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2008 Welsh local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The fourth election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 1 May 2008.[1] It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
All council seats were up for election. These were the fourth elections held following local government reorganisation. Labour retained its majority.[2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Liberal Democrats | |||||||||
Plaid Cymru | |||||||||
5 | |||||||||
SDP | 2 | ||||||||
Green | 0 |
The number of candidates increased compared with 1999.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Jones | 457 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Lindy Ware | 408 | |||
Majority | 49 | ||||
Turnout | 871 | 48.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lewis* | 441 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Huw Evans | 328 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 781 | 43.8 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Councillors Hopkins and Richards had been elected as Ratepayers in 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Siddley | 432 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Carolyn Edwards* | 380 | |||
Majority | 52 | ||||
Turnout | 817 | 51.6 | |||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Morgan* | 558 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Vallario | 266 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 837 | 34.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Newton James* | 698 | |||
Conservative | Dick Riddle | 116 | |||
Majority | 582 | ||||
Turnout | 821 | 36.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor David Williams* | 1,162 | |||
Labour | Marian Aerona Lewis* | 993 | |||
Independent | Brinley Roblin* | 959 | |||
Independent | Allan James Bevan | 888 | |||
Labour | Allan Louis Jones | 796 | |||
Ratepayers | Dave Shepherd | 664 | |||
Turnout | 2,268 | 44.0% | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Raymond Bryant* | 560 | |||
Labour | Richard David Mathews | 422 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 994 | 53.6. | +1.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Janice Dudley* | 1,024 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Tony Wyn-Jones | 841 | |||
Labour | Mike Richards | 820 | |||
Labour | Cheryl Thomas | 660 | |||
Turnout | 1,817 | 40.6 | +0.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Frank Harvey Little | 343 | |||
Labour | Maureen Funning | 251 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 604 | 43.1 | −1.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Warman* | 1,017 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Desmond James Sparkes | 614 | |||
Labour | Brian Warlow | 400 | |||
Labour | Stephen Richard Williams* | 350 | |||
Turnout | 1,331 | 40.5 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies* | 531 | |||
Independent | Betsan Richards | 419 | |||
Labour | Paula Bebell | 272 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alyson Jayne Thomas | 270 | |||
Ratepayers | Lee Clifford Saunders | 238 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jen Dafis | 205 | |||
Turnout | 1,167 | 38.0 | −0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Keith Davies* | 517 | |||
Independent | Janet Sarah Jones | 231 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 755 | 41.0 | −2.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Marney Bebell* | 419 | |||
Independent | Robert Hay | 236 | |||
Conservative | Sarah Louise Baker | 134 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 791 | 41.7 | −1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Edward Morgan* | 494 | |||
Labour | Peter Richards | 305 | |||
Majority | 189 | ||||
Turnout | 800 | 51.7 | +3.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | David Martyn Peters* | 958 | |||
Independent | Stephen Absalom | 302 | |||
Majority | 656 | ||||
Turnout | 1,265 | 49.2 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Delwyn Morgan* | 740 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Horace Thomas Lewis* | 668 | |||
Labour | Eifion Rhys Jenkins | 594 | |||
Labour | Eddie Jones | 495 | |||
Turnout | 1,337 | 48.5 | +0.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Rosalyn Davies | 273 | |||
Labour | Jackie Myers* | 269 | |||
Majority | 4 | ||||
Turnout | 551 | 45.4 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynda Ghislaine Williams* | 550 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D.Gerald James | 308 | |||
Majority | 147 | ||||
Turnout | 872 | 37.5 | −8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jane Jones* | 390 | |||
Labour | Colin Robert Day | 288 | |||
Majority | 102 | ||||
Turnout | 680 | 63.4 | −4.4 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Vaughan* | 995 | |||
Labour | Emmanuel Loaring* | 788 | |||
Independent | Tony Phillips | 596 | |||
Turnout | 1,417 | 43.9 | −3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Huw Thomas* | 341 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Marion Louise Morgan | 166 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 508 | 52.1 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lance Whiteley | 279 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Annette Sparkes | 170 | |||
Majority | 109 | ||||
Turnout | 455 | 49.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Lloyd James* | 819 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Linet Purcell | 718 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Robert Lewis Williams | 705 | |||
Labour | Martha Christina Mary Lambourne | 666 | |||
Turnout | 1,073 | 26.5 | −13.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Desmond William Davies* | 611 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Trefor Jones | 469 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,089 | 44.0 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Marcia Spooner | 578 | |||
Labour | Paul Michael Thomas* | 346 | |||
Majority | 232 | ||||
Turnout | 930 | 44.7 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Leila Helen James* | 1,251 | |||
Labour | Colin Joseph Crowley* | 921 | |||
Labour | Edward Victor Latham | 912 | |||
Labour | Patricia Irene Jones | 609 | |||
Ratepayers | Clive Davies | 520 | |||
Ratepayers | Brian Morris | 472 | |||
New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 369 | |||
Turnout | 2,174 | 41.6 | −2.6 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Olga Jones* | 964 | |||
Labour | Patricia Jane Thomas* | 904 | |||
Labour | Leonard William Willis | 790 | |||
Ratepayers | Ollie Davies | 696 | |||
Ratepayers | Wayne David Hughes | 653 | |||
Ratepayers | Dean Williams | 441 | |||
SDP | Wayne Morris | 400 | |||
Turnout | 1,853 | 36.2 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen Karl Hunt | 599 | |||
Labour | Peter Gary Lloyd* | 362 | |||
Majority | 237 | ||||
Turnout | 966 | 57.3 | +12.2 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Walters* | 616 | |||
Labour | Kelvin Thomas George | 190 | |||
Majority | 426 | ||||
Turnout | 814 | 42.5 | −3.8 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrea Paula Davies | 255 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Waye | 183 | |||
Majority | 72 | ||||
Turnout | 440 | 40.5 | −0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun Llywelyn* | 749 | |||
Labour | Noir James | 388 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,154 | 49.1 | +3.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
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