2008 Welsh local elections
# 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 |
