Vale of Glamorgan Council election, 2017

Last updated April 08, 2019

The 2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2017 to elect members of Vale of Glamorgan Council in Wales. There were 47 council seats available, across 23 wards. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections.^[1]

The Vale of Glamorgan Council is the governing body for the Vale of Glamorgan, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. It was run by the Conservative Party after the United Kingdom local elections, 2008, taking over the council from no overall control. Following the 2012 elections, it reverted to no overall control, and remained as such following the 2017 elections.

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of 20,779 km² (8,023 sq mi). Wales has over 1,680 miles (2,700 km) of coastline and is largely mountainous, with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon, its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate.

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area. It is common in the United States for wards to simply be numbered.

Election result

In winning 23 seats the Conservatives had a surprising resurgence, taking back the council from the previous coalition of Labour councillors and Llantwit First Independents. The Conservatives were one seat short of an overall majority.^[2] Labour-held wards such as Barry's Dyfan and Illtyd were taken by the Tories, as was the previous Plaid Cymru stronghold of Dinas Powys.^[2]

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 313 Members of Parliament, and also has 249 members of the House of Lords, 18 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 8,916 local councillors.

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Llantwit First Independents are a political party created in 2004 who stand candidates for election in the town of Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Their elected councillors sit on Llantwit Major Town Council and represent the Llantwit Major ward on the Vale of Glamorgan Council.

Vale of Glamorgan Council Election 2017 ^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	+/−
Conservative	23	12	1	+11	48.9	41.7	+10.6
Labour	14	0	8	-8	29.8	24.1	-10.7
Plaid Cymru	4	1	4	-3	8.5	14.7	-0.7
Llantwit First Independent	4	1	0	+1	8.5	7.8	+2.6
Independent	2	1	1	0	4.3	8.1	-2.1
Green	0	0	0	0		2.0	+0.9
Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0		0.8	+0.3
UKIP	0	0	1	-1		0.3	-1.3
Pirate	0	0	0	0		0.1	+0.1

Ward results

Ward	Political group		Councillor^[3]^[4]	Change from last election
Baruc (Barry)		Plaid Cymru	Nic Hodges	Plaid Cymru hold
Baruc (Barry)		Plaid Cymru	Steffan Williams	Plaid Cymru hold
Buttrills (Barry)		Labour	Owen Griffiths	Labour hold
Buttrills (Barry)		Plaid Cymru	Ian Johnson	Plaid Cymru hold ^[a]
Cadoc (Barry)		Labour	Anne Moore	Labour hold
		Labour	Neil Moore	Labour hold
		Conservative	Rachel Nugent-Finn	Conservative gain from Labour
Castleland (Barry)		Plaid Cymru	Millie Collins	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour
Castleland (Barry)		Labour	Pamela Drake	Labour hold
Cornerswell (Penarth)		Labour	Rhiannon Birch	Labour hold
Cornerswell (Penarth)		Labour	Peter King	Labour hold
Court (Barry)		Labour	Bronwen Brooks	Labour hold
Court (Barry)		Labour	Sandra Perkes	Labour hold
Cowbridge		Conservative	Geoffrey Cox	Conservative hold
		Conservative	Thomas Jarvie	Conservative hold
		Conservative	Andrew Parker	Conservative hold
Dinas Powys		Conservative	Andy Robertson	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru
		Conservative	Robert Crowley	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru
		Conservative	Steve Griffiths	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru
		Conservative	Vince Driscoll	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru
Dyfan (Barry)		Conservative	Vincent Bailey	Conservative gain from Labour
Dyfan (Barry)		Conservative	Leighton Rowlands	Conservative gain from Labour
Gibbonsdown (Barry)		Labour	Julie Aviet	Labour hold
Gibbonsdown (Barry)		Labour	Margaret Wilkinson	Labour hold
Illtyd (Barry)		Conservative	Janice Charles	Conservative gain from Labour
		Conservative	Tony Hampton	Conservative gain from Labour
		Conservative	Marguerita Wright	Conservative gain from Labour
Llandough		Conservative	George Carroll	Conservative gain from Labour
Llandow and Ewenny		Conservative	Christine Cave	Conservative hold
Llantwit Major		Llantwit First Independent	Sally Hanks	Llantwit First Independent hold
		Llantwit First Independent	Gwyn John	Llantwit First Independent hold
		Llantwit First Independent	Jayne Norman	Llantwit First Independent hold
		Llantwit First Independent	Eddie Williams	Llantwit First Independent gain from Conservative ^[b]
Peterson-Super-Ely		Conservative	Michael Morgan	Conservative hold
Plymouth (Penarth)		Conservative	Ben Gray	Conservative hold
Plymouth (Penarth)		Conservative	Kathryn McCaffer	Conservative hold
Rhoose		Conservative	Gordon Kemp	Conservative hold
Rhoose		Conservative	Matthew Lloyd	Conservative gain from Independent
St Athan		Conservative	John Thomas	Conservative hold
St Augustine's (Penarth)		Labour	Sivaruby Sivagnanam	Labour hold
St Augustine's (Penarth)		Labour	Neil Thomas	Labour hold
St Brides Major		Conservative	Stewart Edwards	Conservative hold
Stanwell (Penarth)		Labour	Mark Wilson	Labour hold
Stanwell (Penarth)		Labour	Lis Burnett	Labour hold
Sully		Independent	Bob Penrose	Independent hold
Sully		Independent	Kevin Mahoney	Independent gain from UKIP ^[c]
Wenvoe		Conservative	Jonathan Bird	Conservative hold

^[a]Plaid Cymru had won a seat from Labour at a by-election on 2 August 2012
^[b]The Conservatives had won a seat from the Llantwit First Independents at a by-election on 26 March 2015
^[c]Cllr Mahoney was elected in 2012 for UKIP but re-designated himself as Independent in February 2016

Full Results by Ward

These are the full results.^[3]

Baruc (two seats)

Baruc 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Nic Hodges*	1,137
	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Wiliam*	1,053
	Conservative	Paul James	978
	Conservative	Victoria Roberts	929
	Labour	Brian Mayne	616
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

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↑ "Council elections: State of the parties". BBC News. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
1 2 "Conservative surge in Vale local elections". The Glamorgan Gem. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
1 2 3 "Results for the Local Government Election for the Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council, held on 4 May 2017". Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
↑ "Local Elections: New Vale councillors are confirmed". South Wales Guardian. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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[1] "Council elections: State of the parties". BBC News. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-11-20.

[Glam_Gem_surge-2] 1 2 "Conservative surge in Vale local elections". The Glamorgan Gem. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-14.

[VOGC2017results-3] 1 2 3 "Results for the Local Government Election for the Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council, held on 4 May 2017". Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 2017-11-14.

[4] "Local Elections: New Vale councillors are confirmed". South Wales Guardian. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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