2008 City and County of Swansea Council election

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The fourth election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held in May 2008. [1] It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election.

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Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the fourth elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The Council remained under no overall control, the Labour Party having lost their majority on the authority in 2004

Candidates

The contests were fought by most of the main parties, with Labour and the Conservatives contesting all but one or two of the seats.

Overall Result

City and County of Swansea Council election result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour
  Conservative
  Liberal Democrats
  Plaid Cymru
  Independent
  Green 0

Results

*= sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Bishopston (one seat)

Bishopston 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Keith Edmund Marsh*730
Conservative Carole Maureen Hyde516
Green Rashid Malik110
Turnout 49.7
Independent hold Swing

Bonymaen (two seats)

Bonymaen 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mair Eluned Gibbs*1,052
Independent John Brian Hague*893
BNP Sion Lynford Owens447
Turnout 34.2
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Castle (four seats)

Castle 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Alan Lloyd*1,105
Labour David Phillips*1,029
Labour Erika Theresa Kirchner*1,009
Labour Barbara Joyce Hynes*999
Liberal Democrats Gareth Peter Jones735
Liberal Democrats Stephanie David726
Liberal Democrats Tanya Auxiliadora May724
Liberal Democrats David Gerald Joseph702
Plaid Cymru Rhys Aeron Jones520
Plaid Cymru Hugh Nigel Parsons484
Plaid Cymru Patrick John Powell478
Conservative Harri Lloyd Davies432
Plaid Cymru Harri Lloyd Roberts411
Conservative Paul Raymond Morris388
Conservative Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris353
Conservative Alexander Stonor350
Socialist AlternativeAlec Thraves172
Independent Colin John Davies151
Independent David Mark Davies115
Communist Michael Carty112
The Left PartyMoodie Rachid Khaldi95
Turnout 28.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Clydach (two seats)

Clydach 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Llewellyn Smith*1,115
Labour Paulette Bradley Smith820
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Mary Lewis*710
Independent Julie Marlene Davies509
Liberal Democrats Janice Maureen Jarman322
Conservative Janice Birch248
Conservative Barry John Stubbings226
Turnout 38.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Cockett (four seats)

Cockett 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Morgan*1,102
Liberal Democrats Nicola Anne Holley1,047
Liberal Democrats James Bernard Kelleher996
Liberal Democrats Veronyca Anne Bates Hughes993
Labour Anna Mary Pennock985
Labour Andrew John Jones946
Labour Susan Grace Lewis932
Plaid Cymru John Rhodri Thomas*879
Labour John Abraham878
Plaid Cymru Adrian Hugh Rees*870
Plaid Cymru Enid Vanessa Webb*866
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Clive Howes835
Conservative Lisa Emma Gilmore363
Conservative David William Turner360
Conservative Craig James Robert Lawton348
Conservative William Mathew Ogborne345
Turnout 33.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Plaid councilor Keith Morgan had defected to the Liberal Democrats since the previous election.

Cwmbwrla (three seats)

Cwmbwrla 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Black*1,804
Liberal Democrats Christopher Holley*1,662
Liberal Democrats Lewis Graham Thomas*1,335
Labour Cyril Anderson526
Labour Peter David Meehan453
Labour Malcolm David Smith403
Conservative Peter James Demery139
Conservative Martin William Jones111
Conservative Margaret Jones103
Turnout 38.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dunvant (two seats)

Dunvant 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Newbury*992
Liberal Democrats Nicholas John Tregoning*855
Independent Roy Thomas Adams262
Labour Christine Mary Hosgood-Jones254
Labour Peter Leonard Rowlands198
Conservative James Barrington Geen Harding192
Independent Rowland Bevan165
Conservative David Rudolf Heinrich143
Turnout 45.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fairwood (one seat)

Fairwood 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paxton Hood‐Williams*607
Liberal Democrats David Henry Owen Elliott304
Independent John Gunther Bushell158
Independent Elisabeth Ann Davies66
Green Ana Rosa Boyain-Y-Goitia Griffiths48
Turnout 52.3
Conservative hold Swing

Gorseinon (one seat)

Gorseinon 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glyn Seabourne*315
Independent Gillian Nansi Evans229
Plaid Cymru Darren Jeffery Thomas210
Independent Diane Christine Freeman148
Conservative William John Verney Ley119
Turnout 35.3
Labour hold Swing

Gower (one seat)

Gower 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard David Lewis*771
Conservative Marjorie Jennifer Stubbings587
Labour Michael John Shaw144
Green David Charles Howells136
Turnout 53.4
Independent hold Swing

Gowerton (one seat)

Gowerton 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Susan Mary Jones535
Conservative Lyndon Richard Jones491
Labour Ronald Morgan Thomas*475
Liberal Democrats Michael John Sheehan181
Turnout 41.9
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Killay North (one seat)

Killay North 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Helen Jones*646
Conservative Gareth Raymond Milne236
Labour Jason James Sannegadu192
Turnout 34.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Killay South (one seat)

Killay South 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey William Jones463
Conservative Martyn Ford247
Labour Michael Edward Harper168
Green Peter Kenneth Jones119
Turnout 50.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Kingsbridge (one seat)

Kingsbridge 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Evans*541
Independent Catherine Emma Maiden458
Plaid Cymru Pauline Ann Selvage184
Conservative Phillip Edward Sillick314
Turnout 46.0
Labour hold Swing

Landore (two seats)

Landore 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vivian Nigel Abbott*836
Liberal Democrats Robert Speht*793
Labour Thomas Michael White585
Labour John Alun James552
BNP Susan Josephine Harwood189
Conservative Mark Anthony Burnett95
Conservative Henri Lloyd Davies71
Turnout 35.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Llangyfelach (one seat)

Llangyfelach 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Gareth Sullivan*894
Conservative Louise Margaret Alabaster306
Green John Edward Rasbridge180
Turnout 36,2
Independent hold Swing

Llansamlet (four seats)

Llansamlet 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Penelope Matthews1,119
Labour Dennis Henry James*1,109
Labour Christopher Ryland Doyle919
Independent June Evans*912
Labour Royston Richards877
Independent Carl William Lewis753
Independent Margaret Lydia Harris722
BNP Clive Bennett635
Plaid Cymru Carolyne Shan Couch616
Conservative Janine Michelle Ida Barnes520
Conservative Jonathan Kieth Barnes511
Conservative Christian John Holliday475
Liberal Democrats Rosemarie Bridgeman411
Liberal Democrats Mathew James Reacord379
Conservative Geoffrey Raymond Lloyd361
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 31.2

Lower Loughor (one seat)

Lower Loughor 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Christine Richards284
Independent Clive Ernest Watters141
Conservative Andrew Froude Fritche120
Plaid Cymru James Michael Dunckley110
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 36.7

Mawr (one seat)

Mawr 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
People's RepresentativeIoan Merritt Richard*450
Plaid Cymru Linda Mary Frame156
Labour Howard Owen Griffiths65
Conservative Andrew Patrick Sivertsen56
Others hold Swing
Turnout 48.6

Mayals (one seat)

Mayals 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rene Harwood Kinzett545
Independent Peter Geoffrey Birch465
Labour Juliet Anne Fortey190
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Turnout 54.7

Elected as a Lib Dem in 2004, Rene Kinzett joined the Conservatives.

Morriston (five seats)

Morriston 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Hedges* 2,159
Labour Robert John Lloyd*1,776
Labour Robert Charles Stewart1,768
Labour William John Francis Davies*1,741
Labour Robert Francis-Davies*1,669
Liberal Democrats Helen Ceri Clarke1,528
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Clarke1,427
Liberal Democrats Owen Roberts1,223
Liberal Democrats Rachael Elizabeth Hitchinson1,214
Liberal Democrats Robert Morrison Samuel1,142
Plaid Cymru Richard Jones Jones778
BNP Alan Bateman678
Plaid Cymru Hywel Rhys Couch619
Conservative Michael James Byrne584
Conservative Robert Ivor James574
Conservative Paul Frank Briggs557
Conservative Thomas Patrick Caradog Morgan523
Conservative Sheila Morgan500
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 34.7

Mynyddbach (three seats)

Mynyddbach 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ceinwen Thomas*1,077
Labour Byron George Owen930
Independent Audrey Rose Ann Clement*911
Independent Austin Raymond Welsby*861
Labour Charles Glyndwr White855
Independent John Evans626
Independent Oswyn Clement589
Conservative Karan Cheryl Sivertsen362
Conservative Glyndwr Jones281
Conservative Martha Jones258
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 36.7

Newton (one seat)

Newton 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Mary Waller*718
Conservative David Nicholas Thomas497
Green Stephanie Cuff115
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Turnout 47.9

Oystermouth (one seat)

Oystermouth 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Charles Saunders Colburn556
Liberal Democrats Roger Barnabas Beynon436
Green Rhodri Griffiths263
Independent Joan Thyrza Gwenllian Peters*241
Conservative hold Swing
Turnout 42.9

The former Conservative councillor Joan Peters stood as an Independent, but was defeated.

Penclawdd (one seat)

Penclawdd 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Paul Tucker*676
Labour John Hywel Guy499
Conservative Gordon Howells201
Plaid Cymru Robin Lowe112
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 49.6

Penderry (three seats)

Penderry 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Grenville Phillips*931
Labour June Elizabeth Burtonshaw*921
Labour Hazel Mary Morris850
Green James Anthony Young470
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Anne Samuel455
Green Linda Beynon411
Liberal Democrats Matthew James O'Grady387
Liberal Democrats Claire Margaret Smalley328
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Turnout 23.2

Penllergaer (one seat)

Penllergaer 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Elizabeth Wendy Fitzgerald*873
Labour Nigel Mark Rees56
Conservative Paul Sivertsen48
Green Carol Smith27
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 45.6

Pennard (one seat)

Pennard 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Smith*432
Independent Christopher Bede James288
Independent Alexander Richard Lewis183
Independent Andrew Crawford Thomas151
Plaid Cymru Dewi Richard Evans135
Green Peter John Middleton101
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Turnout 57.2

Margaret Smith previously sat as an Independent.

Penyrheol (two seats)

Penyrheol 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Islwyn Elfed Jones*574
Independent Alan Jopling553
Labour Alison Marsha Seabourne*531
Independent Peter William Woollard502
Plaid Cymru Sandra Eileen Monk349
Conservative Martin Werner Sivertsen233
Conservative Robert Bradshaw Wilkinson215
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Turnout

Pontarddulais (two seats)

Pontarddulais 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Treharne Miles*656
Independent David Thomas Howells641
Labour Philip Downing*593
Independent Byron Calvin Lewis514
Plaid Cymru Eifion Davies479
Plaid Cymru Eiry Miles405
Independent John Mathias289
Conservative Glen Brian Routledge164
Conservative Robert Fisher123
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Turnout 47.2

Sketty (five seats)

Sketty 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rosina June Stanton*2,604
Liberal Democrats Arthur Michael Day*2,201
Liberal Democrats Thomas Huw Rees*2,084
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Lynne Philpott2,076
Liberal Democrats Paul Michael Meara1,601
Conservative Anthony Trevor Lloyd*1,593
Conservative Lavinia Gay Mitchell1,443
Conservative David William Helliwell1,347
Conservative Alice Christina Sumner1,340
Conservative Robert Thornton Dowdle1,126
Labour Ian Anthony James888
Labour Jennifer Louise White723
Labour James Harwood White705
Plaid Cymru Sian Thomas693
Labour Ashaa Rasul Iftikhar686
Labour Yvonne Veronica Jardine666
Green Patricia Emma Helena Jones599
Turnout 43.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Huw Rees was elected as a Conservative in 2004 but subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats.

St Thomas (two seats)

St Thomas 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mervyn Rhys Jones1,049
Independent David Alan Robinson*1,009
Labour Alan Rees Richards*780
Labour Patricia Mary Richards548
Conservative Jonathan Owain Burchell84
Conservative Darren Robert Hann82
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 38.4

Townhill (three seats)

Townhill 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Henry Hopkins*772
Labour Nicholas Stuart Bradley749
Labour William Edwin Alan Jones*682
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Church382
Liberal Democrats James Sheridan375
Independent Terence Porter330
Liberal Democrats Thomas Caldas284
Plaid Cymru Hazel Pauline McKnight235
Independent Susan Rosemary Sturgess183
Conservative Simon David Clason Bevan119
Conservative Vincent Bishop109
Conservative Dayne Ryan Powell91
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 27.0

Uplands (four seats)

Uplands 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Nicholas May*1,828
Liberal Democrats Stuart James Rice*1,706
Liberal Democrats Jayne Woodman*1,495
Liberal Democrats Janet Mary Thomas1,488
Labour Sybil Edith Crouch817
Labour Andrew Daniel Connell792
Labour Ian William James Ross765
Labour Derek James729
Conservative Dick Phillips593
Green Andrew Russell Lumley Smith561
Conservative Simon Keith Bickley Bright500
Conservative David John Rodway472
Plaid Cymru Annest Wiliam404
Conservative Norman Thomas Whitlock403
Green Steven Mark Clegg391
Green Holly Machin346
Independent Jane Elizabeth McCarthy275
Independent Jeffrey Stuart Sampson236
Independent Nortridge Perrott165
Independent Nigel Alan Robins107
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Turnout 29.8

Upper Loughor (one seat)

Upper Loughor 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Darren Price*531
Labour Harding John Richards199
Independent Wynford Jones105
Conservative Alan Thomas Protheroe89
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Turnout 42.7

West Cross (two seats)

West Cross 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Clive Child*1,050
Labour Desmond Thomas*1,034
Conservative Elaine Hughes894
Conservative Philip Joel Swinnerton771
Liberal Democrats Simon Hugh Arthur440
Liberal Democrats William Keith Jones377
Green Marion Williams187
Green Erica Georgina Powell144
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout

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  1. ↑ "City and County Elections 2008". City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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