2008 Welsh local elections

2008 Welsh local elections
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All 1,270 seats to 22 Welsh councils[1]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rhodri Morgan Ieuan Wyn Jones
Party Labour Plaid Cymru
Leader since 9 February 2000 16 March 2000
Last election 479 seats, 30.6%[1] 175 seats, 16.4%
Seats won 345 206
Seat change Decrease134 Increase31
Popular vote 253,029 159,847
Popular vote (%) 26.6% 16.8%
Swing (pp) Decrease4.0% Increase0.4%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Nick Bourne Michael German
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since August 1999 November 2007
Last election 107 seats, 11.0% 146 seats, 13.9%
Seats won 174 165
Seat change Increase67 Increase19
Popular vote 148,708 123,175
Popular vote (%) 15.6% 13.0%
Swing (pp) Increase4.6% Decrease0.9%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control (left), and the largest party by ward (right)

The 2008 Welsh local elections took place on 1 May 2008 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 2004.

  1. ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2008). "Local Elections Handbook 2008" (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. Retrieved 15 December 2016.