Local Election Results 2008
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Swansea
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Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
19573 |
25.9% |
30 |
| Liberal Democrat |
16575 |
21.9% |
23 |
| Conservative |
12582 |
16.7% |
4 |
| Independent |
7775 |
10.3% |
7 |
| Independents @ Swansea |
6973 |
9.2% |
6 |
| Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales |
6391 |
8.5% |
1 |
| Green Party |
2916 |
3.9% |
0 |
| British National Party |
1949 |
2.6% |
0 |
| People's Representative |
450 |
0.6% |
1 |
| Socialist Alternative |
172 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Communist Party of Britain |
112 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Left List |
95 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Keith Marsh |
Ind |
730 |
53.8% |
| Carole Hyde |
C |
516 |
38.1% |
| Rashid Malik |
Grn |
110 |
8.1% |
| Mair Gibbs |
Lab |
1052 |
44.0% |
| John Hague |
Ind |
893 |
37.3% |
| Sion Owens |
BNP |
447 |
18.7% |
| Robert Lloyd |
Lab |
1105 |
33.3% |
| David Phillips |
Lab |
1029 |
|
| Erika Kirchner |
Lab |
1009 |
|
| Barbara Hynes |
Lab |
999 |
|
| Gareth Jones |
LD |
735 |
22.1% |
| Stephanie David |
LD |
726 |
|
| Tanya May |
LD |
724 |
|
| David Joseph |
LD |
702 |
|
| Rhys Jones |
PC |
520 |
15.7% |
| Hugh Parsons |
PC |
484 |
|
| Patrick Powell |
PC |
478 |
|
| Harri Davies |
C |
432 |
13.0% |
| Harri Roberts |
PC |
411 |
|
| Paul Morris |
C |
388 |
|
| Sonya Morris |
C |
353 |
|
| Alexander Stonor |
C |
350 |
|
| Alec Thraves |
SocAlt |
172 |
5.2% |
| Colin Davies |
I@S |
151 |
4.5% |
| David Davies |
I@S |
115 |
|
| Michael Carty |
Comm |
112 |
3.4% |
| Moodie Khaldi |
Left |
95 |
2.9% |
| Roger Smith |
Lab |
1115 |
43.2% |
| Paulette Smith |
Lab |
820 |
|
| Sylvia Lewis |
LD |
710 |
27.5% |
| Julie Davies |
Ind |
509 |
19.7% |
| Janice Jarman |
LD |
322 |
|
| Janice Birch |
C |
248 |
9.6% |
| Barry Stubbings |
C |
226 |
|
| William Morgan |
LD |
1102 |
33.1% |
| Nicola Holley |
LD |
1047 |
|
| James Kelleher |
LD |
996 |
|
| Veronyca Hughes |
LD |
993 |
|
| Anna Peacock |
Lab |
985 |
29.6% |
| Andrew Jones |
Lab |
946 |
|
| Susan Lewis |
Lab |
932 |
|
| John Thomas |
PC |
879 |
26.4% |
| John Abraham |
Lab |
878 |
|
| Adrian Rees |
PC |
870 |
|
| Enid Webb |
PC |
866 |
|
| Jonathan Howes |
PC |
835 |
|
| Lisa Gilmore |
C |
363 |
10.9% |
| David Turner |
C |
360 |
|
| Craig Lawton |
C |
348 |
|
| William Ogbourne |
C |
345 |
|
| Peter Black |
LD |
1804 |
73.1% |
| Christopher Holley |
LD |
1662 |
|
| Lewis Thomas |
LD |
1335 |
|
| Cyril Anderson |
Lab |
526 |
21.3% |
| Peter Meehan |
Lab |
453 |
|
| Terence Hennegan |
Lab |
403 |
|
| Peter Demery |
C |
139 |
5.6% |
| Joanne Harvey |
C |
111 |
|
| Margaret Jones |
C |
103 |
|
| John Newbury |
LD |
992 |
58.4% |
| Nicholas Tregoning |
LD |
855 |
|
| Roy Adams |
Ind |
262 |
15.4% |
| Christine Hosgood-Jones |
Lab |
254 |
14.9% |
| Peter Rowlands |
Lab |
198 |
|
| James Harding |
C |
192 |
11.3% |
| Rowland Bevan |
Ind |
165 |
|
| David Heinrich |
C |
143 |
|
| Paxton Hood-Williams |
C |
607 |
51.3% |
| David Elliott |
LD |
304 |
25.7% |
| John Bushell |
I@S |
158 |
13.4% |
| Elisabeth Davies |
Ind |
66 |
5.6% |
| Ana Griffiths |
Grn |
48 |
4.1% |
| Glyn Seabourne |
Lab |
315 |
30.9% |
| Gillian Evans |
I@S |
229 |
22.4% |
| Darren Thomas |
PC |
210 |
20.6% |
| Diane Freeman |
Ind |
148 |
14.5% |
| William Ley |
C |
119 |
11.7% |
| Richard Lewis |
Ind |
771 |
47.1% |
| Marjorie Stubbings |
C |
587 |
35.8% |
| Michael Shaw |
Lab |
144 |
8.8% |
| David Howells |
Grn |
136 |
8.3% |
| Susan Jones |
I@S |
535 |
31.8% |
| Lyndon Jones |
C |
491 |
29.2% |
| Ronald Thomas |
Lab |
475 |
28.2% |
| Michael Sheehan |
LD |
181 |
10.8% |
| Mary Jones |
LD |
646 |
60.1% |
| Gareth Milne |
C |
236 |
22.0% |
| Jason Sannegadu |
Lab |
192 |
17.9% |
| Jeffrey Jones |
LD |
463 |
46.4% |
| Martyn Ford |
C |
247 |
24.8% |
| Michael Harper |
Lab |
168 |
16.9% |
| Peter Jones |
Grn |
119 |
11.9% |
| William Evans |
Lab |
541 |
36.1% |
| Catherine Maiden |
I@S |
458 |
30.6% |
| Phillip Sillick |
C |
314 |
21.0% |
| Pauline Selvage |
PC |
184 |
12.3% |
| Vivian Abbott |
LD |
836 |
49.0% |
| Robert Speht |
LD |
793 |
|
| Thomas White |
Lab |
585 |
34.3% |
| John James |
Lab |
552 |
|
| Susan Harwood |
BNP |
189 |
11.1% |
| Mark Burnett |
C |
95 |
5.6% |
| Henri Davies |
C |
71 |
|
| David Sullivan |
I@S |
894 |
64.8% |
| Louise Alabaster |
C |
306 |
22.2% |
| John Rasbridge |
Grn |
180 |
13.0% |
| Penelope Matthews |
Lab |
1119 |
26.6% |
| Dennis James |
Lab |
1109 |
|
| Christopher Doyle |
Lab |
919 |
|
| June Evans |
Ind |
912 |
21.6% |
| Royston Richards |
Lab |
877 |
|
| Carl Lewis |
Ind |
753 |
|
| Margaret Harris |
Ind |
722 |
|
| Clive Bennett |
BNP |
635 |
15.1% |
| Carolyne Couch |
PC |
616 |
14.6% |
| Janine Barnes |
C |
520 |
12.3% |
| Jonathan Barnes |
C |
511 |
|
| Christian Holliday |
C |
475 |
|
| Rosemarie Bridgeman |
LD |
411 |
9.8% |
| Matthew Reacord |
LD |
379 |
|
| Geoffrey Lloyd |
C |
361 |
|
| Julie Richards |
Lab |
284 |
43.4% |
| Clive Watters |
I@S |
141 |
21.5% |
| Andrew Fritche |
C |
120 |
18.3% |
| James Dunckley |
PC |
110 |
16.8% |
| Ioan Richard |
PRep |
450 |
61.9% |
| Linda Frame |
PC |
156 |
21.5% |
| Howard Griffiths |
Lab |
65 |
8.9% |
| Andrew Sivertsen |
C |
56 |
7.7% |
| Rene Kinzett |
C |
545 |
45.4% |
| Peter Birch |
I@S |
465 |
38.8% |
| Juliet Fortey |
Lab |
190 |
15.8% |
| Michael Hedges |
Lab |
2159 |
37.7% |
| Robert Lloyd |
Lab |
1776 |
|
| Robert Stewart |
Lab |
1768 |
|
| William Davies |
Lab |
1741 |
|
| Robert Francis-Davies |
Lab |
1669 |
|
| Helen Clarke |
LD |
1528 |
26.7% |
| Jonathan Clarke |
LD |
1427 |
|
| Owen Roberts |
LD |
1223 |
|
| Rachael Hitchinson |
LD |
1214 |
|
| Robert Samuel |
LD |
1142 |
|
| Richard Jones |
PC |
778 |
13.6% |
| Alan Bateman |
BNP |
678 |
11.8% |
| Hywel Couch |
PC |
619 |
|
| Michael Byrne |
C |
584 |
10.2% |
| Robert James |
C |
574 |
|
| Paul Briggs |
C |
557 |
|
| Thomas Morgan |
C |
523 |
|
| Sheila Morgan |
C |
500 |
|
| Ceinwen Thomas |
Lab |
1077 |
33.5% |
| Byron Owen |
Lab |
930 |
|
| Audrey Clement |
I@S |
911 |
28.4% |
| Austin Welsby |
Ind |
861 |
26.8% |
| Charles White |
Lab |
855 |
|
| John Evans |
I@S |
626 |
|
| Oswyn Clement |
I@S |
589 |
|
| Karan Sivertsen |
C |
362 |
11.3% |
| Glyndwr Jones |
C |
281 |
|
| Martha Jones |
C |
258 |
|
| Susan Waller |
LD |
718 |
54.0% |
| David Thomas |
C |
497 |
37.4% |
| Stephanie Cuff |
Grn |
115 |
8.6% |
| Anthony Colburn |
C |
556 |
37.2% |
| Roger Beynon |
LD |
436 |
29.1% |
| Rhodri Griffiths |
Grn |
263 |
17.6% |
| Joan Peters |
I@S |
241 |
16.1% |
| David Tucker |
Ind |
676 |
45.4% |
| John Guy |
Lab |
499 |
33.5% |
| Gordon Howells |
C |
201 |
13.5% |
| Robin Lowe |
PC |
112 |
7.5% |
| Grenville Phillips |
Lab |
931 |
50.2% |
| June Burtonshaw |
Lab |
921 |
|
| Hazel Morris |
Lab |
850 |
|
| James Young |
Grn |
470 |
25.3% |
| Vivienne Samuel |
LD |
455 |
24.5% |
| Linda Beynon |
Grn |
411 |
|
| Matthew O'Grady |
LD |
387 |
|
| Claire Smalley |
LD |
328 |
|
| Elizabeth Fitzgerald |
I@S |
873 |
87.0% |
| Nigel Rees |
Lab |
56 |
5.6% |
| Paul Sivertsen |
C |
48 |
4.8% |
| Carol Smith |
Grn |
27 |
2.7% |
| Margaret Smith |
C |
432 |
33.5% |
| Christopher James |
I@S |
288 |
22.3% |
| Alexander Lewis |
Ind |
183 |
14.2% |
| Andrew Thomas |
Ind |
151 |
11.7% |
| Dewi Evans |
PC |
135 |
10.5% |
| Peter Middleton |
Grn |
101 |
7.8% |
| David Jones |
Lab |
574 |
33.6% |
| Alan Jopling |
I@S |
553 |
32.4% |
| Alison Seabourne |
Lab |
531 |
|
| Peter Woollard |
I@S |
502 |
|
| Sandra Monk |
PC |
349 |
20.4% |
| Martin Sivertsen |
C |
233 |
13.6% |
| Robert Wilkinson |
C |
215 |
|
| John Miles |
Lab |
656 |
29.4% |
| David Howells |
I@S |
641 |
28.8% |
| Philip Downing |
Lab |
593 |
|
| Byron Lewis |
I@S |
514 |
|
| Eifion Davies |
PC |
479 |
21.5% |
| Eiry Miles |
PC |
405 |
|
| John Mathias |
Ind |
289 |
13.0% |
| Glen Routledge |
C |
164 |
7.4% |
| Robert Fisher |
C |
123 |
|
| Mervyn Jones |
Ind |
1049 |
54.8% |
| David Robinson |
Ind |
1009 |
|
| Alan Richards |
Lab |
780 |
40.8% |
| Patricia Richards |
Lab |
548 |
|
| Jonathan Burchell |
C |
84 |
4.4% |
| Darren Hann |
C |
82 |
|
| Rosina Stanton |
LD |
2604 |
40.8% |
| Arthur Day |
LD |
2201 |
|
| Huw Rees |
LD |
2084 |
|
| Cheryl Philpott |
LD |
2076 |
|
| Paul Meara |
LD |
1601 |
|
| Anthony Lloyd |
C |
1593 |
25.0% |
| Lavinia Mitchell |
C |
1443 |
|
| David Helliwell |
C |
1347 |
|
| Alice Sumner |
C |
1340 |
|
| Robert Dowdle |
C |
1126 |
|
| Ian James |
Lab |
888 |
13.9% |
| Jennifer White |
Lab |
723 |
|
| James White |
Lab |
705 |
|
| Sian Thomas |
PC |
693 |
10.9% |
| Ashaa Iftikhar |
Lab |
686 |
|
| Yvonne Jardine |
Lab |
666 |
|
| Patricia Jones |
Grn |
599 |
9.4% |
| David Hopkins |
Lab |
772 |
42.0% |
| Nicholas Bradley |
Lab |
749 |
|
| William Jones |
Lab |
682 |
|
| Jacqueline Church |
LD |
382 |
20.8% |
| James Sheridan |
LD |
375 |
|
| Terence Porter |
I@S |
330 |
18.0% |
| Thomas Caldas |
LD |
284 |
|
| Hazel McKnight |
PC |
235 |
12.8% |
| Susan Sturgess |
I@S |
183 |
|
| Simon Bevan |
C |
119 |
6.5% |
| Vincent Bishop |
C |
109 |
|
| Dayne Powell |
C |
91 |
|
| Peter May |
LD |
1828 |
40.8% |
| Stuart Rice |
LD |
1706 |
|
| Jayne Woodman |
LD |
1495 |
|
| Janet Thomas |
LD |
1488 |
|
| Sybil Crouch |
Lab |
817 |
18.2% |
| Andrew Connell |
Lab |
792 |
|
| Ian Ross |
Lab |
765 |
|
| Derek James |
Lab |
729 |
|
| Dick Phillips |
C |
593 |
13.2% |
| Andrew Smith |
Grn |
561 |
12.5% |
| Simon Bright |
C |
500 |
|
| David Rodway |
C |
472 |
|
| Annest William |
PC |
404 |
9.0% |
| Norman Whitlock |
C |
403 |
|
| Steven Clegg |
Grn |
391 |
|
| Holly Machin |
Grn |
346 |
|
| Jane McCarthy |
Ind |
275 |
6.1% |
| Jeffrey Sampson |
Ind |
236 |
|
| Nortridge Perrott |
Ind |
165 |
|
| Nigel Robbins |
Ind |
107 |
|
| Darren Price |
PC |
531 |
57.5% |
| Harding Richards Sr |
Lab |
199 |
21.5% |
| Wynford Jones |
I@S |
105 |
11.4% |
| Alan Protheroe |
C |
89 |
9.6% |
| Mark Child |
Lab |
1050 |
40.8% |
| Desmond Thomas |
Lab |
1034 |
|
| Elaine Hughes |
C |
894 |
34.8% |
| Philip Swinnerton |
C |
771 |
|
| Simon Arthur |
LD |
440 |
17.1% |
| William Jones |
LD |
377 |
|
| Marion Williams |
Grn |
187 |
7.3% |
| Erica Powell |
Grn |
144 |
|
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