City and County of Swansea Council election, 2017

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An election to City and County of Swansea Council was held on 4 May 2017 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2012 election. Labour maintained control of the authority. [1]

City and County of Swansea Council

The City and County of Swansea Council is the governing body for one of the Principal Areas of Wales covering Swansea, Gower and the surrounding area. The council consists of 72 councillors representing 36 electoral wards.

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Summary of results

City and County of Swansea Council election result 2017
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 48 2 3 -1
  Liberal Democrat 7 0 5 -5
  Independent 7 2 1 +1
  Conservative 8 4 0 +4
  Plaid Cymru 0
  Green 0 0
  Uplands 2 2 0 +2
  TUSC 0 0
  People's Representative 0 0 1 -1

Ward results

The following results were announced following the elections. In the case of wards electing more than one councillor the percentage figures reflect the number of ballot papers issued rather than the total number of votes.

Bishopston (one seat)

Independent Keith Marsh lost the seat he had held for eighteen years.

Bishopston 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lyndon Richard Jones 620
Independent Keith Edmund Marsh* 440
Labour Adam Owen Gilbert 397
Green Karen Laurence 63
Majority
Turnout 56.8 +16.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Bonymaen (two seats)

Bonymaen 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mandy Evans* 1,050
Labour Paul Lloyd* 1,010
Plaid Cymru Geraint Couch 249
Conservative Elaine Hughes 227
Conservative Wendy June Olsen 210
Turnout 28.9 -3.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Castle (four seats)

Castle 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sybil Edith Crouch* 1,820
Labour Erika Theresa Kirchner* 1,772
Labour Fiona Margaret Gordon* 1,763
Labour David Phillips* 1,716
Conservative Paul Raymond Morris 568
Conservative Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris 534
Conservative Mohammad Amin Doha 425
Conservative Akshit Sanjiv Khanna 411
Plaid Cymru Shan Couch 349
Plaid Cymru Damian Paul Martin 254
UKIP Stan Robinson 247
Liberal Democrat Charlene Anika 237
Liberal Democrat Owen John Roberts 235
Green David John Smith 220
Plaid Cymru Harri Llwyd Roberts 210
Liberal Democrat Thomas Davies 203
Plaid Cymru David Richards 191
Liberal Democrat Benjamin James Williams 191
TUSC Alec Thraves 112
TUSC Claire Louise Job 97
TUSC Colin Thomas John 89
Turnout 29.8 +0.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Clydach (two seats)

Clydach 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Gordon David Walker* 1,211
Labour Paulette Bradley Smith* 1,134
Labour Julie Marlene Davies 825
Plaid Cymru Elgan Davies-Jones 387
Conservative David James Rowlands-Lean 311
Conservative Roda Ali 230
Turnout 28.4 -8.0
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cockett (four seats)

Cockett 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mike Durke 1,839
Labour Wendy Georgina Lewis 1,792
Labour Oliver Gregory James 1,714
Labour Elliott John King 1,528
Conservative Keith Frank Hedges 791
Conservative Deidre Lomer-Hedges 721
Conservative Jack Steven Powell 674
Conservative Jack Yilin Huang 622
Liberal Democrat Nicola Anne Holley 510
Plaid Cymru Patricia Christine Sanderson 494
Plaid Cymru Adrian Hugh Rees 476
Plaid Cymru David Llewellyn Lewis 417
Liberal Democrat Jon Charles Coffey 349
Liberal Democrat James Bernard Kelleher 328
Liberal Democrat William Keith Morgan 279
Turnout 32.7 -0.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cwmbwrla (three seats)

Cwmbwrla 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Peter Malcolm Black* 1,430
Liberal Democrat Christopher Ashleigh Holley* 1,239
Liberal Democrat Lewis Graham Thomas* 1,199
Labour Ann Cook 674
Labour Isobel Ann Norris 626
Labour Andrew John Crowley 583
Conservative Robert Thornton Dowdle 147
Conservative Mark De Boer Lloyd 134
Conservative Henri Lloyd Davies 98
Turnout 38.2 +3.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Dunvant (two seats)

Dunvant 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Louise Siân Gibbard 694
Labour Jennifer Anne Raynor* 680
Conservative Matthew Harry Gates 436
Conservative Andrew Patrick Silvertsen 403
Liberal Democrat Hugh Nicholas Tregoning 313
Liberal Democrat Nicholas John Tregoning 220
Turnout 42.0 +3.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fairwood (one seat)

Fairwood 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paxton Richard Hood‐Williams* 819
Labour Steve Hopkins 274
Green Abi Cherry-Hamer 95
Turnout 52.8 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing

Gorseinon (one seat)

Gorseinon 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kelly Marie Roberts 501
Plaid Cymru Darren Jeffery Thomas 241
Conservative Rebecca Jayne Walters 209
Independent Stuart James Hemsley-Rice 141
Turnout 33.4 +0.7
Labour hold Swing

Gower (one seat)

Sitting member Richard Lewis switched back from the Lib Dems to the Independents.

Gower 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Richard David Lewis* 864
Labour Thomas Rhys Dunn 359
Conservative Thomas Jeffrey Jones 278
Turnout 51.9 +4.4
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Gowerton (one seat)

Gowerton 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Susan Mary Jones* 818
Labour Nicola Louise Matthews 637
Conservative Christopher John Elvins 268
Turnout 28.8 -8.2
Independent hold Swing

Killay North (one seat)

Killay North 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Mary Helen Jones* 371
Labour Angela James 184
Conservative Denise Howard 157
Plaid Cymru Rhydian Elis Fitter 87
Turnout 40.5 +16.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Killay South (one seat)

Killay South 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey William Jones* 327
Conservative Martin Edward Quaile 305
Labour Greg James 272
Turnout 49.1 +5.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Kingsbridge (one seat)

Kingsbridge 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour William Gethin Evans* 722
Conservative Stephen George Bevan Phillips 484
Independent Aimee Louise Hemsley-Rice 256
Turnout 28.1 -8.2
Labour hold Swing

Landore (two seats)

Landore 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Beverley Hopkins* 1,054
Labour Thomas Michael White* 1,015
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Thomas 225
Conservative David Nicholas Thomas 208
UKIP Mozid Abdul 117
Turnout 28.5 -6.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Llangyfelach (one seat)

Llangyfelach 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent David Gareth Sullivan* 564
Labour Wayne Morgan 509
Conservative Paul Doughton 424
Turnout 38.7 +8.8
Independent hold Swing

Llansamlet (four seats)

Llansamlet 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Christopher Ryland Doyle* 1,899
Labour Penelope Margaret Matthews* 1,882
Labour Alyson Pugh 1,765
Labour Mo Sykes 1,414
Independent Tony Paget 852
Conservative William Howard Thomas Davies 777
Conservative Stephanie Whitehead 610
Conservative George Christopher Field 592
Liberal Democrat Helen Lorraine Thomas 551
Conservative Jake Wrightson 510
UKIP Linda Farrell 464
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 31.0 +0.7

Lower Loughor (one seat)

Lower Loughor 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Julie Christine Richards* 602
Conservative Raymond Richardson Hinds 107
Turnout 40.6 +7.6
Labour hold Swing

Mawr (one seat)

Mawr 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brigette Jane Rowlands 265
Plaid Cymru Linda Mary Frame 193
Labour John Bidwell 167
Independent Geraint John Turner 115
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Turnout 52.9 +8.1

Mayals(one seat)

Mayals 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Linda Tyler-Lloyd* 627
Independent Helen Mitchell 271
Labour Joanne Fitton 207
Conservative hold Swing
Turnout 52.3 +6.2

Morriston (five seats)

Morriston 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Robert Charles Stewart* 2,434
Labour Ceri Evans 2,396
Labour Robert Francis-Davies* 2,111
Labour Andrea Sharon Lewis* 2,051
Labour Yvonne Veronica Jardine 2,025
Conservative Daniel Stephen Boucher 1,509
Conservative Robert Ivor James 1,200
Conservative Matthew John Thomas Lloyd 1,117
Plaid Cymru Steffan John Phillips 1.076
Conservative Jayne Isaac 870
Conservative Thabo Khumalo 851
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 34.4 +4.4

Mynyddbach (three seats)

Mynyddbach 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mike Lewis 1,605
Labour Samuel Pritchard 1,275
Labour Gloria Jean Tanner* 1,190
Conservative Thomas Patrick Morgan 625
Conservative Marina Phyllis Howells 565
Conservative Thomas Brian Howells 549
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 33.5 -1.4

Newton (one seat)

Newton 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William George Thomas 861
Labour Rob Marshall 540
Independent Tracey Duffy 114
Green Raymond Laurence 43
Conservative hold Swing
Turnout 56.8 +10.9

Oystermouth (one seat)

The previous Conservative candidate stood as an Independents@Swansea candidate.

Oystermouth 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Myles Anthony Langstone 645
Labour Stephen Williams 526
Independent Anthony Charles Saunders Colburn* 213
Independent Dorian Davies 123
Independent Paul Whittaker 91
Green Anna Leonie Pigott 75
Conservative hold Swing
Turnout 51.6 +4.4

Penclawdd (one seat)

Penclawdd 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mark Thomas* 712
Conservative Gordon Howells 440
Plaid Cymru John Brendan Sidney Davies 130
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 44.1 -2.5

Penderry (three seats)

Penderry 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour June Elizabeth Burtonshaw* 1,101
Labour Terry Hennegan* 1,100
Labour Hazel Mary Morris* 1,084
Conservative Peter Francis Trotman 336
Green James Anthony Young 319
Conservative Paul David Hambly 314
Conservative Taryn Lea-Anne Trotman 279
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 21.7 --0.5

Penllergaer (one seat)

Penllergaer 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Elizabeth Wendy Fitzgerald* 1,035
Labour Michelle Morgan 143
Conservative Roberta Jones 36
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 47.7 +5.2

Pennard (one seat)

Pennard 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Lynda James* 564
Conservative Fred Cunliffe 408
Labour Susan Rodaway 323
Independent hold Swing
Turnout 59.0 +6.7

Penyrheol (two seats)

Penyrheol 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jan Curtice* 1,013
Labour Andrew Haydn Stevens 967
Plaid Cymru Jim Dunckley 455
Conservative Laura Claire Gilbert 440
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Harrop Trotman 346
Plaid Cymru Patrick John Powell 166
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 39.9 +5.7

Pontarddulais (two seats)

Pontarddulais 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Kevin Michael Griffiths 832
Labour Philip Downing* 801
Labour Jane Harris* 667
Independent Byron Calvin Lewis 634
Conservative Irene Lesley Wilkins 344
Conservative Mohammad Samer Saad 262
UKIP Ken Haynes 154
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 25.6 -13.4

Sketty (five seats)

Sketty 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Peter Jones 1,645
Liberal Democrat Cheryl Lynne Philpott* 1,599
Liberal Democrat Arthur Michael Day* 1,593
Conservative Stephen Joseph Gallagher 1,531
Conservative David William Helliwell 1,450
Conservative Rebecca Singh 1,360
Labour Geraint Owens 1,354
Conservative Mark Stewart Edwin Ritchie 1,331
Liberal Democrat Thomas Huw Rees* 1,310
Labour Ben Jenkins 1,300
Labour Greg Kaminaris 1,265
Conservative Matthew Peter Smith 1,218
Liberal Democrat Phil Hall 1,216
Labour Maciej Krzymieniecki 1,161
Liberal Democrat James McGettrick 905
Plaid Cymru Sian Thomas 618
Independent Matthew Bryan James Jones 593
Independent Paula Mary Pritchard 469
Turnout 44.6 +6.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

St Thomas (two seats)

St Thomas 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joe Hale* 1,285
Labour Clive Lloyd* 1,235
Conservative Elizabeth Grace Thomas 253
Conservative Owain James Thomas 212
UKIP Clifford Johnson 151
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 30.3 +0.4

Townhill (three seats)

Townhill 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Cyril Anderson 1,090
Labour David Henry Hopkins* 1,044
Labour Lesley Virginia Walton* 1,009
Conservative Ross Stephen Lock 261
UKIP Gary Martin North 243
Conservative Marguerite Tcheko 233
TUSC Owen Ellis Herbert 155
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 26.4 +0.7

Uplands (four seats)

Uplands 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
UplandsPeter Nicholas May* 1,705
Labour Nick Davies* 1,247
UplandsIrene Elizabeth Mann 1,216
Labour Mary Sherwood 1,171
Uplands Rhys Morgan 1,137
Labour Uzo Iwobi 1,132
Labour Jamie White 1,104
Uplands Ewan May 1,023
Green Gareth David Tucker 391
Liberal Democrat Jayne Woodman 386
Liberal Democrat Janet Mary Thomas* 379
Women's Equality Sally Smith 333
Liberal Democrat Mike O'Carroll 316
Conservative Lewys Phillips 280
Conservative John Wesley Evans 268
Conservative Adam Ganczakowski 262
Conservative Jack Clive Simcock 259
Uplands gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Uplands gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 37.8 +11.0

Upper Loughor (one seat)

Upper Loughor 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Robert Vaughan Beverley Smith* 638
Conservative Barbara Elizabeth Jones 235
TUSC Mark Evans 30
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 42.5 +6.7

West Cross (two seats)

West Cross 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mark Clive Child* 1,178
Labour Desmond Wilfred William Thomas* 1,085
Conservative Kate Elizabeth Smith 1.054
Conservative Matthew Peter Gilbert 1,035
Green Christopher Michael John Evans 192
UKIP Colin Joseph Beckett 138
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 32.6 -6.3

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References

  1. "City and County Elections 2017". City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 15 June 2017.