2008 Monmouthshire County Council election

2008 Elections to Monmouthshire County Council were held on 1 May 2008. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. The election was preceded by the 2004 elections and followed by the 2012 elections.

Election results: overview

Monmouthshire Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	29	5	0	+5	67.44	47.15	12,879	+3.55
	Liberal Democrats	5	2	0	+2	11.63	22.20	6,061	+4.03
	Labour	7	2	4	-2	16.28	17.51	4,782	-2.43
	Independent	1	0	4	-4	2.36	7.73	2,110	-6.59
	Plaid Cymru	1	0	1	-1	2.36	4.75	1,296	+1.74
	Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.64	175	+0.46
	UKIP	0	0	0	=	-	-	-	-0.80

Monmouthshire Local Election Result 2008 (wards in Monmouth constituency)

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	3	0	+3	80.00	52.50	11,746	+4.93
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	+1	14.29	23.14	5,177	+1.47
	Labour	3	0	1	-1	8.57	13.93	3,116	-2.79
	Independent	1	0	3	-3	2.86	7.77	1,738	-5.32
	Plaid Cymru	0	0	0	=	0.00	1.88	423	+1.15
	Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.78	175	+0.56

Monmouthshire Local Election Result 2008 (wards in Newport East constituency)

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	4	2	2	=	50.00	33.81	1,666	-2.65
	Conservative	2	1	0	+1	25.00	22.99	1,133	-0.80
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	12.50	17.94	884	+17.94
	Plaid Cymru	1	0	1	-1	12.50	17.72	873	+2.90
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.00	7.54	372	-13.14
	Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	-	-	-
	UKIP	0	0	0	=	-	-	-	-4.97

Electoral division (ward) results

Abergavenny, Cantref

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Richard Jordan[1]	453	52.98	−4.22
	Labour	Margaret Harris	243	28.42	+12.47
	Plaid Cymru	John Walters	86	10.06	+10.06
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia (Pat) Morris	73	8.54	+8.54
Majority			210	24.56	−5.78
Turnout			855	51.01	−6.86
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.38

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Abergavenny, Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Powell[2]	370	45.48	−1.54
	Independent	Anthony (Tony) O'Donovan	283	33.61	+11.43
	Labour	Margaret E. Phillips	129	15.32	−1.48
	Liberal Democrats	Tony R. Potts	60	7.13	−3.46
Majority			87	10.33	−12.67
Turnout			842	53.35	−0.51
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.47

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Abergavenny, Grofield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas L. Edwards[3]	431	70.89	+26.87
	Conservative	Nigel C. Beaven	122	20.07	−4.79
	Plaid Cymru	Mary Harris	55	9.05	+9.05
Majority			309	50.82	+31.66
Turnout			612	48.15	−8.80
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+15.83

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Abergavenny, Lansdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James George[4]	359	53.03	+48.43
	Labour	Robin A. Griffiths	164	24.22	−16.50
	Conservative	Martin J. Hickman	112	16.54	−3.33
	Independent	Norma C. Watkins	30	4.43	−24.30
	Plaid Cymru	Laurie Jones	12	1.77	−4.31
Majority			195	28.81	+16.82
Turnout			677	43.63	+6.26
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+32.29

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Abergavenny, Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane P. Foulser[5]	423	67.04	+20.75
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Duchet	208	32.96	+24.07
Majority			215	34.08	+16.16
Turnout			631	42.54	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Caerwent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip (Phil) Murphy[6]	458	71.56	+16.15
	Labour	Julie Roberts	118	18.15	−17.81
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas (Tom) Sullivan	64	9.85	+1.66
Majority			430	34.08	+16.16
Turnout			640	46.14	−4.37
	Conservative hold		Swing	+16.98

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Chepstow, Larkfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phylip (Phil) A. D. Hobson[7]	417	51.74	−1.82
	Conservative	Martin Brady	305	37.84	−8.60
	Labour	David Roman	84	10.42	+10.42
Majority			112	13.09	+6.78
Turnout			806	53.47	+0.80
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.89

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Chepstow, St. Christopher's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephanie M. Dovey[8]	205	35.10	+6.46
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Ashby	203	34.76	+22.03
	Labour	Pamela (Pam) Birchall	176	30.14	−10.06
Majority			2	0.34	n/a
Turnout			584	35.74	+1.04
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.26

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Chepstow, St. Kingsmark

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David L. S. Dovey[9]	474	55.50	+8.30
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Hodges	270	31.62	−11.45
	Labour	Hilary M. Beach	110	12.88	+3.15
Majority			204	23.88	+19.75
Turnout			854	40.44	−4.91
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.88

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Chepstow, St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline (Jacqui) Sullivan[10]	362	58.96	+9.70
	Conservative	Benjamin (Ben) Smith	166	27.04	−4.69
	Labour	Thomas (Tom) P. Kirton	86	14.01	−5.00
Majority			196	31.92	+14.39
Turnout			614	45.09	+4.65
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.20

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Chepstow, Thornwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Armand C. Watts[11]	396	54.17	+0.03
	Conservative	Marian J. Lewis	234	32.01	−1.66
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony (Tony) Redhead	101	13.82	+1.63
Majority			162	22.16	+1.69
Turnout			731	39.74	+2.39
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.85

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Croesonen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger G. Harris[12]	308	51.94	+11.78
	Conservative	Laura L. Pike	219	36.93	+5.71
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Jones	66	11.13	+5.76
Majority			89	15.01	+6.07
Turnout			593	39.63	+0.00
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.04

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Crucorney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew C. James	469		−
	Independent	Robert (Bob) J. B. Wilcox	381		−
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas (Nick) Tatam	65		−
Majority					−
Turnout			917	57.89
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

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Devauden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert J. W. Greenland	uncontested		−
Majority			-	-	−
Turnout			-	-	−
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

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Goetre Fawr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Jones	623		−
	Plaid Cymru	Edward H. Evans	235		−
Majority					−
Turnout			871	47.00	−12.94
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Llanbadoc

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie (Val) E. Smith	uncontested		−
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

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Llanelly Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Simon G. M. Howarth	887		−
	Conservative	Giles Howard	624		−
	Independent	Adrian Edwards	545	6.55	−
	Independent	Anthony (Tony) R. Carrington	458		−
	Independent	Martin L. Thomas	310		−
Turnout				52.17	+4.81
	Independent hold		Swing	-
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

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Llanfoist Fawr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Saxon	345	56.84	−13.22
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Shivel	261	43.16	+30.31
Majority			84	13.68	−39.29
Turnout			607	48.72	−6.96
	Conservative hold		Swing	-21.77

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Llangybi Fawr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter R. Clarke	Uncontested		−
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

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Llanover

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian R. Hood	655	66.70	−9.01
	Labour	Margaret E. Willcock	205	20.88	+7.85
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Willott	118	12.02	+0.76
Majority			450	45.82	−16.86
Turnout			982	54.40	−1.92
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.43

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Llantilio Crossenny

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Edwards	530	74.54	+32.73
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Tandy	181	25.46	+17.57
Majority			349	49.08	+41.88
Turnout			711	51.82	−11.16
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.58

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Llanwenarth Ultra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Walby	276	50.27	+8.58
	Conservative	Owen W. M. Marsh	273	49.73	+23.55
Majority			3	9.56	−9.02
Turnout			562	51.28 56.32	−5.04
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.49

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Magor with Undy, Mill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Major	513	61.27	−3.55
	Labour	Neeta S. Baicher	206	24.58	−10.60
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rutter	119	14.15	+14.15
Majority			307	36.69	+7.05
Turnout			838	39.59	−1.03
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.53

Magor with Undy, The Elms

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Harris	334	42.82	+20.37
	Independent	Olive Evans	209	26.80	+26.80
	Independent	Brian A. Burt	159	20.39	+20.39
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Robbins	78	9.99	+9.99
Majority			125	16.02	+15.33
Turnout			782	33.00	−3.68
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.22

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Mardy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Prosser	234	39.13	+2.95
	Independent	Ralph F. Chapman	175	29.26	+1.64
	Labour	Adrian J. G. Nelmes	120	20.07	−2.79
	Plaid Cymru	Stuart K. Neale	35	5.85	−0.61
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Robbins	34	5.69	−2.41
Majority			59	9.87	+1.31
Turnout			598	44.59	−2.23
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.66

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Mitchel Troy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey (Geoff) C. Burrows	350	63.99	+10.39
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Willott	197	36.01	−10.39
Majority			153	27.98	+20.78
Turnout			548	58.54	+5.03
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.39

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Monmouth, Dixton with Osbaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Hayward	549	64.14	+16.70
	Liberal Democrats	Anthea M. Dewhurst	307	35.86	−16.70
Majority			242	28.28	+23.16
Turnout			861	47.54	−10.82
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+16.70

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Monmouth, Drybridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan M. Wintle	488	49.24	+2.58
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bond	330	33.30	−6.43
	Labour	Maureen Roach	173	17.46	+17.46
Majority			158	15.94	+9.01
Turnout			1000	41.88	−1.55
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.51

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References

1. "Monmouthshire County Council County Council Election" (PDF). monmouthshire.gov.uk. 1 May 2008. p. 1. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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External links

• Monmouthshire County Council: List of full results
• BBC News: Monmouthshire election result 2008
• South Wales Argus: "Tories Romp Home to Monmouthshire Council Election Victory"