2008 Welsh local elections

2008 Welsh local elections

1 May 2008 (2008-05-01)
All 1,270 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 Last election 479 seats, 30.6% 175 seats, 16.4% Seats won 345 206 Seat change 134 31 Popular vote 253,029 159,847 Popular vote (%) 26.6% 16.8% Swing (pp) 4.0% 0.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nick Bourne Michael German Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since August 1999 November 2007 Last election 107 seats, 11.0% 146 seats, 13.9% Seats won 174 165 Seat change 67 19 Popular vote 148,708 123,175 Popular vote (%) 15.6% 13.0% Swing (pp) 4.6% 0.9%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control (left), and the largest party by ward (right)

The 2008 Welsh local elections, were held on 1 May, in 22 local authorities.

Wales-Wide Results

style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #177245;" data-sort-value="Blaenau Gwent People's Voice" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #006400;" data-sort-value="Llais Gwynedd" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DDDDBB;" data-sort-value="Other" | style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Councils	+/-	Seats	+/-
Labour	253,029	26.6%	4.0%	2	6	345	134
Independent	217,369	22.9%	0.3%	4	1	334	13
Plaid Cymru	159,847	16.8%	0.4%	0	1	206	31
Conservative	148,708	15.6%	4.6%	2	1	174	67
Liberal Democrats	123,175	13.0%	0.9%	0		165	19
Blaenau Gwent PV	9,187	1.0%	1.0%	0		8	8
Llais Gwynedd	7,119	0.7%	0.7%	0		13	13
Green	6,568	0.7%	0.5%	0		0
Other	25,214	2.7%	1.6%	0		19	17
No overall control	n/a	n/a	n/a	14	5	n/a	n/a

Result

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

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Blaenau Gwent style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control gain
Bridgend style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control hold
Caerphilly style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control gain
Cardiff style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control hold	Details
Carmarthenshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control hold
Ceredigion style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control hold	Details
Conwy style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control hold
Denbighshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control hold
Flintshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control gain
Gwynedd style="width: 2px; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" |	Plaid Cymru style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control gain
Isle of Anglesey style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent hold
Merthyr Tydfil style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent gain
Monmouthshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative hold	Details
Neath Port Talbot style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour hold
Newport style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control gain
Pembrokeshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent hold
Powys style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent hold
Rhondda Cynon Taff style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour hold
Swansea style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control hold
Torfaen style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control gain
Vale of Glamorgan style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative gain
Wrexham style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control hold