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The 2008 Winchester Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was *Conservative 29 *Liberal Democrat 24 *Independent 3 *Labour 1 ==Campaign== One third of the seats were being contested with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour each contesting all 19 seats. The Conservatives, who ran the council since the 2006 election were defending 6 seats compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. Among the councillors who were defending seats were the Conservative council leader, George Beckett, and the Liberal Democrat group leader Therese Evans.〔 Other candidates included 2 independents, 7 from the United Kingdom Independence Party and 4 from the Green Party.〔 The Conservatives defended their record of running the council saying that they had improved services while keeping council tax rises below the rate of inflation.〔 Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats criticised the Conservatives over housing and development in the council area.〔 During the campaign a Conservative activist in Whiteley ward, John Hall, was charged after a police investigation over electoral fraud offences. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Winchester City Council election, 2008」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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