2008 Welsh local government election
The fourth election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 1 May 2008.[1] It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 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 fourth elections held following local government reorganisation. Labour retained its majority.
Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council election result 2008 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 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| SDP | Anthony Taylor* | 893 | | |
| SDP | Jeffrey Dinham* | 755 | | |
| SDP | Thomas John Sullivan* | 730 | | |
| Labour | Arthur James Howells | 389 | | |
| Labour | John Edward Sparks | 376 | | |
| Labour | Barbara Trahar | 331 | | |
Turnout | 1,629 | 39.2 | |
| SDP hold | Swing | | |
| SDP hold | Swing | | |
| SDP hold | Swing | | |
Aberdulais (one seat)
Aberdulais 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Doreen Jones | 457 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Lindy Ware | 408 | | |
Majority | 49 | | |
Turnout | 871 | 48.8 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Alltwen (one seat)
Alltwen 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Lewis* | 441 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Huw Evans | 328 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 781 | 43.8 | +0.1 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Baglan (three seats)
Councillors Hopkins and Richards had been elected as Ratepayers in 2004.
Baglan 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Juliet Hopkins* | unopposed | | |
| Labour | Peter Denis Richards* | unopposed | | |
| Ratepayers | John Cardy Tallamy | unopposed | | |
| Labour gain from | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from | Swing | | |
| Ratepayers hold | Swing | | |
Blaengwrach (one seat)
Blaengwrach 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alf Siddley | 432 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Carolyn Edwards* | 380 | | |
Majority | 52 | | |
Turnout | 817 | 51.6 | |
| Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | | |
Briton Ferry East (one seat)
Briton Ferry East 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Colin Morgan* | 558 | | |
| Conservative | Anthony Vallario | 266 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 837 | 34.8 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Briton Ferry West (one seat)
Briton Ferry West 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Hugh Newton James* | 698 | | |
| Conservative | Dick Riddle | 116 | | |
Majority | 582 | | |
Turnout | 821 | 36.6 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bryn and Cwmavon 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ivor David Williams* | 1,162 | | |
| Labour | Marian Aerona Lewis* | 993 | | |
| Independent | Brinley Roblin* | 959 | | |
| Independent | Allan James Bevan | 888 | | |
| Labour | Allan Louis Jones | 796 | | |
| Ratepayers | Dave Shepherd | 664 | | |
Turnout | 2,268 | 44.0% | +1.0 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Bryncoch North 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | John Raymond Bryant* | 560 | | |
| Labour | Richard David Mathews | 422 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 994 | 53.6. | +1.3 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Cadoxton (one seat)
Cadoxton 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Harvey Little | 343 | | |
| Labour | Maureen Funning | 251 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 604 | 43.1 | -1.8 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Cimla (two seats)
Cimla 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | John Warman* | 1,017 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Desmond James Sparkes | 614 | | |
| Labour | Brian Warlow | 400 | | |
| Labour | Stephen Richard Williams* | 350 | | |
Turnout | 1,331 | 40.5 | +1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Coedffranc Central 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies* | 531 | | |
| Independent | Betsan Richards | 419 | | |
| Labour | Paula Bebell | 272 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Alyson Jayne Thomas | 270 | | |
| Ratepayers | Lee Clifford Saunders | 238 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Jen Dafis | 205 | | |
Turnout | 1,167 | 38.0 | -0.9 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Coedffranc North 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | David Keith Davies* | 517 | | |
| Independent | Janet Sarah Jones | 231 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 755 | 41.0 | -2.3 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Coedffranc West 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Henry Marney Bebell* | 419 | | |
| Independent | Robert Hay | 236 | | |
| Conservative | Sarah Louise Baker | 134 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 791 | 41.7 | -1.3 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Crynant 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | William Edward Morgan* | 494 | | |
| Labour | Peter Richards | 305 | | |
Majority | 189 | | |
Turnout | 800 | 51.7 | +3.3 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Cwmllynfell 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Clifford Eirion Richards* | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cymmer 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Scott Jones | 594 | | |
| Ratepayers | David Lee Williams* | 463 | | |
Majority | 131 | | |
Turnout | 1,062 | 48.2 | |
| Labour gain from | Swing | | |
Dyffryn 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | David Martyn Peters* | 958 | | |
| Independent | Stephen Absalom | 302 | | |
Majority | 656 | | |
Turnout | 1,265 | 49.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Glyncorrwg 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Horace Glyndwr Rawlins* | 312 | | |
| Ratepayers | Lindsay Milsom | 187 | | |
Majority | 125 | | |
Turnout | 500 | 56.8 | +0.3 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Glynneath (two seats)
Godre'rgraig 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Rosalyn Davies | 273 | | |
| Labour | Jackie Myers* | 269 | | |
Majority | 4 | | |
Turnout | 551 | 45.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat)
Gwaun Cae Gurwen 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lynda Ghislaine Williams* | 550 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | D.Gerald James | 308 | | |
Majority | 147 | | |
Turnout | 872 | 37.5 | -8.5 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Gwynfi 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Jane Jones* | 390 | | |
| Labour | Colin Robert Day | 288 | | |
Majority | 102 | | |
Turnout | 680 | 63.4 | -4.4 |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Lower Brynamman 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Arwyn Nigel Woolcock* | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Margam 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stanley John Mason | 544 | | |
| Ratepayers | Leslie John Davies* | 480 | | |
Majority | 64 | | |
Turnout | 1,035 | 45.5 | +3.2 |
| Labour gain from | Swing | | |
Neath East 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Sheila Marlene Penry* | 798 | | |
| Labour | John Miller* | 718 | | |
| Labour | Sandra Miller* | 718 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Philippa Jane Edwards | 696 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Breandan Seosamh Dominic Mac Cathail | 654 | | |
Turnout | 1,615 | 32.8 | -2.1 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Neath North 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Derek Vaughan* | 995 | | |
| Labour | Emmanuel Loaring* | 788 | | |
| Independent | Tony Phillips | 596 | | |
Turnout | 1,417 | 43.9 | -3.5 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Neath South 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Peter Albert Rees* | 700 | | |
| Labour | Malcolm Bernard Gunter* | 663 | | |
| Ratepayers | John Williams | 469 | | |
| Ratepayers | David Wyn Howells | 441 | | |
Turnout | 1,248 | 34.2 | +0.2 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Onllwyn 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alan Huw Thomas* | 341 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Marion Louise Morgan | 166 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 508 | 52.1 | +1.0 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Pelenna 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lance Whiteley | 279 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Annette Sparkes | 170 | | |
Majority | 109 | | |
Turnout | 455 | 49.0 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Pontardawe (two seats)
Pontardawe 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Michael Lloyd James* | 819 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Linet Purcell | 718 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Robert Lewis Williams | 705 | | |
| Labour | Martha Christina Mary Lambourne | 666 | | |
Turnout | 1,073 | 26.5 | -13.6 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Port Talbot (three seats)
Port Talbot 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Ratepayers | Andrew James Tutton* | 805 | | |
| Ratepayers | Dennis Keogh* | 762 | | |
| Labour | Ian Ben James | 715 | | |
| Labour | Dawn Sawyers | 704 | | |
| Ratepayers | Scott John Sullivan | 689 | | |
| Labour | Christopher Mainwaring | 681 | | |
Turnout | 1,689 | 38.0 | |
| | Swing | | |
| | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from | Swing | | |
Resolven (one seat)
Resolven 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Desmond William Davies* | 611 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | David Trefor Jones | 469 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 1,089 | 44.0 | +1.5 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Rhos (one seat)
Rhos 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Marcia Spooner | 578 | | |
| Labour | Paul Michael Thomas* | 346 | | |
Majority | 232 | | |
Turnout | 930 | 44.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Sandfields East 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Leila Helen James* | 1,251 | | |
| Labour | Colin Joseph Crowley* | 921 | | |
| Labour | Edward Victor Latham | 912 | | |
| Labour | Patricia Irene Jones | 609 | | |
| Ratepayers | Clive Davies | 520 | | |
| Ratepayers | Brian Morris | 472 | | |
| New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 369 | | |
Turnout | 2,174 | 41.6 | -2.6 |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sandfields West 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Olga Jones* | 964 | | |
| Labour | Patricia Jane Thomas* | 904 | | |
| Labour | Leonard William Willis | 790 | | |
| Ratepayers | Ollie Davies | 696 | | |
| Ratepayers | Wayne David Hughes | 653 | | |
| Ratepayers | Dean Williams | 441 | | |
| SDP | Wayne Morris | 400 | | |
Turnout | 1,853 | 36.2 | +0.1 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Seven Sisters (one seat)
Seven Sisters 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Stephen Karl Hunt | 599 | | |
| Labour | Peter Gary Lloyd* | 362 | | |
Majority | 237 | | |
Turnout | 966 | 57.3 | +12.2 |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Taibach 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Rogers* | 1,040 | | |
| Labour | Anthony Taylor | 699 | | |
| Ratepayers | Aneurin Simon Lewis* | 594 | | |
| Independent | John Brian Hughes | 483 | | |
| Ratepayers | Erica Tutton | 332 | | |
Turnout | 1,786 | 46.5 | +2.9 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from | Swing | | |
Tonna (one seat)
Tonna 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William David Walters* | 616 | | |
| Labour | Kelvin Thomas George | 190 | | |
Majority | 426 | | |
Turnout | 814 | 42.5 | -3.8 |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Trebanos (one seat)
Trebanos 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Andrea Paula Davies | 255 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Waye | 183 | | |
Majority | 72 | | |
Turnout | 440 | 40.5 | -0.9 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ystalyfera 2008 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Llywelyn* | 749 | | |
| Labour | Noir James | 388 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 1,154 | 49.1 | +3.7 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "County Borough Council Election" (PDF). Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.