2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

The 2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England.

[3] The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council after gaining two seats from Labour.

[8] One of the two Conservatives gains came in Bradwell North, where the leader of the Labour group on the council, Trevor Wainwright, lost by 48 votes.

[4] Wainwright put his defeat down to national issues and in particular the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax.

[4] The other Conservative gain came in Magdalen ward where councillor Colleen Walker was defeated by Patricia Page by 64 votes.

Map of the results of the 2008 Great Yarmouth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008.