Local Election Results 2008
Merthyr Tudful
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr = Merthyr Independents
Other results for Merthyr Tydfil:
2004
2012
2017
2022
By-elections for Merthyr Tydfil (may be incomplete): 13th December 2007 (Treharris)
— 23rd October 2008 (Town)
— 15th November 2012 (Cyfarthfa)
— 31st July 2014 (Penydarren)
— 7th May 2015 (Gurnos; Town)
— 26th July 2018 (Gurnos)
— 11th April 2019 (Cyfarthfa)
— 5th September 2024 (Bedlinog & Trelewis)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Independent |
8583 |
42.4% |
16 |
| Labour |
6689 |
33.0% |
8 |
| Liberal Democrat |
3248 |
16.0% |
6 |
| Merthyr Independents |
1108 |
5.5% |
3 |
| Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales |
544 |
2.7% |
0 |
| Communist Party of Britain |
86 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Leighton Smart |
Ind |
752 |
65.6% |
| Gareth Jones |
Ind |
671 |
|
| Helen Thomas |
Lab |
237 |
20.7% |
| Terence Murphy |
LD |
157 |
13.7% |
| Ian Thomas |
Lab |
118 |
|
| Leslie Elliott |
Merthyr |
1108 |
46.3% |
| Stephen Brown |
Merthyr |
933 |
|
| Malcolm Connolly |
Merthyr |
784 |
|
| Matthew Owen |
Lab |
586 |
24.5% |
| Margaret Davies |
Lab |
533 |
|
| Steve Morgan |
Ind |
422 |
17.6% |
| Maxwell Kitcher |
LD |
276 |
11.5% |
| William Rogers |
Ind |
1093 |
54.7% |
| Raymond Thomas |
Lab |
906 |
45.3% |
| Phillip Williams |
Lab |
841 |
|
| Julian Amos |
Ind |
815 |
|
| John Pritchard |
Ind |
666 |
|
| Thomas Lewis |
Lab |
560 |
|
| Lyndon Samuel |
Lab |
526 |
|
| Clive Tovey |
Ind |
610 |
55.5% |
| Adam Brown |
Ind |
603 |
|
| David Phillips |
Lab |
489 |
44.5% |
| William Smith |
Lab |
481 |
|
| Laurence Howells |
Ind |
478 |
|
| Allan Davies |
Lab |
443 |
|
| David Jarrett |
Lab |
383 |
|
| Jeffrey Edwards |
Ind |
840 |
64.6% |
| Brian Mansbridge |
Lab |
460 |
35.4% |
| Maureen Hughes |
Ind |
459 |
|
| Brendan Toomey |
Lab |
1000 |
63.6% |
| Clive Jones |
Lab |
950 |
|
| Christopher Barry |
Lab |
867 |
|
| James Stanfield |
Ind |
572 |
36.4% |
| Allan Jones |
Ind |
942 |
72.4% |
| Neil Greer |
Ind |
715 |
|
| Christopher Davies |
Ind |
606 |
|
| Clive Barsi |
Ind |
551 |
|
| Jillian Richards |
Lab |
360 |
27.6% |
| James Davies |
Lab |
345 |
|
| Sheila Davies |
Lab |
253 |
|
| Brent Carter |
LD |
936 |
35.9% |
| Kevin O'Connor |
LD |
906 |
|
| Derek Games |
Ind |
854 |
32.8% |
| Harvey Jones |
Lab |
817 |
31.3% |
| John Pappas |
LD |
649 |
|
| Ronald Clark |
Lab |
644 |
|
| Alec Clark |
Lab |
418 |
|
| Amy Kitcher |
LD |
1610 |
46.5% |
| Kurt Morgan |
LD |
1035 |
|
| Gareth Lewis |
LD |
1025 |
|
| Robert Griffin |
LD |
1021 |
|
| Ian Clark |
Lab |
657 |
19.0% |
| Mark Elliott |
Lab |
657 |
|
| Andrew Barry |
Ind |
649 |
18.8% |
| David Jones |
Lab |
572 |
|
| William Thomas |
PC |
544 |
15.7% |
| Byron Thomas |
Lab |
471 |
|
| Richard Thomas |
Ind |
1056 |
53.6% |
| Glenn Price |
Ind |
881 |
|
| Paul Smithers |
Ind |
817 |
|
| Gareth Watkins |
Lab |
646 |
32.8% |
| Ernest Galsworthy |
Lab |
516 |
|
| Ann-Marie Moran |
Lab |
508 |
|
| Ann Kitcher |
LD |
269 |
13.6% |
| Howard Barrett |
Ind |
793 |
56.2% |
| Lisa Mytton |
Ind |
617 |
|
| Stephen Jackson |
Lab |
531 |
37.7% |
| Alan Baynham |
Ind |
392 |
|
| Richard Evans |
Comm |
86 |
6.1% |
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