2008 Welsh local elections

2008 Welsh local elections

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All 1,270 seats to 22 Welsh councils [1]
First party Second party   Leader Rhodri Morgan Ieuan Wyn Jones Party Labour Plaid Cymru Leader since 9 February 2000 16 March 2000 Last election 479 seats, 30.6% [1] 175 seats, 16.4% Seats won 345 206 Seat change 134 31 Popular vote 253,029 159,847 Popular vote (%) 26.6% 16.8% Swing (pp) 4.0% 0.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nick Bourne Michael German Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since August 1999 November 2007 Last election 107 seats, 11.0% 146 seats, 13.9% Seats won 174 165 Seat change 67 19 Popular vote 148,708 123,175 Popular vote (%) 15.6% 13.0% Swing (pp) 4.6% 0.9%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control (left), and the largest party by ward (right)

The 2008 Welsh local elections took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of all twenty-two local authorities in Wales. They were held alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. The previous elections were held in 2004.

Results

Party		Votes [1]	%	+/-	Councils [2]	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Labour	253,029	26.6%	4.0%	2	6	345	134
	Independent	217,369	22.9%	0.3%	4	1	334	13
	Plaid Cymru	159,847	16.8%	0.4%	0	1	206	31
	Conservative	148,708	15.6%	4.6%	2	1	174	67
	Liberal Democrats	123,175	13.0%	0.9%	0		165	19
	Blaenau Gwent PV	9,187	1.0%	1.0%	0		8	8
	Llais Gwynedd	7,119	0.7%	0.7%	0		13	13
	Green	6,568	0.7%	0.5%	0		0
	Other	25,214	2.7%	1.6%	0		19	17
	No overall control	n/a	n/a	n/a	14	5	n/a	n/a

Councils

In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Blaenau Gwent		Labour		No overall control gain
Bridgend		No overall control		No overall control hold
Caerphilly		Labour		No overall control gain
Cardiff		No overall control		No overall control hold	Details
Carmarthenshire		No overall control		No overall control hold
Ceredigion		No overall control		No overall control hold	Details
Conwy		No overall control		No overall control hold
Denbighshire		No overall control		No overall control hold
Flintshire		Labour		No overall control gain
Gwynedd		Plaid Cymru		No overall control gain
Isle of Anglesey		Independent		Independent hold
Merthyr Tydfil		Labour		Independent gain
Monmouthshire		Conservative		Conservative hold	Details
Neath Port Talbot		Labour		Labour hold
Newport		Labour		No overall control gain
Pembrokeshire		Independent		Independent hold
Powys		Independent		Independent hold
Rhondda Cynon Taff		Labour		Labour hold
Swansea		No overall control		No overall control hold
Torfaen		Labour		No overall control gain
Vale of Glamorgan		No overall control		Conservative gain
Wrexham		No overall control		No overall control hold

References

1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2008). "Local Elections Handbook 2008" (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
2. Members’ Research Service (June 2008). "Local Election Results 2008 (updated)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales . Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.