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]
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 |
*= denotes sitting councillor in the ward prior to the elections
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 |
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 |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Hinchliff * | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
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]
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |