An election to Caerphilly County Borough Council was held on 4 May 2017 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2012 election. [1]
Caerphilly County Borough Council is the governing body for Caerphilly, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.
Labour won 50 seats achieving a majority, Plaid Cymru obtained 18 seats and 5 seats were won by independent candidates.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Taylor | Plaid Cymru | 990 | 26.51% | Elected |
| Lyndon J Binding | Plaid Cymru | 984 | 26.35% | Elected |
| John Eryl Roberts | Plaid Cymru | 945 | 25.30% | Elected |
| David Zenati-Parsons | Welsh Labour | 307 | 8.22% | |
| Jo Rao | Welsh Labour | 297 | 7.95% | |
| Ryan Graham Smith | Welsh Conservative Party | 212 | 5.68% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Gerald Higgs | Welsh Labour | 362 | 24.88% | Elected |
| Alan George Collis | Welsh Labour | 352 | 24.19% | Elected |
| Lowri Cerys Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 320 | 21.99% | |
| Ted Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 300 | 20.62% | |
| Keith Mills | UKIP | 121 | 8.32% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Whitcombe | Welsh Labour | 688 | 28.05% | Elected |
| Denver Winston Redman Preece | Welsh Labour | 663 | 27.03% | Elected |
| Jill Elizabeth Jones | Plaid Cymru | 493 | 20.10% | |
| Tud Jones | Plaid Cymru | 358 | 14.59% | |
| Margaret Elizabeth Dennehy | Welsh Liberal Democrats | 251 | 10.23% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Henry Edgar Williams | Welsh Labour | 427 | 57.78% | Elected |
| John Moore | UKIP | 168 | 22.73% | |
| Roger John Moore | Plaid Cymru | 144 | 19.49% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor Davies | Welsh Labour | 692 | 19.59% | Elected |
| Dianne Price | Welsh Labour | 616 | 17.44% | Elected |
| Carol Julia Andrews | Welsh Labour | 582 | 16.47% | Elected |
| Kevin Philip Viney | Plaid Cymru | 423 | 11.97% | |
| Gill Jones | Plaid Cymru | 409 | 11.58% | |
| James Kerby | Independent | 322 | 9.11% | |
| Andrew Thomas Nutt | Plaid Cymru | 317 | 8.97% | |
| Belinda Gingell | Independent | 172 | 4.87% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz Aldworth | Welsh Labour | 1,378 | 14.23% | Elected |
| Lisa Phipps | Welsh Labour | 1,241 | 12.82% | Elected |
| Derek Havard | Welsh Labour | 1,178 | 12.17% | Elected |
| June Gale | Welsh Labour | 1,049 | 10.83% | Elected |
| John James Dew | Independent | 741 | 7.65% | |
| Gareth Llewellyn | Plaid Cymru | 723 | 7.47% | |
| Janet Walsh | Independent | 618 | 6.38% | |
| Daniel Llewellyn | Plaid Cymru | 572 | 5.91% | |
| Paul Stringer | Plaid Cymru | 531 | 5.48% | |
| Philip Goodger | Welsh Conservative Party | 504 | 5.20% | |
| Michael Roberts | Welsh Conservative Party | 494 | 5.10% | |
| Teresa Winiarski | Plaid Cymru | 397 | 4.10% | |
| Peter Clive Gaskell | Wales Green Party | 257 | 2.65% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Etheridge | Independent | 1,069 | 16.52% | Elected |
| Nigel Stuart Dix | Independent | 791 | 12.23% | Elected |
| Andrew David Farina-Childs | Independent | 625 | 9.66% | Elected |
| Keith Smallman | Independent | 618 | 9.55% | |
| Patricia Cook | Welsh Labour | 604 | 9.34% | |
| Janet Griffiths | Welsh Labour | 530 | 8.19% | |
| Matthew Sessions | Welsh Labour | 476 | 7.36% | |
| Allan Rees | Independent | 427 | 6.60% | |
| Darren Jones | Plaid Cymru | 377 | 5.83% | |
| Andrew Short | Plaid Cymru | 355 | 5.49% | |
| Steven Anthony Blakeman | Plaid Cymru | 320 | 4.95% | |
| Paul Taylor | UKIP | 278 | 4.30% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Williams | Welsh Labour | 453 | 25.69% | Elected |
| Graham Derek Simmonds | Independent | 450 | 25.52% | Elected |
| Christopher Hawker | Welsh Labour | 437 | 24.79% | |
| Louise Rachael Phillips | Independent | 423 | 23.99% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Simmonds | Welsh Labour | 450 | 53.44% | Elected |
| Christopher Phillip Norman Cook | Plaid Cymru | 392 | 46.56% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Jeffrey Thomas | Welsh Labour | 701 | 23.62% | Elected |
| Mike Davies | Plaid Cymru | 619 | 20.86% | Elected |
| Andrew Lewis | Welsh Labour | 612 | 20.62% | |
| Alwyn Lewis Lloyd | Plaid Cymru | 504 | 16.98% | |
| Philip Fowler | Independent | 281 | 9.47% | |
| Dominic Walker | Independent | 251 | 8.46% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Thomas Hardacre | Welsh Labour | 349 | 59.05% | Elected |
| Keiron David O'Hagan | Independent | 242 | 40.95% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey Harding | Welsh Labour | 335 | 62.62% | Elected |
| Ken Houston | Plaid Cymru | 147 | 27.48% | |
| Granville Hale | Welsh Conservative Party | 53 | 9.91% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donna Cushing | Plaid Cymru | 678 | 31.83% | Elected |
| Teresa Elizabeth Parry | Plaid Cymru | 676 | 31.74% | Elected |
| Mark Anthony Boyland | Welsh Labour | 478 | 22.44% | |
| Graham George Wills | UKIP | 298 | 13.99% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert William Gough | Plaid Cymru | 870 | 37.05% | Elected |
| Colin Peter Mann | Plaid Cymru | 834 | 35.52% | Elected |
| Rhydian Dafydd Birkinshaw | Welsh Labour | 324 | 13.80% | |
| Bethan Louise Thomas | Welsh Labour | 320 | 13.63% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Alec James | Welsh Labour | 327 | 51.99% | Elected |
| Catrin Sara Moss | Plaid Cymru | 174 | 27.66% | |
| William Stuart Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 128 | 20.35% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Pritchard | Welsh Labour | 1,059 | 17.82% | Elected |
| Phil Bevan | Plaid Cymru | 909 | 15.29% | Elected |
| Shayne Cook | Welsh Labour | 900 | 15.14% | Elected |
| Roger Bidgood | Plaid Cymru | 821 | 13.81% | |
| Mike Prew | Plaid Cymru | 783 | 13.17% | |
| Shelly Hodder | Welsh Labour | 775 | 13.04% | |
| Peter Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 256 | 4.31% | |
| Gerry Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 245 | 4.12% | |
| Wilfred Hugh Phillips | Welsh Conservative Party | 196 | 3.30% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Bevan | Welsh Labour | 565 | 36.83% | Elected |
| Dai Harse | Welsh Labour | 538 | 35.07% | Elected |
| Nathan Thomas Flanagan | Plaid Cymru | 431 | 28.10% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Iestyn Morgan | Welsh Labour | 725 | 28.27% | Elected |
| Brenda Mair Miles | Welsh Labour | 560 | 21.83% | Elected |
| Malcolm Tucker | Plaid Cymru | 391 | 15.24% | |
| Anne Blackman | Christian Peoples Alliance | 374 | 14.58% | |
| Marls Tucker | Plaid Cymru | 332 | 12.94% | |
| Kay David | Welsh Liberal Democrats | 183 | 7.13% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eluned Stenner | Welsh Labour | 687 | 36.78% | Elected |
| Mark Anthony Evans | Welsh Labour | 665 | 35.60% | Elected |
| Kev Rodgers | Independent | 257 | 13.76% | |
| Rachael Joanne Dixon | Plaid Cymru | 137 | 7.33% | |
| Bethany Adele Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 122 | 6.53% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Johnston | Welsh Labour | 719 | 15.01% | Elected |
| Adrian Alfred Hussey | Welsh Labour | 677 | 14.13% | Elected |
| Leeroy Jeremiah | Welsh Labour | 655 | 13.67% | Elected |
| Kath Baker | Plaid Cymru | 655 | 13.67% | |
| Wayne Lewis Morrisey | Plaid Cymru | 543 | 11.34% | |
| Rhys Mills | Plaid Cymru | 535 | 11.17% | |
| Jago Lewis | Welsh Conservative Party | 326 | 6.81% | |
| Matthew Kidner | Welsh Liberal Democrats | 273 | 5.70% | |
| Stuart Robertson | Welsh Conservative Party | 206 | 4.30% | |
| Heather Robertson | Welsh Conservative Party | 201 | 4.20% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Vincent Poole | Welsh Labour | 507 | 32.11% | Elected |
| Kevin Dawson | Welsh Labour | 505 | 31.98% | Elected |
| Noel Geoffrey Turner | Plaid Cymru | 350 | 22.17% | |
| Chris Paul | Plaid Cymru | 217 | 13.74% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Saralis | Welsh Labour | 903 | 28.00% | Elected |
| Ben Zaplatynski | Welsh Labour | 744 | 23.07% | Elected |
| John Owen Evans | Plaid Cymru | 505 | 15.66% | |
| Kevin Jones | Plaid Cymru | 450 | 13.95% | |
| Richard Webb Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 324 | 10.05% | |
| Shawn Patricia Sims | Welsh Conservative Party | 299 | 9.27% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle | Plaid Cymru | 1,653 | 15.09% | Elected |
| Margaret Eiddwen Sargent | Plaid Cymru | 1,340 | 12.23% | Elected |
| Jon Scriven | Plaid Cymru | 1,337 | 12.20% | Elected |
| Steven John Skivens | Plaid Cymru | 1,270 | 11.59% | Elected |
| Huw Rhodri Davies | Welsh Labour | 910 | 8.31% | |
| Sandra Jones | Welsh Labour | 854 | 7.79% | |
| Janice Anne Davies | Welsh Labour | 847 | 7.73% | |
| Milena Zenati-Parsons | Welsh Labour | 716 | 6.54% | |
| Gregory Elliot | Welsh Conservative Party | 514 | 4.69% | |
| Cameron Muir-Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 513 | 4.68% | |
| Steven John Roberts | Welsh Conservative Party | 383 | 3.50% | |
| Lawrence John Frederick Andrews | UKIP | 340 | 3.10% | |
| Ian William Gorman | UKIP | 279 | 2.55% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Adams | Welsh Labour | 1,107 | 18.27% | Elected |
| Colin John Gordon | Welsh Labour | 1,039 | 17.15% | Elected |
| Gez Kirby | Welsh Labour | 966 | 15.95% | Elected |
| Jim Criddle | Plaid Cymru | 773 | 12.76% | |
| Zoe Alexandra Hammond | Plaid Cymru | 589 | 9.72% | |
| Andrew Williamson | Welsh Conservative Party | 544 | 8.98% | |
| Wendy Phillips | Welsh Conservative Party | 533 | 8.80% | |
| Mike Jackson | Plaid Cymru | 507 | 8.37% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaynor Denise Oliver | Welsh Labour | 239 | 45.01% | Elected |
| Mervyn Dorian Diggle | Independent | 235 | 44.26% | |
| David Adam Rees | Plaid Cymru | 57 | 10.73% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel George | Welsh Labour | 728 | 20.89% | Elected |
| Arianna Krystina Passmore | Welsh Labour | 709 | 20.34% | Elected |
| Philippa Leonard | Welsh Labour | 690 | 19.80% | Elected |
| James Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 287 | 8.24% | |
| Graham Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 279 | 8.01% | |
| James Mallindine | Welsh Conservative Party | 227 | 6.51% | |
| Alexander Owen | Plaid Cymru | 210 | 6.03% | |
| Gareth Macleur | Plaid Cymru | 190 | 5.45% | |
| Luke Smith | Plaid Cymru | 165 | 4.73% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Owen | Independent | 640 | 25.15% | Elected |
| Ross Anthony Whiting | Welsh Labour | 620 | 24.36% | Elected |
| Ceri Marina Wright | Welsh Labour | 525 | 20.63% | |
| Anthony Sims | Welsh Conservative Party | 270 | 10.61% | |
| Brian Hancock | Plaid Cymru | 265 | 10.41% | |
| Matthew Robert Farrell | Plaid Cymru | 225 | 8.84% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wynne David | Welsh Labour | 1,077 | 23.26% | Elected |
| Ann Gair | Welsh Labour | 867 | 18.73% | Elected |
| Carmen Marie Bezzina | Welsh Labour | 782 | 16.89% | Elected |
| Wyndham Matthews | Plaid Cymru | 756 | 16.33% | |
| Robledo Jessica Alfonso | Plaid Cymru | 597 | 12.89% | |
| Richard Euan Osborne | Plaid Cymru | 551 | 11.90% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Forehead | Welsh Labour | 615 | 13.75% | Elected |
| Elaine Forehead | Welsh Labour | 561 | 12.54% | Elected |
| Barbara Avril Jones | Welsh Labour | 543 | 12.14% | Elected |
| Paul Michael Bradbury | Plaid Cymru | 534 | 11.94% | |
| Jayne Elizabeth Garland | Plaid Cymru | 517 | 11.56% | |
| John Anthony Leek | Plaid Cymru | 440 | 9.84% | |
| John Evans | Welsh Conservative Party | 288 | 6.44% | |
| Ian Chivers | Welsh Conservative Party | 279 | 6.24% | |
| Dennis Morgan | Welsh Conservative Party | 261 | 5.84% | |
| Sam Gould | UKIP | 182 | 4.07% | |
| David Owers | UKIP | 138 | 3.09% | |
| Andrew Shakespeare | UKIP | 114 | 2.55% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Elsbury | Plaid Cymru | 1,284 | 15.41% | Elected |
| James Emmanuel Fussell | Plaid Cymru | 1,250 | 15.00% | Elected |
| Steve Kent | Plaid Cymru | 1,211 | 14.53% | Elected |
| Anne Olivia Broughton-Pettit | Welsh Labour | 717 | 8.60% | |
| Tony Graham | Welsh Labour | 714 | 8.57% | |
| Judith Elizabeth Child | Welsh Conservative Party | 665 | 7.98% | |
| Robert Stanley Lea | Welsh Conservative Party | 638 | 7.66% | |
| John Harry Pettit | Welsh Labour | 614 | 7.37% | |
| Elizabeth Jane Evans | Welsh Conservative Party | 603 | 7.24% | |
| Richard Williams | UKIP | 283 | 3.40% | |
| Hazel Norris | UKIP | 253 | 3.04% | |
| Megan Hannah Churchland | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 101 | 1.21% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Cuss | Welsh Labour | – | – | Elected unopposed |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillippa Marsden | Welsh Labour | 720 | 39.37% | Elected |
| John Philip Ridgewell | Welsh Labour | 638 | 34.88% | Elected |
| Lyn Ackerman | Plaid Cymru | 244 | 13.34% | |
| Terry Birkett | Plaid Cymru | 227 | 12.41% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martyn Paul James | Plaid Cymru | 919 | 33.49% | Elected |
| Alan Patrick Angel | Plaid Cymru | 885 | 32.25% | Elected |
| Kerry Jones | Welsh Labour | 505 | 18.40% | |
| Alan Dowler | Welsh Labour | 435 | 15.85% |
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