2008 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Tameside 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:

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward
Dorothy Cartwright defected from the Conservative Party to the Labour Party in December 2010.