2004 Cardiff Council election

2004 Cardiff Council election

10 June 2004
All 75 seats to Cardiff Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rodney Berman Russell Goodway Gareth Neale Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative Leader's seat Plasnewydd Ely Rhiwbina Seats won 33/75 27/75 12/64 Seat change 16 24 7 Popular vote 81,431 70,550 54,304   Fourth party   Leader Delme Bowen Party Plaid Cymru Leader's seat Creigiau & St. Fagans Seats won 3/52 Seat change 2 Popular vote 25,718
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Lib Dem Minority

The 2004 Cardiff Council election was the third election to the post-1996 Cardiff Council following the re-organisation of local government in Wales. It was held on 10 June 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 elections. On the same day, elections were held for the European Parliament as well as to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2004 Welsh local elections.

Overview

Council elections in Wales were originally scheduled for May 2003, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2003 Wales Assembly elections.

All 75 council seats were up for election. Labour lost its majority at this election. The Labour group leader also resigned after it became clear he would be defeated in an election for the post by Llandaff councillor Greg Owens.

Independent Butetown councillor, Betty Campbell, narrowly lost her seat to Labour amid claims of 'dirty tricks' during the campaign.

Cardiff Council election result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	27	1	25	-24	36.0	30.3	74,756
	Conservative	12	7	0	+7	16.0	22.0	54,311
	Liberal Democrats	33	16	0	+16	44.0	33.0	81,431
	Plaid Cymru	3	2	0	+2	4.0	10.4	25,718
	Green	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.9	2,276
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	1.6	3,841
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.1	324
	ProLife	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.1	134
	Communist	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.0	105
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0	1.6	3,981

Ward Results

Adamstown (2 seats)

Adamsdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Howells*	1,053	59.0	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Dixon*	1,012
	Labour	David Mawn	327	18.3	−17.2
	Labour	Clifford Power	310
	Plaid Cymru	James Mapstone	186	10.4	−0.7
	Green	Clare Berry	171	9.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Jeremy Williams	130
	Communist	Frances Rawlings	49	2.7	−0.5
Turnout				30.8	−10.2
Registered electors			5,468
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Butetown (1 seat)

Butetown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vaughan Gething	424	30.9	−0.1
	Independent	Betty Campbell *	422	30.7	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Greening	321	23.4	+16.5
	Conservative	Maria Hill	127	9.2	+4.0
	Plaid Cymru	Lyn Thomas	80	5.8	−8.0
Turnout				31.5	−10.1
Registered electors			4,412
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Caerau (2 seats)

Caerau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Gasson*	1,029	45.7	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burley	818
	Labour	Harry Ernest*	763	33.9	−4.6
	Labour	I. Tutton	675
	Conservative	A. Burns	253	11.2	+4.7
	Plaid Cymru	Robert Garland	209	9.3	+2.2
Turnout				28.0	−6.2
Registered electors			7,370
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Canton (3 seats)

Canton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ramesh Patel	1,657	37.1	−4.5
	Labour	Richard Cook	1,530
	Labour	David Thomas*	1,404
	Plaid Cymru	Eluned Bush	982	22.0	−2.3
	Conservative	Harold Burns	931	20.8	+7.3
	Plaid Cymru	K. Parry	927
	Liberal Democrats	A. Owen	899	20.1	+9.4
	Plaid Cymru	S. Thomas	872
	Conservative	C. Gardener	828
	Conservative	S. Gardener	817
	Liberal Democrats	D. Morgan	702
	Liberal Democrats	A. Goldsworthy	687
Turnout				41.8	−3.4
Registered electors			10,470
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathays (4 seats)

Cathays

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Carter	1,515	53.5	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Aylwin*	1,512
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Reece*	1,435
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wakefield*	1,381
	Labour	Sarah Merry	691	24.4	+1.2
	Labour	S. Brooks	653
	Labour	A. Hunt	649
	Labour	M. Foday	585
	Conservative	D. Lord	319	11.3	+5.0
	Plaid Cymru	Carwyn Fowler	308	10.9	−7.9
	Conservative	J. Morgan	308
	Conservative	A. Murphy	302
	Conservative	M. Bebb	295
	Plaid Cymru	Gwennol Haf	286
	Plaid Cymru	K. Jones	281
	Plaid Cymru	M. Sion	243
Turnout				21.8	−17.8
Registered electors			13,337
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Creigiau & St. Fagans (1 seat)

Creigiau & St. Fagans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen*	1,107	60.5	+6.8
	Conservative	S. Baker	396	21.7	−0.8
	Labour	Michael Kelly	186	10.2	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Borrow	140	7.7	−1.2
Turnout				46.7	−6.0
Registered electors			3,929
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Cyncoed (3 seats)

Cyncoed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Lloyd	2,490	57.5	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	A. Gee	2,384
	Liberal Democrats	David Rees*	2,347
	Conservative	C. Parsley	1,106	25.5	+5.9
	Conservative	S. Bardo	1,081
	Conservative	Joan Gibby	1,080
	Labour	Adrian Matthewson	508	11.7	−1.6
	Labour	M. Fogg	454
	Labour	R. Rees	441
	Plaid Cymru	Huw Lewis	226	5.2	−4.2
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Ogwen	219
Turnout				49.4	−9.8
Registered electors			8,723
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ely (3 seats)

Ely

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Finn*	1,180	32.7	−17.8
	Labour	Irene Goddard	1,156
	Labour	Russell Goodway*	1,004
	Independent	Charles Gale*	942	26.1	N/A
	Independent	A. Davies	826
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	R. Cullen	599	16.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	M. Cridland	543	15.0	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	C. Adlington	352
	Plaid Cymru	E. Wulle	347	9.6	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	J. Speake	331
Turnout				28.5	−1.9
Registered electors			9,950
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairwater (3 seats)

Fairwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Costas-Michael*	1,179	30.6	−18.1
	Labour	J. Norman	1,152
	Labour	Derek Rees*	1,055
	Conservative	R. Mogridge	812	21.1	−3.4
	Plaid Cymru	D. Minto	759	19.7	+3.2
	Plaid Cymru	Lisa Ford	677
	Liberal Democrats	K. Chubb	599	15.6	−1.5
	Plaid Cymru	N. Jones	582
	Liberal Democrats	E. Randerson	580
	Liberal Democrats	M. Thomas	528
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	B. Murdock	502	13.0	N/A
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	C. Steedman	341
Turnout				35.7	−0.6
Registered electors			9,566
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gabalfa (2 seats)

The Liberal Democrats had won a seat in this ward at a by-election.

Gabalfa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Pearcy*	975	47.4	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	L. Bridges	840
	Labour	D. Allinson	464	22.5	−14.7
	Labour	T. Gilder	434
	Plaid Cymru	Ceri Morgan	221	10.7	−13.1
	Green	A. Ketchin	211	10.3	N/A
	Conservative	J. Jenkins	187	9.1	−6.0
	Conservative	D. Abuzaid	142
Turnout				27.9	−8.1
Registered electors			6,657
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Grangetown (3 seats)

Grangetown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Winifred Jones	1,424	37.4	+22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Francesca Montemaggi	1,417
	Liberal Democrats	Asghar Ali	1,404
	Labour	Lynda Thorne*	1,122	29.4	−23.2
	Labour	Iftakhar Khan	1,113
	Labour	Peter Perkins*	1,072
	Plaid Cymru	Patrick Daley	838	22.0	+4.8
	Plaid Cymru	Abul Belal	764
	Plaid Cymru	Jason Toby	749
	Conservative	Jean Summerhayes	427	11.2	−4.3
	Conservative	Adrian Spinola	420
	Conservative	Richard Mendelssohn	369
Turnout				37.0	+2.3
Registered electors			6,657
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Heath (3 seats)

Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John James*	2,380	44.5	+14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Harris*	2,305
	Liberal Democrats	M. Michaelis	1,929
	Conservative	Y. Jenkins	1,040	19.4	−4.6
	Conservative	Greville Tatham	1,026
	Conservative	C. Taylor	992
	Labour	Graham Hinchey*	920	17.2	−11.5
	Labour	H. Williams	634
	Labour	S. Tarbet	612
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	R. Page	502	9.4	N/A
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	D. Milsom	367
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	J. Hermer	288
	Plaid Cymru	Garmon Emyr	265	5.0	−6.5
	Plaid Cymru	Nans Couch	248
	Green	Chris Von Ruhland	244	4.6	−1.5
Turnout				52.4	−9.7
Registered electors			9,140
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Lisvane (1 seat)

Lisvane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walker	828	69.5	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	R. Rowland	155	13.0	−2.4
	Labour	J. Lomax	102	8.6	−8.0
	Independent	V. Pearcey	67	5.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Couch	39	3.3	−3.1
Turnout				54.4	−8.1
Registered electors			2,848
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff (2 seats)

Llandaff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregory Owens*	1,356	37.7	+1.2
	Labour	John Sheppard*	1,335
	Conservative	H. Douglas	1,255	34.9	+2.4
	Conservative	S. Gardener	1,103
	Liberal Democrats	H. Borrow	524	14.6	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	E. Williams	502
	Plaid Cymru	A. Miles	458	12.7	−3.1
Turnout				47.1	−8.6
Registered electors			7,318
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandaff North (2 seats)

Llandaff North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Bewes*	804	38.3	−16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ann James	755	36.0	+20.8
	Liberal Democrats	D. Cogan	740
	Labour	Philip Robinson*	677
	Conservative	L. Morgan	355	16.9	+2.9
	Conservative	C. Williams	263
	Plaid Cymru	T. Jones	183	8.7	−6.9
	Plaid Cymru	H. Jones	179
Turnout				37.0	−5.7
Registered electors			5,600
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Llanishen (4 seats)

Llanishen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Foley	1,999	33.6	+7.6
	Conservative	Jon Burns	1,847
	Conservative	R. Smith	1,827
	Conservative	C. Piper	1,807
	Labour	Garry Hunt*	1,774	29.8	−9.6
	Labour	Christopher Bettinson*	1,534
	Labour	Gretta Hunt*	1,531
	Labour	A. Greagsby	1,388
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Hampton	1,167	19.6	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Hallett	1,145
	Liberal Democrats	S. Barton	1,116
	Liberal Democrats	P. Saunders	1,062
	Plaid Cymru	D. Davies	559	9.4	−7.6
	Independent	J. Richards	449	7.5	N/A
	Independent	J. Price	373
Turnout				44.9	−5.1
Registered electors			11,874
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing

Llanrumney (3 seats)

Llanrumney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gillian Bird*		47.4
		D. Morgan
		Jackie Parry
		C. Lewis	610	22.9
		A. Thomas	598
		David Reeves	474
		B. Jeffreys	420	15.8
		C. Prew	409
		P. Randerson	369	13.9
		H. Minor	367
		A. Price	360
		G. Smith	310
Turnout				31.9
Registered electors			8,085
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Pentwyn (4 seats)

Cubitt previously represented Pontprennau. Woodman had previously held the seat for the Liberal Democrats at a by-election on 11 September 2003.

Pentwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Judith Woodman*		47.1
		B. Parsons
		Keith Hyde
		Paul Chaundy
		B. Pinnell*	1,172	29.3
		J. Regan*	1,151
		P. Cubitt*	1,106
		L. Newton	1,043
		M. Newman	525	13.1
		J. Goodwin	461
		M. Bryan	457
		M. Wicks	420
		J.Davies	280
		S. Williams	139	3.5
Turnout				36.6
Registered electors			10,551
	hold		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing

Pentyrch (1 seat)

Pentyrch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Christine Priday*		34.6
		G. Green	358	25.7
		A. Ashley	421	30.2
		J. Coburn	134	9.6
Turnout				49.8
Registered electors			2,837
	hold		Swing

Penylan (3 seats)

Penylan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tricia Burfoot		54.2
		L. Kelloway
		Freda Salway*
		N. Morgan	635	13.2
		Ben Foday	588	12.2
		C. Derbyshire	587
		J. Jones	573
		Peter Meyer	558
		V. Stocqueler	478
		A. Verderame	394	8.2
		M. Peterson	345	7.2
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	R. James	237	4.9
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	W. Morgan	215
Turnout				44.2
Registered electors			9,716
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Plasnewydd (4 seats)

Plasnewydd

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rodney Berman		39.6
		Elgan Morgan
		Richard Jerrett
		Mark Stephens
		Susan Lent*	1,379	27.2
		M. Javed	1,257
		D. McGarry	1,141
		M. Slater	1,082
		A. Matthews	775	15.3
		E. Parish	498	9.8
		E. Harries	414	8.2
		M. Smith	329
		M. Hoban	320
		P. Penson	291
Turnout				30.8
Registered electors			13,950
	hold		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons (2 seats)

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Dianne Rees		39.6
		Georgina Phillips*		36.2
		Greg Walker	934
		J. Imperato	629
		A. Webb	437	16.9
		C. Woodman	341
		D. Jenkins	188	7.3
Turnout				38.9
Registered electors			6,141
	gain from		Swing
	hold		Swing

Radyr (1 seat)

Radyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Marion Drake		42.7
		Roderick McKerlich	860	40.1
		J. Griffiths	202	9.4
		I. Hughes	168	7.8
Turnout				53.1
Registered electors			4,054
	hold		Swing

Rhiwbina (3 seats)

Rhiwbina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gareth Neale*		50.9
		Jayne Cowan*
		R. Robson
		P. Owen	1,100	20.8
		S. Bowden	1,019	19.2
		N. Watson	972
		P. Azzopardi	916
		G. Jones	896
		A. Meikle	786
		Falmai Griffiths	481	9.1
		A. Brain	475
Turnout				54.5
Registered electors			9,260
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Riverside (3 seats)

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gwenllian Lansdown		32.2
		M-S Islam
		J. Austin		28.5
		Neil McEvoy*	1,248
		O. Jones	1,135
		M. Marshall	1,092
		S. Kelly	693	15.4
		M. Hasan	658
		J. Williams	605	13.5
		G. Owen	561
		A. Munro	465	10.4
Turnout				40.6
Registered electors			9,529
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	hold		Swing

Rumney (2 seats)

Rumney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Derbyshire*		39.7
		S. Pantak*
		John Ireland	775	34.1
		Duncan MacDonald	742
		Anabella Rees	399	17.6
		L. Speake	395
		J. Canning	196	8.6
Turnout				34.1
Registered electors			6,543
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Splott (3 seats)

Splott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gavin Cox		37.2
		Alex Evans
		Clarissa Holland*		30.3
		W. Dodson	1,181
		Martin Holland*	1,104
		J. Marshall	1,000
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	M. Merchant	309	7.8
		A. Patton	270	6.8
		K. Jones	238	6.0
		A. McCarthy	224
		L. Haines	207	5.2
		T. Thompson	193
		E. Evans	168
	ProLife	A. Savoury	134	3.4
		D. Bartlett	76	1.9
		K. Williams	57
		R. Cartwright	56	1.4
		A. Gounelas	52
Turnout				37.4
Registered electors			8,647
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	hold		Swing

Trowbridge (3 seats)

Trowbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ralph Cook*		38.3
		Monica Walsh
		D. English*
		Clifford Furnish	554	16.8
		Simon Swanton	508	15.4
		S. Griffiths	496	15.0
		M. Blackmore	476	14.4
		M. Jones	429
		R. Hewlett	423
		S. Channa	391
		W. Muschamp	359
Turnout				25.1
Registered electors			10,190
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (4 seats)

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Timothy Davies		33.9
		Linda Morgan
		W. Griffiths
		Sophie Howe*		32.9
		M. Jones-Pritchard	2,180
		Peter Howe	1,956
		J. Campbell	1,799
		P. Mitchell	1,631
		S. Spear	1,060	15.4
		G. Mellem	1,039
		S. Lillystone	920
		N. White	905
		A. Evans	742	10.8
		J. Rowlands	724
		H. Jones	720
		Delwyn Sion	711
	Cardiff Independent Citizens	V. Riley	481	7.0
Turnout				50.4
Registered electors			12,680
	hold		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	hold		Swing

By-elections between 2004 and 2008

There were no by-elections.