2008_Powys_County_Council_election

2008 Powys County Council election

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The fourth election to the Powys County Council following local government reorganisation was held in May 2008.^[1] It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. The election resulted once again in a majority of Independent councillors

Map of the results of the 2008 Powys County Council election.

Ward Results (Brecknockshire)

Ward Results (Montgomeryshire)

Ward Results (Radnorshire)

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Independent	45	0	9	-9
Liberal Democrats	15	0	0	0
Conservative	9	9	0	+9
Labour	4	0	0	0
Plaid Cymru	0	0	0	0	0.0
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Gwyn Gwillim*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Elizabeth Powell	259
	Independent	Stephen Davies*	203
	Conservative	Alastair John Scott	116
Majority
Turnout				59.0	+59.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Avril York	607
	Independent	Lily Jarman-Harris*	324
Majority
Turnout				49.0	+49.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Kathryn Silk*	286
	Conservative	Alastair John Scott	185
Majority
Turnout				64.0	+64.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Gerwyn Morris*	646
	Conservative	David Thomas	491
Majority
Turnout				49.0	+49.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Thomas	234
	Independent	John Frederick Pratt	173
	Independent	John Rowland Price	126
Majority
Turnout				50.0	+50.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geraint George Hopkins*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth William Ratcliffe	395
	Liberal Democrats	Charles James Gibson-Watt*	325
Majority			70
Turnout				56.0	+12.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Rowland Price*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Holmes	184
	Conservative	Andrew Lennox Stuart	182
Majority			2
Turnout				44.0	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Jade Brookes Tunnicliffe*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Muriel Rosemarie Harris*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Timothy John Van Rees*	573
	Plaid Cymru	Thomas Gareth Morris	110
	Independent	Robert Douglas Nicholson	67
Majority
Turnout				51.0	-7.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Thomas Morgan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Martin Charles Weale*	372
	Conservative	Andrew Powell	137
Majority
Turnout				41.0	+41.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David William Meredith	528
	Labour	Matthew James Dorrance	430
	Liberal Democrats	William Bryan Bufton*	252
	Conservative	Barbara Patricia Burgess	250
Majority
Turnout				54.0	+12.0
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul James Ashton*	350
	Independent	Sharon Elaine Williams	304
	Conservative	Gareth Jones	303
Majority
Turnout				51.0	+51.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Denston Powell	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Fitzpatrick	513
	Independent	Geraint James	322
Majority
Turnout				53.0	+53.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Krishn Pathak*	483
	Labour	David Arnold Thomas	397
Majority
Turnout				51.0	+2.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Gillian Thomas*	358
	Independent	Richard Brown	82
Majority
Turnout				53.0	+53.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Steadman*
	Independent	Joyce Thomas	397
Majority
Turnout				43.0	+43.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eluned Beryl Maud Vaughan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Edward Davies	298
	Independent	John Allan Lawton*	179
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Vingoe	70
	Independent	David Terry Evans	57
Majority
Turnout				57.0	+1.0
	Independent hold		Swing

2008_Powys_County_Council_election

Results Overview

Ward Results (Brecknockshire)

Aber-craf (one seat)

Bronllys (one seat)

Builth (one seat)

Bwlch (one seat)

Crickhowell (one seat)

Cwmtwrch (one seat)

Felin-fach (one seat)

Gwernyfed (one seat)

Hay (one seat)

Llanafanfawr (one seat)

Llangattock (one seat)

Llangors (one seat)

Llangynidr (one seat)

Llanwrtyd Wells (one seat)

Maescar / Llywel (one seat)

St Davids Within (one seat)

St John (one seat)

St Mary (one seat)

Talgarth (one seat)

Talybont-on-Usk (one seat)

Tawe Uchaf (one seat)

Ynyscedwyn (one seat)

Yscir (one seat)

Ystradgynlais (two seats)

Ward Results (Montgomeryshire)

Banwy (one seat)

Berriew (one seat)

Blaen Hafren (one seat)

Caaersws (one seat)

Churchstoke (one seat)

Dolforwyn (one seat)

Forden (one seat)

Glantwymyn (one seat)

Guilsfield (one seat)

Kerry (one seat)

Llanbrynmair (one seat)

Llandinam (one seat)

Llandrinio (one seat)

Llandysilio (one seat)

Llanfair Caereinion (one seat)

Llanfihangel (one seat)

Llanfyllin (one seat)

Llanidloes (one seat)

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / Llansilin (one seat)

Llansantffraid (one seat)

Llanwddyn (one seat)

Machynlleth (one seat)

Meifod (one seat)

Montgomery (one seat)

Newtown Central (one seat)

Newtown East (one seat)

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North (one seat)

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West

Newtown South (one seat)

Rhiwcynon (one seat)

Trewern (one seat)

Welshpool Castle (one seat)

Welshpool Gungrog (one seat)

Welshpool Llanerchyddol (one seat)

Ward Results (Radnorshire)

Beguildy (one seat)

Disserth and Trecoed (one seat)

Glasbury (one seat)

Knighton (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llandrindod East/West (one seat)

Llandrindod North (one seat)

Llandrindod South (one seat)

Llanelwedd (one seat)

Llangunllo (one seat)

Llanyre (one seat)

Nantmel (one seat)

Old Radnor (one seat)

Presteigne (one seat)

Rhayader (one seat)

By-Elections 2008-12

References

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Thomas Evans*	630
	Independent	John Cradduck	437
Majority
Turnout				59.0	+59.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Rachel Davies*	668
	Independent	Wyn Davies	270
Majority
Turnout				50.0	+50.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael John Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wynne Thomas Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Linda Veronica Corfield	unopposed
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Pughe Vaughan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Richard Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kathryn Mary Roberts-Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert William Morgan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leonard Roche Elvet Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing