The 2004 Welsh local elections took place on 10 June 2004 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 1999.

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2004 Welsh local elections

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All 1,263 seats to 22 Welsh councils
First party Second party   Leader Rhodri Morgan Ieuan Wyn Jones Party Labour Plaid Cymru Leader since 9 February 2000 16 March 2000 Seats won 479 175 Seat change 84 30 Popular vote 278,193 149,352 Popular vote (%) 30.6% 16.4% Swing (pp) 3.8% 1.8%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Lembit Opik Nick Bourne Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader since 17 September 2001 August 1999 Seats won 146 107 Seat change 48 32 Popular vote 126,135 99,991 Popular vote (%) 13.9% 11.0% Swing (pp) 0.5% 0.9%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control (left), and the largest party by ward (right)

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The elections were originally scheduled for May 2003, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2003 Wales Assembly elections. However, this meant they took place on the same day as the 2004 elections to the European Parliament.^[1] 3,135 candidates competed for 1,262 council seats across Wales, in 879 electoral wards.^[1]

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