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2008 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election

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The fourth election to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council was held in 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 as well as community councils.

Boundary Changes

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There were no boundary changes at this election.

Overview

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All 75 council seats were up for election. Labour maintained control of the authority.

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election result 2004[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 57 +31
  Plaid Cymru 13 -25
  Liberal Democrats 2 -2
  Independent 2 -4
  Independent Labour 1 0
  Conservative 0 0.0
  Green 0 0.0

Ward Results

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Aberaman North (two seats)

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Aberaman North 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Christopher* 1,006
Labour Linda De Vet* 940
Plaid Cymru Paul Nicholls-Jones 521
Turnout 41.6 −6.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Aberaman South (two seats)

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Aberaman South 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Howard Davies 819
Plaid Cymru H. Williams 775
Labour Anita Calvert* 738
Labour R. Dalley 724
Turnout
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Abercynon (two seats)

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Abercynon 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert L. Davies* 1,006
Independent Stuart G. Gregory* 818
Labour T. Luke 487
Green John Matthews 371
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Independent Labour Swing

Aberdare East (two seats)

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Aberdare East 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Bradwick* 1,172
Labour Michael Forey* 1,152
Plaid Cymru David Alun Walters 951
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Aberdare West, Llwydcoed (three seats)

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Aberdare West, Llwydcoed 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru W. John Daniel* 1,319
Labour Ann Crimmings* 1,276
Plaid Cymru Elizabeth Walters 1,270
Labour P. David* 1,121
Plaid Cymru M. Lloyd 1,114
Labour J. Davies 1,002
Turnout 36.9 +1.6
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Beddau (one seat)

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Beddau 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent S. Assirati 437 50.2
Labour Richard Yeo 433 49.8
Majority 4 0.4
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Brynna (one seat)

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Brynna 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Roger Turner* Unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Church Village (one seat)

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Church Village 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Stacey* 600 58.6
Plaid Cymru R. Watkins 424 42.4
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Cilfynydd (one seat)

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Cilfynydd 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats S. Logan 438
Labour Barrie Morgan 318
Plaid Cymru R. Davies 71
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cwmbach (one seat)

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Cwmbach 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeff Elliot 757
Plaid Cymru A. Jarman 436
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Cwm Clydach (one seat)

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Cwm Clydach 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Norris* 339 42.0
Liberal Democrats Karen Roberts 285
Plaid Cymru Heidi Whitter 219
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Cymmer (two seats)

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Cymmer 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Davies* 721
Labour Margaret Tegg 658
Plaid Cymru H. Fisher 652
Plaid Cymru T. Richards 622
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ferndale (two seats)

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Ferndale 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Annette Davies* 895
Labour Ceri Jones* 794
Plaid Cymru V. Thomas 493
Turnout 40.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Gilfach Goch (one seat)

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Gilfach Goch 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aurfron Roberts* Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Glyncoch (one seat)

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Glyncoch 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doug Williams Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Graig (one seat)

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Graig 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joyce Cass* 339 59.2
Independent R.G. Fox 140 24.4
Plaid Cymru J. Hughes 65 11.3
Liberal Democrats G. Summers 21 3.7
TUSC Glyn Matthews 8 1.4
Majority
Turnout 33,1
Labour hold Swing

Hawthorn (one seat)

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Hawthorn 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Teressa Bates* 434 46.6
Liberal Democrats A. Denton 263 28,2
Plaid Cymru S. Fisher 234 25.1
Majority
Turnout 34.1
Labour hold Swing

Hirwaun (one seat)

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Hirwaun 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Karen Roberts 804 62.6
Labour W.A. Myring* 441 34.3 +15.0
Communist C. Griffiths 40 3.1 41.7
Majority
Turnout 41.7
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Llanharan (one seat)

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Llanharan 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geraint Hopkins* 389 39.0 −12.0
Independent D. Davies 377 37.8 +9.3
Plaid Cymru J. Dilworth 232 23.2
Majority
Turnout 34.2
Labour hold Swing

Llanharry (one seat)

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Llanharry 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru V. Williams 474 53.1
Labour N. Evans 419 46.9
Majority
Turnout 34.1
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Llantrisant (one seat)

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Llantrisant 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glynne Holmes 823 60.1
Plaid Cymru C. Willis 547 39.9
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Llantwit Fardre (two seats)

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One of the councillors elected for Plaid in 2004 had defected to Labour.

Llantwit Fardre 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joel James 539
Independent Margaret Burtonwood 500
Plaid Cymru J. Jones 491
Plaid Cymru D.R. Watkins* 466
Labour B.P. Channon* 440
Labour D.F. Stone 404
Turnout 35.3 −1.0
Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Llwynypia (one seat)

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Llwynypia 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sylvia Jones* 312
Plaid Cymru T. Coombe 146
Independent J. Gregory 142
Independent J. Davies 100
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Maerdy (one seat)

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Maerdy 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Gerwyn Evans 545
Labour K. Williams* 517
Majority
Turnout
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Mountain Ash East (one seat)

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Mountain Ash East 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Pauline Jarman* 745
Labour J. Eliot 263
Majority
Turnout
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Mountain Ash West (two seats)

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Mountain Ash West 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Morgan* 882
Labour Simon Lloyd 723
Plaid Cymru M. Davies 466
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Penrhiwceiber (two seats)

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Penrhiwceiber 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Fox 971
Labour Jane Ward* 870
Plaid Cymru L. Warner 642
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pentre (two seats)

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Pentre 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Jenkins* 1,001
Labour J. Jenkins* 809
Plaid Cymru Maureen Weaver 770
Turnout 40.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Penygraig (two seats)

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Penygraig 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Privett* 763
Labour Dennis Weeks* 757
Plaid Cymru Alison Jones 693
Turnout 33.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Penywaun (one seat)

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Penywaun 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Roberts 409
Plaid Cymru Paul James* 331
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Pontyclun (two seats)

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Pontyclun 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Huish* 1,013
Plaid Cymru Merfyn Rea* 841
Independent Gordon Norman 665
Labour M. Hayes 515
UKIP David Bevan 354
Labour C. Williams 303
Turnout
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Pontypridd (one seat)

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Pontypridd 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats S. Farr 397
Plaid Cymru D. O'Farrell 379 .2
Labour Steve Carter* 353
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Porth (two seats)

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Porth 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Davies* 838
Plaid Cymru Julie Williams* 819
Labour G. Abbott 796
Plaid Cymru Alun Cox 793
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Rhigos (one seat)

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The sitting Plaid Cymru member had been returned unopposed in 1999.

Rhigos 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Thomas 329 51.9 +51.9
Plaid Cymru R. Moses* 305 48.1 +48.1
Majority 24 3.8
Turnout 51.4
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Rhondda (two seats)

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Rhondda 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Leyshon* 721
Labour R. Smith 632
Plaid Cymru W. Daniel 379
Plaid Cymru S. Fisher 353
Liberal Democrats S. Powell-Agar 214
Turnout 39.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Rhydfelen Central / Ilan (one seat)

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Rhydfelen Central / Ilan 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Webber 491 69.8 +27.9
Plaid Cymru R. Humphreys 212 30.2 +1.0
Majority 39.6
Turnout 26.1
Labour hold Swing

Taffs Well (one seat)

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Taffs Well 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru A. Hobson* 551 54.6 −7.6
Labour T. Williams 425 42.1 +3.4
Majority 12.5 −8.1
Turnout 40.2 −6.8
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Talbot Green (one seat)

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Talbot Green 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent P. Baccara 684 75.5
Labour J. Bishop 116 12.8 −3.3
Plaid Cymru J. Jones 106 11.7 −10.2
Majority 62.7
Turnout 49.5
Independent hold Swing

Tonteg (two seats)

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Tonteg 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Butler 831
Labour W.J. David* 807
Plaid Cymru J. Bunn* 537
Plaid Cymru C. Jones 396
Turnout 42.7
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tonypandy (one seat)

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The retiring member had defected from Plaid Cymru to the Liberal Democrats since 1999.

Tonypandy 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Middle 594 53.2 +17.6
Plaid Cymru C. Ludlow 228 20.4 −31.9
Liberal Democrats K. Jones* 188 12.0 +4.8
RRP K. Dickenson 107 9.6 +9.6
Majority 32.8
Turnout 46.1
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Tonyrefail East (two seats)

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Tonyrefail East 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. B. McDonald* 783
Labour R. Roberts* 769
Plaid Cymru P. Doyle 548
Plaid Cymru Danny Grehan 509
Turnout 36.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tonyrefail West (one seat)

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Tonyrefail West 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Hanagan* 808 74.7 −5.6
Plaid Cymru D. Watkins 274 25.3 +25.3
Majority 49.4 −11.2
Turnout 28.8 −5.0
Labour hold Swing

Trallwn (one seat)

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Trallwn 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Powell 597 51.4 −1.8
Labour A.W. Bevan 339 29.2 −1.1
Plaid Cymru C. Gregory 225 16.5 +2.9
Majority 22.2 −0.7
Turnout 42.1 −9.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Trealaw (one seat)

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Trealaw 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Carnell 636 50.0 +11.3
Plaid Cymru R. Winter* 414 33.1 −8.0
RRP J. Gregory 211 16.9 +16.9
Majority 16.9
Turnout 46.4 +2.1
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Treforest (one seat)

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Treforest 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Geraint Day 246 36.6 +7.0
Liberal Democrats A. Southgate 228 33.9 +10.0
Labour J. Brookman 198 29.5 −6.0
Majority 2.7
Turnout 29.2 −6.3
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Treherbert (two seats)

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Treherbert 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Morgan 1.074
Labour D. Williams 1.065
Plaid Cymru Geraint Rhys Davies* 1,063
Plaid Cymru L. Jones* 965
Turnout 54.3
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Treorchy (three seats)

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Treorchy 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Cennard Davies* 1,519
Plaid Cymru E. Hancock* 1,463
Labour T. Haskins 1,335
Labour M. Williams 1,290
Plaid Cymru R. Knape 1,222
Labour D.M. Lewis 1,136
Turnout 51.5
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Tylorstown (two seats)

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Tylorstown 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D.R. Bevan* 1,038
Labour L. Adams 859
Plaid Cymru M. Brittain* 380
Independent J. Lewis 317
Turnout 48.6 −5.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Tyn-y-Nant (one seat)

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Tyn-y-Nant 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C.J. Willis* 675 75.5 −0.2
Plaid Cymru M. Richards 219 24.5 +0.2
Majority 51.0 −0.5
Turnout 38.5 −5.2
Labour hold Swing

Ynyshir (one seat)

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Ynyshir 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Langford 747 67.0 +4.9
Plaid Cymru M. Lush 368 33.0 −4.9
Majority 34.0 +9.7
Turnout 48.9 −2.3
Labour hold Swing

Ynysybwl (one seat)

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Ynysybwl 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru D. Arnold 508 38.9 −6.8
Labour G. Crocker 339 26.0 −4.6
Independent D.S. Breeze 254 19.4 −2.9
Liberal Democrats D. Smith 205 15.7 +15.7
Majority 12.9 −1.9
Turnout 39.4 −5.2
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Ystrad (two seats)

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Ystrad 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Cannon 1,140
Labour M. Watts 958
Plaid Cymru Syd Morgan* 740
Plaid Cymru J. Jones* 589
Independent R. Davey 257
Turnout 47.4 −3.9
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Rhondda Cynon Taff council". 11 June 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2019.