2008 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election

The fourth election to 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.^[2]

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 by ward

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
	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 (three seats)

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 (one seat)

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

Bryncoch South (two seats)

Bryncoch South 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Janice Dudley*	1,024
	Plaid Cymru	Tony Wyn-Jones	841
	Labour	Mike Richards	820
	Labour	Cheryl Thomas	660
Turnout			1,817	40.6	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	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 (two seats)

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 (one seat)

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 (one seat)

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 (one seat)

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 (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Eirion Richards*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cymmer (one seat)

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 (one seat)

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 (one seat)

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)

Glynneath 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Delwyn Morgan*	740
	Plaid Cymru	Horace Thomas Lewis*	668
	Labour	Eifion Rhys Jenkins	594
	Labour	Eddie Jones	495
Turnout			1,337	48.5	+0.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Godre'r Graig (one seat)

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 (one seat)

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 (one seat)

Lower Brynamman 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arwyn Nigel Woolcock*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Margam (one seat)

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 (three seats)

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 (two seats)

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 (two seats)

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 (one seat)

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 (one seat)

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 (three seats)

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 (three seats)

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 (two seats)

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 (one seat)

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.
^ Elections 2008 - Neath Port Talbot, BBC News.

[NPT_website_2008-1] "County Borough Council Election" (PDF). Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

[2] Elections 2008 - Neath Port Talbot, BBC News.

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