# 2004 Bridgend County Borough Council election

The 2004 Bridgend County Borough Council election was held on Thursday 10 June 2004 to Bridgend County Borough Council, Wales. It took place on the same day as other council elections in Wales and England. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election.
The election resulted in the Labour Party losing control of the council.

## Overview

54 council seats were up for election, across 39 electoral wards, a similar number to the previous election in 1999.
Labour had a strong majority on the council prior to the election, though council leader Jeff Jones had recently stood down from his position.

## Election result

Labour lost 18 seats at the election, though remained the largest party. The following week, Liberal Democrat Cheryl Green announced she would lead a coalition of Lib Dems, Conservatives and Independents.
2004 Bridgend County Borough Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 21 | -17 | 38.8 | 35.5 | 13,112 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 13 | +6 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 8,128 | |
| Independent | 11 | +5 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 7,677 | |
| Conservative | 8 | +7 | 14.8 | 14.0 | 5,173 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 2,343 | |
| Green | - | 0 | 0.0 | | 272 | +272 |
| CPA | - | 0 | 0.0 | | 266 | +266 |
| Independent Labour | - | -1 | 0.0 | | 0 | -1,075 |

## Ward Results

Contests took place in 37 of the 39 wards, with councillors in two of the wards being elected unopposed.

### Aberkenfig (one seat)

Aberkenfig 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Mel Winter * | 408 | 63.7 | |
| | Labour | Byron Jones | 233 | 36.3 | |

### Bettws (one seat)

Bettws 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Christopher Michaelides * | 325 | 70.7 |
| Independent | Sophie Floutier | 79 | 17.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Arwyn Morgan | 56 | 12.2 |

### Blackmill (one seat)

Blackmill 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hywel Williams | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Blaengarw (one seat)

Blaengarw 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Carl Rees | 275 | 47.1 |
| Labour | Violet Sherlock * | 175 | 30.0 |
| Independent | Raymond Smiles | 134 | 22.9 |

### Brackla (four seats)

Brackla 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | David Sage * | 773 | 33.3 |
| Labour | John Spanswick * | 745 | |
| Conservative | Patricia Hacking | 740 | 31.9 |
| Conservative | Matthew Voisey | 623 | |
| Conservative | David Williams | 620 | |
| Labour | Anthony Berrow * | 583 | 38.2 |
| Labour | Briony Davies * | 576 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Jenkins | 542 | 23.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Norman | 466 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Warren | 460 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Suleman Hawas | 456 | |
| CPA | Debra Hill | 266 | 11.5 |

### Bryncethin (one seat)

Bryncethin 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gary Thomas | 140 | 51.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denis Moon | 132 | 48.5 | |

### Bryncoch (one seat)

Bryncoch 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Leslie Phillips * | 278 | 52.2 |
| Labour | Patricia Penpraze | 177 | 33.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Lewis | 78 | 14.6 |

### Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr (two seats)

Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Cheryl Green * | 874 | 55.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Melvyn Mathias * | 747 | |
| Conservative | Richard Bevington | 346 | 22.1 |
| Labour | Gwendoline Bradford | 345 | 22.0 |
| Conservative | Keith Vivian | 342 | |
| Labour | Peter Faulkner | 277 | |

### Caerau (three seats)

Caerau 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Stephen Smith | 911 | 47.9 |
| Independent | Kenneth Hunt | 809 | |
| Labour | Keith Rowlands * | 760 | 40.0 |
| Labour | David O'Gorman * | 633 | |
| Labour | Peter Simmons | 622 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynwen Lewis | 229 | 12.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Rousell | 165 | |

### Cefn Cribwr (one seat)

Cefn Cribwr 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Huw David | 332 | 50.6 |
| Independent | Arthur Granville | 187 | 28.5 |
| Plaid Cymru | Kevin Burnell | 137 | 20.9 |

### Cefn Glas (one seat)

Cefn Glas 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Cleone Westwood * | 183 | 39.9 |
| Independent | Elizabeth Kendall | 168 | 36.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Marshall | 108 | 23.5 |

### Coity (one seat)

Coity 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Radford | 189 | 50.9 | |
| | Labour | Eleanor Dodd * | 182 | 49.1 | |

### Cornelly (two seats)

Cornelly 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Jefferson Tildesley * | 1,235 | 59.0 |
| Labour | Richard Granville * | 632 | 30.2 |
| Labour | Megan Butcher | 606 | |
| Independent | Audrey Thomas | 606 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Billy Kelly | 226 | 10.8 |

### Coychurch Lower (one seat)

Coychurch Lower 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Peter Evans * | 330 | 66.5 | |
| | Labour | Alan Fleming | 166 | 33.5 | |

### Felindre (one seat)

Felindre 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Gregory * | 397 | 58.7 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Hewlett | 279 | 41.3 | |

### Hendre (two seats)

Hendre 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Kim Watkins | 585 | 62.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Hipkiss | 458 | |
| Labour | Jim Hipkiss * | 359 | 38.0 |
| Labour | Douglas John * | 334 | |

### Litchard (one seat)

Litchard 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Donald Brett | 245 | 30.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Muriel Howells | 239 | 29.7 |
| Independent | Sally Hyde | 172 | 21.3 |
| Labour | Heather Griffiths | 150 | 18.6 |

### Llangeinor (one seat)

Llangeinor 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marlene Thomas | 170 | 57.4 | |
| | Independent | Colin Evans * | 126 | 42.6 | |

### Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd (one seat)

Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Clifford Hughes | 285 | 45.7 |
| Labour | Malcolm Francis * | 227 | 36.4 |
| Conservative | Keith Rowe | 111 | 17.8 |

### Llangynwyd (one seat)

Llangynwyd 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Mari Jones * | 465 | 45.0 |
| Plaid Cymru | Robert James | 345 | 33.4 |
| Labour | Idris Williams | 223 | 21.6 |

### Maesteg East (two seats)

Maesteg East 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | William Evans * | 908 | 47.5 |
| Labour | William May | 627 | 32.8 |
| Labour | Malcolm Reeves | 555 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Allyn Rees | 376 | 19.7 |

### Maesteg West (two seats)

Maesteg West 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | William Teesdale * | 630 | 44.9 |
| Labour | Donald Buttle * | 571 | |
| Plaid Cymru | John Williams | 472 | 33.6 |
| Plaid Cymru | Wayne Howells | 404 | |
| Independent | William Phillips | 302 | 21.5 |

### Morfa (two seats)

Morfa 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Ernest Foley * | 520 | 43.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Beverley Quennell | 423 | |
| Labour | Dennis Davey | 363 | 30.4 |
| Labour | Hayden Morgan | 344 | |
| Conservative | Russell Pearce | 311 | 26.0 |

### Nant-y-moel (one seat)

Nant-y-moel 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Ralph Hughes * | 348 | 53.5 |
| Labour | Enyd Lock | 242 | 37.2 |
| Plaid Cymru | David Luke | 61 | 9.4 |

### Newcastle (two seats)

Newcastle 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Margaret Bertorelli | 548 | 31.0 |
| Conservative | Gareth Lewis | 482 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Isaac | 452 | 25.6 |
| Labour | Hugh Morris * | 428 | 24.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Childs-Cutler | 390 | |
| Labour | Anita Byrne | 383 | |
| Independent | Tony Smith | 340 | 19.2 |

### Newton (one seat)

Newton 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | David Anderson * | 667 | 52.3 |
| Labour | Paul Winstanley | 338 | 26.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Clarke | 270 | 21.2 |

### Nottage (one seat)

Nottage 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | David Greaves | 512 | 42.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Norah Clarke | 451 | 37.0 |
| Labour | Kenneth Rees | 255 | 20.9 |

### Ogmore Vale (one seat)

Ogmore Vale 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Michael Quick | 423 | 51.4 | |
| | Labour | Robert Thomas * | 400 | 48.6 | |

### Oldcastle (two seats)

Oldcastle 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Burns | 510 | 29.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen McIlveen | 503 | |
| Conservative | David Unwin | 495 | 28.4 |
| Labour | Edith Hughes * | 466 | 26.7 |
| Conservative | Maisie Williams | 451 | |
| Labour | Richard Young * | 348 | |
| Green | Jonathan Spink | 272 | 15.6 |

### Pendre (one seat)

Pendre 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Simmonds | 234 | 38.8 |
| Labour | Gary Griffiths | 210 | 34.8 |
| Conservative | Michael John | 159 | 26.4 |

### Penprysg (one seat)

Penprysg 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lilian Davies * | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Pen-y-fai (one seat)

Pen-y-fai 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Meryl Wilkins * | 643 | 80.4 | |
| | Labour | Brian Rees | 157 | 19.6 | |

### Pontycymmer (one seat)

Pontycymmer 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Reginald Jenkins | 350 | 48.1 |
| Independent | Simon Foster * | 255 | 35.0 |
| Independent | Vikki Efford | 123 | 16.9 |

### Porthcawl East Central (one seat)

Porthcawl East Central 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Alana Davies * | 241 | 25.2 |
| Independent | Avril Lake | 236 | 24.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Coombs | 187 | 19.5 |
| Conservative | Philip Rixon | 153 | 16.0 |
| Independent | Steven Thomas | 140 | 14.6 |

### Porthcawl West Central (one seat)

Porthcawl West Central 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Katherine Deere | 330 | 31.9 |
| Labour | Madeleine Moon * | 273 | 26.4 |
| Independent | Peter Hubbard-Miles | 233 | 22.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Chapman | 200 | 19.3 |

### Pyle (three seats)

Pyle 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Cheryl Butcher | 1,041 | 66.3 |
| Labour | Megan Inglesant * | 901 | |
| Labour | Clive James | 896 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Richard Lewis | 529 | 33.7 |
| Plaid Cymru | Bernard Thomas | 506 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Janet Portsmouth | 478 | |

### Rest Bay (one seat)

Rest Bay 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerald Davies * | 481 | 52.3 |
| Conservative | Christopher Smart | 277 | 30.1 |
| Labour | Anthony Palmer | 161 | 17.5 |

### Sarn (one seat)

Sarn 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Melvyn Nott * | 541 | 58.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | (Ms) N. Clarke | 364 | 39.2 |
| Independent | I. Hampton | 24 | 2.6 |
The vote was postponed in this ward until 22 July.

### Ynysawdre (one seat)

Ynysawdre 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | (Ms) Lyn Morgan * | 440 | 61.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernice McLeer | 273 | 38.3 | |
* retiring councillor in the ward standing for re-election