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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric John Griffiths*	580
	Plaid Cymru	Jacqueline Mary Taylor	182
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	William David Lyndon Lloyd	518
	Llais Ceredigion	Ioan Glyndwr Howells	191
	Independent hold		Swing

Borth (one seat)

Borth 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Raymond Paul Quant*	490
	Plaid Cymru	Mark Antony Strong	277
	Independent hold		Swing

Capel Dewi (one seat)

Capel Dewi 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Peter Lloyd Davies	420
	Plaid Cymru	Martha Ann Eileen Curry	181
	Independent hold		Swing

Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 2004

Party		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

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Erfyl Roberts	450
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Lloyd Evans	316
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 2004

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Paul James	316
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Fievet Stitt	42
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 2004

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alun Lloyd Jones*	340
	Plaid Cymru	Rhodri Mabon ap Gwynfor	318
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Llanfihangel Ystrad 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Owen Llywelyn	593
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew George Cooper Lewes Gee	380
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangeitho (one seat)

Llangeitho 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Evans*	540
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Wyn Morse	197
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 2004

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Lloyd Evans*	682
	Llais Ceredigion	Gwilym ab Ioan	319
	Independent hold		Swing

Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Williams*	540
	Plaid Cymru	Gweirydd Gwyndaf	357
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 2004

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ian ap Dewi*	661
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Sean Fievet Stitt	145
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Haydn Lewis*	755
	Llais Ceredigion	Raymond Michael Dawe	205
	Independent hold		Swing

Tirymynach (one seat)

Tirymynach 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Wiliam Penri James*	465
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Buckingham James Hinge	185
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 2004

Party		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

Party		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

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