2017 Conwy County Borough Council election

2017 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations

The 2017 Conwy County Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Conwy County Borough Council in Wales. ^[1] It was on the same day as other 2017 Welsh local elections. The previous elections took place on 3 May 2012.

59 Councillors across 38 Wards were elected/returned. Elections took place in 32 of the 38 wards, ^[1] with the remaining six wards - Bryn, Caerhun, Eglwysbach, Llansannan, Llysfaen and Pandy - seeing their councillors returned without a contest. ^[2]

Overview

Conwy County Borough Council election result 2017 ^[3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	20			+1	33.9	31.0
	Conservative	16			+3	27.1	37.0
	Plaid Cymru	10			-2	16.9	8.0
	Labour	8			-2	13.5	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	4			-1	6.8	9.0
	No party declared	1			+1	1.7	1.0
	UKIP	0			0	0.0	<1.0

Ward results

*= denotes sitting councillor in the ward prior to the elections

Abergele Pensarn (one seat)

Abergele Pensarn 2017 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Hunter	455
	Labour	Dave Hancock	171
Majority			284
Turnout				32.0
Registered electors			1,951
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Betws-y-Coed (one seat)

Betws-y-Coed 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Liz Roberts *	352	75.8
	Labour	Kathy Coutanche	106	23.1
Majority			246
Turnout				48.9
Registered electors			949
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Betws-yn-Rhos (one seat)

Betws-yn-Rhos 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ifor Glyn Lloyd *	630	80.6
	Independent	Dr Ahmed Jamil	149	19.1
Majority			481
Turnout				47.9
Registered electors			1,631
	Independent hold		Swing

Lloyd had first won the seat at a by-election in February 2014, replacing Dr Jamil who'd been councillor prior to this. ^[5]

Bryn (one seat)

Bryn 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Hinchliff *	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerhun (one seat)

Caerhun 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Goronwy Owen Edwards *	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Edwards had won his seat back from the Conservatives at a by-election in July 2013. ^[6]

Capelulo (one seat)

Capelulo 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kathleen Anne McCaffrey *	387	70.8
	Labour	Geoff Runciman	159	29.1
Majority			228
Turnout				47.0
Registered electors			1,184
	Independent hold		Swing

Colwyn (two seats)

Colwyn 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Carlisle *	798
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Cossey *	726
	Labour Co-op	Paul Thomas Richards	429
	UKIP	Elspeth Griffiths	172
Turnout				38.4
Registered electors			3,318
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Conwy (two seats)

Conwy 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joan Mary Vaughan *	611	33.0
	Independent	Emma Leighton-Jones	504	27.2
	Labour	Emily Hannah Owen	434	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Shari Barber	305	16.5
Turnout			1854	38.6
Registered electors			3,275
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Craig-y-don (two seats)

Craig-y-don 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Bradfield *	740
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Jones *	622
	Conservative	Francis Davies	595
	Plaid Cymru	Ray Khan	319
Turnout			2,276	45.4
Registered electors			2,800
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

References

1. David Powell (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Conwy sees no party win overall control". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
2. Rachel Flint (2 May 2017). "Uncontested council election seats 'mockery of democracy'". BBC News. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
3. "Local Elections May 2017 - Thursday, 4 May 2017". Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
4. "Election results by wards - Local Elections May 2017 - Thursday, 4 May 2017". Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
5. Iwan Berry (7 February 2014). "New councillor elected for Betws yn Rhos ward". North Wales Pioneer. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
6. David Powell (7 February 2014). "Formerly ousted councillor gets seat back in county election". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2025.