2004 Bridgend County Borough Council election

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The 2004 Bridgend County Borough Council election was held on Thursday 10 June 2004 to Bridgend County Borough Council, Wales. It took place on the same day as other council elections in Wales and England. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election.

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The election resulted in the Labour Party losing control of the council.

Overview

54 council seats were up for election, across 39 electoral wards, a similar number to the previous election in 1999. [1]

Labour had a strong majority on the council prior to the election, though council leader Jeff Jones had recently stood down from his position. [2]

Election result

Labour lost 18 seats at the election, though remained the largest party. The following week, Liberal Democrat Cheryl Green announced she would lead a coalition of Lib Dems, Conservatives and Independents. [2]

2004 Bridgend County Borough Council election result [1] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 21-1738.835.513,112
  Liberal Democrats 13+624.022.08,128
  Independent 11+520.320.87,677
  Conservative 8+714.814.05,173
  Plaid Cymru 101.86.32,343
  Green -00.0272+272
  CPA -00.0266+266
  Independent Labour --10.00-1,075

Ward Results

Contests took place in 37 of the 39 wards, with councillors in two of the wards being elected unopposed. [1] [4]

Aberkenfig (one seat)

Aberkenfig 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mel Winter * 408 63.7
Labour Byron Jones23336.3

Bettws (one seat)

Bettws 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Michaelides * 325 70.7
Independent Sophie Floutier7917.2
Liberal Democrats Arwyn Morgan5612.2

Blackmill (one seat)

Blackmill 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hywel WilliamsUnopposed

Blaengarw (one seat)

Blaengarw 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Carl Rees 275 47.1
Labour Violet Sherlock *17530.0
Independent Raymond Smiles13422.9

Brackla (four seats)

Brackla 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Sage * 773 33.3
Labour John Spanswick * 745
Conservative Patricia Hacking 740 31.9
Conservative Matthew Voisey 623
Conservative David Williams620
Labour Anthony Berrow *58338.2
Labour Briony Davies *576
Liberal Democrats Catherine Jenkins54223.4
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Norman466
Liberal Democrats Paul Warren460
Liberal Democrats Suleman Hawas456
CPA Debra Hill26611.5

Bryncethin (one seat)

Bryncethin 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Thomas 140 51.5
Liberal Democrats Denis Moon13248.5

Bryncoch (one seat)

Bryncoch 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Leslie Phillips * 278 52.2
Labour Patricia Penpraze17733.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Lewis7814.6

Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr (two seats)

Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Green * 874 55.8
Liberal Democrats Melvyn Mathias * 747
Conservative Richard Bevington34622.1
Labour Gwendoline Bradford34522.0
Conservative Keith Vivian342
Labour Peter Faulkner277

Caerau (three seats)

Caerau 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stephen Smith 911 47.9
Independent Kenneth Hunt 809
Labour Keith Rowlands * 760 40.0
Labour David O'Gorman *633
Labour Peter Simmons622
Liberal Democrats Lynwen Lewis22912.1
Liberal Democrats Maureen Rousell165

Cefn Cribwr (one seat)

Cefn Cribwr 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Huw David 332 50.6
Independent Arthur Granville18728.5
Plaid Cymru Kevin Burnell13720.9

Cefn Glas (one seat)

Cefn Glas 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cleone Westwood * 183 39.9
Independent Elizabeth Kendall16836.6
Liberal Democrats Alexander Marshall10823.5

Coity (one seat)

Coity 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Radford 189 50.9
Labour Eleanor Dodd *18249.1

Cornelly (two seats)

Cornelly 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jefferson Tildesley * 1,235 59.0
Labour Richard Granville * 632 30.2
Labour Megan Butcher606
Independent Audrey Thomas606
Liberal Democrats Billy Kelly22610.8

Coychurch Lower (one seat)

Coychurch Lower 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Evans * 330 66.5
Labour Alan Fleming16633.5

Felindre (one seat)

Felindre 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Gregory * 397 58.7
Conservative Colin Hewlett27941.3

Hendre (two seats)

Hendre 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kim Watkins 585 62.0
Liberal Democrats Jim Hipkiss 458
Labour Jim Hipkiss *35938.0
Labour Douglas John *334

Litchard (one seat)

Litchard 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Brett 245 30.4
Liberal Democrats Muriel Howells23929.7
Independent Sally Hyde17221.3
Labour Heather Griffiths15018.6

Llangeinor (one seat)

Llangeinor 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marlene Thomas 170 57.4
Independent Colin Evans *12642.6

Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd (one seat)

Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clifford Hughes 285 45.7
Labour Malcolm Francis *22736.4
Conservative Keith Rowe11117.8

Llangynwyd (one seat)

Llangynwyd 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mari Jones * 465 45.0
Plaid Cymru Robert James34533.4
Labour Idris Williams22321.6

Maesteg East (two seats)

Maesteg East 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Evans * 908 47.5
Labour William May 627 32.8
Labour Malcolm Reeves555
Plaid Cymru Allyn Rees37619.7

Maesteg West (two seats)

Maesteg West 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Teesdale * 630 44.9
Labour Donald Buttle * 571
Plaid Cymru John Williams47233.6
Plaid Cymru Wayne Howells404
Independent William Phillips30221.5

Morfa (two seats)

Morfa 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ernest Foley * 520 43.6
Liberal Democrats Beverley Quennell 423
Labour Dennis Davey36330.4
Labour Hayden Morgan344
Conservative Russell Pearce31126.0

Nant-y-moel (one seat)

Nant-y-moel 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ralph Hughes * 348 53.5
Labour Enyd Lock24237.2
Plaid Cymru David Luke619.4

Newcastle (two seats)

Newcastle 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Bertorelli 548 31.0
Conservative Gareth Lewis 482
Liberal Democrats John Isaac45225.6
Labour Hugh Morris *42824.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Childs-Cutler390
Labour Anita Byrne383
Independent Tony Smith34019.2

Newton (one seat)

Newton 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Anderson * 667 52.3
Labour Paul Winstanley33826.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Clarke27021.2

Nottage (one seat)

Nottage 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Greaves 512 42.0
Liberal Democrats Norah Clarke45137.0
Labour Kenneth Rees25520.9

Ogmore Vale (one seat)

Ogmore Vale 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Michael Quick 423 51.4
Labour Robert Thomas *40048.6

Oldcastle (two seats)

Oldcastle 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Burns 510 29.3
Liberal Democrats Eileen McIlveen 503
Conservative David Unwin49528.4
Labour Edith Hughes *46626.7
Conservative Maisie Williams451
Labour Richard Young *348
Green Jonathan Spink27215.6

Pendre (one seat)

Pendre 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Simmonds 234 38.8
Labour Gary Griffiths21034.8
Conservative Michael John15926.4

Penprysg (one seat)

Penprysg 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lilian Davies *Unopposed

Pen-y-fai (one seat)

Pen-y-fai 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Meryl Wilkins * 643 80.4
Labour Brian Rees15719.6

Pontycymmer (one seat)

Pontycymmer 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Jenkins 350 48.1
Independent Simon Foster *25535.0
Independent Vikki Efford12316.9

Porthcawl East Central (one seat)

Porthcawl East Central 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alana Davies * 241 25.2
Independent Avril Lake23624.7
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coombs18719.5
Conservative Philip Rixon15316.0
Independent Steven Thomas14014.6

Porthcawl West Central (one seat)

Porthcawl West Central 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katherine Deere 330 31.9
Labour Madeleine Moon *27326.4
Independent Peter Hubbard-Miles 23322.5
Liberal Democrats Pamela Chapman20019.3

Pyle (three seats)

Pyle 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cheryl Butcher 1,041 66.3
Labour Megan Inglesant * 901
Labour Clive James 896
Plaid Cymru Richard Lewis52933.7
Plaid Cymru Bernard Thomas506
Plaid Cymru Janet Portsmouth478

Rest Bay (one seat)

Rest Bay 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gerald Davies * 481 52.3
Conservative Christopher Smart27730.1
Labour Anthony Palmer16117.5

Sarn (one seat)

Sarn 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Melvyn Nott * 541 58.2
Liberal Democrats (Ms) N. Clarke36439.2
Independent I. Hampton242.6

The vote was postponed in this ward until 22 July. [4]

Ynysawdre (one seat)

Ynysawdre 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour (Ms) Lyn Morgan * 440 61.7
Liberal Democrats Bernice McLeer27338.3

*retiring councillor in the ward standing for re-election

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bridgend County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Coalition takes Bridgend from Labour". BBC News . 14 June 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  3. "Bridgend Council - Labour lose to NOC". BBC News. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Local Election Results 2004 - Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr - Bridgend". Andrewteale.me.uk. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 7 August 2019.