City of Cardiff Council election, 2008

Map of the results of the 2008 Cardiff council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Plaid Cymru in green and independent in grey.

The Cardiff Council election in 2008 was held on 1 May, along with other local elections in the UK.^[1] All 75 seats of Cardiff Council were contested, with it remaining in no overall control.

Election result

Candidates from nine parties as well as independents stood for election. Of these Liberal Democrat, Conservative, Labour, Plaid Cymru and independent councillors were elected.^[2]

Cardiff Council Election 2008^[A]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	35	5	3	+2	46.7
	Conservative	17	7	3	+4	22.7
	Labour	13	1	-14	-13	17.3
	Plaid Cymru	7	4	0	+4	9.3
	Independent	3	3	0	+3	4.0
	Green	0	0	0	=	0
	Others	0	0	0	=	0

^A The changes in party councillors in this table differs from that list by the BBC because it is based purely on changes from the previous election, not taking into account mid-term party defections or by-elections

Outcome

After this election the council remained in no overall control with the Liberal Democrats remaining the largest party on the council, after a net gain of seats. All parties gained seats, other than Labour who halved their seat share from the previous election. Three independents were elected for the first time since 1999, although two of these were former Conservative councillors that defected during the previous term.^[3]

The Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the Plaid Cymru group to lead the council; Liberal Democrat Rodney Berman became council leader, with Neil McEvoy of Plaid Cymru and Judith Woodman of the Liberal Democrats becoming deputy leaders.^[4] The Conservative party emerged as the official opposition on the council, after they became the second largest party.

Ward results

The ward results listed below^[2] are based on the changes from the 2004 elections,^[5] not taking into any mid-term by-elections or party defections.

Adamsdown (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Howells	925
	Liberal Democrat	John Dixon	891
	Labour	Sarah Merry	431
	Labour	Peter Payne	383
	Conservative	Julie Jenkins	160
	Conservative	Mary Newman	151
	Socialist Alternative	David Bartlett	98
	Plaid Cymru	Fran Rawlings	66
	The Left Party	Joe Redmond	55
Turnout			1660	27.2	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Butetown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Delme Greening	708	40.8
	Labour	Vaughan Gething	594	34.2
	Conservative	Maria Hill	294	16.9
	Independent	Ben Foday	103	5.9
	The Left Party	Karen Tyre	36	2.1
Majority			114	6.6
Turnout			1750	28.9	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Caerau (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqul Gasson	1176
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Burley	1091
	Labour	Harry Ernest	750
	Labour	Maliika Kaaba	584
	Conservative	Alec Burns	285
	Conservative	Clive Williams	255
	Plaid Cymru	John Garland	213
	Plaid Cymru	Tomos Evans	178
Turnout			2327	31.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Canton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ramesh Patel	1814
	Labour	Richard Cook	1580
	Labour	Cerys Furlong	1497
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Tudur	1257
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Nosworthy	1170
	Plaid Cymru	Numan Ahmed	1113
	Conservative	Pamela Richards	858
	Conservative	Harold Burns	820
	Conservative	Andrew Sweet	813
	Green	Jake Griffiths	515
	Green	Carys Williams	411
	Green	Jane Richards	396
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Owen	361
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Clements	331
	Liberal Democrat	Alastair Sloan	224
	Socialist Alternative	Lianne Francis	158
Turnout			4660	44.2	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathays (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Aylwin	1114
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Pickard	1051
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Clark	1033
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Wakefield	958
	Labour	Daniel Gordon	453
	Labour	Stephen Farrington	431
	Labour	Michaela Neild	426
	Labour	Reg Surridge	416
	Plaid Cymru	Owen Thomas	397
	Plaid Cymru	Mari Sion	360
	Plaid Cymru	Tony Couch	335
	Green	Emma Bridger	335
	Conservative	Alan Berriman	327
	Conservative	Richard Nelmes	319
	Plaid Cymru	Cristopher Heighway	313
	Conservative	Janine Jones-Prichard	308
	Conservative	Stephen Johns	293
	Green	John Cowie	286
Turnout			2437	16.4	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Creigiau & St. Fagans
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen	1187	62.1
	Conservative	Angela Jones-Evans	441	23.1
	Labour	Jonathan Evans	188	9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Fyson	94	4.9
Majority			746
Turnout			1913	49.2	+3.5
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Cyncoed (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Lloyd	2294
	Liberal Democrat	Margret Jones	2166
	Liberal Democrat	David Rees	2152
	Conservative	Lee Gonzalez	1439
	Conservative	Peter Meyer	1383
	Conservative	Vicci Stocqueler	1320
	Labour	Diane Owen	518
	Labour	Wendy Heaven	475
	Labour	David Taylor	415
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Ogwen	275
Turnout			4300	49.7	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Ely (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Finn	1273
	Labour	Susan Goddard	1257
	Labour	Russel Goodway	1048
	Plaid Cymru	Paul Kemble	687
	Plaid Cymru	Malcolm Marshall	657
	Conservative	Gerard Charmley	525
	Conservative	Margret Evans	520
	Conservative	Rob Thomas	491
	Plaid Cymru	Rukshana Islam	470
	Liberal Democrat	Joanne Foster	248
	Liberal Democrat	Sian Cliff	241
	Liberal Democrat	Clare Lutwyche	208
Turnout			2719	28.7	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairwater (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy	1875
	Plaid Cymru	Lisa Ford	1802
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Parry	1560
	Labour	John Norman	949
	Labour	Michael Michael	944
	Labour	Derek Rees	871
	Conservative	Richard John	837
	Conservative	Oliver Owen	780
	Conservative	Richard Minshull	750
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Borrow	197
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Borrow	182
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Price	175
Turnout			3824	40.8	+5.1
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Gabalfa (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Bridges	999
	Liberal Democrat	Cathy Pearcy	891
	Labour	Dilwar Ali	371
	Labour	Joe Monks	313
	Conservative	Matthew Lane	217
	Conservative	Vivienne Ward	211
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Coman	175
	Green	Rosa Thomas	129
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Evans	111
Turnout			1758	25.7	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Grangetown (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Francesca Montemaggi	1357
	Liberal Democrat	Asghar Ali	1319
	Liberal Democrat	David Morgan	1317
	Labour	Lynda Thorne	1138
	Labour	Stephen Brooks	1131
	Labour	David Collins	1104
	Plaid Cymru	Farida Alsam	1099
	Plaid Cymru	Patrick Daley	1009
	Plaid Cymru	Ioan Bellin	920
	Conservative	Benjamin Green	546
	Conservative	Mark Jones	533
	Conservative	Michael Wallbank	482
	Communist	Rick Newnham	111
Turnout			4266	36.8	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Heath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Page	2205
	Conservative	Lyn Hudson	2135
	Liberal Democrat	Fenella Bowden	1877
	Conservative	Christopher Williams	1819
	Liberal Democrat	Michelle Michaells	1642
	Liberal Democrat	Gwllym Owen	1545
	Labour	Rob Henley	896
	Labour	Fatimah Begum	656
	Labour	Iftakhar Khan	575
	Plaid Cymru	Nans Couch	468
	Green	Andrew Connell	435
Turnout			4995	51.9	-0.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lisvane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walker	1260	79.9
	Labour	Paul Jeffries	189	12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Collins	128	8.1
Majority			1071	67.9
Turnout			1583	56.0	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kirsty Davies	1273
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Aubrey	1173
	Conservative	Craig Williams	1109
	Conservative	Clare Bath	1104
	Labour	John Sheppard	1019
	Labour	Gill Green	825
	Plaid Cymru	Gillian M Green	454
Turnout			3600	50.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Llandaff North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Rowland-Jones	976
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqui Hooper	908
	Labour	Terry Gilder	771
	Labour	Karen Screen	757
	Conservative	Julie Driscoll	453
	Conservative	James Ward	390
	Plaid Cymru	John Rowlands	195
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn	163
Turnout			2382	42.2	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Llanishen (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Burns	2928
	Conservative	Craig Piper	2828
	Conservative	Richard Foley	2734
	Conservative	Robert Smith	2623
	Labour	Garry Hunt	1769
	Labour	John Imperato	1496
	Labour	Marie John	1491
	Labour	Caroline Derbyshire	1478
	Liberal Democrat	John Frankham-Barnes	664
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Bridges	605
	Plaid Cymru	Lona Roberts	592
	Plaid Cymru	David Davies	588
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Pearcy	544
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Porter	449
	Plaid Cymru	Gwennol Haf	377
	Plaid Cymru	Steven Thomas	329
Turnout			5635	46.2	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanrumney (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Parry	1126
	Labour	Heather Joyce	1105
	Labour	Derrick Morgan	1090
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Lewis	752
	Conservative	Philip James	650
	Conservative	Gerrard Harris	633
	Plaid Cymru	Terence O'Neill	621
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Reeves	531
	Conservative	Allyson Thomas	456
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Randerson	135
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Minor	134
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Walton	116
Turnout			2632	33.0	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pentwyn (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Woodman	1851
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Chaundy	1808
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph Carter	1786
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Hyde	1778
	Labour	Mark Davies	893
	Labour	Peter Bradbury	892
	Labour	Anthony Hunt	860
	Conservative	Nigel Morgan	576
	Conservative	Huw John	560
	Conservative	Philip Marsden	530
	Conservative	Gareth Jones-Prichard	504
	Socialist Alternative	Steve Williams	376
Turnout			3534	34.5	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Pentyrch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Roberts	478	34.4
	Labour	Christine Priday	429	30.8
	Plaid Cymru	Jane Reece	275	19.8
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Hargrave	110	7.9
	Independent	Michael Jones	99	7.1
Majority			49	3.6
Turnout			1392	50.8	+1.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Penylan (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tricia Burfoot	2294
	Liberal Democrat	Freda Salway	2200
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Kelloway	2145
	Conservative	Susan Williams	766
	Conservative	Liz Morgan	742
	Conservative	Michael Parsons	686
	Labour	Judith Anderson	680
	Labour	Ralph Rees	670
	Labour	Peter Wong	566
	Independent	Tony Verderame	535
	Plaid Cymru	Meic Peterson	351
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Bradley	332
	Plaid Cymru	Ruth Underdown	314
Turnout			4336	44.8	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Plasnewydd (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Elgan Morgan	1524
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Berman	1479
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Stephens	1457
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Jerrett	1411
	Labour	Sue Lent	1207
	Labour	Mary McGarry	1040
	Labour	Mohammad Javed	1035
	Labour	Paul Mitchell	887
	Green	Sam Coates	545
	Green	Anthony Matthews	518
	Plaid Cymru	Ashraf Ali	448
	Plaid Cymru	Gordon Bateman	428
	Conservative	Enid Harries	398
	Conservative	Kathleen Fisher	361
	Conservative	Maureen Blackmore	348
	Conservative	Dom Stocqueler	283
Turnout			3626	27.2	-3.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dianne Rees	1362
	Conservative	Jane Rogers	1274
	Labour	Georgina Phillips	1092
	Labour	Lisa Stevens	938
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Michaells	237
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Woodman	233
Turnout			2710	40.3	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radyr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick McKerlich	1344	60.2
	Labour	James Knight	440	19.7
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Sloan	234	10.5
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Hughes	215	9.6
Majority			904	40.5
Turnout			2241	51.5	-1.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rhiwbina (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jayne Cowan	3724
	Independent	Adrian Robson	3452
	Independent	Brian Jones	2828
	Conservative	Gareth Neale	1747
	Conservative	Debi Ashton	1461
	Conservative	Chris Taylor	1389
	Labour	John Wake	600
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Guy	272
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Brain	264
	Plaid Cymru	Falmai Griffiths	248
	Green	Anne Greagsby	214
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Azzopardi	200
	Liberal Democrat	Rachel Thomas	165
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Mason	128
Turnout			5719	62.4	+7.9
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Riverside (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Sarul Islam	1064
	Plaid Cymru	Gwenllian Lansdown	1064
	Plaid Cymru	Jas Singh	991
	Labour	Mark Drakeford	786
	Labour	Ali Ahmed	743
	Labour	Susan Evans	707
	Conservative	Russell Cotty	295
	Liberal Democrat	Molly Hughes	280
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Bale	250
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Hyde	235
	Conservative	Shazia Awan	209
	Conservative	Shana Awan	206
Turnout			3659	39.9	-0.6
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Rumney (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ireland	1073
	Conservative	Duncan MacDonald	1038
	Labour	Bob Derbyshire	908
	Labour	Geoff Parry	870
	Liberal Democrat	Anabella Rees	200
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Woodman	189
Turnout			2248	34.5	+0.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Splott (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gavin Cox	1490
	Labour	Clarissa Holland	1485
	Labour	Martin Holland	1350
	Labour	Matthew Greenough	1215
	Liberal Democrat	Alex Evans	1211
	Liberal Democrat	Nadeem Majid	1149
	Conservative	Martyn Miller	373
	Conservative	Paul Pavia	329
	Conservative	Yasser Mahmood	292
	Plaid Cymru	Kibria Shah	275
	Plaid Cymru	Nerys Morgan	231
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel Mason	212
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	127
Turnout			3480	38.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Trowbridge (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Cook	1253
	Liberal Democrat	Geraldine Grant	1142
	Labour	Monica Walsh	1124
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Townsend	1107
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Woodman	1072
	Labour	Gretta Hunt	916
	Independent	Clifford Furnish	531
	Conservative	Barbara Jeffreys	506
	Conservative	Jean Summerhayes	482
	Conservative	Kim Summerhayes	447
	Independent	Simon Swanton	413
Turnout			3211	30.5	+5.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Davies	2948
	Conservative	Linda Morgan	2904
	Conservative	Brian Griffiths	2857
	Conservative	Michael Jones-Pritchard	2790
	Labour	Sophie Howe	2658
	Labour	Peter Howe	2147
	Labour	Bev Hampson	2023
	Labour	Lucy Merredy	1962
	Plaid Cymru	Glenys Evans	771
	Plaid Cymru	Wyn Jones	748
	Plaid Cymru	Ceri Morgan	715
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Owen	669
	Liberal Democrat	Siobhan McGurk	505
	Liberal Democrat	Nia Jones	471
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Lentern	398
	UKIP	Joe Callan	398
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Wolstencroft	329
Turnout			6703	53.1	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ "Local council elections in Wales". BBC News. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
1 2 "County Council Election Results 2008" (pdf). Cardiff council. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
↑ "Cardiff Council minutes, 20 July 2006" (pdf). Cardiff Council. pp. 166–167. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
↑ "Cardiff and Conwy coalition deals". BBC News. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
↑ "County Council Election Results 2004" (pdf). Cardiff Council. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

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