2008 Welsh local government election
2008 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations Newport Civic Centre 2008 elections to Newport City Council were held on 1 May 2008[1] along with elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and 2008 United Kingdom local elections .
Councillors elected in this election serve a four-year term.
The previous election took place in 2004 .
The next full election took place on 3 May 2012 .
Election results: overview Newport Council election 2008 [2] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 22 -9 44.0 33.3 13,884 -2.9 Conservative 17 +6 34.0 35.0 14,705 +8.4 Liberal Democrats 9 +3 18.0 21.8 9,066 +0.6 Plaid Cymru 1 0 2.0 7.2 2,980 -1.6 Independent 1 0 2.0 2.4 1,005 +2.4 Total 50 41,640
The Independent statistics are for all Independents, whether they are members of the Independent group on the council or not. Ward results Allt-yr-yn Allt-yr-yn (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Matthew Evans 1,818 Conservative David Fouweather 1,800 Conservative Leslie Knight 1,622 Labour Fabi Berrettoni 722 Liberal Democrats Phil Bennett 420 Liberal Democrats Megan Rees Webb 411 Liberal Democrats Adrian Summers 369 Plaid Cymru Mian Rashid 324 Majority Turnout 7,486 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Alway Alway (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Raymond Truman 795 Labour John Guy 776 Labour Ken Powell 775 Conservative Sarah Jones 434 Conservative Sallie Mogford 431 Liberal Democrats Anne Parry 348 Liberal Democrats Terry Baulch 344 Liberal Democrats Linda Davies 309 Plaid Cymru Nagma Arshid 251 Majority Turnout 4,463 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing
Beechwood Beechwood (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Hugh Clarke 1,433 Liberal Democrats David Hando 1,321 Liberal Democrats Jeff Evans 1,288 Labour David Collins 484 Labour Christopher Evans 399 Labour Alan Jones 373 Conservative David Hildred 220 Conservative Kenneth Cornelious 204 Independent Tony Lane 202 Conservative Ruth Williams 187 Majority Turnout 6,510 Liberal Democrats gain from Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Bettws Bettws (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Noel Trigg 1,128 Labour Val Delahaye 890 Labour Glyn Jarvis 789 Liberal Democrats Susan Baker 586 Liberal Democrats Ann Tripp 451 Liberal Democrats David Gapper 408 Conservative Michael Ryan 331 Conservative Debbie Blackbird 260 Plaid Cymru Firdaus Asghar 75 Independent Vince Marenghi 50 Plaid Cymru David Hall 49 Independent Stephen Chomyn 40 Majority Turnout 5,057 Labour hold Swing Labour gain from Swing Labour gain from Swing
Caerleon Caerleon (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Angela Jones 1,324 Conservative Charles Ferris 1,216 Labour Gail Giles 1,181 Conservative Naomi Macey 1,178 Labour Cliff Suller 1,094 Labour Paul Huntley 1,087 Liberal Democrats Theresa Hughes 467 Liberal Democrats Peter Davies 308 Liberal Democrats Pam Baulch 306 Majority Turnout 8,161 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative hold Swing Labour gain from Swing
Gaer Debbie Wilcox, Newport City Council leader since 2016 Gaer (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Mark Whitcutt 921 Labour Herbert Thomas 883 Labour Deborah Wilcox 847 Conservative Adam Wate 813 Conservative Michael Wisniewski 752 Liberal Democrats John Gibbon 405 Liberal Democrats Michael Evans 377 Liberal Democrats Mark Wheeldon 333 Plaid Cymru Danielle Bennett 258 Majority Turnout 5,589 Labour gain from Swing Labour hold Swing Labour gain from Swing
Graig Graig (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Margaret Cornelious 1,187 Conservative David Williams 1,070 Labour Andrew Sayer 589 Liberal Democrats Sandra Flanagan 317 Liberal Democrats Norman Mountain 241 Majority Turnout 3,404 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Langstone Langstone (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Atwell 833 Independent Simon Lane 753 Conservative Carole Atwell 615 Liberal Democrats Ynys Edwards 303 Liberal Democrats Linda Perry 296 Labour Deborah Harvey 138 Plaid Cymru Timothy Harvey 114 Majority Turnout 3,052 Conservative hold Swing Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Liswerry Liswerry (4 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ken Critchley 1,018 Labour Allan Morris 982 Labour John Richards 879 Labour Andrew Jeavons 972 Conservative Chris Blight 728 Conservative Greg Waters 683 Conservative John Ferrier 644 Liberal Democrats Lisa Berry 419 Liberal Democrats Martin Price 328 Liberal Democrats Oliver Townsend 326 Liberal Democrats Tomas Forsey 270 Majority Turnout 7,249 Labour hold Swing Labour gain from Swing Labour gain from Swing Labour gain from Swing
Llanwern Llanwern (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Martyn Kellaway 491 Labour Ian Jones 358 Liberal Democrats Stuart Bull 92 Majority Turnout 941 Conservative hold Swing
Malpas Malpas (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Bill Langsford 1,243 Labour David Mayer 1,137 Conservative John Bird 1,131 Conservative Ian Brown 1,074 Labour Peter Davies 1,064 Conservative Peter Meredith 602 Liberal Democrats Susan Davies 385 Majority Turnout 6,636 Labour gain from Swing Labour hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Marshfield Marshfield (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Richard White 974 Conservative Tom Suller 952 Labour Neil Todd 332 Labour Alan Speight 283 Liberal Democrats Helena Wheeldon 170 Plaid Cymru Susan Bennett 162 Liberal Democrats Paul Bevan 162 Majority Turnout 3,034 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing
Pillgwenlly Pillgwenlly (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ibrahim Hayat 466 Labour Ron Jones 464 Conservative Tony Ismail 377 Plaid Cymru Khalilur Rahman 375 Plaid Cymru Anthony Salkeld 346 Liberal Democrats Jayne Lewis 498 Conservative David Madden 327 Liberal Democrats Sofique Miah 278 Majority Turnout 2,964 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing
Ringland Ringland (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats John Fortey 939 Labour Bob Bright 874 Labour Malcolm Linton 871 Liberal Democrats Paul Jordan 858 Liberal Democrats Patricia Harris 841 Labour Tony Gray 783 Conservative Tina Evans 264 Conservative Jane Mazey 225 Plaid Cymru Keith Bennett 175 Majority Turnout 5,830 Liberal Democrats hold Swing Labour gain from Swing Labour hold Swing
Rogerstone Rogerstone (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Valerie Dudley 1,664 Conservative Stephen Jones 1,576 Conservative Andrew Cooksey 1,507 Labour Edward Burke 1,450 Labour Jayne Bryant 1,349 Labour Victoria Colley Wall 1,136 Liberal Democrats Paul Angeli 387 Plaid Cymru David Hall 325 Liberal Democrats Jason Sullivan 309 Liberal Democrats Maurice Bacon 258 Majority Turnout 9,961 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Swing
St Julians St.Julians (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Ed Townsend 1,148 Liberal Democrats Carmel Townsend 1,029 Liberal Democrats Gill Ford 985 Conservative Chris Blight 581 Conservative Roy Lane 552 Conservative Dale Hardman 542 Labour Ken Goodger 492 Labour Kenneth Chandler 467 Labour Anthony Jermyn 432 Plaid Cymru James Priest 111 Majority Turnout 6,139 Liberal Democrats gain from Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Swing Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Shaftesbury Shaftesbury (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Bob Poole 478 Labour Paul Cockeram 468 Conservative Mike Ryan 429 Conservative James Hampson 376 Liberal Democrats Julia Varley 178 Plaid Cymru Jonathan Clark 167 Liberal Democrats Bob Davies 139 Plaid Cymru Omer Williams 113 Majority Turnout 2,348 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing
Stow Hill Stow Hill (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Davies 723 Conservative William Routley 616 Labour Miqdad al-Nuaimi 436 Labour Fern Foster 418 Plaid Cymru Rhys ab Elis 91 Liberal Democrats Nigel Flanagan 86 Liberal Democrats Winifred Lee 72 Plaid Cymru Shereen Williams 7 Majority Turnout 2,449 Conservative gain from Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Tredegar Park Tredegar Park (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Plaid Cymru James Brunnock 364 Labour Trevor Watkins 293 Conservative Gerry Coldham 152 Liberal Democrats Andrew Bailey 35 Majority 71 N/A Turnout 844 Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing
Victoria Victoria (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Mike Hamilton 618 Liberal Democrats Mozadul Hussain 604 Labour Chris Jenkins 486 Labour Deb Davies 450 Plaid Cymru Firdaus Asghar 413 Conservative David Cox 231 Plaid Cymru Trefor Puw 197 Majority Turnout 2,999 Liberal Democrats gain from Plaid Cymru Swing Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
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