Monmouthshire County Council election, 2008

Elections to Monmouthshire County Council were held on 1 May 2008. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party held overall control of the council.

Election results: overview

Monmouthshire Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	29	5	0	+5	67.44	47.15	12,879	+3.55%
	Liberal Democrat	5	2	0	+2	11.63	22.20	6,061	+4.03%
	Labour	7	2	4	-2	16.28	17.51	4,782	-2.43%
	Independent	1	0	4	-4	2.36	7.73	2,110	-6.59%
	Plaid Cymru	1	0	1	-1	2.36	4.75	1,296	+1.74%
	Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.64	175	+0.46%
	UKIP	0	0	0	=	-	-	-	-0.80%

Monmouthshire Local Election Result 2008 (wards in Monmouth constituency)
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	3	0	+3	80.00	52.50	11,746	+4.93%
	Liberal Democrat	4	1	0	+1	14.29	23.14	5,177	+1.47%
	Labour	3	0	1	-1	8.57	13.93	3,116	-2.79%
	Independent	1	0	3	-3	2.86	7.77	1,738	-5.32%
	Plaid Cymru	0	0	0	=	0.00	1.88	423	+1.15%
	Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	0.78	175	+0.56%

Monmouthshire Local Election Result 2008 (wards in Newport East constituency)
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	4	2	2	=	50.00	33.81	1,666	-2.65%
	Conservative	2	1	0	+1	25.00	22.99	1,133	-0.80%
	Liberal Democrat	1	1	0	+1	12.50	17.94	884	+17.94%
	Plaid Cymru	1	0	1	-1	12.50	17.72	873	+2.90%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.00	7.54	372	-13.14%
	Green	0	0	0	=	0.00	-	-	-
	UKIP	0	0	0	=	-	-	-	-4.97%

Electoral division (ward) results

Abergavenny, Cantref
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Richard Jordan^[1]	453	52.98	-4.22
	Labour	Margaret Harris	243	28.42	+12.47
	Plaid Cymru	John Walters	86	10.06	+10.06
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia (Pat) Morris	73	8.54	+8.54
Majority			210	24.56	-5.78
Turnout			855	51.01	-6.86
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.38

Abergavenny, Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Maureen Powell^[2]	370	45.48	-1.54
	Independent	Anthony (Tony) O'Donovan	283	33.61	+11.43
	Labour	Margaret E. Phillips	129	15.32	-1.48
	Liberal Democrat	Tony R. Potts	60	7.13	-3.46
Majority			87	10.33	-12.67
Turnout			842	53.35	-0.51
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.47

Abergavenny, Grofield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas L. Edwards^[3]	431	70.89	+26.87
	Conservative	Nigel C. Beaven	122	20.07	-4.79
	Plaid Cymru	Mary Harris	55	9.05	+9.05
Majority			309	50.82	+31.66
Turnout			612	48.15	-8.80
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+15.83

Abergavenny, Lansdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	James George^[4]	359	53.03	+48.43
	Labour	Robin A. Griffiths	164	24.22	-16.50
	Conservative	Martin J. Hickman	112	16.54	-3.33
	Independent	Norma C. Watkins	30	4.43	-24.30
	Plaid Cymru	Laurie Jones	12	1.77	-4.31
Majority			195	28.81	+16.82
Turnout			677	43.63	+6.26
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+32.29

Abergavenny, Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jane P. Foulser^[5]	423	67.04	+20.75
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Duchet	208	32.96	+24.07
Majority			215	34.08	+16.16
Turnout			631	42.54	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Caerwent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip (Phil) Murphy^[6]	458	71.56	+16.15
	Labour	Julie Roberts	118	18.15	-17.81
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas (Tom) Sullivan	64	9.85	+1.66
Majority			430	34.08	+16.16
Turnout			640	46.14	-4.37
	Conservative hold		Swing	+16.98

Chepstow, Larkfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Phylip (Phil) A. D. Hobson^[7]	417	51.74	-1.82
	Conservative	Martin Brady	305	37.84	-8.60
	Labour	David Roman	84	10.42	+10.42
Majority			112	13.09	+6.78
Turnout			806	53.47	+0.80
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+3.89

Chepstow, St. Christopher's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephanie M. Dovey^[8]	205	35.10	+6.46
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Ashby	203	34.76	+22.03
	Labour	Pamela (Pam) Birchall	176	30.14	-10.06
Majority			2	0.34	n/a
Turnout			584	35.74	+1.04
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.26

Chepstow, St. Kingsmark
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David L. S. Dovey^[9]	474	55.50	+8.30
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Hodges	270	31.62	-11.45
	Labour	Hilary M. Beach	110	12.88	+3.15
Majority			204	23.88	+19.75
Turnout			854	40.44	-4.91
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.88

Chepstow, St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline (Jacqui) Sullivan^[10]	362	58.96	+9.70
	Conservative	Benjamin (Ben) Smith	166	27.04	-4.69
	Labour	Thomas (Tom) P. Kirton	86	14.01	-5.00
Majority			196	31.92	+14.39
Turnout			614	45.09	+4.65
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+7.20

Chepstow, Thornwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Armand C. Watts^[11]	396	54.17	+0.03
	Conservative	Marian J. Lewis	234	32.01	-1.66
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony (Tony) Redhead	101	13.82	+1.63
Majority			162	22.16	+1.69
Turnout			731	39.74	+2.39
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.85

Croesonen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Roger G. Harris^[12]	308	51.94	+11.78
	Conservative	Laura L. Pike	219	36.93	+5.71
	Liberal Democrat	Charlotte Jones	66	11.13	+5.76
Majority			89	15.01	+6.07
Turnout			593	39.63	+0.00
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.04

Crucorney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew C. James	469		-
	Independent	Robert (Bob) J. B. Wilcox	381		-
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas (Nick) Tatam	65		-
Majority					-
Turnout			917	57.89
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Devauden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert J. W. Greenland	uncontested		-
Majority			-	-	-
Turnout			-	-	-
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

Goetre Fawr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bryan Jones	623		-
	Plaid Cymru	Edward H. Evans	235		-
Majority					-
Turnout			871	47.00	-12.94
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanbadoc
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Valerie (Val) E. Smith	uncontested		-
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

Llanelly Hill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Simon G. M. Howarth	887		-
	Conservative	Giles Howard	624		-
	Independent	Adrian Edwards	545	6.55	-
	Independent	Anthony (Tony) R. Carrington	458		-
	Independent	Martin L. Thomas	310		-
Turnout				52.17	+4.81
	Independent hold		Swing	-
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Llanfoist Fawr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Eric Saxon	345	56.84	-13.22
	Liberal Democrat	Jan Shivel	261	43.16	+30.31
Majority			84	13.68	-39.29
Turnout			607	48.72	-6.96
	Conservative hold		Swing	-21.77

Llangybi Fawr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter R. Clarke	Uncontested		-
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

Llanover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian R. Hood	655	66.70	-9.01
	Labour	Margaret E. Willcock	205	20.88	+7.85
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Willott	118	12.02	+0.76
Majority			450	45.82	-16.86
Turnout			982	54.40	-1.92
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.43

Llantilio Crossenny
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ruth Edwards	530	74.54	+32.73
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Tandy	181	25.46	+17.57
Majority			349	49.08	+41.88
Turnout			711	51.82	-11.16
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.58

Llanwenarth Ultra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Christine Walby	276	50.27	+8.58
	Conservative	Owen W. M. Marsh	273	49.73	+23.55
Majority			3	9.56	-9.02
Turnout			562	51.28 56.32	-5.04
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.49

Magor with Undy, Mill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Major	513	61.27	-3.55
	Labour	Neeta S. Baicher	206	24.58	-10.60
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Rutter	119	14.15	+14.15
Majority			307	36.69	+7.05
Turnout			838	39.59	-1.03
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.53

Magor with Undy, The Elms
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Harris	334	42.82	+20.37
	Independent	Olive Evans	209	26.80	+26.80
	Independent	Brian A. Burt	159	20.39	+20.39
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Robbins	78	9.99	+9.99
Majority			125	16.02	+15.33
Turnout			782	33.00	-3.68
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.22

Mardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Prosser	234	39.13	+2.95
	Independent	Ralph F. Chapman	175	29.26	+1.64
	Labour	Adrian J. G. Nelmes	120	20.07	-2.79
	Plaid Cymru	Stuart K. Neale	35	5.85	-0.61
	Liberal Democrat	Emily Robbins	34	5.69	-2.41
Majority			59	9.87	+1.31
Turnout			598	44.59	-2.23
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.66

Mitchel Troy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Geoffrey (Geoff) C. Burrows	350	63.99	+10.39
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Willott	197	36.01	-10.39
Majority			153	27.98	+20.78
Turnout			548	58.54	+5.03
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.39

Monmouth, Dixton with Osbaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bob Hayward	549	64.14	+16.70
	Liberal Democrat	Anthea M. Dewhurst	307	35.86	-16.70
Majority			242	28.28	+23.16
Turnout			861	47.54	-10.82
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+16.70

Monmouth, Drybridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alan M. Wintle	488	49.24	+2.58
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Bond	330	33.30	-6.43
	Labour	Maureen Roach	173	17.46	+17.46
Majority			158	15.94	+9.01
Turnout			1000	41.88	-1.55
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.51

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