2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election

The fourth election to Carmarthenshire County Council was held on 1 May 2008.^[1] It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. While the Independent councillors again had the largest number of seats, Plaid Cymru gained considerable ground, notably in the Llanelli and Ammanford areas. The Independents formed a coalition with Labour.

Full results of the election were published in the local press.^[2]

Overview

Carmarthenshire County Council election result 2008
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Independent	32	4	4	0	43.2	37.9	24,232
Plaid Cymru	30	14	1	+13	40.5	36.0	23,015
Labour	11	2	16	-14	14.8	22.5	14,364
Conservative	0	0	1	-1	0.0	1.7	1,093
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	1.3	1.3	842
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	285
Ratepayers	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	79

Results by ward

Abergwili (one seat)

Abergwili 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pamela Ann Palmer*	742	76.4	+15.0
	Plaid Cymru	Carl Harris	229	23.6	+1.3
Majority			513	52.8	+13.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Ammanford (one seat)

Ammanford 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael Hugh Evans*	457
	Plaid Cymru	Deian Harries	451
Majority			6
	Labour hold		Swing

Betws (one seat)

Betws 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Eira Audrey Jones	274
	Plaid Cymru	Annette Price	224
	Labour	John Dorian Evans*	217
Majority			50
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Bigyn two seats)

Bigyn 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Michael Burns	740
Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	729
Labour	Sandra Melita Cooke*	603
Labour	David Charles Prothero*	476
Independent	Brian Davies	230
Independent	Peter William Dunkley	210
Independent	Lawrence Jenkins	202
Independent	Dai Rees	84
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Burry Port (two seats)

Burry Port 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Stephen Randall James*	931
Labour	Patricia Ethel Mary Jones*	854
Plaid Cymru	John Jack James	623
Labour	Andrew Phillips	298
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Bynea (one seat)

Bynea 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gwynne Harris Woolridge*	505
	Independent	Stephen Michael Donoghue	244
	Labour	Mair Bartlett	196
Majority			261
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town North (two seats)

Carmarthen Town North 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths*	1,058
Plaid Cymru	Gareth Owen Jones	740
Labour	Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose	462
Independent	David Neil Lewis	461
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

Carmarthen Town South 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Arwel Lloyd	626
Independent	Stephen Paul Dunn	369
Independent	June Williams*	361
Labour	Philip William Grice*	356
Independent	Dudley Evans	231
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town West (two seats)

Carmarthen Town West 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Alan Douglas Thomas Speake*	967
Independent	Arthur Davies*	748
Plaid Cymru	Tom Talog Defis	530
Labour	Marc Scaife	315
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Cenarth (one seat)

Cenarth 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Haydn Jones*	653
	Plaid Cymru	Susan Jones	190
Majority			463
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilycwm (one seat)

Cilycwm 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Theophilus*	474
Independent	Marianne Goddard-Peperzak	178
Independent	Roger Melvin Pipe	76
Independent hold		Swing

Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Dorrien Thomas*	795
Plaid Cymru	Andrew John Dixon	650
Independent hold		Swing

Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	James Eirwyn Williams*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Dafen (one seat)

Dafen 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Tegwen Devichand*	532
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammad Alam Choudry	402
Majority			130
	Labour hold		Swing

Elli (one seat)

John Paul Jenkins was elected as a Conservative in 2004 but subsequently became an Independent

Elli 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Paul Jenkins*	575	55.3
	Labour	Janice Williams	234	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Jean Edmunds	231	22.2
Majority			341
	Independent hold		Swing

Felinfoel (one seat)

Felinfoel 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David William Hugh Richards*	296
	Labour	Henry John Evans	179
	Plaid Cymru	Margarita Lewis	88
Majority			117
	Independent hold		Swing

Garnant (one seat)

Garnant 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Kevin Madge*	507
Plaid Cymru	Emyr Williams	274
Labour hold		Swing

Glanaman (one seat)

Glanaman 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	David Jenkins	440
Labour	David Colin Evans*	379
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Glanymor (two seats)

Glanymor 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Winston James Lemon	532
Independent	John Evan Jones	475
Labour	David Allan Tucker*	431
Plaid Cymru	Keith Skivington	420
Labour	Gerald Frederick Meyler*	398
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Glyn (one seat)

Glyn 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas James Jones*	500
	Independent	Terence Vaughan Owens	274
	Labour	Ron Lewis	138
Majority			226
	Independent hold		Swing

Gorslas (two seats)

Gorslas 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Terry Davies*	915
Independent	Henry Clive Scourfield*	871
Plaid Cymru	Emyr Wyn Thomas	686
Labour hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Hendy (one seat)

Hendy 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Steve Lloyd-Janes	637
	Plaid Cymru	Maria Isabel Slader	408
Majority			229
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Hengoed (two seats)

Hengoed 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Sian Caiach	628
Plaid Cymru	Mari Lyn Davies	516
Labour	Eryl Morgan*	359
Labour	Keith Price Davies*	334
Independent	Alan Mathew Davies	270
Independent	David Hughes	217
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Kidwelly (one seat)

Kidwelly 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Keith Davies	429
	Independent	Gwilym Glanmor Jones*	330
	Plaid Cymru	Huw Gilasbey	217
	Independent	Michael Higgins	163
	Ratepayer	Tessa Finch	79
	Independent	Jack Holmes	26
	Independent	Dena Lloyd Waterford	21
Majority			99
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Laugharne Township (one seat)

Laugharne Township 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jane Tremlett	600
	Conservative	Neil Davies	394
	Labour	Steve Morris	147
Majority			206
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanboidy 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel James Roy Llewellyn	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanddarog (one seat)

Llanddarog 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William John Wyn Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo (one seat)

Llandeilo 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Ieuan Goronwy Jones*	787
Conservative	Juliana Maria-Jane Hughes	306
Independent hold		Swing

Llandovery Town (one seat)

Llandovery Town 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivor John Jackson*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandybie (two seats)

Anthony Davies was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Mary Thomas.

Llandybie 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Anthony Davies*	949
Labour	Anthony Wyn Jones*	474
Plaid Cymru	Anthony John Roberts	357
Independent	Winston Kenneth Griffiths	340
Plaid Cymru	Owen Hathaway	303
Independent	Meirion Bowen	151
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dillwyn Anthony Williams*	649
	Independent	John Mansel Charles	347
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Ellis Jones-Davies	239
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Rhys Davies*	611
	Conservative	Tony Jukes	132
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Linda Evans	817
	Independent	Emyr Davies	371
	Conservative	Douglas Mearns Spragg	169
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangadog (one seat)

Llangadog 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Huw Morgan	489
	Independent	John Price	360
	Plaid Cymru	Wyn Jones	206
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeler (one seat)

Llangeler 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	John David George Crossley*	901
	Independent	Caroline Roberts	438
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangennech (two seats)

Llangenench 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Gwyneth Thomas*	976
Plaid Cymru	William Gwyn Hopkins*	874
Labour	Jeff Edmunds	363
Independent	John Willock	306
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangunnor 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Clifford Merlin Jones*	517
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Elwyn Williams	466
Majority			51
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (one seat)

Llangyndeyrn 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	William Tyssul Evans*	820
	Labour	Len John	290
	Independent	Carol Rees	181
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llannon (two seats)

Llannon 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Emlyn Dole	821
Plaid Cymru	Philip Meredith Williams	801
Labour	Terrence Maxwell Evans	551
Independent	Cameron Howard Morgan	521
Labour	Ryan Thomas	413
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llansteffan (one seat)

Llansteffan 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Daff Davies*	570
	Plaid Cymru	Carys Jones	412
	Independent	Gerald Howells	113
	Conservative	Linda Parker	92
Majority			158
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanybydder (one seat)

Llanybydder 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Fiona Hughes	591
	Independent	Ieuan Wyn Davies*	569
Majority			22
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Lliedi (two seats)

Lliedi 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Huw Lewis	718
Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Denver Rees	611
Labour	William George Thomas*	551
Labour	William Edward Skinner*	540
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Llwynhendy (two seats)

Two Independent former Labour councillors defended their seats but one of those seats was lost to Plaid Cymru whose candidate, Meilyr Hughes had served as a councillor previously.

Llwynhendy 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Donald John Davies*	353
Plaid Cymru	Meilyr Bowen Hughes	305
Independent	Thomas Dillwyn Bowen*	302
Labour	Diana Darby	287
Plaid Cymru	Christopher John Slader	275
Labour	Pamela Jones	231
Independent	Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas	156
Independent hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Manordeilo and Salem
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John James Jones Davies*	641
	Plaid Cymru	Karen Maguire	234
Majority			407
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembrey (two seats)

Pembrey 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	David Malcolm Davies	600
Independent	Hugh Barrie Shepardson	581
Plaid Cymru	Joanna Mary Davies	485
Labour	Vincent John Rees*	437
Labour	Haydn Cripps Beynon	386
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Penygroes (one seat)

Penygroes
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Siân Elisabeth Thomas*	608
	BNP	Kevin Edwards	193
Majority			415

Pontamman (one seat)

Pontamman
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Marie Binney	445
	Labour	Vivian Lynne Llewellyn*	431
Majority			14
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Pontyberem (one seat)

Pontyberem
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Joy Williams*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Quarter Bach (one seat)

Quarter Bach
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Elizabeth Wyn	592
	Labour	Elwyn Williams*	446
Majority
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

St Clears (one seat)

St Clears
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Philip Morris Hughes*	557
	Independent	Keith Alan Major	411
	Independent	William Edmund Vincent John Davies	380
Majority			146
	Independent hold		Swing

St Ishmaels (one seat)

St Ishmaels
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Lydia Mair Stephens*	759
Plaid Cymru	David Huw John	418
Independent hold		Swing

Saron (two seats)

Saron
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	John Garfield Edwards*	889
Labour	Alan Peter Cooper*	856
Plaid Cymru	Ronald George Richards	680
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Swiss Valley (one seat)

Swiss Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Anthony Giles Morgan*	518
	Plaid Cymru	Rhydwyn Ifan	209
	Labour	Nigel Rush	186
Majority			309
	Independent hold		Swing

Trelech (one seat)

Trelech
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William David Thomas*	655
Plaid Cymru	Byrnan Davies	305
Independent hold		Swing

Trimsaran (one seat)

Trimsaran
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Meryl Gravell*	508
	Plaid Cymru	Dilwyn John Jones	227
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Tycroes (one seat)

Tycroes 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Thomas Enoch*	422
	Plaid Cymru	Sion-Aled Wyn Higgins	309
	BNP	Mike Green	92
Majority			113
	Labour hold		Swing

Tyisha (two seats)

Tyisha 2008
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Keri Peter Thomas*	504
Plaid Cymru	Roger Thomas Price	455
Plaid Cymru	Michael Llewellyn Evans	453
Labour	Martin Philip Morris*	431
Labour hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Sue Allen	593
	Labour	Vivienne Morris	219
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

By-Elections 2008-2012

Llanegwad by-election 2011

A by-election was held in Llanegwad on 23 June 2011 following the retirement of long-serving Independent councillor Dillwyn Williams.^[3]

Llanegwad 2011 by-election
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	John Mansel Charles	494
Independent	Clive Pugh	455
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

References

^ "Election Archive" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014. These results were removed from the council website in 2015.
^ "Results". South Wales Evening Post. 2 May 2008.
^ "Llanegwad Electoral Division" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

[2008_ccc_results-1] "Election Archive" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014. These results were removed from the council website in 2015.

[2] "Results". South Wales Evening Post. 2 May 2008.

[2011_Llanegwad_by-el-3] "Llanegwad Electoral Division" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

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