2008 Cardiff Council election

The 2008 Cardiff Council election was held on 1 May, along with the 2008 Welsh local elections.^[1] All 75 seats of Cardiff Council were contested, with it remaining in no overall control. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election

2008 Cardiff County and City Council election

← 2004 1 May 2008 2012 →
All 75 seats to Cardiff Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rodney Berman David Walker Greg Owens Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Leader's seat Plasnewydd Lisvane Llandaff Seats won 35/75 17/75 13/73 Seat change 2 4 13 Popular vote 66,940 70,238 68,973   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Neil McEvoy Adrian Robson Party Plaid Cymru Rhiwbina Independents Leader's seat Fairwater Rhiwbina Seats won 7/54 3/3 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 32,120 10,004 (Rhiwbina)
Map showing the results of the 2008 City of Cardiff Council Elections.
Council control before election Lib Dem Minority Council control after election Lib Dem / Plaid Cymru Coalition

Overview

Candidates from nine parties as well as Independents stood for election. Of these Liberal Democrat, Conservative, Labour, Plaid Cymru and Independent councillors were elected.^[2]

Cardiff Council Election 2008^[A]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	35	5	3	+2	46.7	26.2	66,940
	Conservative	17	7	3	+4	22.7	27.5	70,238
	Labour	13	1	14	-13	17.3	27.0	68,973
	Plaid Cymru	7	4	0	+4	9.3	12.6	32,120
	Independent	3	3	0	+3	4.0	4.6	11,685
	Green	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	1.5	3,784
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.2	632
	UKIP	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.1	398
	Communist	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.1	310
	Left Alliance	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.0	91

^A The changes in party councillors in this table differs from that list by the BBC because it is based purely on changes from the 2004 election, not taking into account mid-term party defections or by-elections

Outcome

After this election the council remained in no overall control with the Liberal Democrats remaining the largest party on the council, after a net gain of seats. All parties gained seats, other than Labour who halved their seat share from the previous election. Three Independents were elected for the first time since 1999, although two of these were former Conservative councillors that defected during the previous term.^[3]

The Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the Plaid Cymru group to lead the council; Liberal Democrat Rodney Berman became council leader, with Neil McEvoy of Plaid Cymru and Judith Woodman of the Liberal Democrats becoming deputy leaders.^[4] The Conservative Party emerged as the official opposition on the council, after they became the second largest party.

Ward results

The ward results listed below^[2] are based on the changes from the 2004 elections,^[5] not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Adamsdown (2 seats)

Adamsdown^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Howells *	925	53.3	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Dixon *	891
	Labour	Sarah Merry	431	24.8	+6.5
	Labour	Peter Payne	383
	Conservative	Julie Jenkins	160	9.2	N/A
	Conservative	Mary Newman	151
	Socialist Alternative	David Bartlett	98	5.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Fran Rawlings	66	3.8	−6.6
	The Left Party	Joe Redmond	55	3.2	N/A
Turnout			1,660	27.2	−3.6
Registered electors			6,106
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Butetown (1 seat)

Butetown^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Delme Greening	708	40.8	+17.4
	Labour	H. Vaughan Gething *	594	34.2	+3.3
	Conservative	Maria Hill	294	16.9	+7.7
	Independent	Ben Foday	103	5.9	−24.8
	The Left Party	Karen Tyre	36	2.1	N/A
Turnout			1,750	28.9	−2.6
Registered electors			6,052
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Caerau (2 seats)

Caerau^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Gasson *	1,176	48.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burley *	1,091
	Labour	Harry Ernest	750	30.9	−3.0
	Labour	Maliika Kaaba	584
	Conservative	Alec Burns	285	11.8	+0.6
	Conservative	Clive Williams	255
	Plaid Cymru	John Garland	213	8.8	−0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Tomos Evans	178
Turnout			2,327	31.6	+3.6
Registered electors			7,356
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Canton (3 seats)

Canton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ramesh Patel *	1,814	36.6	−0.5
	Labour	Richard Cook *	1,580
	Labour	Cerys Furlong	1,497
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Tudur	1,257	25.3	−3.3
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Nosworthy	1,170
	Plaid Cymru	Numan Ahmed	1,113
	Conservative	Pamela Richards	858	17.3	−3.5
	Conservative	Harold Burns	820
	Conservative	Andrew Sweet	813
	Green	Jake Griffiths	515	10.4	N/A
	Green	Carys Williams	411
	Green	Jane Richards	396
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Owen	361	7.3	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Clements	331
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Sloan	224
	Socialist Alternative	Lianne Francis	158	3.2	N/A
Turnout			4,660	44.2	+2.4
Registered electors			10,534
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathays (4 seats)

Cathays^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Aylwin *	1,114	42.4	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Pickard	1,051
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Clark	1,033
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wakefield *	958
	Labour	Daniel Gordon	453	17.3	−7.1
	Labour	Stephen Farrington	431
	Labour	Michaela Neild	426
	Labour	Reg Surridge	416
	Plaid Cymru	Owen John Thomas	397	15.1	+4.2
	Plaid Cymru	Mari Sion	360
	Plaid Cymru	Tony Couch	335
	Green	Emma Bridger	335	12.8	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Berriman	327	12.5	+1.2
	Conservative	Richard Nelmes	319
	Plaid Cymru	Cristopher Heighway	313
	Conservative	Janine Jones-Prichard	308
	Conservative	Stephen Johns	293
	Green	John Cowie	286
Turnout			2,437	16.4	−5.4
Registered electors			14,906
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Creigiau and St. Fagans (1 seat)

Creigiau & St. Fagans^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen *	1,187	62.1	+1.6
	Conservative	Angela Jones-Evans	441	23.1	+1.4
	Labour	Jonathan Evans	188	9.8	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Fyson	94	4.9	−2.8
Turnout			1,913	49.2	+3.5
Registered electors			3,889
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Cyncoed (3 seats)

Cyncoed^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Lloyd *	2,294	50.7	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Jones *	2,166
	Liberal Democrats	David Rees *	2,152
	Conservative	Lee Gonzalez	1,439	31.8	+6.3
	Conservative	Peter Meyer	1,383
	Conservative	Vicci Stocqueller	1,320
	Labour	Diane Owen	518	11.4	−0.3
	Labour	Wendy Heaven	475
	Labour	David Taylor	415
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Ogwen	275	6.1	+0.9
Turnout			4,300	49.7	+0.3
Registered electors			8,658
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ely (3 seats)

Ely^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Finn *	1,273	46.6	−13.9
	Labour	Irene Goddard *	1,257
	Labour	Russell Goodway *	1,048
	Plaid Cymru	Paul Kemble	687	25.1	−15.5
	Plaid Cymru	Malcolm Marshall	657
	Conservative	Gerard Charmley	525	19.2	N/A
	Conservative	Margret Evans	520
	Conservative	Rob Thomas	491
	Plaid Cymru	Rukshana Islam	470
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Foster	248	9.1	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Cliff	241
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Lutwyche	208
Turnout			2,719	28.7	+0.2
Registered electors			9,461
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairwater (3 seats)

Fairwater^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy	1,875	48.6	+28.9
	Plaid Cymru	Lisa Ford	1,802
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Parry	1,560
	Labour	John Norman *	949	24.6	−6.0
	Labour	Michael Costas Michael *	944
	Labour	Derek Rees *	871
	Conservative	Richard John	837	21.7	+0.6
	Conservative	Oliver Owen	780
	Conservative	Richard Minshull	750
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Borrow	197	5.1	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Borrow	182
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Price	175
Turnout			3,824	40.8	+5.1
Registered electors			9,366
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Gabalfa (2 seats)

Gabalfa^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Bridges *	999	52.8	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Pearcy *	891
	Labour	Dilwar Ali	371	19.6	−2.9
	Labour	Joe Monks	313
	Conservative	Matthew Lane	217	11.5	+2.4
	Conservative	Vivienne Ward	211
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Coman	175	9.3	−1.4
	Green	Rosa Thomas	129	6.8	−3.5
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Evans	111
Turnout			1,758	25.7	−2.2
Registered electors			6,832
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grangetown (3 seats)

Grangetown^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Francesca Montemaggi *	1,357	31.9	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Asghar Ali *	1,319
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan	1,317
	Labour	Lynda Thorne	1,138	26.7	−2.7
	Labour	Stephen Brooks	1,131
	Labour	David Collins	1,104
	Plaid Cymru	Farida Alsam	1,099	25.8	+3.8
	Plaid Cymru	Patrick Daley	1,009
	Plaid Cymru	Ioan Bellin	920
	Conservative	Benjamin Green	546	12.8	+1.6
	Conservative	Mark Jones	533
	Conservative	Michael Wallbank	482
	Communist	Rick Newnham	117	2.7	N/A
Turnout			4,266	36.8	−0.2
Registered electors			11,598
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Heath (3 seats)

Heath^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Page	2,205	37.5	+18.1
	Conservative	Lyn Hudson	2,135
	Liberal Democrats	Fenella Bowden	1,877	31.9	−12.6
	Conservative	Christopher Williams	1,819
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Michaells *	1,642
	Liberal Democrats	Gwllym Owen	1,545
	Labour	Rob Henley	896	15.2	−2.0
	Labour	Fatimah Begum	656
	Labour	Iftakhar Khan	575
	Plaid Cymru	Nans Couch	468	8.0	+3.0
	Green	Andrew Connell	435	7.4	+2.8
Turnout			4,995	51.8	−0.6
Registered electors			9,634
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lisvane (1 seat)

Lisvane^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walker *	1,260	79.9	+10.4
	Labour	Paul Jeffries	189	12.0	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Collins	128	8.1	−4.9
Turnout			1,583	56.0	+1.6
Registered electors			2,825
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff (2 seats)

Llandaff^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Davies	1,273	33.0	+18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Aubrey	1,173
	Conservative	Craig Williams	1,109	28.8	−6.1
	Conservative	Clare Bath	1,104
	Labour	John Sheppard *	1,019	26.4	−11.3
	Labour	Gill Green	825
	Plaid Cymru	Gillian M Green	454	11.8	−0.9
Turnout			3,600	50.4	+3.3
Registered electors			7,144
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Llandaff North (2 seats)

Llandaff North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Rowland-James *	976	40.8	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Hooper	908
	Labour	Terry Gilder	771	32.2	−6.1
	Labour	Karen Screen	757
	Conservative	Julie Driscoll	453	18.9	+2.0
	Conservative	James Ward	390
	Plaid Cymru	John Rowlands	195	8.1	−0.6
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn	163
Turnout			2,382	42.2	+5.0
Registered electors			5,639
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llanishen (4 seats)

Llanishen^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Burns *	2,923	49.1	+15.5
	Conservative	Craig Piper *	2,828
	Conservative	Richard Foley *	2,734
	Conservative	Robert Smith *	2,623
	Labour	Garry Hunt	1,769	29.7	−0.1
	Labour	John Imperato	1,496
	Labour	Marie John	1,491
	Labour	Caroline Derbyshire	1,478
	Liberal Democrats	John Frankham-Barnes	664	11.2	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bridges	605
	Plaid Cymru	Lona Roberts	592	10.0	+0.6
	Plaid Cymru	David Davies	588
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Pearcy	544
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Porter	449
	Plaid Cymru	Gwennol Haf	377
	Plaid Cymru	Steven Thomas	329
Turnout			5,635	46.2	+1.3
Registered electors			12,204
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanrumney (3 seats)

Llanrumney^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Parry *	1,126	42.3	−5.1
	Labour	Heather Joyce	1,105
	Labour	Derrick Morgan *	1,090
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Lewis	752	28.2	+5.3
	Conservative	Philip James	650	24.4	+8.6
	Conservative	Gerrard Harris	633
	Plaid Cymru	Terence O'Neill	621
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Reeves	531
	Conservative	Allyson Thomas	456
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Randerson	135	5.1	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Minor	134
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Walton	116
Turnout			2,632	33.0	+1.1
Registered electors			7,975
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pentwyn (4 seats)

Pentwyn^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Woodman *	1,851	50.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Chaundy *	1,808
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Carter *	1,786
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Hyde *	1,778
	Labour	Mark Davies	893	24.2	−5.1
	Labour	Peter Bradbury	892
	Labour	Anthony Hunt	860
	Conservative	Nigel Morgan	576	15.6	+2.5
	Conservative	Huw John	560
	Conservative	Philip Marsden	530
	Conservative	Gareth Jones-Prichard	504
	Socialist Alternative	Steve Williams	376	10.2	+6.7
Turnout			3,534	34.5	−2.1
Registered electors			10,238
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pentyrch (1 seat)

Pentyrch^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Roberts	478	34.4	+4.2
	Labour	Christine Priday *	429	30.8	−3.8
	Plaid Cymru	Jane Reece	275	19.8	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Hargrave	110	7.9	−1.7
	Independent	Michael Jones	99	7.1	N/A
Turnout			1,392	50.8	+1.1
Registered electors			2,739
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Penylan (3 seats)

Penylan^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tricia Burfoot *	2,294	49.6	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Salway *	2,200
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Kelloway	2,145
	Conservative	Susan Williams	766	16.6	+3.4
	Conservative	Liz Morgan	742
	Conservative	Michael Parsons	686
	Labour	Judith Anderson	680	14.7	+2.5
	Labour	Ralph Rees	670
	Labour	Peter Wong	566
	Independent	Tony Verderame	535	11.6	+3.4
	Plaid Cymru	Meic Peterson	351	7.6	+0.4
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Bradley	332
	Plaid Cymru	Ruth Underdown	314
Turnout			4,336	44.8	+0.6
Registered electors			9,673
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Plasnewydd (4 seats)

Plasnewydd^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elgan Morgan *	1,524	37.0	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Berman *	1,479
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Stephens *	1,457
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jerrett *	1,411
	Labour	Susan Lent	1,207	29.3	+2.1
	Labour	Mary McGarry	1,040
	Labour	Mohammad Javed	1,035
	Labour	Paul Mitchell	887
	Green	Sam Coates	545	13.2	−2.1
	Green	Anthony Matthews	518
	Plaid Cymru	Ashraf Ali	448	10.9	+1.1
	Plaid Cymru	Gordon Bateman	428
	Conservative	Enid Harries	398	9.7	+1.5
	Conservative	Kathleen Fisher	361
	Conservative	Maureen Blackmore	348
	Conservative	Dom Stocqueller	283
Turnout			3,626	27.1	−3.6
Registered electors			13,357
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pontprennau and Old St. Mellons (2 seats)

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dianne Rees *	1,362	50.6	+11.0
	Conservative	Jane Rogers	1,274
	Labour	Georgina Phillips *	1,092	40.6	+4.2
	Labour	Lisa Stevens	938
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Michaells	237	8.8	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Woodman	233
Turnout			2,710	40.3	+1.4
Registered electors			6,719
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radyr (1 seat)

Radyr^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick McKerlich	1,344	60.2	+20.1
	Labour	James Knight	440	19.7	−23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Sloan	234	10.5	+1.1
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Hughes	215	9.6	+1.8
Turnout			2,241	51.5	−1.5
Registered electors			4,354
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rhiwbina (3 seats)

Rhiwbina^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jayne Cowan *	3,724	55.1	−4.2
	Independent	Adrian Robson *	3,452
	Independent	Brian Jones	2,828
	Conservative	Gareth Neale *	1,747	25.9	−25.0
	Conservative	Debi Ashton	1,461
	Conservative	Chris Taylor	1,389
	Labour	John Wake	600	8.9	−11.9
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Guy	272	4.0	−5.1
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Brain	264
	Plaid Cymru	Falmai Griffiths	248
	Green	Anne Greagsby	214	3.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Azzopardi	200	3.0	−16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Thomas	165
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Mason	128
Turnout			5,719	62.3	+8.0
Registered electors			9,173
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Riverside (3 seats)

Riverside^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Sarul Islam *	1,064	43.9	+11.7
	Plaid Cymru	Gwenllian Lansdown *	1,064
	Plaid Cymru	Jas Singh	991
	Labour	Mark Drakeford	786	32.4	+3.9
	Labour	Ali Ahmed	743
	Labour	Susan Evans	707
	Conservative	Russell Cotty	295	12.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Molly Hughes	280	11.5	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Bale	250
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hyde	235
	Conservative	Shazia Awan	209
	Conservative	Shana Awan	206
Turnout			3,659	39.9	−0.6
Registered electors			9,170
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Rumney (2 seats)

Rumney^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ireland	1,073	49.2	+15.1
	Conservative	Duncan MacDonald	1,038
	Labour	Robert Derbyshire *	908	41.6	+1.9
	Labour	Geoff Parry	870
	Liberal Democrats	Anabella Rees	200	9.2	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Woodman	189
Turnout			2,248	34.5	+0.4
Registered electors			6,521
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Splott (3 seats)

Splott^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Cox *	1,490	39.7	+2.5
	Labour	Clarissa Holland *	1,485	39.6	+9.3
	Labour	Martin Holland	1,350
	Labour	Matthew Greenough	1,215
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Evans *	1,211
	Liberal Democrats	Nadeem Majid	1,149
	Conservative	Martyn Miller	373	9.9	+3.9
	Conservative	Paul Pavia	329
	Conservative	Yasser Mahmood	292
	Plaid Cymru	Kibria Shah	275	7.3	+2.1
	Plaid Cymru	Nerys Morgan	231
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel Mason	212
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	127	3.4	+2.0
Turnout			3,480	38.4	+1.0
Registered electors			9,050
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Trowbridge (3 seats)

Trowbridge^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Cook *	1,253	36.5	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Grant	1,142	33.3	+18.3
	Labour	Monica Walsh *	1,124
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Townsend	1,107
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Woodman	1,072
	Labour	Gretta Hunt	916
	Independent	Clifford Furnish	531	15.5	+0.1
	Conservative	Barbara Jeffreys	506	14.7	+0.3
	Conservative	Jean Summerhayes	482
	Conservative	Kim Summerhayes	447
	Independent	Simon Swanton	413
Turnout			3,211	30.5	+5.4
Registered electors			10,527
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (4 seats)

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Davies *	2,948	40.5	+6.6
	Conservative	Linda Morgan *	2,904
	Conservative	Brian Griffiths *	2,857
	Conservative	Michael Jones-Pritchard	2,790
	Labour	Sophie Howe *	2,658	36.5	+3.6
	Labour	Peter Howe	2,147
	Labour	Bev Hampson	2,023
	Labour	Lucy Merredy	1,962
	Plaid Cymru	Glenys Evans	771	10.6	−0.2
	Plaid Cymru	Wyn Jones	748
	Plaid Cymru	Ceri Morgan	715
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Owen	669
	Liberal Democrats	Siobhan McGurk	505	6.9	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nia Jones	471
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Lentern	398
	UKIP	Joe Callan	398	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wolstencroft	329
Turnout			6,703	53.1	+2.7
Registered electors			12,617
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

By-elections between 2008 and 2012

Pentyrch

Pentyrch by-election, 31 July 2008^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Williams	554	41.9	+7.5
	Labour	Christine Priday	542	41.0	+10.2
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Hughes	129	9.8	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandria Evans	97	7.3	−0.6
Majority			12	0.9	N/A
Turnout				48.2	−2.6
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.3

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Simon Roberts.

Riverside

Riverside by-election, 3 March 2011^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iona Gordon	1,700	46.8	+14.4
	Plaid Cymru	Steve Garrett	1,099	30.3	−13.6
	Conservative	James Roach	369	10.2	−2.0
	Green	Yvan Maurel	277	7.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gwilym Owen	187	5.1	−6.4
Majority			601	16.5	N/A
Turnout			3,655	39.8	−0.1
Registered electors			9,188
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gwenllian Lansdown.