# 2004 Ceredigion County Council election

An election to Ceredigion County Council was held on 10 June 2004 on the same day of the European Elections. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election.
The whole council was up for election and following boundary changes the number of seats was reduced to 42. The council remained in a situation of No Overall Control following Plaid Cymru gains at the expense of the Independents. The Independents formed a coalition administration following the previous county council election in May 1999, being largest group on the council along with the Liberal Democrats.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Independents 16
* Plaid Cymru 16
* Liberal Democrats 9
* Labour 1

## Election results: overview

Sixteen members of the original Council elected in 1995 were again returned.
Three of the elected Independent councilors, namely Gethin James (Aberporth), Ray Quant (Borth) and Haydn Lewis (Penparc) were non-party Independents, in that they did not sit as members of the Independent group of councilors.
Ceredigion Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | Plaid Cymru | 16 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 38.10 | 38.92 | 10,198 | - |
| | Independent | 12 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 28.57 | 20.69 | 5,423 | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | 9 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 21.43 | 20.19 | 5,291 | - |
| | Non-party independents | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 7.14 | 9.91 | 2598 | - |
| | Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | 2.38 | 3.00 | 785 | - |
| | Cymraeg/Welsh$^1$ | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.38 | 2.45 | 643 | - |
| | Llais Ceredigion | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0.00 | 3.53 | 925 | - |
| | Llais Aberaeron UDP Reject$^2$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0.00 | 0.66 | 172 | - |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0.00 | 0.37 | 96 | - |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0.00 | 0.18 | 48 | - |
| | Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0.00 | 0.10 | 26 | - |
| Total | Total | 42 | | | -2 | | | 26,205 | |
$^1$Cymraeg/Welsh was the label used by independent councillor John Ivor Williams. In 1999, and again in 2008, he ran with the label Independent. $^2$Llais Aberaeron UDP Reject was the label used by Mary Elizabeth Davies.

## Ward Results
### Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Richard Emlyn Thomas* | 458 |
| Llais Aberaeron | Mary Elizabeth Davies | 172 |
| Independent | Steve Harty | 57 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Gethin James | 396 |
| Liberal Democrats | Elfyn Owen Rees* | 326 |
| Llais Ceredigion | Emyr Hywel | 194 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Aberteifi, Mwldan (one seat)

Aberteifi, Mwldan 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Sarah Mary Morris* | 406 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Thomas John Adams-Lewis* | 286 | | |
| Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Aberteifi, Rhydyfuwch (one seat)

Boundary Change.
Aberteifi, Rhydyfuwch 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | John Mark Cole | 203 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Tomos Melfydd George | 185 | | |
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Aberteifi, Teifi (one seat)

Boundary Change.
Aberteifi, Teifi 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Alan Wilson* | 226 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | David Aidan Lloyd Owen | 57 | | |
| Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Aberystwyth Bronglais (one seat)

Boundary Change
Aberystwyth Bronglais 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Alun John Wiliams* | 303 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Paul Maddrell | 120 | | |
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |

### Aberystwyth Central (one seat)

Boundary Change
Aberystwyth Central 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Ceredig Wyn Davies | 252 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Vivian Rees-Butterworth | 96 | | |
| Independent | Hywel Thomas Jones* | 51 | | |
| Conservative | Will Quince | 26 | | |
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Aberystwyth North (one seat)

Possible Boundary Change
Aberystwyth North 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Edgar Carl Williams* | 264 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | John Aled Davies | 239 | | |
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Aberystwyth Penparcau (two seats)

This ward was previously known as Aberystwyth South
Aberystwyth Penparcau 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards* | 550 |
| Independent | Owen Henry Jones | 364 |
| Plaid Cymru | Susan Jane Jones-Davies | 195 |
| Plaid Cymru | John Michael Jones | 188 |
| Liberal Democrats | Denise Elizabeth Cole | 149 |
| Green | Timothy John Foster | 48 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Aberystwyth Rheidol (one seat)

Aberystwyth Rheidol 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric John Griffiths* | 580 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Jacqueline Mary Taylor | 182 | | |
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | William David Lyndon Lloyd | 518 |
| Llais Ceredigion | Ioan Glyndwr Howells | 191 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Borth (one seat)

Borth 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Raymond Paul Quant* | 490 |
| Plaid Cymru | Mark Antony Strong | 277 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Capel Dewi (one seat)

Capel Dewi 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Thomas Peter Lloyd Davies | 420 |
| Plaid Cymru | Martha Ann Eileen Curry | 181 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Ellen Elizabeth ap Gwynn* | 572 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maurice Roger Brown | 196 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Ciliau Aeron (one seat)

Ciliau Aeron 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Stanley Meredith Thomas* | 451 |
| Plaid Cymru | Arthur John Moelfryn Maskell | 367 |
| UKIP | Iain James Sheldon | 96 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Faenor (one seat)

Faenor 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | John Erfyl Roberts | 450 |
| Plaid Cymru | Alan Lloyd Evans | 316 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Robert George Harris* | 785 |
| Independent | John Ivor Williams* | 643 |
| Plaid Cymru | Andrew Gerald Carter | 350 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanarth (one seat)

Llanarth 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Eurfyl Evans* | 396 |
| Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Ieuan Jones | 208 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Llanbadarn Fawr Padarn (one seat)

Boundary Change
Llanbadarn Fawr Padarn 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Gareth Davies | 223 | | |
| Independent | Benjamin Lewis Davies* | 187 | | |
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |

### Llanbadarn Fawr Sulien (one seat)

Boundary Change
Llanbadarn Fawr Sulien 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Paul James | 316 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Fievet Stitt | 42 | | |
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |

### Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Benjamin Towyn Evans | 395 |
| Independent | Derrick Richards | 358 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llandysiliogogo 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Cen Llwyd* | unopposed | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Llandysul Town (one seat)

Llandysul Town 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Evan John Keith Evans* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llanfarian (one seat)

Alun Lloyd Jones had left the Plaid Cymru group and joined the Independents after the 1999 election.
Llanfarian 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Alun Lloyd Jones* | 340 |
| Plaid Cymru | Rhodri Mabon ap Gwynfor | 318 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Llanfihangel Ystrad 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Owen Llywelyn | 593 |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew George Cooper Lewes Gee | 380 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llangeitho (one seat)

Llangeitho 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | David John Evans* | 540 |
| Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Wyn Morse | 197 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | John Timothy Odwyn Davies* | 454 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rodney Edmund George Parish | 169 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanrhystud 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | David Rowland Rees-Evans | 392 |
| Independent | Emyr Morgan Jones | 217 |
| Plaid Cymru | Mari Luned Llwyd | 207 |
| Llais Ceredigion | David John Williams | 15 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Llansantffraed (one seat)

Llansantffraed 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Daniel Meurig James* | 583 |
| Independent | Dafydd Wyn Edwards | 309 |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Ann Kolczak | 260 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Samuel Haydn Richards* | unopposed | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Lledrod (one seat)

Lledrod 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | David Lloyd Evans* | 682 |
| Llais Ceredigion | Gwilym ab Ioan | 319 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Fred Williams* | 540 |
| Plaid Cymru | Gweirydd Gwyndaf | 357 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Sarah Gillian Hopley* | 363 |
| Plaid Cymru | Julian Raymond Evans | 185 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Penbryn (one seat)

Plaid Cymru had won the seat in a by-election.
Penbryn 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Ian ap Dewi* | 661 |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Sean Fievet Stitt | 145 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Thomas Haydn Lewis* | 755 |
| Llais Ceredigion | Raymond Michael Dawe | 205 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Tirymynach (one seat)

Tirymynach 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Wiliam Penri James* | 465 |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Buckingham James Hinge | 185 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | David Suter | 375 |
| Liberal Democrats | Evan Daniel Jones | 241 |
| Independent | John Dilwyn Lewis | 93 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Tregaron (one seat)

Tregaron 2004 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Catherine Jane Hughes | 349 |
| Independent | Nerys Ann Evans | 314 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Gerallt Wynford Jones | unopposed | | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Ystwyth (one seat)

Ystwyth 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John David Rowland Jones* | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |