2004 Newport City Council election

2004 Elections to Newport City Council were held on 10 June 2004 along with elections to the other 21 local authorities and community councils in Wales, as well as elections in the remainder of the United Kingdom. It was the first full election in Newport since it was awarded city status in 2002.

2004 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations
Newport Civic Centre

The 50 councillors elected in this election serve a four-year term.

The previous election took place in 1999.

The next full election took place in May 2008.

Background

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Newport County Borough was awarded city status in 2002,[1] which also changed the status of the council[2] (though the results were still reported as Newport County Borough at this election).[3]

Following an electoral review there were a number of ward boundary changes and the number of elected councillors increased from 47 to 50, effective from the 2004 election.[4]

Election results: overview

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Newport City Council election 2004 [5][6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 31   6 62.0
  Conservative 11   5 22.0
  Liberal Democrats 6   5 12.0
  Plaid Cymru 1   0 2.0
  Independent 1   1 2.0
Total 50

Ward results

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Asterixes denote sitting councillors for the ward who are standing for re-election.[7]

Allt-yr-yn

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Allt-yr-yn (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Evans * 1,645
Conservative David Fouweather 1,576
Conservative Leslie Knight * 1,520
Labour Geoffrey Lee 804
Labour Victoria Colley-Wall 750
Labour Alan Jones 705
Liberal Democrats Megan Rees Webb 474
Liberal Democrats David Watts 448
Liberal Democrats Charles Williams 438
Plaid Cymru Clive Busson 257
Turnout

Alway

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Alway (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond Truman * 853
Labour John Guy * 806
Labour Ken Powell * 796
Conservative Mary Thomas 412
Conservative Alison Aston 403
Conservative Philip Aston 401
Liberal Democrats Anne Parry 399
Plaid Cymru Dawn Bennett 221
Turnout

Beechwood

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Beechwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Clarke * 1,521
Liberal Democrats David Hando 1,422
Liberal Democrats Jeff Evans 1,337
Labour Christine Watkins 608
Labour Helen Kinsey 602
Labour Jane Eden 595
Conservative Anthony Bees 272
Conservative Justine Hennah 269
Conservative Kathleen Davies 251
Turnout

Bettws

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Bettws (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Noel Trigg * 1,150
Labour Val Delahaye * 754
Labour Glyn Jarvis * 660
Independent Susan Baker 539
Independent John Parris 483
Conservative Paula-Jane Fouweather 178
Liberal Democrats Kevin Rice 159
Plaid Cymru Alison Cording 156
Turnout

Caerleon

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Caerleon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gail Giles 1,095
Labour Paul Huntley 1,045
Labour Cliff Suller 1,039
Caerleon I. P. P. Adam Cox * 1,016
Caerleon I. P. P. Naomi Macey * 995
Caerleon I. P. P. Stephen Macey 826
Conservative William Fisher 642
Conservative David Hildred 569
Conservative Alan Routley 566
Liberal Democrats Peter Davies 354
Turnout

Cox, Macey and Macey stood for the Caerleon Independent Progressive Party at this election.[3] Adam Cox and Naomi Macey had been elected for the Liberal Democrats at the 1999 election.[7]

Gaer

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Gaer (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Whitcutt * 1,042
Labour Herbert Thomas 898
Labour Deborah Wilcox 878
Liberal Democrats James Wood 624
Liberal Democrats Mark Wheeldon 599
Liberal Democrats Nigel Flanagan 588
Conservative John Luckett 576
Conservative Laura Morgan 539
Conservative Brian Jelf 521
Turnout

Graig

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Graig (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Cornelious * 1,030
Conservative Dean Jenkins 798
Labour Peter McKim * 626
Labour Neil Todd 577
Liberal Democrats Norman Mountain 348
Turnout

Langstone

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Langstone (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Atwell * 1,114
Conservative Simon Lane 1,018
Liberal Democrats Ian Barker 274
Labour Stephen Chandler 155
Labour Steve Clarke 143
Plaid Cymru Sheila Cavendish 91
Turnout

Liswerry

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Liswerry (4 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Critchley * 1,162
Labour Andrew Jeavons 1,120
Labour John Richards 964
Labour Allan Morris 929
Conservative Wayne Marsh 667
Conservative Louise Gridland 618
Conservative Donna Stagg 563
Conservative David Cox 559
Liberal Democrats Lucy Townsend 502
Turnout

Llanwern

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Llanwern (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Carole Atwell * 327
Labour Gillian Burton 259
Conservative John Small 248
Plaid Cymru Theresa Combstock 77
Liberal Democrats Carmel Townsend 38
Turnout

Malpas

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Malpas (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Langsford * 1,163
Labour David Mayer * 1,020
Labour Peter Davies 1,000
Conservative John Bird 922
Conservative Ian Brown 861
Conservative Nicholas Richardson 838
Liberal Democrats Susan Davies 406
Plaid Cymru David Hall 267
Plaid Cymru Wendy Hall 236
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Marshfield

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Marshfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Pursey 809
Conservative William Morgan 787
Labour Anthony Boswell * 590
Labour Joe Chiummo 333
Plaid Cymru Nathan Brown 170
Turnout

Pillgwenlly

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Pillgwenlly (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ron Jones * 673
Labour Laura Buchanan-Smith * 582
Plaid Cymru Anthony Salkeld 498
Independent Reginald Williams 294
Liberal Democrats Julia Varley 233
Turnout

Ringland

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Ringland (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Linton 702
Labour Bob Bright * 628
Labour Tony Gray * 603
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Townsend 459
Plaid Cymru Leslie Morgan 294
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Rogerstone

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Rogerstone (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Burke * 1,515
Labour Erryl Heath * 1,389
Conservative Stephen Jones 1,375
Conservative Andrew Cooksey 1,265
Conservative Alan Mazey 1,214
Labour Gareth Loudon 1,194
Liberal Democrats Paul Angeli 614
Plaid Cymru Firdaus Asghar 310
Turnout

St Julians

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St Julians (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Townsend 1,718
Liberal Democrats Veronica Watkins 1,560
Liberal Democrats Patricia Bull 1,548
Labour Ken Goodger 774
Labour Paul Bright 632
Labour Ian Jones 469
Conservative Margaret Palfrey 312
Independent Christopher Hill 306
Conservative Yale Bryan 277
Conservative Christopher Hill 257
Independent James Dyer 170
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Blackwood 147
Turnout

Shaftesbury

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Shaftesbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Cockeram * 593
Labour Robert Poole * 557
Conservative Peter Davies 314
Conservative Jonathan Hill 310
Independent Sheila Goff 276
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Clark 215
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bailey 192
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Stow Hill

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Stow Hill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Davies 524
Labour Miqdad al-Nuaimi * 441
Conservative William Routley 425
Labour Alan Wood 382
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey North 178
Plaid Cymru Rhys ab Elis 126
Independent Barbara Powrie 119
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Tredegar Park

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Tredegar Park (one seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Watkins 274
Plaid Cymru James Brunnock 254
Conservative Paul Jinks 110
Turnout

Victoria

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Victoria (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Mohammad Asghar 571
Labour Christine Jenkins 561
Labour Harry Williams * 511
Plaid Cymru Trefor Puw 459
Liberal Democrats Philip Mellish 286
Liberal Democrats Doris Mellish 282
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Asghar became Wales' first Muslim councillor when he was elected for this ward.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Newport wins battle for city status". BBC News. 14 March 2002. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "About the council". Newport City Council. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Results for Newport County Borough". South Wales Argus. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ "The County Borough of Newport (Electoral Changes) Order 2002". Legislation.gov.uk. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  5. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2004: Newport". Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Newport council". BBC News. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Newport City Council Election Result 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Mohammad Asghar". Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament. Retrieved 25 August 2022.