- Ceredigion County Council election, 2008
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The elections to Ceredigion County Council were held on May 1, 2008 along with elections to other Welsh councils, plus the London Mayor and Assembly Elections, Metropolitan English councils and Non Metropolitan English councils elections. All 42 council seats are up for election. The previous council was controlled by Independents in coalition with the Liberal Democrat group and the single Labour member. Since 2004, there have been no by-elections to the council (the only council in Wales not to have any during the last four years). Nominations for the council elections closed on April 4, 2008. The last council meeting before the elections (when the council was formally dissolved) was held on April 17, 2008. The composition of the council prior to the elections was:
- Independents 16
- Plaid Cymru 16
- Liberal Democrats 9
- Labour 1
2 Independents had defected to Plaid Cymru and a further 2 Independents had retired. All existing councillors bar the 2 retirees are up for re-election.
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Election results: overview[1]
Ceredigion Local Election Result 2008 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Plaid Cymru 19 6 3 +3 45.23 43.80 12,141 +4.88% Independent 11 6 7 -1 26.19 21.03 5,830 +0.34% Liberal Democrat 10 2 1 +1 23.8 23.86 6,613 +3.67% Non-party independents 1 1 3 -2 2.38 4.71 1,305 -4.71% Labour 1 0 0 0 2.38 3.19 885 +0.19% Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.93 805 +2.80% Green 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.51 139 +0.32% Others 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0 -7.01% Total 42 27,718 All parties received a higher share of the vote than in 2004. This was in part due to a fall in the number of non-party independents standing and previous non-party independents joining the independent grouping, but also due to a number of parties (namely UKIP and Llais Ceredigion) not standing candidates this time around.
Plaid Cymru made six gains. They gained a seat in the ward of Aberystwyth, Penparcau, as well as the wards of Cardigan, Mwldan, Cardigan, Teifi, Ciliau Aeron, Llanfarian, Llangeitho and Melindwr. The party also made four losses: Llandysilio-gogo, Llansantffraed, Tirymynach and Troedyraur.
The Liberal Democrats made two gains, Tirymynach and Aberaeron, but lost Melidwr.
The three non-party independents from 2004 were re-elected as Independents (Haydn Lewis in Pen-parc, Gethin James in Aberporth and Ray Quant in Borth), as well as John Ivor Williams, who had held his seat in 2004 under the label Cymraeg/Welsh. A single candidate was elected as a non-party independent (Gareth Lloyd Cletwr in Llandysilio-gogo).
Candidates duly nominated for the 2008 elections
Nominations closed at 1200 BST on April 4, 2008 and when the nominations were published the following wards were being contested by the following duly nominated candidates. Elected candidates are in bold. All seats elect one member unless otherwise stated.
Ward Independent Plaid Cymru Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative Green Non-party independent Aberaeron Richard Emlyn Thomas Elizabeth Evans Aberporth Gethin James Mark William Mainwaring Aberystwyth, Bronglais Alun Williams Trevor Graham Shaftoe Robert Mark Schofield Aberystwyth, Central Mark Strong Ceredig Davies Emily Dale Aberystwyth, North Aled Davies Carl Williams Anthony Alexander Pickles Aberystwyth, Penparcau
(2 seats)Goronwy Edwards, Owen Jones Steve Davies, Rob Gorman' Mick Jones Richard Boudier David John Cogdell, Graeme Matthew David Smith Aberystwyth, Rheidol Susan Jane Jones-Davies Eric John Griffiths Jason Luke Edwards Beulah William David Lyndon Lloyd Neil Flower Borth Ray Quant James Whitlock Davies Capel Dewi Peter Davies Cardigan, Mwldan Mair Morris John Adams-Lewis Bradley George Stephen Vaughan Cardigan, Rhydyfwuch Ann Rees-Seabrook Mark Cole Cardigan, Teifi Alan Wilson Catrin Miles Ceulanamaesmawr Ellen ap Gwynn Richard Oliver Morgan-Ash Ciliau Aeron Iain James Sheldon Moelfryn Maskell Harry Hayfield Faenor Alan Lloyd Evans John Roberts Robert James MacKinnon Lampeter
(2 seats)John Ivor Williams Robert Phillips Derek Wilson Robert George Harris Michael Neville James Chamberlain Elly Foster Dorothy Williams Llanarth Eurfyl Evans Llanbadarn Fawr, Padarn Gareth Davies Terry Raymond Lynch Bob Morris Llanbadarn Fawr, Sulien Paul James Peter Jeffry Hampson Llandyfriog Benjamin Towyn Evans Alex Bashford Llandysiliogogo Cen Llwyd Gareth Lloyd Cletwr Llandysul Town Keith Evans Iwan William Richards Llanfarian Alun Lloyd Jones Elian-Lorrae Jones-Southgate Llinos Mai Thomas Llanfihangel Ystrad Owen Llywelyn Matthew Gee Llangeitho David Evans Llangybi Odwyn Davies Sonia Rose Williams Llanrhystud Rowland Rees-Evans Emyr Morgan Jones Llansantffraid Dafydd Edwards Meurig James Llanwenog Hadyn Richards Kathy Bracy Lledrod Ifan Davies Catrin Myfanwy Huws Melindwr Rhodri Davies Fred Williams New Quay Gill Hopley Luke William Ashley Evetts Penbryn Ian ap Dewi June Perry Penparc Haydn Lewis David Richard James Tirmynach Penri James Paul Hinge Trefeurig Dai Suter Martin John Squires Kari Walker Tregaron Catherine Jane Hughes Troedyraur Roy Griffiths Lloyd Wynford Jones Ystwyth Sian Mereid Archer Rowland Jones Leila Kiersch TOTAL ELECTED 11 19 10 1 0 0 1 Councillors Elected 2008
- Cllr Peter Davies (Ind, Capel Dewi) was elected unopposed in 2008. He was first elected in 2004 (beating a Plaid Cymru candidate by 239 votes (40%) and sits on the Development Control Committee and the Standards Committee. A posting on the Vote 2007 forum by the user Meurig[2] suggested that Cllr. Davies was in fact a member of the Conservative Party (which if confirmed would be the first Conservative councillor in Ceredigion since the current boundaries were instigated in 1987)
- Cllr. Eurfyl Evans (Lib Dem, Llanarth) was elected unopposed in 2008. He was first elected in 1995 (holding the ward from Cllr. Thomas) and won re-election in 2004 by 188 votes over Plaid Cymru (31%) and in the last Cabinet (that was dissolved at the same time as the last meeting of the council) was the Cabinet member with responsibility for Economic Development
- Cllr. David Evans (Plaid Cymru, Llangeitho) was elected unopposed in 2008. First elected in 1999 (gaining the seat from the Liberal Democrats as an Independent candidate) joined Plaid Cymru at the close of nominations in 2008. As an Independent member he sat on the Development Control Committee and was vice chair of the Environmental Services and Housing Committee.
- Cllr. Catherine Jane Hughes (Plaid Cymru, Tregaron) was elected in 2004 defeating an Independent candidate by 35 votes (5%) and is vice chair of the Social Service Committee as well as serving on the Development Control Committee and Education Committee.
Results 2008 (in order of declaration)
Capel Dewi 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Cllr. Peter Davies 0 0.00% -69.88% Majority 0 0.00% -39.77% Turnout 0 0.00% -56.96% Independent hold Swing Llanarth 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Cllr. Eurfyl Evans 0 0.00% -65.56% Majority 0 0.00% -31.13% Turnout 0 0.00% -51.75% Liberal Democrat hold Swing Llangeitho 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Plaid Cymru Cllr. David Evans 0 0.00% -26.72% Majority 0 0.00% -46.54% Turnout 0 0.00% -64.03% Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Swing Tregaron 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Plaid Cymru Cllr. Catherine Jane Hughes 0 0.00% -52.63% Majority 0 0.00% -5.28% Turnout 0 0.00% -67.86% Plaid Cymru hold Swing Preceded by
Ceredigion County Council election, 2004Ceredigion local elections Succeeded by
Ceredigion County Council election, 2012References
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