2008 Vale of Glamorgan Council election
The 2008 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of Vale of Glamorgan Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election was in 2004 and the next full elections were on 3 May 2012.
2008 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations
Election result
Forty-seven seats were up for election and the Conservative Party managed to win an overall majority, where previously no party was in overal control.[1] The result took place in the context of Gordon Brown's Labour government falling to its lowest polling since the 1960s, with the Conservatives winning control of eleven other councils in England and Wales.[2]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 25 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 53.2 | 43.4 | 18,532 | ||
| Labour | 13 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 27.7 | 26.5 | 11,331 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | 6 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 8,932 | ||
| Llantwit First Independent | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 1,894 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 878 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 1.5 | 659 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 413 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 73 | ||
Ward results
| Ward | Political group | Councillor [3] | Change from last election | |
| Baruc (Barry) | Plaid Cymru | Nicholas Hodges | Plaid Cymru hold | |
| Plaid Cymru | Steffan Wiliam | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Buttrills (Barry) | Labour | Margaret Alexander | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Stuart Egan | Labour hold | ||
| Cadoc (Barry) | Labour | Fred Johnson | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Anne Moore | Labour hold | ||
| Labour | Neil Moore | Labour hold | ||
| Castleland (Barry) | Labour | Pamela Drake | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | |
| Labour | Christopher Elmore | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | ||
| Cornerswell (Penarth) | Conservative | John Fraser | Conservative gain from Labour | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Turner | Conservative gain from Labour | ||
| Court (Barry) | Labour | Richard Bertin | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Bronwen Brooks | Labour hold | ||
| Cowbridge | Conservative | Geoffrey Cox | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Valerie Ellis | Conservative hold | ||
| Conservative | Hunter Jarvie | Conservative hold | ||
| Dinas Powys | Plaid Cymru | Val Hartrey | Plaid Cymru hold | |
| Plaid Cymru | Margaret Randall | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Keith Hatton | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Christopher Williams | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Dyfan (Barry) | Conservative | Marguerita Wright | Conservative gain from Labour | |
| Conservative | Katharine Kemp | Conservative gain from Labour | ||
| Gibbonsdown (Barry) | Labour | Rob Curtis | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Margaret Wilkinson | Labour hold | ||
| Illtyd (Barry) | Conservative | Terry Hampton | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Janice Charles | Conservative hold | ||
| Conservative | Emlyn Williams | Conservative hold | ||
| Llandough | Conservative | Colin Osborne | Conservative hold | |
| Llandow and Ewenny | Conservative | Colin Vaughan | Conservative hold | |
| Llantwit Major | Llantwit First Independent | Gwyn John | Llantwit First gain from Independent [a] | |
| Llantwit First Independent | Sally Bagstaff | Llantwit First gain from Independent [a] | ||
| Llantwit First Independent | Eric Hacker | Llantwit First gain from Independent [a] | ||
| Conservative | John Clifford | Conservative hold | ||
| Peterston-Super-Ely | Conservative | Rhodri Traherne | Conservative hold | |
| Plymouth (Penarth) | Conservative | Maureen Owen | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Clive Williams | Conservative hold | ||
| Rhoose | Conservative | Jeff James | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Gordon Kemp | Conservative hold | ||
| St Athan | Conservative | John Thomas | Conservative hold | |
| St Augustine's (Penarth) | Conservative | Paul Church | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Sophie Williams | Conservative gain from Labour | ||
| St Brides Major | Conservative | Audrey Preston | Conservative hold | |
| Stanwell (Penarth) | Labour | Janice Birch | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Mark Wilson | Labour hold | ||
| Sully | Conservative | Sarah Sharpe | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Anthony Ernest | Conservative hold | ||
| Wenvoe | Conservative | Jonathan Bird | Conservative hold | |
[a] Councillors previously elected as Independent. Llantwit First Independents registered as a new political party in 2007
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References
- "Elections 2008 - Vale Of Glamorgan". BBC News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- Summers, Deborah; Wintour, Patrick; Sparrow, Andrew (2 May 2008). "Brown admits fall to third place amounts to 'bad night' for Labour". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2008: Vale of Glamorgan". Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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