# 2004 Vale of Glamorgan Council election

The 2004 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on Thursday 10 June 2004 to elect members of Vale of Glamorgan Council in Wales. This was the same day as many other local elections in Wales and England. The Conservatives remained the largest party but did not have a majority. The previous full council election was in 1999 and the next full council election was in May 2008.

## Overview

Council elections in Wales were originally scheduled for May 2003, but were delayed by a year to avoid a conflict with the 2003 Wales Assembly elections.
Forty-seven seats were up for election in the Vale of Glamorgan. There was an increase in electoral divisions from 22 to 23 following The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Changes) Order 2002, which had divided the Alexandra ward into two new wards (and increased the representation in Sully to two councillors). The overall turnout (including spoilt ballots) was 44.4%.

## Election result

The Conservative Party remained the largest party following the election, though did not have a majority.
Vale of Glamorgan Council election 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Conservative | 20 | | | -2 | 42.5 |
| Labour | 16 | | | -2 | 34.0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 8 | | | +2 | 17.0 |
| Independent | 3 | | | +3 | 6.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | | | -1 | 0.0 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |

## Ward results

| Ward | Political group | Councillor | Change from 1999 election |
| Baruc (Barry) | Plaid Cymru | Nicolas Hodges | Plaid Cymru hold |
| Baruc (Barry) | Plaid Cymru | Steffan Wiliam | Plaid Cymru hold |
| Buttrills (Barry) | Labour | Margaret Alexander | Labour hold |
| Buttrills (Barry) | Labour | Stuart Egan | Labour hold |
| Cadoc (Barry) | Labour | Josephine Moore | Labour hold |
| Cadoc (Barry) | Labour | Frederick Johnson | Labour hold |
| Cadoc (Barry) | Labour | Neil Moore | Labour hold |
| Castleland (Barry) | Plaid Cymru | Barry Shaw | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour |
| Castleland (Barry) | Plaid Cymru | Keith Stockdale | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour |
| Cornerswell (Penarth) | Labour | Rhiannon Birch | Labour gain from Conservative |
| Cornerswell (Penarth) | Labour | Nigel Gibbs | Labour hold |
| Court (Barry) | Labour | Richard Bertin | Labour hold |
| Court (Barry) | Labour | Andrew Dobbinson | Labour hold |
| Cowbridge | Conservative | Catherine Clay | Conservative hold |
| Cowbridge | Conservative | Geoffrey Cox | Conservative hold |
| Cowbridge | Conservative | Thomas Jarvie | Conservative hold |
| Dinas Powys | Plaid Cymru | Christopher Franks | Plaid Cymru hold |
| Dinas Powys | Plaid Cymru | Val Hartrey | Plaid Cymru hold |
| Dinas Powys | Plaid Cymru | Margaret Randall | Plaid Cymru hold |
| Dinas Powys | Plaid Cymru | Christopher Williams | Plaid Cymru hold |
| Dyfan (Barry) | Conservative | Anthony Powell | Labour hold |
| Dyfan (Barry) | Conservative | Jennifer Cole | Labour hold |
| Gibbonsdown (Barry) | Labour | Rob Curtis | Labour hold |
| Gibbonsdown (Barry) | Labour | Margaret Wilkinson | Labour hold |
| Illtyd (Barry) | Conservative | Terry Hampton | Conservative hold |
| Illtyd (Barry) | Conservative | Emlyn Williams | Conservative hold |
| Illtyd (Barry) | Conservative | Janice Charles | Conservative hold |
| Llandough | Conservative | Colin Osborne | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Llandow and Ewenny | Conservative | William Vaughan | Conservative hold |
| Llantwit Major | Independent | Gwyn John | Independent gain from Conservative |
| Llantwit Major | Independent | Eric Hacker | Independent gain from Conservative |
| Llantwit Major | Independent | Alfred Readman | Independent gain from Conservative |
| Llantwit Major | Conservative | John Clifford | Conservative hold |
| Peterston-Super-Ely | Conservative | Anthony Williams | Conservative hold |
| Plymouth (Penarth) | Conservative | Maureen Kelly-Owen | Conservative win (new seat) |
| Plymouth (Penarth) | Conservative | Alfred Williams | Conservative win (new seat) |
| Rhoose | Conservative | Haydn James | Conservative hold |
| Rhoose | Conservative | Gordon Kemp | Conservative hold |
| St Athan | Conservative | John Thomas | Conservative hold |
| St Augustine's (Penarth) | Labour | Elisabeth Burnett | Labour win (new seat) |
| St Augustine's (Penarth) | Conservative | Paul Church | Conservative win (new seat) |
| St Brides Major | Conservative | Audrey Preston | Conservative hold |
| Stanwell (Penarth) | Labour | Mary Birch | Labour hold |
| Stanwell (Penarth) | Labour | Mark Wilson | Labour hold |
| Sully | Conservative | Anthony Ernest | Conservative hold |
| Sully | Conservative | Sarah Sharpe | Conservative win (new seat) |
| Wenvoe | Conservative | Michael Harvey | Conservative hold |