2004 Newport City Council election

2004 Elections to Newport City Council were held on 10 June 2004 along with elections to the other 21 local authorities and community councils in Wales, as well as elections in the remainder of the United Kingdom. It was the first full election in Newport since it was awarded city status in 2002.

The 50 councillors elected in this election serve a four-year term.

The previous election took place in 1999.

The next full election took place in May 2008.

Background

Newport County Borough was awarded city status in 2002,^[1] which also changed the status of the council^[2] (though the results were still reported as Newport County Borough at this election).^[3]

Following an electoral review there were a number of ward boundary changes and the number of elected councillors increased from 47 to 50, effective from the 2004 election.^[4]

Election results: overview

Newport City Council election 2004 ^[5]^[6]
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %
	Labour	31	6	62.0
	Conservative	11	5	22.0
	Liberal Democrats	6	5	12.0
	Plaid Cymru	1	0	2.0
	Independent	1	1	2.0
Total		50

Ward results

Asterixes denote sitting councillors for the ward who are standing for re-election.^[7]

Allt-yr-yn

Allt-yr-yn *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Matthew Evans *	1,645
	Conservative	David Fouweather	1,576
	Conservative	Leslie Knight *	1,520
	Labour	Geoffrey Lee	804
	Labour	Victoria Colley-Wall	750
	Labour	Alan Jones	705
	Liberal Democrats	Megan Rees Webb	474
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	448
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Williams	438
	Plaid Cymru	Clive Busson	257
Turnout

Alway

Alway *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Raymond Truman *	853
	Labour	John Guy *	806
	Labour	Ken Powell *	796
	Conservative	Mary Thomas	412
	Conservative	Alison Aston	403
	Conservative	Philip Aston	401
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Parry	399
	Plaid Cymru	Dawn Bennett	221
Turnout

Beechwood

Beechwood *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Clarke *	1,521
	Liberal Democrats	David Hando	1,422
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Evans	1,337
	Labour	Christine Watkins	608
	Labour	Helen Kinsey	602
	Labour	Jane Eden	595
	Conservative	Anthony Bees	272
	Conservative	Justine Hennah	269
	Conservative	Kathleen Davies	251
Turnout

Bettws

Bettws *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Noel Trigg *	1,150
	Labour	Val Delahaye *	754
	Labour	Glyn Jarvis *	660
	Independent	Susan Baker	539
	Independent	John Parris	483
	Conservative	Paula-Jane Fouweather	178
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Rice	159
	Plaid Cymru	Alison Cording	156
Turnout

Caerleon

Caerleon *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Gail Giles	1,095
	Labour	Paul Huntley	1,045
	Labour	Cliff Suller	1,039
	Caerleon I. P. P.	Adam Cox *	1,016
	Caerleon I. P. P.	Naomi Macey *	995
	Caerleon I. P. P.	Stephen Macey	826
	Conservative	William Fisher	642
	Conservative	David Hildred	569
	Conservative	Alan Routley	566
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	354
Turnout

Cox, Macey and Macey stood for the Caerleon Independent Progressive Party at this election.^[3] Adam Cox and Naomi Macey had been elected for the Liberal Democrats at the 1999 election.^[7]

Gaer

Gaer *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mark Whitcutt *	1,042
	Labour	Herbert Thomas	898
	Labour	Deborah Wilcox	878
	Liberal Democrats	James Wood	624
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wheeldon	599
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Flanagan	588
	Conservative	John Luckett	576
	Conservative	Laura Morgan	539
	Conservative	Brian Jelf	521
Turnout

Graig

Graig *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Margaret Cornelious *	1,030
	Conservative	Dean Jenkins	798
	Labour	Peter McKim *	626
	Labour	Neil Todd	577
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mountain	348
Turnout

Langstone

Langstone *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Atwell *	1,114
	Conservative	Simon Lane	1,018
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Barker	274
	Labour	Stephen Chandler	155
	Labour	Steve Clarke	143
	Plaid Cymru	Sheila Cavendish	91
Turnout

Liswerry

Liswerry *(4 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ken Critchley *	1,162
	Labour	Andrew Jeavons	1,120
	Labour	John Richards	964
	Labour	Allan Morris	929
	Conservative	Wayne Marsh	667
	Conservative	Louise Gridland	618
	Conservative	Donna Stagg	563
	Conservative	David Cox	559
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Townsend	502
Turnout

Llanwern

Llanwern *(1 seat)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Carole Atwell *	327
	Labour	Gillian Burton	259
	Conservative	John Small	248
	Plaid Cymru	Theresa Combstock	77
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel Townsend	38
Turnout

Malpas

Malpas *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William Langsford *	1,163
	Labour	David Mayer *	1,020
	Labour	Peter Davies	1,000
	Conservative	John Bird	922
	Conservative	Ian Brown	861
	Conservative	Nicholas Richardson	838
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Davies	406
	Plaid Cymru	David Hall	267
	Plaid Cymru	Wendy Hall	236
Turnout

Marshfield

Marshfield *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Pursey	809
	Conservative	William Morgan	787
	Labour	Anthony Boswell *	590
	Labour	Joe Chiummo	333
	Plaid Cymru	Nathan Brown	170
Turnout

Pillgwenlly

Pillgwenlly *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ron Jones *	673
	Labour	Laura Buchanan-Smith *	582
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Salkeld	498
	Independent	Reginald Williams	294
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Varley	233
Turnout

Ringland

Ringland *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Malcolm Linton	702
	Labour	Bob Bright *	628
	Labour	Tony Gray *	603
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Townsend	459
	Plaid Cymru	Leslie Morgan	294
Turnout

Rogerstone

Rogerstone *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Edward Burke *	1,515
	Labour	Erryl Heath *	1,389
	Conservative	Stephen Jones	1,375
	Conservative	Andrew Cooksey	1,265
	Conservative	Alan Mazey	1,214
	Labour	Gareth Loudon	1,194
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Angeli	614
	Plaid Cymru	Firdaus Asghar	310
Turnout

St Julians

St Julians *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Townsend	1,718
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Watkins	1,560
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Bull	1,548
	Labour	Ken Goodger	774
	Labour	Paul Bright	632
	Labour	Ian Jones	469
	Conservative	Margaret Palfrey	312
	Independent	Christopher Hill	306
	Conservative	Yale Bryan	277
	Conservative	Christopher Hill	257
	Independent	James Dyer	170
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Blackwood	147
Turnout

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Paul Cockeram *	593
	Labour	Robert Poole *	557
	Conservative	Peter Davies	314
	Conservative	Jonathan Hill	310
	Independent	Sheila Goff	276
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Clark	215
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Bailey	192
Turnout

Stow Hill

Stow Hill *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Davies	524
	Labour	Miqdad al-Nuaimi *	441
	Conservative	William Routley	425
	Labour	Alan Wood	382
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey North	178
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys ab Elis	126
	Independent	Barbara Powrie	119
Turnout

Tredegar Park

Tredegar Park *(one seat)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Trevor Watkins	274
	Plaid Cymru	James Brunnock	254
	Conservative	Paul Jinks	110
Turnout

Victoria

Victoria *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammad Asghar	571
	Labour	Christine Jenkins	561
	Labour	Harry Williams *	511
	Plaid Cymru	Trefor Puw	459
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Mellish	286
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Mellish	282
Turnout

Asghar became Wales' first Muslim councillor when he was elected for this ward.^[8]

References

^ "Newport wins battle for city status". BBC News. 14 March 2002. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "About the council". Newport City Council. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Results for Newport County Borough". South Wales Argus. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
^ "The County Borough of Newport (Electoral Changes) Order 2002". Legislation.gov.uk. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2004: Newport". Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ "Newport council". BBC News. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Newport City Council Election Result 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ "Mohammad Asghar". Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[1] "Newport wins battle for city status". BBC News. 14 March 2002. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[2] "About the council". Newport City Council. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[SWA_2004-3] "Results for Newport County Borough". South Wales Argus. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

[2021_Order-4] "The County Borough of Newport (Electoral Changes) Order 2002". Legislation.gov.uk. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[teale_2004-5] Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2004: Newport". Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[BBC_2004-6] "Newport council". BBC News. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[elections_centre-7] "Newport City Council Election Result 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

[8] "Mohammad Asghar". Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

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