2008 Ceredigion County Council election

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The 2008 election to Ceredigion County Council was held on 1 May 2008 along with elections to other Welsh councils, plus the London Mayor and ^[1] Assembly Elections, Metropolitan English councils and Non Metropolitan English councils elections. All 42 council seats were up for election. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election.

The previous council was controlled by Independents in coalition with the Liberal Democrat group and the single Labour member. Since 2004, there have been no by-elections to the council (the only council in Wales not to have any during the last four years). Nominations for the council elections closed on 4 April 2008. The last council meeting before the elections (when the council was formally dissolved) was held on 17 April 2008. The composition of the council prior to the elections was:

Independents 16
Plaid Cymru 16
Liberal Democrats 9
Labour 1

2 Independents had defected to Plaid Cymru and a further 2 Independents had retired. All existing councillors bar the 2 retirees were up for re-election.

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Election results: overview

Ceredigion Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	19	6	3	+3	45.23	43.80	12,141	+4.88
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	11	6	7	-1	26.19	21.03	5,830	+0.34
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	10	2	1	+1	23.8	23.86	6,613	+3.67
	Non-party independents	1	1	3	-2	2.38	4.71	1,305	-4.71
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	1	0	0	0	2.38	3.19	885	+0.19
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.93	805	+2.80
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.51	139	+0.32
	Others	0	0	1	-1	0.0	N/A	0	-7.01
Total		42						27,718

All parties received a higher share of the vote than in 2004. This was in part due to a fall in the number of non-party independents standing and previous non-party independents joining the independent grouping, but also due to a number of parties (namely UKIP and Llais Ceredigion) not standing candidates this time around.

Plaid Cymru made six gains. They gained a seat in the ward of Aberystwyth, Penparcau, as well as the wards of Cardigan, Mwldan, Cardigan, Teifi, Ciliau Aeron, Llanfarian, Llangeitho and Melindwr. The party also made four losses: Llandysilio-gogo, Llansantffraid, Tirymynach and Troedyraur.

The Liberal Democrats made two gains, Tirymynach and Aberaeron, but lost Melindwr.

The three non-party independents from 2004 were re-elected as Independents (Haydn Lewis in Pen-parc, Gethin James in Aberporth and Ray Quant in Borth), as well as John Ivor Williams, who had held his seat in 2004 under the label Cymraeg/Welsh. A single candidate was elected as a non-party independent (Gareth Lloyd Cletwr in Llandysilio-gogo).

Nine members of the original Council elected in 1995 were again returned.

Ward Results

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elizabeth Evans	493
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Richard Emlyn Thomas*	247
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing

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Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Gethin James	610
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Mark William Mainwaring	251
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Aberteifi, Mwldan (one seat)

Aberteifi, Mwldan 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Thomas John Adams-Lewis	503
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Sarah Mary Morris*	202
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Bradley George Stephen Vaughan	48
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing

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Aberteifi, Rhydyfuwch (one seat)

Aberteifi, Rhydyfuwch 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Mark Cole*	370
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ann Rees-Sambrook	60
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Aberteifi, Teifi (one seat)

Aberteifi, Rhydyfuwch 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Catrin Miles	167
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alan Wilson*	124
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Aberystwyth Bronglais (one seat)

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Aberystwyth Bronglais 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Trevor Graham Shaftoe	76
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert Mark Schofield	33
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Aberystwyth Central (one seat)

Aberystwyth Central 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ceredig Wyn Davies*	296
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Mark Strong	142
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Emily Day	24
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Aberystwyth North (one seat)

Aberystwyth North 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edgar Carl Williams*	275
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Aled Davies	252
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Anthony Alexander Pickles	40
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Aberystwyth Penparcau (two seats)

Aberystwyth Penparcau 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Rob Gorman	419
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards*	391
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Steve Davies	377
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Owen Henry Jones*	195
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Mick Jones	97
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Richard Boudier	95
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David John Cogdell	46
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Graeme Matthew David Smith	31
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Aberystwyth Rheidol (one seat)

Aberystwyth Rheidol 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Eric John Griffiths*	490
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Susan Jones-Davies	197
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Jason Luke Edwards	38
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William David Lyndon Lloyd*	690
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Neil Flower	121
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Borth (one seat)

Borth 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Raymond Paul Quant*	436
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Whitlock Davies	333
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Capel Dewi (one seat)

Cllr Peter Davies (Ind, Capel Dewi) was elected unopposed in 2008. He was first elected in 2004 (beating a Plaid Cymru candidate by 239 votes (40%) and sits on the Development Control Committee and the Standards Committee.

Capel Dewi 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Thomas Peter Lloyd Davies	unopposed
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ellen Elizabeth ap Gwynn*	527
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Richard Oliver Morgan-Ash	172
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Ciliau Aeron (one seat)

Plaid Cymru had captured the seat in a by-election.

Ciliau Aeron 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur John Moelfryn Maskell	544
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harry Hayfield	151
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Iain James Sheldon	117
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Faenor (one seat)

Faenor 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Erfyl Roberts*	501
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alan Lloyd Evans	215
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert James MacKinnon	38
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert George Harris*	790
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Ivor Williams*	575
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Dorothy Williams	249
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert Phillips	263
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Derek Wilson	123
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elly Foster	65
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Michael Nevill James Chamberlain	55
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing
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Llanarth (one seat)

Cllr. Eurfyl Evans (Lib Dem, Llanarth) was elected unopposed in 2008. He was first elected in 1995 (holding the ward from Cllr. Alan Thomas) and won re-election in 2004 by 188 votes over Plaid Cymru (31%) and in the last Cabinet (that was dissolved at the same time as the last meeting of the council) was the Cabinet member with responsibility for Economic Development

Llanarth 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Thomas Eurfyl Evans*	unopposed
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Llanbadarn Fawr Padarn (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr Padarn 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Gareth Davies	248
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Bob Morris	104
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Terry Raymond Lynch	48
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Llanbadarn Fawr Sulien (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr Sulien 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Paul James*	346
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Peter Jeffery Hampson	74
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Benjamin Towyn Evans*	523
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alex Bashford	165
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llandysiliogogo 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Gareth Lloyd	607
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Cen Llwyd*	309
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Llandysul Town (one seat)

Llandysul Town 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Evan John Keith Evans*	404
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Iwan William Richards	236
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Llanfarian (one seat)

Alun Lloyd Jones had left the Plaid Cymru group and joined the Independents after the 1999 election. However, since the 2004 election he rejoined the party.

Llanfarian 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alun Lloyd Jones*	361
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elian Lorrae Jones-Southgate	248
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Llinos Ma Thomas	41
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Llanfihangel Ystrad 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Owen Llywelyn	656
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Matthew George Cooper Lewes Gee	344
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Llangeitho (one seat)

Cllr. David Evans (Plaid Cymru, Llangeitho) was elected unopposed in 2008. First elected in 1999 (gaining the seat from the Liberal Democrats as an Independent candidate) joined Plaid Cymru at the close of nominations in 2008. As an Independent member he sat on the Development Control Committee and was vice chair of the Environmental Services and Housing Committee.

Llangeitho 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David John Evans*	unopposed
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Timothy Odwyn Davies*	416
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Sonia Rose Williams	205
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanrhystud 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Rowland Rees-Evans	500
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Emyr Morgan Jones	266
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Llansantffraed (one seat)

Llansantffraed 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Dafydd Wyn Edwards	583
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Daniel Meurig James*	545
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing

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Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Samuel Haydn Richards*	692
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Kathy Bracy	118
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Lledrod (one seat)

Lledrod 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ifan Davies	549
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Catrin Myfanwy Huws	452
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Rhodri Davies	489
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Fred Williams*	432
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Sarah Gillian Hopley*	349
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Luke William Ashley Evetts	160
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Penbryn (one seat)

Penbryn 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ian ap Dewi*	652
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	June Perry	244
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Thomas Haydn Lewis*	667
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Richard James	256
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

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Tirymynach (one seat)

Tirymynach 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Paul Buckingham James Hinge	434
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Penri James*	420
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Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Suter	461
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Martin John Squires	108
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Kari Walker	99
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Tregaron (one seat)

Cllr. Catherine Jane Hughes (Plaid Cymru, Tregaron) was elected in 2004 defeating an Independent candidate by 35 votes (5%) and was vice chair of the Social Service Committee as well as serving on the Development Control Committee and Education Committee.

Tregaron 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Catherine Jane Hughes*	unopposed
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Roy Griffiths Lloyd	381
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Gerallt Wynford Jones*	151
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Ystwyth (one seat)

Ystwyth 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John David Rowland Jones*	528
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Sian Mererid Archer	196
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Leila Kiersch	74
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

By-elections 2008-12

Aberystwyth Rheidol 2008

A by-election was held in the Aberystwyth Rheidol ward following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Eric Griffiths.

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link

Aberystwyth Rheidol by-election, 10 July 2008^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".		252	37.4
	Script error: No such module "Political party".		98	14.5
	Script error: No such module "Political party".		36	5.3
	Script error: No such module "Political party".		17	2.5
Majority					Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout					Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors					Script error: No such module "String".
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References

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↑ 2008 Results Template:Webarchive
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External links

A guide to the elections in Ceredigion

Template:Dyfed elections Template:United Kingdom local elections, 2008

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