The 2004 Monmouthshire County Council election were held on 10 June 2004 to

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in southeast

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, on the same day of the

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. The election was preceded by the

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and followed by the 2008 elections.

Background

The Conservatives formed a minority administration from the previous county council election in May 1999, being largest group on the council by one seat. Following two by-elections in 2002 (the Conservatives losing one seat to the Liberal Democrats and

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taking a seat from an Independent), the Labour Party became the largest group by one seat. Having secured the support of Independent and Liberal Democrat councillors, Labour formed a minority administration from July 2002 until the election in June 2004. In June 2004 the whole council was up for election and following boundary changes the number of seats was increased to 43.

Overview of results

The

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gained overall control of the council from a previous minority

administration. After the election, the composition of the council was: *

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23 *

9 * Liberal Democrats 4 *

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2 * Independents 5 The election results were noticeable seeing two

councillors elected in

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, a first for the Welsh nationalists in heavily anglicised

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, and the election of a 21-year-old student, Matthew Jone

for the Liberal Democrats in

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. The Labour party suffered heavy losses to the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and Independents. The election result saw a fragmentation of the non-conservative vote; the emergence of the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru onto the council. Of note was the number of close races in individual wards, as well as several individual contests where the winning candidate polled far less than a majority of the votes cast.

Election results table(s)

Electoral division (ward) results

References

* Close call in 'swing' County, BBC News article, May 18, 200

*Monmouthshire County Council, table of results for 2004 election

*Monmouthshire County Council, list of councillor

*Article on County Council election results 2004 by local Monmouth news website www.towncrier.org

*Monmouthshire County Council election results 2004, South Wales Argu

*BBC results table 200

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