2004 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election

The third election to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council was held in June 2004.^[1] It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.

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	Seats	Net gain/loss
Labour	57	+31
Plaid Cymru	13	-25
Liberal Democrats	2	-2
Independent	2	-4
Independent Labour	1	0
Conservative	0
Green	0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Christopher*	1,104
	Labour	Linda De Vet	940
	Plaid Cymru	I. Bowdich	454
Turnout				41.6	−6.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anita Calvert	781
	Labour	John Oliver	776
	Plaid Cymru	B. John Walter Codd*	571
	Plaid Cymru	Julie P. Williams*	566
Turnout				45.9	−6.3
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert L. Davies*	1,090
	Independent Labour	Stuart G. Gregory*	861
	Labour	G. Taylor	427
	Plaid Cymru	S. Williams	332
	Green	John Matthews	119
	Green	S. Matthews	101
	Liberal Democrats	S. Thorton	84
Turnout				39.4	−32.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shah M. Imtiaz*	1,314
	Labour	Michael Forey*	1,305
	Plaid Cymru	M. Davies	578
	Plaid Cymru	G. Benney	511
Turnout				42.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Crimmings	1,301
	Labour	P. David	1,191
	Plaid Cymru	W. John Daniel*	1,137
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth Walters*	1,060
	Labour	J. Elliott	980
	Plaid Cymru	R. Davies	968
Turnout				35.3
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Daniel I. Williams*	426	46.8
	Plaid Cymru	S. Assirati	221	24.3
	Independent	L. Channon	174	19.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. Denton	89	9.8
Majority				22.5
Turnout				31.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Roger Turner	606	58.1
	Labour	J. Bowman	371	35.6
	Plaid Cymru	C. Willis	66	6.3
Majority				22.5
Turnout				42.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Stacey*	580	60.9	+8.8
	Plaid Cymru	D. Lewis	373	39.1	−8.8
Majority				21.8
Turnout				35.9	−10.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Belzak*	300	36.6	−5.4
	Labour	W. Leyshon	215	26.1	−8.1
	Independent	B. Morgan	203	24.8	+24.8
	Plaid Cymru	G.R. Davies	101	12.3	−11.3
Majority				10.4
Turnout				42.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Jones	649	60.4	+5.7
	Plaid Cymru	G. Bowen	426	39.6	−5.7
Majority				20.8
Turnout				37.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Norris	362	42.0
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Roberts*	221	25.7
	RPP	L. Gregory	152	17.7
	Plaid Cymru	C. Baily	126	14.6	−54.3
Majority				16.4
Turnout				44.7
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y. Caple*	1,020
	Labour	E. Davies*	778
	Plaid Cymru	B. Evans	422
	Green	K. Jakeway	245
Turnout				36.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Annette Davies*	1,004
	Labour	Ceri Jones	901
	Plaid Cymru	A. Edwards	397
	Plaid Cymru	V. Thomas*	370
Turnout				46.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aurfron Roberts*	752	68.0	+3.6
	Independent	G. Jury	296	26.8	−8.8
	Plaid Cymru	D. Morris	58	5.2	+5.2
Majority				41.2
Turnout				49.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Mountain Ash East 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Pauline Jarman*	504	78.3	−20.4
	Labour	S. Evans	350	40.2	+18.5
	Communist	N. Maskell	17	2.0	+2.0
Majority				38.1
Turnout				42.2
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Pontypridd 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Carter	348	32.5	−7.4
	Plaid Cymru	D. O'Farrell*	339	31.7	−16.2
	Liberal Democrats	S. Farr	219	20.4	+8.2
	Independent	A. Carter	165	15.4	+15.4
Majority				0.8
Turnout				50.6
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J.G. Burford*	428	70.4
	Plaid Cymru	R. Jones	119	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	D. Mason	61	10.0
Majority				50.8
Turnout				34.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joyce Cass*	394	60.1
	Liberal Democrats	L. Dillon	108	16.5
	Independent	R.G. Fox	108	16.5
	Plaid Cymru	A. Cotton	46	7.0
Majority				43.6
Turnout				44.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Teressa Bates	473	58.0
	Plaid Cymru	P. Nicholls-Jones	343	42.0
Majority				16.0
Turnout				31.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Myring	624	45.2	+15.0
	Plaid Cymru	L.M. Lewis*	412	39.8	−15.0
Majority				20.4
Turnout				38.5
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geraint Hopkins	458	51.0	+11.2
	Independent	D. Davies	256	28.5	+28.5
	Plaid Cymru	K. Davies	184	20.5	−22.1
Majority				22.5
Turnout				38.9
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	V. Williams	477	64.2	−11.5
	Labour	C. Hanagan	428	47.3	+11.5
Majority				16.9
Turnout				40.3
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynne Holmes	715	55.3	+21.1
	Plaid Cymru	W. Owen	577	44.7	−21.1
Majority				10.6
Turnout				40.3
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	B.P. Channon*	653
	Plaid Cymru	D.R. Watkins*	575
	Labour	J. Bunnage	557
	Independent	L. Gelsei	473
	Labour	D.F. Stone	466
Turnout				36.3
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Jones	317	47.3	+8.6
	Plaid Cymru	P. Lewis*	177	26.4	−34.9
	RRP	P. Margery	126	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	S. Jones	50	7.5
Majority				20.9
Turnout				44.4
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Williams	697	64.8	+24.3
	Plaid Cymru	Gerwyn Evans	378	35.2	−24.3
Majority				29.6
Turnout				35.2
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Aberaman North (two seats)

Aberaman South (two seats)

Abercynon (two seats)

Aberdare East (two seats)

Aberdare West, Llwydcoed (three seats)

Beddau (one seat)

Brynna (one seat)

Church Village (one seat)

Cilfynydd (one seat)

Cwmbach (one seat)

Cwm Clydach (one seat)

Cymmer (two seats)

Ferndale (two seats)

Gilfach Goch (one seat)

Glyncoch (one seat)

Graig (one seat)

Hawthorn (one seat)

Hirwaun (one seat)

Llanharan (one seat)

Llanharry (one seat)

Llantrisant (one seat)

Llantwit Fardre (two seats)

Llwynypia (one seat)

Maerdy (one seat)

Mountain Ash East (one seat)

Mountain Ash West (two seats)

Penrhiwceiber (two seats)

Pentre (two seats)

Penygraig (two seats)

Penywaun (one seat)

Pontyclun (two seats)

Pontypridd (one seat)

Porth (two seats)

Rhigos (one seat)

Rhondda (two seats)

Rhydfelen Central / Ilan (one seat)

Taffs Well (one seat)

Talbot Green (one seat)

Tonteg (two seats)

Tonypandy (one seat)

Tonyrefail East (two seats)

Tonyrefail West (one seat)

Trallwn (one seat)

Trealaw (one seat)

Treforest (one seat)

Treherbert (two seats)

Treorchy (three seats)

Tylorstown (two seats)

Tyn-y-Nant (one seat)

Ynyshir (one seat)

Ynysybwl (one seat)

Ystrad (two seats)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Davies	749
	Labour	Andrew Morgan	724
	Plaid Cymru	C.T. Benney*	472
	Plaid Cymru	A. Davies*	455
Turnout				43.4
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jane Ward*	875
	Labour	C. Binding	874
	Plaid Cymru	C. Jones	609
Turnout				36.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Jenkins*	1,066
	Labour	J. Jenkins	877
	Plaid Cymru	L. Jones*	605
	Plaid Cymru	Maureen Weaver	523
Turnout				43.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Privett	835
	Labour	W. Weeks	802
	Plaid Cymru	C. Hughes*	560
	Plaid Cymru	E. Hughes	377
	Independent	D. Davies*	343
Turnout				42.7
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Barnsley	281	51.1	+2.3
	Plaid Cymru	H. James*	269	48.9	−2.3
Majority				2.2
Turnout				32.8
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Huish*	895
	Plaid Cymru	Merfyn Rea	667
	Labour	D. Hayes	611
	Independent	Gordon Norman*	591
	Labour	D. Henderson	565
Turnout				43.0
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Davies	900
	Plaid Cymru	Julie Williams*	830
	Labour	Ken Hopkins	781
	Plaid Cymru	T. O'Neill	739
Turnout				43.9
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Thomas	329	51.9	+51.9
	Plaid Cymru	R. Moses*	305	48.1	+48.1
Majority			24	3.8
Turnout				51.4
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Leyshon*	721
	Labour	R. Smith	632
	Plaid Cymru	W. Daniel	379
	Plaid Cymru	S. Fisher	353
	Liberal Democrats	S. Powell-Agar	214
Turnout				39.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Webber	491	69.8	+27.9
	Plaid Cymru	R. Humphreys	212	30.2	+1.0
Majority				39.6
Turnout				26.1
	Labour hold		Swing