2004 Ceredigion County Council election

An election to Ceredigion County Council was held on 10 June 2004 on the same day of the European Elections.^[1] It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election.

The whole council was up for election and following boundary changes the number of seats was reduced to 42.^[2] The council remained in a situation of No Overall Control following Plaid Cymru gains at the expense of the Independents. The Independents formed a coalition administration following the previous county council election in May 1999, being largest group on the council along with the Liberal Democrats.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Independents 16
Plaid Cymru 16
Liberal Democrats 9
Labour 1

Election results: overview

Sixteen members of the original Council elected in 1995 were again returned.

Three of the elected Independent councilors, namely Gethin James (Aberporth), Ray Quant (Borth) and Haydn Lewis (Penparc) were non-party Independents, in that they did not sit as members of the Independent group of councilors.

Ceredigion Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Plaid Cymru	16	2	0	+2	38.10	38.92	10,198	-
	Independent	12	0	4	-4	28.57	20.69	5,423	-
	Liberal Democrats	9	2	0	+2	21.43	20.19	5,291	-
	Non-party independents	3	0	3	-3	7.14	9.91	2598	-
	Labour	1	0	0	=	2.38	3.00	785	-
	Cymraeg/Welsh¹	1	1	0	+1	2.38	2.45	643	-
	Llais Ceredigion	0	0	0	=	0.00	3.53	925	-
	Llais Aberaeron UDP Reject²	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.66	172	-
	UKIP	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.37	96	-
	Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.18	48	-
	Conservative	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.10	26	-
Total		42			-2			26,205

¹Cymraeg/Welsh was the label used by independent councillor John Ivor Williams. In 1999, and again in 2008, he ran with the label Independent.
²Llais Aberaeron UDP Reject was the label used by Mary Elizabeth Davies.

Ward Results

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Richard Emlyn Thomas*	458
Llais Aberaeron	Mary Elizabeth Davies	172
Independent	Steve Harty	57
Independent hold		Swing

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Gethin James	396
Liberal Democrats	Elfyn Owen Rees*	326
Llais Ceredigion	Emyr Hywel	194
Independent hold		Swing

Aberteifi, Mwldan (one seat)

Aberteifi, Mwldan 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Sarah Mary Morris*	406
Plaid Cymru	Thomas John Adams-Lewis*	286
Independent win (new seat)

Aberteifi, Rhydyfuwch (one seat)

Boundary Change.

Aberteifi, Rhydyfuwch 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	John Mark Cole	203
Plaid Cymru	Tomos Melfydd George	185
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Aberteifi, Teifi (one seat)

Boundary Change.

Aberteifi, Teifi 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Alan Wilson*	226
Plaid Cymru	David Aidan Lloyd Owen	57
Independent win (new seat)

Aberystwyth Bronglais (one seats)

Boundary Change

Aberystwyth Bronglais 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Alun John Wiliams*	303
Liberal Democrats	John Paul Maddrell	120
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Aberystwyth Central (one seat)

Boundary Change

Aberystwyth Central 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Ceredig Wyn Davies	252
Plaid Cymru	Vivian Rees-Butterworth	96
Independent	Hywel Thomas Jones*	51
Conservative	Will Quince	26
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Aberystwyth North (one seat)

Possible Boundary Change

Aberystwyth North 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Edgar Carl Williams*	264
Plaid Cymru	John Aled Davies	239
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Aberystwyth Penparcau (two seats)

This ward was previously known as Aberystwyth South

Aberystwyth Penparcau 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards*	550
Independent	Owen Henry Jones	364
Plaid Cymru	Susan Jane Jones-Davies	195
Plaid Cymru	John Michael Jones	188
Liberal Democrats	Denise Elizabeth Cole	149
Green	Timothy John Foster	48
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Rheidol (one seat)

Aberystwyth Rheidol 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Eric John Griffiths*	580
Plaid Cymru	Jacqueline Mary Taylor	182
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	William David Lyndon Lloyd	518
Llais Ceredigion	Ioan Glyndwr Howells	191
Independent hold		Swing

Borth (one seat)

Borth 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Raymond Paul Quant*	490
Plaid Cymru	Mark Antony Strong	277
Independent hold		Swing

Capel Dewi (one seat)

Capel Dewi 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Peter Lloyd Davies	420
Plaid Cymru	Martha Ann Eileen Curry	181
Independent hold		Swing

Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Ellen Elizabeth ap Gwynn*	572
Liberal Democrats	Maurice Roger Brown	196
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Ciliau Aeron (one seat)

Ciliau Aeron 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Stanley Meredith Thomas*	451
Plaid Cymru	Arthur John Moelfryn Maskell	367
UKIP	Iain James Sheldon	96
Independent hold		Swing

Faenor (one seat)

Faenor 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	John Erfyl Roberts	450
Plaid Cymru	Alan Lloyd Evans	316
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Robert George Harris*	785
Independent	John Ivor Williams*	643
Plaid Cymru	Andrew Gerald Carter	350
Labour hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llanarth (one seat)

Llanarth 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Thomas Eurfyl Evans*	396
Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Ieuan Jones	208
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr Padarn (one seat)

Boundary Change

Llanbadarn Fawr Padarn 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Gareth Davies	223
Independent	Benjamin Lewis Davies*	187
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr Sulien (one seat)

Boundary Change

Llanbadarn Fawr Sulien 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Paul James	316
Liberal Democrats	Heather Fievet Stitt	42
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Benjamin Towyn Evans	395
Independent	Derrick Richards	358
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llandysiliogogo 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Cen Llwyd*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llandysul Town (one seat)

Llandysul Town 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan John Keith Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfarian (one seat)

Alun Lloyd Jones had left the Plaid Cymru group and joined the Independents after the 1999 election.

Llanfarian 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Alun Lloyd Jones*	340
Plaid Cymru	Rhodri Mabon ap Gwynfor	318
Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Llanfihangel Ystrad 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Owen Llywelyn	593
Liberal Democrats	Matthew George Cooper Lewes Gee	380
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangeitho (one seat)

Llangeitho 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David John Evans*	540
Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Wyn Morse	197
Independent hold		Swing

Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	John Timothy Odwyn Davies*	454
Liberal Democrats	Rodney Edmund George Parish	169
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanrhystud 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	David Rowland Rees-Evans	392
Independent	Emyr Morgan Jones	217
Plaid Cymru	Mari Luned Llwyd	207
Llais Ceredigion	David John Williams	15
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llansantffraed (one seat)

Llansantffraed 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Daniel Meurig James*	583
Independent	Dafydd Wyn Edwards	309
Liberal Democrats	Carol Ann Kolczak	260
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Samuel Haydn Richards*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Lledrod (one seat)

Lledrod 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Lloyd Evans*	682
Llais Ceredigion	Gwilym ab Ioan	319
Independent hold		Swing

Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Fred Williams*	540
Plaid Cymru	Gweirydd Gwyndaf	357
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Sarah Gillian Hopley*	363
Plaid Cymru	Julian Raymond Evans	185
Independent hold		Swing

Penbryn (one seat)

Plaid Cymru had won the seat in a by-election.

Penbryn 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Ian ap Dewi*	661
Liberal Democrats	Thomas Sean Fievet Stitt	145
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Haydn Lewis*	755
Llais Ceredigion	Raymond Michael Dawe	205
Independent hold		Swing

Tirymynach (one seat)

Tirymynach 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Wiliam Penri James*	465
Liberal Democrats	Paul Buckingham James Hinge	185
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	David Suter	375
Liberal Democrats	Evan Daniel Jones	241
Independent	John Dilwyn Lewis	93
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Tregaron (one seat)

Tregaron 2004
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Catherine Jane Hughes	349
Independent	Nerys Ann Evans	314
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerallt Wynford Jones	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Ystwyth one seat)

Ystwyth 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John David Rowland Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "County Council Elections". Ceredigion County Council. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
^ "Ceredigion council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 November 2009.

[2004_results_CerCC-1] "County Council Elections". Ceredigion County Council. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

[lose-2] "Ceredigion council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 November 2009.

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