Local Election Results 2008
Castell-nedd Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot
One Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers Association councillor and four Labour councillors were elected unopposed.
Bean = New Millennium Bean Party
NPTRA = Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers Association
SDP = Social Democratic Party
Other results for Neath Port Talbot:
2004
2012
2017
2022
By-elections for Neath Port Talbot (may be incomplete): 2nd March 2006 (Baglan)
— 6th May 2010 (Neath N.)
— 14th October 2010 (Neath N.)
— 6th December 2012 (Neath S.)
— 17th October 2013 (Sandfields E.)
— 30th October 2014 (Sandfields E.)
— 7th May 2015 (Cwmllynfell)
— 20th October 2016 (Blaengwrach)
— 23rd November 2017 (Bryn-côch S.)
— 16th August 2018 (Gwynfi)
— 23rd May 2019 (Resolven)
— 20th June 2019 (Pelenna)
— 14th November 2019 (Rhos)
— 6th May 2021 (Aberavon)
— 15th February 2024 (Briton Ferry E.; Rhos)
— 28th March 2024 (Neath E.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
20160 |
44.9% |
37 |
| Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales |
9119 |
20.3% |
11 |
| Independent |
6072 |
13.5% |
6 |
| Neath Port Talbot Residents Association |
5116 |
11.4% |
3 |
| Liberal Democrat |
2230 |
5.0% |
4 |
| Social Democratic Party |
1293 |
2.9% |
3 |
| Conservative |
516 |
1.1% |
0 |
| New Millennium Bean Party |
369 |
0.8% |
0 |
| Tony Taylor |
SDP |
893 |
69.7% |
| Jeffrey Dinham |
SDP |
755 |
|
| John Sullivan |
SDP |
730 |
|
| Arthur Howells |
Lab |
389 |
30.3% |
| John Sparks |
Lab |
376 |
|
| Barbara Trahar |
Lab |
331 |
|
| Doreen Jones |
Lab |
457 |
52.8% |
| Lindy Ware |
PC |
408 |
47.2% |
| David Lewis |
Lab |
441 |
57.3% |
| Huw Evans |
PC |
328 |
42.7% |
| Juliet Hopkins |
Lab |
unop. |
|
| Peter Richards |
Lab |
unop. |
|
| John Tallamy |
NPTRA |
unop. |
|
| Alf Siddley |
Lab |
432 |
53.2% |
| Carolyn Edwards |
PC |
380 |
46.8% |
| Colin Morgan |
Lab |
558 |
67.7% |
| Anthony Vallario |
C |
266 |
32.3% |
| Hugh James |
Lab |
698 |
85.7% |
| Dick Riddle |
C |
116 |
14.3% |
| Ivor Williams |
Lab |
1162 |
41.7% |
| Marian Lewis |
Lab |
993 |
|
| Brin Roblin |
Ind |
959 |
34.4% |
| Allan Bevan |
Ind |
888 |
|
| Allan Jones |
Lab |
796 |
|
| Dave Shepherd |
NPTRA |
664 |
23.8% |
| John Bryant |
PC |
560 |
57.0% |
| Dick Mathews |
Lab |
422 |
43.0% |
| Janice Dudley |
PC |
1024 |
55.5% |
| Tony Wyn-Jones |
PC |
841 |
|
| Mike Richards |
Lab |
820 |
44.5% |
| Cheryl Thomas |
Lab |
660 |
|
| Frank Little |
LD |
343 |
57.7% |
| Maureen Funning |
Lab |
251 |
42.3% |
| John Warman |
LD |
1017 |
71.8% |
| Desmond Sparkes |
LD |
614 |
|
| Brian Warlow |
Lab |
400 |
28.2% |
| Stephen Williams |
Lab |
350 |
|
| Arthur Davies |
Lab |
531 |
36.4% |
| Betsan Richards |
Ind |
419 |
28.7% |
| Paula Bebell |
Lab |
272 |
|
| Alyson Thomas |
PC |
270 |
18.5% |
| Lee Saunders |
NPTRA |
238 |
16.3% |
| Jen Davies |
PC |
205 |
|
| Keith Davies |
LD |
517 |
69.1% |
| Janet Jones |
Ind |
231 |
30.9% |
| Hary Bebell |
Lab |
419 |
53.1% |
| Robert Hay |
Ind |
236 |
29.9% |
| Sarah Baker |
C |
134 |
17.0% |
| William Morgan |
PC |
494 |
61.8% |
| Peter Richards |
Lab |
305 |
38.2% |
| Eirion Richards |
Lab |
unop. |
|
| Scott Jones |
Lab |
594 |
56.2% |
| David Williams |
NPTRA |
463 |
43.8% |
| Martyn Peters |
PC |
958 |
76.0% |
| Stephen Absalom |
Ind |
302 |
24.0% |
| Glyn Rawlings |
Lab |
312 |
62.5% |
| Lindsay Milsom |
NPTRA |
187 |
37.5% |
| Del Morgan |
PC |
740 |
55.5% |
| Horace Lewis |
PC |
668 |
|
| Eifion Jenkins |
Lab |
594 |
44.5% |
| Eddie Jones |
Lab |
495 |
|
| Rosalyn Davies |
PC |
273 |
50.4% |
| Jack Myers |
Lab |
269 |
49.6% |
| Lynda Williams |
Lab |
550 |
64.1% |
| Gerald James |
PC |
308 |
35.9% |
| Jane Jones |
Ind |
390 |
57.5% |
| Colin Day |
Lab |
288 |
42.5% |
| Stan Mason |
Lab |
544 |
53.1% |
| Leslie Davies |
NPTRA |
480 |
46.9% |
| Sheila Penry |
Lab |
798 |
53.4% |
| John Miller |
Lab |
718 |
|
| Sandra Miller |
Lab |
718 |
|
| Philippa Edwards |
PC |
696 |
46.6% |
| Breandan MacCathail |
PC |
654 |
|
| Derek Vaughan |
Lab |
995 |
62.5% |
| Emmanuel Loaring |
Lab |
788 |
|
| Tony Phillips |
Ind |
596 |
37.5% |
| Peter Rees |
Lab |
700 |
59.9% |
| Mal Gunter |
Lab |
663 |
|
| John Williams |
NPTRA |
469 |
40.1% |
| David Howells |
NPTRA |
441 |
|
| Alun Thomas |
Lab |
341 |
67.3% |
| Marion Morgan |
PC |
166 |
32.7% |
| Lance Whiteley |
Lab |
279 |
62.1% |
| Annette Sparkes |
LD |
170 |
37.9% |
| Mike James |
Lab |
819 |
53.3% |
| Linet Purcell |
PC |
718 |
46.7% |
| Bob Williams |
PC |
705 |
|
| Tina Lambourne |
Lab |
666 |
|
| Andrew Tutton |
NPTRA |
805 |
53.0% |
| Dennis Keogh |
NPTRA |
762 |
|
| Ian James |
Lab |
715 |
47.0% |
| Dawn Sawyers |
Lab |
704 |
|
| Scott Sullivan |
NPTRA |
689 |
|
| Christopher Mainwaring |
Lab |
681 |
|
| Des Davies |
Lab |
611 |
56.6% |
| David Jones |
PC |
469 |
43.4% |
| Marcia Spooner |
PC |
578 |
62.6% |
| Paul Thomas |
Lab |
346 |
37.4% |
| Lella James |
Ind |
1251 |
40.9% |
| Collin Crowley |
Lab |
921 |
30.1% |
| Ted Latham |
Lab |
912 |
|
| Pat Jones |
Lab |
609 |
|
| Clive Davies |
NPTRA |
520 |
17.0% |
| Brian Morris |
NPTRA |
472 |
|
| Captain Beany |
Bean |
369 |
12.1% |
| Olga Jones |
Lab |
964 |
46.8% |
| Pam Thomas |
Lab |
904 |
|
| Len Willis |
Lab |
790 |
|
| Ollie Davies |
NPTRA |
696 |
33.8% |
| Wayne Hughes |
NPTRA |
653 |
|
| Dean Williams |
NPTRA |
441 |
|
| Wayne Morris |
SDP |
400 |
19.4% |
| Stephen Hunt |
Ind |
599 |
62.3% |
| Peter Lloyd |
Lab |
362 |
37.7% |
| John Rogers |
Lab |
1040 |
49.4% |
| Anthony Taylor |
Lab |
699 |
|
| Aneurin Lewis |
NPTRA |
594 |
28.2% |
| John Hughes |
Ind |
473 |
22.4% |
| Erica Tutton |
NPTRA |
332 |
|
| Bill Walters |
Ind |
616 |
76.4% |
| Kelvin George |
Lab |
190 |
23.6% |
| Andrea Davies |
Lab |
255 |
58.2% |
| Sheila Waye |
LD |
183 |
41.8% |
| Alun Llewelyn |
PC |
749 |
65.9% |
| Noir James |
Lab |
388 |
34.1% |
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