2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election

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2017 election results map, showing party affiliations of successful councillors (stripes indicate mixed representation) Wrexham County Borough Council 2017 Election results map.png
2017 election results map, showing party affiliations of successful councillors (stripes indicate mixed representation)

The 2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Wrexham County Borough Council in Wales. [1] This was on the same day as other 2017 United Kingdom local elections. The previous all-council election took place in May 2012.

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Background

The Labour Party held power on the council after the 2012 election, but lost it after splitting because of an internal row. Several Labour councillors became independent, allowing the Independent group to take control in alliance with the Conservatives. [1]

In 2017, contests took place in 44 of the 47 wards.

Results

The Independents lost three seats in comparison with their position immediately prior to the election, but remained the largest group. The Conservative group gained four seats. [1] A coalition of the Independent group, the Wrexham Independents group and the Conservatives agreed to run the council for the next 5 years to 2022. [2]

Wrexham Council election 2017 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 26103+750.041.216,014+14.6
  Labour 12314-1123.024.89,650-15.5
  Conservative 951+417.317.36,730+3.9
  Liberal Democrats 213-23.88.93,457-3.5
  Plaid Cymru 320+25.76.92,6890.0
  Green 000.00.6232+0.4
  UKIP 000.00.2970.0
  BNP 000.0N/A0-0.3

Ward results

*= denotes councillor elected to this ward at the 2012 elections [5]

Acton (one seat)

Acton 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Geoff Lowe * 364 45.2
Labour Nick Stott23028.5
Plaid Cymru Shaun Davies13216.4
Liberal Democrats Gemma Williams809.9
Majority 134
Turnout 35.1
Registered electors 2,307
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Councillor Lowe was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.

Borras Park (one seat)

Borras Park 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Debbie Wallice 507 46.3
Liberal Democrats Jim Kelly *27625.2
Labour Nathan Brookfield19517.8
Plaid Cymru Darren Picken11710.7
Majority 231
Turnout 55.7
Registered electors 1,964
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bronington (one seat)

Bronington 2017 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rodney Skelland * 710 66.9
Independent Stephen Harvey19017.9
Labour Kath Goodchild13512.7
Liberal Democrats Mike Adams272.5
Majority 520
Turnout 41.6
Registered electors 2,554
Conservative hold Swing

Brymbo (one seat)

Brymbo 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Rogers * 547 50.1
Labour Zoe Clarke44741.0
Independent Adam Davies978.9
Majority 100
Turnout 35.5
Registered electors 3,067
Conservative hold Swing

Bryn Cefn (one seat)

Bryn Cefn 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beverley Parry-Jones 215 40.6
Labour William Wainwright12924.4
Independent Rob Jones8315.7
Independent Barbara Roxburgh *7113.4
Independent Andrew Humphreys315.9
Majority 100
Turnout 35.0
Registered electors 1,521
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Barbara Roxburgh was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.

Brynyffynnon (one seat)

Brynyffynnon 2017 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Phil Wynn * 387 45.4
Labour Martin Morris26931.6
Plaid Cymru Sarah Roberts19623.0
Majority 126
Turnout 33.0
Registered electors 2,585
Independent hold Swing

Cartrefle (one seat)

Cartrefle 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ronnie Prince * 451 73.6
Plaid Cymru Bryan Pritchard9916.2
Labour Brian Halley6310.3
Majority 352
Turnout 37.6
Registered electors 1,635
Independent hold Swing

Cefn (two seats)

Cefn 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sonia Benbow-Jones 579 50.1
Labour Derek Wright * 577 49.9
Labour Liz Parry572
Majority 5
Turnout 30.1
Registered electors 3,771
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ceiriog Valley (one seat)

Ceiriog Valley 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Trevor Bates 615 60.0
Plaid Cymru Anne Morris19819.3
Conservative John Jenkins11010.7
Independent Barbara Roberts10210.0
Majority 417
Turnout 60.5
Registered electors 1,701
Independent hold Swing

Chirk North (One seat)

Chirk North 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Hemmings 336 50.8
Independent Jackie Allen32649.2
Majority 10
Turnout 36.7
Registered electors 1,811
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Chirk South (One seat)

Chirk South 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Terry Evans * 518 74.3
Labour John Rostron17925.7
Majority 339
Turnout 61.0
Registered electors 1,151
Independent hold Swing

Coedpoeth (two seats)

Coedpoeth 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Krista Childs * 603 43.0
Independent Michael Dixon 426 30.4
Labour Adrian Williams380
Liberal Democrats Graham Kelly37326.6
Majority 46
Turnout 31.7
Registered electors 3,532
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Erddig (one seat)

Erddig 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Roberts 228 32.7
Independent Alex Jones13819.8
Labour Matthew Healy13419.2
Independent Bob Dutton *10915.6
Liberal Democrats David Jones8912.8
Majority 90
Turnout 46.2
Registered electors 1,516
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Esclusham (one seat)

Esclusham 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mark Pritchard * 796 79.5
Plaid Cymru Katie Courtney10410.4
Labour Richard Caldecott10110.1
Majority 692
Turnout 47.5
Registered electors 2,108
Independent hold Swing

Garden Village (one seat)

Garden Village 2017 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andy Williams * 943 94.9
Labour Wendy O'Grady515.1
Majority 842
Turnout 60.2
Registered electors 1,651
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Councillor Williams was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.

Gresford East and West (one seat)

Gresford East and West 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Atkinson 917 73.0
Labour Irene Lewis20416.2
Liberal Democrats Beryl Blackmore1259.9
UKIP Jeanette Bassford-Barton110.9
Majority 713
Turnout 55.2
Registered electors 2,288
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Grosvenor (one seat)

Grosvenor 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Marc Jones 260 42.3
Independent Stephen Wilson *18530.1
Labour Ray Floyd17027.6
Majority 75
Turnout 31.2
Registered electors 1,975
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Wilson was elected for the Labour Party at the previous election in 2012.

Gwenfro (one seat)

Gwenfro 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nigel Williams 170 42.8
Independent Philip Williams8922.4
Labour Daniel Commins8621.7
Independent Damian Conde5213.1
Majority 81
Turnout 32.0
Registered electors 1,244
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Gwersyllt East and South (two seats)

Gwersyllt East and South 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Griffiths * 826 64.5
Independent Tina Mannering 531
Independent Bernie McCann *508
Labour Michael Mackenzie45435.5
Majority 23
Turnout 37.4
Registered electors 3,672
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Griffiths and McCann was elected for the Labour Party at the previous election, in 2012.

Gwersyllt North (one seat)

Gwersyllt North 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Barrie Warburton 282 39.8
Labour Ben Whitehouse19527.5
Conservative Julian Wright14220.1
Independent Fred Roberts8912.6
Majority 87
Turnout 34.8
Registered electors 2,048
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Gwersyllt West (one seat)

Gwersyllt West 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Gwenfair Jones 428 54.7
Labour David Edwards22528.7
Conservative Melissa Smillie13016.6
Majority 203
Turnout 35.6
Registered electors 2,205
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Hermitage (one seat)

Hermitage 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Rogers * 447 68.3
Plaid Cymru Jamie Hack20731.7
Majority 240
Turnout 32.1
Registered electors 2,048
Labour hold Swing

Holt (one seat)

Holt 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Morris * 601 63.1
Labour Jim Duffy35136.9
Majority 250
Turnout 37.9
Registered electors 2,533
Conservative hold Swing

Johnstown (one seat)

Johnstown 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Bithell * 827 76.1
Labour Ethan Jones26023.9
Turnout 44.1
Registered electors 2,466
Independent hold Swing

Little Acton (one seat)

Little Acton 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Baldwin * unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Llangollen Rural (one seat)

Llangollen Rural 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Rondo Roberts 326 45.4
Independent Timothy Hodkinson22931.9
Conservative Gareth Baines14820.6
UKIP Jeanie Barton152.1
Majority 97
Turnout 45.8
Registered electors 1,579
Independent hold Swing

Llay (two seats)

Llay 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rob Walsh 1,111 51.8
Labour Bryan Apsley 553 25.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Edwards465
Independent Terry Boland *22813.4
Conservative Anthony Fontes1225.7
Independent Gary Hall104
Conservative Hannah Jones94
UKIP Nathan Hughes713.3
Independent Victoria Jones24
Majority 88
Turnout 45.3
Registered electors 3,564
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Terry Boland was elected for the Labour Party at the previous ward election, in May 2012.

Maesydre (one seat)

Maesydre 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Jones 249 44.1 +20.2
Conservative Victoria Clements13724.3+16.2
Liberal Democrats Aimi Waters11921.1−22.7
Independent Phil Lloyd5910.5−13.7
Majority 112
Turnout 37.6
Registered electors 1,500
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Marchwiel (one seat)

Marchwiel 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Pritchard * unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Marford and Hoseley (one seat)

Marford and Hoseley 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Russell Gilmartin 548 59.7 +31.0
Liberal Democrats Julie Blackmore19321.0−36.3
Labour John Henry12813.9−0.1
Independent James Hobbley384.1+4.1
Independent Charles Dodman111.2+1.2
Majority 355
Turnout 50.6
Registered electors 1,817
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Minera (one seat)

Minera 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Kelly * unopposed
Independent hold Swing

New Broughton (one seat)

New Broughton 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Alan Edwards 544 72.4
Green Duncan Rees20727.6
Majority 337
Turnout 26.5
Registered electors 2,850
Independent hold Swing

Offa (one seat)

Offa 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alun Jenkins 267 45.0
Plaid Cymru Phil Phillips16427.7
Conservative Merril Wolfson549.1
Independent Steven Vale437.3
Independent Joanna Kinch406.7
Green Alan Butterworth254.2
Majority 103
Turnout 35.1
Registered electors 1,695
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Overton (one seat)

Overton 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John McCusker 613 52.8
Conservative Lloyd Kenyon *37332.1
Independent Richard Hobson1139.7
Independent Richard Hobson625.3
Majority 240
Turnout 44.1
Registered electors 2,636
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Pant (one seat)

Pant 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Maddocks 228 33.8
Independent Martin Jones22132.7
Labour Stella Matthews19428.7
Independent Paula Williams324.7
Majority 7
Turnout 43.9
Registered electors 1,543
Independent hold Swing

Penycae (one seat)

Penycae 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Phillips * 616 88.0
Plaid Cymru Aled Powell8412.0
Majority 532
Turnout 45.5
Registered electors 1,565
Independent hold Swing

Penycae and Ruabon South (one seat)

Penycae and Ruabon South 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Joan Lowe * 451 57.4
Labour Callum Edwards33542.6
Majority 116
Turnout 41.1
Registered electors 1,932
Independent hold Swing

Plas Madoc (one seat)

Plas Madoc 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Blackwell * 184 56.4
Independent Amanda Bradley11535.3
Independent Alan Ennis278.3
Majority 69
Turnout 26.6
Registered electors 1,237
Labour hold Swing

Ponciau (two seats)

Ponciau 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Pemberton * 970 43.8
Labour Kevin Hughes * 649 29.3
Liberal Democrats Aled Roberts 59726.9
Majority 52
Turnout 41.9
Registered electors 3,506
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Queensway (one seat)

Queensway 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Carrie Harper 225 53.7
Labour Colin Powell *17942.7
Independent Jorge Szabo153.6
Majority 46
Turnout 27.3
Registered electors 1,546
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Rhosnesni (one seat)

Rhosnesni 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mike Davies 369 31.4
Labour Anne Evans *29024.6
Conservative Sarah Atherton28521.2
Independent Peter Jones23319.8
Majority 79
Turnout 40.8
Registered electors 2,870
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Rossett (one seat)

Rossett 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Jones 946 82.5 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Glenda Kelly20017.5−5.1
Majority 746
Turnout 44.0
Registered electors 2,615
Conservative hold Swing

Ruabon (one seat)

Ruabon 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dana Davies24227.8
Independent Charles Devlin22525.8
Plaid Cymru Pol Wong21224.3
Independent Sharon Mazzarella19322.1
Majority 17
Turnout 40.8
Registered electors 2,154
Labour hold Swing

Smithfield (one seat)

Smithfield 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrienne Jeorrett13528.2
Plaid Cymru Paul Williams12526.1
Independent Jayne Johnson12025.1
Independent Richard Bennett7415.4
Independent David Foulds255.2
Majority 10
Turnout 27.4
Registered electors 1,756
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Stansty (one seat)

Stansty 2017 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Bithell87792.6
Labour Steve Gittins606.3
Conservative Luke Caldecott101.1
Majority 817
Turnout 55.2
Registered electors 1,719
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Whitegate (one seat)

Whitegate 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Cameron37773.2
Plaid Cymru Iolanda Viegas13826.8
Majority 239
Turnout 28.6
Registered electors 1,831
Labour hold Swing

Wynnstay (one seat)

Wynnstay 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm King23467.8
Independent James Stevens11132.2
Majority 123
Turnout 25.7
Registered electors 1,349
Labour hold Swing

Changes 2017–2022

On 28 November 2018 Councillor Paul Rogers left the Conservative Group to become non-aligned. [7] He then went on to join the Independent group on 15 May 2019. [8] On 7 November 2019, Councillor Ronnie Prince also joined the main Independent group having been non-aligned since the last election. [9] Independent councillor for Gwersyllt North, Barrie Warburton, resigned his seat on 16 January 2020, [10] and was subsequently replaced by Plaid Cymru's Phil Rees who won the by-election on Thursday 27 February. [11] On 29 September 2020 Paul Jones, Labour Councillor for Maesydre, resigned his seat for personal reasons, [12] he was replaced by Plaid Cymru's Becca Martin in a by-election on 18 March 2021. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bagnall, Steve (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Independents hold onto Wrexham Council". North Wales Daily Post . Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Bagnall, Steve (17 May 2017). "Independents and Tories set to run Wrexham council". North Wales Daily Post. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2017: Wrexham" . Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Wrexham County Borough Council: Election 2017 Results". BBC News . Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Wrexham County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "Wrexham Council Election 2017 - Live Updates". Wrexham.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Councillor Paul Rogers leaves Conservative group on Wrexham Council to become unaligned councillor". Wrexham.com.
  8. ↑ "Brymbo councillor joins Independents on Wrexham Council after being unaligned for six months". Wrexham.com.
  9. ↑ "Cartrefle councillor joins Independent Group at Wrexham Council". Wrexham.com.
  10. ↑ "By-election to be held as Gwersyllt North councillor resigns". Wrexham.com.
  11. ↑ "Plaid Cymru's Phil Rees wins Gwersyllt North by-election". Wrexham.com.
  12. ↑ "Wrexham Councillor resigns". The Leader. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Plaid Cymru's Becca Martin wins Maesydre by-election and is Wrexham's newest councillor". Wrexham.com. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
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