2008 Monmouthshire County Council election

2008 Elections to Monmouthshire County Council were held on 1 May 2008. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. The election was preceded by the 2004 elections and followed by the 2012 elections.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	29	5	0	+5	67.44	47.15	12,879	+3.55
Liberal Democrats	5	2	0	+2	11.63	22.20	6,061	+4.03
Labour	7	2	4	-2	16.28	17.51	4,782	-2.43
Independent	1	0	4	-4	2.36	7.73	2,110	-6.59
Plaid Cymru	1	0	1	-1	2.36	4.75	1,296	+1.74
Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.64	175	+0.46
UKIP	0	0	0	=	-	-	-	-0.80

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	28	3	0	+3	80.00	52.50	11,746	+4.93
Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	+1	14.29	23.14	5,177	+1.47
Labour	3	0	1	-1	8.57	13.93	3,116	-2.79
Independent	1	0	3	-3	2.86	7.77	1,738	-5.32
Plaid Cymru	0	0	0	=	0.00	1.88	423	+1.15
Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.78	175	+0.56

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	4	2	2	=	50.00	33.81	1,666	-2.65
Conservative	2	1	0	+1	25.00	22.99	1,133	-0.80
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	12.50	17.94	884	+17.94
Plaid Cymru	1	0	1	-1	12.50	17.72	873	+2.90
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.00	7.54	372	-13.14
Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	-	-	-
UKIP	0	0	0	=	-	-	-	-4.97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Richard Jordan^[1]	453	52.98	−4.22
	Labour	Margaret Harris	243	28.42	+12.47
	Plaid Cymru	John Walters	86	10.06	+10.06
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia (Pat) Morris	73	8.54	+8.54
Majority			210	24.56	−5.78
Turnout			855	51.01	−6.86
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.38

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Powell^[2]	370	45.48	−1.54
	Independent	Anthony (Tony) O'Donovan	283	33.61	+11.43
	Labour	Margaret E. Phillips	129	15.32	−1.48
	Liberal Democrats	Tony R. Potts	60	7.13	−3.46
Majority			87	10.33	−12.67
Turnout			842	53.35	−0.51
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.47

Election results: overview

Abergavenny, Grofield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas L. Edwards^[3]	431	70.89	+26.87
	Conservative	Nigel C. Beaven	122	20.07	−4.79
	Plaid Cymru	Mary Harris	55	9.05	+9.05
Majority			309	50.82	+31.66
Turnout			612	48.15	−8.80
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+15.83

Abergavenny, Lansdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James George^[4]	359	53.03	+48.43
	Labour	Robin A. Griffiths	164	24.22	−16.50
	Conservative	Martin J. Hickman	112	16.54	−3.33
	Independent	Norma C. Watkins	30	4.43	−24.30
	Plaid Cymru	Laurie Jones	12	1.77	−4.31
Majority			195	28.81	+16.82
Turnout			677	43.63	+6.26
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+32.29

Abergavenny, Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane P. Foulser^[5]	423	67.04	+20.75
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Duchet	208	32.96	+24.07
Majority			215	34.08	+16.16
Turnout			631	42.54	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Caerwent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip (Phil) Murphy^[6]	458	71.56	+16.15
	Labour	Julie Roberts	118	18.15	−17.81
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas (Tom) Sullivan	64	9.85	+1.66
Majority			430	34.08	+16.16
Turnout			640	46.14	−4.37
	Conservative hold		Swing	+16.98