2008 Denbighshire County Council election

2008 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations

The 2008 Denbighshire County Council election took place in Denbighshire, Wales, on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Denbighshire Council.[1] This was the same day as other 2008 United Kingdom local elections. The previous elections took place in 2004 and the next all-council elections took place in 2012.

Background

Six months before the election, the Independent council leader, Rhiannon Hughes, and her entire cabinet had been voted out of their positions, following the release of a critical schools report. [2]

Contests in May 2008 took place in all of the 30 electoral wards.

Results

Overview

The Conservatives became the largest group on the council after taking new seats, largely from Independent councillors.[1]

Denbighshire County Council election 2008 [3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 18 11 +11 38.2 29.0 10,053 +11.5
  Independent 13 1 8 -7 27.6 31.8 11,023 -5.0
  Plaid Cymru 8 1 +1 17.0 15.1 5,237 -0.6
  Labour 7 1 -1 14.9 16.0 5,548 -3.8
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 2 -1 2.1 7.2 2,479 -0.3
  DAW 0 3 -3 0.0 N/A 0 -2.7
  UKIP 0 0 0.0 0.5 162 New
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 138 New

Ward results

Bodelwyddan (one seat)

Bodelwyddan 2008 [3][4](a)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elizabeth Jones * 246 45.6
Conservative Nan Jones 190 35.2
Independent James Warner 104 19.3
Majority 56
Turnout 33.5
Registered electors 1,628
Independent hold Swing

Corwen (one seat)

Corwen 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Huw Jones 531 55.2
Independent Nigel Roberts * 311 32.3
Conservative John Broughton 77 8.0
Independent Anthony Dilworth 43 4.5
Majority 220
Turnout 51.2
Registered electors 1,883
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Swing

Denbigh Central (one seat)

Denbigh Central 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Gwyneth Kensler * 256 45.0
Independent Peter Glynn 141 24.8
Labour Graham Maudsley 77 13.5
Independent Robert Parkes 62 10.9
Liberal Democrats Mary Young 33 5.8
Majority 115
Turnout 40.8
Registered electors 1,410
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Denbigh Lower (two seats)

Denbigh Lower 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Bartley * 993 41.6
Plaid Cymru Neville Jones * 664 27.8
Conservative Dilwyn Edwards 471 19.7
Labour Robert Roberts 261 10.9
Majority 193
Turnout 41.8
Registered electors 3,430
Independent hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Denbigh Upper/Henllan (two seats)

Denbigh Upper/Henllan 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Hughes * 266 26.8
Conservative Jane Yorke 236 23.7
Labour Keith Stevens 219
Independent Jennifer Rowley-Williams 197 19.8
Plaid Cymru Jean Gwynn 193 19.4
Plaid Cymru Philip Williams 129
Independent Robb Jenkins 119
Liberal Democrats Colin L. Hughes * 102 10.3
Liberal Democrats John Larsen 96
Majority 17
Turnout 36.5
Registered electors 2,484
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Dyserth (one seat)

Dyserth 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Owen * 327 46.1
Independent Hugh Hughes 181 25.5
Labour Richard Gumm 87 12.3
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Prydderch 58 8.2
Plaid Cymru Arwel Roberts 56 7.9
Majority 146
Turnout 38.0
Registered electors 1,881
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Peter Owen was previously elected as an Independent, in 2004.

Efenechtyd (one seat)

Efenechtyd 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Eryl Williams * 397 54.9
Independent John Price 326 45.1
Majority 71
Turnout 55.9
Registered electors 1,303
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Llanarmon-Yn-Lal/Llandelga (one seat)

Llanarmon-Yn-Lal/Llandelga 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Christine Evans 514 47.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Barton * 285 26.3
Conservative Donald Holder 283 26.2
Majority 229
Turnout 57.1
Registered electors 1,908
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd (one seat)

Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd 2008 [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pauline Dobb 297 43.8
Independent Huw Williams 258 38.1
Independent Gwynfor Evans 87 12.8
Labour Mary Chaffé 36 5.3
Majority 39
Turnout 56.1
Registered electors 1,209
Conservative hold Swing

Llandrillo (one seat)

Llandrillo 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Cefyn Williams * 405 78.3
Independent David Robinson 93 18.0
Conservative Richard Wishart 19 3.7
Majority 312
Turnout 54.6
Registered electors 962
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Llandyrnog (one seat)

Llandyrnog 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gwilym Evans * 469 56.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Young 361 43.5
Majority 108
Turnout 49.6
Registered electors 1,678
Independent hold Swing

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern (one seat)

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hugh Evans * 690 69.9
Independent Dewi Jones 297 30.1
Majority 393
Turnout 53.6
Registered electors 1,846
Independent hold Swing

Llangollen (two seats)

Llangollen 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Trefor Hughes * 671 33.8
Independent Lucy Morris 613 30.9
Independent Stuart Davies * 491
Conservative Mark Pendlebury 383 19.3
Labour John Palmer 319 16.1
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Haddy 154
Independent Janet Wakefield 129
Majority 32
Turnout 46.6
Registered electors 3,342
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch (one seat)

Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Marfleet * 455 56.5
Plaid Cymru Huw Williams 351 43.5
Majority 104
Turnout 53.1
Registered electors 1,523
Independent hold Swing

Prestatyn Central (two seats)

Prestatyn Central 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Duffy * 564 39.9
Conservative June Cahill 504 35.6
Independent Neville Jones * 450
Conservative Margaret Horobin 442
Labour Robert Kelly 180 12.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Penlington 167 11.8
Independent Colin Hall 124
Majority 54
Turnout 48.7
Registered electors 2,736
Independent hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Prestatyn East (two seats)

Prestatyn East 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Davies * 847 72.6
Conservative Julian Thompson-Hill * 739
Labour Alan Marsden 320 27.4
Majority 419
Turnout 39.1
Registered electors 3,100
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Prestatyn Meliden (one seat)

Prestatyn Meliden 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rhiannon Hughes * 307 44.7
Conservative Gerald Frobisher 210 30.6
Labour Peter Newell 154 22.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Newell 16 2.3
Majority 97
Turnout 44.7
Registered electors 1,552
Independent hold Swing

Prestatyn North (three seats)

Prestatyn North 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Green 741 40.7
Conservative Allan Pennington 709
Conservative Michael Eckersley 696
Independent Michael German * 684 37.6
Independent Isobel German * 634
Independent David Cooper * 476
Labour Velma Wilshaw-Cryer 396 21.7
Labour Patricia Dawson 391
Labour Amanda Wiggan 366
Majority 12
Turnout 39.1
Registered electors 4,695
Conservative gain from DAW Swing
Conservative gain from DAW Swing
Conservative gain from DAW Swing

In 2008 the DAW councillors stood as Independents

Prestatyn South West (two seats)

Prestatyn South West 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glyn Jones * 559 46.0
Conservative Sharon Frobisher * 524
Labour Paul Roberts 425 35.0
Labour Adrian West 385
Liberal Democrats Jonathon Bentley 232 19.1
Majority 99
Turnout 41.8
Registered electors 2,820
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rhuddlan (two seats)

Rhuddlan 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Davies 671 47.0
Independent Selwyn Thomas * 497 34.8
Independent Gareth Rowlands * 422
Independent Stephen Rafferty 325
Conservative Melanie Jones 318
Labour George Williams 261 18.3
Majority 75
Turnout 49.4
Registered electors 2,915
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Independent hold Swing

Rhyl East (two seats)

Rhyl East 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Bellis 756 49.6 +49.6
Conservative Diana Hannam * 581
Labour Margaret McCarroll 410 26.9 −16.9
Independent Susan Roberts * 358 23.5 −32.7
Labour William Tasker 353
Majority 171
Turnout 40.0
Registered electors 3,721
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Councillor Hannam was previously elected as an Independent.

Rhyl South (two seats)

Rhyl South 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lee 674 45.1 +19.8
Labour Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones * 574 38.4 +4.4
Conservative Lynette Edwards 568
Labour Brian Moylan 386
Plaid Cymru Alun Edwards 248 16.6 −1.4
Majority 6
Turnout 43.8
Registered electors 3,083
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhyl South East (three seats)

Rhyl South East 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Gunning 826 38.7 +38.7
Labour Brian Blakeley * 823 38.6 −12.4
Conservative Carl Davies 766
Labour Glyn Pickering * 746
Conservative Paul Sumner 714
Labour Barry Mellor 673
Plaid Cymru Stephen Marlor 247 11.6 +11.6
Independent Hugh Jones * 238 11.2 −37.8
Independent Martin Gibson 121
Majority 20
Turnout 33.8
Registered electors 5,935
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Rhyl South West (two seats)

Rhyl South West 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Thomas * 587 59.2 −4.9
Labour Glyn Williams * 532
Conservative Christopher Geddes 267 26.9 +26.9
Conservative Maria Espley 266
BNP Ian Si'ree 138 13.9 +13.9
Majority 265
Turnout 29.9
Registered electors 3,560
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhyl West (two seats)

Rhyl West 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Butterfield * 276 35.6 −23.7
Labour Ian Armstrong 236
Independent Colin Jones 195 25.1 −15.6
Independent Mark Webster * 188
Conservative Michael Espley 175 22.6 +22.6
Conservative Linda Gordon 163
Liberal Democrats Columbus McCormack 130 16.8 +16.8
Majority 41
Turnout 23.5
Registered electors 3,494
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Mark Webster had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2004.

Ruthin (three seats)

Ruthin 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Smith 992 26.1
Liberal Democrats Robina Feeley 978 25.7
Plaid Cymru Morfudd Jones * 887 23.3
Independent Elwyn Edwards * 861
Conservative Richard Costain 789 20.7
UKIP Warwick Nicholson 162 4.3
Majority 26
Turnout 49.9
Registered electors 4,197
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

St Asaph East (one seat)

St Asaph East 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dewi Owens * 333 58.3
Independent David Roberts 145 25.4
Independent Charles Leach 93 16.3
Majority 288
Turnout 42.4
Registered electors 1,348
Conservative hold Swing

St Asaph West (one seat)

St Asaph West 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Cowie 209 46.4
Independent John Smith * 128 28.4
Conservative John Horden 113 25.1
Majority 81
Turnout 33.9
Registered electors 1,337
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Trefnant (one seat)

Trefnant 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Meirick Davies * 331 45.2
Conservative David Dudley 305 41.7
Labour Stephen Ellison 96 13.1
Majority 26
Turnout 48.4
Registered electors 1,525
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Tremeirchion (one seat)

Tremeirchion 2008 [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Barbara Smith 309 47.5
Independent Robert Williams * 224 34.5
Liberal Democrats Rhodri Jones 117 18.0
Majority 85
Turnout 51.1
Registered electors 1,280
Independent gain from Independent Swing

(a) Election Centre/Andrew Teale source also compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

References

  1. ^ a b "Latest news from the 2008 council elections". Wales Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ Darren Devine (23 October 2007). "Leader resigns over schools vote". Wales Online. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2008: Denbighshire". Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Denbighshire County Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 November 2020.