![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Powys_wards_%282008%29.svg/300px-Powys_wards_%282008%29.svg.png)
The fourth election to the Powys County Council following local government reorganisation was held in May 2008.[1] It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. The election resulted once again in a majority of Independent councillors
Results Overview
[edit]There was an Independent Majority.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 45 | 0 | 9 | -9 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Conservative | 9 | 9 | 0 | +9 | |||||
Labour | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Ward Results (Brecknockshire)
[edit]Aber-craf (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cyril Gwyn Gwillim* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bronllys (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Claire Elizabeth Powell | 259 | |||
Independent | Stephen Davies* | 203 | |||
Conservative | Alastair John Scott | 116 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 59.0 | +59.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Builth (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Avril York | 607 | |||
Independent | Lily Jarman-Harris* | 324 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 49.0 | +49.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bwlch (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Kathryn Silk* | 286 | |||
Conservative | Alastair John Scott | 185 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 64.0 | +64.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Crickhowell (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Gerwyn Morris* | 646 | |||
Conservative | David Thomas | 491 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 49.0 | +49.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cwmtwrch (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Christine Davies* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Felin-fach (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tony Thomas | 234 | |||
Independent | John Frederick Pratt | 173 | |||
Independent | John Rowland Price | 126 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 50.0 | +50.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Gwernyfed (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Geraint George Hopkins* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Hay (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gareth William Ratcliffe | 395 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Charles James Gibson-Watt* | 325 | |||
Majority | 70 | ||||
Turnout | 56.0 | +12.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Llanafanfawr (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Rowland Price* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llangattock (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Holmes | 184 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Lennox Stuart | 182 | |||
Majority | 2 | ||||
Turnout | 44.0 | −4.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Llangors (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Melanie Jade Brookes Tunnicliffe* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Llangynidr (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Muriel Rosemarie Harris* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanwrtyd Wells (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Timothy John Van Rees* | 573 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Thomas Gareth Morris | 110 | |||
Independent | Robert Douglas Nicholson | 67 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 51.0 | −7.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Maescar / Llywel (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Thomas Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
St Davids Within (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Andrew Martin Charles Weale* | 372 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Powell | 137 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.0 | +41.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
St John (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David William Meredith | 528 | |||
Labour | Matthew James Dorrance | 430 | |||
Liberal Democrats | William Bryan Bufton* | 252 | |||
Conservative | Barbara Patricia Burgess | 250 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 54.0 | +12.0 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
St Mary (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul James Ashton* | 350 | |||
Independent | Sharon Elaine Williams | 304 | |||
Conservative | Gareth Jones | 303 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 51.0 | +51.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Talgarth (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | William Denston Powell | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats hold |
Talybont-on-Usk (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Liam Fitzpatrick | 513 | |||
Independent | Geraint James | 322 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 53.0 | +53.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Tawe Uchaf (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Krishn Pathak* | 483 | |||
Labour | David Arnold Thomas | 397 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 51.0 | +2.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Ynyscedwyn (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan McNicholas* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Yscir (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dorothy Gillian Thomas* | 358 | |||
Independent | Richard Brown | 82 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 53.0 | +53.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Ystradgynlais (two seats)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Steadman* | ||||
Independent | Joyce Thomas | 397 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.0 | +43.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ward Results (Montgomeryshire)
[edit]Banwy (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eluned Beryl Maud Vaughan* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Berriew (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Edward Davies | 298 | |||
Independent | John Allan Lawton* | 179 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Penny Vingoe | 70 | |||
Independent | David Terry Evans | 57 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 57.0 | +1.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Blaen Hafren (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Thomas Evans* | 630 | |||
Independent | John Cradduck | 437 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 59.0 | +59.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Caaersws (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Elizabeth Rachel Davies* | 668 | |||
Independent | Wyn Davies | 270 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 50.0 | +50.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Churchstoke (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Michael John Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Dolforwyn (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Wynne Thomas Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Forden (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Linda Veronica Corfield | unopposed | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Glantwymyn (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Pughe Vaughan* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Guilsfield (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Richard Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Kerry (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kathryn Mary Roberts-Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanbrynmair (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert William Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandinam (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Leonard Roche Elvet Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandrinio (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Graham Brown* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandysilio (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Arwel Jones* | 310 | |||
Independent | Nick Savage | 156 | |||
Conservative | Mark Frederik Johannsen | 125 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.0 | +42.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfair Caereinion (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Viola Elizabeth Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Barry Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfyllin (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Edward Lewis | 281 | |||
Independent | John Ellis Bowen* | 186 | |||
Independent | David Barry Goodman | 89 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 48.0 | −1.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Llanidloes (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Morgan* | 632 | |||
Independent | Nickolas Venti | 465 | |||
Independent | Robert Vaughan Parker-Munn | 146 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 55.0 | +55.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / Llansilin (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aled Wyn Davies | 582 | |||
Independent | Ethel Maureen Wilde | 267 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Robert Spencer | 126 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 55 | −7.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Llansantffraid (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tegwyn Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanwddyn (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Robert Maurice Baynes | unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Machynlleth (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Michael Williams* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Meifod (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eldrydd Mary Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Montgomery (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen Murray Hayes* | 358 | |||
Conservative | Richard Horne | 138 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 47.0 | −9.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Newtown Central (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Ian George | 314 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dougie Bancroft | 211 | |||
Independent | Reginald Taylor | 110 | |||
Independent | Robert Alan Lloyd | 29 | |||
Independent | John Andrew McCall | 26 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 30.0 | +1.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Newtown East (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard John White | 210 | |||
Independent | Nur Uddin | 145 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 23.0 | +23.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Alexander Torrens
|
378 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Noyce* | 288 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.0 | 0.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Harris | 367 | |||
Independent | Robert Thomas Davey* | 166 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Page | 121 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.0 | 0.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Newtown South (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Henry Mills* | 332 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sue Callery | 103 | |||
Independent | Philip Bowell Watkins | 37 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.0 | −1.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Rhiwcynon (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joyce Gethin Shearer* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Trewern (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dawn Bailey* | 308 | |||
Independent | John William Evams | 154 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.0 | +43.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Welshpool Castle (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Philip Charles Pritchard | 277 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Thomas Kaye | 151 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 28.0 | −18.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Welshpool Gungrog (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Francesca Helen Jump* | 443 | |||
Independent | David John Delwyn Williams | 350 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.0 | +3.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Welshpool Llanerchyddol (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ann Florence Holloway* | 426 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Howells | 353 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.0 | +12.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Ward Results (Radnorshire)
[edit]Beguildy (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Harold Brunt* | 273 | |||
Independent | Christopher Robert Thomas | 246 | |||
Independent | Geoff Morgan | 163 | |||
Independent | Jan Harris | 51 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Disserth and Trecoed (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Gwyn Davies* | 286 | |||
Conservative | Gwilym Williams | 238 | |||
Independent | Geraint Evans | 86 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Glasbury (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Margaret Elizabeth Morris* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Knighton (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Albert Harris* | 445 | |||
Independent | Christine Brandford | 359 | |||
Independent | Peter Reynolds | 341 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Fred Barker* | 302 | |||
Independent | John Powell | 230 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandrindod East/West (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gary David Price* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandrindod North (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Hodges | 391 | |||
Independent | Keith Francis Tampin* | 302 | |||
Majority | 31 | ||||
Turnout | 49.0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Llandrindod South (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Jayne Millington | 405 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David John Peter* | 397 | |||
Majority | 18 | ||||
Turnout | 50.0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Llanelwedd (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Maureen Mackenzie | 283 | |||
Conservative | Peter John Holtorp | 177 | |||
Independent | Robert Southcott | 95 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 58.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Llangunllo (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Wilfred Geoffrey Lewis* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanyre (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Evans | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Nantmel (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Owen Evans* | 357 | |||
Conservative | Catrin Edwards | 326 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Old Radnor (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Michael Jones* | 415 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Barwick | 244 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Presteigne (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Garry Richard Banks* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Rhayader (one seat)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kelvyn Watson Curry | 260 | |||
Independent | Edward Narborough | 226 | |||
UKIP | John Andreas Bufton | 169 | |||
Conservative | Carolyn Flynn | 145 | |||
Independent | Daniel Richard Butler | 66 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
By-Elections 2008-12
[edit]A number of by-elections were held during this period.
References
[edit]- ^ "County Council Election Results". Powys County Council. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Elections 2008 - Powys". BBC News. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2020.