United Kingdom local elections, 2008

2007 ←

1 May 2008

→ 2009

137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	David Cameron	Gordon Brown	Nick Clegg
Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Leader since	6 December 2005	24 June 2007	18 December 2007
Last election	40%	27%	26%
Percentage	44%	24%	25%
Swing	4	3	1
Councils	65	18	12
Councils +/–	12	9	1
Councillors	3,154	2,368	1,805
Councillors +/–	256	331	34

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

The 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. These elections took place in 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils.

There were also extraordinary elections held for four of the new unitary authorities being created, in Northumberland, County Durham and Cheshire (two councils - Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester). Scheduled elections for Penwith in Cornwall, Shrewsbury & Atcham in Shropshire, Bedford and South Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire and five district councils in Cheshire were cancelled, due to the up-coming unitary authorities being established in those counties.

The Labour Party finished in 3rd place, trailing the Conservatives by 20%, the largest such margin ever between the two main parties. Aside from the strong showing for David Cameron's Conservatives, the BNP also made substantial gains, making 10 net gains to finish with over 30 seats.

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