City and County of Swansea Council election, 2008

The fourth election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held in May 2008.[1] It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election.

Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the fourth elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The Council remained under no overall control, the Labour Party having lost their majority on the authority in 2004

Candidates

The contests were fought by most of the main parties but Labour was the only one to contest the majority of seats.

Overall Result

City and County of Swansea Council election result 2008
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour
  Conservative
  Liberal Democrat
  Plaid Cymru
  Independent
  Green 0

Results

Bishopston (one seat)

Bishopston 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Keith Edmund Marsh* 730
Conservative Carole Maureen Hyde 516
Green Rashid Malik 110
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 49.7

Bonymaen (two seats)

Bonymaen 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mair Eluned Gibbs* 1,052
Independent John Brian Hague* 893
BNP Sion Lynford Owens 447
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 34.2

Castle (four seats)

Castle 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Alan Lloyd* 1,105
Labour David Phillips* 1,029
Labour Erika Theresa Kirchner* 1,009
Labour Barbara Joyce Hynes* 999
Liberal Democrat Gareth Peter Jones 735
Liberal Democrat Stephanie David 726
Liberal Democrat Tanya Auxiliadora May 724
Liberal Democrat David Gerald Joseph 702
Plaid Cymru Rhys Aeron Jones 520
Plaid Cymru Hugh Nigel Parsons 484
Plaid Cymru Patrick John Powell 478
Conservative Harri Lloyd Davies 432
Plaid Cymru Harri Lloyd Roberts 411
Conservative Paul Raymond Morris 388
Conservative Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris 353
Conservative Alexander Stonor 350
Socialist Alternative Alec Thraves 172
Independent Colin John Davies 151
Independent David Mark Davies 115
Communist Michael Gilbert Carty 112
The Left Party Moodie Rachid Khaldi 95
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 28.3

Clydach (two seats)

Clydach 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Llewellyn Smith* 1,115
Labour Paulette Bradley Smith 820
Liberal Democrat Sylvia Mary Lewis* 710
Independent Julie Marlene Davies 509
Liberal Democrat Janice Maureen Jarman 322
Conservative Janice Birch 248
Conservative Barry John Stubbings 226
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Turnout 38.1

Cockett (four seats)

Plaid councilor Keith Morgan had defected to the Liberal Democrats since the previous election.

Cockett 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat William Keith Morgan* 1,102
Liberal Democrat Nicola Anne Holley 1,047
Liberal Democrat James Bernard Kelleher 996
Liberal Democrat Veronyca Anne Bates Hughes 993
Labour Anna Mary Pennock 985
Labour Andrew John Jones 946
Labour Susan Grace Lewis 932
Plaid Cymru John Rhodri Thomas* 879
Labour John Abraham 878
Plaid Cymru Adrian Hugh Rees* 870
Plaid Cymru Enid Vanessa Webb* 866
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Clive Howes 835
Conservative Lisa Emma Gilmore 363
Conservative David William Turner 360
Conservative Craig James Robert Lawton 348
Conservative William Mathew Ogborne 345
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Turnout 33.5

Cwmbwrla (three seats)

Cwmbwrla 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Peter Malcolm Black* 1,804
Liberal Democrat Christopher Ashleigh Holley* 1,662
Liberal Democrat Lewis Graham Thomas* 1,335
Labour Cyril Anderson 526
Labour Peter David Meehan 453
Labour Malcolm David Smith 403
Conservative Peter James Demery 139
Conservative Martin William Jones 111
Conservative Margaret Chegwin Jones 103
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Turnout 38.8

Dunvant (two seats)

Dunvant 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat John Newbury* 992
Liberal Democrat Nicholas John Tregoning* 855
Independent Roy Thomas Adams 262
Labour Christine Mary Hosgood-Jones 254
Labour Peter Leonard Rowlands 198
Conservative James Barrington Geen Harding 192
Independent Rowland Bevan 165
Conservative David Rudolf Heinrich 143
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Turnout 45.8

Fairwood (one seat)

Fairwood 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paxton Richard Hood‐Williams* 607
Liberal Democrat David Henry Owen Elliott 304
Independent John Gunther Bushell 158
Independent Elisabeth Ann Davies 66
Green Ana Rosa Boyain-Y-Goitia Griffiths 48
Conservative hold Swing
Turnout 52.3

Gorseinon (one seat)

Gorseinon 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glyn Seabourne* 315
Independent Gillian Nansi Evans 229
Plaid Cymru Darren Jeffery Thomas 210
Independent Diane Christine Freeman 148
Conservative William John Verney Ley 119
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 35.3

Gower (one seat)

Gower 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard David Lewis* 771
Conservative Marjorie Jennifer Stubbings 587
Labour Michael John Shaw 144
Green David Charles Howells 136
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 53.4

Gowerton (one seat)

Gowerton 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Susan Mary Jones 535
Conservative Lyndon Richard Jones 491
Labour Ronald Morgan Thomas* 475
Liberal Democrat Michael John Sheehan 181
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Turnout 41.9

Killay North (one seat)

Killay North 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Mary Helen Jones* 646
Conservative Gareth Raymond Milne 236
Labour Jason James Sannegadu 192
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Turnout 34.3

Killay South (one seat)

Killay South 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey William Jones 463
Conservative Martyn Ford 247
Labour Michael Edward Harper 168
Green Peter Kenneth Jones 119
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Turnout 50.5

Kingsbridge (one seat)

Kingsbridge 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Gethin Evans* 541
Independent Catherine Emma Maiden 458
Plaid Cymru Pauline Ann Selvage 184
Conservative Phillip Edward Sillick 314
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 46.0

Landore (two seats)

Landore 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Vivian Nigel Abbott* 836
Liberal Democrat Robert Speht* 793
Labour Thomas Michael White 585
Labour John Alun James 552
BNP Susan Josephine Harwood 189
Conservative Mark Anthony Burnett 95
Conservative Henri Lloyd Davies 71
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Turnout 35.9

Llangyfelach (one seat)

Llangyfelach 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Gareth Sullivan* 894
Conservative Louise Margaret Alabaster 306
Green John Edward Rasbridge 180
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 36,2

Llansamlet (four seats)

Llansamlet 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Penelope Margaret Matthews 1,119
Labour Dennis Henry James* 1,109
Labour Christopher Ryland Doyle 919
Independent June Evans* 912
Labour Royston Richards 877
Independent Carl William Lewis 753
Independent Margaret Lydia Harris 722
BNP Clive Bennett 635
Plaid Cymru Carolyne Shan Couch 616
Conservative Janine Michelle Ida Barnes 520
Conservative Jonathan Kieth Barnes 511
Conservative Christian John Holliday 475
Liberal Democrat Rosemarie Bridgeman 411
Liberal Democrat Mathew James Reacord 379
Conservative Geoffrey Raymond Lloyd 361
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 31.2

Lower Loughor (one seat)

Lower Loughor 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Christine Richards 284
Independent Clive Ernest Watters 141
Conservative Andrew Froude Fritche 120
Plaid Cymru James Michael Dunckley 110
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 36.7

Mawr (one seat)

Mawr 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Representative Ioan Merritt Richard* 450
Plaid Cymru Linda Mary Frame 156
Labour Howard Owen Griffiths 65
Conservative Andrew Patrick Sivertsen 56
[[|N/A]] hold Swing
Turnout 48.6

Mayals(one seat)

Elected as a Lib Dem in 2004, Rene Kinzett joined the Conservatives.

Mayals 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rene Harwood Kinzett 545
Independent Peter Geoffrey Birch 465
Labour Juliet Anne Fortey 190
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Turnout 54.7

Morriston (five seats)

Morriston 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael John Hedges* 2,159
Labour Robert John Lloyd* 1,776
Labour Robert Charles Stewart 1,768
Labour William John Francis Davies* 1,741
Labour Robert Francis-Davies* 1,669
Liberal Democrat Helen Ceri Clarke 1,528
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Clarke 1,427
Liberal Democrat Owen Roberts 1,223
Liberal Democrat Rachael Elizabeth Hitchinson 1,214
Liberal Democrat Robert Morrison Samuel 1,142
Plaid Cymru Richard Jones Jones 778
BNP Alan Bateman 678
Plaid Cymru Hywel Rhys Couch 619
Conservative Michael James Byrne 584
Conservative Robert Ivor James 574
Conservative Paul Frank Briggs 557
Conservative Thomas Patrick Caradog Morgan 523
Conservative Sheila Morgan 500
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 34.7

Mynyddbach (three seats)

Mynyddbach 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ceinwen Thomas* 1,077
Labour Byron George Owen 930
Independent Audrey Rose Ann Clement* 911
Independent Austin Raymond Welsby* 861
Labour Charles Glyndwr White 855
Independent John Evans 626
Independent Oswyn Clement 589
Conservative Karan Cheryl Sivertsen 362
Conservative Glyndwr Jones 281
Conservative Martha Jones 258
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 36.7

Newton (one seat)

Newton 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Susan Mary Waller* 718
Conservative David Nicholas Thomas 497
Green Stephanie Cuff 115
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Turnout 47.9

Oystermouth (one seat)

The former Conservative councillor stood as an Independent, but was defeated.

Oystermouth 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Charles Saunders Colburn 556
Liberal Democrat Roger Barnabas Beynon 436
Green Rhodri Griffiths 263
Independent Joan Thyrza Gwenllian Peters* 241
Conservative hold Swing
Turnout 42.9

Penclawdd (one seat)

Penclawdd 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Paul Tucker* 676
Labour John Hywel Guy 499
Conservative Gordon Howells 201
Plaid Cymru Robin Lowe 112
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 49.6

Penderry (three seats)

Penderry 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Grenville Phillips* 931
Labour June Elizabeth Burtonshaw* 921
Labour Hazel Mary Morris 850
Green James Anthony Young 470
Liberal Democrat Vivienne Anne Samuel 455
Green Linda Beynon 411
Liberal Democrat Matthew James O'Grady 387
Liberal Democrat Claire Margaret Smalley 328
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Turnout 23.2

Penllergaer(one seat)

Penllergaer 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elizabeth Wendy Fitzgerald 595
Labour Dennis Joseph Lawlor 205
Conservative Janice Birch 99
Independent hold Swing
Turnout

Pennard(one seat)

Pennard 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Margaret Smith* 574
Liberal Democrat Andrew Crawford Thomas 402
Green Lawrence Daniel Fancourt 161
Labour Andrew John Jones 101
Independent hold Swing
Turnout

Penyrheol (two seats)

Penyrheol 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alison Marsha Seabourne 694
Labour David Islwyn Elfed Jones* 676
Independent Peter William Woollard 564
Liberal Democrat David Anthony Griffiths 321
Conservative Paul Curtis De La Mare 304
Conservative Eleanor Mary Davies 270
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout

Pontarddulais (two seats)

Pontarddulais 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Treharne Miles* 1,239
Labour Philip Downing 983
Plaid Cymru Eifion Davies 959
Conservative Lyndon Richard Jones 299
Conservative Margaret Chegwin Jones 231
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout

Sketty (five seats)

Sketty 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Rosina June Stanton* 2,366
Liberal Democrat Arthur Michael Day* 1,940
Conservative Thomas Huw Rees* 1,628
Liberal Democrat Cheryl Lynne Philpott 1,445
Conservative Anthony Trevor Lloyd* 1,398
Conservative Keith Houston Meyrick Crawford 1,322
Liberal Democrat Paul Michael Meara 1,316
Conservative Hayden Edward Jones 1,305
Conservative David William Helliwell 1,274
Liberal Democrat Edward Whittaker 1,156
Labour Joseph Brian Cainen 889
Labour Geraint Owens 840
Labour Parvaiz Arshad Ali 793
Labour Maureen Clough‐Stuckey* 762
Labour Peter Leonard Rowlands 726
Plaid Cymru Sian Thomas 592
Green Heather Brooks 407
Green Sandra Christina Shrewsbury 367
Green Nicholas Gregory Gaylor 358
Green Neil Robert Hooper 270
Green Howard John Jago 231
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Turnout

St Thomas (two seats)

St Thomas 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Alan Robinson 1,150
Labour Alan Rees Richards* 742
Labour Cyril Frederick Johnstone* 648
Green Teresa Brzoza 521
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Clarke 277
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout

Townhill (three seats)

Townhill 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Henry Hopkins* 689
Labour Geoffrey Hugh Burtonshaw 665
Labour William Edwin Alan Jones 653
Independent Terence Porter 444
Liberal Democrat Andrew Paul Jones 344
Plaid Cymru Gregory Lee Evans 299
Liberal Democrat Phillip Richard Stanford 284
Plaid Cymru Hazel Pauline McKnight 259
Liberal Democrat Forbes Neil Lopez 216
Green Christopher Scott Warwick 122
Green Kingsley Vincent Evans 120
Green Marcus Kit Petz 85
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout

Uplands (four seats)

Uplands 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Peter May 1,373
Liberal Democrat Stuart James Rice 1,354
Liberal Democrat Claire Margaret Waller 1,230
Liberal Democrat Jayne Woodman 1,120
Labour Derek James* 769
Labour Gwion Iqbal Malik 710
Labour Hardev Aswani 692
Labour Moira Ann Singh* 676
Independent Dick Phillips 649
Green Martyn John Shrewsbury 616
Independent Angela Lewis 600
Conservative Richard Oliver John 507
Independent Susan Rosemary Sturgess 493
Independent Lavinia Gay Mitchell 493
Independent Phillip Norman Stapleton 482
Conservative Philip David Helliwell 472
Green 463 816
Plaid Cymru Christian Downing 440
Plaid Cymru Omer Williams 436
Plaid Cymru Nicholas Atkin‐Walsh 419
Plaid Cymru Harri Llwyd Roberts 414
Green Andrew Niel Hammond 376
Green Mary Roberta Marquand 352
Democratic Alliance Nortridge Perrott 83
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Turnout

Upper Loughor (two seats)

Possible boundary change. the number of seats was reduced from two to one

Upper Loughor 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Darren Price 404
Labour David Alcwyn Evans* 305
Liberal Democrat James Bernard Kelleher 113
Conservative Nigel Thomas Packer 79
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing
Turnout

West Cross (two seats)

West Cross 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Desmond Wilfred William Thomas 909
Labour Mark Clive Child* 939
Conservative Vera Margaret Duncan 702
Conservative David Monro Donaldson 688
Independent Christopher Leonard McNeff 474
Liberal Democrat Christopher Gareth Davies 354
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Owain Burchell 309
Green Steve Heydon 166
Green Geraldine Sara Noott 147
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout

References

  1. ↑ "City and County Elections 2008". City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 28 February 2015.