2013 Isle of Anglesey County Council election

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2013 Isle of Anglesey County Council election
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  2008 2 May 2013 2017  

All 30 seats to Isle of Anglesey County Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Independent Plaid Cymru Labour
Seats before1664
Seats won14123
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg6Decrease2.svg1

Isle of Anglesey UK local election 2013 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2013 Isle of Anglesey Council elections. Striped divisions have mixed representation.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

An election to the Isle of Anglesey County Council [1] was held as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections and took place on 2 May 2013. Anglesey was the only Welsh authority voting in 2013, the election having been postponed from 2012 by the Welsh Government, in order to allow an electoral review to take place. [2] The next full council election took place on 4 May 2017.

Contents

Boundary review

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Anglesey County Council under No Overall Control
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  The rest of Wales where no elections were held

Under The Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012, thirty seats (a reduction from the previous 40) were created, from eleven (previously 40) electoral divisions, by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales. [3]

Overall results

Turnout for the election was 50.5% of eligible voters. [4] Independent councillors won more seats than any other group, but Plaid Cymru made strong gains, saying they would find it difficult to work with the independent group and hoped to form an alliance with Labour. [4] The island's Returning Officer described democracy on the island as being "invigorated". [4]

Isle of Anglesey County Council election, 2013 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 14-946.729.29,958-27.0
  Plaid Cymru 12+440.026.49,021+5.2
  Labour 3-210.017.45,933+4.7
  Liberal Democrats 1-13.36.02,038+1.6
  UKIP 000.013.04,447+12.5
  Conservative 0-20.08.02,714+3.0

Results by ward

Aethwy

Aethwy (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Alun Mummery 1,091 26.0
Plaid Cymru Meirion Jones 1,037
Independent Jim Evans 762 18.2
Liberal Democrats Selwyn Williams73117.4
Plaid Cymru Phil Roberts712
Independent Keith Evans50612.1
Liberal Democrats Sue James409
UKIP Elaine Gill4019.6
Liberal Democrats Gwyn Jones361
Labour Mike Carey3408.1
Conservative Steve Ransome1894.5
Turnout
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Bro Aberffraw

Bro Aberffraw (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Rogers 566 23.0
Plaid Cymru Ann Griffith 539 21.9
Plaid Cymru Elizabeth Rees347
Independent Brian Owen33713.7
Independent Glyn Jones31412.8
Labour Gwen Burns2309.3
Independent Robert Hughes1887.6
UKIP Frank Wykes1686.8
Conservative Barrie Freeman1204.9
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Bro Rhosyr

Bro Rhosyr (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hywel Jones 936 30.3
Independent Victor Hughes 563 18.2
Plaid Cymru Richard Parry55217.9
Independent Nia Evans44014.2
Plaid Cymru Dewi ap Rhobert303
Labour Einion Williams2588.3
UKIP Carla Teixeira1344.3
Independent Hywel Jones1093.5
Conservative Peter Williams993.2
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Caergybi

Caergybi (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Jones 1,365 33.1
Independent Bob Jones 1,094 26.5
Labour Arwel Roberts 751
Labour Beryl Warner747
UKIP Afryl Davies63715.4
Independent Alan Williams57413.9
Plaid Cymru Jean Williams3247.8
Conservative John Coates1353.3
Conservative Philip Eastment128
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Canolbarth Môn

Canolbarth Môn (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Nicola Roberts 1,595 30.3
Plaid Cymru Bob Parry 1,399
Plaid Cymru Dylan Rees 1,387
Independent John Jones91517.4
Independent Bryan Owen90717.2
Independent Margaret Thomas88116.7
UKIP Jana Gill68813.1
Conservative Terence Hodges2805.3
Turnout
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Llifôn

Llifôn (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard Dew 774 26.1
Independent Gwilym Jones 672 22.6
Plaid Cymru Ken Taylor40913.8
Independent Colin Torr34311.5
Labour Charlie Dodd2879.7
Conservative Martin Peet2488.4
UKIP Martin Brook2378.0
Conservative Celfyn Furlong237
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Lligwy

Lligwy (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ieuan Williams 1,152 23.0
Plaid Cymru Vaughan Hughes 656 13.1
Independent Derlwyn Hughes 620 12.4
UKIP Claire Brook49910.0
Independent Barrie Durkin4759.5
Independent Jeff Cotterell4398.8
Plaid Cymru Edward Jones430
Plaid Cymru Margaret Roberts430
Independent Hefin Thomas4268.5
Conservative Pete Edwards4038.1
Labour Michael O'Leary3286.6
Labour Angela Gliddon324
Labour Roger Dobson230
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Seiriol

Seiriol (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Lewis Davies 1,294 29.9
Plaid Cymru Carwyn Jones 985
Labour Alwyn Rowlands 895 20.7
Plaid Cymru Eurfryn Davies870
Independent Jason Zalot75517.5
Conservative Neil Fairlamb58213.5
Labour Roger Petts461
UKIP Nathan Gill44810.4
Liberal Democrats Judith Moss3508.1
Turnout
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Talybolion

Talybolion (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Llinos Huws 1,113 30.6
Independent Kenneth Hughes 917 25.2
Plaid Cymru John Griffith 800
Independent Elwyn Schofield78321.5
Plaid Cymru Emrys Hughes740
Labour Julia Dobson50713.9
UKIP Peter Smith3218.8
Turnout
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Twrcelyn

Twrcelyn (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard Jones 1,445 25.2
Liberal Democrats Aled Jones 1,279 22.1
Independent Will Hughes 920 15.9
Plaid Cymru Elfed Jones74012.8
Labour Dylan Jones70712.2
Plaid Cymru Derek Owen701
Labour Gordon Warren512
UKIP Nadine Hall4087.1
Labour Daniel ap Eifion-Jones409
Conservative Geoffrey Turner2724.7
Plaid Cymru John Meredith237
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Ynys Gybi

Ynys Gybi (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Trefor Hughes 708 21.5
Independent Dafydd Thomas 632 19.2
Independent Jeffrey Evans 590 17.9
UKIP Barry Roberts50615.3
Labour William Chorlton47514.4
Conservative Eric Roberts38611.7
Labour Keith Roberts371
Conservative Paula Parry337
Labour Joe Lock318
Plaid Cymru Wyndham Davies-Holden250
Conservative Christine Turner197
Turnout
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

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