Ceredigion County Council election, 2004

Elections to Ceredigion County Council were held on 10 June 2004 on the same day of the European Elections.

The whole council was up for election and following boundary changes the number of seats was reduced to 42.^[1] The council remained in a situation of No Overall Control following Plaid Cymru gains at the expense of the Independents. The Independents formed a coalition administration following the previous county council election in May 1999, being largest group on the council along with the Liberal Democrats.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Independents 16
• Plaid Cymru 16
• Liberal Democrats 9
• Labour 1

Election results: overview

Ceredigion Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Plaid Cymru	16	2	0	+2	38.10	38.92	10,198	-
	Independent	12	0	4	-4	28.57	20.69	5,423	-
	Liberal Democrat	9	2	0	+2	21.43	20.19	5,291	-
	Non-party independents	3	0	3	-3	7.14	9.91	2598	-
	Labour	1	0	0	=	2.38	3.00	785	-
	Cymraeg/Welsh1	1	1	0	+1	2.38	2.45	643	-
	Llais Ceredigion	0	0	0	=	0.00	3.53	925	-
	Llais Aberaeron UDP Reject2	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.66	172	-
	UKIP	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.37	96	-
	Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.18	48	-
	Conservative	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.10	26	-
Total		42			-2			26,205

¹Cymraeg/Welsh was the label used by independent councillor John Ivor Williams. In 1999, and again in 2008, he ran with the label Independent.
²Llais Aberaeron UDP Reject was the label used by Mary Elizabeth Davies.

Election Results by ward

Ward	Party		Elected Councillor
Aberaeron		Independent	Richard Emlyn THOMAS
Aberporth		Non-party independent	Gethin JAMES
Cardigan - Mwldan		Independent	Sarah Mary MORRIS
Cardigan - Rhyd-y-Fuwch		Liberal Democrat	John Mark COLE
Cardigan - Teifi		Independent	Alan WILSON
Aberystwyth Bronglais		Plaid Cymru	Alun WILLIAMS
Aberystwyth Central		Liberal Democrat	Ceredig Wyn DAVIES
Aberystwyth North		Liberal Democrat	Edgar Carl WILLIAMS
Aberystwyth Penparcau		Independent	Llewelyn Goronwy EDWARDS
		Independent	Owen Henry JONES
Aberystwyth Rheidol		Liberal Democrat	Eric John GRIFFITHS
Beulah		Plaid Cymru	William David Lyndon LLOYD
Borth		Non-party independent	Raymond Paul QUANT
Capel Dewi		Independent	Thomas Peter Lloyd DAVIES
Ceulan and Maesmawr		Plaid Cymru	Ellen Elizabeth ap GWYNN (Plaid Cymru)
Ciliau Aeron		Independent	Stanley Meredith THOMAS
Faenor		Liberal Democrat	John Erfyl ROBERTS
Lampeter		Labour	Robert George HARRIS
		Independent (Welsh/Cymraeg)	John Ivor WILLIAMS
Llanarth		Liberal Democrat	Thomas Eurfyl EVANS
Llanbadarn Fawr - Padarn		Plaid Cymru	Gareth DAVIES
Llanbadarn Fawr - Sulien		Plaid Cymru	Paul JAMES
Llandyfriog		Plaid Cymru	Benjamin Towyn EVANS
Llandysilio-gogo		Plaid Cymru	Cen LLWYD
Llandysul Town		Independent	Evan John Keith EVANS
Llanfarian		Independent	Alun Lloyd JONES
Llanfihangel Ystrad		Plaid Cymru	Owen LLYWELYN
Llangeitho		Independent	David John EVANS
Llangybi		Plaid Cymru	John Timothy Odwyn DAVIES
Llanrhystyd		Liberal Democrat	David Rowland REES-EVANS
Llansantffraed		Plaid Cymru	Daniel Meurig JAMES
Llanwenog		Plaid Cymru	Samuel Haydn RICHARDS
Lledrod		Independent	David Lloyd EVANS
Melindwr		Liberal Democrat	Fred WILLIAMS
New Quay		Independent	Sarah Gillian HOPLEY
Penbryn		Plaid Cymru	Ian ap DEWI
Pen-parc		Non-party independent	Thomas Haydn LEWIS
Tirymynach		Plaid Cymru	Wiliam Penri JAMES
Trefeurig		Plaid Cymru	David SUTER
Tregaron		Plaid Cymru	Catherine Jane HUGHES
Troedyraur		Plaid Cymru	Gerallt Wynford JONES
Ystwyth		Liberal Democrat	John David Rowland JONES

References

1. ^ "Ceredigion council". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/4136.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-26. 

Preceded by Ceredigion County Council election, 1999

Ceredigion local elections

Succeeded by Ceredigion County Council election, 2008