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2008 Denbighshire County Council Election
The 2008 Denbighshire County Council election took place in Denbighshire, Wales, on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Denbighshire Council. This was the same day as other 2008 United Kingdom local elections. The previous elections took place in 2004 and the next all-council elections took place in 2012. Background Six months before the election, the Independent council leader, Rhiannon Hughes, and her entire cabinet had been voted out of their positions, following the release of a critical schools report. Contests in May 2008 took place in all of the 30 electoral wards. Results Overview The Conservatives became the largest group on the council after taking new seats, largely from Independent councillors. Ward results Bodelwyddan (one seat) Corwen (one seat) Denbigh Central (one seat) Denbigh Lower (two seats) Denbigh Upper/Henllan (two seats) Dyserth (one seat) Peter Owen was previously electe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denbighshire County Council 2008 Election Results Map
Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the Denbighshire (historic), historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site, Pontnewydd (Bontnewydd-Llanelwy) Palaeolithic site has Neanderthal remains of some 225,000 years ago. Castles include Denbigh Castle, Denbigh, Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Trefnant, Llangollen and Ruthin Castle, Ruthin, Castell Dinas Bran, Bodelwyddan Castle, Bodelwyddan and St Asaph Cathedral. Denbighshire is bounded by coastline to the north and hills to the east, south and west. The River Clwyd follows a broad valley with little industry: crops appear in the Vale of Clwyd and cattle and sheep in the uplands. The coast attracts summer visitors; hikers frequent the Clwydian Range, part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
