# 2004 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election

The third election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 10 June 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 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 third elections held following local government reorganisation. Labour retained its majority.
Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council election result 2004 :
| 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 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SDP | Anthony Taylor* | 1,018 | |
| | SDP | Thomas John Sullivan* | 822 | |
| | SDP | Jeffrey Dinham* | 815 | |
| | Labour | Wendy Ann Morris | 535 | |
| | Labour | Anthony James Taylor | 520 | |
| | Labour | John Edward Sparks | 490 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1609 | 37.5 |
| | SDP hold | SDP hold | Swing | |
| | SDP hold | SDP hold | Swing | |
| | SDP hold | SDP hold | Swing | |

### Aberdulais (one seat)

Aberdulais 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Elwyn Jones* | 471 | |
| | Ratepayers | Darren Lee Nichols | 272 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 747 | 46.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Alltwen (one seat)

Alltwen 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Lewis* | 434 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Robert Gwyn Williams | 246 | |
| | Green | Justyn Toby Toohill | 86 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 770 | 43.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Baglan (three seats)

Baglan 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Ratepayers | Paul Ernest Evans | 1,304 | |
| | Ratepayers | Juliet Hopkins | 1,100 | |
| | Ratepayers | Peter Denis Richards | 1,030 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Frayne | 711 | |
| | Labour | John Paul Jenkins | 681 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Brian Jones | 631 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Julian Harris | 384 | |
| | Independent | Wayne Morris | 352 | |
| | Green | Dawn Sharon Spence | 266 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2391 | 42.7 |
| | Ratepayers hold | Ratepayers hold | Swing | |
| | Ratepayers hold | Ratepayers hold | Swing | |
| | Other parties gain from Labour | Other parties gain from Labour | | |

### Blaengwrach (one seat)

Blaengwrach 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | Carolyn Edwards* | 436 | |
| | Labour | David Clifford Davies | 237 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 199 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 680 | 44.1 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |

### Briton Ferry East (one seat)

Briton Ferry East 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Colin Morgan* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Briton Ferry West (one seat)

Briton Ferry West 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Newton James | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats)

Bryn and Cwmavon 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ivor David Williams | 1,297 | |
| | Labour | Marian Aerona Lewis | 1,276 | |
| | Independent | Brinley Roblin | 1,123 | |
| | Labour | Allan Gwilym Penny | 1,014 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,212 | 43.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Independent Labour | Independent gain from Independent Labour | Swing | |

### Bryncoch North (one seat)

Bryncoch North 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Raymond Bryant | 484 | |
| | Labour | Richard David Mathews* | 359 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard David George | 95 | |
| | Green | Carwen Angharad Bunston | 35 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 983 | 52.3 |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Bryncoch South (two seats)

Bryncoch South 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | Janice Dudley | 971 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Geraint Degwel Owen | 958 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Margaret Phillips* | 691 | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Vaughan Mathews | 664 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,774 | 40.1 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Cadoxton (one seat)

Cadoxton 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Valdo Funning* | 361 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Roger Parkinson | 255 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 626 | 44.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Cimla (two seats)

Cimla 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Warman* | 859 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Richard Williams | 362 | |
| | Labour | Paul Rees | 332 | |
| | Ratepayers | David Hewett Morgan | 307 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Raymond Douglas Pooley | 227 | |
| | Green | Miranda Jane La-Vey | 155 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,312 | 39.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Coedffranc Central (two seats)

Coedffranc Central 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies | 604 | |
| | Labour | Georgina Emma Davies | 449 | |
| | Independent | Betsan Powell* | 405 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alyson Jane Thomas | 387 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Harvey Little | 231 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,174 | 38.9 |
| | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Coedffranc North (one seat)

Coedffranc North 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Keith Davies* | 506 | |
| | Labour | Paul Malcolm Davies | 287 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 811 | 43.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Coedffranc West (one seat)

Coedffranc West 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Henry Marney Bebell* | 409 | |
| | Respect | Huw Pudner | 210 | |
| | Green | Katherine Jay Butcher | 114 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 743 | 43.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Crynant (one seat)

Crynant 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | William Edward Morgan | 378 | |
| | Labour | Albert David Lyn Harper* | 342 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 739 | 48.4 |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clifford Eirion Richards | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cymmer (one seat)

Cymmer 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Ratepayers | David Lee Williams | 506 | |
| | Labour | David Thomas Daniel | 428 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 940 | 43.6 |
| | Ratepayers gain from Independent | Ratepayers gain from Independent | | |

### Dyffryn (one seat)

Dyffryn 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Martyn Peters* | 874 | |
| | Labour | David Clement Llewelyn | 217 | |
| | Green | Susan Helen Jay | 94 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,197 | 46.7 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |

### Glyncorrwg (one seat)

Glyncorrwg 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Horace Glyndwr Rawlins* | 352 | |
| | Ratepayers | Stuart Glanrhyd Ackery | 154 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 507 | 56.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Glynneath (two seats)

Glynneath 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Delwyn Morgan* | 747 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Horace Thomas Lewis* | 675 | |
| | Labour | Eifion Rhys Jenkins | 565 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Joseph | 441 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,339 | 47.7 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |

### Godre'r Graig (one seat)

Godre'rgraig 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jackie Myers* | 367 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Rosalyn Davies | 191 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 563 | 47.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lynda Ghislaine Williams | 480 | |
| | Independent | Richard Rhys Morris | 422 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Gerald Oswald Jones | 139 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,047 | 46.0 |
| | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | |

### Gwynfi (one seat)

Gwynfi 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Jane Jones | 424 | |
| | Labour | Colin Robert Day* | 313 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 111 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 744 | 67.8 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Lower Brynamman (one seat)

Lower Brynamman 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arwyn Nigel Woolcock* | 424 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Cennydd Rhys Puw | 124 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 300 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 553 | 51.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Margam (one seat)

Margam 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Ratepayers | Leslie John Davies | 504 | |
| | Labour | Stanley John Mason* | 467 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 982 | 42.3 |
| | Ratepayers gain from Labour | Ratepayers gain from Labour | | |

### Neath East (three seats)

Neath East 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sheila Marlene Penry* | 705 | |
| | Labour | John Miller | 665 | |
| | Labour | Sandra Miller* | 645 | |
| | Ratepayers | Jorge Moura Austin-Eames | 489 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Brian Hopkins | 470 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Annette Owen | 357 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Breandan Seosamh Dominic Mac Cathail | 349 | |
| | Green | Rhodri Thomas Williams | 245 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,596 | 34.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Neath North (two seats)

Neath North 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Derek Vaughan* | 1,128 | |
| | Labour | Emmanuel Loaring* | 815 | |
| | Ratepayers | David Gareth Thomas | 640 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,518 | 47.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing | |

### Neath South (two seats)

Neath South 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Malcolm Bernard Gunter* | 557 | |
| | Labour | Peter Albert Rees* | 549 | |
| | Ratepayers | Helen Christine Morgan | 439 | |
| | Ratepayers | John Williams | 433 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard John Moth | 184 | |
| | Green | Brian James Robertson | 129 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,253 | 34.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Onllwyn (one seat)

Onllwyn 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alan Huw Thomas* | 317 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Mary Denise Browning | 173 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 493 | 51.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Pelenna (one seat)

Pelenna 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm Isaac Jones* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pontardawe (two seats)

Pontardawe 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Lloyd James | 700 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alun Huw Evans | 666 | |
| | Labour | Martha Christina Mary Lambourne | 614 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Robert Lewis Williams* | 595 | |
| | Green | Robert Lewis | 209 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,596 | 40.1 |
| | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |

### Port Talbot (three seats)

Port Talbot 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Ratepayers | Pamela Edith Spender* | 1,008 | |
| | Ratepayers | Andrew James Tutton* | 967 | |
| | Ratepayers | Dennis Keogh | 914 | |
| | Labour | Jennifer Margaret Lesley Blood | 536 | |
| | Labour | Richard Brian Thomas | 516 | |
| | Labour | Matthew Paul Conde | 386 | 37.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,645 | |
| | Ratepayers hold | Ratepayers hold | Swing | |
| | Ratepayers hold | Ratepayers hold | Swing | |
| | Ratepayers hold | Ratepayers hold | Swing | |

### Resolven (one seat)

Resolven 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Desmond William Davies* | 729 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alan Brian Edwards | 297 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,032 | 42.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Rhos (one seat)

Rhos 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Michael Thomas* | 369 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Stephen Coombes | 234 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Ramsay Waye | 163 | |
| | Green | Linda Ann Bunston | 82 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 857 | 41.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Sandfields East (three seats)

Sandfields East 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Leila Helen James* | 1,478 | |
| | Labour | Colin Joseph Crowley* | 1,010 | |
| | Labour | Edward Victor Latham | 900 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Irene Jones | 819 | |
| | New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 522 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,179 | 44.2 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Sandfields West (three seats)

Sandfields West 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Olga Jones* | 853 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Jane Thomas* | 789 | |
| | Labour | Leonard William Willis | 677 | |
| | Ratepayers | Stephen Griffiths | 587 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Kelvin Peter Edwards | 553 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Wilfred Edward Thomas | 518 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Stanley George Davies | 447 | |
| | Ratepayers | Donald James Gough | 423 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,832 | 36.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Seven Sisters (one seat)

Seven Sisters 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Gary Lloyd* | 393 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Cynthia Lloyd | 324 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 721 | 45.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Taibach (two seats)

Taibach 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Rogers* | 783 | |
| | Ratepayers | Aneurin Simon Lewis | 631 | |
| | Labour | Clive Owen* | 589 | |
| | Ratepayers | Scott John Sullivan | 548 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Lewis | 215 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Tudor Jones | 212 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,627 | 43.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Ratepayers gain from Labour | Ratepayers gain from Labour | | |

### Tonna (one seat)

Tonna 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | William David Walters | 581 | |
| | Ratepayers | Thomas Anthony Phillips | 186 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Young | 132 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 904 | 46.3 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Trebanos (one seat)

Trebanos 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joseph Denzil Edwards | 342 | |
| | Green | Helen Crawford | 105 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 237 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 454 | 41.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Ystalyfera (one seat)

Ystalyfera 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alun Llywelyn* | 716 | |
| | Labour | William Leslie Rewston | 363 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,099 | 45.4 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |