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2004 Isle of Anglesey County Council election
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2004 Welsh local government election
April 2022
thumb|Results of the 2004 Isle of Anglesey County Council election
The 2004 Isle of Anglesey County Council election took place on Thursday 10 June 2004 to elect members of the Isle of Anglesey County Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. The next full council election was on 1 May 2008.
Election result
Forty county councillors were elected from forty electoral wards. Fourteen seats had no election because there were no opposing candidates.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-22388459 Anglesey election: Plaid to seek Labour council deal BBC News 3 May 2013 23 March 2019
Prior to the election the county council had been governed for 15 months by a coalition led by Plaid Cymru's Bob Parry. After the 2004 election Plaid Cymru became the official opposition with 8 councillors. There were 28 councillors not affiliated to any political party, comprising ten declared Independents and eighteen who gave no description.https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/labour-hail-return-fold-2928035 Labour hail a return to the fold - Who controls the councils? 15 June 2004 North Wales Live 23 March 2019
Isle of Anglesey Council Election 2004 Isle of Anglesey County Council Election Results 1995-2008 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Isle-of-Anglesey-1995-2008.pdf The Elections Centre 23 March 2019
Independent (politician)
28
70.0
Plaid Cymru
8
20.0
Conservative Party (UK)
2
5.0
Labour Party (UK)
1
2.5
Welsh Liberal Democrats
1
2.5
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Events prior to 2008 election
The Plaid Cymru councillor for the Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog ward, Hughie Noel Thomas, resigned from the party group in October 2006. He was jailed for nine months on 6 November 2006 (and disqualified from being a county councillor) for falsifying Post Office records. He had been sub-postmaster in the village of Gaerwen.https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/postmaster-jailed-48k-false-accounting-2885860 Postmaster jailed for £48k false accounting 7 November 2006 North Wales Live 23 March 2019 Independent councillor Eric Jones was elected at a by-election in 2007.
References
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