Council and democracy
Councillors, democracy and elections
Elections - results
Election Result for 1 May 2008
State of the Parties: No Overall Control
| Party | Before | Stood | Held | Gain | Lost | Change | After |
| Labour (Party Votes: 22,277) |
25 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 21 |
| Conservative (Party Votes: 37,925) |
20 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| Liberal Democrat (Party Votes: 19,624) |
19 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Independent Conservative (Party Votes: 0) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent Liberal Democrat (Party Votes: 0) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| British National Party (Party Votes: 489) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green (Party Votes: 4,267) |
0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent (Party Votes: 147) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal (Party Votes: 96) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U.K. Independence (Party Votes: 2,127) |
0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |