Isle of Anglesey County Council election, 2013

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Isle of Anglesey County Council election, 2013

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  2008 2 May 20132017 

All 30 seats to Isle of Anglesey County Council
16 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Independent Plaid Cymru Labour
Seats before1664
Seats won14123
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg6Decrease2.svg1

Isle of Anglesey UK local election 2013 map.svg

Map showing the results of the 2013 Isle of Anglesey Council elections. Striped divisions have mixed representation.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

An election to the Isle of Anglesey County Council [1] was held as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. Anglesey was the only Welsh authority voting in 2013, the election having been postponed from 2012 by the Welsh Government, in order to allow an electoral review to take place. [2]

Isle of Anglesey County Council British administrative body

The Isle of Anglesey County Council is the governing body for the county of Anglesey, one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. The council has 30 councillors who represent 11 multi-member electoral wards.

Anglesey Island

Anglesey is an island off the north coast of Wales with an area of 276 square miles (715 km2). Anglesey is by far the largest island in Wales and the seventh largest in the British Isles. Anglesey is also the largest island in the Irish Sea by area, and the second most populous island. The ferry port of Holyhead handles more than 2 million passengers each year. The Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford in 1826, and the Britannia Bridge span the Menai Strait to connect Anglesey with the mainland.

Contents

Boundary review

Map showing the location of Isle of Anglesey County Council in Wales
Key:
Anglesey County Council under No Overall Control
The rest of Wales where no elections were held WalesLocal2013.png
Map showing the location of Isle of Anglesey County Council in Wales
Key:
   Anglesey County Council under No Overall Control
  The rest of Wales where no elections were held

Under The Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012, thirty seats (a reduction from the previous 40) were created. [3] The eleven electoral divisions (numbers of councillors in parentheses) are new creations by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales:

  1. Aethwy (3), formed by the Communities of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Menai Bridge and Penmynydd
  2. Bro Aberffraw (2), formed by the Communities of Aberffraw, Bodorgan and Rhosyr
  3. Bro Rhosyr (2), formed by the Communities of Llanidan, Llanfihangel Ysceifiog, Llanddaniel Fab and Llangristiolus
  4. Caergybi (3), the community wards of Town, London Road, Morawelon, Porthyfelin, and Parc a'r Mynydd in the Community of Holyhead
  5. Canolbarth Môn (Central Anglesey) (3), the Communities of Bryngwran, Bodffordd, Llangefni, and Trewalchmai, and the electoral wards of Llanddyfnan, Llangwyllog and Tregacan in the Community of Llanddyfnan.
  6. Llifôn (2), the Communities of Llanfaelog, Llanfair-yn-Neubwll and Valley
  7. Lligwy (3), the Communities of Moelfre, Llaneugrad, Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf and Pentraeth; and the electoral ward of Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd in the Community of Llanddyfnan
  8. Seiriol (3), formed by the Communities of Beaumaris, Cwm Cadnant, Llanddona, and Llangoed.
  9. Talybolion (3), formed by the Communities of Bodedern, Cylch-y-garn, Llannerch-y-medd, Llanfachreth, Llanfaethlu, Mechell and Tref Alaw
  10. Twrcelyn (3), the Communities of Amlwch, Llanbadrig, Llaneilian, and Rhosybol
  11. Ynys Gybi (Holy Island) (3), the Communities of Trearddur and Rhoscolyn and the community wards of Maeshyfryd and Kingsland in the Community of Holyhead.

Overall results

Turnout for the election was 50.5% of eligible voters. [4] Independent councillors won more seats than any other group, but Plaid Cymru made strong gains, saying they would find it difficult to work with the independent group and hoped to form an alliance with Labour. [4] The island's Returning Officer described democracy on the island as being "invigorated". [4]

In various parliamentary systems, a returning officer is responsible for overseeing elections in one or more constituencies.

Isle of Anglesey County Council election, 2013 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 14-946.729.29,958-27.0
  Plaid Cymru 12+440.026.49,021+5.2
  Labour 3-210.017.45,933+4.7
  Liberal Democrats 1-13.36.02,038+1.6
  UKIP 0013.04,447+12.5
  Conservative 0-28.02,714+3.0

Results by Electoral Division

Caergybi

Caergybi (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Raymond Jones1,36533.1
Independent Bob Jones1,09426.5
Labour Arwel Roberts751
Labour Beryl Warner747
UKIP Afryl Davies63715.4
Independent Alan Williams57413.9
Plaid Cymru Jean Williams3247.8
Conservative John Coates1353.3
Conservative Philip Eastment128
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ynys Gybi

Ynys Gybi (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Plaid Cymru Trefor Hughes70821.5
Independent Dafydd Thomas63219.2
Independent Jeffrey Evans59017.9
UKIP Barry Roberts50615.3
Labour William Chorlton47514.4
Conservative Eric Roberts38611.7
Labour Keith Roberts371
Conservative Paula Parry337
Labour Joe Lock318
Plaid Cymru Wyndham Davies-Holden250
Conservative Christine Turner197
Turnout
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Talybolion

Talybolion (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Plaid Cymru Llinos Huws1,11330.6
Independent Kenneth Hughes91725.2
Plaid Cymru John Griffith800
Independent Elwyn Schofield78321.5
Plaid Cymru Emrys Hughes740
Labour Julia Dobson50713.9
UKIP Peter Smith3218.8
Turnout
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Twrcelyn

Twrcelyn (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Richard Jones1,44525.2
Liberal Democrats Aled Jones1,27922.1
Independent Will Hughes92015.9
Plaid Cymru Elfed Jones74012.8
Labour Dylan Jones70712.2
Plaid Cymru Derek Owen701
Labour Gordon Warren512
UKIP Nadine Hall4087.1
Labour Daniel ap Eifion-Jones409
Conservative Geoffrey Turner2724.7
Plaid Cymru John Meredith237
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Lligwy

Lligwy (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Ieuan Williams1,15223.0
Plaid Cymru Vaughan Hughes65613.1
Independent Derlwyn Hughes62012.4
UKIP Claire Brook49910.0
Independent Barrie Durkin4759.5
Independent Jeff Cotterell4398.8
Plaid Cymru Edward Jones430
Plaid Cymru Margaret Roberts430
Independent Hefin Thomas4268.5
Conservative Pete Edwards4038.1
Labour Michael O'Leary3286.6
Labour Angela Gliddon324
Labour Roger Dobson230
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Seiriol

Seiriol (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Plaid Cymru Lewis Davies1,29429.9
Plaid Cymru Carwyn Jones985
Labour Alwyn Rowlands89520.7
Plaid Cymru Eurfryn Davies870
Independent Jason Zalot75517.5
Conservative Neil Fairlamb58213.5
Labour Roger Petts461
UKIP Nathan Gill44810.4
Liberal Democrats Judith Moss3508.1
Turnout
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Aethwy

Aethwy (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Plaid Cymru Alun Mummery1,09126.0
Plaid Cymru Meirion Jones1,037
Independent Jim Evans76218.2
Liberal Democrats Selwyn Williams73117.4
Plaid Cymru Phil Roberts712
Independent Keith Evans50612.1
Liberal Democrats Sue James409
UKIP Elaine Gill4019.6
Liberal Democrats Gwyn Jones361
Labour Mike Carey3408.1
Conservative Steve Ransome1894.5
Turnout
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Bro Rhosyr

Bro Rhosyr (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Hywel Jones93630.3
Independent Victor Hughes56318.2
Plaid Cymru Richard Parry55217.9
Independent Nia Evans44014.2
Plaid Cymru Dewi ap Rhobert303
Labour Einion Williams2588.3
UKIP Carla Teixeira1344.3
Independent Hywel Jones1093.5
Conservative Peter Williams993.2
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Bro Aberffraw

Bro Aberffraw (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Peter Rogers56623.0
Plaid Cymru Ann Griffith53921.9
Plaid Cymru Elizabeth Rees347
Independent Brian Owen33713.7
Independent Glyn Jones31412.8
Labour Gwen Burns2309.3
Independent Robert Hughes1887.6
UKIP Frank Wykes1686.8
Conservative Barrie Freeman1204.9
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Llifôn

Llifôn (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Richard Dew77426.1
Independent Gwilym Jones67222.6
Plaid Cymru Ken Taylor40913.8
Independent Colin Torr34311.5
Labour Charlie Dodd2879.7
Conservative Martin Peet2488.4
UKIP Martin Brook2378.0
Conservative Celfyn Furlong237
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Canolbarth Môn

Canolbarth Môn (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Plaid Cymru Nicola Roberts1,59530.3
Plaid Cymru Bob Parry1,399
Plaid Cymru Dylan Rees1,387
Independent John Jones91517.4
Independent Bryan Owen90717.2
Independent Margaret Thomas88116.7
UKIP Jana Gill68813.1
Conservative Terence Hodges2805.3
Turnout
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

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References

  1. Registering to vote in 2013? Isle of Anglesey
  2. BBC News Anglesey council election postponed for one year to 2013 (17 January 2012)
  3. The Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012 Legislation.gov.uk
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  5. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2013: Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey" . Retrieved 2016-11-18.