Stratford District Election Results 2008

The following candidates have been elected to stand for the wards stated below:  

Alcester
Susan Adams (Cons) 1139 elected
Michael Gerrard (Lab) 73
Carol Lane (Lib Dem) 856

Aston Cantlow
John Bicknell (Lib Dem) 194
Sir William Lawrence (Cons) 524 elected 

Bardon
Valerie Hobbs (Cons) 537 elected
John Insoll (Lib Dem) 198

Bidford and Salford
Alec Brown (Lab) 116
Rona Fitzpatrick (Lib Dem) 718
Kim James (Ind) 903 elected 

Burton Dassett
Alan Hill (Lib Dem) 174
Simon Jackson (Cons) 647 elected  

Claverdon
John Horner (Cons) 684 elected
Jeanne Lowe (Lib Dem) 144

Ettington
Darryl Armstrong (Ind) 116
Izzi Seccombe (Cons) 597 elected
Christian Senior (Lib Dem) 165  

Harbury
Peter Barton (Cons) 850
Beverley Mann (Lib Dem) 861 elected 

Henley
Brett Parsons (UKIP) 184
Karyl Rees (Lib Dem) 215
Stephen Thirlwell (Cons) 1172 elected 

Kineton
Vivien Purdy (Lib Dem) 420
Susan Wixey (Cons) 979 elected  

Shipston
Richard Cheney (Lib Dem) 934 elected
Jeffrey Kenner (Lab) 64
Trevor Russel (Cons) 921 

Southam
Angela Adkins (Lib Dem) 380
John Appleton (Cons) 853 elected
Peter Thomas (Lab) 404 

Stratford Alveston
Ralph Berry (UKIP) 222
Lynda Organ (Cons) 1088
Kate Rolfe (Lib Dem) 1264 elected 

Stratford Avenue and New Town
Trevor Honychurch (Lib Dem) 991 elected
Juliet Short (Cons) 957
Matthew Stephens (Lab)132 

Stratford Guild and Hathaway
Hugh Chatwin (Green) 183
Ron Cockings (Lib Dem) 1141 elected
George Hathaway (Lab) 134
Michael Perry (Cons) 956

Stratford Mount Pleasant
Karen Parnell (Cons) 317
David Talbot (Lab) 80
Joyce Taylor (Lib Dem) 798 elected 

Studley
Jacqueline Abbott (Lab) 100
Paul Beaman (Lib Dem) 1083 elected
Jon Vale (Cons) 652

Tanworth
George Atkinson (Cons) 1140 elected
Sally Hinchley (Lib Dem) 176

Wellesbourne
Susan Main (Cons) 1209 elected
Michala Piotrowski (Lib Dem) 1204   

Councillors who were fighting for their seats are in italics.

The turnout was 41.83%.

The current political standings of the Council's 53 seats are:

Conservatives 32 seats
Liberal Democrats 19 seats
Independents 2 seats