2008 Vale of Glamorgan Council election

Election April 2022 thumb|Results of the 2008 Vale of Glamorgan Council election The 2008 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of Vale of Glamorgan Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election was in 2004 and the next full elections were on 3 May 2012. Election result Forty-seven seats were up for election and the Conservative Party managed to win an overall majority, where previously no party was in overall control.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/pd.stm Elections 2008 - Vale Of Glamorgan BBC News 2 May 2008 2018-05-06 The result took place in the context of Gordon Brown's Labour government falling to its lowest polling since the 1960s, with the Conservatives winning control of eleven other councils in England and Wales.Summers Deborah Wintour Patrick Sparrow Andrew Brown admits fall to third place amounts to 'bad night' for Labour 2 May 2008 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/may/01/localelections.london08 theguardian.com 2018-05-06 Vale of Glamorgan Council Election 2008Teale Andrew Local Election Results 2008: Vale of Glamorgan http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2008/411/ 2018-05-06 Conservative Party (UK) yes 25 5 0 +5 53.2 43.4 18,532 Labour Party (UK) 13 2 5 -3 27.7 26.5 11,331 Plaid Cymru 6 0 2 -2 12.7 12.8 8,932 Llantwit First Independents 3 3 0 +3 6.4 4.4 1,894 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.1 878 Independent (politician) 0 0 3 -3 0.0 1.5 659 UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 413 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 73 |} Ward results Ward Political group Councillor Change from last electionBaruc (Barry)Plaid CymruNicholas Hodges Plaid Cymru holdPlaid CymruSteffan WiliamPlaid Cymru holdButtrills (Barry)Welsh Labour PartyMargaret AlexanderLabour holdWelsh Labour PartyStuart EganLabour holdCadoc (Barry)Welsh Labour PartyFred JohnsonLabour holdWelsh Labour PartyAnne Moore Labour holdWelsh Labour PartyNeil MooreLabour holdCastleland (Barry)Welsh Labour PartyPamela Drake Labour gain from Plaid CymruWelsh Labour PartyChristopher ElmoreLabour gain from Plaid CymruCornerswell (Penarth)Welsh Conservative PartyJohn Fraser Conservative gain from LabourWelsh Conservative PartyDorothy TurnerConservative gain from LabourCourt (Barry)Welsh Labour PartyRichard BertinLabour holdWelsh Labour PartyBronwen BrooksLabour holdCowbridgeWelsh Conservative PartyGeoffrey CoxConservative holdWelsh Conservative PartyValerie EllisConservative holdWelsh Conservative PartyHunter JarvieConservative holdDinas PowysPlaid CymruVal HartreyPlaid Cymru holdPlaid CymruMargaret RandallPlaid Cymru holdPlaid CymruKeith HattonPlaid Cymru holdPlaid CymruChristopher WilliamsPlaid Cymru holdDyfan (Barry)Welsh Conservative PartyMarguerita WrightConservative gain from Labour Welsh Conservative PartyKatharine Kemp Conservative gain from LabourGibbonsdown (Barry)Welsh Labour PartyRob CurtisLabour holdWelsh Labour PartyMargaret Wilkinson Labour holdIlltyd (Barry)Welsh Conservative PartyTerry HamptonConservative holdWelsh Conservative PartyJanice CharlesConservative holdWelsh Conservative PartyEmlyn WilliamsConservative holdLlandoughWelsh Conservative PartyColin OsborneConservative holdLlandow and EwennyWelsh Conservative PartyColin VaughanConservative holdLlantwit MajorLlantwit First IndependentsGwyn JohnLlantwit First gain from Independent [a] Llantwit First IndependentsSally BagstaffLlantwit First gain from Independent [a]Llantwit First IndependentsEric HackerLlantwit First gain from Independent [a]Welsh Conservative PartyJohn CliffordConservative holdPeterston-Super-ElyWelsh Conservative PartyRhodri TraherneConservative holdPlymouth (Penarth)Welsh Conservative PartyMaureen OwenConservative holdWelsh Conservative PartyClive WilliamsConservative holdRhooseWelsh Conservative PartyJeff JamesConservative holdWelsh Conservative PartyGordon KempConservative holdSt AthanWelsh Conservative PartyJohn ThomasConservative holdSt Augustine's (Penarth)Welsh Conservative PartyPaul ChurchConservative holdWelsh Conservative PartySophie WilliamsConservative gain from LabourSt Brides MajorWelsh Conservative PartyAudrey PrestonConservative holdStanwell (Penarth)Labour Party (UK)Janice BirchLabour holdLabour Party (UK)Mark WilsonLabour holdSullyWelsh Conservative PartySarah SharpeConservative holdWelsh Conservative PartyAnthony ErnestConservative holdWenvoeWelsh Conservative PartyJonathan BirdConservative hold [a] Councillors previously elected as Independent. Llantwit First Independents registered as a new political party in 2007 References Vale of Glamorgan 2008