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The 2004 Welsh local elections, were held on 10 June in 22 local authorities, as part of the wider 2004 UK local elections.
| Party | Votes [1] | % | +/- | Councils | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
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| Labour | 278,193 | 30.6% |  | 8 |  | 479 | | |
| Independent | 205,722 | 22.6% |  | 3 | | 321 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | 149,352 | 16.4% | | 1 | | 175 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 126,135 | 13.9% | | 0 | | 146 | | |
| Conservative | 99,991 | 11.0% | | 1 | | 107 | | |
| Green | 10,799 | 1.2% | | 0 | | 0 | | |
| Other | 39,492 | 4.3% | | 0 | | 35 | | |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9 | | n/a | n/a | |
In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.
Since 1 April 1996, Wales has been divided into 22 single-tier principal areas for local government purposes. The elected councils of these areas are responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environmental protection, and most highways. Below these there are also elected community councils to which responsibility for specific aspects of the application of local policy may be devolved.
The National Assembly for Wales is the devolved parliament of Wales, with power to make legislation, vary taxes and scrutinise the Welsh Government. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Members, or AMs. Since 2011, Members are elected for five-year terms under an additional members system, in which 40 AMs represent geographical constituencies elected by the plurality system, and 20 AMs represent five electoral regions using the d'Hondt method of proportional representation. Typically the largest party in the Assembly forms the Welsh Government.
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Welsh Labour is the part of the United Kingdom Labour Party that operates in Wales. Labour is the largest and most successful political party in modern Welsh politics, having won the largest share of the vote at every UK General Election since 1922, every Welsh Assembly election since 1999, and each European Parliament election from 1979 until 2004, as well as the 2014 one.
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The 1993 Welsh local elections, were held on 6 May in 8 local authorities, as part of the wider 1993 UK local elections.
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