# 2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election

The fourth election to Carmarthenshire County Council was held on 1 May 2008. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. While the Independent councillors again had the largest number of seats, Plaid Cymru gained considerable ground, notably in the Llanelli and Ammanford areas. The Independents formed a coalition with Labour.
Full results of the election were published in the local press.

## Overview

Carmarthenshire County Council election result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Independent | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 43.2 | 37.9 | 24,232 |
| Plaid Cymru | 30 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 40.5 | 36.0 | 23,015 |
| Labour | 11 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 14.8 | 22.5 | 14,364 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1,093 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 842 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 285 |
| Ratepayers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 79 |

## Results by ward
### Abergwili (one seat)

Abergwili 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Pamela Ann Palmer* | 742 | 76.4 | +15.0 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Carl Harris | 229 | 23.6 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 513 | 52.8 | +13.7 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Ammanford (one seat)

Ammanford 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Michael Hugh Evans* | 457 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Deian Harries | 451 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Betws (one seat)

Betws 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Eira Audrey Jones | 274 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Annette Price | 224 |
| | Labour | John Dorian Evans* | 217 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Bigyn two seats)

Bigyn 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Michael Burns | 740 |
| Plaid Cymru | Dyfrig Thomas | 729 |
| Labour | Sandra Melita Cooke* | 603 |
| Labour | David Charles Prothero* | 476 |
| Independent | Brian Davies | 230 |
| Independent | Peter William Dunkley | 210 |
| Independent | Lawrence Jenkins | 202 |
| Independent | Dai Rees | 84 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Burry Port (two seats)

Burry Port 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Stephen Randall James* | 931 |
| Labour | Patricia Ethel Mary Jones* | 854 |
| Plaid Cymru | John Jack James | 623 |
| Labour | Andrew Phillips | 298 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Bynea (one seat)

Bynea 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Gwynne Harris Woolridge* | 505 |
| | Independent | Stephen Michael Donoghue | 244 |
| | Labour | Mair Bartlett | 196 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 261 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Carmarthen Town North (two seats)

Carmarthen Town North 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Peter Hughes Griffiths* | 1,058 |
| Plaid Cymru | Gareth Owen Jones | 740 |
| Labour | Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose | 462 |
| Independent | David Neil Lewis | 461 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

Carmarthen Town South 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Arwel Lloyd | 626 |
| Independent | Stephen Paul Dunn | 369 |
| Independent | June Williams* | 361 |
| Labour | Philip William Grice* | 356 |
| Independent | Dudley Evans | 231 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Carmarthen Town West (two seats)

Carmarthen Town West 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Alan Douglas Thomas Speake* | 967 |
| Independent | Arthur Davies* | 748 |
| Plaid Cymru | Tom Talog Defis | 530 |
| Labour | Marc Scaife | 315 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Cenarth (one seat)

Cenarth 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | William Haydn Jones* | 653 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Susan Jones | 190 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 463 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Cilycwm (one seat)

Cilycwm 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Thomas Theophilus* | 474 |
| Independent | Marianne Goddard-Peperzak | 178 |
| Independent | Roger Melvin Pipe | 76 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Dorrien Thomas* | 795 |
| Plaid Cymru | Andrew John Dixon | 650 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | James Eirwyn Williams* | unopposed | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Dafen (one seat)

Dafen 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Tegwen Devichand* | 532 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Mohammad Alam Choudry | 402 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Elli (one seat)

John Paul Jenkins was elected as a Conservative in 2004 but subsequently became an Independent
Elli 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Paul Jenkins* | 575 | 55.3 |
| | Labour | Janice Williams | 234 | 22.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Jean Edmunds | 231 | 22.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Felinfoel (one seat)

Felinfoel 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David William Hugh Richards* | 296 |
| | Labour | Henry John Evans | 179 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Margarita Lewis | 88 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 117 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Garnant (one seat)

Garnant 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Kevin Madge* | 507 |
| Plaid Cymru | Emyr Williams | 274 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Glanaman (one seat)

Glanaman 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | David Jenkins | 440 |
| Labour | David Colin Evans* | 379 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Glanymor (two seats)

Glanymor 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Winston James Lemon | 532 |
| Independent | John Evan Jones | 475 |
| Labour | David Allan Tucker* | 431 |
| Plaid Cymru | Keith Skivington | 420 |
| Labour | Gerald Frederick Meyler* | 398 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
| Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Glyn (one seat)

Glyn 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Thomas James Jones* | 500 |
| | Independent | Terence Vaughan Owens | 274 |
| | Labour | Ron Lewis | 138 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 226 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Gorslas (two seats)

Gorslas 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Terry Davies* | 915 |
| Independent | Henry Clive Scourfield* | 871 |
| Plaid Cymru | Emyr Wyn Thomas | 686 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Hendy (one seat)

Hendy 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Steve Lloyd-Janes | 637 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Maria Isabel Slader | 408 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 229 |
| | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |

### Hengoed (two seats)

Hengoed 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Sian Caiach | 628 |
| Plaid Cymru | Mari Lyn Davies | 516 |
| Labour | Eryl Morgan* | 359 |
| Labour | Keith Price Davies* | 334 |
| Independent | Alan Mathew Davies | 270 |
| Independent | David Hughes | 217 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Kidwelly (one seat)

Kidwelly 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Keith Davies | 429 |
| | Independent | Gwilym Glanmor Jones* | 330 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Huw Gilasbey | 217 |
| | Independent | Michael Higgins | 163 |
| | Ratepayer | Tessa Finch | 79 |
| | Independent | Jack Holmes | 26 |
| | Independent | Dena Lloyd Waterford | 21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 99 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |

### Laugharne Township (one seat)

Laugharne Township 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Jane Tremlett | 600 |
| | Conservative | Neil Davies | 394 |
| | Labour | Steve Morris | 147 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 206 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanboidy 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Daniel James Roy Llewellyn | unopposed | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Llanddarog (one seat)

Llanddarog 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William John Wyn Evans* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llandeilo (one seat)

Llandeilo 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Ieuan Goronwy Jones* | 787 |
| Conservative | Juliana Maria-Jane Hughes | 306 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llandovery Town (one seat)

Llandovery Town 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ivor John Jackson* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llandybie (two seats)

Anthony Davies was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Mary Thomas.
Llandybie 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Anthony Davies* | 949 |
| Labour | Anthony Wyn Jones* | 474 |
| Plaid Cymru | Anthony John Roberts | 357 |
| Independent | Winston Kenneth Griffiths | 340 |
| Plaid Cymru | Owen Hathaway | 303 |
| Independent | Meirion Bowen | 151 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Dillwyn Anthony Williams* | 649 |
| | Independent | John Mansel Charles | 347 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Henry Ellis Jones-Davies | 239 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Rhys Davies* | 611 |
| | Conservative | Tony Jukes | 132 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Linda Evans | 817 |
| | Independent | Emyr Davies | 371 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Mearns Spragg | 169 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llangadog (one seat)

Llangadog 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Huw Morgan | 489 |
| | Independent | John Price | 360 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Wyn Jones | 206 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llangeler (one seat)

Llangeler 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | John David George Crossley* | 901 |
| | Independent | Caroline Roberts | 438 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llangennech (two seats)

Llangenench 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Gwyneth Thomas* | 976 |
| Plaid Cymru | William Gwyn Hopkins* | 874 |
| Labour | Jeff Edmunds | 363 |
| Independent | John Willock | 306 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangunnor 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Clifford Merlin Jones* | 517 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dewi Elwyn Williams | 466 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llangyndeyrn (one seat)

Llangyndeyrn 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | William Tyssul Evans* | 820 |
| | Labour | Len John | 290 |
| | Independent | Carol Rees | 181 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llannon (two seats)

Llannon 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Emlyn Dole | 821 |
| Plaid Cymru | Philip Meredith Williams | 801 |
| Labour | Terrence Maxwell Evans | 551 |
| Independent | Cameron Howard Morgan | 521 |
| Labour | Ryan Thomas | 413 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Llansteffan (one seat)

Llansteffan 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Daff Davies* | 570 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Carys Jones | 412 |
| | Independent | Gerald Howells | 113 |
| | Conservative | Linda Parker | 92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanybydder (one seat)

Llanybydder 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Fiona Hughes | 591 |
| | Independent | Ieuan Wyn Davies* | 569 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Lliedi (two seats)

Lliedi 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Huw Lewis | 718 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Denver Rees | 611 |
| Labour | William George Thomas* | 551 |
| Labour | William Edward Skinner* | 540 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |

### Llwynhendy (two seats)

Two Independent former Labour councillors defended their seats but one of those seats was lost to Plaid Cymru whose candidate, Meilyr Hughes had served as a councillor previously.
Llwynhendy 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Donald John Davies* | 353 |
| Plaid Cymru | Meilyr Bowen Hughes | 305 |
| Independent | Thomas Dillwyn Bowen* | 302 |
| Labour | Diana Darby | 287 |
| Plaid Cymru | Christopher John Slader | 275 |
| Labour | Pamela Jones | 231 |
| Independent | Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas | 156 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Manordeilo and Salem :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John James Jones Davies* | 641 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Karen Maguire | 234 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 407 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Pembrey (two seats)

Pembrey 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | David Malcolm Davies | 600 |
| Independent | Hugh Barrie Shepardson | 581 |
| Plaid Cymru | Joanna Mary Davies | 485 |
| Labour | Vincent John Rees* | 437 |
| Labour | Haydn Cripps Beynon | 386 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
| Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Penygroes (one seat)

Penygroes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Siân Elisabeth Thomas* | 608 |
| | BNP | Kevin Edwards | 193 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 415 |

### Pontamman (one seat)

Pontamman :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Marie Binney | 445 |
| | Labour | Vivian Lynne Llewellyn* | 431 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Pontyberem (one seat)

Pontyberem :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Joy Williams* | unopposed | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Quarter Bach (one seat)

Quarter Bach :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Helen Elizabeth Wyn | 592 |
| | Labour | Elwyn Williams* | 446 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### St Clears (one seat)

St Clears :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Philip Morris Hughes* | 557 |
| | Independent | Keith Alan Major | 411 |
| | Independent | William Edmund Vincent John Davies | 380 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### St Ishmaels (one seat)

St Ishmaels :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Lydia Mair Stephens* | 759 |
| Plaid Cymru | David Huw John | 418 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Saron (two seats)

Saron :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | John Garfield Edwards* | 889 |
| Labour | Alan Peter Cooper* | 856 |
| Plaid Cymru | Ronald George Richards | 680 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Swiss Valley (one seat)

Swiss Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Anthony Giles Morgan* | 518 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Rhydwyn Ifan | 209 |
| | Labour | Nigel Rush | 186 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 309 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Trelech (one seat)

Trelech :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William David Thomas* | 655 |
| Plaid Cymru | Byrnan Davies | 305 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Trimsaran (one seat)

Trimsaran :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Meryl Gravell* | 508 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dilwyn John Jones | 227 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Tycroes (one seat)

Tycroes 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Thomas Enoch* | 422 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Sion-Aled Wyn Higgins | 309 |
| | BNP | Mike Green | 92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Tyisha (two seats)

Tyisha 2008 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Keri Peter Thomas* | 504 |
| Plaid Cymru | Roger Thomas Price | 455 |
| Plaid Cymru | Michael Llewellyn Evans | 453 |
| Labour | Martin Philip Morris* | 431 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Whitland (one seat)

Whitland 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Sue Allen | 593 |
| | Labour | Vivienne Morris | 219 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

## By-Elections 2008-2012
### Llanegwad by-election 2011

A by-election was held in Llanegwad on 23 June 2011 following the retirement of long-serving Independent councillor Dillwyn Williams.
Llanegwad 2011 by-election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | John Mansel Charles | 494 |
| Independent | Clive Pugh | 455 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |