# 2008 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election

The fourth election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 1 May 2008. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.

## Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the fourth elections held following local government reorganisation. Labour retained its majority.
Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council election result 2008 :
| Party | Seats |
| Labour | |
| Conservative | |
| Liberal Democrats | |
| Plaid Cymru | |
| | 5 |
| SDP | 2 |
| Green | 0 |

## Candidates

The number of candidates increased compared with 1999.

## Results by ward
### Aberavon (three seats)

Aberavon 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SDP | Anthony Taylor* | 893 | |
| | SDP | Jeffrey Dinham* | 755 | |
| | SDP | Thomas John Sullivan* | 730 | |
| | Labour | Arthur James Howells | 389 | |
| | Labour | John Edward Sparks | 376 | |
| | Labour | Barbara Trahar | 331 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,629 | 39.2 |
| | SDP hold | SDP hold | Swing | |
| | SDP hold | SDP hold | Swing | |
| | SDP hold | SDP hold | Swing | |

### Aberdulais (one seat)

Aberdulais 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Doreen Jones | 457 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Lindy Ware | 408 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 871 | 48.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Alltwen (one seat)

Alltwen 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Lewis* | 441 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Huw Evans | 328 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 781 | 43.8 | +0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Baglan (three seats)

Councillors Hopkins and Richards had been elected as Ratepayers in 2004.
Baglan 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Juliet Hopkins* | unopposed |
| Labour | Peter Denis Richards* | unopposed |
| Ratepayers | John Cardy Tallamy | unopposed |
| Labour gain from | Labour gain from | Swing |
| Labour gain from | Labour gain from | Swing |
| Ratepayers hold | Ratepayers hold | Swing |

### Blaengwrach (one seat)

Blaengwrach 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alf Siddley | 432 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Carolyn Edwards* | 380 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 817 | 51.6 |
| | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | |

### Briton Ferry East (one seat)

Briton Ferry East 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Colin Morgan* | 558 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Vallario | 266 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 837 | 34.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Briton Ferry West (one seat)

Briton Ferry West 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Hugh Newton James* | 698 | |
| | Conservative | Dick Riddle | 116 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 582 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 821 | 36.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats)

Bryn and Cwmavon 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ivor David Williams* | 1,162 | | |
| | Labour | Marian Aerona Lewis* | 993 | | |
| | Independent | Brinley Roblin* | 959 | | |
| | Independent | Allan James Bevan | 888 | | |
| | Labour | Allan Louis Jones | 796 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Dave Shepherd | 664 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,268 | 44.0 | +1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Bryncoch North (one seat)

Bryncoch North 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Raymond Bryant* | 560 | | |
| | Labour | Richard David Mathews | 422 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 994 | 53.6. | +1.3 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Bryncoch South (two seats)

Bryncoch South 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Janice Dudley* | 1,024 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Tony Wyn-Jones | 841 | | |
| | Labour | Mike Richards | 820 | | |
| | Labour | Cheryl Thomas | 660 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,817 | 40.6 | +0.5 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Cadoxton (one seat)

Cadoxton 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Harvey Little | 343 | | |
| | Labour | Maureen Funning | 251 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 604 | 43.1 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Cimla (two seats)

Cimla 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Warman* | 1,017 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Desmond James Sparkes | 614 | | |
| | Labour | Brian Warlow | 400 | | |
| | Labour | Stephen Richard Williams* | 350 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,331 | 40.5 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Coedffranc Central (two seats)

Coedffranc Central 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies* | 531 | | |
| | Independent | Betsan Richards | 419 | | |
| | Labour | Paula Bebell | 272 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alyson Jayne Thomas | 270 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Lee Clifford Saunders | 238 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Jen Dafis | 205 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,167 | 38.0 | −0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Coedffranc North (one seat)

Coedffranc North 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Keith Davies* | 517 | | |
| | Independent | Janet Sarah Jones | 231 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 755 | 41.0 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Coedffranc West (one seat)

Coedffranc West 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Henry Marney Bebell* | 419 | | |
| | Independent | Robert Hay | 236 | | |
| | Conservative | Sarah Louise Baker | 134 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 791 | 41.7 | −1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Crynant (one seat)

Crynant 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | William Edward Morgan* | 494 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Richards | 305 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 189 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 800 | 51.7 | +3.3 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clifford Eirion Richards* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cymmer (one seat)

Cymmer 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Scott Jones | 594 | |
| | Ratepayers | David Lee Williams* | 463 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,062 | 48.2 |
| | Labour gain from | Labour gain from | Swing | |

### Dyffryn (one seat)

Dyffryn 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Martyn Peters* | 958 | |
| | Independent | Stephen Absalom | 302 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 656 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,265 | 49.2 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |

### Glyncorrwg (one seat)

Glyncorrwg 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Horace Glyndwr Rawlins* | 312 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Lindsay Milsom | 187 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 500 | 56.8 | +0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Glynneath (two seats)

Glynneath 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Delwyn Morgan* | 740 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Horace Thomas Lewis* | 668 | | |
| | Labour | Eifion Rhys Jenkins | 594 | | |
| | Labour | Eddie Jones | 495 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,337 | 48.5 | +0.8 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Godre'r Graig (one seat)

Godre'rgraig 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | Rosalyn Davies | 273 | |
| | Labour | Jackie Myers* | 269 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 551 | 45.4 |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lynda Ghislaine Williams* | 550 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | D.Gerald James | 308 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 147 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 872 | 37.5 | −8.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gwynfi (one seat)

Gwynfi 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Jane Jones* | 390 | | |
| | Labour | Colin Robert Day | 288 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 680 | 63.4 | −4.4 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Lower Brynamman (one seat)

Lower Brynamman 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arwyn Nigel Woolcock* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Margam (one seat)

Margam 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stanley John Mason | 544 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Leslie John Davies* | 480 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,035 | 45.5 | +3.2 |
| | Labour gain from | Labour gain from | Swing | | |

### Neath East (three seats)

Neath East 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sheila Marlene Penry* | 798 | | |
| | Labour | John Miller* | 718 | | |
| | Labour | Sandra Miller* | 718 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Philippa Jane Edwards | 696 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Breandan Seosamh Dominic Mac Cathail | 654 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,615 | 32.8 | −2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Neath North (two seats)

Neath North 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Derek Vaughan* | 995 | | |
| | Labour | Emmanuel Loaring* | 788 | | |
| | Independent | Tony Phillips | 596 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,417 | 43.9 | −3.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Neath South (two seats)

Neath South 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Albert Rees* | 700 | | |
| | Labour | Malcolm Bernard Gunter* | 663 | | |
| | Ratepayers | John Williams | 469 | | |
| | Ratepayers | David Wyn Howells | 441 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,248 | 34.2 | +0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Onllwyn (one seat)

Onllwyn 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Huw Thomas* | 341 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Marion Louise Morgan | 166 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 508 | 52.1 | +1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pelenna (one seat)

Pelenna 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lance Whiteley | 279 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annette Sparkes | 170 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 109 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 455 | 49.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Pontardawe (two seats)

Pontardawe 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Lloyd James* | 819 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Linet Purcell | 718 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Robert Lewis Williams | 705 | | |
| | Labour | Martha Christina Mary Lambourne | 666 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,073 | 26.5 | −13.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Port Talbot (three seats)

Port Talbot 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Ratepayers | Andrew James Tutton* | 805 | |
| | Ratepayers | Dennis Keogh* | 762 | |
| | Labour | Ian Ben James | 715 | |
| | Labour | Dawn Sawyers | 704 | |
| | Ratepayers | Scott John Sullivan | 689 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Mainwaring | 681 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,689 | 38.0 |
| | | | Swing | |
| | | | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from | Labour gain from | Swing | |

### Resolven (one seat)

Resolven 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Desmond William Davies* | 611 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Trefor Jones | 469 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,089 | 44.0 | +1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Rhos (one seat)

Rhos 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | Marcia Spooner | 578 | |
| | Labour | Paul Michael Thomas* | 346 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 930 | 44.7 |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Sandfields East (three seats)

Sandfields East 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Leila Helen James* | 1,251 | | |
| | Labour | Colin Joseph Crowley* | 921 | | |
| | Labour | Edward Victor Latham | 912 | | |
| | Labour | Patricia Irene Jones | 609 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Clive Davies | 520 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Brian Morris | 472 | | |
| | New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 369 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,174 | 41.6 | −2.6 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sandfields West (three seats)

Sandfields West 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Olga Jones* | 964 | | |
| | Labour | Patricia Jane Thomas* | 904 | | |
| | Labour | Leonard William Willis | 790 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Ollie Davies | 696 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Wayne David Hughes | 653 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Dean Williams | 441 | | |
| | SDP | Wayne Morris | 400 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,853 | 36.2 | +0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Seven Sisters (one seat)

Seven Sisters 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Stephen Karl Hunt | 599 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Gary Lloyd* | 362 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 237 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 966 | 57.3 | +12.2 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Taibach (two seats)

Taibach 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Rogers* | 1,040 | | |
| | Labour | Anthony Taylor | 699 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Aneurin Simon Lewis* | 594 | | |
| | Independent | John Brian Hughes | 483 | | |
| | Ratepayers | Erica Tutton | 332 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,786 | 46.5 | +2.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from | Labour gain from | Swing | | |

### Tonna (one seat)

Tonna 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William David Walters* | 616 | | |
| | Labour | Kelvin Thomas George | 190 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 426 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 814 | 42.5 | −3.8 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Trebanos (one seat)

Trebanos 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrea Paula Davies | 255 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Waye | 183 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 440 | 40.5 | −0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ystalyfera (one seat)

Ystalyfera 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alun Llywelyn* | 749 | | |
| | Labour | Noir James | 388 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,154 | 49.1 | +3.7 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |