title: 2008 Welsh local elections
text: # 2008 Welsh local elections
  
  The 2008 Welsh local elections took place on 1 May 2008 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 2004.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Party | Votes | % | +/- | Councils | +/- | Seats | +/- |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | 253,029 | 26.6% | 4.0% | 2 | 6 | 345 | 134 |
  | Independent | 217,369 | 22.9% | 0.3% | 4 | 1 | 334 | 13 |
  | Plaid Cymru | 159,847 | 16.8% | 0.4% | 0 | 1 | 206 | 31 |
  | Conservative | 148,708 | 15.6% | 4.6% | 2 | 1 | 174 | 67 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 123,175 | 13.0% | 0.9% | 0 | | 165 | 19 |
  | Blaenau Gwent PV | 9,187 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0 | | 8 | 8 |
  | Llais Gwynedd | 7,119 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0 | | 13 | 13 |
  | Green | 6,568 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0 | | 0 | |
  | Other | 25,214 | 2.7% | 1.6% | 0 | | 19 | 17 |
  | No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | 14 | 5 | n/a | n/a |
  
  ## Councils
  
  In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.
  
  | Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Blaenau Gwent | Labour | No overall control gain |
  | Bridgend | No overall control | No overall control hold |
  | Caerphilly | Labour | No overall control gain |
  | Cardiff | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
  | Carmarthenshire | No overall control | No overall control hold |
  | Ceredigion | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
  | Conwy | No overall control | No overall control hold |
  | Denbighshire | No overall control | No overall control hold |
  | Flintshire | Labour | No overall control gain |
  | Gwynedd | Plaid Cymru | No overall control gain |
  | Isle of Anglesey | Independent | Independent hold |
  | Merthyr Tydfil | Labour | Independent gain |
  | Monmouthshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
  | Neath Port Talbot | Labour | Labour hold |
  | Newport | Labour | No overall control gain |
  | Pembrokeshire | Independent | Independent hold |
  | Powys | Independent | Independent hold |
  | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Labour | Labour hold |
  | Swansea | No overall control | No overall control hold |
  | Torfaen | Labour | No overall control gain |
  | Vale of Glamorgan | No overall control | Conservative gain |
  | Wrexham | No overall control | No overall control hold |
  