	+3.6
Turnout			1,352
	CIIP hold		Swing

Cedar Hill^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Wass	1,106	75.8	+3.7
	Labour	Lorna Trollope	353	24.2	−3.7
Majority			753	51.6	+7.4
Turnout			1,459
	Conservative hold		Swing

St George's^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Walter	1,049	69.1	+1.2
	Labour	Joe Cooke	469	30.9	−1.2
Majority			580	38.2	+2.3
Turnout			1,518
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Sharp	1,329	71.2	+1.6
	Labour	Fred Jones	271	14.5	+0.2
	Green	Narine Pachy	266	14.3	−1.8
Majority			1,058	56.7	+3.2
Turnout			1,866
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cross	963	55.6	−12.7
	Labour	Anthony Wright	526	30.4	−1.2
	BNP	Scott Smith	244	14.1	+14.1
Majority			437	25.2	−11.4
Turnout			1,733
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Peter's^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Egan	1,099	69.7	+1.3
	Labour	William Emberson	275	17.4	−0.5
	Green	Eileen Peck	203	12.9	−0.7
Majority			824	52.3	+1.8
Turnout			1,577
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Enid Isaacs	1,181	71.3	+1.8
	Green	Lesley Morgan	253	15.3	+1.2
	Labour	Alan Curtis	223	13.5	−2.9
Majority			928	56.0	+2.9
Turnout			1,657
	Conservative hold		Swing