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.
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.
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]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 26 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 50.0 | 41.2 | 16,014 | +14.6 | |
Labour | 12 | 3 | 14 | -11 | 23.0 | 24.8 | 9,650 | -15.5 | |
Conservative | 9 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 6,730 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3.8 | 8.9 | 3,457 | -3.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 2,689 | 0.0 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 232 | +0.4 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 97 | 0.0 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | 0 | -0.3 |
*= denotes councillor elected to this ward at the 2012 elections [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Geoff Lowe * | 364 | 45.2 | ||
Labour | Nick Stott | 230 | 28.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Shaun Davies | 132 | 16.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gemma Williams | 80 | 9.9 | ||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Debbie Wallice | 507 | 46.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jim Kelly * | 276 | 25.2 | ||
Labour | Nathan Brookfield | 195 | 17.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Darren Picken | 117 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 231 | ||||
Turnout | 55.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,964 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rodney Skelland * | 710 | 66.9 | ||
Independent | Stephen Harvey | 190 | 17.9 | ||
Labour | Kath Goodchild | 135 | 12.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Adams | 27 | 2.5 | ||
Majority | 520 | ||||
Turnout | 41.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,554 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Rogers * | 547 | 50.1 | ||
Labour | Zoe Clarke | 447 | 41.0 | ||
Independent | Adam Davies | 97 | 8.9 | ||
Majority | 100 | ||||
Turnout | 35.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,067 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Beverley Parry-Jones | 215 | 40.6 | ||
Labour | William Wainwright | 129 | 24.4 | ||
Independent | Rob Jones | 83 | 15.7 | ||
Independent | Barbara Roxburgh * | 71 | 13.4 | ||
Independent | Andrew Humphreys | 31 | 5.9 | ||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Phil Wynn * | 387 | 45.4 | ||
Labour | Martin Morris | 269 | 31.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Sarah Roberts | 196 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 126 | ||||
Turnout | 33.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,585 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ronnie Prince * | 451 | 73.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Bryan Pritchard | 99 | 16.2 | ||
Labour | Brian Halley | 63 | 10.3 | ||
Majority | 352 | ||||
Turnout | 37.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,635 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sonia Benbow-Jones | 579 | 50.1 | ||
Labour | Derek Wright * | 577 | 49.9 | ||
Labour | Liz Parry | 572 | |||
Majority | 5 | ||||
Turnout | 30.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,771 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Trevor Bates | 615 | 60.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Anne Morris | 198 | 19.3 | ||
Conservative | John Jenkins | 110 | 10.7 | ||
Independent | Barbara Roberts | 102 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 417 | ||||
Turnout | 60.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,701 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Hemmings | 336 | 50.8 | ||
Independent | Jackie Allen | 326 | 49.2 | ||
Majority | 10 | ||||
Turnout | 36.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,811 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Terry Evans * | 518 | 74.3 | ||
Labour | John Rostron | 179 | 25.7 | ||
Majority | 339 | ||||
Turnout | 61.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,151 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Krista Childs * | 603 | 43.0 | ||
Independent | Michael Dixon | 426 | 30.4 | ||
Labour | Adrian Williams | 380 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Kelly | 373 | 26.6 | ||
Majority | 46 | ||||
Turnout | 31.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,532 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Roberts | 228 | 32.7 | ||
Independent | Alex Jones | 138 | 19.8 | ||
Labour | Matthew Healy | 134 | 19.2 | ||
Independent | Bob Dutton * | 109 | 15.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Jones | 89 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 90 | ||||
Turnout | 46.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,516 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mark Pritchard * | 796 | 79.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Katie Courtney | 104 | 10.4 | ||
Labour | Richard Caldecott | 101 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 692 | ||||
Turnout | 47.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,108 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Andy Williams * | 943 | 94.9 | ||
Labour | Wendy O'Grady | 51 | 5.1 | ||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Atkinson | 917 | 73.0 | ||
Labour | Irene Lewis | 204 | 16.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Beryl Blackmore | 125 | 9.9 | ||
UKIP | Jeanette Bassford-Barton | 11 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 713 | ||||
Turnout | 55.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,288 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Marc Jones | 260 | 42.3 | ||
Independent | Stephen Wilson * | 185 | 30.1 | ||
Labour | Ray Floyd | 170 | 27.6 | ||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Nigel Williams | 170 | 42.8 | ||
Independent | Philip Williams | 89 | 22.4 | ||
Labour | Daniel Commins | 86 | 21.7 | ||
Independent | Damian Conde | 52 | 13.1 | ||
Majority | 81 | ||||
Turnout | 32.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,244 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Griffiths * | 826 | 64.5 | ||
Independent | Tina Mannering | 531 | |||
Independent | Bernie McCann * | 508 | |||
Labour | Michael Mackenzie | 454 | 35.5 | ||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Barrie Warburton | 282 | 39.8 | ||
Labour | Ben Whitehouse | 195 | 27.5 | ||
Conservative | Julian Wright | 142 | 20.1 | ||
Independent | Fred Roberts | 89 | 12.6 | ||
Majority | 87 | ||||
Turnout | 34.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,048 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gwenfair Jones | 428 | 54.7 | ||
Labour | David Edwards | 225 | 28.7 | ||
Conservative | Melissa Smillie | 130 | 16.6 | ||
Majority | 203 | ||||
Turnout | 35.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,205 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Rogers * | 447 | 68.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Jamie Hack | 207 | 31.7 | ||
Majority | 240 | ||||
Turnout | 32.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,048 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Morris * | 601 | 63.1 | ||
Labour | Jim Duffy | 351 | 36.9 | ||
Majority | 250 | ||||
Turnout | 37.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,533 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Bithell * | 827 | 76.1 | ||
Labour | Ethan Jones | 260 | 23.9 | ||
Turnout | 44.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,466 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Baldwin * | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rondo Roberts | 326 | 45.4 | ||
Independent | Timothy Hodkinson | 229 | 31.9 | ||
Conservative | Gareth Baines | 148 | 20.6 | ||
UKIP | Jeanie Barton | 15 | 2.1 | ||
Majority | 97 | ||||
Turnout | 45.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,579 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Rob Walsh | 1,111 | 51.8 | ||
Labour | Bryan Apsley | 553 | 25.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Edwards | 465 | |||
Independent | Terry Boland * | 228 | 13.4 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Fontes | 122 | 5.7 | ||
Independent | Gary Hall | 104 | |||
Conservative | Hannah Jones | 94 | |||
UKIP | Nathan Hughes | 71 | 3.3 | ||
Independent | Victoria Jones | 24 | |||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Jones | 249 | 44.1 | +20.2 | |
Conservative | Victoria Clements | 137 | 24.3 | +16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aimi Waters | 119 | 21.1 | -22.7 | |
Independent | Phil Lloyd | 59 | 10.5 | -13.7 | |
Majority | 112 | ||||
Turnout | 37.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,500 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Pritchard * | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Gilmartin | 548 | 59.7 | +31.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julie Blackmore | 193 | 21.0 | -36.3 | |
Labour | John Henry | 128 | 13.9 | -0.1 | |
Independent | James Hobbley | 38 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Independent | Charles Dodman | 11 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 355 | ||||
Turnout | 50.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,817 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Kelly * | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alan Edwards | 544 | 72.4 | ||
Green | Duncan Rees | 207 | 27.6 | ||
Majority | 337 | ||||
Turnout | 26.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,850 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alun Jenkins | 267 | 45.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Phil Phillips | 164 | 27.7 | ||
Conservative | Merril Wolfson | 54 | 9.1 | ||
Independent | Steven Vale | 43 | 7.3 | ||
Independent | Joanna Kinch | 40 | 6.7 | ||
Green | Alan Butterworth | 25 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 103 | ||||
Turnout | 35.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,695 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John McCusker | 613 | 52.8 | ||
Conservative | Lloyd Kenyon * | 373 | 32.1 | ||
Independent | Richard Hobson | 113 | 9.7 | ||
Independent | Richard Hobson | 62 | 5.3 | ||
Majority | 240 | ||||
Turnout | 44.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,636 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Maddocks | 228 | 33.8 | ||
Independent | Martin Jones | 221 | 32.7 | ||
Labour | Stella Matthews | 194 | 28.7 | ||
Independent | Paula Williams | 32 | 4.7 | ||
Majority | 7 | ||||
Turnout | 43.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,543 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Phillips * | 616 | 88.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Aled Powell | 84 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 532 | ||||
Turnout | 45.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,565 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joan Lowe * | 451 | 57.4 | ||
Labour | Callum Edwards | 335 | 42.6 | ||
Majority | 116 | ||||
Turnout | 41.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,932 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Blackwell * | 184 | 56.4 | ||
Independent | Amanda Bradley | 115 | 35.3 | ||
Independent | Alan Ennis | 27 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 69 | ||||
Turnout | 26.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,237 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Paul Pemberton * | 970 | 43.8 | ||
Labour | Kevin Hughes * | 649 | 29.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Aled Roberts | 597 | 26.9 | ||
Majority | 52 | ||||
Turnout | 41.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,506 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Carrie Harper | 225 | 53.7 | ||
Labour | Colin Powell * | 179 | 42.7 | ||
Independent | Jorge Szabo | 15 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 46 | ||||
Turnout | 27.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,546 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mike Davies | 369 | 31.4 | ||
Labour | Anne Evans * | 290 | 24.6 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Atherton | 285 | 21.2 | ||
Independent | Peter Jones | 233 | 19.8 | ||
Majority | 79 | ||||
Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,870 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Jones | 946 | 82.5 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenda Kelly | 200 | 17.5 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 746 | ||||
Turnout | 44.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,615 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dana Davies | 242 | 27.8 | ||
Independent | Charles Devlin | 225 | 25.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Pol Wong | 212 | 24.3 | ||
Independent | Sharon Mazzarella | 193 | 22.1 | ||
Majority | 17 | ||||
Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,154 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrienne Jeorrett | 135 | 28.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Williams | 125 | 26.1 | ||
Independent | Jayne Johnson | 120 | 25.1 | ||
Independent | Richard Bennett | 74 | 15.4 | ||
Independent | David Foulds | 25 | 5.2 | ||
Majority | 10 | ||||
Turnout | 27.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,756 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Bithell | 877 | 92.6 | ||
Labour | Steve Gittins | 60 | 6.3 | ||
Conservative | Luke Caldecott | 10 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 817 | ||||
Turnout | 55.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,719 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Cameron | 377 | 73.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Iolanda Viegas | 138 | 26.8 | ||
Majority | 239 | ||||
Turnout | 28.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,831 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm King | 234 | 67.8 | ||
Independent | James Stevens | 111 | 32.2 | ||
Majority | 123 | ||||
Turnout | 25.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,349 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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]
Cardiff Council, formally the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The principal area and its council were established in 1996 to replace the previous Cardiff City Council which had been a lower-tier authority within South Glamorgan. Cardiff Council consists of 79 councillors, representing 28 electoral wards.
Denbighshire County Council is the unitary local authority for the county of Denbighshire, one of the principal areas of Wales. The council is based at County Hall in Ruthin.
Bridgend County Borough Council is the governing body for Bridgend County Borough, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.
Stuart James Andrew is a Welsh politician serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society since September 2022 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities since October 2022. Andrew previously served as Government Deputy Chief Whip from 2020 to 2022, Minister of State for Housing from February to July 2022, and Minister of State for Prisons and Probation from July to September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Pudsey since 2010.
The 2008 Cardiff Council election was held on 1 May, along with the 2008 Welsh local elections. All 75 seats of Cardiff Council were contested, with it remaining in no overall control. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election
An election to Ceredigion County Council was held on 3 May 2012 along with elections to 20 of the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and other elections elsewhere in the United Kingdom. It was followed by the 2017 election.
The 2012 Cardiff Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Cardiff Council in Wales. This was the same day as the national 2012 Welsh local elections. It was preceded by the 2008 election and followed by the 2017 election
The fifth election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held on 1 May 2012. It was preceded by the 2008 election and was followed by the 2017 election. Plaid Cymru won 28 seats whilst Labour and the Independents won 23 each. The main feature of the election was a Labour recovery in the Llanelli area, and to some extent in the Gwendraeth and Ammanford area also, mainly at the expense of Independent candidates. Plaid Cymru lost ground to Labour in the Llanelli area but gained seats elsewhere, becoming the largest party. An Independent-Labour coalition was again formed, but with Labour as the leading partner. As a result, Kevin Madge replaced Meryl Gravell as the leader of the council.
Owain Arfon Jones is a Welsh police officer who was the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police from 2016 to 2021. He is a former member of Plaid Cymru.
The 2017 Welsh local elections were held on 4 May 2017 to elect members of all 22 local authorities in Wales. This included the Isle of Anglesey, which was previously up for election in 2013 due to having its elections delayed for a year. Community council elections also took place on the same day. These local elections were held as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. Apart from Anglesey, the last elections were held in 2012. Normally these elections take place every four years, but the 2017 elections were postponed for a year in order to avoid clashing with the 2016 Welsh Assembly election, which itself had been postponed by a year to avoid clashing with the 2015 general election.
An election to Ceredigion County Council were held on 4 May 2017 when local elections took place across Wales. It was preceded by the 2012 election and followed by the 2022 election.
The 2017 Cardiff Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the national 2017 Welsh local elections. The elections were preceded by the 2012 elections and were followed by the 2022 elections.
Grangetown is an electoral ward in the city of Cardiff, Wales. It covers its namesake community of Grangetown. The ward was originally created in 1890 as a ward to Cardiff County Borough Council.
The 2008 Conwy Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Conwy County Borough Council in Wales. It was on the same day as other 2008 United Kingdom local elections. The previous elections took place on 10 June 2004 and the following election took place on 3 May 2012.
The 2017 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2017 to elect members of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council in Wales. This was the same day as other 2017 United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election took place on 3 May 2012 and the next full election took place in 2022.
The 2017 Denbighshire County Council election took place in Denbighshire, Wales, on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Denbighshire Council. This was the same day as other 2017 United Kingdom local elections. The previous elections took place in 2012 and the next all-council elections took place in 2022.
The 2022 Welsh local elections took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of all twenty-two local authorities in Wales. They were held alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. The previous elections were held in 2017.
The 2022 Cardiff Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect 79 members to Cardiff Council. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.
The 2022 Wrexham County Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect 56 members to Wrexham County Borough Council, the principal council of Wrexham County Borough, Wales. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities, and community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. The previous Wrexham County Borough all-council election took place in May 2017 and future elections will take place every five years, with the next scheduled for 2027.
The 2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect 75 members to Carmarthenshire Council. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.