2004 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election

The third election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 10 June 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.

Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the second elections held following local government reorganisation. Labour retained its majority.

Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council election result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Plaid Cymru
		5
	SDP	2
	Green	0

Candidates

The number of candidates increased compared with 1999.

Results

Aberavon (three seats)

Aberavon 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Anthony Taylor*	1,018
	SDP	Thomas John Sullivan*	822
	SDP	Jeffrey Dinham*	815
	Labour	Wendy Ann Morris	535
	Labour	Anthony James Taylor	520
	Labour	John Edward Sparks	490
Turnout			1609	37.5
	SDP hold		Swing
	SDP hold		Swing
	SDP hold		Swing

Aberdulais (one seat)

Aberdulais 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones*	471
	Ratepayers	Darren Lee Nichols	272
Majority
Turnout			747	46.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Alltwen (one seat)

Alltwen 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lewis*	434
	Plaid Cymru	Robert Gwyn Williams	246
	Green	Justyn Toby Toohill	86
Majority
Turnout			770	43.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Baglan (three seats)

Baglan 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Paul Ernest Evans	1,304
	Ratepayers	Juliet Hopkins	1,100
	Ratepayers	Peter Denis Richards	1,030
	Labour	Margaret Frayne	711
	Labour	John Paul Jenkins	681
	Labour	Andrew Brian Jones	631
	Plaid Cymru	Julian Harris	384
	Independent	Wayne Morris	352
	Green	Dawn Sharon Spence	266
Turnout			2391	42.7
	Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Other parties gain from Labour

Blaengwrach (one seat)

Blaengwrach 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Carolyn Edwards*	436
	Labour	David Clifford Davies	237
Majority			199
Turnout			680	44.1
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Briton Ferry East (one seat)

Briton Ferry East 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Morgan*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Briton Ferry West (one seat)

Briton Ferry West 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Newton James	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats)

Bryn and Cwmavon 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor David Williams	1,297
	Labour	Marian Aerona Lewis	1,276
	Independent	Brinley Roblin	1,123
	Labour	Allan Gwilym Penny	1,014
Turnout			2,212	43.0%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Bryncoch North (one seat)

Bryncoch North 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Raymond Bryant	484
	Labour	Richard David Mathews*	359
	Liberal Democrats	Richard David George	95
	Green	Carwen Angharad Bunston	35
Majority
Turnout			983	52.3
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Bryncoch South (two seats)

Bryncoch South 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Janice Dudley	971
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Degwel Owen	958
	Labour	Patricia Margaret Phillips*	691
	Labour	Elizabeth Vaughan Mathews	664
Turnout			1,774	40.1
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Cadoxton (one seat)

Cadoxton 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Valdo Funning*	361
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Roger Parkinson	255
Majority			106
Turnout			626	44.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Cimla (two seats)

Cimla 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Warman*	859
	Labour	Stephen Richard Williams	362
	Labour	Paul Rees	332
	Ratepayers	David Hewett Morgan	307
	Plaid Cymru	Raymond Douglas Pooley	227
	Green	Miranda Jane La-Vey	155
Turnout			1,312	39.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Coedffranc Central (two seats)

Coedffranc Central 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies	604
	Labour	Georgina Emma Davies	449
	Independent	Betsan Powell*	405
	Plaid Cymru	Alyson Jane Thomas	387
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Harvey Little	231
Turnout			1,174	38.9
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Coedffranc North (one seat)

Coedffranc North 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Keith Davies*	506
	Labour	Paul Malcolm Davies	287
Majority
Turnout			811	43.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Coedffranc West (one seat)

Coedffranc West 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Marney Bebell*	409
	Respect	Huw Pudner	210
	Green	Katherine Jay Butcher	114
Majority
Turnout			743	43.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Crynant (one seat)

Crynant 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	William Edward Morgan	378
	Labour	Albert David Lyn Harper*	342
Majority			36
Turnout			739	48.4
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Eirion Richards	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cymmer (one seat)

Cymmer 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	David Lee Williams	506
	Labour	David Thomas Daniel	428
Majority			78
Turnout			940	43.6
	Others gain from Independent

Dyffryn (one seat)

Dyffryn 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	David Martyn Peters*	874
	Labour	David Clement Llewelyn	217
	Green	Susan Helen Jay	94
Majority
Turnout			1,197	46.7
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Glyncorrwg (one seat)

Glyncorrwg 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Horace Glyndwr Rawlins*	352
	Ratepayers	Stuart Glanrhyd Ackery	154
Majority			78
Turnout			507	56.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Glynneath (two seats)

Glynneath 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Delwyn Morgan*	747
	Plaid Cymru	Horace Thomas Lewis*	675
	Labour	Eifion Rhys Jenkins	565
	Labour	Jacqueline Joseph	441
Turnout			1,339	47.7
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Godre'r Graig (one seat)

Godre'rgraig 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Myers*	367
	Plaid Cymru	Rosalyn Davies	191
Majority
Turnout			563	47.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Ghislaine Williams	480
	Independent	Richard Rhys Morris	422
	Plaid Cymru	David Gerald Oswald Jones	139
Majority
Turnout			1,047	46.0
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Gwynfi (one seat)

Gwynfi 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jane Jones	424
	Labour	Colin Robert Day*	313
Majority			111
Turnout			744	67.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Lower Brynamman (one seat)

Lower Brynamman 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arwyn Nigel Woolcock*	424
	Plaid Cymru	Cennydd Rhys Puw	124
Majority			300
Turnout			553	51.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Margam (one seat)

Margam 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Leslie John Davies	504
	Labour	Stanley John Mason*	467
Majority			37
Turnout			982	42.3
	Others gain from Labour

Neath East (three seats)

Neath East 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Marlene Penry*	705
	Labour	John Miller	665
	Labour	Sandra Miller*	645
	Ratepayers	Jorge Moura Austin-Eames	489
	Plaid Cymru	David Brian Hopkins	470
	Plaid Cymru	Annette Owen	357
	Plaid Cymru	Breandan Seosamh Dominic Mac Cathail	349
	Green	Rhodri Thomas Williams	245
Turnout			1,596	34.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Neath North (two seats)

Neath North 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Vaughan*	1,128
	Labour	Emmanuel Loaring*	815
	Ratepayers	David Gareth Thomas	640
Turnout			1,518	47.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Neath South (two seats)

Neath South 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Bernard Gunter*	557
	Labour	Peter Albert Rees*	549
	Ratepayers	Helen Christine Morgan	439
	Ratepayers	John Williams	433
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Moth	184
	Green	Brian James Robertson	129
Turnout			1,253	34.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Onllwyn (one seat)

Onllwyn 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Huw Thomas*	317
	Plaid Cymru	Mary Denise Browning	173
Majority
Turnout			493	51.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelenna (one seat)

Pelenna 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Isaac Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontardawe (two seats)

Pontardawe 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Lloyd James	700
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Huw Evans	666
	Labour	Martha Christina Mary Lambourne	614
	Plaid Cymru	Robert Lewis Williams*	595
	Green	Robert Lewis	209
Turnout			1,596	40.1
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Port Talbot (three seats)

Port Talbot 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Pamela Edith Spender*	1,008
	Ratepayers	Andrew James Tutton*	967
	Ratepayers	Dennis Keogh	914
	Labour	Jennifer Margaret Lesley Blood	536
	Labour	Richard Brian Thomas	516
	Labour	Matthew Paul Conde	386	37.5
Turnout			1,645
	Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ratepayers hold		Swing

Resolven (one seat)

Resolven 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond William Davies*	729
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Brian Edwards	297
Majority
Turnout			1,032	42.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhos (one seat)

Rhos 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Michael Thomas*	369
	Plaid Cymru	Stephen Coombes	234
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Ramsay Waye	163
	Green	Linda Ann Bunston	82
Majority			857	41.5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandfields East (three seats)

Sandfields East 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leila Helen James*	1,478
	Labour	Colin Joseph Crowley*	1,010
	Labour	Edward Victor Latham	900
	Labour	Patricia Irene Jones	819
	New Millennium Bean Party	Captain Beany	522
Turnout			2,179	44.2
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandfields West (three seats)

Sandfields West 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olga Jones*	853
	Labour	Patricia Jane Thomas*	789
	Labour	Leonard William Willis	677
	Ratepayers	Stephen Griffiths	587
	Plaid Cymru	Kelvin Peter Edwards	553
	Plaid Cymru	Wilfred Edward Thomas	518
	Plaid Cymru	Stanley George Davies	447
	Ratepayers	Donald James Gough	423
Turnout			1,832	36.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Seven Sisters (one seat)

Seven Sisters 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Gary Lloyd*	393
	Plaid Cymru	Cynthia Lloyd	324
Majority			69
Turnout			721	45.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Taibach (two seats)

Taibach 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Rogers*	783
	Ratepayers	Aneurin Simon Lewis	631
	Labour	Clive Owen*	589
	Ratepayers	Scott John Sullivan	548
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Lewis	215
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Tudor Jones	212
Turnout			1,627	43.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Other parties gain from Labour

Tonna (one seat)

Tonna 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Walters	581
	Ratepayers	Thomas Anthony Phillips	186
	Labour	Kenneth Young	132
Majority
Turnout			904	46.3
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Trebanos (one seat)

Trebanos 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Denzil Edwards	342
	Green	Helen Crawford	105
Majority			237
Turnout			454	41.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Ystalyfera (one seat)

Ystalyfera 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Llywelyn*	716
	Labour	William Leslie Rewston	363
Majority
Turnout			1,099	45.4
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing