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Local Election Results 2008

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Bridgend

One Labour councillor was elected unopposed.

Other results for Bridgend: 2004 2012 2017 2022
By-elections for Bridgend (may be incomplete): 18th February 2010 (Pendre) — 30th August 2012 (Bettws) — 13th January 2013 (Bryncoch) — 2nd May 2013 (Llangewydd & Brynhyfryd) — 7th May 2015 (Newcastle) — 12th November 2015 (Ogmore Vale) — 6th May 2021 (Nant-y-moel) — 16th December 2021 (Caerau) — 11th August 2022 (Bridgend C.) — 7th March 2024 (Aberkenfig)

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Consolidated results — Bridgend 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 16262 39.1% 27
Liberal Democrat 9560 23.0% 11
Independent 7404 17.8% 9
Conservative 6830 16.4% 6
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 1425 3.4% 1
British National Party 82 0.2% 0

Aberkenfig

Mel Winter Ind 380 52.6%
Gary Haines Lab 342 47.4%

Bettws

Christopher Michaelides Lab 330 76.6%
Roger Marsh LD 101 23.4%

Blackmill

Hywel Williams Lab 322 46.5%
Dennis Day LD 232 33.5%
Margaret Davies PC 139 20.1%

Blaengarw [Lab gain from Ind]

David Pugh Lab 408 60.8%
Carl Rees LD 263 39.2%

Brackla (4)

David Sage Lab 1158 41.3%
Pat Hacking C 1140 40.7%
John Spanswick Lab 1118
Terry Hacking C 1043
Matthew Voisey C 989
Alan Wathan C 920
Craig Jones Lab 913
William Bennett Lab 903
Annmarie Vaughan LD 503 18.0%
Suleman Hawas LD 449

Bryncethin

Gary Thomas Lab 218 62.6%
Bernie McLeer LD 130 37.4%

Bryncoch [Lab gain from Ind]

Pat Penpraze Lab 258 48.5%
Les Phillips Ind 151 28.4%
Craig Lambourne Ind 123 23.1%

Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr (2)

Cheryl Green LD 1030 48.5%
Wayne Morgan LD 843
Tudor Greaves C 573 27.0%
Wayne Warlow C 545
Gwen Bradford Lab 519 24.5%
Christine Faulkner Lab 472

Caerau (3)

Steve Smith Ind 992 52.6%
Kenneth Hunt Ind 936
Philip White Lab 895 47.4%
Keith Rowlands Lab 822
Lynne Beedle Lab 648

Cefn Cribwr

Huw David Lab 529 79.2%
Kevin Burnell PC 139 20.8%

Cefn Glas

Cleone Westwood Lab 285 52.5%
Paul Warren LD 176 32.4%
Adam Lloyd BNP 82 15.1%

Coity [Ind gain from LD]

Ella Dodd Ind 285 71.4%
Jackie Radford LD 100 25.1%
Mike Sully Lab 14 3.5%

Cornelly (2) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

Jeff Tildesley Ind 1190 55.1%
Megan Butcher Ind 811
Richard Granville Lab 686 31.8%
Diane Spanswick Lab 373
David Deere C 282 13.1%

Coychurch Lower

Peter Evans Ind 245 48.4%
John Lewis C 199 39.3%
William May Lab 62 12.3%

Felindre

Mike Gregory Lab 340 37.9%
Alex Williams C 309 34.4%
Brian Watkins LD 248 27.6%

Hendre (2) [1 Lab gain from LD]

Kim Watkins LD 601 41.5%
Richard Williams Lab 477 32.9%
Jim Hancock Lab 438
Jim Hipkiss LD 416
Ywain Shakespeare C 370 25.6%

Litchard [Ind gain from C]

Don Brett Ind 402 45.6%
Muriel Howells LD 195 22.1%
Gary Griffiths Lab 146 16.6%
Jill Sweet C 139 15.8%

Llangeinor

Marlene Thomas Lab 262 73.2%
Colin Evans Ind 96 26.8%

Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd

Eric Hughes LD 365 55.8%
Malcolm Francis Lab 289 44.2%

Llangynwyd [PC gain from Ind]

Robert James PC 451 42.1%
Idris Williams Lab 314 29.3%
Mari Jones Ind 306 28.6%

Maesteg East (2) [1 Lab gain from Ind]

David Edwards Lab 1025 63.3%
Mal Reeves Lab 974
Bill Evans Ind 594 36.7%

Maesteg West (2)

Colin Teesdale Lab 702 36.9%
Don Buttle Lab 691
Gary Lewis LD 473 24.9%
Martin Plant LD 463
Geoff Fahey Ind 382 20.1%
John Williams PC 343 18.1%
Alan Gould Ind 258

Morfa (2)

Peter Foley LD 686 61.0%
Beverley Quennell LD 654
Dennis Davey Lab 439 39.0%
Haydn Morgan Lab 390

Nant-y-moel [Lab gain from Ind]

David Jones Lab 423 54.0%
Ralph Hughes Ind 360 46.0%

Newcastle (2)

Mervyn Lewis C 716 39.2%
David Unwin C 690
Huw Morris Lab 653 35.7%
Yvonne Nott Lab 571
Tony Berrow LD 459 25.1%

Newton

Kenneth Watts C 691 52.2%
Phil Rixon Ind 344 26.0%
John Bunker Lab 288 21.8%

Nottage [LD gain from C]

Norah Clarke LD 540 41.0%
David Newton-Williams C 475 36.0%
Ken Rees Lab 229 17.4%
Nicholas Thomas PC 74 5.6%

Ogmore Vale [Lab gain from PC]

Ralph Shepherd Lab 724 72.2%
Michael Quick PC 279 27.8%

Oldcastle (2) [1 Lab gain from LD]

Bob Burns LD 555 34.7%
Edith Hughes Lab 540 33.8%
David Williams C 505 31.6%
Maisie Williams C 504
Diane Burns LD 503
Patricia Thomson Lab 375

Pen-y-fai [Ind gain from LD]

Meryl Wilkins Ind 372 43.5%
Alex Marshall LD 277 32.4%
Kay Smart C 116 13.6%
Colin Thomson Lab 91 10.6%

Pendre

Mike Simmonds LD 278 50.6%
Richard Young Lab 271 49.4%

Penprysg [LD gain from Lab]

Carol Davies LD 521 58.9%
Lilian Davies Lab 364 41.1%

Pontycymmer

Reg Jenkins Lab unop.

Porthcawl East Central

Alana Davies Lab 412 39.8%
Michael Clarke LD 357 34.5%
Bobby Lewis C 265 25.6%

Porthcawl West Central

Rosemary Deere C 584 52.4%
Paul Winstanley Lab 293 26.3%
Sean Aspey LD 238 21.3%

Pyle (3)

Allan Jones Lab 1010 45.0%
Clive James Lab 1000
Megan Inglesant Lab 969
Cheryl Butcher Ind 962 42.8%
Michele Harding Ind 662
David Morgan Ind 569
Anita Langdon LD 274 12.2%

Rest Bay

Gerald Davies LD 554 54.3%
Caroline Vaughan C 466 45.7%

Sarn

Mel Nott Lab 509 69.8%
Glan Walters Ind 220 30.2%

Ynysawdre

Lyn Morgan Lab 435 51.8%
Ian Jones LD 404 48.2%

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