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Labour lose overall control of Caerphilly

Caerphilly County Borough Council Election Results 2008

Independent 9 The Labour Party 32 Plaid Cymru - The Party Of Wales 32 Welsh Conservatives 0 Wales Communist Party 0 Welsh Liberal Democrats 0

73 of 73 seats declared

Aberbargoed electorate : 2526 candidate party votes %
Keith Reynolds Labour 528 39% elected

Alan Higgs Labour 473 35% elected

Paul Edwards Plaid Cymru 351 26%

Abercarn electorate : 3688 candidate party votes %
Ken James Labour 640 25% elected

Denver Preece Labour 607 24% elected

Jill Jones Plaid Cymru 560 22%

Jeffrey Knock Plaid Cymru 507 20%

Nicholas Raymond Conservative 198 8%

Aber Valley electorate : 4769 candidate party votes %
John Taylor Plaid Cymru 1145 27% elected

John Roberts Plaid Cymru 1063 25% elected

Lyndon Binding Plaid Cymru 974 23% elected

Paul Ford Labour 571 14%

Bruce Barker Labour 465 11%

Argoed electorate : 1926 candidate party votes %
Allen Williams Labour 280 44% elected

Albert Wilson Independent 253 40%

Michael Roberts Conservative 97 15%

Bargoed electorate : 4522 candidate party votes %
Tudor Davies Labour 947 21% elected

David Carter Labour 869 19% elected

Dianne Price Labour 834 18% elected

Kevin Viney Plaid Cymru 613 13%

Gillian Jones Plaid Cymru 565 12%

Ken Houston Plaid Cymru 531 12%

Carol Andrews Liberal Democrats 218 5%

Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen electorate : 7907 candidate party votes %
Ron Davies Independent 1702 21% elected

Colin Hobbs Independent 1400 17% elected

Liz Aldworth Labour 1243 15% elected

Ray Davies Labour 1164 14% elected

John Davies Labour 1017 12%

Derek Havard Labour 875 11%

David Roberts Plaid Cymru 873 11%

Blackwood electorate : 6323 candidate party votes %
Kevin Etheridge Independent 1794 25% elected

Keith Smallman Independent 962 14% elected

Kay Presley Independent 817 12% elected

Leon Gardiner Labour 700 10%

Nigel Dix Labour 681 10%

Mary Veater Labour 513 7%

Andrew Farina-Childs Plaid Cymru 505 7%

Darren Jones Plaid Cymru 504 7%

Margaret Jones Conservative 219 3%

Stuart Jones Conservative 212 3%

Terri-Anne Matthews Conservative 197 3%

Cefn Fforest electorate : 2648 candidate party votes %
Graham Simmonds Independent 582 29% elected

Tom Williams Labour 437 22% elected

Chris Hawker Labour 350 18%

Roy Evans Independent 311 16%

Delwyn Davies Plaid Cymru 221 11%

John Evans Conservative 88 4%

Crosskeys electorate : 2519 candidate party votes %
Michael Gray Labour 531 50% elected

Christopher Cook Plaid Cymru 291 27%

Wendy Phillips Conservative 125 12%

Adam Viggers Independent 115 11%

Crumlin electorate : 4472 candidate party votes %
Keith Lloyd Plaid Cymru 1119 32% elected

Vera Jenkins Plaid Cymru 1023 30% elected

Brian Matthews Labour 569 16%

Andrew Lewis Labour 525 15%

Joanna Chivers Conservative 222 6%

Darren Valley electorate : 1881 candidate party votes %
David Hardacre Labour 405 63% elected

Andrew Nutt Plaid Cymru 239 37%

Gilfach electorate : 1557 candidate party votes %
Harry Andrews Labour 555 78% elected

David Williams Plaid Cymru 157 22%

Hengoed electorate : 3696 candidate party votes %
Judith Pritchard Plaid Cymru 838 40% elected

Dennis Bolter Plaid Cymru 826 39% elected

William Griffiths Labour 454 21%

Llanbradach electorate : 3401 candidate party votes %
Rob Gough Plaid Cymru 1041 43% elected

Colin Mann Plaid Cymru 868 36% elected

Sian Boyles Labour 497 21%

Maesycwmmer electorate : 1759 candidate party votes %
Robin Woodyatt Labour 464 64% elected

Iestyn Ap Dafydd Independent 264 36%

Morgan Jones electorate : 5004 candidate party votes %
Phil Bevan Plaid Cymru 1287 31% elected

Mark Newman Plaid Cymru 1150 28% elected

Mike Prew Plaid Cymru 1110 27% elected

Gay Hollywell Labour 495 12%

Dan Cole Communist 123 3%

Moriah electorate : 3291 candidate party votes %
Richard Pugh Labour 674 40% elected

John Bevan Labour 633 38% elected

Elwyn Jones Independent 359 22%

Nelson electorate : 3590 candidate party votes %
Anne Blackman Independent 1119 42% elected

Marlene Derrett Independent 777 29% elected

Ann Gray Labour 411 15%

Pam Baldwin Labour 365 14%

Newbridge electorate : 4662 candidate party votes %
Lyn Ackerman Plaid Cymru 1023 22% elected

Mike Davies Plaid Cymru 899 19% elected

Kath Baker Plaid Cymru 876 19% elected

Andrew Whitcombe Labour 665 14%

Roy Saralis Labour 579 12%

Paul Matthews Conservative 365 8%

Andrew Williams Conservative 256 5%

New Tredegar electorate : 3610 candidate party votes %
Gerald Jones Labour 930 39% elected

Les Rees Labour 804 34% elected

Marion Viney Plaid Cymru 325 14%

Anne Green Plaid Cymru 310 13%

Pengam electorate : 2992 candidate party votes %
David Poole Labour 491 24% elected

Jonathan Wilson Labour 460 22% elected

Noel Turner Plaid Cymru 450 22%

Morgan Brobyn Plaid Cymru 364 18%

Jane Mertzig Independent 124 6%

Helen James Conservative 101 5%

Joy Wilson Independent 84 4%

Penmaen electorate : 3864 candidate party votes %
Allan Pritchard Plaid Cymru 963 29% elected

John Evans Plaid Cymru 858 26% elected

Patricia Cook Labour 393 12%

Jean Summers Labour 369 11%

Linda Taylor Independent 236 7%

Denise Goff Independent 211 6%

Granville Hale Conservative 184 5%

Gareth Thomas Liberal Democrats 134 4%

Penyrheol electorate : 8730 candidate party votes %
Lindsay Whittle Plaid Cymru 1924 19% elected

Anne Collins Plaid Cymru 1687 16% elected

Rosa Potter Plaid Cymru 1672 16% elected

Margaret Sargent Plaid Cymru 1491 14% elected

Huw Davies Labour 1021 10%

Jane Cullen Labour 993 10%

Peter Slarke Labour 913 9%

Paul Williams Independent 628 6%

Pontllanfraith electorate : 6300 candidate party votes %
Jim Criddle Plaid Cymru 984 14% elected

Malcolm Parker Plaid Cymru 965 14% elected

Michael Adams Labour 794 11% elected

Malcolm Pritchard Plaid Cymru 776 11%

Gwyn Price Labour 748 11%

Gerald Kirby Labour 661 10%

Teresa Etheridge Independent 579 8%

Ian Chivers Conservative 325 5%

Pat Lambeth Independent 308 4%

Jane McLain Conservative 278 4%

Phyllis Hunt Conservative 265 4%

Piers Langhelt Independent 235 3%

Pontlottyn electorate : 1398 candidate party votes %
Gaynor Oliver Labour 388 76% elected

Steve Beddoe Independent 123 24%

Risca East electorate : 4731 candidate party votes %
Stan Jenkins Labour 755 20% elected

Rhianon Passmore Labour 708 19% elected

Betty Toomer Labour 703 19% elected

Ian Ackerman Plaid Cymru 548 15%

Lesley Viggers Independent 516 14%

Mark Chataway Plaid Cymru 502 13%

Risca West electorate : 4078 candidate party votes %
Keith Griffiths Labour 848 30% elected

Dave Rees Labour 737 26% elected

Sadie Ackerman Plaid Cymru 462 16%

Matthew Farrell Plaid Cymru 404 14%

Susan Griffiths Conservative 372 13%

St. Cattwg electorate : 5753 candidate party votes %
Wynne David Labour 1071 20% elected

Hefin David Labour 1058 20% elected

Graham Hughes Labour 1011 19% elected

Rhys Parry Plaid Cymru 783 15%

Wyndham Matthews Plaid Cymru 765 14%

David Smith Plaid Cymru 652 12%

St. James electorate : 4376 candidate party votes %
Roger Bidgood Plaid Cymru 722 18% elected

Lynne Hughes Plaid Cymru 641 16% elected

Linda Williams Plaid Cymru 622 15% elected

Christine Forehead Labour 578 14%

Colin Duggan Labour 554 14%

Elaine Forehead Labour 468 12%

Michael Meredith Conservative 433 11%

St. Martins electorate : 5910 candidate party votes %
James Fussell Plaid Cymru 845 13% elected

Steve Kent Plaid Cymru 769 12% elected

Geoffrey Hibbert Plaid Cymru 749 12% elected

Edward Talbot Independent 650 10%

Richard Williams Independent 610 9%

Robert Lea Conservative 546 8%

Huw Price Liberal Democrats 529 8%

Mukul Haldar Labour 523 8%

Lee Jones Independent 513 8%

Robert Roffe Liberal Democrats 373 6%

Russell Deacon Liberal Democrats 333 5%

Twyn Carno electorate : 1767 candidate party votes %
Peter Bailie Independent 383 63% elected

Andrew Titley Labour 229 37%

Ynysddu electorate : 2885 candidate party votes %
Jan Jones Labour 572 24% elected

Don Cullen Plaid Cymru 552 23% elected

Gareth Watkins Labour 474 20%

Elizabeth Holland Plaid Cymru 411 17%

Mark Howells Conservative 144 6%

Paula Reynolds Independent 112 5%

Pat Morris Conservative 99 4%

Ystrad Mynach electorate : 3397 candidate party votes %
Alan Angel Plaid Cymru 786 31% elected

Martyn James Plaid Cymru 766 30% elected

Don Roberts Labour 522 20%

Barrie Jones Labour 490 19%

4:06pm Friday 2nd May 2008

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Posted by: steven lewis, bedwas, caerphilly on 8:05pm Sat 3 May 08
I WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT I WOULD EVER SEE CAERPHILLY LOSE CONTROL OF LABOUR.
I CANNOT REMEMBER THE TIME WE WERE NOT UNDER THE LABOUR PARTY?DOES ANYONE ELSE KNOW?
MARY,STEVEN,JULIET,& DARREN.
Posted by: Nick, caerphilly on 11:42pm Sun 4 May 08
Plaid Cymru ran the Council between 1999 and 2004. Not so long ago.
Posted by: steven lewis, bedwas, caerphilly on 6:59pm Tue 6 May 08
Thanks Nick I did not know it were that short of time.
My box must be going you surprised me honestly.I thought you were joking.
THANK YOU.
Steve,Mary,Juliet,&,
Darren.
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