Ceredigion County Council election, 2008
The elections to Ceredigion County Council were held on May 1, 2008 along with elections to other Welsh councils, plus the London Mayor and [1]Assembly Elections, Metropolitan English councils and Non Metropolitan English councils elections. All 42 council seats are up for election. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election.
The previous council was controlled by Independents in coalition with the Liberal Democrat group and the single Labour member. Since 2004, there have been no by-elections to the council (the only council in Wales not to have any during the last four years). Nominations for the council elections closed on April 4, 2008. The last council meeting before the elections (when the council was formally dissolved) was held on April 17, 2008. The composition of the council prior to the elections was:
- Independents 16
- Plaid Cymru 16
- Liberal Democrats 9
- Labour 1
2 Independents had defected to Plaid Cymru and a further 2 Independents had retired. All existing councillors bar the 2 retirees are up for re-election.
Contents
- 1 Election results: overview[2]
- 2 Candidates duly nominated for the 2008 elections
- 3 Ward Results
- 3.1 Aberaeron (one seat)
- 3.2 Aberporth (one seat)
- 3.3 Aberteifi, Mwldan (one seat)
- 3.4 Aberteifi, Rhydyfuwch (one seat)
- 3.5 Aberteifi, Teifi (one seat)
- 3.6 Aberystwyth Bronglais (one seat)
- 3.7 Aberystwyth Central (one seat)
- 3.8 Aberystwyth North (one seat)
- 3.9 Aberystwyth Penparcau (two seats)
- 3.10 Aberystwyth Rheidol (one seat)
- 3.11 Beulah (one seat)
- 3.12 Borth (one seat)
- 3.13 Capel Dewi (one seat)
- 3.14 Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)
- 3.15 Ciliau Aeron (one seat)
- 3.16 Faenor (one seat)
- 3.17 Lampeter (two seats)
- 3.18 Llanarth (one seat)
- 3.19 Llanbadarn Fawr Padarn (one seat)
- 3.20 Llanbadarn Fawr Sulien (one seat)
- 3.21 Llandyfriog (one seat)
- 3.22 Llandysiliogogo (one seat)
- 3.23 Llandysul Town (one seat)
- 3.24 Llanfarian (one seat)
- 3.25 Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)
- 3.26 Llangeitho (one seat)
- 3.27 Llangybi (one seat)
- 3.28 Llanrhystud (one seat)
- 3.29 Llansantffraed (one seat)
- 3.30 Llanwenog (one seat)
- 3.31 Lledrod (one seat)
- 3.32 Melindwr (one seat)
- 3.33 New Quay (one seat)
- 3.34 Penbryn (one seat)
- 3.35 Penparc (one seat)
- 3.36 Tirymynach (one seat)
- 3.37 Trefeurig (one seat)
- 3.38 Tregaron (one seat)
- 3.39 Troedyraur (one seat)
- 3.40 Ystwyth one seat)
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Election results: overview[2]
Ceredigion Local Election Result 2008 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Plaid Cymru | 19 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 45.23 | 43.80 | 12,141 | +4.88% | ||
Independent | 11 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 26.19 | 21.03 | 5,830 | +0.34% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 10 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 23.8 | 23.86 | 6,613 | +3.67% | ||
Non-party independents | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2.38 | 4.71 | 1,305 | -4.71% | ||
Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.38 | 3.19 | 885 | +0.19% | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.93 | 805 | +2.80% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 139 | +0.32% | ||
Others | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7.01% | ||
Total | 42 | 27,718 |
All parties received a higher share of the vote than in 2004. This was in part due to a fall in the number of non-party independents standing and previous non-party independents joining the independent grouping, but also due to a number of parties (namely UKIP and Llais Ceredigion) not standing candidates this time around.
Plaid Cymru made six gains. They gained a seat in the ward of Aberystwyth, Penparcau, as well as the wards of Cardigan, Mwldan, Cardigan, Teifi, Ciliau Aeron, Llanfarian, Llangeitho and Melindwr. The party also made four losses: Llandysilio-gogo, Llansantffraed, Tirymynach and Troedyraur.
The Liberal Democrats made two gains, Tirymynach and Aberaeron, but lost Melindwr.
The three non-party independents from 2004 were re-elected as Independents (Haydn Lewis in Pen-parc, Gethin James in Aberporth and Ray Quant in Borth), as well as John Ivor Williams, who had held his seat in 2004 under the label Cymraeg/Welsh. A single candidate was elected as a non-party independent (Gareth Lloyd Cletwr in Llandysilio-gogo).
Candidates duly nominated for the 2008 elections
Nominations closed at 1200 BST on April 4, 2008 and when the nominations were published the following wards were being contested by the following duly nominated candidates. Elected candidates are in bold. All seats elect one member unless otherwise stated.
Ward | Independent | Plaid Cymru | Liberal Democrats | Labour | Conservative | Green | Non-party independent | |||||||
Aberaeron | Richard Emlyn Thomas | Elizabeth Evans | ||||||||||||
Aberporth | Gethin James | Mark William Mainwaring | ||||||||||||
Aberystwyth, Bronglais | Alun Williams | Trevor Graham Shaftoe | Robert Mark Schofield | |||||||||||
Aberystwyth, Central | Mark Strong | Ceredig Davies | Emily Dale | |||||||||||
Aberystwyth, North | Aled Davies | Carl Williams | Anthony Alexander Pickles | |||||||||||
Aberystwyth, Penparcau (2 seats) |
Goronwy Edwards, Owen Jones | Steve Davies, Rob Gorman | Mick Jones | Richard Boudier | David John Cogdell, Graeme Matthew David Smith | |||||||||
Aberystwyth, Rheidol | Susan Jane Jones-Davies | Eric John Griffiths | Jason Luke Edwards | |||||||||||
Beulah | William David Lyndon Lloyd | Neil Flower | ||||||||||||
Borth | Ray Quant | James Whitlock Davies | ||||||||||||
Capel Dewi | Peter Davies | |||||||||||||
Cardigan, Mwldan | Mair Morris | John Adams-Lewis | Bradley George Stephen Vaughan | |||||||||||
Cardigan, Rhydyfwuch | Ann Rees-Seabrook | Mark Cole | ||||||||||||
Cardigan, Teifi | Alan Wilson | Catrin Miles | ||||||||||||
Ceulanamaesmawr | Ellen ap Gwynn | Richard Oliver Morgan-Ash | ||||||||||||
Ciliau Aeron | Iain James Sheldon | Moelfryn Maskell | Harry Hayfield | |||||||||||
Faenor | Alan Lloyd Evans | John Roberts | Robert James MacKinnon | |||||||||||
Lampeter (2 seats) |
John Ivor Williams | Robert Phillips | Derek Wilson | Robert George Harris | Michael Neville James Chamberlain | Elly Foster | Dorothy Williams | |||||||
Llanarth | Eurfyl Evans | |||||||||||||
Llanbadarn Fawr, Padarn | Gareth Davies | Terry Raymond Lynch | Bob Morris | |||||||||||
Llanbadarn Fawr, Sulien | Paul James | Peter Jeffry Hampson | ||||||||||||
Llandyfriog | Benjamin Towyn Evans | Alex Bashford | ||||||||||||
Llandysiliogogo | Cen Llwyd | Gareth Lloyd Cletwr | ||||||||||||
Llandysul Town | Keith Evans | Iwan William Richards | ||||||||||||
Llanfarian | Alun Lloyd Jones | Elian-Lorrae Jones-Southgate | Llinos Mai Thomas | |||||||||||
Llanfihangel Ystrad | Owen Llywelyn | Matthew Gee | ||||||||||||
Llangeitho | David Evans | |||||||||||||
Llangybi | Odwyn Davies | Sonia Rose Williams | ||||||||||||
Llanrhystud | Rowland Rees-Evans | Emyr Morgan Jones | ||||||||||||
Llansantffraid | Dafydd Edwards | Meurig James | ||||||||||||
Llanwenog | Hadyn Richards | Kathy Bracy | ||||||||||||
Lledrod | Ifan Davies | Catrin Myfanwy Huws | ||||||||||||
Melindwr | Rhodri Davies | Fred Williams | ||||||||||||
New Quay | Gill Hopley | Luke William Ashley Evetts | ||||||||||||
Penbryn | Ian ap Dewi | June Perry | ||||||||||||
Penparc | Haydn Lewis | David Richard James | ||||||||||||
Tirmynach | Penri James | Paul Hinge | ||||||||||||
Trefeurig | Dai Suter | Martin John Squires | Kari Walker | |||||||||||
Tregaron | Catherine Jane Hughes | |||||||||||||
Troedyraur | Roy Griffiths Lloyd | Wynford Jones | ||||||||||||
Ystwyth | Sian Mereid Archer | Rowland Jones | Leila Kiersch | |||||||||||
TOTAL ELECTED | 11 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ward Results
Aberaeron (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Evans | 493 | |||
Independent | Richard Emlyn Thomas* | 247 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent | Swing |
Aberporth (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gethin James | 610 | |||
Conservative | Mark William Mainwaring | 251 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberteifi, Mwldan (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Thomas John Adams-Lewis | 503 | |||
Independent | Sarah Mary Morris* | 202 | |||
Conservative | Bradley George Stephen Vaughan | 48 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Aberteifi, Rhydyfuwch (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Mark Cole* | 370 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Ann Rees-Sambrook | 60 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Aberteifi, Teifi (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Catrin Miles | 167 | |||
Independent | Alan Wilson* | 124 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Aberystwyth Bronglais (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun Williams* | 376 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Trevor Graham Shaftoe | 76 | |||
Conservative | Robert Mark Schofield | 33 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Central (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Ceredig Wyn Davies* | 296 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Mark Strong | 142 | |||
Conservative | Emily Day | 24 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth North (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Edgar Carl Williams* | 275 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Aled Davies | 252 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Alexander Pickles | 40 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Penparcau (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Rob Gorman | 419 | |||
Independent | Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards* | 391 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Steve Davies | 377 | |||
Independent | Owen Henry Jones* | 195 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mick Jones | 97 | |||
Labour | Richard Boudier | 95 | |||
Conservative | David John Cogdell | 46 | |||
Conservative | Graeme Matthew David Smith | 31 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Rheidol (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Eric John Griffiths* | 490 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Susan Jones-Davies | 197 | |||
Conservative | Jason Luke Edwards | 38 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Beulah (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William David Lyndon Lloyd* | 690 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Neil Flower | 121 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Borth (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Raymond Paul Quant* | 436 | |||
Independent | James Whitlock Davies | 333 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Capel Dewi (one seat)
Cllr Peter Davies (Ind, Capel Dewi) was elected unopposed in 2008. He was first elected in 2004 (beating a Plaid Cymru candidate by 239 votes (40%) and sits on the Development Control Committee and the Standards Committee.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Peter Lloyd Davies | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Ellen Elizabeth ap Gwynn* | 527 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Oliver Morgan-Ash | 172 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Ciliau Aeron (one seat)
Plaid Cymru had captured the seat in a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Arthur John Moelfryn Maskell | 544 | |||
Independent | Harry Hayfield | 151 | |||
UKIP | Iain James Sheldon | 117 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Faenor (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Erfyl Roberts | 501 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alan Lloyd Evans | 215 | |||
Conservative | Robert James McKinnon | 38 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Lampeter (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert George Harris* | 790 | |||
Independent | John Ivor Williams* | 575 | |||
Independent | Dorothy Williams | 249 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Robert Phillips | 263 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Derek Wilson | 123 | |||
Green | Elly Foster | 65 | |||
Conservative | Michael Nevill James Chamberlain | 55 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanarth (one seat)
Cllr. Eurfyl Evans (Lib Dem, Llanarth) was elected unopposed in 2008. He was first elected in 1995 (holding the ward from Cllr. Alan Thomas) and won re-election in 2004 by 188 votes over Plaid Cymru (31%) and in the last Cabinet (that was dissolved at the same time as the last meeting of the council) was the Cabinet member with responsibility for Economic Development
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Eurfyl Evans* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Llanbadarn Fawr Padarn (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Davies | 248 | |||
Independent | Bob Morris | 104 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Terry Raymond Lynch | 48 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llanbadarn Fawr Sulien (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Paul James* | 346 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Jeffery Hampson | 74 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llandyfriog (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Benjamin Towyn Evans* | 523 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alex Bashford | 165 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llandysiliogogo (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gareth Lloyd | 607 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Cen Llwyd* | 309 | |||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Llandysul Town (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan John Keith Evans* | 404 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Iwan William Richards | 236 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfarian (one seat)
Alun Lloyd Jones had left the Plaid Cymru group and joined the Independents after the 1999 election. However, since the 2004 he rejoined the party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun Lloyd Jones* | 361 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elian Lorrae Jones-Southgate | 248 | |||
Conservative | Llinos Ma Thomas | 41 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Owen Llywelyn | 656 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Matthew George Cooper Lewes Gee | 344 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llangeitho (one seat)
Cllr. David Evans (Plaid Cymru, Llangeitho) was elected unopposed in 2008. First elected in 1999 (gaining the seat from the Liberal Democrats as an Independent candidate) joined Plaid Cymru at the close of nominations in 2008. As an Independent member he sat on the Development Control Committee and was vice chair of the Environmental Services and Housing Committee.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | David John Evans* | unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Llangybi (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Timothy Odwyn Davies* | 416 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sonia Rose Williams | 205 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llanrhystud (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Rowland Rees-Evans | 500 | |||
Independent | Emyr Morgan Jones | 266 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Llansantffraed (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dafydd Wyn Edwards | 583 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Daniel Meurig James* | 545 | |||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Llanwenog (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Samuel Haydn Richards* | 692 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Kathy Bracy | 118 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Lledrod (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ifan Davies | 549 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Catrin Myfanwy Huws | 452 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Melindwr (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Rhodri Davies | 489 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Fred Williams* | 432 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
New Quay (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sarah Gillian Hopley* | 349 | |||
Conservative | Luke William Ashley Evetts | 160 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Penbryn (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Ian ap Dewi* | 652 | |||
Liberal Democrat | June Perry | 244 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Penparc (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Haydn Lewis* | 667 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Richard James | 256 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Tirymynach (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Paul Buckingham James Hinge | 434 | |||
Plaid Cymru | William Penri James* | 420 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Trefeurig (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | David Suter | 461 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Martin John Squires | 108 | |||
Independent | Kari Walker | 99 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Tregaron (one seat)
Cllr. Catherine Jane Hughes (Plaid Cymru, Tregaron) was elected in 2004 defeating an Independent candidate by 35 votes (5%) and was vice chair of the Social Service Committee as well as serving on the Development Control Committee and Education Committee.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Catherine Jane Hughes* | unoppposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Troedyraur (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Roy Griffiths Lloyd | 381 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gerallt Wynford Jones* | 151 | |||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Ystwyth one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John David Rowland Jones* | 528 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sian Mererid Archer | 196 | |||
Green | Leila Kiersch | 74 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
References
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- ↑ 2008 Results