The fourth election to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council was held in May 2008. [1] 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 as well as community councils.
There were no boundary changes at this election.
All 75 council seats were up for election. Labour maintained control of the authority.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 57 | +31 | |||||||
Plaid Cymru | 13 | -25 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 2 | -2 | |||||||
Independent | 2 | -4 | |||||||
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Conservative | 0 | ||||||||
Green | 0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Christopher* | 1,006 | |||
Labour | Linda De Vet* | 940 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Nicholls-Jones | 521 | |||
Turnout | 41.6 | -6.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Howard Davies | 819 | |||
Plaid Cymru | H. Williams | 775 | |||
Labour | Anita Calvert* | 738 | |||
Labour | R. Dalley | 724 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert L. Davies* | 1,006 | |||
Independent | Stuart G. Gregory* | 818 | |||
Labour | T. Luke | 487 | |||
Green | John Matthews | 371 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steve Bradwick* | 1,172 | |||
Labour | Michael Forey* | 1,152 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Alun Walters | 951 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | W. John Daniel* | 1,319 | |||
Labour | Ann Crimmings* | 1,276 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Elizabeth Walters | 1,270 | |||
Labour | P. David* | 1,121 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Lloyd | 1,114 | |||
Labour | J. Davies | 1,002 | |||
Turnout | 36.9 | +1.6 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | S. Assirati | 437 | 50.2 | ||
Labour | Richard Yeo | 426 | 49.8 | +3 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Roger Turner* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Stacey* | 600 | 58.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | R. Watkins | 424 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | S. Logan | 438 | |||
Labour | Barrie Morgan | 318 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Davies | 71 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeff Elliot | 757 | |||
Plaid Cymru | A. Jarman | 436 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Norris* | 339 | 42.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Karen Roberts | 285 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Heidi Whitter | 219 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Davies* | 721 | |||
Labour | Margaret Tegg | 658 | |||
Plaid Cymru | H. Fisher | 652 | |||
Plaid Cymru | T. Richards | 622 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Annette Davies* | 895 | |||
Labour | Ceri Jones* | 794 | |||
Plaid Cymru | V. Thomas | 493 | |||
Turnout | 40.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aurfron Roberts* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doug Williams | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joyce Cass* | 339 | 59.2 | ||
Independent | R.G. Fox | 140 | 24.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | J. Hughes | 65 | 11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | G. Summers | 21 | 3.7 | ||
TUSC | Glyn Matthews | 8 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 33,1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Teressa Bates* | 434 | 46.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Denton | 263 | 28,2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | S. Fisher | 234 | 25.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Karen Roberts | 804 | 62.6 | ||
Labour | W.A. Myring* | 441 | 34.3 | +15.0 | |
Communist | C. Griffiths | 40 | 3.1 | 41.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.7 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geraint Hopkins* | 389 | 39.0 | -12.0 | |
Independent | D. Davies | 377 | 37.8 | +9.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | J. Dilworth | 232 | 23.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | V. Williams | 474 | 53.1 | ||
Labour | N. Evans | 419 | 46.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.1 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glynne Holmes | 823 | 60.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | C. Willis | 547 | 39.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
One of the councillors elected for Plaid in 2004 had defected to Labour.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joel James | 539 | |||
Independent | Margaret Burtonwood | 500 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Jones | 491 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D.R. Watkins* | 466 | |||
Labour | B.P. Channon* | 440 | |||
Labour | D.F. Stone | 404 | |||
Turnout | 35.3 | -1.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sylvia Jones* | 312 | |||
Plaid Cymru | T. Coombe | 146 | |||
Independent | J. Gregory | 142 | |||
Independent | J. Davies | 100 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gerwyn Evans | 545 | |||
Labour | K. Williams* | 517 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Pauline Jarman* | 745 | |||
Labour | J. Eliot | 263 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Morgan* | 882 | |||
Labour | Simon Lloyd | 723 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Davies | 466 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adam Fox | 971 | |||
Labour | Jane Ward* | 870 | |||
Plaid Cymru | L. Warner | 642 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Jenkins* | 1,001 | |||
Labour | J. Jenkins* | 809 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Maureen Weaver | 770 | |||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Privett* | 763 | |||
Labour | Dennis Weeks* | 757 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alison Jones | 693 | |||
Turnout | 33.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Roberts | 409 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Paul James* | 331 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Huish* | 1,013 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Merfyn Rea* | 841 | |||
Independent | Gordon Norman | 665 | |||
Labour | M. Hayes | 515 | |||
UKIP | David Bevan | 354 | |||
Labour | C. Williams | 303 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | S. Farr | 397 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. O'Farrell | 379 | .2 | ||
Labour | Steve Carter* | 353 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Davies* | 838 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Julie Williams* | 819 | |||
Labour | G. Abbott | 796 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alun Cox | 793 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
The sitting Plaid Cymru member had been returned unopposed in 1999.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Thomas | 329 | 51.9 | +51.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | R. Moses* | 305 | 48.1 | +48.1 | |
Majority | 24 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 51.4 | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Leyshon* | 721 | |||
Labour | R. Smith | 632 | |||
Plaid Cymru | W. Daniel | 379 | |||
Plaid Cymru | S. Fisher | 353 | |||
Liberal Democrats | S. Powell-Agar | 214 | |||
Turnout | 39.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Webber | 491 | 69.8 | +27.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | R. Humphreys | 212 | 30.2 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 39.6 | ||||
Turnout | 26.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | A. Hobson* | 551 | 54.6 | -7.6 | |
Labour | T. Williams | 425 | 42.1 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 12.5 | -8.1 | |||
Turnout | 40.2 | -6.8 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Baccara | 684 | 75.5 | ||
Labour | J. Bishop | 116 | 12.8 | -3.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | J. Jones | 106 | 11.7 | -10.2 | |
Majority | 62.7 | ||||
Turnout | 49.5 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Butler | 831 | |||
Labour | W.J. David* | 807 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Bunn* | 537 | |||
Plaid Cymru | C. Jones | 396 | |||
Turnout | 42.7 | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The retiring member had defected from Plaid Cymru to the Liberal Democrats since 1999.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Middle | 594 | 53.2 | +17.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | C. Ludlow | 228 | 20.4 | -31.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | K. Jones* | 188 | 12.0 | +4.8 | |
RRP | K. Dickenson | 107 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 32.8 | ||||
Turnout | 46.1 | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. B. McDonald* | 783 | |||
Labour | R. Roberts* | 769 | |||
Plaid Cymru | P. Doyle | 548 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Danny Grehan | 509 | |||
Turnout | 36.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Hanagan* | 808 | 74.7 | -5.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | D. Watkins | 274 | 25.3 | +25.3 | |
Majority | 49.4 | -11.2 | |||
Turnout | 28.8 | -5.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Powell | 597 | 51.4 | -1.8 | |
Labour | A.W. Bevan | 339 | 29.2 | -1.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | C. Gregory | 225 | 16.5 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 22.2 | -0.7 | |||
Turnout | 42.1 | -9.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Carnell | 636 | 50.0 | +11.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | R. Winter* | 414 | 33.1 | -8.0 | |
RRP | J. Gregory | 211 | 16.9 | +16.9 | |
Majority | 16.9 | ||||
Turnout | 46.4 | +2.1 | |||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Day | 246 | 36.6 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Southgate | 228 | 33.9 | +10.0 | |
Labour | J. Brookman | 198 | 29.5 | -6.0 | |
Majority | 2.7 | ||||
Turnout | 29.2 | -6.3 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Morgan | 1.074 | |||
Labour | D. Williams | 1.065 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Rhys Davies* | 1,063 | |||
Plaid Cymru | L. Jones* | 965 | |||
Turnout | 54.3 | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Cennard Davies* | 1,519 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E. Hancock* | 1,463 | |||
Labour | T. Haskins | 1,335 | |||
Labour | M. Williams | 1,290 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Knape | 1,222 | |||
Labour | D.M. Lewis | 1,136 | |||
Turnout | 51.5 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.R. Bevan* | 1,038 | |||
Labour | L. Adams | 859 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Brittain* | 380 | |||
Independent | J. Lewis | 317 | |||
Turnout | 48.6 | -5.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C.J. Willis* | 675 | 75.5 | -0.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | M. Richards | 219 | 24.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 51.0 | -0.5 | |||
Turnout | 38.5 | -5.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Langford | 747 | 67.0 | +4.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | M. Lush | 368 | 33.0 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 34.0 | +9.7 | |||
Turnout | 48.9 | -2.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | D. Arnold | 508 | 38.9 | -6.8 | |
Labour | G. Crocker | 339 | 26.0 | -4.6 | |
Independent | D.S. Breeze | 254 | 19.4 | -2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Smith | 205 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Majority | 12.9 | -1.9 | |||
Turnout | 39.4 | -5.2 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Cannon | 1,140 | |||
Labour | M. Watts | 958 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Syd Morgan* | 740 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Jones* | 589 | |||
Independent | R. Davey | 257 | |||
Turnout | 47.4 | -3.9 | |||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
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