Local Election Results 2008
Tor-faen
Torfaen
Two Labour councillors were elected unopposed.
PV = Peoples Voice
Other results for Torfaen:
2004
2012
2017
By-elections for Torfaen (may be incomplete): 24th March 2011 (Pontypool)
— 28th July 2011 (Snatchwood)
— 19th December 2013 (Croesyceiliog N.)
— 22nd February 2018 (Trevethin)
— 8th April 2021 (Abersychan; Cwmyniscoy; New Inn)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
10493 |
34.9% |
18 |
| Independent |
8709 |
28.9% |
13 |
| Conservative |
3603 |
12.0% |
5 |
| People's Voice |
2511 |
8.3% |
3 |
| Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales |
2416 |
8.0% |
3 |
| Liberal Democrat |
1847 |
6.1% |
2 |
| Green Party |
446 |
1.5% |
0 |
| British National Party |
59 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Ray Williams |
Ind |
1148 |
46.7% |
| Gwyneira Clark |
Lab |
862 |
35.1% |
| Wayne Tomlinson |
Ind |
810 |
|
| John Burgess |
Ind |
734 |
|
| Kenneth Clark |
Lab |
725 |
|
| Jean Church |
Lab |
465 |
|
| Owen Clarke |
Grn |
446 |
18.2% |
| Tom Huish |
Ind |
1184 |
48.3% |
| Stuart Evans |
Ind |
1142 |
|
| Brian Whitcombe |
Ind |
851 |
|
| Pauline Whitcombe |
Ind |
709 |
|
| Claire Higgins |
LD |
639 |
26.0% |
| Neil Lewis |
Lab |
630 |
25.7% |
| Lewis Evans |
Lab |
285 |
|
| Brian Mathews |
PV |
291 |
54.0% |
| Leonard Constance |
Lab |
248 |
46.0% |
| Fiona Cross |
PC |
411 |
64.6% |
| Alison Oates |
Lab |
225 |
35.4% |
| Richard Clark |
Lab |
unop. |
|
| Sarah Richards |
Lab |
unop. |
|
| Marlene Thomas |
Lab |
371 |
57.1% |
| Richard Overton |
C |
279 |
42.9% |
| Doug Jones |
PV |
232 |
52.1% |
| Neil Waite |
Lab |
213 |
47.9% |
| Jeff Rees |
PC |
903 |
64.7% |
| Phil Seabourne |
Lab |
492 |
35.3% |
| Bill King |
Lab |
450 |
|
| Bob Wellington |
Lab |
493 |
36.5% |
| Catherine Lewis |
Ind |
490 |
36.3% |
| Rose Seabourne |
Lab |
428 |
|
| Yvonne Balakrishnan |
PC |
367 |
27.2% |
| Maria Graham |
PC |
735 |
33.1% |
| Paul Williams |
C |
569 |
25.6% |
| Barbara Ryan |
Lab |
422 |
19.0% |
| Vic Clayton |
Lab |
364 |
|
| Graham Pitt |
Ind |
271 |
12.2% |
| Pete Osborne |
PV |
224 |
10.1% |
| Veronica German |
LD |
420 |
50.4% |
| Glyn Caron |
Lab |
354 |
42.5% |
| Tony King |
BNP |
59 |
7.1% |
| Margaret Pead |
C |
727 |
64.9% |
| Tom Croke |
Lab |
394 |
35.1% |
| David James |
C |
977 |
31.9% |
| Raymond Mills |
C |
913 |
|
| Graham Smith |
C |
813 |
|
| Granville Huish |
Ind |
805 |
26.3% |
| Helen Ford |
Lab |
667 |
21.8% |
| John Turner |
Lab |
630 |
|
| Derek Saunders |
PV |
609 |
19.9% |
| Maurice Morgan |
Lab |
570 |
|
| Kathleen Williams |
LD |
788 |
29.6% |
| Norma Parrish |
Lab |
746 |
28.0% |
| Cynthia Beynon |
Lab |
698 |
|
| David Yeowell |
Lab |
697 |
|
| Brenda Edwards |
LD |
696 |
|
| Russell Jones |
Ind |
690 |
25.9% |
| Brian Lovelock |
LD |
621 |
|
| Ian Smyth |
C |
439 |
16.5% |
| Aneurin James |
Lab |
861 |
39.5% |
| Peter Cathcart |
Ind |
706 |
32.4% |
| Brian Mawby |
Lab |
698 |
|
| Sian Tulloch |
Lab |
668 |
|
| Louise Laurie |
C |
612 |
28.1% |
| Ron Jones |
Ind |
215 |
46.4% |
| Joyce Gregory |
Ind |
165 |
35.6% |
| Trevor Neatherway |
Lab |
83 |
17.9% |
| Fred Wildgust |
Ind |
291 |
52.1% |
| Lyn Irwin |
Lab |
171 |
30.6% |
| Anthony Hewitt |
PV |
97 |
17.4% |
| Neil Mason |
Lab |
242 |
42.0% |
| Ian Williams |
PV |
228 |
39.6% |
| Cynthia Howells |
Ind |
106 |
18.4% |
| Elizabeth Haynes |
Ind |
684 |
59.6% |
| Julianna Biggs |
Lab |
463 |
40.4% |
| Mervyn Reece |
Lab |
428 |
|
| Tom Gould |
PV |
372 |
56.9% |
| Barry Taylor |
Lab |
282 |
43.1% |
| Lewis Jones |
Lab |
452 |
58.6% |
| John Marshall |
Lab |
333 |
|
| Shane Taylor |
PV |
319 |
41.4% |
| Ronald Burnett |
Ind |
957 |
50.3% |
| Colette Thomas |
Lab |
944 |
49.7% |
| Alastair Cunnington |
Ind |
897 |
|
| Stuart Cameron |
Lab |
780 |
|
| Stuart Smith |
Lab |
600 |
|
| John Cunningham |
Lab |
718 |
60.1% |
| Mary Barnett |
Lab |
669 |
|
| Robert Jones |
Lab |
549 |
|
| Paul Hughes |
Ind |
477 |
39.9% |
| Mike Jeremiah |
Ind |
520 |
63.5% |
| Yvonne Warren |
Lab |
160 |
19.5% |
| Mike Harrington |
PV |
139 |
17.0% |
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