[5] Cllr Griffiths resigned at the end of May 2008 after being arrested by the police and cautioned for a sexual offence.

Rheidol town councillor and recently elected Aberystwyth mayor, Lorrae Jones-Southgate, resigned her position after she wasn't chosen as the new Liberal Democrat candidate for the ward.

[7] At the by-election on 10 July 2008 Plaid Cymru candidate, Aled Davies, won the seat with 271 votes.

[8] Aled Davies won the seat in the May 2012 county elections standing as an Independent, with an increased majority.

[10] It was won by Plaid Cymru candidate, Endaf Edwards, with the previous sitting councillor, Aled Davies, finishing third.