2004 Welsh local elections

2004 Welsh local elections
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All 1,263 seats to 22 Welsh councils
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rhodri Morgan Ieuan Wyn Jones
Party Labour Plaid Cymru
Leader since 9 February 2000 16 March 2000
Seats won 479 175
Seat change Decrease84 Decrease30
Popular vote 278,193 149,352
Popular vote (%) 30.6% 16.4%
Swing (pp) Decrease3.8% Decrease1.8%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Lembit Opik Nick Bourne
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 17 September 2001 August 1999
Seats won 146 107
Seat change Increase48 Increase32
Popular vote 126,135 99,991
Popular vote (%) 13.9% 11.0%
Swing (pp) Increase0.5% Increase0.9%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control (left), and the largest party by ward (right)

The 2004 Welsh local elections took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of all twenty-two local authorities in Wales. They were held alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. The previous elections were held in 1999.

The elections were originally scheduled for May 2003, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2003 Wales Assembly elections. However, this meant they took place on the same day as the 2004 elections to the European Parliament.[1] 3,135 candidates competed for 1,262 council seats across Wales, in 879 electoral wards.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Analysis of local election results data for Wales 2004 (including turnout and extent of postal voting)" (PDF). Electoral Commission. p. 2. Retrieved 2 June 2019.