2008 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election

The fourth election to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council was held in May 2008.^[1] It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales as well as community councils.

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	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Labour	57	+31
Plaid Cymru	13	-25
Liberal Democrats	2	-2
Independent	2	-4
Independent Labour	1	0
Conservative	0		0.0
Green	0		0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Christopher*	1,006
	Labour	Linda De Vet*	940
	Plaid Cymru	Paul Nicholls-Jones	521
Turnout				41.6	−6.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Howard Davies	819
	Plaid Cymru	H. Williams	775
	Labour	Anita Calvert*	738
	Labour	R. Dalley	724
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Albert L. Davies*	1,006
	Independent	Stuart G. Gregory*	818
	Labour	T. Luke	487
	Green	John Matthews	371
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Steve Bradwick*	1,172
	Labour	Michael Forey*	1,152
	Plaid Cymru	David Alun Walters	951
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	W. John Daniel*	1,319
	Labour	Ann Crimmings*	1,276
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth Walters	1,270
	Labour	P. David*	1,121
	Plaid Cymru	M. Lloyd	1,114
	Labour	J. Davies	1,002
Turnout				36.9	+1.6
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. Assirati	437	50.2
	Labour	Richard Yeo	433	49.8
Majority			4	0.4
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roger Turner*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Stacey*	600	58.6
	Plaid Cymru	R. Watkins	424	42.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	S. Logan	438
	Labour	Barrie Morgan	318
	Plaid Cymru	R. Davies	71
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jeffrey Alan Elliott	757
	Plaid Cymru	A. Jarman	436
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Norris*	339	42.0
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Roberts	285
	Plaid Cymru	Heidi Whitter	219
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	E. Davies*	721
	Labour	Margaret Tegg	658
	Plaid Cymru	H. Fisher	652
	Plaid Cymru	T. Richards	622
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Annette Davies*	895
	Labour	Ceri Jones*	794
	Plaid Cymru	V. Thomas	493
Turnout				40.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Williams	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Talbot Green 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Baccara	684	75.5
	Labour	J. Bishop	116	12.8	−3.3
	Plaid Cymru	J. Jones	106	11.7	−10.2
Majority				62.7
Turnout				49.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joyce Cass*	339	59.2
	Independent	R.G. Fox	140	24.4
	Plaid Cymru	J. Hughes	65	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	G. Summers	21	3.7
	TUSC	Glyn Matthews	8	1.4
Majority
Turnout				33,1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Teressa Bates*	434	46.6
	Liberal Democrats	A. Denton	263	28,2
	Plaid Cymru	S. Fisher	234	25.1
Majority
Turnout				34.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Karen Roberts	804	62.6
	Labour	W.A. Myring*	441	34.3	+15.0
	Communist	C. Griffiths	40	3.1	41.7
Majority
Turnout				41.7
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geraint Hopkins*	389	39.0	−12.0
	Independent	D. Davies	377	37.8	+9.3
	Plaid Cymru	J. Dilworth	232	23.2
Majority
Turnout				34.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	V. Williams	474	53.1
	Labour	N. Evans	419	46.9
Majority
Turnout				34.1
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Glynne Holmes	823	60.1
	Plaid Cymru	C. Willis	547	39.9
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joel James	539
	Independent	Margaret Burtonwood	500
	Plaid Cymru	J. Jones	491
	Plaid Cymru	D.R. Watkins*	466
	Labour	B.P. Channon*	440
	Labour	D.F. Stone	404
Turnout				35.3	−1.0
	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Sylvia Jones*	312
	Plaid Cymru	T. Coombe	146
	Independent	J. Gregory	142
	Independent	J. Davies	100
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Gerwyn Evans	545
	Labour	K. Williams*	517
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Pauline Jarman*	745
	Labour	J. Eliot	263
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		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	Andrew Morgan*	882
	Labour	Simon Lloyd	723
	Plaid Cymru	M. Davies	466
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Adam Fox	971
	Labour	Jane Ward*	870
	Plaid Cymru	L. Warner	642
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Jenkins*	1,001
	Labour	J. Jenkins*	809
	Plaid Cymru	Maureen Weaver	770
Turnout				40.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ken Privett*	763
	Labour	Dennis Weeks*	757
	Plaid Cymru	Alison Jones	693
Turnout				33.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	G. Roberts	409
	Plaid Cymru	Paul James*	331
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Huish*	1,013
	Plaid Cymru	Merfyn Rea*	841
	Independent	Gordon Norman	665
	Labour	M. Hayes	515
	UKIP	David Bevan	354
	Labour	C. Williams	303
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Farr	397
	Plaid Cymru	D. O'Farrell	379	.2
	Labour	Steve Carter*	353
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Margaret Davies*	838
	Plaid Cymru	Julie Williams*	819
	Labour	G. Abbott	796
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Cox	793
Turnout
	Labour hold		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