The 2004 Bridgend County Borough Council election was held on Thursday 10 June 2004 to Bridgend County Borough Council, Wales. It took place on the same day as other council elections in Wales and England. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election.
The election resulted in the Labour Party losing control of the council.
Overview edit
54 council seats were up for election, across 39 electoral wards, a similar number to the previous election in 1999.[1]
Labour had a strong majority on the council prior to the election, though council leader Jeff Jones had recently stood down from his position.[2]
Election result edit
Labour lost 18 seats at the election, though remained the largest party. The following week, Liberal Democrat Cheryl Green announced she would lead a coalition Lib Dems, Conservatives and Independents.[2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 21 | -17 | 38.8 | 35.5 | 13,112 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 13 | +6 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 8,128 | ||||
Independent | 11 | +5 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 7,677 | ||||
Conservative | 8 | +7 | 14.8 | 14.0 | 5,173 | ||||
Plaid Cymru | 1 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 2,343 | ||||
Green | - | 0 | 0.0 | 272 | +272 | ||||
CPA | - | 0 | 0.0 | 266 | +266 | ||||
Independent Labour | - | -1 | 0.0 | 0 | -1,075 |
Ward Results edit
Contests took place in 37 of the 39 wards, with councillors in two of the wards being elected unopposed.[1][4]
Aberkenfig (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mel Winter * | 408 | 63.7 | ||
Labour | Byron Jones | 233 | 36.3 |
Bettws (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Michaelides * | 325 | 70.7 | ||
Independent | Sophie Floutier | 79 | 17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Arwyn Morgan | 56 | 12.2 |
Blackmill (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hywel Williams | Unopposed |
Blaengarw (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Carl Rees | 275 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | Violet Sherlock * | 175 | 30.0 | ||
Independent | Raymond Smiles | 134 | 22.9 |
Brackla (four seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Sage * | 773 | 33.3 | ||
Labour | John Spanswick * | 745 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Hacking | 740 | 31.9 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Voisey | 623 | |||
Conservative | David Williams | 620 | |||
Labour | Anthony Berrow * | 583 | 38.2 | ||
Labour | Briony Davies * | 576 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Jenkins | 542 | 23.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Norman | 466 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Warren | 460 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Suleman Hawas | 456 | |||
CPA | Debra Hill | 266 | 11.5 |
Bryncethin (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gary Thomas | 140 | 51.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Denis Moon | 132 | 48.5 |
Bryncoch (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Leslie Phillips * | 278 | 52.2 | ||
Labour | Patricia Penpraze | 177 | 33.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Lewis | 78 | 14.6 |
Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Cheryl Green * | 874 | 55.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Melvyn Mathias * | 747 | |||
Conservative | Richard Bevington | 346 | 22.1 | ||
Labour | Gwendoline Bradford | 345 | 22.0 | ||
Conservative | Keith Vivian | 342 | |||
Labour | Peter Faulkner | 277 |
Caerau (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen Smith | 911 | 47.9 | ||
Independent | Kenneth Hunt | 809 | |||
Labour | Keith Rowlands * | 760 | 40.0 | ||
Labour | David O'Gorman * | 633 | |||
Labour | Peter Simmons | 622 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lynwen Lewis | 229 | 12.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Maureen Rousell | 165 |
Cefn Cribwr (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Huw David | 332 | 50.6 | ||
Independent | Arthur Granville | 187 | 28.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Kevin Burnell | 137 | 20.9 |
Cefn Glas (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cleone Westwood * | 183 | 39.9 | ||
Independent | Elizabeth Kendall | 168 | 36.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Marshall | 108 | 23.5 |
Coity (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Radford | 189 | 50.9 | ||
Labour | Eleanor Dodd * | 182 | 49.1 |
Cornelly (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jefferson Tildesley * | 1,235 | 59.0 | ||
Labour | Richard Granville * | 632 | 30.2 | ||
Labour | Megan Butcher | 606 | |||
Independent | Audrey Thomas | 606 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Billy Kelly | 226 | 10.8 |
Coychurch Lower (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Evans * | 330 | 66.5 | ||
Labour | Alan Fleming | 166 | 33.5 |
Felindre (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Gregory * | 397 | 58.7 | ||
Conservative | Colin Hewlett | 279 | 41.3 |
Hendre (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kim Watkins | 585 | 62.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jim Hipkiss | 458 | |||
Labour | Jim Hipkiss * | 359 | 38.0 | ||
Labour | Douglas John * | 334 |
Litchard (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Brett | 245 | 30.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Muriel Howells | 239 | 29.7 | ||
Independent | Sally Hyde | 172 | 21.3 | ||
Labour | Heather Griffiths | 150 | 18.6 |
Llangeinor (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marlene Thomas | 170 | 57.4 | ||
Independent | Colin Evans * | 126 | 42.6 |
Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Clifford Hughes | 285 | 45.7 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Francis * | 227 | 36.4 | ||
Conservative | Keith Rowe | 111 | 17.8 |
Llangynwyd (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mari Jones * | 465 | 45.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Robert James | 345 | 33.4 | ||
Labour | Idris Williams | 223 | 21.6 |
Maesteg East (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Evans * | 908 | 47.5 | ||
Labour | William May | 627 | 32.8 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Reeves | 555 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Allyn Rees | 376 | 19.7 |
Maesteg West (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Teesdale * | 630 | 44.9 | ||
Labour | Donald Buttle * | 571 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Williams | 472 | 33.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Wayne Howells | 404 | |||
Independent | William Phillips | 302 | 21.5 |
Morfa (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ernest Foley * | 520 | 43.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Beverley Quennell | 423 | |||
Labour | Dennis Davey | 363 | 30.4 | ||
Labour | Hayden Morgan | 344 | |||
Conservative | Russell Pearce | 311 | 26.0 |
Nant-y-moel (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ralph Hughes * | 348 | 53.5 | ||
Labour | Enyd Lock | 242 | 37.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | David Luke | 61 | 9.4 |
Newcastle (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Bertorelli | 548 | 31.0 | ||
Conservative | Gareth Lewis | 482 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Isaac | 452 | 25.6 | ||
Labour | Hugh Morris * | 428 | 24.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Childs-Cutler | 390 | |||
Labour | Anita Byrne | 383 | |||
Independent | Tony Smith | 340 | 19.2 |
Newton (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Anderson * | 667 | 52.3 | ||
Labour | Paul Winstanley | 338 | 26.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Clarke | 270 | 21.2 |
Nottage (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Greaves | 512 | 42.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Norah Clarke | 451 | 37.0 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Rees | 255 | 20.9 |
Ogmore Vale (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Michael Quick | 423 | 51.4 | ||
Labour | Robert Thomas * | 400 | 48.6 |
Oldcastle (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Burns | 510 | 29.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eileen McIlveen | 503 | |||
Conservative | David Unwin | 495 | 28.4 | ||
Labour | Edith Hughes * | 466 | 26.7 | ||
Conservative | Maisie Williams | 451 | |||
Labour | Richard Young * | 348 | |||
Green | Jonathan Spink | 272 | 15.6 |
Pendre (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Simmonds | 234 | 38.8 | ||
Labour | Gary Griffiths | 210 | 34.8 | ||
Conservative | Michael John | 159 | 26.4 |
Penprysg (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lilian Davies * | Unopposed |
Pen-y-fai (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Meryl Wilkins * | 643 | 80.4 | ||
Labour | Brian Rees | 157 | 19.6 |
Pontycymmer (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Jenkins | 350 | 48.1 | ||
Independent | Simon Foster * | 255 | 35.0 | ||
Independent | Vikki Efford | 123 | 16.9 |
Porthcawl East Central (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alana Davies * | 241 | 25.2 | ||
Independent | Avril Lake | 236 | 24.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Coombs | 187 | 19.5 | ||
Conservative | Philip Rixon | 153 | 16.0 | ||
Independent | Steven Thomas | 140 | 14.6 |
Porthcawl West Central (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Katherine Deere | 330 | 31.9 | ||
Labour | Madeleine Moon * | 273 | 26.4 | ||
Independent | Peter Hubbard-Miles | 233 | 22.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Chapman | 200 | 19.3 |
Pyle (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cheryl Butcher | 1,041 | 66.3 | ||
Labour | Megan Inglesant * | 901 | |||
Labour | Clive James | 896 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Richard Lewis | 529 | 33.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Bernard Thomas | 506 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Janet Portsmouth | 478 |
Rest Bay (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gerald Davies * | 481 | 52.3 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Smart | 277 | 30.1 | ||
Labour | Anthony Palmer | 161 | 17.5 |
Sarn (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Melvyn Nott * | 541 | 58.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | (Ms) N. Clarke | 364 | 39.2 | ||
Independent | I. Hampton | 24 | 2.6 |
The vote was postponed in this ward until 22 July.[4]
Ynysawdre (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | (Ms) Lyn Morgan * | 440 | 61.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bernice McLeer | 273 | 38.3 |
* retiring councillor in the ward standing for re-election
References edit
- ^ a b c "Bridgend County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Coalition takes Bridgend from Labour". BBC News. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Bridgend Council - Labour lose to NOC". BBC News. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Local Election Results 2004 - Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr - Bridgend". Andrewteale.me.uk. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 7 August 2019.