2008 Newport City Council election

2008 elections to Newport City Council were held on 1 May 2008 along with elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and 2008 United Kingdom local elections.

2008 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations

Newport Civic Centre

Councillors elected in this election served a four-year term.

The previous election took place in 2004.

The next full election took place on 3 May 2012.

Election results: overview

Newport Council election 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	22			-9	44.0	33.3	13,884	-2.9
	Conservative	17			+6	34.0	35.0	14,705	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	9			+3	18.0	21.8	9,066	+0.6
	Plaid Cymru	1			0	2.0	7.2	2,980	-1.6
	Independent	1			0	2.0	2.4	1,005	+2.4
Total		50						41,640

• The Independent statistics are for all Independents, whether they are members of the Independent group on the council or not.

Ward results

Allt-yr-yn

Allt-yr-yn (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Evans	1,818
	Conservative	David Fouweather	1,800
	Conservative	Leslie Knight	1,622
	Labour	Fabi Berrettoni	722
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Bennett	420
	Liberal Democrats	Megan Rees Webb	411
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Summers	369
	Plaid Cymru	Mian Rashid	324
Majority
Turnout			7,486
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alway

Alway (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Truman	795
	Labour	John Guy	776
	Labour	Ken Powell	775
	Conservative	Sarah Jones	434
	Conservative	Sallie Mogford	431
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Parry	348
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Baulch	344
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Davies	309
	Plaid Cymru	Nagma Arshid	251
Majority
Turnout			4,463
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Beechwood

Beechwood (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Clarke	1,433
	Liberal Democrats	David Hando	1,321
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Evans	1,288
	Labour	David Collins	484
	Labour	Christopher Evans	399
	Labour	Alan Jones	373
	Conservative	David Hildred	220
	Conservative	Kenneth Cornelious	204
	Independent	Tony Lane	202
	Conservative	Ruth Williams	187
Majority
Turnout			6,510
	Liberal Democrats gain from		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from		Swing

Bettws

Bettws (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noel Trigg	1,128
	Labour	Val Delahaye	890
	Labour	Glyn Jarvis	789
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Baker	586
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Tripp	451
	Liberal Democrats	David Gapper	408
	Conservative	Michael Ryan	331
	Conservative	Debbie Blackbird	260
	Plaid Cymru	Firdaus Asghar	75
	Independent	Vince Marenghi	50
	Plaid Cymru	David Hall	49
	Independent	Stephen Chomyn	40
Majority
Turnout			5,057
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing

Caerleon

Caerleon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Jones	1,324
	Conservative	Charles Ferris	1,216
	Labour	Gail Giles	1,181
	Conservative	Naomi Macey	1,178
	Labour	Cliff Suller	1,094
	Labour	Paul Huntley	1,087
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Hughes	467
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	308
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Baulch	306
Majority
Turnout			8,161
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing

Gaer

Debbie Wilcox, Newport City Council leader since 2016

Gaer (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Whitcutt	921
	Labour	Herbert Thomas	883
	Labour	Deborah Wilcox	847
	Conservative	Adam Wate	813
	Conservative	Michael Wisniewski	752
	Liberal Democrats	John Gibbon	405
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Evans	377
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wheeldon	333
	Plaid Cymru	Danielle Bennett	258
Majority
Turnout			5,589
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing

Graig

Graig (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Cornelious	1,187
	Conservative	David Williams	1,070
	Labour	Andrew Sayer	589
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Flanagan	317
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mountain	241
Majority
Turnout			3,404
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langstone

Langstone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Atwell	833
	Independent	Simon Lane	753
	Conservative	Carole Atwell	615
	Liberal Democrats	Ynys Edwards	303
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Perry	296
	Labour	Deborah Harvey	138
	Plaid Cymru	Timothy Harvey	114
Majority
Turnout			3,052
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Liswerry

Liswerry (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Critchley	1,018
	Labour	Allan Morris	982
	Labour	John Richards	879
	Labour	Andrew Jeavons	972
	Conservative	Chris Blight	728
	Conservative	Greg Waters	683
	Conservative	John Ferrier	644
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Berry	419
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Price	328
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Townsend	326
	Liberal Democrats	Tomas Forsey	270
Majority
Turnout			7,249
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing

Llanwern

Llanwern (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Kellaway	491
	Labour	Ian Jones	358
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bull	92
Majority
Turnout			941
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malpas

Malpas (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Langsford	1,243
	Labour	David Mayer	1,137
	Conservative	John Bird	1,131
	Conservative	Ian Brown	1,074
	Labour	Peter Davies	1,064
	Conservative	Peter Meredith	602
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Davies	385
Majority
Turnout			6,636
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marshfield

Marshfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard White	974
	Conservative	Tom Suller	952
	Labour	Neil Todd	332
	Labour	Alan Speight	283
	Liberal Democrats	Helena Wheeldon	170
	Plaid Cymru	Susan Bennett	162
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bevan	162
Majority
Turnout			3,034
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pillgwenlly

Pillgwenlly (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ibrahim Hayat	466
	Labour	Ron Jones	464
	Conservative	Tony Ismail	377
	Plaid Cymru	Khalilur Rahman	375
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Salkeld	346
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Lewis	498
	Conservative	David Madden	327
	Liberal Democrats	Sofique Miah	278
Majority
Turnout			2,964
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ringland

Ringland (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Fortey	939
	Labour	Bob Bright	874
	Labour	Malcolm Linton	871
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jordan	858
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Harris	841
	Labour	Tony Gray	783
	Conservative	Tina Evans	264
	Conservative	Jane Mazey	225
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Bennett	175
Majority
Turnout			5,830
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rogerstone

Rogerstone (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Dudley	1,664
	Conservative	Stephen Jones	1,576
	Conservative	Andrew Cooksey	1,507
	Labour	Edward Burke	1,450
	Labour	Jayne Bryant	1,349
	Labour	Victoria Colley Wall	1,136
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Angeli	387
	Plaid Cymru	David Hall	325
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Sullivan	309
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Bacon	258
Majority
Turnout			9,961
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from		Swing

St Julians

St.Julians (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Townsend	1,148
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel Townsend	1,029
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Ford	985
	Conservative	Chris Blight	581
	Conservative	Roy Lane	552
	Conservative	Dale Hardman	542
	Labour	Ken Goodger	492
	Labour	Kenneth Chandler	467
	Labour	Anthony Jermyn	432
	Plaid Cymru	James Priest	111
Majority
Turnout			6,139
	Liberal Democrats gain from		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Poole	478
	Labour	Paul Cockeram	468
	Conservative	Mike Ryan	429
	Conservative	James Hampson	376
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Varley	178
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Clark	167
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Davies	139
	Plaid Cymru	Omer Williams	113
Majority
Turnout			2,348
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stow Hill

Stow Hill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Davies	723
	Conservative	William Routley	616
	Labour	Miqdad al-Nuaimi	436
	Labour	Fern Foster	418
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys ab Elis	91
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Flanagan	86
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Lee	72
	Plaid Cymru	Shereen Williams	7
Majority
Turnout			2,449
	Conservative gain from		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Tredegar Park

Tredegar Park (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	James Brunnock	364
	Labour	Trevor Watkins	293
	Conservative	Gerry Coldham	152
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Bailey	35
Majority			71		N/A
Turnout			844
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Victoria

Victoria (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hamilton	618
	Liberal Democrats	Mozadul Hussain	604
	Labour	Chris Jenkins	486
	Labour	Deb Davies	450
	Plaid Cymru	Firdaus Asghar	413
	Conservative	David Cox	231
	Plaid Cymru	Trefor Puw	197
Majority
Turnout			2,999
	Liberal Democrats gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing