The third election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 10 June 2004. [1] It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 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 second elections held following local government reorganisation. Labour retained its majority.
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP | Anthony Taylor* | 1,018 | |||
SDP | Thomas John Sullivan* | 822 | |||
SDP | Jeffrey Dinham* | 815 | |||
Labour | Wendy Ann Morris | 535 | |||
Labour | Anthony James Taylor | 520 | |||
Labour | John Edward Sparks | 490 | |||
Turnout | 1609 | 37.5 | |||
SDP hold | Swing | ||||
SDP hold | Swing | ||||
SDP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elwyn Jones* | 471 | |||
Ratepayers | Darren Lee Nichols | 272 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 747 | 46.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lewis* | 434 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Robert Gwyn Williams | 246 | |||
Green | Justyn Toby Toohill | 86 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 770 | 43.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Paul Ernest Evans | 1,304 | |||
Ratepayers | Juliet Hopkins | 1,100 | |||
Ratepayers | Peter Denis Richards | 1,030 | |||
Labour | Margaret Frayne | 711 | |||
Labour | John Paul Jenkins | 681 | |||
Labour | Andrew Brian Jones | 631 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Julian Harris | 384 | |||
Independent | Wayne Morris | 352 | |||
Green | Dawn Sharon Spence | 266 | |||
Turnout | 2391 | 42.7 | |||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Other parties gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Carolyn Edwards* | 436 | |||
Labour | David Clifford Davies | 237 | |||
Majority | 199 | ||||
Turnout | 680 | 44.1 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Newton James | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor David Williams | 1,297 | |||
Labour | Marian Aerona Lewis | 1,276 | |||
Independent | Brinley Roblin | 1,123 | |||
Labour | Allan Gwilym Penny | 1,014 | |||
Turnout | 2,212 | 43.0% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Raymond Bryant | 484 | |||
Labour | Richard David Mathews* | 359 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard David George | 95 | |||
Green | Carwen Angharad Bunston | 35 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 983 | 52.3 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Janice Dudley | 971 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Degwel Owen | 958 | |||
Labour | Patricia Margaret Phillips* | 691 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Vaughan Mathews | 664 | |||
Turnout | 1,774 | 40.1 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Valdo Funning* | 361 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Roger Parkinson | 255 | |||
Majority | 106 | ||||
Turnout | 626 | 44.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Warman* | 859 | |||
Labour | Stephen Richard Williams | 362 | |||
Labour | Paul Rees | 332 | |||
Ratepayers | David Hewett Morgan | 307 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Raymond Douglas Pooley | 227 | |||
Green | Miranda Jane La-Vey | 155 | |||
Turnout | 1,312 | 39.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies | 604 | |||
Labour | Georgina Emma Davies | 449 | |||
Independent | Betsan Powell* | 405 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alyson Jane Thomas | 387 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Frank Harvey Little | 231 | |||
Turnout | 1,174 | 38.9 | |||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Keith Davies* | 506 | |||
Labour | Paul Malcolm Davies | 287 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 811 | 43.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Marney Bebell* | 409 | |||
Respect | Huw Pudner | 210 | |||
Green | Katherine Jay Butcher | 114 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 743 | 43.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Edward Morgan | 378 | |||
Labour | Albert David Lyn Harper* | 342 | |||
Majority | 36 | ||||
Turnout | 739 | 48.4 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford Eirion Richards | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | David Lee Williams | 506 | |||
Labour | David Thomas Daniel | 428 | |||
Majority | 78 | ||||
Turnout | 940 | 43.6 | |||
Ratepayers gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | David Martyn Peters* | 874 | |||
Labour | David Clement Llewelyn | 217 | |||
Green | Susan Helen Jay | 94 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,197 | 46.7 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Horace Glyndwr Rawlins* | 352 | |||
Ratepayers | Stuart Glanrhyd Ackery | 154 | |||
Majority | 78 | ||||
Turnout | 507 | 56.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Delwyn Morgan* | 747 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Horace Thomas Lewis* | 675 | |||
Labour | Eifion Rhys Jenkins | 565 | |||
Labour | Jacqueline Joseph | 441 | |||
Turnout | 1,339 | 47.7 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jackie Myers* | 367 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Rosalyn Davies | 191 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 563 | 47.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynda Ghislaine Williams | 480 | |||
Independent | Richard Rhys Morris | 422 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Gerald Oswald Jones | 139 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,047 | 46.0 | |||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jane Jones | 424 | |||
Labour | Colin Robert Day* | 313 | |||
Majority | 111 | ||||
Turnout | 744 | 67.8 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arwyn Nigel Woolcock* | 424 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Cennydd Rhys Puw | 124 | |||
Majority | 300 | ||||
Turnout | 553 | 51.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Leslie John Davies | 504 | |||
Labour | Stanley John Mason* | 467 | |||
Majority | 37 | ||||
Turnout | 982 | 42.3 | |||
Ratepayers gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Marlene Penry* | 705 | |||
Labour | John Miller | 665 | |||
Labour | Sandra Miller* | 645 | |||
Ratepayers | Jorge Moura Austin-Eames | 489 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Brian Hopkins | 470 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Annette Owen | 357 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Breandan Seosamh Dominic Mac Cathail | 349 | |||
Green | Rhodri Thomas Williams | 245 | |||
Turnout | 1,596 | 34.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Vaughan* | 1,128 | |||
Labour | Emmanuel Loaring* | 815 | |||
Ratepayers | David Gareth Thomas | 640 | |||
Turnout | 1,518 | 47.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Bernard Gunter* | 557 | |||
Labour | Peter Albert Rees* | 549 | |||
Ratepayers | Helen Christine Morgan | 439 | |||
Ratepayers | John Williams | 433 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard John Moth | 184 | |||
Green | Brian James Robertson | 129 | |||
Turnout | 1,253 | 34.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Huw Thomas* | 317 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Mary Denise Browning | 173 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 493 | 51.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Isaac Jones* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Lloyd James | 700 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alun Huw Evans | 666 | |||
Labour | Martha Christina Mary Lambourne | 614 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Robert Lewis Williams* | 595 | |||
Green | Robert Lewis | 209 | |||
Turnout | 1,596 | 40.1 | |||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Pamela Edith Spender* | 1,008 | |||
Ratepayers | Andrew James Tutton* | 967 | |||
Ratepayers | Dennis Keogh | 914 | |||
Labour | Jennifer Margaret Lesley Blood | 536 | |||
Labour | Richard Brian Thomas | 516 | |||
Labour | Matthew Paul Conde | 386 | 37.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,645 | ||||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Desmond William Davies* | 729 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alan Brian Edwards | 297 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,032 | 42.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Michael Thomas* | 369 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Stephen Coombes | 234 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Ramsay Waye | 163 | |||
Green | Linda Ann Bunston | 82 | |||
Majority | 857 | 41.5 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Leila Helen James* | 1,478 | |||
Labour | Colin Joseph Crowley* | 1,010 | |||
Labour | Edward Victor Latham | 900 | |||
Labour | Patricia Irene Jones | 819 | |||
New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 522 | |||
Turnout | 2,179 | 44.2 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Olga Jones* | 853 | |||
Labour | Patricia Jane Thomas* | 789 | |||
Labour | Leonard William Willis | 677 | |||
Ratepayers | Stephen Griffiths | 587 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Kelvin Peter Edwards | 553 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Wilfred Edward Thomas | 518 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Stanley George Davies | 447 | |||
Ratepayers | Donald James Gough | 423 | |||
Turnout | 1,832 | 36.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Gary Lloyd* | 393 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Cynthia Lloyd | 324 | |||
Majority | 69 | ||||
Turnout | 721 | 45.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Rogers* | 783 | |||
Ratepayers | Aneurin Simon Lewis | 631 | |||
Labour | Clive Owen* | 589 | |||
Ratepayers | Scott John Sullivan | 548 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gary Lewis | 215 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Tudor Jones | 212 | |||
Turnout | 1,627 | 43.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Walters | 581 | |||
Ratepayers | Thomas Anthony Phillips | 186 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Young | 132 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 904 | 46.3 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Denzil Edwards | 342 | |||
Green | Helen Crawford | 105 | |||
Majority | 237 | ||||
Turnout | 454 | 41.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun Llywelyn* | 716 | |||
Labour | William Leslie Rewston | 363 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,099 | 45.4 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Aberavon was a constituency in Wales in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented from 1922 until 2024 by the Welsh Labour Party. It included the town of Aberavon, although the largest town in the constituency was Port Talbot.
Neath Port Talbot is a county borough in the south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhondda Cynon Taf to the east, Powys and Carmarthenshire to the north; and Swansea to the west.
Margam is a suburb and community of Port Talbot in the Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, close to junction 39 of the M4 motorway. The community had a population of 3,017 in 2011; the built up area being larger and extending into Taibach community.
Neath was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996.
Port Talbot was one of the four local government districts of the county of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996. The borough was initially called Afan, changing its name to Port Talbot in 1986.
Neath North is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales falling within the community of Neath.
Neath South is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales falling in the community of Neath.
Briton Ferry East is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Briton Ferry West falls within the parish of Briton Ferry and the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council is the local authority for the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, one of the 22 principal areas of Wales. The council was controlled by the Labour Party from its creation in 1996 until 2022, when Plaid Cymru and a group of independent councillors agreed to share power.
Sandfields East is an electoral ward and a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is part of the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon. The ward elects three county councillors to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
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The electoral ward of Port Talbot in Neath Port Talbot county borough covers the town centre of Port Talbot and the district of Pen-y-cae. The rest of the ward to the east consists of grassland and woodland. The electoral ward is coterminous with the Port Talbot community boundaries.
Seven Sisters was an electoral ward of the Welsh principal area of Neath Port Talbot county borough. The ward, which included, as well as Seven Sisters proper, the lesser settlements of Bryndulais and Nant-y-cafn, was coterminous with the area served by the Seven Sisters Community Council.
The electoral ward of Aberavon electoral ward includes the communities of Baglan and Baglan Bay, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Baglan falls within the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.
The first election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 4 May 1995. It was followed by the 1999 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
The second election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 6 May 1999. It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
The fourth election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 1 May 2008. 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.
The fifth election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 3 May 2012. It was preceded by the 2008 election and was followed by the 2017 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
The 2017 election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 4 May 2017 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2012 election. Four candidates were elected unopposed.
The 2022 election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 5 May 2022 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2017 election. Three candidates were elected unopposed.