Tandridge Council election, 2008
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Elections to Tandridge Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative
party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout
was 42.3%.
Recycling
and planning were major issues at the election. The Conservative party gained three seats at the election, Queens Park, Valley and Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh. However they lost Westway to the Liberal Democrats.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 42.3%.
Recycling
Recycling
Recycling is processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse...
and planning were major issues at the election. The Conservative party gained three seats at the election, Queens Park, Valley and Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh. However they lost Westway to the Liberal Democrats.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
33 - Liberal Democrat 8
- IndependentIndependent (politician)In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
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