City and County of Swansea Council election, 2004

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

City and County of Swansea Council

The City and County of Swansea Council is the governing body for one of the Principal Areas of Wales covering Swansea, Gower and the surrounding area. The council consists of 72 councillors representing 36 electoral wards.

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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
  Conservative 4
  Liberal Democrat 19
  Plaid Cymru 5
  Independent 12
  Green 0

Results

Bishopston (one seat)

Bishopston 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Keith Edmund Marsh* 1,029
Liberal Democrat John Philip Bleay 168
Green Larch Ian Albert Frank Juckes Maxey 143
Independent hold Swing

Bonymaen (two seats)

Bonymaen 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent John Brian Hague* 1093
Labour Mair Eluned Gibbs* 936
Plaid Cymru Philip Charles Couch 386
Liberal Democrat Vivienne Anne Samuel 224
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 Kirchner 897
Labour David Phillips* 876
Plaid Cymru Patrick John Powell 671
Plaid Cymru Hugh Nigel Parsons 656
Liberal Democrat Daniel John Davies 649
Plaid Cymru Farid Ali 644
Liberal Democrat Gareth Peter Jones 577
Plaid Cymru Clive Ian Gary Smith 548
Green Yvonne Marjorie Holley 534
Conservative Philip Malcolm Bray 477
Conservative Warren Michael Charles Jones 460
Green Derek Alexander McBrier 418
Independent David Verson Phillips 305
Socialist Alternative Alec Thraves 258
Socialist Alternative Robert Williams 227
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 Democrat Sylvia Mary Lewis* 761
Plaid Cymru James Vernon Davies 595
Labour Islwyn Hopkins 589
Liberal Democrat Julie Marlene Davies 486
Conservative Robert Andrew Evans 172
Conservative Jonathan Bray Stockting 131
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Cockett (four seats)

Cockett 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Plaid Cymru William Keith Morgan* 1,452
Plaid Cymru Adrian Hugh Rees 1,406
Plaid Cymru John Rhodri Thomas 1,338
Plaid Cymru Enid Vanessa Webb 1,200
Labour Anna Mary Pennock 1,029
Labour Clive Keith Morgan 954
Labour John Abraham 861
Labour Hazel Mary Morris 820
Liberal Democrat Nicola Anne Holley 652
Liberal Democrat Tudor Richard Donne 555
Green Ann Elizabeth Cashman 331
Green Timothy Edward Pope 314
Green John Michael Thomas 288
Green Marguerite Esther White 287
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 Democrat Peter Malcolm Black* 1,873
Liberal Democrat Christopher Ashleigh Holley* 1,621
Liberal Democrat Lewis Graham Thomas* 1,483
Labour John Alun James 339
Labour Terence James Hennegan 307
Labour Malcolm David Smith 278
Green Frederick Keith Coleman 155
Green Martin William Jones 129
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Dunvant (two seats)

Dunvant 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat John Newbury* 1,163
Liberal Democrat Nicholas John Tregoning* 915
Independent Elizabeth Ann Davies 445
Labour Nigel Mark Rees 218
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat 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‐Williams 470
Independent John Gunther Bushell* 405
Labour John Howell Guy 162
Green Rhodri Griffiths John 138
Liberal Democrat Andrew Whitt 57
Conservative hold Swing

Gorseinon (one seat)

Gorseinon 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Glyn Seabourne* 441
Plaid Cymru Darren Jeffery Thomas 207
Independent Giuseppe Vittorio Bruno 181
Conservative Carrie Baylis Cooper 110
Labour hold Swing

Gower (one seat)

Gower 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Richard David Lewis* 883
Conservative Marjorie Jennifer Stubbings 391
Labour David Raymond Beech 186
Green David Charles Howells 185
Independent hold Swing

Gowerton (one seat)

Gowerton 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ronald Morgan Thomas* 612
Conservative Peter Davies 494
Liberal Democrat William James Cherrington 328
Labour hold Swing

Killay North (one seat)

Killay North 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Mary Helen Jones* 699
Conservative David Nicholas Thomas 212
Labour Nigel Alan Robins 103
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Killay South (one seat)

Killay South 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Gerald Glyn Clement* 798
Conservative James Barrington Geen Harding 165
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Kingsbridge (one seat)

Kingsbridge 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour William Gethin Evans* 566
Plaid Cymru Pauline A. Selvage 305
Conservative Anthony Allan Winchester 284
Liberal Democrat Howard James Rees 200
Labour hold Swing

Landore (two seats)

Landore 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Vivian Nigel Abbott 821
Liberal Democrat Robert Speht 775
Labour Thomas Michael White 694
Labour Nigel Shreeve 656
Independent Gerald Murphy 193
Independent Kenneth Philip Skinner 122
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

Llangyfelach (one seat)

Llangyfelach 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent David Gareth Sullivan* 888
Labour Geoffrey Archer 272
Conservative Garath Donald John Williams 223
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 Jardine 975
Labour Penelope Margaret Matthews 939
Plaid Cymru Carolyne Shan Couch 770
Liberal Democrat Christopher Cuff 598
Conservative Stephen Neil Hughes 566
Conservative Christian John Holliday 509
Conservative Andrew David Morgan 504
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 Watters 196
Conservative Robert John Charles Fisher 92
Plaid Cymru John William Griffiths 73
Independent Richard Gordon Evans 66
Liberal Democrat Margaret Elaine Cherrington 14
Labour hold Swing

Mawr (one seat)

Mawr 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
People's RepresentativeIoan Merritt Richard* 620
Conservative Simon Jeffrey Trick 82
Others hold Swing

Mayals (one seat)

Mayals 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Rene Harwood Kinzett 708
Conservative Dorian Gerald Rowbottom 206
Independent David Charles Evans* 179
Labour Jeffrey William Walton 64
Plaid Cymru Eiry Miles 56
Green Philip Joel Swinnerton 33
Liberal Democrat 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 Stewart 1,726
Liberal Democrat Helen Ceri Jones 1,443
Liberal Democrat Debra Louise Anthony 1,414
Liberal Democrat Steven John Moss 1,300
Liberal Democrat Stuart Anthony Vaughan 1,234
Liberal Democrat Jacob Mbu Oben 1,051
Plaid Cymru Charlotte Aull Davies 732
Conservative William Hughes 691
Conservative Thomas Patrick Morgan 576
Conservative Paul Raymond Morris 462
Conservative Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris 446
Green Deborah James 398
Green Colin Keith Donnan 337
Green John Rasbridge 308
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 Clement 1,512
Labour Ceinwen Thomas* 1,141
Independent Austin Raymond Welsby 1,119
Labour Byron George Owen* 1,081
Labour Charles Glyndwr White* 925
Liberal Democrat Lesley Jayne Price 628
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Newton (one seat)

Newton 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Susan Mary Waller* 652
Conservative Anthony Charles Saunders Colburn 636
Green Karen Anne Laurence 112
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Oystermouth (one seat)

Oystermouth 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Joan Thyrza Gwenllian Peters* 702
Labour John Roger Warren Evans 383
Liberal Democrat Zoe Francesca James‐Williams 252
Green Paul Stewart Wimbush 145
Conservative hold Swing

Penclawdd (one seat)

Penclawdd 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent David Paul Tucker 890
Labour Terence John Snell 386
Conservative Gordon Howells 126
Green Walter Raymond Stock 95
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 Young 472
Green Linda Beynon 423
Liberal Democrat Gaynor Meehan 402
Green Christine Mary Norman 349
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Penllergaer(one seat)

Penllergaer 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Elizabeth Wendy Fitzgerald 595
Labour Dennis Joseph Lawlor 205
Conservative Janice Birch 99
Independent hold Swing

Pennard(one seat)

Pennard 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Margaret Smith* 574
Liberal Democrat Andrew Crawford Thomas 402
Green Lawrence Daniel Fancourt 161
Labour Andrew John Jones 101
Independent hold Swing

Penyrheol (two seats)

Penyrheol 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alison Marsha Seabourne 694
Labour David Islwyn Elfed Jones* 676
Independent Peter William Woollard 564
Liberal Democrat David Anthony Griffiths 321
Conservative Paul Curtis De La Mare 304
Conservative Eleanor Mary Davies 270
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pontarddulais (two seats)

Pontarddulais 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Treharne Miles* 1,239
Labour Philip Downing 983
Plaid Cymru Eifion Davies 959
Conservative Lyndon Richard Jones 299
Conservative Margaret Chegwin Jones 231
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sketty (five seats)

Sketty 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Rosina June Stanton* 2,366
Liberal Democrat Arthur Michael Day* 1,940
Conservative Thomas Huw Rees* 1,628
Liberal Democrat Cheryl Lynne Philpott 1,445
Conservative Anthony Trevor Lloyd* 1,398
Conservative Keith Houston Meyrick Crawford 1,322
Liberal Democrat Paul Michael Meara 1,316
Conservative Hayden Edward Jones 1,305
Conservative David William Helliwell 1,274
Liberal Democrat Edward Whittaker 1,156
Labour Joseph Brian Cainen 889
Labour Geraint Owens 840
Labour Parvaiz Arshad Ali 793
Labour Maureen Clough‐Stuckey* 762
Labour Peter Leonard Rowlands 726
Plaid Cymru Sian Thomas 592
Green Heather Brooks 407
Green Sandra Christina Shrewsbury 367
Green Nicholas Gregory Gaylor 358
Green Neil Robert Hooper 270
Green Howard John Jago 231
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St. Thomas (two seats)

St Thomas 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent David Alan Robinson 1,150
Labour Alan Rees Richards* 742
Labour Cyril Frederick Johnstone* 648
Green Teresa Brzoza 521
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Clarke 277
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Townhill (three seats)

Townhill 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Henry Hopkins* 689
Labour Geoffrey Hugh Burtonshaw 665
Labour William Edwin Alan Jones 653
Independent Terence Porter 444
Liberal Democrat Andrew Paul Jones 344
Plaid Cymru Gregory Lee Evans 299
Liberal Democrat Phillip Richard Stanford 284
Plaid Cymru Hazel Pauline McKnight 259
Liberal Democrat Forbes Neil Lopez 216
Green Christopher Scott Warwick 122
Green Kingsley Vincent Evans 120
Green Marcus Kit Petz 85
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Uplands (four seats)

Uplands 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Peter May 1,373
Liberal Democrat Stuart James Rice 1,354
Liberal Democrat Claire Margaret Waller 1,230
Liberal Democrat Jayne Woodman 1,120
Labour Derek James* 769
Labour Gwion Iqbal Malik 710
Labour Hardev Aswani 692
Labour Moira Ann Singh* 676
Independent Dick Phillips 649
Green Martyn John Shrewsbury 616
Independent Angela Lewis 600
Conservative Richard Oliver John 507
Independent Susan Rosemary Sturgess 493
Independent Lavinia Gay Mitchell 493
Independent Phillip Norman Stapleton 482
Conservative Philip David Helliwell 472
Green 463 816
Plaid Cymru Christian Downing 440
Plaid Cymru Omer Williams 436
Plaid Cymru Nicholas Atkin‐Walsh 419
Plaid Cymru Harri Llwyd Roberts 414
Green Andrew Niel Hammond 376
Green Mary Roberta Marquand 352
Democratic Alliance Nortridge Perrott 83
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat 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 Price 404
Labour David Alcwyn Evans* 305
Liberal Democrat James Bernard Kelleher 113
Conservative Nigel Thomas Packer 79
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

West Cross (two seats)

West Cross 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Desmond Wilfred William Thomas 909
Labour Mark Clive Child* 939
Conservative Vera Margaret Duncan 702
Conservative David Monro Donaldson 688
Independent Christopher Leonard McNeff 474
Liberal Democrat Christopher Gareth Davies 354
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Owain Burchell 309
Green Steve Heydon 166
Green Geraldine Sara Noott 147
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.