2008 Welsh local elections

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2008 Welsh local elections

The 2008 Welsh local elections took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of all twenty-two local authorities in Wales. They were held alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. The previous elections were held in 2004.

Quick Facts All 1,270 seats to 22 Welsh councils, First party ...
2008 Welsh local elections

 2004 1 May 2008 (2008-05-01) 2012 

All 1,270 seats to 22 Welsh councils[1]
  First party Second party
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Leader Rhodri Morgan Ieuan Wyn Jones
Party Labour Plaid Cymru
Leader since 9 February 2000 16 March 2000
Last election 479 seats, 30.6%[1] 175 seats, 16.4%
Seats won 345 206
Seat change 134 31
Popular vote 253,029 159,847
Popular vote (%) 26.6% 16.8%
Swing (pp) 4.0% 0.4%

  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Nick Bourne Michael German
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since August 1999 November 2007
Last election 107 seats, 11.0% 146 seats, 13.9%
Seats won 174 165
Seat change 67 19
Popular vote 148,708 123,175
Popular vote (%) 15.6% 13.0%
Swing (pp) 4.6% 0.9%

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Colours denote the winning party with outright control (left), and the largest party by ward (right)
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Results

More information Party, Votes ...
Party Votes[1]  % +/- Councils[2] +/- Seats +/-
Labour 253,029 26.6% Decrease4.0% 2 Decrease 6 345 Decrease134
Independent 217,369 22.9% Increase0.3% 4 Increase1 334 Increase13
Plaid Cymru 159,847 16.8% Increase0.4% 0 Decrease 1 206 Increase31
Conservative 148,708 15.6% Increase4.6% 2 Increase 1 174 Increase67
Liberal Democrats 123,175 13.0% Decrease0.9% 0 Steady 165 Increase19
Blaenau Gwent PV 9,187 1.0% Increase1.0% 0 Steady 8 Increase 8
Llais Gwynedd 7,119 0.7% Increase0.7% 0 Steady 13 Increase13
Green 6,568 0.7% Decrease0.5% 0 Steady 0 Steady
Other 25,214 2.7% Decrease 1.6% 0 Steady 19 Decrease17
No overall control n/a n/a n/a 14 Increase 5 n/a n/a
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Councils

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Perspective

In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.

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