Local election 2008 results

The results of the 2008 local elections show the big winners are the Conservatives.

They are well past their 200-seat target and have gained a clutch of councils, while Labour ministers are admitting results are disappointing and a setback.

Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats have seen mixed results, with strong showings in some areas and losses in others.

LOCAL COUNCIL RESULTS

	Councillors		Councils
Party	+/-	Total	+/-	Total
CON	256	3154	+12	65
LAB	-331	2368	-9	18
LD	34	1805	1	12
OTH	5	893	0	0
NOC	-	-	-3	64

159 of 159 councils have officially declared

East Midlands	Result
Amber Valley	Conservative Hold
Bassetlaw	Conservative Hold
Daventry	Conservative Hold
Derby	NOC
Lincoln City	Conservative Hold
West Lindsey	Conservative Gain from Lib Dem
Eastern
Basildon	Conservative Hold
Brentwood	Conservative Hold
Broxbourne	Conservative Hold
Cambridge	Lib Dems Hold
Castle Point	Conservative Hold
Colchester	Conservatives lose to NOC
Epping Forest	Conservative Hold
Great Yarmouth	Conservative Hold
Harlow	Conservative Gain
Hertsmere	Conservative Hold
Huntingdonshire	Conservative Hold
Ipswich	NOC
North Herefordshire	Conservative Hold
Norwich	NOC
Peterborough	Conservative Hold
Rochford	Conservative Hold
South Cambridgeshire	Conservative Hold
Southend-on-Sea	Conservative Hold
St Albans	Lib Dem Gain from NOC
Stevenage	Labour Hold
Three Rivers	Lib Dem Hold
Thurrock	NOC
Watford	Lib Dem Hold
Waveney	Conservative Hold
Welwyn Hatfield	Conservatives Hold
North-East
Durham City	Labour Gain from NOC
Gateshead	Labour Hold
Hartlepool	Labour lose to NOC
Newcastle	NOC
North Tyneside	Conservative Gain from NOC
SouthTyneside	Labour Hold
Sunderland	Labour Hold
North-West
Barrow-in-Furness	NOC
Blackburn with Darwen	NOC
Bolton	NOC
Burnley	Lib Dem Gain from NOC
Bury	Conservative Gain
Carlisle	NOC
Chester	Conservative Gain from NC
Chorley	Conservative Hold
Halton	Labour Hold
Hyndburn	Conservative Hold
Knowsley	Labour Hold
Liverpool	Lib Dem lose to NOC
Manchester	Labour Hold
Oldham	NOC
Pendle	Lib Dem lose to NOC
Preston	NOC
Rochdale	Lib Dem Hold
Rossendale	Conservative Gain from NOC
Salford	Labour Hold
Sefton	NOC
South Lakeland	Lib Dem Hold
St Helens	NOC
Stockport	Lib Dem Hold
Tameside	Labour Hold
Trafford	Conservative Hold
Warrington	NOC
West Lancashire	Conservatives Hold
Wigan	Labour Hold
Wirral	NOC
South-East
Adur	Conservative Hold
Basingstoke and Deane	Conservative Gain from NOC
Cherwell	Conservative Hold
Crawley	Conservative Hold
Eastleigh	Lib Dem Hold
Elmbridge	Conservative Gain
Fareham	Conservative Hold
Gosport	NOC
Hart	NOC
Hastings	NOC
Havant	Conservative Hold
Maidstone	Conservative Gain from NOC
Milton Keynes	NOC
Mole Valley	Conservative Hold
Oxford	NOC
Portsmouth	NOC
Reading	Labour lose to NOC
Reigate and Banstead	Conservative Hold
Runnymede	Conservative Hold
Rushmoor	Conservative Hold
Slough	Labour Gain from NOC
Southampton	Conservative Gain from NOC
Swale	Conservative Hold
Tandridge	Conservative Hold
Tunbridge Wells	Conservative Hold
West Oxfordshire	Conservative Hold
Winchester	Conservative Hold
Woking	Conservative Hold
Wokingham	Conservative Hold
Worthing	Conservative Hold
South-West
Cheltenham	NOC
Gloucester	NOC
Plymouth	Conservative Hold
Purbeck	NOC
Stroud	Conservative Hold
Swindon	Conservative Hold
Weymouth and Portland	NOC
Exeter	NOC
West Midlands
Birmingham	NOC
Coventry	Conservatives lose to NOC
Cannock Chase	NOC
Dudley	Conservative Hold
Nuneaton and Bedworth	Conservative Gain
Newcastle Under Lyme	NOC
Redditch	Conservative Gain from NOC
Rugby	Conservative Hold
Sandwell	Labour Hold
Solihull	Conservative Gain from NOC
Stoke-on-Trent	NOC
Stratford-Upon-Avon	Conservative Hold
Tamworth	Conservative Hold
Walsall	Conservative Hold
Wolverhampton	Labour lose to NOC
Worcester	NOC
Wyre Forest	Conservative Gain from NOC
Yorkshire and Humber
Barnsley	Labour Hold
Bradford	NOC
Calderdale	NOC
Craven	NOC
Doncaster	NOC
Harrogate	NOC
Kingston Upon Hull	Lib Dems Gain
Kirklees	NOC
Leeds	NOC
NE Lincolnshire	NOC
Rotherham	Labour Hold
Sheffield	Lib Dem Gain from NOC
Wakefield	Labour Hold