The 2004 Welsh local elections took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of all twenty-two local authorities in Wales. They were held alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. The previous elections were held in 1999.
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Colours denote the winning party with outright control (left), and the largest party by ward (right) |
The elections were originally scheduled for May 2003, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2003 Wales Assembly elections. However, this meant they took place on the same day as the 2004 elections to the European Parliament.[1] 3,135 candidates competed for 1,262 council seats across Wales, in 879 electoral wards.[1]
Results
editParty | Votes[2] | % | +/- | Councils | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
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Labour | 278,193 | 30.6% | 3.8 | 8 | 479 | 84 | ||
Independent | 205,722 | 22.6% | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 321 | 26 | |
Plaid Cymru | 149,352 | 16.4% | 1.8 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 30 | |
Liberal Democrats | 126,135 | 13.9% | 0.5 | 0 | 146 | 48 | ||
Conservative | 99,991 | 11.0% | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 32 | |
Green | 10,799 | 1.2% | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Other | 39,492 | 4.3% | 0.5 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
Councils
editIn all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Analysis of local election results data for Wales 2004 (including turnout and extent of postal voting)" (PDF). Electoral Commission. p. 2. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Local Elections Handbook 2004" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2016.