2004 City and County of Swansea Council election

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The third election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held in May 2004. [1] It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election.

Contents

Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the third elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The Labour Party lost their majority on the authority.

Candidates

The contests were fought by most of the main parties but Labour was the only one to contest the majority of seats.

Overall Result

City and County of Swansea Council election result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 32
  Liberal Democrats 19
  Independent 12
  Plaid Cymru 5
  Conservative 4
  Green 0

Results

*= sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Bishopston (one seat)

Bishopston 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Keith Edmund Marsh*1,029
Liberal Democrats John Philip Bleay168
Green Larch Ian Albert Frank Juckes Maxey143
Independent hold Swing

Bonymaen (two seats)

Bonymaen 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Brian Hague*1093
Labour Mair Eluned Gibbs*936
Plaid Cymru Philip Charles Couch386
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Anne Samuel224
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Castle (four seats)

Castle 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Alan Lloyd*1,034
Labour Barbara Joyce Hynes*943
Labour Erika Kirchner897
Labour David Phillips*876
Plaid Cymru Patrick John Powell671
Plaid Cymru Hugh Nigel Parsons656
Liberal Democrats Daniel John Davies649
Plaid Cymru Farid Ali644
Liberal Democrats Gareth Peter Jones577
Plaid Cymru Clive Ian Gary Smith548
Green Yvonne Marjorie Holley534
Conservative Philip Malcolm Bray477
Conservative Warren Michael Charles Jones460
Green Derek Alexander McBrier418
Independent David Verson Phillips305
Socialist AlternativeAlec Thraves258
Socialist AlternativeRobert Williams227
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Clydach (two seats)

Sylvia Lewis had been elected as an Independent in 1999.

Clydach 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Llewellyn Smith*1,107
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Mary Lewis*761
Plaid Cymru James Vernon Davies595
Labour Islwyn Hopkins589
Liberal Democrats Julie Marlene Davies486
Conservative Robert Andrew Evans172
Conservative Jonathan Bray Stockting131
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cockett (four seats)

Cockett 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru William Keith Morgan*1,452
Plaid Cymru Adrian Hugh Rees1,406
Plaid Cymru John Rhodri Thomas1,338
Plaid Cymru Enid Vanessa Webb1,200
Labour Anna Mary Pennock1,029
Labour Clive Keith Morgan954
Labour John Abraham861
Labour Hazel Mary Morris820
Liberal Democrats Nicola Anne Holley652
Liberal Democrats Tudor Richard Donne555
Green Ann Elizabeth Cashman331
Green Timothy Edward Pope314
Green John Michael Thomas288
Green Marguerite Esther White287
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Cwmbwrla (three seats)

Cwmbwrla 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Malcolm Black* 1,873
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ashleigh Holley*1,621
Liberal Democrats Lewis Graham Thomas*1,483
Labour John Alun James339
Labour Terence James Hennegan307
Labour Malcolm David Smith278
Green Frederick Keith Coleman155
Green Martin William Jones129
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dunvant (two seats)

Dunvant 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Newbury*1,163
Liberal Democrats Nicholas John Tregoning*915
Independent Elizabeth Ann Davies445
Labour Nigel Mark Rees218
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fairwood (one seat)

Elected as an Independent in 1995, John Bushell successfully defended the seat as a Conservative in 1999 but now again stood, unsuccessfully, as an Independent.

Fairwood 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paxton Richard Hood‐Williams470
Independent John Gunther Bushell*405
Labour John Howell Guy162
Green Rhodri Griffiths John138
Liberal Democrats Andrew Whitt57
Conservative hold Swing

Gorseinon (one seat)

Gorseinon 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glyn Seabourne*441
Plaid Cymru Darren Jeffery Thomas207
Independent Giuseppe Vittorio Bruno181
Conservative Carrie Baylis Cooper110
Labour hold Swing

Gower (one seat)

Gower 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard David Lewis*883
Conservative Marjorie Jennifer Stubbings391
Labour David Raymond Beech186
Green David Charles Howells185
Independent hold Swing

Gowerton (one seat)

Gowerton 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Morgan Thomas*612
Conservative Peter Davies494
Liberal Democrats William James Cherrington328
Labour hold Swing

Killay North (one seat)

Killay North 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Helen Jones*699
Conservative David Nicholas Thomas212
Labour Nigel Alan Robins103
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Killay South (one seat)

Killay South 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gerald Glyn Clement*798
Conservative James Barrington Geen Harding165
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Kingsbridge (one seat)

Kingsbridge 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Gethin Evans*566
Plaid Cymru Pauline A. Selvage305
Conservative Anthony Allan Winchester284
Liberal Democrats Howard James Rees200
Labour hold Swing

Landore (two seats)

Landore 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vivian Nigel Abbott821
Liberal Democrats Robert Speht775
Labour Thomas Michael White694
Labour Nigel Shreeve656
Independent Gerald Murphy193
Independent Kenneth Philip Skinner122
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Llangyfelach (one seat)

Llangyfelach 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Gareth Sullivan*888
Labour Geoffrey Archer272
Conservative Garath Donald John Williams223
Independent hold Swing

Llansamlet (four seats)

Elected as an Independent in 1999, June Evans subsequently joined the Independent group.

Llansamlet 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent June Evans*1,176
Labour Dennis Henry James*1,063
Labour Lawrence David Bailey*1,062
Labour Yvonne Veronica Jardine975
Labour Penelope Margaret Matthews939
Plaid Cymru Carolyne Shan Couch770
Liberal Democrats Christopher Cuff598
Conservative Stephen Neil Hughes566
Conservative Christian John Holliday509
Conservative Andrew David Morgan504
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lower Loughor (one seat)

Lower Loughor 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Raymond James*218
Independent Clive Ernest Watters196
Conservative Robert John Charles Fisher92
Plaid Cymru John William Griffiths73
Independent Richard Gordon Evans66
Liberal Democrats Margaret Elaine Cherrington14
Labour hold Swing

Mawr (one seat)

Mawr 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
People's RepresentativeIoan Merritt Richard*620
Conservative Simon Jeffrey Trick82
Others hold Swing

Mayals (one seat)

Mayals 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rene Harwood Kinzett708
Conservative Dorian Gerald Rowbottom206
Independent David Charles Evans*179
Labour Jeffrey William Walton64
Plaid Cymru Eiry Miles56
Green Philip Joel Swinnerton33
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Morriston (five seats)

Morriston 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael John Hedges* 1,958
Labour Robert John Lloyd*1,813
Labour William John Francis Davies*1,758
Labour Robert Francis-Davies*1,738
Labour Robert Charles Stewart1,726
Liberal Democrats Helen Ceri Jones1,443
Liberal Democrats Debra Louise Anthony1,414
Liberal Democrats Steven John Moss1,300
Liberal Democrats Stuart Anthony Vaughan1,234
Liberal Democrats Jacob Mbu Oben1,051
Plaid Cymru Charlotte Aull Davies732
Conservative William Hughes691
Conservative Thomas Patrick Morgan576
Conservative Paul Raymond Morris462
Conservative Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris446
Green Deborah James398
Green Colin Keith Donnan337
Green John Rasbridge308
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Mynyddbach (three seats)

Mynyddbach 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Audrey Rose Ann Clement1,512
Labour Ceinwen Thomas*1,141
Independent Austin Raymond Welsby1,119
Labour Byron George Owen*1,081
Labour Charles Glyndwr White*925
Liberal Democrats Lesley Jayne Price628
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Newton (one seat)

Newton 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Mary Waller*652
Conservative Anthony Charles Saunders Colburn636
Green Karen Anne Laurence112
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Oystermouth (one seat)

Oystermouth 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Thyrza Gwenllian Peters*702
Labour John Roger Warren Evans383
Liberal Democrats Zoe Francesca James‐Williams252
Green Paul Stewart Wimbush145
Conservative hold Swing

Penclawdd (one seat)

Penclawdd 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Paul Tucker890
Labour Terence John Snell386
Conservative Gordon Howells126
Green Walter Raymond Stock95
Independent hold Swing

Penderry (three seats)

Penderry 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour June Elizabeth Burtonshaw*913
Labour Grenville Phillips*871
Labour Doreen Jones*870
Green James Anthony Young472
Green Linda Beynon423
Liberal Democrats Gaynor Meehan402
Green Christine Mary Norman349
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Penllergaer (one seat)

Penllergaer 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Elizabeth Wendy Fitzgerald595
Labour Dennis Joseph Lawlor205
Conservative Janice Birch99
Independent hold Swing

Pennard (one seat)

Pennard 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Margaret Smith*574
Liberal Democrats Andrew Crawford Thomas402
Green Lawrence Daniel Fancourt161
Labour Andrew John Jones101
Independent hold Swing

Penyrheol (two seats)

Penyrheol 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Marsha Seabourne694
Labour David Islwyn Elfed Jones*676
Independent Peter William Woollard564
Liberal Democrats David Anthony Griffiths321
Conservative Paul Curtis De La Mare304
Conservative Eleanor Mary Davies270
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pontarddulais (two seats)

Pontarddulais 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Treharne Miles*1,239
Labour Philip Downing983
Plaid Cymru Eifion Davies959
Conservative Lyndon Richard Jones299
Conservative Margaret Chegwin Jones231
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sketty (five seats)

Sketty 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rosina June Stanton*2,366
Liberal Democrats Arthur Michael Day*1,940
Conservative Thomas Huw Rees*1,628
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Lynne Philpott1,445
Conservative Anthony Trevor Lloyd*1,398
Conservative Keith Houston Meyrick Crawford1,322
Liberal Democrats Paul Michael Meara1,316
Conservative Hayden Edward Jones1,305
Conservative David William Helliwell1,274
Liberal Democrats Edward Whittaker1,156
Labour Joseph Brian Cainen889
Labour Geraint Owens840
Labour Parvaiz Arshad Ali793
Labour Maureen Clough‐Stuckey*762
Labour Peter Leonard Rowlands726
Plaid Cymru Sian Thomas592
Green Heather Brooks407
Green Sandra Christina Shrewsbury367
Green Nicholas Gregory Gaylor358
Green Neil Robert Hooper270
Green Howard John Jago231
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St. Thomas (two seats)

St Thomas 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Alan Robinson1,150
Labour Alan Rees Richards*742
Labour Cyril Frederick Johnstone*648
Green Teresa Brzoza521
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Clarke277
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Townhill (three seats)

Townhill 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Henry Hopkins*689
Labour Geoffrey Hugh Burtonshaw665
Labour William Edwin Alan Jones653
Independent Terence Porter444
Liberal Democrats Andrew Paul Jones344
Plaid Cymru Gregory Lee Evans299
Liberal Democrats Phillip Richard Stanford284
Plaid Cymru Hazel Pauline McKnight259
Liberal Democrats Forbes Neil Lopez216
Green Christopher Scott Warwick122
Green Kingsley Vincent Evans120
Green Marcus Kit Petz85
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Uplands (four seats)

Uplands 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter May1,373
Liberal Democrats Stuart James Rice1,354
Liberal Democrats Claire Margaret Waller1,230
Liberal Democrats Jayne Woodman1,120
Labour Derek James*769
Labour Gwion Iqbal Malik710
Labour Hardev Aswani692
Labour Moira Ann Singh*676
Independent Dick Phillips649
Green Martyn John Shrewsbury616
Independent Angela Lewis600
Conservative Richard Oliver John507
Independent Susan Rosemary Sturgess493
Independent Lavinia Gay Mitchell493
Independent Phillip Norman Stapleton482
Conservative Philip David Helliwell472
Green 463816
Plaid Cymru Christian Downing440
Plaid Cymru Omer Williams436
Plaid Cymru Nicholas Atkin‐Walsh419
Plaid Cymru Harri Llwyd Roberts414
Green Andrew Niel Hammond376
Green Mary Roberta Marquand352
Democratic AllianceNortridge Perrott83
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Upper Loughor (two seats)

Possible boundary change. the number of seats was reduced from two to one

Upper Loughor 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Darren Price404
Labour David Alcwyn Evans*305
Liberal Democrats James Bernard Kelleher113
Conservative Nigel Thomas Packer79
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

West Cross (two seats)

West Cross 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Desmond Wilfred William Thomas909
Labour Mark Clive Child*939
Conservative Vera Margaret Duncan702
Conservative David Monro Donaldson688
Independent Christopher Leonard McNeff474
Liberal Democrats Christopher Gareth Davies354
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Owain Burchell309
Green Steve Heydon166
Green Geraldine Sara Noott147
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. "Results - local government elections 2004". City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 30 January 2015.