2008_Carmarthenshire_County_Council_election

2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election

Welsh local election

The fourth election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held on 1 May 2008.^[1] It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. While the Independent councillors again had the largest number of seats, Plaid Cymru gained considerable ground, notably in the Llanelli and Ammanford areas. The Independents formed a coalition with Labour.

Full results of the election were published in the local press.^[2]

Results

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[2008_ccc_results-1] [1]
"Election Archive" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014. These results were removed from the council website in 2015.

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"Results". South Wales Evening Post. 2 May 2008.

[2011_Llanegwad_by-el-3] [3]
"Llanegwad Electoral Division" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Independent	32	4	4	0	43.2	37.9	24,232
Plaid Cymru	30	14	1	+13	40.5	36.0	23,015
Labour	11	2	16	-14	14.8	22.5	14,364
Conservative	0	0	1	-1	0.0	1.7	1,093
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	1.3	1.3	842
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	285
Ratepayers	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	79

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pamela Ann Palmer*	742	76.4	+15.0
	Plaid Cymru	Carl Harris	229	23.6	+1.3
Majority			513	52.8	+13.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael Hugh Evans*	457
	Plaid Cymru	Deian Harries	451
Majority			6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Eira Audrey Jones	274
	Plaid Cymru	Annette Price	224
	Labour	John Dorian Evans*	217
Majority			50
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Michael Burns	740
Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	729
Labour	Sandra Melita Cooke*	603
Labour	David Charles Prothero*	476
Independent	Brian Davies	230
Independent	Peter William Dunkley	210
Independent	Lawrence Jenkins	202
Independent	Dai Rees	84
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Stephen Randall James*	931
Labour	Patricia Ethel Mary Jones*	854
Plaid Cymru	John Jack James	623
Labour	Andrew Phillips	298
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gwynne Harris Woolridge*	505
	Independent	Stephen Michael Donoghue	244
	Labour	Mair Bartlett	196
Majority			261
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths*	1,058
Plaid Cymru	Gareth Owen Jones	740
Labour	Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose	462
Independent	David Neil Lewis	461
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Arwel Lloyd	626
Independent	Stephen Paul Dunn	369
Independent	June Williams*	361
Labour	Philip William Grice*	356
Independent	Dudley Evans	231
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Alan Douglas Thomas Speake*	967
Independent	Arthur Davies*	748
Plaid Cymru	Tom Talog Defis	530
Labour	Marc Scaife	315
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Haydn Jones*	653
	Plaid Cymru	Susan Jones	190
Majority			463
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Theophilus*	474
Independent	Marianne Goddard-Peperzak	178
Independent	Roger Melvin Pipe	76
Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Dorrien Thomas*	795
Plaid Cymru	Andrew John Dixon	650
Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	James Eirwyn Williams*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Tegwen Devichand*	532
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammad Alam Choudry	402
Majority			130
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Paul Jenkins*	575	55.3
	Labour	Janice Williams	234	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Jean Edmunds	231	22.2
Majority			341
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David William Hugh Richards*	296
	Labour	Henry John Evans	179
	Plaid Cymru	Margarita Lewis	88
Majority			117
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Kevin Madge*	507
Plaid Cymru	Emyr Williams	274
Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	David Jenkins	440
Labour	David Colin Evans*	379
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Winston James Lemon	532
Independent	John Evan Jones	475
Labour	David Allan Tucker*	431
Plaid Cymru	Keith Skivington	420
Labour	Gerald Frederick Meyler*	398
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas James Jones*	500
	Independent	Terence Vaughan Owens	274
	Labour	Ron Lewis	138
Majority			226
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Terry Davies*	915
Independent	Henry Clive Scourfield*	871
Plaid Cymru	Emyr Wyn Thomas	686
Labour hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Steve Lloyd-Janes	637
	Plaid Cymru	Maria Isabel Slader	408
Majority			229
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Sian Caiach	628
Plaid Cymru	Mari Lyn Davies	516
Labour	Eryl Morgan*	359
Labour	Keith Price Davies*	334
Independent	Alan Mathew Davies	270
Independent	David Hughes	217
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Keith Davies	429
	Independent	Gwilym Glanmor Jones*	330
	Plaid Cymru	Huw Gilasbey	217
	Independent	Michael Higgins	163
	Ratepayer	Tessa Finch	79
	Independent	Jack Holmes	26
	Independent	Dena Lloyd Waterford	21
Majority			99
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

2008_Carmarthenshire_County_Council_election

Overview

Results

Abergwili (one seat)

Ammanford (one seat)

Betws (one seat)

Bigyn two seats)

Burry Port (two seats)

Bynea (one seat)

Carmarthen Town North (two seats)

Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

Carmarthen Town West (two seats)

Cenarth (one seat)

Cilycwm (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Dafen (one seat)

Elli (one seat)

Felinfoel (one seat)

Garnant (one seat)

Glanaman (one seat)

Glanymor (two seats)

Glyn (one seat)

Gorslas (two seats)

Hendy (one seat)

Hengoed (two seats)

Kidwelly (one seat)

Laugharne Township (one seat)

Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanddarog (one seat)

Llandeilo (one seat)

Llandovery Town (one seat)

Llandybie (two seats)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llangadog (one seat)

Llangeler (one seat)

Llangennech (two seats)

Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangyndeyrn (one seat)

Llannon (two seats)

Llansteffan (one seat)

Llanybydder (one seat)

Lliedi (two seats)

Llwynhendy (two seats)

Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Pembrey (two seats)

Penygroes (one seat)

Pontamman (one seat)

Pontyberem (one seat)

Quarter Bach (one seat)

St Clears (one seat)

St Ishmaels (one seat)

Saron (two seats)

Swiss Valley (one seat)

Trelech (one seat)

Trimsaran (one seat)

Tycroes (one seat)

Tyisha (two seats)

Whitland (one seat)

By-Elections 2008-2012

Llanegwad by-election 2011

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jane Tremlett	600
	Conservative	Neil Davies	394
	Labour	Steve Morris	147
Majority			206
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel James Roy Llewellyn	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William John Wyn Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Ieuan Goronwy Jones*	787
Conservative	Juliana Maria-Jane Hughes	306
Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivor John Jackson*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Anthony Davies*	949
Labour	Anthony Wyn Jones*	474
Plaid Cymru	Anthony John Roberts	357
Independent	Winston Kenneth Griffiths	340
Plaid Cymru	Owen Hathaway	303
Independent	Meirion Bowen	151
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dillwyn Anthony Williams*	649
	Independent	John Mansel Charles	347
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Ellis Jones-Davies	239
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Rhys Davies*	611
	Conservative	Tony Jukes	132
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Linda Evans	817
	Independent	Emyr Davies	371
	Conservative	Douglas Mearns Spragg	169
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Huw Morgan	489
	Independent	John Price	360
	Plaid Cymru	Wyn Jones	206
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing