2004 City and County of Swansea Council election

(Redirected from 2004 Swansea Council election) 2004 Welsh local government election

The third election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held in May 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election.

Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the third elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The Labour Party lost their majority on the authority.

Candidates

The contests were fought by most of the main parties but Labour was the only one to contest the majority of seats.

Overall Result

City and County of Swansea Council election result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	32
	Liberal Democrats	19
	Independent	12
	Plaid Cymru	5
	Conservative	4
	Green	0

Results by ward

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Bishopston (one seat)

Bishopston 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Keith Edmund Marsh*	1,029
Liberal Democrats	John Philip Bleay	168
Green	Larch Ian Albert Frank Juckes Maxey	143
Independent hold		Swing

Bonymaen (two seats)

Bonymaen 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Brian Hague*	1093
Labour	Mair Eluned Gibbs*	936
Plaid Cymru	Philip Charles Couch	386
Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Anne Samuel	224
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Castle (four seats)

Castle 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Robert Alan Lloyd*	1,034
Labour	Barbara Joyce Hynes*	943
Labour	Erika Kirchner	897
Labour	David Phillips*	876
Plaid Cymru	Patrick John Powell	671
Plaid Cymru	Hugh Nigel Parsons	656
Liberal Democrats	Daniel John Davies	649
Plaid Cymru	Farid Ali	644
Liberal Democrats	Gareth Peter Jones	577
Plaid Cymru	Clive Ian Gary Smith	548
Green	Yvonne Marjorie Holley	534
Conservative	Philip Malcolm Bray	477
Conservative	Warren Michael Charles Jones	460
Green	Derek Alexander McBrier	418
Independent	David Verson Phillips	305
Socialist Alternative	Alec Thraves	258
Socialist Alternative	Robert Williams	227
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Clydach (two seats)

Sylvia Lewis had been elected as an Independent in 1999.

Clydach 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Roger Llewellyn Smith*	1,107
Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Mary Lewis*	761
Plaid Cymru	James Vernon Davies	595
Labour	Islwyn Hopkins	589
Liberal Democrats	Julie Marlene Davies	486
Conservative	Robert Andrew Evans	172
Conservative	Jonathan Bray Stockting	131
Labour hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cockett (four seats)

Cockett 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	William Keith Morgan*	1,452
Plaid Cymru	Adrian Hugh Rees	1,406
Plaid Cymru	John Rhodri Thomas	1,338
Plaid Cymru	Enid Vanessa Webb	1,200
Labour	Anna Mary Pennock	1,029
Labour	Clive Keith Morgan	954
Labour	John Abraham	861
Labour	Hazel Mary Morris	820
Liberal Democrats	Nicola Anne Holley	652
Liberal Democrats	Tudor Richard Donne	555
Green	Ann Elizabeth Cashman	331
Green	Timothy Edward Pope	314
Green	John Michael Thomas	288
Green	Marguerite Esther White	287
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Cwmbwrla (three seats)

Cwmbwrla 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Peter Malcolm Black*	1,873
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ashleigh Holley*	1,621
Liberal Democrats	Lewis Graham Thomas*	1,483
Labour	John Alun James	339
Labour	Terence James Hennegan	307
Labour	Malcolm David Smith	278
Green	Frederick Keith Coleman	155
Green	Martin William Jones	129
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dunvant (two seats)

Dunvant 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	John Newbury*	1,163
Liberal Democrats	Nicholas John Tregoning*	915
Independent	Elizabeth Ann Davies	445
Labour	Nigel Mark Rees	218
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fairwood (one seat)

Elected as an Independent in 1995, John Bushell successfully defended the seat as a Conservative in 1999 but now again stood, unsuccessfully, as an Independent.

Fairwood 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Paxton Richard Hood‐Williams	470
Independent	John Gunther Bushell*	405
Labour	John Howell Guy	162
Green	Rhodri Griffiths John	138
Liberal Democrats	Andrew Whitt	57
Conservative hold		Swing

Gorseinon (one seat)

Gorseinon 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Glyn Seabourne*	441
Plaid Cymru	Darren Jeffery Thomas	207
Independent	Giuseppe Vittorio Bruno	181
Conservative	Carrie Baylis Cooper	110
Labour hold		Swing

Gower (one seat)

Gower 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Richard David Lewis*	883
Conservative	Marjorie Jennifer Stubbings	391
Labour	David Raymond Beech	186
Green	David Charles Howells	185
Independent hold		Swing

Gowerton (one seat)

Gowerton 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ronald Morgan Thomas*	612
Conservative	Peter Davies	494
Liberal Democrats	William James Cherrington	328
Labour hold		Swing

Killay North (one seat)

Killay North 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Mary Helen Jones*	699
Conservative	David Nicholas Thomas	212
Labour	Nigel Alan Robins	103
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Killay South (one seat)

Killay South 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Gerald Glyn Clement*	798
Conservative	James Barrington Geen Harding	165
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kingsbridge (one seat)

Kingsbridge 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Gethin Evans*	566
Plaid Cymru	Pauline A. Selvage	305
Conservative	Anthony Allan Winchester	284
Liberal Democrats	Howard James Rees	200
Labour hold		Swing

Landore (two seats)

Landore 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Vivian Nigel Abbott	821
Liberal Democrats	Robert Speht	775
Labour	Thomas Michael White	694
Labour	Nigel Shreeve	656
Independent	Gerald Murphy	193
Independent	Kenneth Philip Skinner	122
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Llangyfelach (one seat)

Llangyfelach 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Gareth Sullivan*	888
Labour	Geoffrey Archer	272
Conservative	Garath Donald John Williams	223
Independent hold		Swing

Llansamlet (four seats)

Elected as an Independent in 1999, June Evans subsequently joined the Independent group.

Llansamlet 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	June Evans*	1,176
Labour	Dennis Henry James*	1,063
Labour	Lawrence David Bailey*	1,062
Labour	Yvonne Veronica Jardine	975
Labour	Penelope Margaret Matthews	939
Plaid Cymru	Carolyne Shan Couch	770
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Cuff	598
Conservative	Stephen Neil Hughes	566
Conservative	Christian John Holliday	509
Conservative	Andrew David Morgan	504
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Lower Loughor (one seat)

Lower Loughor 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Daniel Raymond James*	218
Independent	Clive Ernest Watters	196
Conservative	Robert John Charles Fisher	92
Plaid Cymru	John William Griffiths	73
Independent	Richard Gordon Evans	66
Liberal Democrats	Margaret Elaine Cherrington	14
Labour hold		Swing

Mawr (one seat)

Mawr 2004
	Candidate	Votes
People's Representative	Ioan Merritt Richard*	620
Conservative	Simon Jeffrey Trick	82
Others hold		Swing

Mayals (one seat)

Mayals 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Rene Harwood Kinzett	708
Conservative	Dorian Gerald Rowbottom	206
Independent	David Charles Evans*	179
Labour	Jeffrey William Walton	64
Plaid Cymru	Eiry Miles	56
Green	Philip Joel Swinnerton	33
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Morriston (five seats)

Morriston 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Michael John Hedges*	1,958
Labour	Robert John Lloyd*	1,813
Labour	William John Francis Davies*	1,758
Labour	Robert Francis-Davies*	1,738
Labour	Robert Charles Stewart	1,726
Liberal Democrats	Helen Ceri Jones	1,443
Liberal Democrats	Debra Louise Anthony	1,414
Liberal Democrats	Steven John Moss	1,300
Liberal Democrats	Stuart Anthony Vaughan	1,234
Liberal Democrats	Jacob Mbu Oben	1,051
Plaid Cymru	Charlotte Aull Davies	732
Conservative	William Hughes	691
Conservative	Thomas Patrick Morgan	576
Conservative	Paul Raymond Morris	462
Conservative	Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris	446
Green	Deborah James	398
Green	Colin Keith Donnan	337
Green	John Rasbridge	308
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Mynyddbach (three seats)

Mynyddbach 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Audrey Rose Ann Clement	1,512
Labour	Ceinwen Thomas*	1,141
Independent	Austin Raymond Welsby	1,119
Labour	Byron George Owen*	1,081
Labour	Charles Glyndwr White*	925
Liberal Democrats	Lesley Jayne Price	628
Independent gain from Labour		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Newton (one seat)

Newton 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Susan Mary Waller*	652
Conservative	Anthony Charles Saunders Colburn	636
Green	Karen Anne Laurence	112
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oystermouth (one seat)

Oystermouth 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Joan Thyrza Gwenllian Peters*	702
Labour	John Roger Warren Evans	383
Liberal Democrats	Zoe Francesca James‐Williams	252
Green	Paul Stewart Wimbush	145
Conservative hold		Swing

Penclawdd (one seat)

Penclawdd 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Paul Tucker	890
Labour	Terence John Snell	386
Conservative	Gordon Howells	126
Green	Walter Raymond Stock	95
Independent hold		Swing

Penderry (three seats)

Penderry 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	June Elizabeth Burtonshaw*	913
Labour	Grenville Phillips*	871
Labour	Doreen Jones*	870
Green	James Anthony Young	472
Green	Linda Beynon	423
Liberal Democrats	Gaynor Meehan	402
Green	Christine Mary Norman	349
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Penllergaer (one seat)

Penllergaer 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Elizabeth Wendy Fitzgerald	595
Labour	Dennis Joseph Lawlor	205
Conservative	Janice Birch	99
Independent hold		Swing

Pennard (one seat)

Pennard 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Margaret Smith*	574
Liberal Democrats	Andrew Crawford Thomas	402
Green	Lawrence Daniel Fancourt	161
Labour	Andrew John Jones	101
Independent hold		Swing

Penyrheol (two seats)

Penyrheol 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Alison Marsha Seabourne	694
Labour	David Islwyn Elfed Jones*	676
Independent	Peter William Woollard	564
Liberal Democrats	David Anthony Griffiths	321
Conservative	Paul Curtis De La Mare	304
Conservative	Eleanor Mary Davies	270
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Pontarddulais (two seats)

Pontarddulais 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	John Treharne Miles*	1,239
Labour	Philip Downing	983
Plaid Cymru	Eifion Davies	959
Conservative	Lyndon Richard Jones	299
Conservative	Margaret Chegwin Jones	231
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Sketty (five seats)

Sketty 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Rosina June Stanton*	2,366
Liberal Democrats	Arthur Michael Day*	1,940
Conservative	Thomas Huw Rees*	1,628
Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Lynne Philpott	1,445
Conservative	Anthony Trevor Lloyd*	1,398
Conservative	Keith Houston Meyrick Crawford	1,322
Liberal Democrats	Paul Michael Meara	1,316
Conservative	Hayden Edward Jones	1,305
Conservative	David William Helliwell	1,274
Liberal Democrats	Edward Whittaker	1,156
Labour	Joseph Brian Cainen	889
Labour	Geraint Owens	840
Labour	Parvaiz Arshad Ali	793
Labour	Maureen Clough‐Stuckey*	762
Labour	Peter Leonard Rowlands	726
Plaid Cymru	Sian Thomas	592
Green	Heather Brooks	407
Green	Sandra Christina Shrewsbury	367
Green	Nicholas Gregory Gaylor	358
Green	Neil Robert Hooper	270
Green	Howard John Jago	231
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

St. Thomas (two seats)

St Thomas 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Alan Robinson	1,150
Labour	Alan Rees Richards*	742
Labour	Cyril Frederick Johnstone*	648
Green	Teresa Brzoza	521
Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Clarke	277
Independent gain from Labour		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Townhill (three seats)

Townhill 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David Henry Hopkins*	689
Labour	Geoffrey Hugh Burtonshaw	665
Labour	William Edwin Alan Jones	653
Independent	Terence Porter	444
Liberal Democrats	Andrew Paul Jones	344
Plaid Cymru	Gregory Lee Evans	299
Liberal Democrats	Phillip Richard Stanford	284
Plaid Cymru	Hazel Pauline McKnight	259
Liberal Democrats	Forbes Neil Lopez	216
Green	Christopher Scott Warwick	122
Green	Kingsley Vincent Evans	120
Green	Marcus Kit Petz	85
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Uplands (four seats)

Uplands 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Peter May	1,373
Liberal Democrats	Stuart James Rice	1,354
Liberal Democrats	Claire Margaret Waller	1,230
Liberal Democrats	Jayne Woodman	1,120
Labour	Derek James*	769
Labour	Gwion Iqbal Malik	710
Labour	Hardev Aswani	692
Labour	Moira Ann Singh*	676
Independent	Dick Phillips	649
Green	Martyn John Shrewsbury	616
Independent	Angela Lewis	600
Conservative	Richard Oliver John	507
Independent	Susan Rosemary Sturgess	493
Independent	Lavinia Gay Mitchell	493
Independent	Phillip Norman Stapleton	482
Conservative	Philip David Helliwell	472
Green	463	816
Plaid Cymru	Christian Downing	440
Plaid Cymru	Omer Williams	436
Plaid Cymru	Nicholas Atkin‐Walsh	419
Plaid Cymru	Harri Llwyd Roberts	414
Green	Andrew Niel Hammond	376
Green	Mary Roberta Marquand	352
Democratic Alliance	Nortridge Perrott	83
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Upper Loughor (two seats)

Possible boundary change. the number of seats was reduced from two to one

Upper Loughor 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Darren Price	404
Labour	David Alcwyn Evans*	305
Liberal Democrats	James Bernard Kelleher	113
Conservative	Nigel Thomas Packer	79
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

West Cross (two seats)

West Cross 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Desmond Wilfred William Thomas	909
Labour	Mark Clive Child*	939
Conservative	Vera Margaret Duncan	702
Conservative	David Monro Donaldson	688
Independent	Christopher Leonard McNeff	474
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Gareth Davies	354
Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Owain Burchell	309
Green	Steve Heydon	166
Green	Geraldine Sara Noott	147
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

References

"Results - local government elections 2004". City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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