2008 Exeter City Council election

2008 Exeter City Council election [1][2]
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14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.9%
  First party Second party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 12 10
Seats won 6 4
Seats after 13 12
Seat change Increase1 Increase2
Popular vote 6,850 8,793
Percentage 27.0% 34.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Labour Liberal
Last election 14 4
Seats won 3 1
Seats after 11 4
Seat change Decrease3 Steady
Popular vote 6,954 1,515
Percentage 27.4% 6.0%
Map showing the results of the 2008 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and orange shows the Liberals. Wards in white had no election.
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

The 2008 Exeter City Council election took place on 1 May 2008, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.[3][4]

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Exeter City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. pp. 11–12.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2008). Local Elections Handbook 2008 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Elections 2008". BBC News.
  4. ^ "Local elections 2008" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 12 June 2008. p. 16.