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]
Overview
Carmarthenshire County Council election result 2008 Party | 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 | |
Results
Abergwili (one seat)
Abergwili 2008 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 | | |
Ammanford (one seat)
Ammanford 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Michael Hugh Evans* | 457 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Deian Harries | 451 | | |
Majority | 6 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Betws (one seat)
Betws 2008 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 | | |
Bigyn two seats)
Bigyn 2008 Party | 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 | | |
Burry Port (two seats)
Burry Port 2008 Party | 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 | | |
Bynea (one seat)
Bynea 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Gwynne Harris Woolridge* | 505 | | |
| Independent | Stephen Michael Donoghue | 244 | | |
| Labour | Mair Bartlett | 196 | | |
Majority | 261 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Carmarthen Town North (two seats)
Carmarthen Town North 2008 Party | 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 | | |
Carmarthen Town South (two seats)
Carmarthen Town South 2008 Party | 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 | | |
Carmarthen Town West (two seats)
Carmarthen Town West 2008 Party | 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 | | |
Cenarth 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William Haydn Jones* | 653 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Susan Jones | 190 | | |
Majority | 463 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Cilycwm 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Thomas Theophilus* | 474 | | |
| Independent | Marianne Goddard-Peperzak | 178 | | |
| Independent | Roger Melvin Pipe | 76 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Cynwyl Elfed 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William Dorrien Thomas* | 795 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Andrew John Dixon | 650 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Cynwyl Gaeo 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | James Eirwyn Williams* | unopposed | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Dafen (one seat)
Dafen 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Tegwen Devichand* | 532 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Mohammad Alam Choudry | 402 | | |
Majority | 130 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Elli (one seat)
John Paul Jenkins was elected as a Conservative in 2004 but subsequently became an Independent
Elli 2008 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 | | |
Felinfoel 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | David William Hugh Richards* | 296 | | |
| Labour | Henry John Evans | 179 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Margarita Lewis | 88 | | |
Majority | 117 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Garnant 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Kevin Madge* | 507 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Emyr Williams | 274 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Glanaman 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | David Jenkins | 440 | | |
| Labour | David Colin Evans* | 379 | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Glanymor 2008 Party | 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 | | |
Glyn (one seat)
Glyn 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Thomas James Jones* | 500 | | |
| Independent | Terence Vaughan Owens | 274 | | |
| Labour | Ron Lewis | 138 | | |
Majority | 226 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Gorslas 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Terry Davies* | 915 | | |
| Independent | Henry Clive Scourfield* | 871 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Emyr Wyn Thomas | 686 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Hendy (one seat)
Hendy 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Steve Lloyd-Janes | 637 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Maria Isabel Slader | 408 | | |
Majority | 229 | | |
| Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | | |
Kidwelly 2008 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 | | |
Laugharne Township (one seat)
Laugharne Township 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Jane Tremlett | 600 | | |
| Conservative | Neil Davies | 394 | | |
| Labour | Steve Morris | 147 | | |
Majority | 206 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llanboidy 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Daniel James Roy Llewellyn | unopposed | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Llanddarog 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William John Wyn Evans* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llandeilo (one seat)
Llandeilo 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Ieuan Goronwy Jones* | 787 | | |
| Conservative | Juliana Maria-Jane Hughes | 306 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llandovery Town 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Ivor John Jackson* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Anthony Davies was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Mary Thomas.
Llandybie 2008 Party | 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 | | |
Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)
Llanegwad and Llanfynydd 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Dillwyn Anthony Williams* | 649 | | |
| Independent | John Mansel Charles | 347 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Henry Ellis Jones-Davies | 239 | | |
Majority | | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)
Llanfihangel Aberbythych 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Rhys Davies* | 611 | | |
| Conservative | Tony Jukes | 132 | | |
Majority | | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Linda Evans | 817 | | |
| Independent | Emyr Davies | 371 | | |
| Conservative | Douglas Mearns Spragg | 169 | | |
Majority | | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Llangadog (one seat)
Llangadog 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Huw Morgan | 489 | | |
| Independent | John Price | 360 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Wyn Jones | 206 | | |
Majority | | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llangeler (one seat)
Llangeler 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | John David George Crossley* | 901 | | |
| Independent | Caroline Roberts | 438 | | |
Majority | | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Llangunnor (one seat)
Llangunnor 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Clifford Merlin Jones* | 517 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Dewi Elwyn Williams | 466 | | |
Majority | 51 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llangyndeyrn (one seat)
Llangyndeyrn 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | William Tyssul Evans* | 820 | | |
| Labour | Len John | 290 | | |
| Independent | Carol Rees | 181 | | |
Majority | | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Llannon 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Emlyn Dole | 821 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Philip Meredith Williams | 801 | | |
| Labour | Terrence Maxwell Evans | 551 | | |
| Independent | Cameron Howard Morgan | 521 | | |
| Labour | Ryan Thomas | 413 | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Llansteffan 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Daff Davies* | 570 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Carys Jones | 412 | | |
| Independent | Gerald Howells | 113 | | |
| Conservative | Linda Parker | 92 | | |
Majority | 158 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llanybydder (one seat)
Llanybydder 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Fiona Hughes | 591 | | |
| Independent | Ieuan Wyn Davies* | 569 | | |
Majority | 22 | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Lliedi (two seats)
Lliedi 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Huw Lewis | 718 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Denver Rees | 611 | | |
| Labour | William George Thomas* | 551 | | |
| Labour | William Edward Skinner* | 540 | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Two Independent former Labour councillors defended their seats but one of those seats was lost to Plaid Cymru whose candidate, Meilyr Hughes had served as a councillor previously.
Llwynhendy 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Donald John Davies* | 353 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Meilyr Bowen Hughes | 305 | | |
| Independent | Thomas Dillwyn Bowen* | 302 | | |
| Labour | Diana Darby | 287 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Christopher John Slader | 275 | | |
| Labour | Pamela Jones | 231 | | |
| Independent | Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas | 156 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)
Manordeilo and Salem Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John James Jones Davies* | 641 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Karen Maguire | 234 | | |
Majority | 407 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Pembrey 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | David Malcolm Davies | 600 | | |
| Independent | Hugh Barrie Shepardson | 581 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Joanna Mary Davies | 485 | | |
| Labour | Vincent John Rees* | 437 | | |
| Labour | Haydn Cripps Beynon | 386 | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Penygroes (one seat)
Penygroes Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Siân Elisabeth Thomas* | 608 | | |
| BNP | Kevin Edwards | 193 | | |
Majority | 415 | | |
Pontamman (one seat)
Pontamman Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Marie Binney | 445 | | |
| Labour | Vivian Lynne Llewellyn* | 431 | | |
Majority | 14 | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Quarter Bach (one seat)
Quarter Bach Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Helen Elizabeth Wyn | 592 | | |
| Labour | Elwyn Williams* | 446 | | |
Majority | | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
St Clears (one seat)
St Clears Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Philip Morris Hughes* | 557 | | |
| Independent | Keith Alan Major | 411 | | |
| Independent | William Edmund Vincent John Davies | 380 | | |
Majority | 146 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
St Ishmaels (one seat)
St Ishmaels Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Lydia Mair Stephens* | 759 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | David Huw John | 418 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Saron (two seats)
Saron Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | John Garfield Edwards* | 889 | | |
| Labour | Alan Peter Cooper* | 856 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Ronald George Richards | 680 | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Swiss Valley (one seat)
Swiss Valley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Anthony Giles Morgan* | 518 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Rhydwyn Ifan | 209 | | |
| Labour | Nigel Rush | 186 | | |
Majority | 309 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Trelech (one seat)
Trelech Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William David Thomas* | 655 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Byrnan Davies | 305 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Trimsaran Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Meryl Gravell* | 508 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Dilwyn John Jones | 227 | | |
Majority | | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Tycroes 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Thomas Enoch* | 422 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Sion-Aled Wyn Higgins | 309 | | |
| BNP | Mike Green | 92 | | |
Majority | 113 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Tyisha 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Keri Peter Thomas* | 504 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Roger Thomas Price | 455 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Michael Llewellyn Evans | 453 | | |
| Labour | Martin Philip Morris* | 431 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Whitland 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Sue Allen | 593 | | |
| Labour | Vivienne Morris | 219 | | |
Majority | | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
By-Elections 2008-2012
Llanegwad by-election 2011
A by-election was held in Llanegwad on 23 June 2011 following the retirement of long-serving Independent councillor Dillwyn Williams.[3]
Llanegwad 2011 by-election Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | John Mansel Charles | 494 | | |
| Independent | Clive Pugh | 455 | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Results". South Wales Evening Post. 2 May 2008.
- ^ "Llanegwad Electoral Division" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2015.