The2008 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members ofVale of Glamorgan Council inWales. This was the same day as otherUnited Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election was in2004 and the next full elections were on3 May 2012.
Forty-seven seats were up for election and theConservative Party managed to win an overall majority, where previously no party was in overall control.[1] The result took place in the context ofGordon Brown'sLabour government falling to its lowest polling since the 1960s, with the Conservatives winning control of eleven other councils in England and Wales.[2]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 25 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 53.2 | 43.4 | 18,532 | ||
| Labour | 13 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 27.7 | 26.5 | 11,331 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | 6 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 8,932 | ||
| Llantwit First Independent | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 1,894 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 878 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 659 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 413 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 73 | ||
| Ward | Political group | Councillor[3] | Change from last election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baruc (Barry) | Plaid Cymru | Nicholas Hodges | Plaid Cymru hold | |
| Plaid Cymru | Steffan Wiliam | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Buttrills (Barry) | Labour | Margaret Alexander | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Stuart Egan | Labour hold | ||
| Cadoc (Barry) | Labour | Fred Johnson | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Anne Moore | Labour hold | ||
| Labour | Neil Moore | Labour hold | ||
| Castleland (Barry) | Labour | Pamela Drake | Labour gain fromPlaid Cymru | |
| Labour | Christopher Elmore | Labour gain fromPlaid Cymru | ||
| Cornerswell (Penarth) | Conservative | John Fraser | Conservative gain from Labour | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Turner | Conservative gain from Labour | ||
| Court (Barry) | Labour | Richard Bertin | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Bronwen Brooks | Labour hold | ||
| Cowbridge | Conservative | Geoffrey Cox | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Valerie Ellis | Conservative hold | ||
| Conservative | Hunter Jarvie | Conservative hold | ||
| Dinas Powys | Plaid Cymru | Val Hartrey | Plaid Cymru hold | |
| Plaid Cymru | Margaret Randall | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Keith Hatton | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Christopher Williams | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Dyfan (Barry) | Conservative | Marguerita Wright | Conservative gain from Labour | |
| Conservative | Katharine Kemp | Conservative gain from Labour | ||
| Gibbonsdown (Barry) | Labour | Rob Curtis | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Margaret Wilkinson | Labour hold | ||
| Illtyd (Barry) | Conservative | Terry Hampton | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Janice Charles | Conservative hold | ||
| Conservative | Emlyn Williams | Conservative hold | ||
| Llandough | Conservative | Colin Osborne | Conservative hold | |
| Llandow and Ewenny | Conservative | Colin Vaughan | Conservative hold | |
| Llantwit Major | Llantwit First Independent | Gwyn John | Llantwit First gain from Independent[a] | |
| Llantwit First Independent | Sally Bagstaff | Llantwit First gain from Independent[a] | ||
| Llantwit First Independent | Eric Hacker | Llantwit First gain from Independent[a] | ||
| Conservative | John Clifford | Conservative hold | ||
| Peterston-Super-Ely | Conservative | Rhodri Traherne | Conservative hold | |
| Plymouth (Penarth) | Conservative | Maureen Owen | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Clive Williams | Conservative hold | ||
| Rhoose | Conservative | Jeff James | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Gordon Kemp | Conservative hold | ||
| St Athan | Conservative | John Thomas | Conservative hold | |
| St Augustine's (Penarth) | Conservative | Paul Church | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Sophie Williams | Conservative gain from Labour | ||
| St Brides Major | Conservative | Audrey Preston | Conservative hold | |
| Stanwell (Penarth) | Labour | Janice Birch | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Mark Wilson | Labour hold | ||
| Sully | Conservative | Sarah Sharpe | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Anthony Ernest | Conservative hold | ||
| Wenvoe | Conservative | Jonathan Bird | Conservative hold | |
[a]Councillors previously elected as Independent.Llantwit First Independents registered as a new political party in 2007
 Council elections in the preserved county ofSouth Glamorgan | |
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| Cardiff Council | |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | |
| South Glamorgan County Council | |
