Elections to
Tameside
Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, named after the River Tame, Greater Manchester, River Tame, which flows through it, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Greater Manchester, Denton, D ...
Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2012. The
Labour Party retained overall control of the council.
After the election the composition of the council was:
Results
Ashton Hurst ward
Ashton St. Michael's ward
Ashton Waterloo ward
Audenshaw ward
Denton North East ward
Denton South ward
Denton West ward
Droylsden East ward
Droylsden West ward
Dukinfield ward
Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward
''Dorothy Cartwright defected from the Conservative Party to the Labour Party in December 2010.''
Hyde Godley ward
Hyde Newton ward
Hyde Werneth ward
Longdendale ward
Mossley ward
St Peter's ward
Stalybridge North ward
Stalybridge South ward
References
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2008
2008 English local elections
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
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